In the darkness, Mu Feichi stared at the figure curled up next to the wheel, and his heart ached.
He didn't dare delay for even a moment. Following the noise, he quickly resolved the situation.
Fortunately...fortunately, her reaction speed was fast.
After making sure that the surroundings were safe, Mu Feichi ran to the side of the car and pulled her out from under it
After examining her for bodily injuries and making sure that she was all right, he hugged her tightly.
Regardless of whether there were a lot of people around, he picked her up and carried her on his shoulders, spanking her buttocks with a firm hand. It was obvious that he was extremely enraged.
She had truly made him livid.
His rage got the better of him. She really needed to be disciplined.
She was a girl who was even tougher than a lot of men. If something had really happened to her tonight, he couldn't guarantee that he wouldn't have lost his mind.
Because he was holding her upside down, Yun Xi had a hard time reacting. By the time she realized that she was being spanked by him, she'd started to blush with embarrassment.
"If you ever dare risk your life by doing some foolish trick like that again, you will see how I'll discipline you next time."
Yun Xi was so embarrassed that she wanted to dig a hole to hide in.
Although there were very few witnesses that night up in the wilderness, she still couldn't believe he had spanked her in public.
Qi Yuan and Li Zilan had rushed over by helicopter according to the location they'd seen on the GPS. They had just gotten off the helicopter when, from not too far away, they saw Yun Xi being spanked by Young Marshal Mu.
Unable to understand what was going on for a while, they exchanged looks.
Hadn't the two of them go on a romantic date on Christmas Eve? What was going on now?
Stepping forward, Li Zilan glanced at the injured bodyguards lying around, then looked at their uniforms and license plate numbers. She'd already vaguely guessed who had taken part in this accident.
This incident was truly troublesome. No matter which one of the four prominent families had an accident, it was never a good thing.
Retracting her gaze, she raised her eyes to look at the two people ahead of her with a teasing smirk.
"Yo, what's the situation? It's Christmas Eve, and you two have decided to celebrate the holiday with a good spanking?"
"..." Upon seeing them coming, Mu Feichi paused, but he didn't let Yun Xi down.
"Deal with the car!" Mu Feichi commanded Li Zilan, then turned his head to look at the medical team that Qi Yuan had brought with him. "Third Young Master Chen is in the car, and he's seriously injured. Take him to the hospital immediately."
"Yes, Young Marshal Mu," Qi Yuan responded, and then he led the medical staff to help Chen Ziqu, who had passed out, onto a stretcher. Then he took him and several of his bodyguards onto the helicopter to go to the hospital.
Feng Rui had led a few people over to deal with the aftermath. Li Zilan felt she could hear sounds of fleeing in the grass, and she quickly followed them.
In less than a moment, several figures were dragged out of the grass. The bodyguard and Li Zilan had rushed into the grass and dragged these people out.
Yun Xi looked at Li Zilan, who was swift and aloof. She couldn't help but admire her swiftness and precision in the dark.
Mu Feichi glanced at Yun Xi, then arrogantly put her back in his arms, and lowered his head to bite her ear.
"Babe, I can react faster and with more precision than she can. If you don't believe me, you will see for yourself another day."
Upon suddenly grasping the teasing, flirtatious insinuations of his words, Yun Xi blushed.
How could that fool still be in the mood to tease her and flirt with her in this sort of situation?
Gritting her teeth, she jammed her elbow into his chest, snorted, and turned around to go get in the car.
Li Zilan glanced at the two of them and chuckled lightly as she joked, "Young Marshal Mu, life is short, so you better hurry up and enjoy your date. I'll take care of the things here."
"Please find out what went on and send the report to the Mu Mansion tomorrow morning."
"Got it." Li Zilan nodded and watched him disappear into the night. When she turned her head, her haughty face had resumed its usual impassiveness.
On the way back, Yun Xi curled up in the passenger seat and relaxed slightly.
She didn't dare think too deeply about what had happened just now.
Third Young Master Chen had gone out with his bodyguards, and there had been a premeditated car accident, in which he had gotten injured.
Upon facing such a nerve-racking scene, she hadn't felt as panicked and anxious as she had when she had been kidnapped last time.
Her being able to cooperate with Mu Feichi so calmly was unexpected and even a little surprising.
Finally, she felt that she no longer was dragging him down and could finally use her capabilities, although still small, to help him, even though she'd gotten badly spanked in the end.
But if the same thing happened again, she would make the same choice.
On their way back, the two of them didn't speak the entire way, and the atmosphere in the car was a bit awkward.
Mu Feichi didn't take Yun Xi back to the villa complex but instead drove the car directly to the Mu Mansion.
The butler was waiting at the door anxiously after receiving the news, and he was very relieved when he saw that they had come back safely.
