189 — Unmasking Bei Fengxue

Li Chuanmo smirked, "Oh? That was merely the tip of the iceberg. Just go and wait for my retaliation." Even punching him till he bled would not assuage his anger.

The only reason why they could still sit and discuss calmly was because Li Chuanmo currently hated someone else more.

Himself.

"Fine. I admit that was wrong, but I really had a good reason."

"Which is?" He suddenly noticed that the blanket covering Pei Yueran had slipped a bit, so he casually got up to gently adjust it.

Gao Tinghua moistened his throat before saying resolutely, "She's my long lost elder sister."

Silence.

Even the hand adjusting the blanket paused. Then Li Chuanmo resumed his seat before raising an eyebrow.

Given the recent events, he knew things were not so simple, but the possibility of her being Gao Tinghua's sister had never even crossed his mind.

"Proof?"

"Is where I'll need your help. She has a mark unique to the Gao family, but I still need concrete evidence. Maybe you can let me have her toothbrush or a strand of her hair?"

"Forget it." Li Chuanmo immediately rejected him without giving it a thought, causing Gao Tinghua to frown.

Li Chuanmo directed a look towards Pei Yueran before speaking. "You should have just spoken to her directly and gotten her approval. Why did you think I would help you behind her back and leave her in the dark?"

Gao Tinghua thought simply, "Because she could very well be a member of the most influential family in the Capital?"

Li Chuanmo's reply was just one word: "B*llsh*t."

What a joke. In his opinion, the stuff about a birthmark was just a bit above speculation at best. Besides, even if it was true, she deserved to know and decide for herself. There was really no reason for him to sneak around, something she might not appreciate.

He was most likely in her bad books already, which was a huge problem he did not know how to go about solving. He couldn't afford to cause more trouble.

And the stuff about being a member of the most influential family was nowhere enough to impress him.

Taking ten thousand steps back, even if she was a member of the Gao family, so what?

In his opinion, she already had a lovely family, and was about to form a lovelier one. And if it was about wealth, there was nothing the Gao family could give her that he couldn't as her husband.

This time, it will be her sole decision to accept or spurn them.

Gao Tinghua could not comprehend his line of reasoning. What normal person would reject being related to the Gao family?

At his protracted silence and blank look, Li Chuanmo urged him, "What was it you wanted to say about Bei Fengxue?"

That reminded him and his face became more serious. "About that, it was all my fault."

"Straight to the point, and quickly." Li Chuanmo was truly tired of the conversation, but this was the main thing he wanted to know.

"How well do you know her?"

Li Chuanmo was fast losing his patience, but the more irritated he was, the calmer he appeared. "Pei Yueran's personal assistant. Two years work experience, she came with a solid recommendation from her previous company and the agency."

Gao Tinghua grimaced. "I'm afraid my scheme worked too well."

Li Chuanmo really felt like beating up this guy. "Meaning?"

"It was a hoax. She's not what she seems, on the contrary, she's someone you know quite well. Her name is not Bei Fengxue, it's Xie Weiwan."

Li Chuanmo went totally still.

"What did you say?"

"Xie Weiwan. I went in search of her some five months ago and found her in City C."

"You did what?!"

"We struck a deal. It was my master plan to have Yue— Ms Pei, and you were standing in my way. I presume you know what she had been up to all these years. I offered to help her avoid the police if she would divert your attention."

By now, pure rage darkened Gao Tinghua's features. "But that b**ch! She dared to make a deal with me but refused to play by the rules."

The storm that had risen in Li Chuanmo's heart due to Gao Tinghua's words had just begun to die down. So that was why she fell off his radar and turned up missing? It seemed he started investigating her too late, else he would have found her long before now.

It was all beginning to make sense to Li Chuanmo now. "So this incident?"

"Planned. I told her to abort the mission immediately I found out about my relationship with Yue—Ms Pei, but obviously, the b**ch had the guts to disregard my orders."

Li Chuanmo clenched his hands so tightly that his short, beautiful nails dug into his palms, leaving deep imprints. He was badly in need of a punching bag right then.

The need to stay levelheaded warred powerfully against his urge to punch the man in front of him, but practicality won out in the end. It wouldn't do to disturb her rest.

"Get out of my sight."

Gao Tinghua wanted to stay longer, at least till Pei Yueran wakes up, but he decided to leave things be. Enough had already been said today. "I'll come back to talk to Ms Pei when she gets better."

Li Chuanmo said nothing. There was obviously no way he was going to let him in next time.

As he walked towards the door, he paused. "You have her right? Send her to me. When she lands in my hands, I'll make sure to deal with her properly."

"Absolutely not. You leave her to me. Bei Fengxue, no, Xie Weiwan has to pay a hefty price for the harm she caused my wife."

It was on the tip of Gao Tinghua's tongue to say he didn't trust Li Chuanmo, but when he saw that indifferent face transform to a thousand year old frozen solid tundra, he silently buried the thought.

Perhaps there were sides to this love rival, no, brother-in-law that he was yet to discover.

"Fine. Still, send her to me for three days. I'll return her to you afterwards. She has to lose at least a layer of skin by my hands."

"Two."

"Deal."

"What are you two talking about?" Behind them, a weak voice laced with disbelief sounded.