Chapter 1089: Scheming (3)

Upon hearing that, Li Si nodded.

"Right, Master, we can't go back through the way we came. Let's just take the highway. Right now, it's almost time for work to be over, so we might get into a traffic jam," the chauffeur quickly explained the situation to Mu Yuchen.

"No worries, let's go," Mu Yuchen softly said.

The chauffeur grunted in response, then silently started the car to drive ahead steadily.

Mu Yuchen's eyes fell onto the woman beside him. He could sense that she was not in a good mood. After thinking about it for a while, he still did not understand why she was being like this.

"Speak, Xiaye!" He hesitated for a moment before he softly called out to her as his eyes locked onto her bright and pretty little face.

Then, Xi Xiaye breathed in slightly, thought about it, before turning to look at him gloomily and unhappily. Still, she said frankly, "Sometimes, I feel really unhappy that you and Gu Lingsha were once fiancès, and that they bring this up every time without caring about how I feel." When she said this, there was a tint of jealousy in her tone.

Mu Yuchen was shocked to hear this, but then he chuckled and replied softly, "I thought that I'd accidentally angered you when you are just being jealous over trivial matters. I've told you many times that there was nothing between Gu Lingsha and I. It was all just a one-sided affair on their end. If we follow your logic, shouldn't I already be bathing in jealousy?"

As he tried to imply something, his dark eyes flickered when he looked meaningfully at her.

Xi Xiaye obviously knew what he meant. She fell silent for a bit and then sighed softly. "Time passes so quickly. Soon, it's going to be two years now...A while ago, Han Yifeng even called me."

Upon hearing that, his handsome brows raised slightly. "What did he say?" he asked in a lowered voice.

"Nothing much. He just heard about my hand getting hurt, so he called to ask me about it."

As Xi Xiaye said this, she opened up her palms which had obvious scars. "Su Nan says that his son can walk now, and he's changed a lot. After that, I thought about it and realized that it wasn't only him who had changed. So did we."

Suddenly, she looked up and met his gaze.

Mu Yuchen thought about it for a moment, then nodded in agreement. "We're definitely in a much different place from before, and there have indeed been some changes, such as this time. Everyone will need some time to heal. Right now, I'm worried about Grandfather and Lingshi. Grandfather and Grandmother had been married for decades while Lingshi might also..."

"Perhaps that's just fate. We can't avoid it," Xi Xiaye sighed and said.

Without answering, he lowered his gaze a little sadly while his long eyelashes hid the sadness that gathered in his eyes.

"I think that Doris is quite something. Even just looking at her made me feel her imposing aura."

Doris's beautiful and charming face flashed in Xi Xiaye's mind.

That woman did not look at her at all throughout the encounter and had ignored her right away. Xi Xiaye had no doubt that she had done it on purpose, but she acted so naturally, which truly amazed Xi Xiaye!

Doris was probably great at scheming. Even though Gu Lingsha was already not bad at such conniving acts, she seemed to have only scraped the surface.

"I told you, she's not easy to handle. I obviously wouldn't go for her. Even though she's detailed and her tricks are quite cruel, she hasn't done anything against me so far, but there's definitely more to her than meets the eye," Mu Yuchen said to Xi Xiaye.

Previously, he had discussed Doris with Su Chen and Zhou Zimo more than once. They had collected a bunch of information on her too, so he roughly more or less knew about Doris's situation.

"Did she used to be in close contact with the Mu family? Otherwise, why would she come to pay respects to Grandmother?" Xi Xaye looked at him in confusion.

Mu Yuchen held up a hand to hold his head as he massaged the heaviness. "Not frequently. Apart from the times before my wedding with Gu Lingsha, she's a very prideful woman, and she's experienced. She's got her own unique views on some things, but she could get along quite well with Grandmother."

Because he did not have a memorable impression of Doris, there was not much he could say.

"Do you think she actually knew about Gu Qiwu and Aunt? She's such a smart woman. I'm sure she would've suspected something." Xi Xiaye thought about it, then raised her suspicion.

Upon hearing that, Mu Yuchen's handsome face stiffened as he responded, "We can't be too sure about that since no one knows what Doris is thinking, but I can only tell you that there's more to her than what she seems. Based on the fact that she could make Gu Qiwu surrender and marry her back then, letting her take on the Hui Gu Corporation, straining relationships with the elders of the Gu family, and still dote on her, do you think she's a simple woman?"

"Dote on her? Now that I hear you say it, Gu Qiwu seems to love Doris to death. If she could do all of that for her, who was Aunt to him?"

When she said that, the atmosphere in the car became stifled again. The light in Xi Xiaye's eyes shifted too. She thought that perhaps Wang Hui had thought about this, and was triggered to death.

"He told me before that he only admired Aunt, but he couldn't let go of Doris," he said after falling silent for a long while. Then, he looked out of the window, watching as the sky outside turn gloomy. Smelling the faint fragrance of lilies left behind in the wind, he fell into a daze.

A while had passed when Xi Xiaye suddenly lamented,"I think that Aunt just wanted to love one person wholeheartedly, but why...why was it all so hard?"

"Feelings are something that one can only come across serendipitously. You and I should understand this well. Who wouldn't want to have an unforgettable love? Unfortunately, there's a high price to pay."

Xi Xiaye nodded in agreement. She muttered to herself in response, "Yes, I think that if there was a choice to do it all over again, Aunt may not have been willing to get involved with Gu Qiwu."

As he listened to her say that, a lonely and bitter smile rippled across his face.