My Toxic Ex-Wife: BOSS, Stay Away！-Chapter 486 - 496: Stay Away from Me

An hour ago, in the kitchen.

Chu Yan stared at the small medicinal packet in front of her, looking troubled, "Old lady, isn’t this a bit wrong?"

"What’s wrong with it? Given my grandson’s disposition, if we don’t add something special to the soup, I might die before ever holding a grandchild."

"But Shi Yi and the boss... they don’t..."

"There’s no ’but’ or ’if’. Just do as I say. I’ll take care of everything else. My grandson won’t do anything to us."

Chu Yan felt a deep bitterness in her heart. The boss might not do anything to the old lady, but he might to her. She wanted to live a few more years, find someone she liked, and perhaps even fall in love.

"Old lady, these kinds of medicines generally have side effects and aren’t good for the body."

"I obtained this medicine from a famous old Chinese doctor. It doesn’t have any side effects. Don’t worry."

Chu Yan couldn’t help but feel astonished. She remembered the boss had indeed invited an old Chinese doctor to see the old lady a few months ago. Could it be that the old lady had been planning this all along?

The grandmother of the Feng Family truly wasn’t simple. Even at over eighty years old, her mind worked faster than that of younger people.

Sigh... What could Chu Yan do? She could only follow the old lady’s instructions and add the special ingredient to the soup.

As she stirred the ladle, a sense of guilt washed over her. Chu Yan could only silently pray, Shi Yi, oh Shi Yi, you have to hold on. Even if the boss can’t, he shouldn’t be too rough.

Since Shi Yi hadn’t eaten much in the morning and hadn’t had a bite at lunchtime, she cleared the food on the table in just over ten minutes.

After eating her fill, she belatedly remembered the man behind her. She put down her chopsticks, glanced at Feng Chengyu, and was about to ask if he had eaten, but then thought better of it. The table was now full of leftovers, and Feng Chengyu despised her anyway. Asking him would be pointless and might even earn her a cold look.

Thinking this way, Shi Yi decided not to ask. She leaned back in the chair, assuming a corpse-like pose.

Once she had nothing to do, Shi Yi started to worry about the upcoming night. She couldn’t just sit here doing nothing all night, could she?

The thought of the potentially unbearable night ahead made Shi Yi feel anxious. Strangely, her body started to feel hot.

What was happening?

Although it was summer, the air conditioning was on indoors, so it shouldn’t be hot. Shi Yi got up and walked to the study door, glancing at the temperature control panel of the air conditioning. The room temperature was set to 27 degrees, so why did she still feel hot?

She turned her gaze to the man seated across from her, reading a book. Hesitating for a moment, she lowered the air conditioning temperature by a few degrees.

Feng Chengyu, dressed in his suit, shouldn’t feel cold even if the temperature was lowered.

After adjusting the air conditioning, Shi Yi picked up a random book from the shelf to pass the time. She thought that lowering the temperature would stop her from feeling hot, but to her dismay, she found that even while sitting still, sweat continued to pour out from her body.

She instinctively glanced at the man opposite her, noticing that he was also tugging at his tie, seemingly feeling hot too.

Could the air conditioner be broken?

Shi Yi stood up and reached out to test the airflow, confirming that it was indeed blowing cold air. The air conditioner wasn’t broken. She touched her cheek, feeling the heat akin to a fever—it was evidently a problem with her body.

At that moment, Feng Chengyu suddenly looked up from his book, saying lightly, "Grandma had someone tamper with the food."

"You’re saying... your grandma added something to the food?" Shi Yi couldn’t believe her ears. Shocked, she glanced at the leftovers on the table, stuttering, "How... is that possible?"

"After spending enough time with her, you’ll realize nothing is impossible. The old lady is persistent and acts swiftly."

Although Shi Yi couldn’t believe she had been played by an elderly woman in her eighties or nineties, the growing restlessness inside her forced her to accept the reality.

She really had fallen for the old lady’s scheme!

"So what do we do now?" They couldn’t wait for the medicine to take effect and end up doing something outrageous, could they?

Imagining what might happen next made Shi Yi anxious. Meanwhile, Feng Chengyu remained calm, explaining a few things to her before returning to his book, seemingly unaffected.

Seeing this, Shi Yi couldn’t help but get frustrated, "Mr. Feng, you’re partly responsible for your grandma’s actions. You should come up with a solution now."

"There’s no solution."

"How can there be no solution?" Shi Yi turned her gaze to the door behind her. If he was so strong, capable of killing without a blink, surely he could deal with a mere door.

The man looked at her, seemingly reading her thoughts, a mocking smile appearing on his lips, "The doors and windows of the study are bulletproof. You think they can be easily opened? Besides..."

The man put his book down, suddenly standing up and approaching her, gazing down at her, "I’m a man. Even if something happens between us, it’s no loss for me."

"You... you’re shameless!"

"Shameless?" His gaze turned colder, stepping closer dangerously, he snorted, "If I were truly shameless, do you think you’d still be standing here unharmed?"

Pressed against the bookshelf, Shi Yi had nowhere left to retreat. Feng Chengyu’s presence was overwhelming, making her want to escape, but there was no way out. She could only stand there, facing off against him.

Being so close, she could clearly see his handsome face, even noting the pores on his skin. His forehead was covered in sweat, and the heat radiating from him was intense—the medicine was evidently taking effect.

It was said that such medicine affected men much more than women. Although Feng Chengyu maintained his composure, Shi Yi could see signs of strain on his face.

"Stay away from me!" Shi Yi quickly pushed him away, retreating to a safe distance.

Even though Feng Chengyu was still of sound mind, there was no guarantee that he wouldn’t lose his sanity with the drug’s effect. To Shi Yi, this man was now like a ticking time bomb, ready to explode at any moment and destroy her completely.