The Devil who devoured Snow White

"She was probably sent by that old man just to keep an eye on us," said Bai Jingye the moment they arrived in their room.

Lu Mengjie couldn't help but agree with his words. She would need to put up with his mother if she was going with them for a while. 

"I'm afraid I won't be able to help you in dealing with my mother. I have to go back to the mainland for business next week."

"Guess I'll be all alone here soon." She heaved out a long sigh before she lied down on her side of the bed. She took a pillow and embraced it. 

It can't be helped. Bai Jingye and Tian Ruyi have their own works to focus on. She walked towards the bed and sat on the side. She was having a jetlag. Her eyes felt tired and she only desired for sleep that night.

"Don't worry, you won't be," he reassured her.

She ended up blinking a few times in confusion upon hearing his words. The sleepiness from her eyes faded. "What do you mean?" She asked curiously.

"I will assign a new, personal guard for you. He will be the one to protect you from my mother and my grandfather's schemes."

New…personal guard. "Will he be handsome?"

"…" Of all the questions she could ask, Bai Jingye was not expecting those words at all. Was this the real Lu Mengjie talking to him right now? He sighed and replied, "you will know tomorrow."

"If he's not pleasing to the eyes, then I want a change of guard." She crossed her arms and gave him a demanding look.

"..."

"Do you at least have a photo of him?"

He sighed in defeat. "I don't but he's…" he paused and tried to think of the right word. "Attractive. A half-blood."

Her eyes sparkled upon hearing what he said. "Does he have blue eyes?"

"Green eyes." He corrected her. "Blond hair. A mix-bred but his Asian gene is dominant aside from those features. He grew up here in Japan. He is a quiet person who only knows how to speak either Japanese or English."

It only made Lu Mengjie more curious when she heard his words. She grinned in delight as she said, "then I guess language is not a barrier for us."

Bai Jingye shook his head in disbelief. "Better not get caught by others if you plan on 'cheating' on me."

She rolled her eyes at his remark. "Wouldn't it do good for us instead? The more they focus on me, the more they won't be able to see you coming. Especially Bai Keran."

To be honest, Lu Mengjie has no idea on how Bai Jingye was planning on taking the old man down. All her role was to distract them.

Just then, the sound of a ringing phone filled the room, grabbing their attention all at once. It was Lu Mengjie's phone that was ringing.

She took her phone out of pocket and checked the caller ID. Her eyes darkened when she saw the old man's name on her phone's screen.

"It's Bai Keran." She told him before she answered the call and turned on the speaker.

"Xiao Meng, how are you doing? I heard from Xu Chen that you arrived today."

"Oh, I was just going to call you later, grandpa…" She let out a fake yawn, enough for the old man to hear.

"Ah, I apologize for waking you up," his gentle voice was heard. "I just couldn't contain my excitement when I heard that you are pregnant."

"Did mother tell you about it?"

"Yes, Xu Chen did. She couldn't contain her emotion, she happily shared it with me." 

She rolled her eyes once again. Happy? Xu Chen? As if she was. More than happy, she knew that woman was furious!

"I was planning on telling you about it later…" She softened her voice just to make it sound like she was drifting off to sleep.

"Maybe I should call you later instead?" The old man finally said.

"Hm… that would be nice. I'm sorry for the trouble, grandpa. I just can't keep my eyes open anymore."

"It's fine, it's fine. I bet it's also because of your pregnancy. Anyway, you don't have to apologize for something like that. I should have known better to call you later."

"It's alright, grandpa. I'll be the one to give you a call later."

"Okay. I'll wait for your call then."

After the call ended, Lu Mengjie turned to Bai Jingye and smiled. "Guess I have successfully grabbed his attention now."

He nodded in agreement. "For now, you really should get some rest. I need to check on a few things first so I'll leave you in this room."

She only responded by giving him a nod. She, once again, rested her back on the bed and stretched out her limbs before she hugged the pillow she was embracing earlier. She wasn't lying when she told Bai Keran that she was feeling sleepy. She shut her eyes and slowly drifted to sleep.

Bai Jingye stared at her for a moment before he finally left the room.

…

While he was on his way to his study room, Bai Jingye was stopped by his mother's voice from behind, Xu Chen. "Jingye, can I have a moment with you?"

He turned his body to face him. He saw the ugly expression on his mother's face. He could already tell what she was going to talk about.

"If you can make it quick. I still have a video meeting to attend, mother," he replied, his face remained void of emotions.

"Have you…" the woman paused and was hesitant to continue. She clenched her fists tightly, not wanting to continue on with the questions she has in mind.

Seeing that his mother was having a hard time asking, he sighed and answered the question she wanted to ask quite impatiently, "the child is carrying belongs to me, mother."

Lines we're seen forming on her forehead. "You impregnated that woman?!" Her voice was raised that the servants nearby who were doing their job on cleaning ended up looking her way in surprise.

"Why can't I? And… 'that woman' is my wife, mother." The sudden changes in the atmosphere sent shivers on both his mom and the servants. "Insulting means you're insulting me. I have fallen for her and if you can't accept that, it's fine. My only request is for you to not to bother our lives with your childish tantrums." 

Bai Jingye was harsh in his words that he didn't even go easy with his own mother.

"But Tian Ruyi is better!"

"I don't care who's better or not. My attention right now is only on my wife. I have ended things with Tian Ruyi. If you still want her as your daughter-in-law then why don't you ask her to marry my brother? That is if… she will agree. But I highly doubt that."

He turned away. He walked toward the door of his study room and stopped right in front of him. He held the doorknob and was about to twist it open but paused just to continue with his words, "don't even try to harm Mengxi. Do remember that the child she is carrying is mine. Your grandchild."