Chapter 134 - Find His Weakness! (3)

Xiong Jingfei's eyes flung open, and she rapidly sat up. Her forehead and back were drenched in sweats. Her throat felt like she swallowed a handful of sands. Panting, she clenched onto the bed sheets underneath her hands. 

Where-? She sighed, realizing she was back in her own bedroom. The world outside her windows turned dark, and the only sign of lights was through the stars. 

She got off the bed and headed downstairs to get something to drink. Xiong Jingfei took one step at a time with her weak legs and held onto the rail. 

Xiong Jingfei questioned if it was really because her legs felt weak, or was it Ai's words? Those painfully cried words of Ai still ringed loudly in her head. 

['In this life, I followed you. In the next life, you will follow me!']

Those words were clutching onto her throat and heart. As if squeezing every last drop of air she had left. It wasn't something she could quickly shake it off like she would for other things. Who was it that she was so furious at? 

When she opened the fridge, there was a plate of sandwiches nicely wrapped up with a note on top. 

[Eat.]

Xiong Jingfei smirked, taking the plate out. Even without a name on the note of who wrote it and who it was referring to. She knows it was made with good intentions. 

"You're awake." 

She turned around with the plate of sandwiches. 

The color of Yang Zheyan's ears was hidden under the dimmed kitchen lights, "You should eat something… If it's not good enough, I can order you take out." 

Xiong Jingfei didn't realize she was hungry until her stomach growled. Sitting down on a barstool chair, she beckoned Yang Zheyan over to sit next to her. 

Yang Zheyan almost shook his head. He was relieved to see colors returning on her face. He thought she was going to collapse in her room, but what she did next surprised him. 

She looked around, appeared to be confused, and like she had lost her way. Pulling herself away from him, she headed back to her room and laid on her bed. Just like that, she fell asleep… She slept so quietly like the dead...

While Yang Zheyan was secretly making a phone call to the Yang's family doctor. He made sure to check her breathing every other minute. 

Once again, he was told there was nothing for him to be worried about by the doctor. The same explanation that she was "stressed" and perhaps "lack of sleep." Except that reasoning was no longer making any sense to him. 

The first time he believed it, but the second time… Was he supposed to force himself to believe it again? 

Xiong Jingfei was perfectly fine from the day she moved in. On days that he saw her, she didn't seem tired or exhausted. She was brimming with energy! 

"Doctor, this checkup is to be kept a secret. Do you understand?" Yang Zheyan's ice piercing voice came out once again. He didn't have the energy to keep up his angelic appearance, not now at least. It also wasn't like the doctor never saw this side of him. 

"Yes, I understand." 

"Good," Yang Zheyan said, escorting the doctor out of his house. 

This checkup cannot be known to his parents or grandfather. It will cause nothing but trouble for Xiong Jingfei. 

"Doctor…" Yang Zheyan said, wanting to ask the doctor another question. But he wasn't sure what would be the correct way to word it. 

"Yes?" 

"It's nothing." Yang Zheyan dropped the question. What was he supposed to say? 

Something about the way Xiong Jingfei reacted, none of it felt right to him. It was nothing more than speculation at this time, but something was telling him there was more to what he was seeing. The way she reacted to him shouting at her was extremely odd. 

When she cried, it definitely wasn't because he shouted at her. Yang Zheyan wasn't deaf and blind about Xiong Jingfei's family situation. In the report about her background, it was written in detail on how the Xiong family treats her. 

Xiong Guozhi, her real father, sees her as nothing more than a golden treasure. Her engagement with Yang Zheyan was like striking a gold mine. She was a valuable item to Xiong Guozhi. Though, not enough to Xiong Guozhi. To have Li Roulan and Xiong Jingfei's half-sisters mistreat her from behind closed doors. 

Doors are never always sealed tightly. It will be hard to convince Yang Zheyan that Xiong Guozhi was completely unaware of this. 

