Chapter 35.6 - I suggest Senior also tread carefully.

Afternoon came, and Li Jinghua went over to the vacant villa that was just beside her house after eating lunch. Earlier, she had already called for the cleaning crew to help clean the villa so that it would look presentable to the client. Opening the door, she looked around the place and was satisfied with the cleaning work.

When An Yunxu came with his agent, Li Jinghua proceeded to give them a tour around the villa. All the while, she acts as a professional, despite feeling that An Yunxu is deliberately trying to probe into her personal life. To be exact, trying to probe more about Li Xinwen's wellbeings.

Li Jinghua politely replied, but never delved deeper into her personal life. When the tour ends and they exits the villa, Li Jinghua heard An Yunxu ask once more.

"Miss Li, is Xiao Xinwen's condition that bad? I noticed that you tend to avoid answering my question. I am only worried for my junior, ah!" An Yunxu said. "Also, since I am free and nearby. Do you think it is possible to pay him a visit? I won't disturb his rest. I promise. I only wanted to talk about work-related matters with him, after all, he was the supposed to be the one to act the role I have right now. I wanted some pointers from him."

An Yunxu has an amicable smile on his face, but Li Jinghua was someone who had experienced the apocalypse. She had learned how to sense malice from someone and at this moment, Li Jinghua could sense that An Yunxu was planning something.

"My brother might be resting at this-"

"Hua-jie!"

Li Jinghua heard a familiar voice calling out to her at a distance and when she turned her head over to the direction of the source, she saw Li Xinwen on the balcony of his room, waving at her. In the end, Li Jinghua was unable to lie to An Yunxu and could only wave back to her brother.

"It looks like Xiao Xinwen is up and awake. Pengfei, go and grab that get well gift from the car," An Yunxu told his agent who then went to the car to get the gift.

From the balcony, Li Xinwen was staring at the trio with a deep look. Earlier, when he left the dimension for lunch, he saw Li Jinghua's message about An Yunxu. So he didn't go back to the dimension as planned. When he sensed two foreign spiritual signature, Li Xinwen trained his ears to listen to their conversation. To his surprise, he found out something that made his neutral stance on An Yunxu became hostile.

Seeing An Yunxu conversing with his sister, and hearing how Li Jinghua is about to chase An Yunxu away from visiting him, Li Xinwen can only call out to her. He didn't want his sister to meddle with his problem.

'It's alright if you were only a rival in the entertainment world, but to actually cause harm and even almost killing me, I don't think I can let this off,' Li Xinwen thought to himself. But when he realized what he was thinking, Li Xinwen froze in place. He took several deep breaths and calmed his mind. 'I might've fallen too deep into this act... keep yourself together, Xinwen. You and the original are two people of different soul.'

He continued to watch as Li Jinghua talked to An Yunxu, silently eavesdropping on their conversation as they made their way to the Li family house. Seeing this, Li Xinwen gave them a friendly wave once more, before going back inside. He went down in a relaxed manner then slowly made his way to the entrance. When he opened the door, Li Jinghua, An Yunxu and his agent had just arrived in front of the door.

"Come on in, ba. But be quiet, my mother is resting in her room," Li Xinwen informed them.

"Xiao Wen, ah. It's good to see that you are well," An Yunxu said with a smile. "This is a gift from me. I apologize for not being able to visit you before this. As you know, my schedule is packed."

Li Xinwen received the gift from An Yunxu, which was a basket of fruit as well as a small box wrapped in gift wrapping. "It's alright, Senior An. Xinwen understand," Li Xinwen replied with a smile.

"Ah'Wen, I have to go back to work. If anything happens, reach out to 'us', alright?" Li Jinghua said with a slightly worried expression. The 'us' she mentions naturally the people in the group chat.

Hearing this, Li Xinwen let out a burst of a low chuckle. "Hua-jie, what is there to be worried about? It's not like an 'accident' can happen inside the house," as Li Xinwen uttered the word accident, his eyes landed on An Yunxu. Though Li Xinwen was smiling, there was a cold glint present in his eyes. An Yunxu suddenly felt cold, as if being doused in ice water. An Yunxu's heart suddenly filled with worry, wondering if Li Xinwen found out that he had his hands in his accident.