"Master, Miss Yun, are you two all right?"
As the butler approached them, Great White also rushed over and patted Yun Xi's feet with his big paws.
Yun Xi knelt down and hugged Great White. While holding the big, furry, warm creature, she finally managed to calm her nerves.
Mu Feichi stretched out his hand to grab Yun Xi, and under the light by the front door, he could see clearly that the back of her hand was marked with bloodstains.
After asking the butler to prepare some supper for them, he took Yun Xi to sit on the sofa, took out the medicine box, and started disinfecting her wounds.
Although they weren't large wounds, it was jarring for him to see her beautiful hands cut up.
Mu Feichi sat down on the carpet, looked up at her, and asked coldly, "Does it hurt?"
"No, it doesn't hurt." Yun Xi glared back at him fiercely without blushing.
She didn't regret what had happened today, so whether it hurt or not, it didn't matter. What mattered was that he was safe.
As long as he was okay, nothing else mattered to her.
"What about your butt? Does that hurt?"
Facing her stubborn eyes, Mu Feichi felt distressed and helpless.
He couldn't bring himself to be harsh to her.
He was head over heels in love with this girl, so he had no choice but to endure whatever she put him through.
He felt extremely distressed after spanking her today. But she was such a troublemaker that he didn't know what to do with her.
"How dare you mention that? Why couldn't you have spanked me somewhere else? You might not have felt ashamed, but I did."
When he'd brought up the spanking, Yun Xi blushed and kicked his chest in anger.
Mu Feichi grabbed her feet, which were wearing sheep's wool slippers, and yanked her ankles with his big hands. She fell down onto the sofa.
When his handsome face leaned in close to her, Yun Xi reflexively backed away against the sofa.
In terms of reaction speed, she was simply no match for him, and she couldn't guard against his sudden moves.
His movements were so swift that she didn't even have time to realize what was going on, let alone dodge him.
After being kicked, he glared at the little rascal in front of him and roared unceremoniously, "Huh, you're infuriated just because of that? Then I'll spank you somewhere else next time."
He leaned over, put his hand on her waist, and asked with a sly smile, "Does it hurt? Would you like me to rub it?"
He was obviously fooling around, but he gazed at her with such a gentle expression, it would have melted anyone receiving it.
Yun Xi froze a little as she almost fell into his gentle trap. Blushing, she said flirtatiously, "Get lost!"
With one hand, she pushed away his face that was hovering too close to her, and with her other hand, she pried his hand off her waist as she glared at him with gritted teeth.
"You don't need to be so silly. You better not try to mess with me again. I have hundreds of ways to beat you."
Knowing that she'd understood his words, his mood brightened, and he looked at her with gentle eyes.
"If you want to beat me, you at least have to have more ability. With your speed, you wouldn't even be able to catch up to me."
"Stop acting so superior! Go away!"
She lay backwards, bent her free foot, kicked him in the chest, and rolled over onto the carpet.
As soon as she'd rolled onto the carpet, she bumped into Great White, who jumped up and hugged her.
Thinking that she was in danger, Great White bared its teeth, turned its head, and snarled at its owner with a stern warning.
Upon being threatened by his own pet, Mu Feichi looked dumbfounded and amused.
"C'mon, look at me. I'm not a bad guy."
Mu Feichi patted Great White's head and pulled Yun Xi away from him.
He repeatedly emphasized to the confused Great White, "Also, she is my woman, so you're not allowed to do anything to her."
"..." At a loss for words, Yun Xi gave him a look and then returned to the important topic of the night. "Third Young Master Chen suffered such a serious injury. Do you know what the situation is at the hospital?"
"Don't worry, there was a doctor among the people who came to pick him up. The helicopter is as fully equipped as a hospital, and he should be able to hold on until they reach the hospital."
With that said, he stood up, took out his phone, and called to ask about the situation.
At the hospital, Qi Yuan, who was still waiting for the results, said that Third Young Master Chen had been sent to the operating room for emergency surgery.
"Go ahead and make sure you block any report of this from reaching the news. If anything about tonight is reported tomorrow, you're fired!"
"Yes! I understand!"
What happened tonight was no trivial matter. Once word got out, it would inevitably attract all sorts of criticism, speculation, and might even cause panic.
Qi Yuan understood the importance of the matter and had already made several arrangements on the helicopter early that morning.
"Once Third Young Master Chen is out of danger, please call again, and inform the Chen family as well."
"I have already notified the family. The Eldest Heir and the master are on their way over."
"Okay, go help Li Zilan when you're finished, and I'm going to go try to figure out what happened tonight."
"Okay, Boss."
By the time Mu Feichi had hung up the phone, the butler had already finished preparing supper. Yun Xi ate two dumplings and then she lost her appetite. Sitting cross-legged on a chair, she pushed her bowl in front of Mu Feichi.
