My Exclusive Dream World Adventures-Chapter 198 - Dangerous Woman

Chapter 198: 198 Dangerous Woman

Chapter 198: 198 Dangerous Woman

Chen Xu was right beside her, and could conveniently overhear the voice coming from the phone. His first reaction was confusion—what was Luo Zhenghai up to?

Could someone like him really resort to feigning illness as a tactic to threaten Luo Xiyun into breaking up with him?

The thought seemed ludicrous to him.

Could it be that he really fell ill?

He couldn’t help but recall the last time he left the Luo Family with Xiyun, hearing Zhao Feiqian’s panic-stricken voice, which didn’t seem fake. Perhaps Luo Zhenghai’s health truly was in poor condition.

“I understand,” said Luo Xiyun before hanging up the phone.

She lifted her head, grasped his hand, and said, “It’s nothing serious, let’s go upstairs and check.”

Chen Xu didn’t move; he clasped her hand tightly and said, “Let’s go to the hospital to see him. No matter what, he is your dad. Now that he’s in the hospital, he must be hoping you would visit.”

Luo Xiyun looked at him somewhat vacantly, and after a while, nodded gently.

Chen Xu could tell that after she nodded, she seemed to breathe a sigh of relief. He knew that despite everything, she still had deep feelings for Luo Zhenghai.

In his heart, he harbored some misgivings about Luo Zhenghai. However, he was more aware that the ties of blood and family cannot be cut. To force his woman to choose between her lover and her family was without doubt foolish.

Regardless of his personal feelings about Luo Zhenghai, at least in front of Luo Xiyun, he needed to show some magnanimity.

Even if his father-in-law had laid some trap for him, he was fearless—maximally prepared to meet force with force, to counter whatever came his way.

In his last dream, what he learned most importantly was that one must not flee in the face of difficulties and challenges. The more one fled, the more likely they would end up in even more terrifying circumstances.

When you confront them directly, you’d find those difficulties are often not so formidable after all.

“I’ll take you there. Once we’re at the hospital, I’ll wait for you outside,” Chen Xu said.

Luo Xiyun nodded and gave the name of the hospital.

Chen Xu looked it up on the navigation system and found it wasn’t far. Forty minutes later, they arrived.

As they got out of the car, a man in a black suit approached them with a somewhat respectful demeanor, “Miss Luo, Mr. Chen.”

Luo Xiyun clearly recognized the man and asked, “Which room is he in?”

“Please follow me,” the man said leading the way.

Luo Xiyun gave Chen Xu a questioning look, to which Chen Xu replied, “Let’s go, let’s see together.”

He was eager to see if Luo Zhenghai was genuinely sick or playing some other kind of game.

The hospital at night was unusually quiet.

Under the guidance of the man, Chen Xu and she passed the emergency and outpatient buildings, making their way to the inpatient department behind them.

They reached the door of a particular hospital room without any surprises.

“Mr. Luo is inside,” said the man.

Luo Xiyun looked back at Chen Xu and said, “I’ll go in and have a look.”

“Go on, I’ll wait here for you,” Chen Xu said with an encouraging smile.

After Luo Xiyun entered, Chen Xu saw the man also standing at the door. As it was rather awkward for them to just stare at each other, he walked to the end of the corridor, where there was a balcony separated by a glass door. A man and a woman stood at opposite ends, both smoking.

The man was a stranger, but the woman was familiar to him. It was Luo Zhenghai’s second wife, Zhao Feiqian.

Even though he could only see her profile, he recognized her instantly. She held a slender lady’s cigarette in her hand, gazing out from the balcony, exuding a chill aura. She was quite different from the last time he’d seen her at the Luo residence.

For a moment, Chen Xu even thought he had mistaken her for someone else.

Seemingly aware of his gaze, Zhao Feiqian turned her head slightly to glance at him, her look quite cold. Quickly, she shifted her gaze away and continued staring outside.

Then, the man on the other side finished his cigarette, stubbed it out, threw it into a receptacle and, opening the glass door, left.

Perhaps thinking Chen Xu wanted to go to the balcony, the man didn’t close the door, leaving it ajar.

Chen Xu hesitated for a moment. To go out onto the balcony and stand with her seemed awkward, but to just walk away also seemed awkward.

“After Old Luo’s parents passed away, his heart began to have some issues,” Zhao Feiqian suddenly said. She held the cigarette in her hand, a finger pressed against her forehead, exhaling a stream of white smoke from her red lips.

The light above the balcony wasn’t very bright, providing a muted illumination that accentuated the contrast of light and shadow on her profile, creating a sense of depth.

Staring at this woman who seemed to have transformed into someone else, Chen Xu momentarily didn’t know how to respond.

“Last time, after you left with Xiyun, he fell ill.”

“Today, he mentioned his heart felt a little uncomfortable again, so I had him come to the hospital. We have the best cardiac specialists here.”

