249 Deleterious Old Businessman

In the barely lit study, the voices of Lei Xinyi and Su Qing echoed through the speakers, muffled to the peak, barely audible, incomprehensible voices.

He had been sorting all the work he had been pending for the last four months; her being back changed things, now his life had a purpose. He couldn't get any work done when a piece of his heart was away from him so the next couple of days were bound to be busy.

He half-smirked at the women on the screen, he couldn't hear what was being heatedly discussed because the sharp witted women had placed their chairs far away from the camera but it was obvious the Su's fancy-skunk was filling her ears with ear-wax while He Zheng was acting like a good puppy and just taking all in.

The Su sisters were clever, too damn f*cking clever and cunning for their own good!

He narrowed his eyes at the chatterbox of a woman, filling Lei Xinyi's ear. Su Qianwei had been off the radar since that 'eventful' day and now it seemed like the other one needed to disappear too with how her mouth was running about him…

The only reason he wasn't busting her pretty little head with a sniper was that Lei Xinyi wasn't nodding her head off at her but was irked by the buzzing bee…

Even with that little frown on her face, she was the most enthralling being entrapping his heart.

It was an obsession, outright psychotic to stalk her like this but constantly having her in his sight assured him she was there and was not going to disappear as a fragment of his imagination in the next second.

How much he loved her was searing flame-hot molding in his bone, altering his creation. Slowly but surely his enchantress was seeping in his very soul and dancing on the rhythms of his heartbeats.

He had seen it in her eyes, in her moments of vulnerability; in the moments she let her emotions drive her in obliviousness, her heart too beat for him but she was just too damn stubborn to realize the ache of her heart.

He was an impatient man and she was the rhythm and muse driving his sanity. It was time, she needed to be claimed, the sooner the better. It was high time she was brought to her nest.

His personal phone rang at that time cuting his thoughts short, flashing the same damned name for the twentieth times this morning 'Yin Hao'.

Li Yuan snorted and had the urge to throw the phone at the door to crumble to pieces he wished he could divide this man in. He had been a major pain in his ass for the whole morning.

There had been a major stock drop in the market in many major companies throughout the country due to his new collaboration in an American conglomerate whose sole heir was his college mate.

He could care less what they had to presume but the banging of his phone was sure bothersome. After a call or two most of them quit but this man sure was the persistent ache in his as*.

Like he didn't know when to give up, he was one of those iniquitous, deleterious old businessmen who were power-hungry and full of sh*t. 

The old man even had the gall to shove his daughter on him once to propose of a marriage contract, an arranged marriage when he was already engaged!

And now this was another one of his charades… If he wasn't the third largest shareholder in his company he wouldn't even put up with his bullsh*t.

His door was knocked and Butler Yang entered with a file, "Young Master."

The Butler bowed and placed the file on the desk, the smirk on his face was instant as he took in the contract he had prepared for his little Raven.

He went through the file and nodded then turned his eyes at the Butler who was standing like a blank canvas with all his color scattered in the back of his mind.

Li Yuan raised a brow as he went through all the clauses he had prepared for her and his assistance, it was a deal she couldn't give up. It was too delectable to be passed and she was a little cunning beast and wouldn't give up on an oportunity to rip him off like that.

He was going to serve it to her like a pomegranate as her personal King of Underworld to make her his Queen so she will stay forever stuck with him and he to her.

"What do you think about this, Ralph?" 

Ralph Yang pursed his lips, his Young Master didn't really want to know his opinion or suggestion, it was his way of assessing his judgment.

The Butler took a deep breath and asserted to disclude his personal opinions, "Young Master Li, Miss Lei is intelligent, smart and had been through the Mafia for years as a member of the 'Lei' Family and her Medical expertise are peerless. She is a rare woman of confidence in the field." 

He finally met his Master eyes and exhaled a deep breath, "But in all respect… Young Master, Miss Lei isn't the type to settle nor a domestic lifestyle is something she would thrive in, she is a woman with opinions, bold and liberal: the kind that makes good lovers, not good... partners."

Silence prevailed and Li Yuan's eyes sharpened assessing the man before him but his facial expressions didn't falter even for a millisecond. The Butler averted his gaze and pursed his lips, now more than ever he knew he had crossed a line of exertion as a servant to his Master.

His trail of words would lead to consequence but it was his duty to always guard his Young Master. He had sworn on it, even it cost him his life one way or another, he wanted to give his Master his honest sound opinion.

Li Yaun nodded and a menacing smile took over his features, With a voice neutral to an emotion, he spoke, "Oh? Is this why you had been sharing Intel with my mother about my miseries?" Ralph Yang's eyes shot up and all color drained from his face in a millisecond. 

The calm question froze his functions. How did he know?

He stared at his Young Master but didn't utter a word, just stood there frozen waiting for his impending fate. He took a step forward but Li Yuan raised his finger stopping him in his track.

His eyes turned to stone and a sinister grin adorned his features, "Out of all your qualities, Ralph I appreciate your loyalties and you will like to keep it that way."

Shame washed over the Middle-aged Butler and his face reddened from embarrassment, "Young Master, I don't deserve…"

He was thinking he was looking out for his Young Master but now that the fuzz was cleared even he knew that he was undermining his Master's authority and it was treason, an obvious betrayal.

Li Yuan cut him off coldly, "You don't. But I am still keeping you here. She will notice your absence."

Lei Xinyi will not only notice his absence but will surely question it and then he will have no choice but to expose his family's dirty laundry to her and this wasn't something he was looking forward to.

And a servant like him couldn't be simply replaced easily; he would have to be disposed of like his other subordinate who chose to part ways. It would be simple but his Mother will notice it and then come barging in and at this point, Lei Xinyi will combust too.

A fight will break out that he wasn't yet ready to see, besides Butler Yang was too useful to be replaced and at some points, he understood his concern. Without his little Raven, he was devastated and that wasn't a sight his close ones relished.

He always gave a silent second chance and as predicted Butler Yang didn't tattle about Lei Xinyi's arrival to his mother, which earned him his life.

He leaned back on the chair and resumed reading the contract.

He busily announced in his cold voice, "And loyalty to me is loyalty to her. I plan to put a ring on her finger soon. Let this be known and take this chance to redeem yourself."

This would ensure that from now on all his workers knew how to treat her, they would never mistreat his guest, they were too tuned for that but it would make sure they know who to placate if they wished to stay employed and breathing. 

Butler Yang deeply bowed and excused himself. 

Today he had to make her sign this contract at any cost, tomorrow her brother Jiang Cheng will return from GOD-knows-where he was hiding and there was no saying if she contacts him. 

He would influence her thought process like the Su girl, and any other input would lead to her opinion faltering so it was wise to strike when the iron was hot.

He would take this week to complete all his pending work and then he would take her on a date at the end of the week.

He smirked. There first real date of many more to come…