Chapter 46 - An Enemy Was Made (2)
Jiang YaGe realized that her complaint was without base. After all, she was just friends with Wang Xiao. She forced an indifferent smile on herself and said, "His fiancée must be a very nice girl."
Fang JunRong thought about He ShuHua and wanted to light a candle for the He's – having such a daughter who'd only had romance in her brain and would bring down the entire family. She gave her a very professional smile and said, "She is a good match for him."
One only had romance in her brain and the other was ruthless. They would be a match made in heaven had He ShuHua been his real love.
Jiang YaGe lowered her head. She figured that the girl must be of a high status, unlike herself. She couldn't help but feel a shred of inferiority complex. She might be the adopted daughter of the Li's, but she was still a tier below the real ladies.
Capturing all the emotions on Jiang YaGe, Fang JunRong just found it funny. She thought the one that Jiang YaGe liked was her BBQ-pork son. Why did it look like she also has feelings for Wang Xiao? Was that two-timing?
Fang JunRong continued to rave about He ShuHua. She praised her family standing, how pretty she was, and her education background. Fang JunRong didn't like He ShuHua much, but as long as that would negatively impact Jiang YaGe, she'd be very happy to praise her despite her true feelings toward her.
During this lifetime, Fang JunRong had already given He JianBing a heads up. The He's should be prepared, and it wouldn't be as easy for Wang Xiao to obtain their secrets.
"Say, how come he was over at our place? Did he come looking for you?" Even though Fang JunRong knew the truth, she'd still have to pretend that she didn't know anything.
Jiang YaGe faltered and said, "He was injured and he came and hid at our place. Perhaps he knew that he'd be safe at our place, that's why he came." She didn't dare let Fang JunRong know that she was the one who brought him back, so she had to make up something.
Fang JunRong tightened her lips a bit and said, "Is that what happened? It looks like we are going to need to replace our security guards. They didn't even know that someone had trespassed. Luckily, he wasn't some bad person."
It was only because her daughter wasn't home these past few days, so Fang JunRong didn't care that Wang Xiao was there. Plus, she wanted to let Jiang YaGe drag out not properly treating Wang Xiao's injury for a few more days. Otherwise, she would have called the cops a long time ago.
After what seemed like forever, the doctor finally finished examining Wang Xiao and came out.
The doctor with white hair frowned and asked, "Which one of you is his next of kin?"
Jiang YaGe lifted her head up. Perhaps because she hadn't had any water for a while, her throat felt dry and her voice was hoarse. "I am a friend of his. How is he doing?" She suddenly felt anxious and worried that she'd hear bad news from the doctor. She had been taking good care of his wound these last few days. He should be fine?
The doctor said, "He's not doing too well. You took him here too late..."
Hearing the doctor's words, Fang JunRong wanted to set off fireworks and rejoice.
Karma!
She then looked over at Jiang YaGe. Her lips were pale and she looked frantic.
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Chapter 47 - An Enemy Was Made (3)
Wang Xiao felt that he had just had a sweet dream. In his dream, Jiang YaGe laid in his arms like waterweeds wrapping around him, making his heart beat quickly. The two of them held hands passionately like lovers.
It was so nice in the dream that he didn't even want to wake up.
Jiang YaGe wasn't like any other woman that he had met in the past. She seemed fragile but had a tough side to her. They had never met each other before and he had almost killed her, but she never looked at him with any prejudice. Instead, she had taken good care of him. To him, she was like a beam of sunlight in the dark, warm and bright.
Suddenly, it started raining. The rain fell onto him and he picked up Jiang YaGe's hand and wanted to run away with her. The dark sky suddenly cracked open and blaringly bright light came through with no reservation.
Wang Xiao had woken up. His eyes weren't used to the brightness in the room.
He felt something wet on his face ,and it was hot. He struggled to open his eyes and immediately saw Jiang YaGe's reddened eyes. Wang Xiao realized that the wetness on his cheek was her tears.
So there was someone who'd cry for a man who lived in the dark.
Wang Xiao couldn't describe his feelings, except that he felt both aching and softness in his heart. These emotions were unfamiliar to him. With the exception of Jiang YaGe, he couldn't think about any other females. That was, until an elegant female voice interrupted him.
"Wang Xiao, are you alright?" Fang JunRong interrupted the two of them staring at each other. She felt that the two could keep on looking at each other for another half an hour otherwise.
Wang Xiao turned toward the voice and saw Fang JunRong – he had met her at his engagement party with He ShuHua. But how was it that Fang JunRong looked younger than when he last saw her?
Wang Xiao paused for a second and said, "Aunty Fang."
He was still amicable with the He's and needed to maintain basic courtesy as a front. But what was Fang JunRong doing there?
Fang JunRong sighed and said, "You are ShuHua's fiancé and I see you as a nephew. Why didn't you say something sooner if you are injured so we could take you to the hospital? Now you've waited so long that your minor injury has worsened."
Wang Xiao felt like he was hit by a rock and felt a little dizziness. "Worsened? How?"
His wound has been treated, no? It should be mostly healed by now.
Even though he was running a fever, Wang Xiao just thought that was caused by him catching a cold. He never thought that it could be an infection from his wound.
Fang JunRong looked at him with a pitying gaze and said, "The doctor had examined you. He said that your wound wasn't treated properly and had an infection for days. As the area of infection was relatively big, when they have the operation, they will need to remove part of the damaged tissues. They might not be able to preserve all of your nerves."
Meaning, he might be handicapped.
Thinking of that, Fang JunRong had a strong desire to give Jiang YaGe a large red packet.
