After Rebirth, I Married the Great Demon King-Chapter 487: Abandonment

Cheng Lie absolutely would not allow Yun Shifei to encounter any mishaps under his watch again.

He helped Yun Shifei dry her hair and tucked her in under the blanket.

At this moment, Yun Shifei had already fallen back asleep. She looked peaceful and quiet, exceptionally adorable.

Cheng Lie watched her for a while until his phone rang, forcing him to step out and take the call.

"Mr. Cheng, Mu Chengzhu seems to have left on a cruise."

A cruise?

South City does have a river that connects to the neighboring city, Jiang City.

However, Cheng Lie found it hard to believe that Mu Chengzhu would plan something like this.

"Send people to check Jiang City. Also, expand the search range in South City, especially the areas near the riverside."

"Understood."

Cheng Lie thought to himself—given Mu Chengzhu’s scheming nature, perhaps this was just a decoy.

Mu Chengzhu indeed did not leave.

After he and Yun Sisi left the hotel, they followed the pre-planned route into the city center.

He knew that the most dangerous place was often the safest.

Cheng Lie would absolutely not consider such a move.

Following the original plan, he would create illusions to make Cheng Lie think he had taken a cruise to the neighboring city, leading them to chase him to Jiang City.

Meanwhile, he would seize another opportunity to leave South City.

However, all these plans were predicated on Yun Shifei leaving with him.

At that time, he couldn’t bear to see Yun Shifei with Cheng Lie, which was why he was so fixated on taking Yun Shifei away.

Even the Mu Family—he was willing to abandon it.

But now, Yun Shifei had not left with him, and he had abandoned the Mu Family as well. In the end, wouldn’t he be left with nothing?

Mu Chengzhu felt that this time, he had suffered an enormous loss.

Back then, he should not have softened his heart. He should not have trusted that Yun Shifei would never leave him.

Yet many events seemed to unfold as strange coincidences.

Could it be that in this lifetime, things are destined by fate? Punishment for his actions in a previous life?

"Mu Chengzhu, have you thought about what to do next?" Yun Sisi furrowed her brows and looked at Mu Chengzhu.

Earlier, she wanted Yun Shifei to leave—regardless of whether Yun Shifei left with Mu Chengzhu, it didn’t matter. After all, Mu Chengzhu didn’t like her.

She simply couldn’t stand how well Yun Shifei seemed to be doing now.

The person she was with was Cheng Lie, a figure destined to be a major player in the future.

Even though she was the heroine in her previous life, the distance between her and Cheng Lie was astronomical.

Therefore, she had planned to wait for Mu Chengzhu and Yun Shifei to leave, then seize the opportunity to approach Cheng Lie.

If Cheng Lie couldn’t find Yun Shifei, based on the character of most male leads in novels, he might take notice of her since she resembled Yun Shifei—using her as a stand-in.

And then it would become another novel’s plot.

Yun Sisi had already visualized the scenario, convinced things would proceed as she envisioned.

But Yun Shifei was much smarter and bolder than she had imagined.

Really, such a nuisance.

Yun Sisi realized this path wouldn’t work. She didn’t want to continue playing along with Mu Chengzhu and considered returning to the Mu Family to resume her role as the young madam.

Mu Chengzhu frowned when he heard Yun Sisi’s words.

"Cheng Lie will definitely not let you go," Yun Sisi turned to him and said.

Mu Chengzhu knew this all too well. Cheng Lie was not someone to let past grievances slide. When the Cheng Family treated him terribly, he had completely destroyed them, leaving them in ruins with his cunning strategies.

This time, if Cheng Lie truly found him, who knows how he would deal with him?

But even if Cheng Lie did not find him, he suspected Cheng Lie wouldn’t spare the Mu Family either.

The company that his father had painstakingly built—was it destined to collapse under his generation?

All because of the obsession he held in his heart.

And yet, he still couldn’t let it go.

He wondered if he would have been different had he not retained memories of his past life.

Yun Sisi watched Mu Chengzhu, who remained silent but whose emotions fluctuated—one moment high, then low, then strangely excited...

The mixture of emotions made her uneasy.

"Yun Sisi, are you scared now?" Mu Chengzhu suddenly fixed his gaze on her and asked.

His eyes were sharp, piercing straight into her soul.

"I...What would I be scared of? I didn’t do anything."

Mu Chengzhu sneered, "Now you want to draw boundaries with me? Do you think Cheng Lie will let you go?"

Just based on what Yun Sisi had done to Yun Shifei earlier, Cheng Lie would never forgive her.

Yun Sisi’s face paled as she seemed to come to the same realization.

It appeared that no matter what, she could only stand on the same side as Mu Chengzhu.

Her head suddenly ached as she thought about everything, then said after a long while, "I’ll come up with a plan—a way to stall Cheng Lie."

Right now, the only person who could hurt them was Cheng Lie.

And Cheng Lie’s weakness? Yun Shifei.

She could only find ways to turn Yun Shifei and Cheng Lie against each other.

That night, Yun Sisi and Mu Chengzhu slept fitfully in a small motel.

During this time, the Mu Family called Mu Chengzhu multiple times, but he refused to answer.

He knew the state of the Mu Family now—they had been surrounded by Cheng Lie’s people, and the police had even gotten involved because he was suspected of kidnapping and was on the run.

As for the company, it was likely descending into chaos as well.

The business empire he painstakingly created—rising to the position of South City’s number one—was now being reduced to ashes because of him.

Mu Chengzhu couldn’t identify exactly how he felt in his heart, but it wasn’t sadness.

He had already lived through that kind of life in his previous incarnation. Perhaps in this lifetime, trying a different approach wasn’t so bad.

That thought gave him a strange sense of relief. Yes, in his previous life, he had been a successful man, enjoying the heights of an elite’s existence.

In this life, enduring hardship—it was just another experience for one lifetime.

The next morning, Yun Sisi woke to see several missed calls from Chen Min. But since Mu Chengzhu hadn’t answered, she certainly wouldn’t either.

After breakfast, she said to Mu Chengzhu, "I’ll go find Cheng Lie myself."

Mu Chengzhu raised his eyes to look at Yun Sisi.

"Waiting for him to come to us is too passive."

Besides, once Cheng Lie found them, no matter what she said, he probably wouldn’t believe her.

It was better to strike first.

Mu Chengzhu said nothing, quietly sipping his water.

Yun Sisi glanced at him, wondering why, after just one night, Mu Chengzhu’s demeanor seemed to have changed.

Could this guy really be losing his mind? His emotions fluctuating so drastically—was he turning into a lunatic?

After a long pause, Mu Chengzhu uttered three words: "Do as you please."

That night, Cheng Lie slept alongside Yun Shifei but barely got any rest, as Yun Shifei was plagued by nightmares.

The next morning, Cheng Lie noticed she had a slight fever.

It was likely caused by the shock and chill she endured the previous night. He quickly called a doctor to check on her condition.

While the doctor was prescribing medication, Cheng Lie received a message from his subordinates saying Yun Sisi wanted to meet with him.