229 Soul-Mates

In the darkroom with only the LED illuminating the room, it was serene and calm except for the momentary silence breached by the movie on the screen.

Lei Xinyi had her head rested on his lap while he was playing with her hairs and massaging her scalp, she was munching on popcorns and in her two bites, she would put one in his mouth.

Her excuse for the hypocrisy was simple that he needed to maintain his figure while she already had a jelly-belly. Lei Xinyi brought another of her strange strawberry-tasting popcorn to his lips without tearing her eyes from the screen.

She was shoving it in his right cheek. Li Yuan held her wrist and guided her to his mouth. He smiled at the fierce woman on his lap, while running his hand in her hairs and by the way she had turned all her hairs to him, she liked it.

He knew what she was capable of. The woman had a reputation that would even scare away Feds but to him, she was his little Queen.

She could do anything she pleased; he would deal with the consequence. He picked a strand of her hair and kissed it.

By the end of the year, he would make sure she is pampered and rotten, and no one but he can hold all her adventures. Hell, he would rather do them with her! He smirked at the thought.

He wanted to drag her to their honeymoon already but for catching his Raven he needed to be patient, he smirked at the thought that his little Raven thought she was conning him again when he was bringing her in a game he had already lost and was waiting for her surrender.

Lei Xinyi was a feral rogue bird in the forest and in the wilder she had a lot of enemies. Li Yuan smirked, he would deal with all of them.

He had an idea to put his cousin to rest, Yu Youhan wanted the bluebird Lu Xinyi then he would have her but at the price of Lei Xinyi's freedom. Yu Wang and Jiang Cheng should rather care about their own heads first.

Although he and Master Lu stood on opposite sides of the Law, Master Lu was a penny in his pocket but instead of brushing him aside, he will use him to introduce his Love to the world.

And…His Grandfather, Old Master Li was a threat to be reckoned with but once Lei Xinyi becomes his wife, there was nothing he would be able to do.

But there was another problem, everyone in the family thought Lei Xinyi was pregnant with his child and he had told this lie about four and a half months from now and in this much time, a pregnant woman starts showing...

Li Yuan kept reviewing all his plans details while looking at Lei Xinyi's face than the screen.

The movie was by far tolerable and he was watching Lei Xinyi's expression instead, The way she would dig her nails in his thigh when there was a thrilling scene, the way her full bee-stung lips would part in anticipation, the way her cat-like eyes would widen in shock.

She was far more to see than the movie playing.

The movie was playing the interval and Lei Xinyi was still shoving popcorns in her mouth in anticipation when the door shutting voice was heard followed by footsteps that echoed in the silence.

Neither Lei Xinyi nor Li Yuan took notice of the approaching person.

If there was anybody, it should be the approaching person who should be afraid as they were nearing two wild predators.

There was seductive laughter of a woman that was resonating the hallway till seized at once just as the footsteps halted. There was a voice of things falling which must be the take-outs they brought.

Yi Yang and Qin Shu at once rushed in front of the care-free couple on the couch. Li Yuan kept running his hand in Lei Xinyi's hair not even bothered while Lei Xinyi kept shoving popcorns in her mouth.

Yi Yang astonishment turned into disbelief, in front of him Lei Xinyi was laying with her head resting on the thigh of the Underworld's King and he was tenderly caressing her scalp.

He couldn't help but shout, "What the F*ck Lei Xinyi?! What is 'he' doing here?!"

None took him into consideration, Lei Xinyi kept her eyes trained on the film which almost came to an end and Li Yuan was busy massaging her head.

Yi Yang became beyond livid and agitated. It was spoiling his plans. He wanted Lei Xinyi to ogle the Lei Heir's name and then end her as she was one of the most ferocious players.

No, he couldn't let the little b*tch mess with his perfect plan, she will have to die, even if it meant the King of Underworld was dying with her...

