Empty Promises: The Ceo Cunning Bride - Chapter 189

Xiong Changchang looked at Xiong Jingfei over her left shoulder, grinding her teeth and narrowing her eyes. What is up with Xiong Jingfei’s behavior today?

In the past, Xiong Jingfei spoke less than ten words with her mother. Yet she was happily chatting with her mother and able to reply every time. Just because she got the ability to talk again, it shouldn’t change a person’s character this much! Even without talking to her mother, she can tell that her mother is thinking the same thing about Xiong Jingfei.

For some odd reason, she is getting this unsettling feeling about Xiong Jingfei’s visit. That there was something wrong about it, but what is wrong with it? It was as if she was missing the hint, but unable to see it.

Xiong Changchang can vaguely hear her mother and Xiong Jingfei’s conversation, but she could care less about it. They were putting up a fake act in front of Xiong Guozhi. Step-mother and step-daughter are getting along like a real mother and daughter.

However, she did notice that her mother’s complexion instantly paled when Xiong Jingfei whispered something to her. Her mother was about to say something, but Xiong Jingfei also instantly changed her target. What did she say to her mother that no one else was allowed to hear it?

“Jingfei-!”

“Aww! Sadly I can’t call you little anymore.” Xiong Jingfei acted like she didn’t hear Xiong Changchang hissing her name. She moved onto her next target and stood next to Xiong Jiayi. “Oh my, Jiayi is quickly growing up to be a beauty. Older sister is going to miss you being small.”

“Uh.” Xiong Jiayi was startled that Xiong Jingfei was talking to her. She stuttered, “Y-yes.”

Xiong Jiayi never found herself hating Xiong Jingfei like her mother and Xiong Changchang. Her feelings for Xiong Jingfei are neutral. She doesn’t hate or like her. Still, there was an uncomfortable itch every time she saw Xiong Jingfei.

That itch was a dream. A dream that came to Xiong Jiayi once, but stayed with her for years. She can still replay the dream in her head as if she just dreamt of it.

There was a woman figure, but Xiong Jiayi couldn’t tell who it was. However, her presence reassured her that everything would be alright. No harm will come to her as long as that woman is around.

[‘Be good and stay quiet, Jiayi’]

Xiong Jiayi wanted to know how did the woman know her name? She tried to ask for the woman’s name, but her mouth wouldn’t obey her commands. It felt like someone was using their hands to cover her mouth. To keep her quiet just like that woman wanted from her.

Oddly enough, when she woke up, she had an answer on who the woman was. She just never got a confirmation on it. A sentence said to her but never said in real life by the person.

“Is there something on my face?” Xiong Jingfei asked because Xiong Jiayi kept staring without blinking.

“No.” Xiong Jiayi embarrassedly shook her head. “Older sister, I-”

“Oh!” Xiong Jingfei cut her off and pinched something off Xiong Jiayi’s shirt. “You had a piece of hair on your shirt.”

“Oh.” Xiong Jiayi replied. “Thank you.”

“Were you going to say something?” Xiong Jingfei asked while rambling through her purse.

Xiong Jiayi fumbled with her fingers. “It was nothing.”

“Can you hurry with whatever you have to tell us?” Xiong Changchang snapped at them. “I don’t have all day for you.”

“Yes~!” Xiong Jingfei happily answered.

Xiong Changchang watched as Xiong Jingfei was almost skipping to the other room. She really didn’t know what to make of her today.

Inside the room, Xiong Guozhi and Li Roulan sat together on one couch. The two sisters sat on another one, and Xiong Jingfei had a single chair to herself.

“Talk.” Xiong Guozhi gave his permission to start the conversation.

Xiong Jingfei didn’t hesitate to get to the point. “I want to break off the engagement.”

“Repeat what you just said.” Xiong Guozhi ordered, but he did hear her the first time. He was only giving her another chance to change it.

Xiong Jingfei, like earlier, can’t remember why she was ever afraid of him. So afraid that she suppressed any feelings to go up against him. She tried making her presence extremely small so he wouldn’t take notice of her.

However, what was there to fear? She experienced more life-threatening things in her past life compared to this lifetime. It also probably had something to do with the fact that she died once before.

“I want to break the promise made years ago. I don’t want to marry Yang Zheyan.” Xiong Jingfei repeated, but the opposite of what Xiong Guozhi wanted to hear. “I want to break off this engagement immediately.”

Li Roulan, Xiong Changchang, and Xiong Jiayi didn’t have anything to say because they got hit into a moment of speechlessness by Xiong Jingfei. They weren’t expecting this! She wanted to throw away something good that got dropped on her lap.

“Are you out of your mind!?” Xiong Guozhi roared, hitting the glass table, and a small crack appeared. “You think you can just break it off because you want to? Do you realize how long ago this promise was made between our family and the Yang?”

Xiong Jingfei clenched her hands that were resting on her lap. “Father, someone once said this to me…”

“Why do I care what a person once said to you!?” Xiong Guozhi couldn’t calm the rage inside of him. He didn’t think he raised such a stupid daughter. He thought she would be smarter about it! She was about to get a life that anyone wanted, but she was about to throw it away!

Xiong Jingfei released her clenching hands as she looked up at her father. “Promises are meant to be broken.”

Xiong Guozhi was stunned and unable to say anything. There was something about the way she was looking at him. It was similar to the way she had spoken to him at the dining table.

Why is she talking like she already lived through this life and is just repeating it?