Chapter 419 - Mafia Wars Happen

The ride back home was quiet. Feng Xuan was full with their dinner and wasn't in the conversational mood either. She was silently wishing that Qing Chen would say something. One glance at him and she knew that she wasn't going to get anything from him.

He looked so deep in thought with a small crease in between his eyebrows while he looked out the window with a wondering gaze. Feng Xuan was worried about what was going on in Qing Chen's mind.

First, he built a wall in between them because he didn't want for her to touch family matters. Now, it felt like another layer of bricks were added. It seemed like Enigma was something that she couldn't touch.

What is happening? she asked herself.

She didn't think that she and Qing Chen would reach this kind of situation in their marriage. They had always been open and inclusive with one another ever since they met. But why did it feel like things changed between them without her knowing about it?

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"Can you tell me more about the Enigma issue?" she asked once they were both lying on the bed. The lights on their sides were already off. The cold air was passing in between them despite them being covered with the same heavy duvet.

"It's the first step that I chose," Qing Chen said.

Feng Xuan blinked against the ceiling. "It was a good step, Chen."

"Qing Lok was right anyway, it MIGHT be a wrong move. But if I didn't take the step I did tonight, I might be able to take that step ever."

She flipped to her side. Qing Chen already had his eyes closed. His smooth skin was more pale than white. There were circles under his eyes and even with his face relaxed, you would be able to tell that he was going through something.

"What are you planning to do next?" she asked him.

Qing Chen sighed then remained quiet. It took him a long enough time that to answer that Feng Xuan thought that he was already asleep. "I honestly don't know."

"Well, you have Wuming's support at least," she said.

"He's great. But he doesn't really think a lot about the business side." Qing Chen pinched his temples together. "It's nothing to worry about. I'm sure we'll be able to think of something. If not, then we're just going to let the money rot in the banks."

"What about La Hiena?"

"Oh, he will be furious. We're keeping our guards up. We're one of the biggest markets he has. Enigma was his way into this country, not just this city. He'll probably try to kill one of us."

Feng Xuan smiled. When Qing Chen didn't pull it back, her smile disappeared. Right, they were talking about a mafia lord who had just lost business. They should at least be ready. "Shouldn't we try to kill him first?"

Finally Qing Chen opened his eyes and turned to face her. "I don't think making enemies with the friends of an extremely popular drug lord would turn out good results for us. If we kill him everyone will be after us. He's one of the untouchables. Like father. But even then, once in a while, a mafia war happens. Let's just see whose going to emerge victorious."

Qing Chen slid his pointer finger down her nose delicately. "You have nothing to worry about. We'll survive."

Feng Xuan smiled more at his gesture than his promise. She missed feeling his skin against her. "I don't doubt it."

"Come here," he said, opening his arms to her.

Feng Xuan need not to be told twice and quickly got inside his arms. She relished the feeling of his heat against her face as she hugged his muscled chest. His strong arms wrapped around her in a comforting embrace.

"Won't it be fun, though?" she asked him after a while.

"What?"

"A mafia war…."

Qing Chen's chest shook as he chuckled. "It's just tedious. Lots of dead bodies and limited burial spaces."

Feng Xuan was thinking about all the people that might come after her and she found that she was getting excited. She had to be on the watch, always wary of her location because someone might try to end her life.

She hated that she was grinning and that butterflies were flying on her stomach. She tried to stop the spread of her lips but her excitement and adrenaline were on the works. She couldn't stop it.

"But yeah, it could be fun," followed Qing Chen after a while. "But let's see first on who La Hiena would try to befriend first. The smaller groups probably already heard about what happened tonight. It would be like blood in the water and all of them want to bite our heads off."

Feng Xuan bit her lips, increasing her efforts to stop this frenzy inside of her. She suddenly tasted blood. "I'd like to see them try."

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If Feng Xuan was going to be honest, she was getting scared with this heat inside of her. She felt like she was going to descend into something that she shouldn't even take a step in. But she could not also stop it from occupying her mind.

No amount of work was going to keep her from imagining scenarios in her head wherein she was exerting effort in her body.

"Oh my god," she whispered to herself as she was getting ready in front of the mirror. She was trying to put on a dress but she quickly discarded it and changed into jeans then grabbed her phone and texted the only person she knew would be able to help her.

"I need help."