Phoenix Was Just Like a Girl in Love at This Moment

In Chen Xi's eyes, the incomparably powerful Phoenix was now as lost and helpless as a child...

"Maybe you were striving in the wrong direction. No matter how hard you tried, all you did was move yourselves."

"You mean we were heading in the wrong direction?"

Jean Grey murmured softly, but there was still a glimmer of hope in her eyes. She wanted even more to know exactly where the direction Chen Xi spoke of had gone wrong.

"The final outcome proved that you were wrong. Decades later, Mutants no longer existed. The Professor went mad, Logan grew old, and you became a Cosmic Nebula..."

"That's only the ending I saw. Maybe you in this universe will have a different ending." Chen Xi spoke calmly.

Who could say for certain about a future that could be foreseen? In any case, he felt that ending was bound to change.

If America really wiped out all the Mutants, then wouldn't that mean he was on the purge list too?

After all, they wouldn't care whether you were a Mutant or not. As long as you were different, you deserved to die. Thinking of that outcome gave Chen Xi a headache. If they provoked him, then they couldn't blame him for exercising the fists of the God of Man!

Yet Jean Grey was unusually quiet after hearing that!

After standing there stunned for a long while, she finally let out a heavy breath.

"What you said has far too much in common with the fragments I saw in my dreams. I don't understand why I dreamed of it either."

"Don't put too much pressure on yourself. If you can foresee the future, then work to change it instead of waiting in despair."

"I believe you can change the future. You only need to change your way of thinking. For example, get rid of whoever refuses to obey and replace them with someone obedient."

Chen Xi smiled faintly as he offered that terrible advice...

"Wouldn't that throw everything into chaos?"

Jean Grey rolled her eyes at him. They would never do such a thing. The Professor often said that souls were free.

"That's why you're destined to fail. Your guiding principles are wrong." Chen Xi shrugged teasingly.

"We don't know what to do either..."

Jean Grey also knew they seemed to have entered a dead end they could not escape. They did not want to hurt ordinary people, nor did they want to hurt Mutants. Neither path worked.

"Haha, forget it. Let's talk about something happier."

Chen Xi suggested.

"Hmph! I came to hold you accountable, but somehow you ended up lecturing me."

Jean Grey was speechless at her own behavior. How could she laugh and chat so freely with a killer?

"Are you hungry? I haven't eaten yet anyway. There's a nice restaurant here. Want to drink and chat while we eat?"

Chen Xi pointed to the restaurant beside them.

"Sure. I haven't eaten either. I'm hungry."

Jean Grey did not refuse. She felt relaxed and at ease whenever she was with Chen Xi. His calm, composed confidence gave her a sense of security that no one else could provide.

It was a confidence she could not describe, as though everything in the world was under his control. She did not need to think or do anything...

In a private room, Chen Xi ordered two bottles of red wine and some suitably romantic Western dishes: traditional steak, Boston lobster with cod, grilled tuna with white truffle, and borscht.

Neither of them dwelled on those heavy topics from before.

There was simply no way to resolve them instantly. With Charles's kindness, he could never be as ruthless as Chen Xi...

Chen Xi talked about the plots he created for his films, and Jean Grey listened with great interest, resting her chin in both hands as she looked at him admiringly. To them, those movies featuring Western themes were simply fascinating.

Whenever they had time, they played Chen Xi's films. Even the magic, superpowers, and wondrous races in those films gave them endless inspiration.

Even the children thought Chen Xi was the one who understood them best!

Those dazzling superpowers and spells—how else could he portray them so vividly unless he had experienced them himself?

Red wine, a beauty, fine food, and a starry sky!

What more could he possibly want from life?

That harmonious, beautiful atmosphere made Jean Grey's little face flush pink, making her look utterly enchanting. A faint ambiguity slowly lingered between them.

Jean Grey did not notice at all that her pretty face was flushed and her eyes were full of admiration. This is going to end badly!

Scott, Logan, sorry. I didn't want to steal your girl either, but I don't want to commit incest!

After silently apologizing to them, Chen Xi immediately felt no guilt whatsoever, and his whole mood brightened...

"I heard that investors where you work always try to push beautiful women on people. Have you ever run into that?"

Jean Grey asked with intense curiosity. No girl could resist gossip about celebrities, and right now, she was just an ordinary girl.

"If their acting isn't good enough, no one gets in. If someone insists on forcing a person on me, then I won't work with them again." Chen Xi thought about it. He really had encountered that before, and there had been no further cooperation afterward.

"Then as such a famous screenwriter, have any beautiful women ever come to your place late at night to discuss scripts with you? Hehe."

Chen Xi shook his head at once. This woman's gossip was getting more and more outrageous. Was she taking this conversation into dangerous territory?

"Isn't that obvious?"

"Haha, men really are all the same. I didn't expect you to be no exception."

Jean Grey burst into unrestrained laughter...

She had not expected this guy to be so honest. What man would not try to hide something when faced with a question like that?

"You're wrong. I'm very picky. I'm a man of virtue too, okay? I only care about newcomers. They're inexperienced, so don't they need my polishing before they can rise to prominence?"

Chen Xi argued solemnly. In any case, he only gave newcomers special attention. He was after that freshness.

"Hmph! Excuses."

Jean Grey rolled her eyes at him. Did he really think she could not understand what he meant?

"Sigh, I really envy your life. Such a peaceful yet exciting life. Your life is my dream. This is exactly what I dream my future life would be like."

"Hehe, isn't that easy? Come to my place, and I'll definitely save you a bed."

Chen Xi said with a shameless grin.

"Hehehe, you scumbag juggling N relationships at once!"

Jean Grey immediately shot him a disdainful look. Who knew how many outrageous scandals this guy had? The actresses he kept in his villa could not even be counted on one hand.

"Slander! Pure slander!"

Chen Xi loudly defended himself. Who the hell was spreading the damn truth?

"Hmph, all men with money are like this."

Jean Grey snorted coldly. Not a single man was any good.

"Hahaha, dear Jean, you've condemned a whole boatload of people with one stroke." Chen Xi laughed loudly without denying it.

Happy times always passed so quickly. Chen Xi and Jean Grey chatted about everything under the sun, and before they knew it, more than two hours had gone by.

"Let's go, beautiful Miss Jean Grey. As a gentleman, I should take you home."

"Thank you, my gentleman. Even though I didn't manage to punish you, you bad man, I still had a wonderful time today."

Jean Grey's eyes curved into crescents. She felt certain she had been put under his spell...