Mama's Princess is Daddy's Beloved

"I have really underestimated you that day at the amusement park."

Li Xue was taking her stroll back inside the mansion when suddenly a voice from a distance behind paused her in her tracks. Her brows tugged in confusion as turning back she looked at Zhang Xiaotong, who was eyeing her from top to toe. 

Seeing her gaze like that at her, Li Xue no longer had any plans on returning to the mansion any soon. Since the woman has taken the first initiative to come to talk to her then, why should she show her back and run off? Instead, she would take her chance to mark her terrain clear to her. 

"Aye, I never thought after achieving so many accomplishments in life, Ms. Zhang would still be a person to judge the book by its cover. Anyway, that day at the amusement park was something I planned in that look, otherwise, you might also know how hard it gets to hide from people when you become a fashion icon." She said, purposely making her realize how wrong she was to judge even after knowing the passion of her life. 

Zhang Xiaotong drew herself a little close as staring at her face with hostility in her eyes. "Or you can say that you have a good way of disguising yourself. Even a man like Brother FenFen wasn't able to realize your true nature until today." She said and at her words like that, Li Xue's brows raised in amusement before she downed her eyes to hide her smile. 

"Ms. Zhang, in this topic, I might have to disappoint you as well since my thoughts are no different from my husband." She suddenly said, raising her eyes back at her. But given the perplexed expression on the woman's face said it all. So, for her better understanding of meaning, Li Xue added more to explain, "I won't like a third person meddling in our personal affairs. Especially the matters in between me and my husband." 

She said and her words like that immediately put Zhang Xiaotong at the edge. "Were you eavesdropping on us?" How dare you?" 

Li Xue frowned at her attitude. Stepping a step back from her, she said with a slight surprise on her face, "Easy, Ms. Zhang! Easy! There is nothing in between you and Shufen on which I have to eavesdrop. And another thing, earlier when you were talking with him, I wasn't around. But given your attitude towards me and also him, it's not hard for me to guess the topic you might have started the talk on. So, it's wasn't as tough to calculate the rest." 

She said and the more Zhang Xiaotong heard her, the more she felt agitated. "You …" She raised her tone at her but seeing Li Xue raise her brows at her changed voice, she suppressed herself to say in a calmer tone than before. "Fine, I am not here to see you show off your compatibility with Brother FenFen. I am here to offer you a deal that you might like." 

"Really?" Though up till now, Li Xue could already guess the strong intention Zhang Xiaotong held in her heart for Feng Shufen, she still wanted to hear the purpose with which she was approaching her. "I am not sure if it would truly be something that I might like or not. But definitely, I won't decide until you propose it to me. So, tell me, Ms. Zhang, what is there that you can offer me?" 

Zhang Xiaotong folded her arms over her chest. "Seeing your earlier choice of assets and properties, I can offer you the best of all if you agree to leave Brother FenFen of your own will. And believe me what I offer you will keep you all satisfied for decades or even a lifetime." She said and, in her tone, there was a confidence that even surprised Li Xue. 

But then more than that surprise, there was laughter that she was not able to hold inside any longer. 

"What happened? What are you laughing at? Don't you believe me? Though we have just returned to this country, Zhangs are still the titles that hold credibility in the market. If I am promising you that only means that I have the capability to fulfill it." 

She said but Li Xue simply shook her head, continuing her laughter. "Haha … Ms. Zhang, don't mind me but truly my laughter is not for not believing in you or your family's name credibility. It's for that your words just now brought something back from my memories." She said as the remembrance of Kim Ryan and the dinner night hit her hard.  "But anyway, let's not focus on the past, instead, allow me to give you an answer now itself. Though your offer is enticing enough to make me give in to it, I still find myself at a loss after accepting it. So, I am not in favor of it. Excuse me."

She said and then turning again, started to walk off. She thought it would be something interesting talking to her like the last time she had with Kim Ryan. But oddly, now that she was hearing Feng Shufen as a bait of exchange, it was more infuriating to her senses. She no longer wants to indulge herself in such talks, where people want her to leave the man in return for some mere profits. 

"Loss? What loss are you talking about? I have been in the business industry for so many years, but I don't find this deal a loss, then how do a mere model like you whose expertise is to walk on the ramp think that it's a losing chip bet on. Just say that you don't want to accept the offer and it will be over? Why are you playing it like you want me to make a bigger deal with you?"

  Feeling all desperate at her rejection, Zhang Xiaotong couldn't help but lose her composure. She just did not want to let go of this chance. Though there might be other ways to get near the man, at the moment she doesn't want to let go of the option of the easiest way. After all, if Li Xue plans to leave Feng Shufen, wouldn't it be easy to get him all for herself. 

Li Xue paused in her steps and turned to look back at her, holding her best. "Bigger deal? I didn't want to show you, your original position, Ms. Zhang. But since you are urging it from me, let me ask you what big deal can you offer me, the future matriarch of the Feng family and also the wife of Feng Shufen? Do you find yourself capable enough to come to me again?" 

She challenged and this time her tone was all sharp, no longer holding the playfulness it was holding before. "Ms. Zhang, I will warn you again. Don't judge the book according to the cover. Especially the book that's me. Otherwise later in your life, you will have nothing but regrets to sigh on." 

Zhang Xiaotong's hands clenched on her sides as her eyes long left the elegance she was holding in her stature and looks. "Li Xue … you … Do you think I that I would even bother to read you? If you were the book offered to me to read, then I would destroy you. Burn your existence in the flames. I have tried once and failed. But the next time you won't be lucky enough to dodge the weapon with that ease." 

She said and Li Xue stared at her with some confusion on her face. 

Was it her?