FMLRWS Chapter 687

“Xixi?” Leng Minxing called out a few times before Luo Xi finally snapped back to reality. He furrowed his brow. “What happened to you just now? Did I scare you with what I said?”

Given the bloody scenes she had witnessed before, she shouldn’t be scared by mere words.

Leng Minxing felt a little worried.

“It’s nothing, I just suddenly remembered a nightmare I had…” Luo Xi opened her mouth to explain.

“What kind of nightmare?” Leng Minxing looked at her with a furrowed brow.

Luo Xi’s expression told him this wasn’t just a simple dream.

“I can’t tell you, I’m afraid you’ll hate me,” Luo Xi hesitated, biting her lip.

She wanted to know if Leng Minxing would still want to be with her if he knew how much harm she had caused him in her previous life.

“Hate you?” Leng Minxing’s eyes deepened. “What kind of things did you do that make you think I would hate you?”

“I hurt, I hurt you,” Luo Xi stammered.

“Oh? What exactly was this dream like?” He became somewhat interested.

Luo Xi hesitated and then said, “In the dream, I helped Leng Yuan harm you…”

“And then?” Leng Minxing raised an eyebrow.

“Then…” Pain flashed in Luo Xi’s eyes. “Then I died as well. Luo Yuyi said you were sentenced to death, and then I was also killed…” Tears welled up in her eyes.

Leng Minxing’s pupils constricted slightly. He raised a hand to shoo out the shocked Anan, then held her hand. “Don’t be afraid, it’s just a dream.”

Luo Xi didn’t dare mention the child. Hearing his words, she simply lowered her head slightly.

She wanted to tell him it wasn’t a dream. It was something that had actually happened, something she had experienced. But she couldn’t say any of it.

The concept of ‘rebirth’ sounded too incredible. Who would believe such a thing?

“Don’t worry, I won’t let anything happen to you.”

“You don’t hate me?” Luo Xi asked incredulously.

“Why would I hate you?” Leng Minxing was somewhat confused.

“Because I hurt you…”

“My Xixi wouldn’t do something like that unless I treated you poorly, or unless you were deceived, or you trusted the wrong people. If you knew the outcome in the dream, would you still help them harm me?” He looked at her with a hint of a smile.

Luo Xi shook her head.

Seeing her serious expression, Leng Minxing felt a bit amused and exasperated.

Just a dream had scared her this much. If it were reality, what would she do?

“Let’s not talk about that anymore. Let’s discuss Mu Han. Why does the Feng family want to get involved?” Luo Xi tried to change the topic.

“To expand their influence,” Leng Minxing explained. “This is why all the major families like to form marriage alliances.”

Luo Xi understood. “Will this affect you? I always feel like Feng Lingye and his mother have a grudge against you. Yet his father seems to be very close to you. It’s really strange.”

“I don’t actually have a grudge against him. If I had to put it somewhere, I would say it’s jealousy, not a grudge,” Leng Minxing said with a hint of amusement.

“Jealousy?” Luo Xi was taken aback. “Feng Lingye and his mother are jealous of you?” Did they envy Leng Minxing’s greater power?

She found the idea quite amusing.

“He’s jealous because his father treats me well. As for his mother, she is jealous that my mother once had a relationship with Uncle Feng. Our families have an old grudge.”

“An old grudge?” Luo Xi hadn’t anticipated this twist. She was surprised and a bit guilty at the same time.

Had she been studying alongside Leng Minxing’s enemies without realizing it?

“Yes, things that happened between the previous generation. You should know about my father’s situation. His marriage to my mother was a family arrangement. But my father loved someone else, Wang Yaru, and my mother didn’t particularly like him either. She had no choice but to accept due to family reasons.”

When Leng Minxing mentioned this, a cold glint flashed in his eyes. “She was Uncle Feng’s childhood sweetheart, but she was forced to marry into the Leng family. As a result, Uncle Feng was also engaged to the woman by his family. That person is now Feng Lingye’s mother.”

“Upon learning that Uncle Feng still cared about my mother, she harbored bitterness and naturally didn’t treat her rival’s son kindly. During my childhood, Uncle Feng showed me much affection, causing Feng Lingye to develop hostility towards me. He believed I was stealing his father’s attention. With the added influence from his mother, who fed him stories about my mother and Uncle Feng’s past, he viewed me as his enemy.”

“Now it makes sense.” Luo Xi finally understood why Feng Lingye had always seemed hostile towards Leng Minxing. Their history was filled with melodrama.

“So he wants to use this marriage to expand his power so he can deal with you later?” Luo Xi asked nervously.

Leng Minxing nodded slightly.

“Then we must help Mu Han!”

“Let’s watch how things develop. If it comes to a point where he can’t resist, then we can intervene.” Leng Minxing didn’t want to help too easily. If the other party had no ability to resist at all, then it wouldn’t be worth his assistance.

Besides, there were better ways to assist Mu Han.

It just depended on whether he was willing.

If he really wanted the Mu family inheritance, obeying his father and marrying a noble or aristocratic girl would easily crush Mu Qing’s position.

But with no news yet, this meant either they had no such plans or he was unwilling.

Luo Xi pulled out Mu Han’s contact number. Although she wasn’t sure if it was still valid, she felt it was necessary to ask about the situation.

She felt a bit worried when she heard Mu Han was in trouble, but now that it concerned Leng Minxing, she had to take it seriously.

After sending a message to him, she waited for a long time without a reply.

Although Luo Xi felt somewhat anxious, there was nothing she could do.

She didn’t know what was happening on his end, but something had happened on her side.

Hua Feifei had completed a month of work and announced that she was getting paid. She invited Luo Xi and others out for dinner.

For this, Luo Xi even took a leave from Leng Minxing and arrived at the restaurant Hua Feifei had mentioned.

You see, some people could spend 100,000 yuan of pocket money in a week without a care, but after working a month to earn a few thousand yuan, they would be thrilled beyond words. When Luo Xi saw Hua Feifei, she had that excited expression as if she had accomplished something great.

This restaurant was still rather upscale. She wondered if Hua Feifei’s salary would be enough.

But clearly, Hua Feifei hadn’t considered this thing, so when it came to settling the bill, the waiter awkwardly approached and said, “Miss, your account balance is insufficient.”