As she said this, she finally turned her head to look at him, “I don’t know why Old Luo has such a big issue with you, and I don’t want to know. I just want to ask you to not show up in front of him anymore.”

Chen Xu finally stepped past the glass door and walked out onto the balcony, without looking at her, he said, “I personally have no issues with your husband. It’s unfortunate that he’s sick and in the hospital.”

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“To be honest, if possible, I don’t want to deal with people like you. Unfortunately, he is after all Xiyun’s biological father. I think, no matter how much he dislikes me, he’ll have to face me, his unsophisticated son-in-law, for the rest of his life.”

Zhao Feiqian stared at him, her gaze somewhat cold, her voice colder, “Old Luo will take his daughter into consideration and won’t do anything to you. But you need to understand, Luo Xiyun isn’t my daughter.”

Chen Xu frowned, “Are you threatening me?”

“I’m just reminding you, it’s important to know your place.” Zhao Feiqian snuffed out the half-smoked cigarette against the wall and threw it in the trash can before turning to leave the balcony.

Chen Xu held back any threats; he knew they were meaningless and would only make him appear weak to others.

People react differently when their personal interests are at stake. He didn’t expect Zhao Feiqian, who seemed like a virtuous wife and good mother, to have such a side.

Similarly, Zhao Feiqian probably couldn’t imagine the extent he would go to for Luo Xiyun.

Inside the balcony, the smell of smoke still lingered.

He felt dry in the mouth and reached into his pocket, only to remember it had been a while since he last smoked. Thinking that Xiyun might come out at any moment, he dismissed the thought of going downstairs to buy cigarettes.

He turned his head and looked back. Zhao Feiqian was not in the corridor; he didn’t know if she had gone into the ward. Only that man was still standing at the door.

Feeling an impulse, he walked over and faced the man’s puzzled gaze, asking, “Got a smoke?”

The man pulled out a pack of Lotus cigarettes and a lighter from his pocket.

Chen Xu hesitated for a moment, considering that lighting up in the hospital ward area wasn’t really appropriate. He took the cigarette and lighter, saying, “Thanks,” and stepped outside onto the balcony to light one and deeply inhaled.

He looked beyond the balcony, silently absorbed in his thoughts. Because he was so engrossed, he completely ignored the footsteps and other noises behind him.

After an unknown length of time, Luo Xiyun’s voice from behind broke the silence, “Chen Xu.”

He came back to his senses and extinguished the half-smoked cigarette, asking, “Is he alright?”

Luo Xiyun shook her head, asking, “Since when do you smoke?”

“Just occasionally.” Seeing her reddened eyes, Chen Xu quickly changed the subject, “You look a bit upset. Did he yell at you?”

“No, it was another woman.” Luo Xiyun mentioned this woman with furrowed brows. It wasn’t disgust but more like wariness and unease.

Chen Xu instinctively thought of Zhao Feiqian but then felt it didn’t quite fit and asked, “Is there someone else in the ward?”

At the time he got the cigarette from the man by the door, he couldn’t hear anything—it just meant the wards were pretty soundproof.

“I didn’t expect to run into her in the hospital ward.” She took a deep breath and grabbed his hand, “I waited until she left before coming out.”

Hearing her say that, Chen Xu knew his feeling was right; she was a little afraid of that woman, which was strange, “Is she your father’s enemy? How could she be allowed in the ward?”

“Strictly speaking, she’s a relative, the wife of my younger uncle.”

“That would be a little aunt then.” Chen Xu said, his face showing understanding as he imagined a melodramatic family saga over an inheritance dispute.

Luo Xiyun knew he misunderstood and said somewhat seriously, “It’s not the relationship you’re thinking of. My younger uncle, he’s already dead.”

“Oh.” Chen Xu’s imagination kicked in again, “So, does she think her husband was killed by your dad?”

Luo Xiyun shook her head, “They had just gotten married when my younger uncle became paralyzed from a brawl. He lay in bed for two years and suddenly one day died of a heart attack.”

Chen Xu was taken aback; the script was completely different from what he had imagined.

“Before my younger uncle died, my grandparents had passed away one after the other. After that, she naturally took control of the inheritance that belonged to my younger uncle.”

Still processing, Chen Xu realized what she was implying and felt a chill down his spine. Such a woman was too frightening. She had married into the Luo Family and within two years, so many from the Luo Family had died.

Zhenghai’s hostility towards her was not surprising.

Luo Xiyun said earnestly, “In any case, she is a very dangerous woman. If you ever encounter her, be very cautious. It’s best not even to speak to her.”

Chen Xu felt she demonized the woman and chuckled, “Is it really that exaggerated?”

Luo Xiyun frowned, “To this day, I remember the first time I met her, she stood at the door looking at me, smiling. I got goosebumps right away and didn’t dare to move. The feeling she gave me, she didn’t seem like a living person…”

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