Chapter 244: She Is Equally Important

"What are you doing?" Chen Yu's voice turned cold abruptly, and he grabbed the hand Ye Xinyu was about to bring down in another slap.

"Stop." Chen Yu held her hand tightly; his relationship with Ning Ruoxue was cultivated over past and present lives, and even Ye Xinyu could not just hit her at will.

Because that woman, whether in her past life or this one, had sacrificed too much for him, and Ye Xinyu coming up and hitting someone without rhyme or reason was something Chen Yu would not allow.

"What is it, Chen Yu, are you going to hit me too?" Ye Xinyu said coldly, "I shouldn't have trusted you. I naively thought you had changed and would be good to me in the future, but reality has given me another heavy slap in the face."

"Fine, you two are really something. Here I am, Chen Yu, carrying your child, and with the company Contract having problems, I am under tremendous pressure. And you? What are you doing? You're being intimate with another woman?"

"The two of us really aren't what you think. I came here today just to resolve your issues," Chen Yu shouted.

"Heh, this is you resolving problems?" Ye Xinyu laughed, and as she laughed, her tears fell: "Chen Yu, look at me, look at me closely. Do you think I'm a fool? You two resolving problems—I'm afraid you'd resolve them right into bed."

"You don't understand my relationship with Chen Yu, but it is absolutely not what you think." Chen Yu was about to speak, but Ning Ruoxue stopped him.

Ning Ruoxue's expression was cold and clear; there were five bright red finger marks on her face, but her expression was not particularly angry.

"What did you say? Ning Ruoxue, you are also a lawyer, one of society's elite, yet you are so willing to degrade yourself, preferring to be a mistress?" Ye Xinyu was furious.

"He and I have known each other since our past lives," Ning Ruoxue stared at her and said, "My relationship with him is not what you think. Ye Xinyu, I will not steal your man, because he has a wife."

"And he is not a casual person, but look at yourself now. You come from a scholarly family and should be a gentle, sensible woman, yet you insist on forcing yourself to become a shrew."

"If one day Chen Yu really leaves you, it will certainly not be because of someone else, but because you yourself pushed him into someone else's arms. A word of advice: cherish the people around you. If you lose them, you will regret it too late."

After Ning Ruoxue finished speaking, she grabbed her bag and left.

Chen Yu silently picked up the Contract on the table: "She is a lawyer, the best lawyer in all of Fengling. Because of your Contract, she didn't sleep at all last night. And what does she get in return? A slap in the face from you?"

"But, the affectionate way you two looked just now..." Ye Xinyu was slightly stunned; she suddenly felt that she might have truly misunderstood them.

"I admit that my relationship with her is not ordinary, but it is absolutely not what you think." Chen Yu threw the Contract in his hand heavily onto the ground: "Ye Xinyu, I can tell you that there are not many people I need to protect in this life."

"Those I am close to, those I love—you are one, and she is another. If you dare to hurt her again in the future, then the bond between us as husband and wife ends here."

Ye Xinyu's expression was shaken; Chen Yu's words rang in her ears like a thunderclap. She looked straight at Chen Yu, not knowing what to do for a moment.

"And you, Xu Siying, if you dare to stir up trouble again, I will not be polite to you." Chen Yu glanced coldly at Xu Siying.

"Chen Yu, I just saw you here and then called Xinyu over. I'm sorry, I disturbed you." Xu Siying looked innocent.

Chen Yu glared at her fiercely and turned to leave. Watching Chen Yu's departing back, two lines of tears fell from Ye Xinyu's eyes.

On the Mountain, inside that same dilapidated temple.

Huang Siye respectfully offered incense to a Buddha statue, then turned and said: "Mr. Chen, I have already looked into the matter of He Wei. Tonight, we have an appointment at Zhongyi Villa to resolve this."

"I have troubled you, Fourth Master." Chen Yu nodded: "This battle between He Wei and me is unavoidable. Even if it is mediated for now, there will definitely be problems in the future."

"I know, but the Three Provinces have their own rules. If a large-scale conflict really breaks out, it won't be good for anyone. Since I have sat in this position as the Head of the Three Provinces, I must do something. We will prioritize mediation first; if he does not accept mediation, we will think of other ways," Huang Siye said.

"Since that is the case, I will listen to Fourth Master." Chen Yu nodded.

"I don't know this He Wei, but decades ago, I was an old rival of his grandfather," Huang Siye said: "This kid has inherited all of his grandfather's ruthlessness and decisiveness. He is vicious and merciless, so you and your family must be careful."

"Thank you for the warning, Fourth Master. I have already arranged for people to protect my family," Chen Yu said.

"Very well. When we meet later, I will naturally prioritize mediation, but you must also keep your temper in check; otherwise, it will be a bloodbath," Huang Siye said.

"Fourth Master, you have already retired from the underworld; you shouldn't be interfering in these Jianghu grudges. This is just asking for trouble for yourself." Chen Yu smiled.

"I don't want to ask for trouble either, but there's no choice," Huang Siye smiled and said: "Fengling is different from other places. More than ten years ago, how arrogant and proud was I? But I was warned by people from above."

"Only from that time did I understand that in this peaceful and prosperous age, some things cannot exist in the open. If you are too arrogant, you are just courting your own destruction. That is why I have been trying my best to maintain the order of the underground world in the surrounding Three Provinces all these years; this is something tacitly approved by certain people."

"So that's how it is." Chen Yu's gaze was somewhat strange; he never expected that this Huang Siye was actually semi-official.

"Fourth Master, everything is ready." Xie Wuji walked in.

Xie Wuji had an extremely high status in the Jianghu, and he himself was the leader of the Thirteen Taibao, holding the Taibao Order. Strictly speaking, Huang Siye was just a retired gang leader, but Chen Yu could not understand why he had been working as a servant for Huang Siye for over a decade.

"Very well." Huang Siye nodded slightly, then said: "Old Xie, after tonight, our ten-year agreement will expire, and you will be a free man from then on. Thank you for these ten years."

"A bet is a bet. Since I lost ten years ago, I will certainly keep my promise. Moreover, I have seen everything Huang Siye has done over these ten years. I am willing to be your servant," Xie Wuji said calmly, his long eyebrows drooping slightly.

"You, the leader of the Thirteen Taibao, have an extremely high status in the Jianghu. It must be very humiliating to be a servant to a gang leader like me," Huang Siye smiled.

"It is truly not humiliating. After so many years, I feel we should be old friends. After tonight, let's have a good drink," Xie Wuji smiled faintly.

"Good, after tonight, we will have a drink," Huang Siye said.

"Senior Xie, you had better not go tonight." Chen Yu looked at Xie Wuji; seeing a faint trace of baleful aura on him, Chen Yu was somewhat worried.