Mama's Princess is Daddy's Beloved

Knocking at the door first, Li Xue pushed it a little open to ask with a gentle polite tone. "Sister Xinyi, may I come in?" Her eyes peeking at every corner of the room in search of the manager but still finding her nowhere inside. "Sister Xinyi!" She called again, pushing the door more open to take a proper look before stepping a step inside. 

But still, the woman was nowhere to be seen inside. The room was empty and freakingly clean and tidy as if somebody had made an effort of cleaning it just now. And seeing it so freakingly clean was giving a kind of nauseating feeling to Li Xue. Blame it for the nervousness she was feeling inside.

Pressing her hand over her mouth, Li Xue looked around mumbling softly to herself. "Why did I not remember hearing that Sister Xinyi had a problem of OCD?"

"That's because it rarely relapses in my personality. Especially when I freak out thinking about somebody or something too much." Right at that moment, a voice from behind answered Li Xue, making her turn on her heels to greet. 

"Sister Xinyi!" She greeted before asking with concern laced on her voice and knitted brows. "Are you unwell?" 

Lin Xinyi's eyes narrowed hearing her askance, then shaking her head at her question she walked more inside, passing by Li Xue. "Do you really want to ask that, Li Xue? Do you not know it already?" 

Li Xue's eyes moved along with Lin Xinyi as she turned to follow her face around the woman. "Though I have never heard of you having OCD, hearing you right now, I could already guess the reason that might have caused the relapse. But Sister Xinyi, allow me to explain. I am sure you will understand once I explain it to you." 

"Li Xue, it's not about explaining to me. It's about your career for which I am responsible. Though I know that this scenario does not have much for me to interfere since it's your life and choice, and we just share a professional relationship. But after hearing you say that you have once thought of me as your idol in the industry, I have also decided to take you as someone close to me, someone like a friend and more like a younger sister." 

"And since I have taken you like that I have to make sure of a few things that are essential for both your life and career. So come on, don't give me explanations but answer the questions I am going to ask you". Lin Xinyi said all in one time, looking at Li Xue and then taking her seat behind the desk in the middle of the room. 

Li Xue stared at the woman, something in her aura warning her to be careful of her choice of words. Hesitating in her words for a bit, she pulled a chair to take a seat as well. "Sister Xinyi, will it not be better if I explain the things myself? The answers to your question will keep the story very precise and you may not get it fully." 

The manager firmly shook her head. "Don't worry I will exactly ask you the questions that are needed to get me to understand things. So, no lengthy story explanation". She said and at her suggestion, Li Xue had no other choice. Nodding, she agreed. 

"Is your boyfriend some high-profile businessman in this country who has seamless powers and connections?" The first question was laid forward and even knowing it to be the trap, Li Xue has no opportunity to deny it. After all, her Mr. Beelzebub was not just some high profile businessman in this country. He was the topmost on the chain. 

Nodding, she accepted. "Yes, he is but I have almost never let him use his power and connection. As I have said he is very understanding of me and my career, he has never forced his dominance on my wishes." She explained, so that, it kind of gives a small idea to Lin Xinyi. 

"That I know. Otherwise, given his power and connection, I am sure you would not have to face the threat of your former company, Oriental Spark." Lin Xinyi said and hearing her say that Li Xue sighed with some relief. Seeing her understand things so well, now she doesn't think this question answering session will be too disappointing and disadvantageous. 

Li Xue's lips curled in a smile as she nodded heartily but the very next suggestion froze her out of wits. 

"But have you ever thought, Li Xue, that he may not be like what you think of him. Maybe he has purposefully not gotten involved in this because it might cause him and his company trouble?" Lin Xinyi showed a tiny hint of the opposite assumption and Li Xue could not help but just shake her head in denial. Though she had no explanations to explain Feng Shufen's thoughts and concerns, she knew could vouch for it with her own life to prove that he is not that type of person. 

"Sister Xinyi, he is …" 

"Anyway Li Xue, let's omit that. I will believe it the way you believe. But then tell me what about your jungle house. How will you explain that? Normally people don't choose to live in the jungle until they are on exile in the forest"

Li Xue shook her head, denying again. "No, it's not like that, Sister Xinyi. We were living in the city before but since I was joining the industry back. Finding it suitable for me he got the place in the forest since the paparazzi won't be able to trace us till that extent. And also it has quite a good playground for the kids, amid various harmless animals".

Li Xue mentioned, raising her eyes to meet the pairs of her manager. She has deliberately mentioned kids to get the opportunity in her hand. A measured offense sometimes becomes the best defense. And she was just trying to execute the same. She knew sooner or later Lin Xinyi would be asking the question about Li Wei as well. So to take the lead on that topic, she has decided to begin it herself. 

After all, she could not explicitly explain her trust and belief in Feng Shufen.. Because that trust and belief have not built on pure facts and explanations but also emotions and feelings of security that she has felt around him.