Chapter 3066 — The Plot Exposed

In Dongfang Xiaocui's eyes, only when all these people were dead would no one be left to threaten her position!

"The Dongfang family? Well, it's not entirely out of the question," Dongfang Xiaocui said after a moment's thought. "But if the Dongfang family is going to step in, you must keep it secret. I don't want Tianlin finding out it was my hand behind this."

"Of course, Second Sister-in-law. We've worked together so many times—don't you trust me by now? Rest assured, once Xu Shilan is dead, the thorn in my heart will be pulled, and I'll have nothing left to hold me back. From then on, I certainly won't stand in the way of Shipian's rise."

"Fine, those are your words, and I'll remember them. If you go back on them, the Dongfang family will not let you off!" Dongfang Xiaocui threatened.

"Naturally, naturally!" Feng Tianhu sneered inwardly. The Dongfang family? No matter how formidable they were, they would never go to war with the ancient Feng family over a single daughter like Dongfang Xiaocui. After all, every ancient family and sect had its own rules—if outsiders could meddle at will, wouldn't that mean anyone could meddle in the future?

These rules were implicit, and no one would dare to break them.

"All right, I understand. This time I'll arrange for several top experts at the peak of the late Earth rank to go," Dongfang Xiaocui said.

"Good, then. Second Sister-in-law, I'll take my leave now..." Feng Tianhu did not dare linger. If Feng Tianqi came back and saw him conspiring with Dongfang Xiaocui, his plan would be ruined.

Not long after Feng Tianhu left, Feng Tianqi indeed returned. Dongfang Xiaocui hastily put her phone down and hurried to greet him, putting on an air of utmost concern. "Tianlin, I heard something happened to Shipian. What exactly is going on? Is it serious?"

"It's nothing. I'll handle it." Feng Tianqi clearly did not wish to say much. Toward Dongfang Xiaocui, he had never quite been at ease. This woman had once led men to beat Xu Shilan's mother into a critically wounded state, her life hanging in the balance—how could Feng Tianqi possibly trust her?

Yet Dongfang Xiaocui's status left him helpless, and she did truly love him. Apart from the matter of Xu Shilan, she behaved impeccably in all other things, and so Feng Tianqi had lived with her all this time.

"As long as it's nothing!" Dongfang Xiaocui breathed a sigh of relief, then said, "Tianlin, it's been so long since we were intimate. I'll go take a bath first..."

With that, Dongfang Xiaocui threw Feng Tianqi a seductive glance and headed toward the bathroom. She was now trying with all her might to please Feng Tianqi. When Xu Shilan was dead, no wall in the world could keep out the wind—if Feng Tianqi ever found out, what would become of Dongfang Xiaocui?

So she would curry favor with him in advance, so that even if he learned the truth, he would be helpless to act. She planned to spend the next few days wildly indulging and pleasing Feng Tianqi.

It had to be said that Dongfang Xiaocui had preserved herself well. She was the eldest young lady of the ancient Dongfang family, and the Dongfang family was among the foremost of the ancient families, possessing several youth-preserving pills. Though Dongfang Xiaocui was no Heaven-rank expert, she had taken a youth-preserving pill as well, so her looks were still quite beautiful, and she carried the nobility and allure of a mature young matron. That single seductive glance set Feng Tianqi's lower body burning...

Feng Tianqi was in a poor mood, and venting a little with Dongfang Xiaocui would not be bad. He drew a deep breath and took off his outer robe, preparing to bathe—but just then, Dongfang Xiaocui's phone chimed with a text message.

"Beep-beep..."

On any ordinary day, Feng Tianqi would have had no interest in looking at Dongfang Xiaocui's phone, but today, perhaps because his mood was restless, he somehow found himself picking it up as if possessed and reading the message on the screen!

"Understood, little sister. I've long wanted to send men to deal with her. Ruo has taken a fancy to her, so I'll have Ruo lead men to deal with her—play with her first, then finish her off!"

The person who had replied was Dongfang Xiaocui's eldest brother, Dongfang Jinxing, and "Ruo" referred to his younger son, Dongfang Buruo. Feng Tianqi also knew that his elder son, Dongfang Bushu, had died during the trial at the Xuandan Sect, but he had little dealings with the Dongfang family and had not asked further.

At this moment, however, Dongfang Jinxing's message left Feng Tianqi somewhat puzzled. Who had Dongfang Buruo taken a fancy to? Who was he going to deal with? What did "play with her first, then finish her off" mean? Driven by curiosity, Feng Tianqi read the earlier messages between Dongfang Xiaocui and Dongfang Jinxing—and no sooner had he read them than cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and fury blazed in his eyes. Those earlier messages filled him with boundless rage!

For the earlier messages showed Dongfang Xiaocui begging Dongfang Jinxing to send men against Xu Shilan, and moreover asking him to dispatch a host of experts at Earth rank and above to deal with her. This left Feng Tianqi drenched in cold sweat!

"Dongfang Xiaocui!" Fury blazed in Feng Tianqi's eyes. Few as these messages were, they settled a grave matter. Feng Tianqi's desire of moments before vanished like smoke. He had always felt utterly indebted to Xu Shilan, and as the young heir of the family, he could not even let her return to the Feng family or reclaim her ancestry—how stifled and bitter he was!

Now that Feng Tianqi knew Dongfang Xiaocui meant to do away with Xu Shilan, his fury knew no bounds. He had already failed to care for Xu Shilan, failed to give her a father's love, and had even caused her to be separated from her mother since childhood, her mother's fate unknown. All of this was painful enough for Feng Tianqi—how could he possibly endure what had happened today?

Just as Feng Tianqi was seething with rage, Dongfang Xiaocui finished her bath and stepped out of the bathroom. She had no idea that Feng Tianqi had already learned of her scheme to have the Dongfang family assassinate Xu Shilan, and she said to him tenderly, "Tianlin, it's your turn to bathe. I'll be waiting for you in bed!"

"Waiting? Waiting for my daughter to be killed by you?" Feng Tianqi said coldly.

"Tianlin... you... what are you talking about? What do you mean, your daughter being killed?" Dongfang Xiaocui was startled, her face turning somewhat pale, but she stubbornly argued, "Tianlin, I don't understand what you're saying. Didn't we agree to be intimate?"

"Dongfang Xiaocui, don't play innocent with me. These are the messages you sent yourself—do you deny it? Do you want me to pull them up and show you personally?" As he spoke, Feng Tianqi flung Dongfang Xiaocui's phone before her and said coldly, "I've seen the messages between you and your brother Dongfang Jinxing. Are you still going to argue?" (To be continued)