Yan Xi, confused, looked at Fu Yan Ting, her brow furrowed, and asked indifferently, "What are you laughing about?"
"Yan Xi, you can choose not to come home with me, but you need to think clearly about the consequences."
Consequences. Yan Xi was already divorced from Fu Yan Ting; she no longer cared what consequences there might be.
At worst, Fu Yan Ting would want custody of Yan Zi Tong.
To escape Fu Yan Ting, Yan Xi had already resigned herself to anything. Even if Fu Yan Ting wanted custody of Yan Zi Tong, Yan Xi would accept it. She didn't want any more interaction with Fu Yan Ting's life.
Fu Yan Ting observed Yan Xi, seeming to have guessed her true thoughts.
This woman was always thinking of ways to leave him.
Unfortunately, Fu Yan Ting had no intention of letting Yan Xi go so easily.
Even if it meant imprisonment, he would keep her by his side.
It was Yan Xi who had provoked him in the first place.
If it weren't for Yan Xi, Fu Yan Ting wouldn't have fallen in love.
Now that Fu Yan Ting was deeply entangled, this woman actually wanted to wash her hands of it and leave. Fu Yan Ting wasn't that accommodating.
Thinking this, Fu Yan Ting's lips curved upwards slightly. He looked at Yan Xi and said lightly, "Yan Xi, you can disregard the child, but what about the men you care about? Will you disregard them too?"
Fu Yan Ting's words made Yan Xi tremble with anger.
Fu Yan Ting said, the men you care about.
He said those men.
It was clearly a mockery of Yan Xi's supposed fickleness.
"You know, I can help the He family out of their crisis, and I can also plunge them back into crisis. And the Xiang family, the Mu family. Don't forget, the lifeblood of their families is in your hands."
"Fu Yan Ting, you are truly despicable and shameless."
Yan Xi was so angry she cursed aloud.
Having been with Fu Yan Ting for so long, Yan Xi never knew that this was the image she held in his heart.
"I can be even more despicable and shameless. Try me if you don't believe it."
Fu Yan Ting was unaffected by Yan Xi's insults.
Perhaps Fu Yan Ting was already accustomed to such scolding.
Whether in the business world or in the eyes of the monsters in the Fu family, he was indeed a despicable and shameless person.
To achieve his goals, he would resort to any means.
Now, hearing Yan Xi insult him, Fu Yan Ting felt that his shamelessness had also been recognized by Yan Xi.
"Fu Yan Ting, besides threatening me, what else can you do?"
Yan Xi's voice trembled, angered by Fu Yan Ting's shameless rhetoric.
Yan Xi had never met such a thick-skinned person.
He could say these things so righteously.
"We have a child together. What else do you think I can do?"
Yan Xi clenched her fists tightly.
Xiang Jing Chen was her brother. When Yan Xi was not in the capital, Xiang Jing Chen took care of Yao Wan Qi. Yan Xi genuinely respected this brother she had only recently acknowledged and did not want to see the Xiang family in trouble.
Xiang Jing Chen was not entirely happy, and Yan Xi could not stand by and watch the Xiang family suffer without doing anything.
Moreover, if the Xiang family were to fall into trouble because of Yan Xi, she would be consumed by guilt.
"Yan Xi, you have two choices now. Whether you want to come home with me or not depends entirely on how much you care about them."
"Alright, I'll go back with you."
Yan Xi closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and seemed to have made up her mind.
Besides this, Yan Xi didn't know what else she could do.
She had already implicated He Yun; she couldn't involve Xiang Jing Chen any further.
Indeed, upon hearing Yan Xi's answer, Fu Yan Ting's lips curved upwards, revealing a smile that was not quite a smile.
Fu Yan Ting felt a complex mix of emotions.
If Yan Xi hadn't agreed to go back with him, Fu Yan Ting would have felt disappointed. But now, Yan Xi was returning with him, not because of him, but because of Xiang Jing Chen.
Fu Yan Ting gave a bitter smile.
Yan Xi had finally chosen him, but it was for another man.
In this gamble of emotions, he had ultimately lost.
Fu Yan Ting looked at Yan Xi with despair and said coldly, "Yan Xi, you've finally chosen me, but I don't need you anymore."
With that, he turned and left.
Yan Xi did not give up and chased after him.
Fu Yan Ting was confused. Since Yan Xi didn't love him, why was she chasing him? He had already said he didn't need her to make a choice.
Fu Yan Ting was puzzled by Yan Xi's actions.
Yan Xi sneered. Did Fu Yan Ting really think the world revolved around him?
That things would go his way just because he said so.
Fu Yan Ting misunderstood her so much, suspecting her of having an improper relationship with another man.
Yan Xi couldn't even be close to another man, not even as a friend.
Yet he could openly be with Shi Wen Wen and flirt with Xia Shi Xue.
Did he think she, Yan Xi, was easy to bully?
If Fu Yan Ting didn't want Yan Xi to go home with him, Yan Xi would insist on going home with him. She wouldn't let Fu Yan Ting have an easy time with his other women either.
When Yan Xi returned home with Fu Yan Ting, Zhang Ma's expression turned extremely unpleasant upon seeing her.
Zhang Ma had never seen such a shameless woman, who after hurting Mr. again and again, still had the audacity to return.
Did she think Mr. was someone easy to bully?
Zhang Ma glanced coldly at Yan Xi, showing her no respect. She looked at Fu Yan Ting and asked, "Sir, why is that woman back with you?"
"Zhang Ma, mind your attitude. She is Madam."
Indeed, upon hearing Fu Yan Ting's words, Zhang Ma's face turned extremely displeased.
She had lived and worked in the Fu family her entire life. When had she ever seen Fu Yan Ting act so weakly? Yet even so, Fu Yan Ting was still defending Yan Xi.
"Sir, are you serious?"
"When have I ever not been serious? Since she is my lawfully wedded wife, Fu Yan Ting's wife, she will never be disconnected from the Fu family."
Zhang Ma's expression became extremely grim, not knowing what else to say.
Yan Xi did not shy away. In front of Fu Yan Ting, she walked up to Zhang Ma and said triumphantly, "There's nothing I can do. Fu Yan Ting loves me too much. No matter how I treat him, he can't leave me, so I came back with him. If you don't like seeing me, you can resign."
Yan Xi knew Zhang Ma's relationship with the Fu family and was confident that Zhang Ma would not resign, so she deliberately said this in front of Fu Yan Ting.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Ma spoke to Fu Yan Ting without a second word and tendered her resignation.
Yan Xi was incredulous. She had actually just intended to use Zhang Ma to provoke Fu Yan Ting, but she never expected Zhang Ma to take it so seriously.
Words spoken were like water thrown out; it was hard to take them back.
Zhang Ma was a woman of her word. After submitting her resignation to Fu Yan Ting, she returned to her room, packed her luggage, and left.
Fu Yan Ting gave Yan Xi a cold glance and asked her with an icy tone, "Yan Xi, are you satisfied now?"