Mama's Princess Is Daddy's Beloved

Du Fan was still hesitating in revealing the things to Li Xue when Li Xue caught the sound of someone's arrival from a distance. Her brows rose as she turned to look at the distance where she could see a car already making its way into the forest.

"Oh, we have early visitors today. Mr. Driver, do you also have an inkling of this? If yes, then please state everything all together. I would love to hear." Li Xue said, already suspecting everything to be related. Something like the lead of one scenario might be the reason for the other thing happening.

Her lips curled up as she served her best attention to Du Fan in silence, waiting to hear him say something. But the man stood there with just a bowed head, struggling with his own thoughts.

Li Xue felt something amiss as frowning, she asked, "Mr. Driver, you have been struggling. Is it something serious?"

Hesitation was one thing but struggling to reveal something like this was another. Was there something serious? She had no idea.

"Li Xue!" At this moment, from a distance, Feng Yi Lan's voice called her in concern, before skipping the decorative fence stones to run to her.

Li Xue turned to look at her but before she knew it, the girl was already standing next to her side, holding her by her shoulders while checking her from top to toes from all angles.

"Are you fine? What happened to you? Did you get hurt anywhere? Who attacked you? Show me his or her face and I would punch their guts of their body." Feng Yi Lan said, getting all panicked while searching around for someone.

Li Xue couldn't comprehend. Holding over the arms of her friend, she asked all confused with her words, "What are you saying, Yi Lan? What will happen to me? Attacker? Is there someone coming to attack me?" She asked and then turned to look at Qi Shuai who has followed after Yi Lan.

The Director looked a bit haggard as if for the whole night he has been busy with something, like running for last minute assignments.

"Director Qi, is there something off?" Li Xue said before gesturing the intention of her words toward Feng Yi Lan. "And also, you also look a bit worn out. Is everything fine in the office?"

She asked more and the man simply shook his head to answer the latter question first. "The company is doing fine. Things are all well-handled." He said and Li Xue quirked her brows at his pick of question. To which, Qi Shuai quickly coughed to add, "As for her, she has coincidently heard me on the call when I was giving the orders to the men to take the position around the house in your safety."

He said and Li Xue's brows once again tugged in a frown as stepping a step back from Feng Yi Lan, she turned to look at Qi Shuai for a better explanation. "Director Qi, it was you who has sent all these men here?" She asked and as if very obvious about the thing, Qi Shuai nodded before giving an awkward chuckle.

"If not me, then who else could? Of course, it was me. For your safety, I have personally picked the best ones before sending them here." He said and Li Xue stared at him as if he has suddenly grown three horns on his head.

His words made no sense to her. So, to get some clarity of understanding, she asked, "You picked the best ones, that's understandable. But for my safety, can you explain that, Director Qi? What happened to endanger my safety overnight?" She asked, getting very much interested in knowing that one answer.

Qi Shuai looked at her for a moment and nodded with confidence, ready to explain to her the reasons. But the moment he opened his lips to speak, nothing came out. The confidence that he held on his face disappeared as if it was never there in the first place.

After struggling for quite a bit, he shook his head to say, "Ah that I don't know. I just received a say of doing that." He said and this time both Li Xue and Feng Yi Lan were scrunching their brows at him.

Feng Yi Lan stepped forward as frowning, she asked, "What kind of reply is that? You asked people to come to protect her earlier, but you didn't know who exactly was the threat?" She asked and the man shook his head.

"Nope, I didn't care to ask first. The information came from a very trusted source, so instead of doing any double-check, I thought of taking action. Furthermore, at least look at the person whom I was saving." Qi Shuai said before gesturing her toward Li Xue to add, "I was trying to protect, Xiao Xue. She is no less than the treasured pearl of the dragon. Do you think I can take a risk there?"

He said and hearing him say that Feng Yi Lan was dumbfounded while Li Xue could just purse her lips.

Shaking her head at the director's over-exaggeration, she suddenly realized something. So, she asked, "You mentioned something like a trusted source. Who was the trusted source of information about me?"

Creases appeared on Qi Shuai's forehead. Although the answer was just on the tip of his tongue, for some reason he was suddenly feeling all blanked out. "That … that …"

"We have been alerted." While Qi Shuai struggled, Du Fan from the side said, carefully measuring his words. Li Xue turned to look at him while Feng Yi Lan also turned to ask.

"Alerted? What does that mean? Did you also receive the call from the same informer?"

Du Fan stared up at them and then shook his head. "Nope, it was Young Master, who alerted us on the common channel and asked to put extra attention to Madam's safety last night. He has said that until he returns, there shouldn't be any ease in the lady's safety." He said and Li Xue stared at him speechlessly.

Did he just mention that the alert bell was stirred last night?

Now, on the mention of last night, she remembers something. Their call. Don't say it was the consequence of what she recklessly said yesterday.