Outside the villa complex of the Feng residence, the evening breeze was swirling sycamore leaves past Chen Xue's shoulders.
Three days ago, she dragged her luggage to the downstairs of Feng Group. However, the receptionist only coldly and distantly told her that "Mr. Feng was out of the country recently."
Unwilling, she contacted the number on the note again. But the person on the other end was like a robot, only asking for her bank card number and refusing to answer any other questions.
Chen Xue had no choice but to eavesdrop and inquire all the way until she finally found the Feng residence.
However, the security of the villa complex was strict, so she had no choice but to wait outside, hoping to run into Feng Lin by chance.
After waiting for who knew how long, finally, a black Bentley drove towards her.
"......Feng Lin!"
Chen Xue suddenly got up from the roadside and rushed into the middle of the road.
"Screech—"
The driver quickly stepped on the brakes. A moment later, the back door of the car opened.
But the person who got out was not Feng Lin as she had imagined, but a strange man wearing gold-rimmed glasses.
"Miss, it's very dangerous to rush onto the road like this. What can I do for you?"
"I'm looking for Feng Lin." Chen Xue tightened her grip on the canvas bag in her arms, her heart pounding.
At the moment when the car rushed towards her just now, she was also very scared. But she really had no other choice. If she missed this car, she didn't know how long it would be before she could meet someone again.
She slowly raised her head, and the man opposite, Chen Shui, was suddenly stunned. He was so shocked that he didn't even hear what she said.
"Are you... Xiaoxue?"
How did he know her name?
Chen Xue looked at the man opposite in confusion and inexplicably felt that he looked familiar.
Hearing the driver call him Steward Chen, she seemed to remember something and tentatively called out.
"Brother?"
Too much time had passed. She almost forgot that she had a full - blooded elder brother.
It was just that due to the divorce of their parents when they were young, the two sides had a very bad relationship. After she and her mother went abroad, they lost contact with their father and elder brother.
After not seeing each other for many years, Chen Shui's back was broader than in her memory. But that face that resembled their father's allowed Chen Xue to barely recognize him.
As for Steward Chen, because he was older when they separated, he had a deeper impression of his younger sister.
The two compared some childhood details and were more certain of each other's identities.
After pulling her into the car, Chen Shui took the lead in starting the conversation. "How have you and Mom been living abroad all these years?"
"Yeah, it's okay." Chen Xue said casually. "It's just that Mom died of gastric cancer five years ago. I'm living alone now."
Hearing her words, Chen Shui suppressed the shock and grief in his heart, reached out and pulled her into his arms, and gently patted her on the back.
"It's all in the past. It's okay. I'll be here for you from now on."
He glanced at his younger sister. "You came back from abroad this time. Did you encounter any difficulties? Do you want to settle down in the country in the future?"
Chen Xue shook her head. "I haven't decided yet. I came back this time to look for someone."
As she was speaking, the car had already entered the Feng residence.
"Okay, I'll ask the young master for permission and let you stay here temporarily." Chen Shui comforted her. "Don't be in a hurry to find someone. Brother will help you."
"Okay, then I'll trouble you, brother."
Chen Xue's somewhat cautious words made Steward Chen feel a little heart - ache. After not seeing each other for many years, his younger sister was really estranged from him.
But there was no need to rush about this for the moment. He believed that feelings were cultivated over time. His younger sister would relax after a while.
"By the way, who are you looking for..."
Before Chen Shui could finish asking, he saw Feng Lin walking downstairs in a dark - gray home clothes, with a document between his fingertips.
"Young master." "Feng Lin!"
Chen Xue was extremely surprised. She didn't expect that the young master her brother was talking about was him. It was really easy to find!
But different from her excitement, Feng Lin looked cold and just frowned.
"I'm Chen Xue." She tightened her grip on the bag in her hand. Her voice trembled, but she refused to show weakness. "Feng Lin, do you still remember on Island B? When there was a gunfight, you were seriously injured. It was me..."
"I remember." Feng Lin finally looked up, his cold gaze sweeping across her. "The medical expenses and the thank - you money. Contact the number left. My special assistant should have transferred the money to you long ago."
Chen Xue's cheeks burned. The person on the phone had asked for her bank account number several times, but what she wanted was never this.
"I'm not here for the money," she took a deep breath. "I just want to know about you and your wife..."
"This has nothing to do with you." Feng Lin interrupted her. He closed the document with a "snap". "Steward Chen, I won't pursue how this person got in for the time being. But now, show her out."
"I'm sorry, young master. It's my fault. I'll take her away right away."
Chen Shui quickly pulled his younger sister towards the door. When she turned around, she saw a woman coming down the spiral staircase.
She was wearing a plain - colored dress, her long hair was loosely pulled up, and there was a cup of warm milk in her hand.
"It's you!" That blind woman! Her eyes were better? Did she complain to Feng Lin, so that's why...
Su Xianyu was stunned when she saw her. She seemed not to remember her. She curved her eyes at Feng Lin. "A Lin, who is this?"
That tone of ignoring her was like a knife stabbing into Chen Xue's heart.
She saw that when Feng Lin got up, his originally tense shoulder line instantly softened. When he reached out to take the milk cup, his fingertips accidentally brushed against Su Xianyu's wrist.
"A guest who got lost," the warmth in his tone was something she had never seen before. "I'm just about to ask Steward Chen to show her out."
Su Xianyu's gaze fell on her calmly and gently. There was no trace of hostility, but it made Chen Xue's throat tighten.
She followed Chen Shui through the corridor in a hurry, her steps a bit staggering.
As if seeing something, Chen Shui reminded her. "The young master has never been a good - tempered person. Don't covet things that don't belong to you."
"Don't come to the Feng residence again." He stopped at the door, his voice extremely low. "Xiaoxue, the young master and his wife have a very good relationship."
"Who do you think you are to tell me what to do?" Chen Xue suddenly raised her head, her eyes hot. "When Mom and Dad divorced back then, why didn't you think about me, your younger sister, when you followed Dad?"
Chen Shui's Adam's apple moved. When he turned around, his back looked tired. "Anyway, this is not the place you should come. Brother will send someone to arrange a new place for you to live."
The moment the iron gate closed behind her, Chen Xue couldn't hold back anymore. She squatted down by the roadside and cried aggrievedly.
Suddenly, there was a sound of footsteps approaching from afar.
She looked up and saw a woman in a red dress leaning against a street lamp. Her makeup was delicate, but it couldn't hide the decadence and hostility all over her body.
"What are you crying for?" That woman kicked her luggage and curled her lips in a mocking smile. "Got kicked out by Feng Lin?"
Chen Xue raised her hand to wipe away her tears. "Who are you?"
"Who I am is not important," she squatted down. The smell of perfume mixed with the smell of alcohol wafted over.
"What's important is that we hate the same person." She pointed her fingertips in the direction of the Feng residence. "Su Xianyu. You should remember this name."