Imperial Commander: His Pretty Wife Is Spoiled Rotten

Chapter 1385: Charade

Yun Xi’s blunt words made the happy face, which Han Yaotian had tried so hard to maintain, freeze all of a sudden. God knows how much effort he had to use to suppress the churning hatred in his chest, all while licking her boots and putting on a smile just to deal with her. Unfortunately, this wretched girl just did not know how to appreciate his painstaking efforts.

She had completely embarrassed him the moment she opened her mouth, leaving him unable to maintain even the most basic courtesy and pleasantry. No matter how angry he got, he could only endure it. “Just breathe and let it go,” he thought to himself. For the sake of the Han family and for his own future, he had no choice but to stay composed.

The atmosphere at the table was stiff for a moment. The hand on his knee clenched into a fist. Han Yaotian took a long minute to suppress the burning fury in his heart, and finally he smiled again. “A lot has happened recently. Although you were involved in causing the Han family to be in its present circumstances, at the end of the day, our family had our issues, so I can’t entirely blame you for everything.”

Such an elaborate charade could have been enough to deceive children, but Yun Xi did not believe a single word that came out of his mouth.

“So, Chairman Han, are you here to make me pay for what I did or to apologize for what you did to me on behalf of the Han family? If it’s for the latter, then you don’t have to. You should be glad that I didn’t die in the car accident the last time or I would’ve done much worse things to your family.”

“…” Being shot in the face by her words, Han Yaotian’s expression suddenly turned solemn.

He had no intention of apologizing when coming here today. The fact that she thought he was here to grovel made him so angry he was rendered speechless. To top it off, that righteous air exuding from Yun Xi infuriated him even further.

She was clearly the vicious one who had left the Hans no chance to salvage themselves. However, from the way she said it, had it now become their fault?

“Yun Xi, let’s not bring up the past. Now that my family has been punished for our wrongdoings, shall we write off whatever grievances and misunderstandings we had between us?”

He could feel that this girl was out to get his family, but he did not know where this deep hatred of hers stemmed from. To be able to completely tarnish the Han family’s reputation and ruin their status, in addition to having the Young Commander supporting her, this girl’s ability was not to be underestimated.

Beneath her mask, Yun Xi’s playful smile had become ever more sarcastic and brazen, revealing nothing but a pair of eyes curved into crescent moons. On the surface, she seemed to be smiling sweetly, yet only she herself knew the depths of coldness hidden behind those dark eyes.

For her, there would never come a day of reconciliation. She was determined to stop at nothing to bring down the Han family, Han Yaotian, and Qiao Ximin until her dying breath.

However, just for the sake of her next scheme, she was willing to consider taking a step back and allowing Han Yaotian to salvage some pride.

Seeing that she had not spoken a word, Han Yaotian thought she was moved by his sincerity and quickly struck while the iron was hot. “Let’s cast aside the misunderstandings we’ve had and start anew, as friends…” As he spoke, he picked up the bag next to him and handed it over. “Here, this should be yours.”

Yun Xi gazed down at the paper bag he was holding and caught a glimpse of a black velvet box inside. She reached out and opened the box. In it lay a little golden bracelet. The bracelet was engraved with patterns of longevity, wealth, and two little bells, with a Ruyi [1] pendant in the middle. It looked almost similar to any ordinary baby’s bracelet, but this bracelet was engraved with complex patterns all around. The engravings looked unique. The way the patterns on both sides of the bracelet were connected to the Ruyi pendant made it seem complete as a whole.

In fact, this bracelet looked a bit like the one Liang Xinyi had had in her hands when she was by the swimming pool that day.

But…how did Han Yaotian end up having it? she wondered.

Yun Xi looked up suspiciously, her eyes filled with puzzlement. In her heart, she knew the answer already. It looked like Liang Xinyi had reached out to conspire against her with Han Yaotian.

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[1] Ruyi is a talisman symbolizing power and good fortune in Chinese folklore.