"Don't waste it. Please take this."
Mu Feichi glanced at the bowl she'd pushed over, then poured the dumplings from her bowl into his own bowl without saying a word, and obediently finished eating them.
"I have something to discuss with you."
"Spill it." Mu Feichi seemed to have guessed what she wanted to say, and there was no curiosity at all on his handsome face.
"Since you're so swift, why don't you teach me to be better. I also want the ability to protect myself, or at least to not fall behind every time. I fall for the trap every time."
It didn't matter whether she could defeat him. The thing that drove her crazy was that she didn't even know how he made his moves in the first place.
Mu Feichi finished all the dumplings in the bowl and quietly raised his head to look at her.
"If you want to learn all these things, then you must wait until you finish your final exams."
He had already planned to teach her all the things he knew personally.
Since she was destined to accompany him to the top, it was time to teach her the things that she had to know to face life with him. It was therefore evident that he would have to teach her.
If one day, she acted recklessly like she had done today, he couldn't always guarantee that he could snatch her from the grim reaper's grasp.
Early the next morning, when Yun Xi woke up, she found Great White by the bed, but Mu Feichi was gone.
Last night, she'd waited until 3:00 o'clock in the morning to make sure that Third Young Master Chen was okay before she went to sleep.
After washing up and going downstairs, she saw Li Zilan and Qi Yuan in the living room reporting to Mu Feichi about what had happened last night.
"I have already investigated the matter and checked with Third Young Master Chen, and I'm certain it's the doing of his old nemesis."
His eyes blazing, Mu Feichi raised his eyes from the document in his hand. "Have you found out who it is?"
"Not yet. The person who was captured wasn't very high up in rank. He was only responsible for the implementation of the attack. He doesn't know the specific goals or reasons behind the attack."
"Please instruct everyone to investigate this for me, It is a super-high priority. I don't allow dangerous forces to lurk in Jingdu."
If you dared to commit a crime under his nose and got caught by him, then you couldn't blame him for being mercilessly ruthless.
"Yes! I have ordered everyone to investigate. Third Young Master Chen also said that he would cooperate with our investigation and hopes to find clues as soon as possible."
Li Zilan glanced at Mu Feichi. She had heard about what had happened last night. It was the girl who had desperately run out as bait, and that had given him an opportunity.
For Mu Feichi, this was probably a very humiliating thing.
Knowing the domineering nature of this man, Li Zilan was sure he wouldn't have allowed his own woman to run out as bait.
"I heard that you plan to teach the girl yourself?" Li Zilan asked curiously.
Although there had been the recent kidnapping event, coupled with these dangerous recent events, Young Marshal Mu was probably just saying that he would personally teach the girl without actually meaning it.
Li Zilan knew very well that if Yun Xi really started to study with Mu Feichi, then she would definitely have to work in the Mu Corporation in the future.
The business world was bound to be ruthlessly cutthroat, and she would have even more burdens to shoulder.
She was supposed to be living a carefree life like an ordinary girl, but now if she was sucked into their world, the latter half of her life would change accordingly.
Mu Feichi glanced at Yun Xi coming down the stairs, and, leaning back on the chair lazily, he raised his eyebrows, "Ask her yourself!"
If she were to ask him, of course, he wouldn't be happy about it, but he had to agree.
Li Zilan turned her head and glanced at the figure coming down the stairs. In a beige cashmere coat and black trousers, she looked gentle and soft.
She wasn't Mu Feichi, so she wasn't overly protective of Yun Xi. In order for her to learn basic skills, Li Zilan had to be ruthlessly strict.
Moreover, this girl was indeed a piece of jade. If polished well, her future achievements might rival her own.
"Girl, I heard that you were very courageous last night. I heard that your reaction speed wasn't that slow. What do you think about letting Young Marshal Mu teach you personally? The decision is now in your hands. If you let him choose, he won't be happy about it."
She hadn't started training her reaction speed yet. From the video of her venturing onto Tianyu Mountain, it could be seen that her reaction speed indeed wasn't bad, and it was worth training.
She was full of potential in her own right, and, if she was trained properly, she could become the most outstanding female bodyguard in the Mu Corporation.
However, Mu Feichi definitely wouldn't let her hold such a position. She would stand in a position of power as the madame.
Yun Xi reflexively glanced at Mu Feichi, then narrowed her eyes and smiled. "My reaction speed isn't fast enough. I want to be faster than he is. Boss Zilan, can you train me to become faster than him?"
