If someone had to take responsibility, Yun Xiangxiang thought she should.

  “I should be the one to bear the blame.” The silent Song Qian finally piped up. “Ai Li believed I could protect you.”


  “Could you really?” He Wei glanced at Song Qian before saying to Yun Xiangxiang, “The car isn’t a part of Faye’s plan.”


  “En?” Yun Xiangxiang looked at He Wei in surprise.

  “The car was a real event that had nothing to do with Faye’s plan. She planned to forcefully kidnap you while you or Song Qian went to the restroom. She managed to trick her fiancé into buying the whole building to kidnap you. She managed to slide her men in the whole building.”


  In this abduction of Yun Xiangxiang, Faye didn’t use anyone from the Cardicra Family, save for the driver who would send and pick her and her fiancé up.

  There was no transfer of funds into or out from her or her family’s accounts either.

  In a mere ten days, she made a man who didn’t even sleep with her take this enormous risk for her.

  Song Qian was down there for so long because luck was on Faye’s side.

  The car was genuinely crashed; there was nothing for Song Qian to suspect. If Song Qian was worried that there was nobody beside Yun Xiangxiang, she felt more at ease when she came down and saw that it wasn’t staged.

  Faye managed to successfully take Yun Xiangxiang away because she didn’t have to go through Song Qian.

  “She only blocked the signal on your floor, and the CCTV was entirely under their control. They even have their men in the winery.

  Yun Xiangxiang suddenly raised her head. “The people who pick the grapes? Then Xiangling’s injury wasn’t an accident?”


  Whenever the grapes would ripen up, every winery would recruit many day laborers to pick the grapes. The vetting wouldn’t be strict since these were only day laborers; anyone could be hired as long as trusted people introduced them.

  They were skillful, as they managed to quietly hurt Li Xiangling without arousing her suspicion.

  If Li Xiangling were injured, Song Meng would have to stay back and take care of her. Even if Qi Jun wasn’t interested in Li Xiangling, he couldn’t leave her and follow Yun Xiangxiang around as the host.

  Yun Xiangxiang didn’t bring her girlfriends along on her shoot in SL, and yet Faye didn’t let this escape her grasp.

  “This was a desperate move on Faye’s part. She made all the preparations she could before she struck.” She chose the day Song Mian would return.

  As they knew Song Mian was returning, Yun Xiangxiang and Song Qian wouldn’t be on guard.

  Yun Xiangxiang also knew someone would report about Faye’s movements to Song Qian every day.

  “You can’t blame anyone for the kidnap this time.” Yun Xiangxiang hugged Ai Li and Song Qian. “Let’s forget about this; we couldn’t have gotten around it even if we wanted to.”


  Yun Xiangxiang underestimated Faye; no, she overestimated her.

  As she had the recording on her hand, she thought that Faye would have to think of her family. Everyone said those who were raised in a big family could see the big picture.

  Obviously, Faye couldn’t see the big picture. She could only see herself.

  “Let’s take this as a lesson. All of us need to grow.” Yun Xiangxiang extended her hand and looked at Ai Li and Song Qian.

  Ai Li put her hand on Yun Xiangxiang’s first, and Song Qian followed. The trio smiled at one another, and the dark clouds in their minds unraveled.

  Song Mian made a lot of great dishes for Yun Xiangxiang. They set a table in the open-air garden, and Qi Jun chose the best red wine for them.

  Everyone gathered around the table happily, as if they were in a little reunion. The unfortunate events were thrown aside by them.

  They ate and drank merrily.

  After the dinner, Bhamra video called Song Mian. Song Mian took it in front of Yun Xiangxiang.

  When Bhamra saw that Yun Xiangxiang was with Song Mian, he made an apologetic gesture. “My deepest apologies, King. I only knew today that the Cardicra Family bought out my men.”


  Yun Xiangxiang sat up and looked at Song Mian. When she saw Song Mian keeping quiet, she probed, “Mr. Bhamra, are you saying that Faye knows about my existence through you?”


  Yun Xiangxiang didn’t appear with Song Mian in public too much, so she believed that Faye couldn’t have her men hide beside Song Mian.

  Since Song Mian dared to declare her as his fiancée during the charity banquet in New York, he knew nobody there would spread the news. Faye was not there last time.

  When she knew Wilson and Faye knew each other, Yun Xiangxiang did think about the possibility of Faye knowing about her from Wilson.

  She didn’t expect Faye to know about her through her visit with Song Mian to Bhamra’s home in El Dorado.

  “Yes. I am distraught, as I have always thought of them as my best partner.” Sadness wasn’t the only thing on Bhamra’s face.

  He didn’t show his anger to Yun Xiangxiang. Yun Xiangxiang remembered that Bhamra was a diamond merchant, and Cardicra Jewelry had to work with him.

  This spy wasn’t in Faye’s plan, so it must be something regarding business. The Cardicra Family probably wasn’t going to do anything to Bhamra; they just wanted to know what was happening, as they would worry that someone might snatch their diamond supplier away from them.

  It was widespread in businesses to have spies everywhere. Everyone knew about this, but it was still embarrassing if it was exposed.

  Bhamra didn’t know the news was leaked from his house. The spy was exposed to Bhamra because Faye used this man to contact the human traffickers.

  Yun Xiangxiang lamented. Faye is an idiot. She not only dragged her fiancé’s family with her to go against me; now, she dragged her family down by offending Bhamra……

  Faye destroyed half of her family in one single move.

  Even if it he could salvage his relationship with Song Mian, Bhamra would no longer work with the Cardicra Family. Besides, who would dare work with a family that openly bought their supplier’s most trusted men?

  If conflicts were to break out, they would be eradicated in a moment’s notice.

  “Yun, I heard that you’re MonRoe’s shareholder?” Bhamra suddenly asked.

  Yun Xiangxiang nodded and said to Bhamra seriously, “I allowed them to tell you since I hope you can collaborate with them. But Mr. Bhamra, you and King are good friends, so I have to remind you this: Don’t let your guilt affect your choice.”


  Bhamra laughed heartily, and the dark clouds on his face lightened up a lot. “Of course! I am an experienced businessman. If it’s not because of MonRoe meeting my criteria, I had a lot of other ways to make it up to you.”


  Bhamra took a plate of dazzling diamonds that was sitting beside him. “Like giving you diamonds.”


  A black man grinning widely while holding a plate of gleaming diamonds. Yun Xiangxiang thought Bhamra looked adorable in this situation; she laughed happily.