He took their nonchalance to his advantage and sneaked his hand on his gun that was tucked behind him and sarcastically laughed, "Oh!" He tucked it out of his belt, sarcastically mocked, "I get it. A wh*re like you couldn't keep her legs from spreading!"

He undid the safety and raised the gun on Li Yuan's head to shoot.

Hearing the safety unlock, Lei Xinyi ears perked up and Li Yuan's eyes turned up, and before a soul could comprehend and a gunshot rang out followed by the shouts of a woman in the building alerting the forces outside.

'SHOOT'

Yi Yang stared in utter disbelief at his bloodied hand that was holding the gun; more than aguish of the seeping wound was the astonishment to bear the volume of the situation. His gun was thrown meters away.

Then his eyes fell on Li Yuan who was still caressing Lei Xinyi's hairs but his other hand had a Glock custom-made arm that was blazing smoke from recently being shot.

Li Yuan smirked, shook his head as if a disappointed parent, and shot once more without lifting his head.

Yi Yang shrieked as the pain once again took his body hostage and fell to the floor on four. Li Yuan had shot him in his knee cap, which would ensure he was to never walk again, that is... if he survived.

It was his way of retaliating for giving Lei Xinyi a fracture, the retribution for almost taking his raven away from him in an orchestrated accident was yet to come.

He looked down to see Lei Xinyi having a small smirk and mock-amusement in her eyes, no pity, no sympathy, just contempt. His smirk grew.

They were definitely soul-mates.

Lei Xinyi snorted with her eyes still set on the screen, and snarled, "People should really flask so they know what's coming out of their mouth because people hands slip here."

It was a cruel way of defending his case but only his Queen's approval mattered.

Qin Shu had scurried away in a corner and was looking at the scene in utter fear. Lei Xinyi had the urge to scoff at the woman's muffled sobs.

If she couldn't handle the little blood and gruesomeness, why was she even in this dirty business?

At last Lei Xinyi's movie ended with background music of Yi Yang groans and Qin Shu sobs.

Lei Xinyi sat straight and smiled in a venomous laced sweetness at Li Yuan, "Honey, hold him for me," She indicated to Yi Yang who was lying on his own pool of blood.

Li Yuan raised his eyebrow at the endearment, but as a whipped man, he was, he stood up and grabbed Yi Yang's head and brought him on his knees.

Lei Xinyi smiled and inspected Yi Yang with cold, dead eyes as if she was looking at a dummy. She took a look at the blood then the blood flow; it wasn't pouring out heavily so there was no way he was passing out till an hour.

Lei Xinyi hummed then checked his pulse, she gripped his jaw and peered open his glazed eyes. He wasn't getting back on his feet again but he would survive.

She grinned at him in cold-blood and brought her supporting stick in front of him and swung her hand sharply against his cheek bringing him to his senses.

She looked at his bewilderment and mocked, "I never knew what was an appeal to a Bastard on his knees, until today."

Yi Yang was gaining back focus and glaring at Lei Xinyi but she didn't give a damn like she was already consoling a dead man.

This was a thing about her, she never started riots but she made sure to put an end to them. And when people had the balls to harm others they should have the guts to bear it too!

If you don't give mercy, you don't expect mercy;

Lei Xinyi observed Yi Yang with eyes devoid of recognition, she had been nice to him...she spared him when he was begging for his life once on his knees and in return he almost killed?!

She remembered the dread and anguish; It was a miracle she wasn't dead so she was simply returning the favor. The thought alone of his pending screams excited her.

Li Yuan couldn't stop the flicker of pride at his Raven, She was no feeble-hearted, forgiving princess; She was a Mother-f*cking Queen, Custom-made by the God above for him.

She was just as twisted in the head as he was, like a puzzle that fit together. If there was a speck of doubt earlier, he could see it now: She was his perfect fit.

In their world, there was no second chance or forgiveness and he didn't want a cry-baby wife wailing on his tail of how he was a murderer but his little Raven would rather assist him.

Standing there with their foot-wears dipped in crimson blood he could see the woman who would walk with her head high next to him.