She slowly loosened her grip and lay back, relaxing her entire body, her dark tresses spreading across the desk like crabapple blossoms.
Chapter 64: Fan Ruoruo
After seeing Li Yunrui off, Zhou Cheng summoned servants to clean up the mess in the study.
The broken porcelain was picked up piece by piece, the tea stains carefully wiped dry, and fresh incense added to the burner. A faint scent of ambergris spread through the air, dispelling the lingering haze of lovemaking.
The servants withdrew from the room.
Zhou Cheng sat back down at the desk.
"Fan Xian..."
Thinking about what the woman had revealed before leaving, he had not expected Fan Xian to stumble into being the first to discover Li Yunrui's pregnancy.
After a moment's consideration, he dismissed his concerns.
From what he knew of Fan Xian, the boy would not tell anyone.
Li Yunrui was Lin Wan'er's mother, after all. With Fan Xian and Lin Wan'er's wedding approaching, a ruined reputation for Li Yunrui would reflect poorly on Lin Wan'er as well.
Whenever Lin Wan'er was involved, Fan Xian would almost always yield unconditionally.
Li Yunrui, however, had failed to see this and wished she could silence Fan Xian immediately.
She had invited Ye Liuyun to act and was now waiting for his reply.
Would Ye Liuyun act? Li Yunrui thought he would, and so did Zhou Cheng.
What Li Yunrui did not know was that even if Ye Liuyun acted, Fan Xian was destined to survive.
Although Ye Liuyun was the Junshan Society's chief retainer and had long received financial support from Li Yunrui while wandering the world, that small debt of gratitude fell far short of his ties to Wu Zhu and Ye Qingmei.
Li Yunrui's plan to have a Grandmaster kill Fan Xian was nothing but