Empty Promises: The Ceo Cunning Bride - Chapter 188

Everyone was finishing up the last of what was on their plate. Xiong Guozhi was the first to set his utensils down, so Xiong Jingfei followed and put hers down.

In this household, you have to wait for Xiong Guozhi to take the first bite before you can eat. No one is allowed to leave the table until he finishes eating. Even if you finished eating before him. You’ll still have to wait for the head household to lead and finish.

When Xiong Jingfei used to live in this house with them, she found it suffocating to eat together as a “family.” She had to force food down her throat and sat there until her father dismissed them.

However, right now, she can’t quite remember why she felt that way. Honestly, watching their expression was rather fun and entertaining. Being a mute for the past five years did help her observation skills go up many levels.

“Father, there is something I want to let you know.” Xiong Jingfei broke the awkward silence at the table.

There wasn’t any reason left for her to wait until some people finished eating. Li Roulan and Xiong Changchang weren’t even eating anymore. They were just forcing it down their throat so that Xiong Guozhi wouldn’t catch their unwelcoming behavior.

“What is it?” Xiong Guozhi asked, briefly looking at Li Roulan. Her acting wasn’t enough to trick his eyes. “Actually, let’s talk in my study.”

“Father, I want everyone to hear this. Including mother and my two adorable younger sisters.” Xiong Jingfei sweetly smiled at Li Roulan. “This way, we can avoid any unnecessary future problems.”

Li Roulan’s face darkened when her husband openly showed his distrust in her. Then it got even darker when Xiong Jingfei saw right through her. Xiong Jingfei indirectly said that Li Roulan would do anything to find out about their conversation. Both of them weren’t giving her any face!

Xiong Guozhi took a long pause to assess the situation before answering, “Fine. Let’s talk in the other room.”

Xiong Jingfei nodded her head. Even without his past life memories, her father still showed a little of his commander traits.

All of them got up, but Xiong Jingfei slowed her pace to match up with Li Roulan. She wasn’t going to give her step-mother a second of alone time to come up with a new scheme. She wants to be the person scheming than the other way around.

Xiong Jingfei brightly smiled and placed her hands behind her back to look less intimidating. “Mother, has the house gotten quieter since I’ve moved out?”

What Xiong Jingfei meant was, are you happier now that I’m out of the picture? I know you are!

“Y-yes.” Li Roulan hesitated at Xiong Jingfei’s sudden friendliness. “We miss your presence in this big house. It was lonely with only four of us. Your father and I were hoping that you would come back and live with us.”

Here, Li Roulan meant, I want you to disappear from our lives forever! You weren’t missed at all!

Xiong Jingfei gasped, a gasped filled with brimming happiness. Like she just opened a present on Christmas day and got what she wished.

She grabbed Li Roulan’s shoulders and pulled her in for a hug. “I miss you too! You’re right, mother! Why didn’t I think of that wonderful idea? I should move back, and we can live together like a ‘happy’ family again!”

Li Roulan instantly made a face like she ate something sour. She didn’t think Xiong Jingfei would agree to move back! When Xiong Jingfei left them, she was adamant about never stepping a foot back in this house.

What is this brat plotting? What changed her mind, and who was this Xiong Jingfei?

The Xiong Jingfei she raised was quiet as a mouse even before she became a mute! She spoke very few words to them and made her presence as small as possible.

Li Roulan doesn’t recognize the Xiong Jingfei hugging her. They may have the same appearance, but the personalities were completely opposite. She knows she broke Xiong Jingfei’s spirit when she was a child! So who is this spirited Xiong Jingfei?

“A-aren’t you living with Yang Zheyan right now?” Li Roulan blurted out then realized the mistake in it too. “I mean-”

“Mother, I’m kidding.” Xiong Jingfei chuckled.

Li Roulan was getting fl.u.s.tered. She couldn’t keep her act together with her caring words.

Xiong Jingfei is well aware of the mistake Li Roulan made by blurting Yang Zheyan’s name. For Li Roulan, she rather put up with Xiong Jingfei moving back than her living with a soon-to-be influential person in Sinwang City. Also, living apart would create distance, and a chance their marriage won’t work out.

Unfortunately for Li Roulan, she had no idea that Xiong Jingfei wasn’t living with Yang Zheyan anymore. There were only a total of three people who knew this. On top of not living together, she wasn’t talking to him and is avoiding him for the time being.

Xiong Jingfei knows she can’t avoid Yang Zheyan forever. It was a matter of time until he tracked her down to Yin Yuan’s residence. Before that happens, he is surprisingly giving her a chance to come back on her own. Just a hunch she got from Yang Zheyan at Wen Yingyue’s masquerade party.

But, oh, how she wanted to spill some of it to Li Roulan, who was in the dark.

She wasn’t living with Yang Zheyan, but there is another powerful family behind her. The same family that brought Li Roulan tinge happiness when she thought they had abandoned Xiong Jingfei.

“Ah! However…” Xiong Jingfei leaned in, so what is said can be between them only. “I’m not kidding when I tell you to be careful. You might end up being the person who can’t come back into this house.”

“What-!”

Xiong Jingfei immediately turned her attention elsewhere, “Little Jiayi~!”

Li Roulan’s eyes widened, and she took in a sharp breath. What was that supposed to mean? Why can’t she come back to a house that belongs to her? Does Xiong Jingfei have something on her, or is she just saying things to scare her?