Fatal Attraction: The CEO & His Mischievous Wife

Rubbing the spot between his eyebrows, he felt a bit of tension rise internally. He knew of course what Zhuang Wei meant but still could not agree fully.

"Listen, I understand why you're more stressed right now. I get that its a critical time for us but honestly when has it not been? We've been fighting this shit for years and these moments come and go so many times. Its just a new target this time and the closer we get, the more careful we need to be. I have never forgot my goal and the reason I am doing all of this. No matter how Ying Ying and I interact....those faces never leave my mind - not even for a second. Just because I am being different and more affectionate with her does not mean that I will willingly put our missions in danger."

"So if you see my point, you can see where I'm coming from." Zhuang Wei was quick to jump in again and try to push his point. 

"Wei listen, let me finish sometimes before you jump in. Never did I say I don't see or understand you're points. That was what my whole message before you cut me off. However, it was also my lead up to tell you why I don't agree. Understanding and agreeing are two different things. First, you asked me if I would react as strongly if it was a different person? I can't ȧssure you that I would act the same but because it is her that it became so serious. Not out of my affection for her but from the understanding of her situation. She's told me virtually nothing and I understand why, its been three weeks and a bit of knowing her. If she told me everything I would be highly suspicious of her myself. However, what I'm speaking on now is what I understood of her. For a woman to come into his city or country, intentionally keep a low-key profile, delete any CCTV videos of her, and ultimately act like a shadow what does that mean? She doesn't want to be found by someone or she's preparing to do something. In this situation, your method of figuring out her information is the most dangerous."

Xi Long paused and looked at Xi Long to see if any of his words were registering. After a couple of seconds of observing he spoke again. 

"You don't really owe her anything but basic respect and decency. You also haven't spend a lot of time with her to know all that, I understand. However, just based on the dinner where she kept her face meticulously hidden and had bloody poison daggers in her hat were enough. Those were key signs that she did not want to be found and I know you picked up on. Which probably in turn, made you even more suspicious of her and want to find out more information. Even looking up her information wasn't wrong, honestly I tried it too. I wasn't able to find anything but I also bȧrėly have any information to go off of. After spending more time with her, I was confident that there was no danger to us and didn't pursue it further. The issue lies in that you created a base of her and used it to draw information together. Whether you find anything or not, you're creating a program to draw specific information over. When it is soooo specialized to her, the enemies would be idiots not to notice. Then what happens then? You're tracked, people come down here to find her, we're thrown into a mess and everything goes to shits."

"Okay but the information was vague and you think she doesn't use hidden identities? Abroad, she could have switched her features and everything about her. What are the chances that this exact version is the one they are looking for? Or in turn find? These are all ȧssumptions you're working on." Zhuang Wei's voice was calmer than it was in the morning but still held firm.

Locking eyes with Zhuang Wei, he was getting more and more confident about his next steps. He'd rather not waste his breath now and use it later after their egos had faded. "What I'm working on is logic and my theories have more probability of happening. You, on the other hand are working on more ȧssumptions than anything. I can see that you still don't agree with me and I think part of it is you being stubborn. So you leave me with no choice, go change into workout clothes and meet me in the gym."

Zhuang Wei looked back with confusion in his eyes. 

"What do you mean 'you have no choice'? What sort of ominous words are those? And what do you mean workout clothes? You haven't even had dinner yet and you want us to go workout now? Right before bed?"

"Yeah all of the above are correct. Why else did I change my clothes? You think I'm doing this alone? No, me and you....we're going to do this the old way." His tone was a little stiff near the end but he managed to get the words out safely.

"Old way....what do you mean?" Zhuang Wei's voice became more and more confused as the rest of his face followed. He had no idea what Xi Long meant with how vague the words were.

Another sigh left Xi Long's mouth, "when I say the old way....I mean the old way. We're obviously not agreeing with each other and talking isn't solving the problem. So I propose that we do it like we did when we were children. Our hands talk during the fight and ours mouths could continue the conversation after its over."

It was as if a lightbulb went off in Zhuang Wei's head. Jumping up to his feet he looked at XI Long with strange expression and hint of shock. 

"You can't be serious?!?! You want to duke it out like old times?? Right now???"