Chapter 367 - Monopolize

What if Poker was bound on killing Yang Zhen Ying and not just her? That means that fire would have killed Yang Zhen Ying. The fact that she didn't try to save Yang Zhen Ying would have haunted her for life if something happened to Yang Zhen Ying.

All these possible regrets. All these possible scenarios. All these possible lists. They were all because of Poker and what they do! It was all because they wanted to control the world! They wanted to monopolize the country and the world!

Father Mu wouldn't have to live his life in guilt if Xiao Lan Yu and Shen Nan Kun didn't try to threaten him with his wife and daughter. The real Mu Xi Xing would have a happy family, and she would have grown up as a normal girl. Her uncle, Xiao Lan Ke, and her mother and father, Xiao Lan Xi and Lu Qing Shi, wouldn't have died. She, too, would have lived a happy life with them. Ji Zheng Yang's sister wouldn't have lost her mother, and they wouldn't have to lose a daughter. There were so many things that wouldn't have happened if Poker wasn't so hell-bent on monopolizing the country!

This was the first time Mo Xi had actually blamed others for whatever that had happened, and it was all just because of Donovan's presence. She had always blamed herself for whatever that had happened to the people around her, and she always tried to improve herself to be kinder and stronger. She wanted to be even kinder because she was thankful for being alive. She wanted to be stronger because she wanted to keep those around her safe.

However, despite all that, Mo Xi still had that feeling of sorry for Donovan because he was there for her during her childhood.

Mo Xi looked at Donovan for a moment before she looked down, "He punished you, right?"

Donovan was surprised, but he chuckled when he remembered that she had incredible senses, "Your nose is still so sėnsɨtɨvė."

Mo Xi smelt the scent of blood and antiseptic solution the moment Donovan came in. At first, she was still wondering why he was hurt, but now she knew.

Donovan must have been punished very severely, or he was always punished. If not, those wounds wouldn't have lasted for so long.

"Can I… can I hug you for a while?"

Before Mo Xi even agreed, Donovan quickly hugged Mo Xi as though afraid that she would reject him the next moment.

"I missed you so much... My little star…" Donovan's voice trembled when he said that, and he hugged Mo Xi very tightly.

"You don't know how long I have been waiting to be able to hold you like this… You were and still are my only hope in life…"

However, the hug only lasted for a few seconds as Yan Chu and Valerie pulled Donovan away from Mo Xi.

"Don't anyhow hug a married woman. I don't know what is going on with you, but stay away from her."

Vincent and Tyler were in a state of shock as they felt as though they had seen and heard something that they weren't supposed to.

Donovan let out a defeated sigh and looked at Mo Xi, "Can I ask you another question?"

"Mm."

"Why did you choose him?"

Mo Xi instantly knew that the 'him' Donovan was talking about was referring to Jing Mo Chen.

"Because I fell in love with him."

Donovan felt as though a knife stabbed through his heart, "Then, why didn't you fall in love with me?"

"No one can control how their hearts feel, just like how you couldn't control it either. I couldn't. He couldn't."

"Do I not stand a chance at all?"

"Mm. Be it in the past, now, or in the future, he is and will be the only one that I love."

Donovan's eyes turned red, and a drop of tear fell when he blinked.

"No matter what. This time around, I will protect you well, even if it means that I have to turn against my family or lose my life."

"Take care of yourself first."

The way Mo Xi spoke to him was still a little hostile and cold, but the concern in her words was sincere.

Donovan felt a warm feeling filling his heart when Mo Xi said those words.

"Mm. I will. I will have to take care of myself to protect you."

Donovan smiled and turned around to leave, but Mo Xi asked him another question.

"Is the milk brother from the past going to come back?"

Donovan turned around and smiled happily, "Not exactly because if he is entirely back, then who is going to protect you?"

"Don't do anything that would put yourself in danger. I don't want to lose anyone in my life anymore..."

"You are still so kind like in the past… Unlike me, I changed a lot…"

"We all changed, but there would always be a part of us that never changes. I hope the milk brother from the past can come back quickly."

"I will do my best to become what I was."

Donovan smiled once again and was about to leave the office when she stopped him again.

"If you go out looking like this, you would expose yourself."

Donovan laughed as he knew that he looked rather horrible and ridiculous because he was laughing and crying at the same time.

Mo Xi passed him a bottle of water and some tissue papers for him to freshen up. Donovan then waited for a while until he looked normal before he left Yan Chu's office.

Donovan went back to Heinrich Corporation the moment he left E's Corporation.

Donovan sat down in his office while he looked at the sky through the window.

"This should be enough… As long as she is alive and well, that's all that matters to me. At least I have a small place in her heart… It is better than nothing…"