Chapter 842: 841: Extreme Love Can Soothe a Person's Fury and Unease

Wen Xin sat in a dimly lit private room, facing a man in a black shirt. The man had his sleeves rolled up to his arms, holding a cigarette between his fingers.

“When do you plan to go back to M Continent? It’s been two years since you’ve been there.”

After what felt like a long silence, the man’s hoarse voice slowly spoke, his tone carrying a hint of helplessness and indulgence.

Wen Xin hung her head low, fiddling with her injured hand. After about two minutes of silence, she slowly began to speak.

“I haven’t resolved everything here yet, so probably I won’t have time to go back. I just found some old associates, so there are many things to deal with.”

Wen Xin sat on the couch, adopting a boss’s posture that didn’t concede any sense of weakness against the man’s powerful aura across from her.

“Do you intend to just let the matters in M Continent go? Don’t you know that there’s been an uproar over turf wars there recently?”

Listening to the man’s deliberately suppressed voice of restraint, Wen Xin offered a cool smile, lifted her arm, and gently swayed it.

“What do you think I can do looking like this? Do you still want me to risk my life over a turf war? I’m not the same person I was before, not right now at least.”

While speaking, Wen Xin picked up a pack of cigarettes from the table, flicked one out, put it in her mouth, and naturally lit it up, taking a soft drag and leisurely blowing out a stream of blue smoke.

“I’ve said it many times about the M Continent matters, just let Yan Qing and you handle it. There’s no need to come to me, I might not be able to do much now.”

The man sitting opposite watched Wen Xin smoking, his originally furrowed brows now tightly knotted. Having not seen her like this for a long time, he was struck by an unfamiliar feeling.

“Does he know about this, you being like this?”

He had contemplated for a long time in M Continent. He didn’t want to suddenly appear and disturb Wen Xin’s life, but after hearing she was injured, he couldn’t withstand the worry inside, feeling at ease only when he saw her.

Now, having seen Wen Xin, he had but one feeling—she had changed. The violence that was once a part of her had disappeared, and he might not recognize her if they met on the street.

Wen Xin took another drag of her cigarette, extinguished it in the ashtray, and lifted the corners of her mouth in a faint smile.

“I don’t know. He treats me well, never delving into my past. In his eyes, all he wants is my future.”

Wen Xin knew without guessing who the man was asking about. Whenever she mentioned Mu Chengxi, her eyes and brows would carry a sense of happiness, a feeling of ease she had never experienced before.

The happiness Wen Xin expressed seemed to surprise the man. In his mind, Wen Xin didn’t belong to the mundane world; she wouldn’t have such ordinary expressions.

“Indeed, he has changed you a lot. At least, you no longer carry that violent aura about you.”

“Yeah, I also know I’ve changed a lot. Maybe it’s because of the immense love he’s given me. Extreme love can dissolve a person’s fierceness and unease. In that respect, he has done very well.”

When Wen Xin spoke of Mu Chengxi, her eyes and brows were lightly smiling, and she appeared genuinely tender.

“I’ll introduce you two in the future, but now is not the right time. I plan to resolve all matters before telling him about my identity. Then, he might worry a bit less.”

Wen Xin had no intention of hiding anything from Mu Chengxi. It’s just that her identity was too complex, and for a moment, she didn’t know how to start explaining.

During the brief time she had spent with Wen Xin, the man had come to understand her current lifestyle. Although it seemed somewhat unrealistic, he felt that this was the life Wen Xin deserved.

He had a feeling of contentment and release in his heart.

“If that’s the case, then I understand your intentions. I will take care of the matters in M continent, but when things aren’t going well, I still need you to come back. After all, it’s your empire. I don’t think you would want it destroyed by others, right?”

“Of course, I have never allowed others to lay their hands on my belongings. I think you can handle it, and I trust you!”

Wen Xin had always had great confidence in her business partners; their standing in M continent today wasn’t without reasons.

Hearing such trust from Wen Xin, the man faintly smiled, “For a moment, I don’t know whether I should be happy about your trust or annoyed at your idea of abdicating responsibility. But seeing you like this makes me happy. It’s getting late, I’ll have someone take you back.”

“Your people should just stay disciplined in the hotel. Beijing is not the same as M continent. Although Beijing is very safe, your identities are not. If there’s nothing else, go back early. I don’t want to have to bail you out from the police station.”

Wen Xin stood up, half-jokingly, now that her hand had recovered quite well and she walked without any sign of her previous injury.

After speaking, Wen Xin headed toward the exit. When she reached the door, she turned around for a brief look at the man sitting on the sofa.

“Please keep a closer eye on Chu Yunxuan for me and make sure she stays out of trouble. It’s most important for her to recover her health right now.”

What Wen Xin was most worried about was that Chu Yunxuan would hear about the situation in M continent and couldn’t resist getting up from her sickbed, which would be even more dangerous if she injured herself again.

After she finished speaking, Wen Xin didn’t wait for the man’s response and directly pushed open the private room door and left.

As Wen Xin stepped out of the private room, she unconsciously raised her hand to shield her eyes from the light overhead. The light was a bit dazzling, and she took a moment to adjust.

“Miss Wen?” A man came from behind Wen Xin and, after a glance at her, spoke with some surprise.

Wen Xin lowered her hand from above her head and looked indifferently with her shiny black eyes at the man who had approached and greeted her.

“You are…” Wen Xin frowned slightly, not recognizing the man in front of her.

“Oh, I forgot to introduce myself. I am Lu Kejun. I’ve met you before at one of Master Xi’s dining events.”

Lu Kejun politely greeted Wen Xin and even took a business card from his pocket and handed it to her.

Wen Xin took the business card from Lu Kejun and nodded politely, “I’ll accept your card. If there’s a chance in the future…”

“Oh, look at how forgetful I am. Miss Wen, you came here to see Master Xi, right? Master Xi is in the private room right now. Let me take you to him…”

Lu Kejun interrupted Wen Xin, who was trying to say goodbye, mistaking her for someone who came to see Mu Chengxi and was very enthusiastic about taking Wen gently to find Mu Chengxi.

Hearing that Mu Chengxi was actually in the club, Wen Xin was somewhat surprised. Mu Chengxi had only mentioned that he was going out with friends for some errands and had not mentioned coming to such a place.