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[Those abs really are gorgeous. If only I could touch them.]

"..."

"Understood. You can go out first."

"All right, Huaiyan, remember to drink it~."

Su Wanqiao's soft voice rang out.

The man's hand, its knuckles well defined, paused again as he closed the walk-in closet door, then pulled back as though fleeing.

Su Wanqiao set down the bowl of soup. Fu Huaiyan didn't seem as impatient as he had been when the original owner brought him soup. She shook her head, unable to fathom the villain's personality, but since she had completed her task, she got up and left.

Fu Huaiyan changed into a suit, looking aloof and handsome. His fine hair was slightly damp, his features finely sculpted and good-looking, and a faint woody fragrance lingered about him. A little grooming made him even more handsome and captivating.

This man in particular, from his figure and bearing to his chiseled face, had the most perfect proportions, as though he were God's finest masterpiece.

When Su Wanqiao saw him downstairs, a deep trace of regret flashed through her eyes, along with a measure of sympathy.

[Being so handsome is useless. He's still going to die young. Before long, he'll meet an unnatural death.]

[Let me count how long until the Fu Family goes bankrupt. We can't have the person gone while the money's still unspent. No, I have to go shopping later. Jewelry, luxury labels, here I come.]

"..."

Fu Huaiyan had just come downstairs when he saw the words above Su Wanqiao's head, and his expression instantly changed.

She wasn't talking about him, was she?

Could he really meet an unnatural death soon, and the Fu Family go bankrupt? How was that possible? He didn't believe it at all.

The wealthy Fu Family owned a top-tier security company. As the head of the Fu Family, he was under tight protection at all times, and no one of unknown background could get near him.

His body was also extremely healthy, without any problems.

The Fu Family also possessed vast wealth and extensive businesses. They ranked near the top of the international rich list and were a well-known, immensely wealthy family in the country. Such a behemoth had abundant financial resources, and their financial reports had consistently shown excellent figures. There couldn't possibly be any risk of bankruptcy. Was this woman dreaming a fool's dream?

So he couldn't think of any reason he would suddenly meet an unnatural death. Given the assessed caliber of his protection team, even a hired assassin taking his life was simply impossible.

Fu Huaiyan frowned at Su Wanqiao, feeling that this woman was spinning increasingly outlandish tales. He kept feeling that her personality was different from before, as though she had become someone else. He hadn't expected her words and thoughts to be so at odds.

If he hadn't suddenly gained the ability to read her thoughts, she might have continued to keep him in the dark.

Just then, he suddenly saw the words above Su Wanqiao's head change again.

Su Wanqiao suddenly noticed that Fu Huaiyan was carrying a blue folder as he came downstairs. He then set it on the coffee table, and from where she sat, she could just see the title printed on the document folder.

"Yannan District Land Tender Proposal"

[Why does the name Yannan District look so familiar? Hmm... I think I remember now. Isn't this the plot of land the male and female leads picked up at a bargain? Fu Huaiyan originally had a very good chance of winning the bid, but Fu Yichu secretly leaked the Fu Group's bid price to the leads. Then they swooped in and snatched the land, developed it, and made a fortune. That gave them their initial capital to compete. Otherwise, how could all those later events have happened?]

[Come to think of it, Fu Huaiyan really is pitiful. A king-ranked player carrying a bunch of bronzes just can't carry them. Although he's very capable himself, he can't withstand the mole in the Fu Group constantly holding him back. His death was also brought about by Fu Yichu working with the male and female leads. Who could have imagined that the person who killed him would be his own younger brother? How could he accept it if he knew the truth?]

"..."

As Fu Huaiyan read the words above Su Wanqiao's head, his heart was already filled with shock. This information was simply too difficult to accept.

He couldn't bring himself to believe that his own younger brother, Fu Yichu, would ultimately join forces with outsiders to kill him.

As he remembered it, although the Fu Family members weren't particularly close, they were still siblings by blood and got along reasonably well. As their eldest brother, he had never treated them unfairly. Both wealth and inheritance rights had been divided fairly. He had once firmly believed that brothers killing one another would never happen in the Fu Family.

Now, the information conveyed by the words above Su Wanqiao's head sent a shudder through him, leaving him cold all over and a little unsteady on his feet. This news truly pained him.

No matter what, he had watched his third brother grow up. Although he was somewhat unruly, he wasn't an utterly evil person at heart. His nature was good. Surely he couldn't be so wicked as to murder his own older brother. Whatever the case, he had to verify this himself.

What Fu Huaiyan found even harder to accept was that, if his third brother really could become like this, he could hardly imagine when his own younger brother had begun harboring disloyal thoughts toward him, or how he had changed and begun betraying him. He urgently wanted answers to all these questions.

At that thought, Fu Huaiyan glanced at Su Wanqiao again. If he could read her thoughts, perhaps they could give him all the answers.

It wasn't that he hadn't considered asking Su Wanqiao directly, but given how completely her spoken words contradicted her inner thoughts, she wouldn't tell him everything even if he asked.

Fu Huaiyan looked at the woman before him. After some thought, for the first time ever, he took the initiative to ask,

"Do you have any work plans today, my wife?"

When Su Wanqiao heard the villain take the initiative to ask about her affairs, for a moment she wondered whether she had misheard. The villain had always been indifferent to the original owner. This was the first time he had asked about her plans.

She suddenly put on an overjoyed expression. "Huaiyan, are you showing concern for me? I want to go shopping today. I'm planning to buy some evening gowns for the Fu Family's business banquet next week. If you have time, could you help me choose?"

"..."

If Fu Huaiyan hadn't seen the words above Su Wanqiao's head, he really would have believed that she wanted him to accompany her, because this woman's thoughts were nothing of the sort.

[Has Fu Huaiyan taken the wrong medicine today? He's actually paying attention to her. But whatever you do, don't agree. Say no, hurry up and say no.]