Chapter 221: Easy

"That was easy," Lyca said lowly before she turned her attention towards Long Yi and Huang Xiaoxuan. Seems like she was really lucky tonight, eh? "Mrs. Long… why does it seem like you swallowed something huge? Are you alright?" Lyca beamed at Huang Xiaoxuan.

"I just couldn't help but wonder how come the party sent an invite to the likes of you?" Huang Xiaoxuan uttered and immediately regretted her words. When it comes to Lyca, controlling her anger was truly difficult. Her mouth seemed to act on its own even if her brain had been telling her to stop talking.

"What do you mean?" Lyca looked at her, her eyes blinking like an innocent kitten. Huang Xiaoxuan couldn't help but grit her teeth. Half of her wanted to strangle this woman while the other half wanted to scream at her until she lost her voice. She hated Lyca. She could feel her insides vibrating just from the thought of Lyca ruining her life.

First was Long Yi. Huang Xiaoxuan honestly thought that the reason why Long Yi always looked at her with disgust is because of Lyca's acts in the past. That woman tried to show off in front of everyone, making Long Yi thought she was the best out there when clearly, she wasn't! This world was full of women better than Lyca and yet, everything that Huang Xiaoxuan does gets compared to Lyca's.

There was a mistake in her report? Well… that must be because she wasn't as detail-oriented as the smart Lyca!

There was a mistake in the laboratory? That's because the head researcher is not as smart as Lyca!

There was a problem with the bullet? That's because Lyca originally created it and they have no idea how to enhance it without creating a huge explosion in the f*cking lab!

It was all Lyca!

Lyca!

Lyca!

Lyca!

"I mean… murderers like you who couldn't even be bothered with helping their parents out! Someone who would leave their parents in their enemy's turf just because of their own selfishness."

"What do you mean, Mrs. Long?" Shen Qui chimed in as he fought the urge not to laugh at this woman's foolishness. "Is there something wrong with mother and father? Last time I heard… they are in their mansion, living peacefully."

Shen Qui's words brought her back from her stupor. Huang Xiaoxuan stilled when she felt Long Yi's pinched getting tighter on her waist. It was too painful.

"My wife is just drunk." Long Yi said as he gritted his teeth. "Please excuse her. I would ask my men to escort her back to the car. So she could rest."

"You should escort her back to your hotel Mr. Long," Lyca said, concern can be seen on her face. "I heard that she is pregnant. Drinking alcoholic beverages while pregnant might affect the fetus." She widened her eyes. "Cousin… please don't tell me you wanted to— " Lyca covered her mouth, her eyes wide from the surprise.

"You— " When it comes to Lyca's way with words, Huang Xiaoxuan quickly realized that she was still a novice compared to this woman's shamelessness. She remembered how this Lyca doesn't like to speak and when she does, she always says all sorts of weird words. She could easily make everyone speechless.

Years had past and it seems that Lyca was still the same while she…. She was still inferior to Lyca. She clenched her jaws as she pushed away Long Yi's hands. How could Lyca try to make everyone think that she was harming her son? "First of all, I am not drunk!" She hissed, not realizing that she had implicated Long Yi instead of Lyca. Huang Xiaoxuan actually forgot that the first person who said she was drunk was her own husband.

"Second of all, my husband and I were invited here because we have the capability to help the people in need. We are not like you who had been running around for the past five years after trying to kill our grandfather!"

"And third of all, I am not— " she stopped talking when she heard Long Yi's next words.

"She had been drinking since we left our hotel. I will escort her out. Please accept my apologies, Mr. Rivers, Mr.Ma. I will come back at the start of the event." Long Yi smiled before he suddenly pulled Huang Xiaoxuan away from Shen Qui and Lyca. 

"Let me go, Yi! That was Lyca right there! Let me go! That woman just— "

"Do you want me to kill your child?" Long Yi whispered. His words were enough to make Huang Xiaoxuan froze. "Did you think I would let that child arrive in this world?"

It was as if a cold bucket of water was poured inside Huang Xiaoxuan's soul. His harsh words were enough to wake her up from whatever anger that she felt earlier. 

"Yi, you— "

"You are as stupid as ever," Long Yi said, his face dark, his voice low. It made Huang Xiaoxuan trembled in fear. Long Yi had been mad at her before. He said a lot of nasty words, called her names, yelled at her, and sometimes touched her but he never once sounded like… he was about to kill her. "Did you see how Shen Qui was treated by everyone else?" Long Yi's words echoed inside her ears. "Did you see how Santa greeted him and Lyca like they were close?" He suddenly pulled her towards the powder room just a few feet away from the exit of the second floor.

"Yi, you are hurting me!" Huang Xiaoxuan said when Long Yi held her neck, slowly tightening his hands around her slender flesh. "Please… let me go."

"Did you even see how respectful Santa was to Shen Qui? He fucking adored him and Lyca! Do you think that is something Santa would do to a fucking nobody?" While Long Yi doesn't know Shen Qui's connection to Santa, he was planning to be careful about all this. Right now, they needed Santa's help in the black market in Kong City that is connected to the neighboring Ralia City.

He needed Santa's connection now, especially that Santa had been trying to build a reputation lately. And yet this stupid woman just… ruined everything. "Did you know why I would never like you?" he asked. Almost immediately tears started to stream down Huang Xiaoxuan's cheeks. "It's because you are nothing but a stupid cunt who wanted nothing but to have the best, so you can show off to your equally dense friends. When you knew that I was the heir of the Long Company, you didn't hesitate to like me, even though our families were enemies. You are stupid and dense and yet, you try so hard to matter."

"Yi, please… can we just— " Huang Xiaoxuan didn't know which one actually hurt more. Long Yi's words? Or his hand around her neck. "Please…" She struggled to get out the words from her mouth.

"When the Huang Family fell into chaos… you immediately informed me that you would stand by my side. Despite your father pleading you to prioritize the Huang Family. You actually threatened him to offer marriage or you would kill yourself." Long Yi laughed. "Look at you now? Did you think… that your life would be easy with me?"

Huang Xiaoxuan's already pale face turned so white, she looked like a piece of paper. How did Long Yi know all the things that happened before her father proposed a marriage?

"Xiaoxuan… you are making yourself look like a clown. Your make up, wouldn't hide the fact that you are empty. You only wanted someone to praise you and assure you that you are enough. When you already know that you aren't. You are not enough, you are not smart and you are not beautiful. And I will make sure to remind you that you are nothing to me… every single time until you kill yourself." He uttered before letting go of her neck. Smiling Long Yi looked at Huang Xiaoxuan on the floor. "You can never be here."

"Yi… Why do you hate me so much?"

Long Yi narrowed his eyes on her but didn't say another word. Instead, he waved his hand and smirked at her. Then he turned his back and opened the door of the powder room. "I won't tell you." Long Yi said. "You will have to wonder why I hate you until the day you die." He chuckled before she heard him instruct his people to escort her to the car. "You are lucky, I didn't kill you. It's not like I want you to die by my hands." He gave her another look. "That would be too dirty." He said before walking away from her, leaving the crying Huang Xiaoxuan on the floor, alone, miserable and broken. 

How did this happen to her? Huang Xiaoxuan couldn't help but trembled in fear when she recalled Long Yi's cold eyes. Her only fault was loving him and that's all she did. She changed because of him. She tried to change her dress, her nail polish, her hairstyle. She tried to look like Lyca and even started to act like her.

She tried her best to attract Long Yi's attention and yet… the man still hated her.

Why?