Li Zilan glanced back and forth between the two of them, and, when she saw his sullen expression as expected, she deliberately asked, "Why do you want to be faster than Young Marshal Mu? In terms of his reaction speed, even I can't beat him, let alone you. In the entire Mu family, I'm afraid no one is faster than he is. If you want to become faster than him, then you'll have to tell him in advance so he can slack off. Otherwise, it's impossible."
"..." Yun Xi sighed with a crestfallen expression on her face.
Only if she was faster than him would he be unable to take advantage of her.
However, with Mu Feichi here, there were no buts.
Despite seeing Yun Xi's confused expression, Li Zilan mischievously continued to tease her.
"Actually, you should ask the Young Marshal to teach you close-quarters combat and marksmanship. He is the best in the military. Even the instructor who taught him back in the day can't beat him any longer. You should only learn from the best in order to achieve your full potential."
Yun Xi glanced at Mu Feichi and sighed helplessly. "Do you think he will do it?"
Li Zilan thought about this for a while. Because of his protectiveness toward Yun Xi, it might be better for her to be the teacher instead of him.
Li Zilan smiled. "It doesn't matter if he isn't willing to lay hands on you as long as his mouth is willing to."
Yun Xi blushed and threw Li Zilan an annoyed look. She reflexively looked at Mu Feichi, and, sure enough, he was smirking mischievously also.
"Instructor Zilan, can you please be more serious? We're talking about important business."
"Fine. I'll teach you how to shoot. As for close-quarters combat..."
Upon the mention of this, Li Zilan purposely glanced at Mu Feichi and asked him for instructions. "Young Marshal, my fists and feet don't have eyes, so if I accidentally hurt her, wouldn't you feel bad?"
"What do you mean?" Mu Feichi's eyes coldly shot daggers at her.
"Fine. You will teach her close-quarters combat yourself."
From his expression, Li Zilan knew that he definitely wouldn't pass up on such a good opportunity to play the rogue.
Turning her head, Li Zilan glanced at Yun Xi, but she didn't expose Young Marshal Mu's nefarious intentions.
"You will have your final exams soon. I heard that after that you go to winter camp. Before the start of winter camp, you have to come up the mountain every day. I will teach you starting with the basics. If you want to learn how to shoot, you have to start with the basics. To learn things, you have to learn both arm strength, observation skills, and precision measurements. Otherwise, you won't even be able to carry a sniper rifle, so what would there be to learn?"
Yun Xi nodded. "Okay, I get it."
The butler hung up the phone and walked over. He glanced at his Young Master and Yun Xi, then said, "Young Master, the Chen family's people want to see you and Miss Yun."
"No!" Mu Feichi refused directly without any hesitation.
He had the power to be willful.
Yun Xi turned her head, glanced at him, and said meekly, "Let's go just to check-up. I also want to know the condition of General Chen's injuries."
Mu Feichi narrowed his eyes slightly and snorted with an arrogant expression on his face. "Do you want to see General Chen or Chen Yichen?"
Everyone in the living room could sense his bitter jealousy.
Yun Xi completely ignored his unreasonable tantrum. "If the Young Marshal doesn't want to see them, then I'll go there by myself."
Mu Feichi's face sank, and he commanded the butler coldly, "Prepare a car."
"..." Li Zilan and Qi Yuan glanced at each other and smiled in tandem. He'd gotten his face slapped so quickly.
So what if he was a Young Marshal with great military exploits? The girl still had him obediently wrapped around her finger...
...
News of the assassination attempt on General Chen had been blocked by the hospital, and a VIP suite had been prepared for General Chen to receive his treatment.
Yun Xi rode in Mu Feichi's car toward the parking lot outside the suite. As soon as she got out of the car, she saw Chen Yichen bringing the general's wife back after getting breakfast.
"Yun Xi!" Chen Yichen called out to her from a distance.
The expression on the Young Marshal's face suddenly became very unsightly, and he gave Yun Xi a warning look.
As soon as Yun Xi was about to step forward, she was grabbed by Mu Feichi, who said in a cold voice, "You are the saviour of their family now, so they should be the ones who have to be courteous."
"Young Marshal, you are their saviour. I'm not going to take your credit."
Withdrawing her hand calmly, Yun Xi watched as Chen Yichen and the general's wife walked toward them, and she smiled politely.
"Good morning Eldest Heir, good morning Third Madame. We've come to visit General Chen."
Chen Yichen glanced at Young Marshal Mu, whose expression wasn't pleasant, and nodded to him to say hello.
"Young Marshal, thank you for all your help last night."
After he spoke, the general's wife also thanked him, "Thank you, Young Marshal, for your lifesaving kindness. We, the Chen family, will remember this favour always..."
"I was just passing by and did whatever I could to help. Besides, it wasn't entirely because of me that he was saved. If you want to thank someone, thank her."
Mu Feichi kicked the ball directly to Yun Xi and completely shrugged off the matter.