Li Jinghua left, but An Yunxu was still rooted in place. Li Xinwen was still staring at him while holding the door open. "Senior An, are you still going to come in?" Li Xinwen asked in a friendly voice but to An Yunxu, it sounded like the devil himself was beckoning him to his death.

"I-I suddenly remembered I have something to do!" An Yunxu replied.

The agent, hearing this was surprising and hurriedly took out his schedule book to check. But An Yunxu's schedule for the day was empty. Understanding what his artist wanted to do, he also speaks up. "Ah, yes. It was my mistake. There was indeed a meeting with a brand representative to talk about the contract of being the spokesperson. Mr Li, I apologize but I will have to take Xiao An with me. When we have time, we will go and visit you properly."

After hearing how his agent had helped cover him, An Yunxu also voiced out his disappointment, saying that how he wished to come in and talk for a while. After that, he hurriedly turned around, wanting to leave. But Li Xinwen's voice stopped him in his track.

"Senior An, don't think I don't know who is behind that accident. That accident has taken five innocent lives. I suggest Senior An also tread carefully," Li Xinwen said with a hint of warning before he went inside the house and closed the door.

An Yunxu did not miss the threat that was hidden under Li Xinwen's words. Hurrying back to his car, An Yunxu quickly told his agent to drive away. "Fuck! Pengfei, do you think that Li Xinwen found out that I was the one behind his accident?" An Yunxu asked.

"That's impossible. You've never contacted the person responsible for the accident yourself, and the middle-man that we used were already sent overseas. We even paid a lot of hush money so there is no doubt that he won't speak," his agent replied.

"Then why was he saying that?!"

"He might just be grasping at straws," the agent answered. "It might be that he was unwilling to accept the fact that you had taken his role in [Death to My Destiny] and had wanted to scare you into admitting. But as long as you don't admit, he will not have any evidence. Xiao An, don't worry too much. After this movie, that Li Xinwen will not be a hindrance anymore."

"He better not be!" An Yunxu hissed under his breath. "Speaking of which, didn't the report says that his injuries were so serious? How is it that there isn't even a single scar on his face?! Even if he didn't die, at the very least, he should have scars."

"About that..."

"Bah! Whatever. The company has given him a year off. In this one year, people should start to forget he even exists in the entertainment circle," An Yunxu said as if trying to comfort himself. The agent didn't say anything else as he continued to drive silently.

Meanwhile, back in the Li family household, Li Xinwen was sitting on his bed, looking at the small box that was given by An Yunxu. He had scanned the object within with his spiritual energy and had deemed that it was not dangerous. But whenever he tried to open it, he hesitated. He did not understand why he was hesitating. 'Is it the original's lingering feeling at play?' Li Xinwen wondered. Even earlier, the anger that he felt didn't originate from him, himself. Instead, it came deep from within his soul.

'Soul?!' as soon as the thought crossed his mind, he threw the box away and repositioned himself, sitting in a lotus position. Closing his eyes, he relaxed his minds and entered his sea of consciousness. Here is where his memories rest, both his own and the original Li Xinwen's. Of course, he had already separated the two and even sorted them out properly. He went deeper until he could see his soul core, covered in a dense blue aura.

He could see there was a crack on his soul core, and he knew the reason for it was because he had used soul attack on An Wuya before. 'Was the crack this small? I'm pretty sure the crack was bigger before...'

But this wasn't what he came to search for. The cracks can be restored, as long as he nourishes his soul over time but before that, he needed to remove the demonic qi inside him. He looked around, but he still couldn't see anything. 'Was I wrong?' Li Xinwen thought to himself.

Finding out that there was nothing wrong within his soul, Li Xinwen left his sea of consciousness and opened his eyes once again. But what he didn't realize was that, when he left, a speck of white shined slightly but its light was immediately overwhelmed by the blue aura around it. The white light disappeared into Li Xinwen's soul core, returning to its source. Within Li Xinwen's soul core, rests another core. White, small and weak, and yet, as it continues to revolve within Li Xinwen's soul core, a small thread of white mist went to the small crack, slowly repairing it. Of course, due to its weak nature, one will not be able to see it with naked eyes since the process itself was extremely slow.