No matter how much Xiong Guozhi was away from home. It was impossible for him to not know what goes on inside his own home. He turned a blind eye to everything that is about Xiong Jingfei. As long as she is alive and does not appear "abused," that was all it matters. 

Yang Zheyan carefully examined Xiong Jingfei. She was someone used to others shouting and yelling at her.  

Xiong Jingfei handed the other sandwich to Yang Zheyan. She would have taken off the saran wrap for him to make up partially for the destroyed painting. Except, after seeing his room at the Yang resident and here. He liked his things to be kept "clean clean." 

Yang Zheyan wasn't hungry, but if he refused the offered sandwich. It meant he hasn't forgiven her for what she did. How can he deny the peacemaking sandwich between them?

"Aren't you going to unwrap it for me?" 

A smile immediately showed on Xiong Jingfei's face. She happily obliged and quickly unwrapped it. Whew, at least he's no longer "that" mad at her. 

Yang Zheyan took a small bite because it didn't look like she would stop staring if he didn't. A little part of him wondered what would have become of Xiong Jingfei if he refused this arranged marriage? There were so many methods for him to use if he genuinely wanted to destroy this agreement.

He was set on doing it until he saw Xiong Jingfei. Somehow he couldn't find the courage to do any of the methods he came up with. She would have been destroyed by her family and had to deal with it alone. If he went the other route than the one, they're on now. 

"Stop looking at me and eat yours too. You haven't had anything in your stomach since this afternoon."  

Xiong Jingfei took a bite of his handmade sandwich happily. Eating it like it was the best meal she ever had. She hoped it'll please the owner of the sandwich maker. It was nothing like the fancy dishes made by Nanny Liu.

It may appear like she was faking the happiness eating it, but she wasn't. Eating with another person made it taste so much better! This was the first time she ate with Yang Zheyan in his home. 

Xiong Jingfei smiled and took another big bite. 

Yang Zheyan chuckled, "What? Is it really that good?" 

She nodded her head, and her lips curved upward beautifully.  

Yang Zheyan didn't know his plainly handmade sandwich would taste this good to her. When he took a bite earlier, it didn't taste any different from the one he made this afternoon. 

He took another bite. Yes, now he can taste the difference in it! Not the taste of the sandwich but the feelings involved. 

On Xiong Jingfei's lips, crumbs were sticking onto it. Unable to ignore it, he gently wiped it away with a napkin. The way she eats is like a child! 

"I come home more often… There are things I need to take care of first." Yang Zheyan explained though he wasn't sure why he needed to explain any of his business to her. She wrote it clearly in their contract that they don't need to know each other's businesses. 

That night, Xiong Jingfei and Yang Zheyan finally had a real talk with each other. In that dim kitchen, one of them laughed out loud while the other did it silently. No fake smile, tone, or pretense to shield shut out others. 

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That same night, Xiong Jingfei fell asleep without having any more dreams. She almost forgot it felt to wake up feeling refreshed instead of exhausted! 

Throughout the day, she was practically skipping to all her classes. Today, there is no way anyone can ruin her happy mood! 

"Feifei, are you okay now?" 

Ahhh, all but maybe him? No! Xiong Jingfei didn't let it flatten her peace of mind. 

"With the way you're skipping. It looks like you're all better now and yourself." Feng Huan said, without any expression on his face. "About that day with Zhao Fan, can you tell me what happened?" 

Xiong Jingfei wasn't sure what to tell him, and what he wanted to know. Compared to her, he probably knows more about what happened than her. Everything she knows was said to her by Xu Suying. 

"Sorry, but this beautiful lady would be accompanying me today." 

Someone from behind Xiong Jingfei said and pulled her away from Feng Huan. 

Xiong Jingfei tilted her head back to see the person who grabbed her. There is no male human being in her life that was close enough with her to do this! Coming into eye contact with this person, she almost couldn't believe he would be here! 

The person's face was covered with a mask and had on a hat. Except, that will never be enough to cover his charisma!