"How horrible. If you were taken to the hospital right when you were injured, you would have recovered by now. Say, who was it that treated you? They didn't even perform basic disinfection and the bandages were wrapped so tightly that it had caused an infection. Lucky for you, our YaGe had found you and taken you to the hospital. It would have gotten even worse had you waited even longer."
Wang Xiao almost puked out blood. He instinctively looked over at Jiang YaGe – so she was the one that made his wound worse?
His left arm might be handicapped. All of the fondness that he had toward Jiang YaGe was all gone and possibly would continue to go the other direction.
His arm! It was all this woman's fault!
He stared viciously at Jiang YaGe. Too bad he didn't have his pistol with him, else he would probably just shoot her right now.
Feeling the killing intent and hostility coming from him, Jiang YaGe couldn't help but let out a whimper.
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Chapter 48 - There Is Something I Want To Show You. But Be Warned and Don't Be Too Sad When You See It (1)
"I... I am so sorry..."
Jiang YaGe really didn't think that her trying to save Wang Xiao would end up making matters worse. She followed the instructions online to the T.
Pearl-like tears filled her eyes and rolled down her light-colored cheeks, making her look even all the more pitiful. The Wang Xiao a day ago would have felt his heart ached had he seen this. The Wang Xiao right now could only think about how his left arm might be ruined and the culprit that had caused it was standing in front of him with her pitiful look. It only made him hate her more.
His look was vicious like a demon who wanted to tear up a human. His ferocious and terrifying look gave Jiang YaGe the chills, and she reflexively shuddered a bit. She had never seen Wang Xiao looking so terrifying before today.
"I really didn't mean to do that. I just wanted to help you." Terrified, she even hiccuped from crying too hard, looking even more pitiful.
Fang JunRong put on a surprised look. "YaGe, why do you need to apologize to him? You were kind enough to take him to the hospital. Why would he be mad at you? The one who caused his wound to worsen was the one who treated him. It has nothing to do with you."
She acted like she was feeling unjust for Jiang YaGe.
Wang Xiao's eyes were burning with fire when he looked at Jiang YaGe. "You... you skank! You did that on purpose, didn't you?! You kept me in your room just to delay the time I could receive treatment!"
The more Wang Xiao thought about it, the more that made sense to him. What other normal woman would bring a man with a gunshot wound home and not be afraid of him? She was probably sent by his rivals to fool him with her looks while waiting for his wound to worsen.
He hadn't expected having been so brilliant his entire life that he would have fallen for this woman.
He stared at her so intensely that his eyes could split apart. His fury burned so high that he was no longer able to think. He struggled to lunge at her but was too weak from his temperature. Trying to move, only disturbed his injury and his face twisted from the pain.
Jiang YaGe was terrified by his demonic look and couldn't help but take a few steps back. Finally, not being able to bear it anymore, she turned around and ran out of the room.
Fang JunRong kindly pushed the button for Wang Xiao to notify the medical staff before she, too, left the room. The drama tonight was amazing. In her previous life, Jiang YaGe was Wang Xiao's goddess. It looked like she'd be his enemy in this lifetime. Knowing how vindictive Wang Xiao was, lots more would be coming Jiang YaGe's way for making him her enemy.
Thinking about what had happened to both XinYun and herself in her previous life, Fang JunRong wished the two of them would try to hurt each other as much as possible. Truth be told, she felt that Wang Xiao should take half the responsibilities for what had happened to him.
Jiang YaGe did not possess professional knowledge in treating gunshot wounds, so it's only natural for her to treat it like a normal wound. That Wang Xiao would just trust a complete stranger and left it all up to her? She couldn't think of another plausible explanation other than his intelligence was lowered by his desire for Jiang YaGe. But, Wang Xiao would never admit that he was partially responsible for it and would blame it all on Jiang YaGe.
When she found Jiang YaGe, Jiang YaGe was still crying silently, looking pained and full of sorrow.
Fang JunRong asked, "Wang Xiao said you kept him in your room for days just to delay him seeking treatment, was that true?"
She switched to a stern tone. "You are not the only one who lives there. Have you ever considered the safety of others? Or is that you think he is more important than the rest of us combined?"
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Chapter 49 - There Is Something I Want To Show You. But Be Warned and Don't Be Too Sad When You See It (2)
Jiang YaGe shook her head. "No! That's not true! I only wanted to help him. I thought he was a good person then."
Fang JunRong brought up another point. "If you truly wanted to help him, why didn't you take him to the hospital sooner?"
Jiang YaGe was speechless. She couldn't very well say that she worried that Fang JunRong's first reaction would be to call the cops had she seen Wang Xiao. She would never have guessed that Fang JunRong knew Wang Xiao.
Recalling Wang Xiao's hateful look, she felt chills all over again. What should she do? It seemed like she had offended a very scary person.
She then comforted herself. It'd be fine. She's the adopted daughter of the Li's, not that commoner with no backing that she used to be. Wang Xiao would offend the Li's if he tried to hurt her. But, even so, she still felt very perturbed. And all she could do was to remind herself to be careful always.
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Fang JunRong called the hospital again after a few days and asked about Wang Xiao's condition. She learned that Wang Xiao has already had his surgery and that even though his left arm was saved, as some of the damaged tissues had been removed, it would never regain 100% of it's mobility.
Fang JunRong couldn't help but sigh in disappointment. Jiang YaGe hadn't done sufficient damage after all.
She did, however, have a pretty good understanding of what kind of person that Wang Xiao was. She knew that he was a very vindictive person and his modus operandi was to destroy one's entire family. He wasn't yet that Wang Xiao, who had absulote power in City S toward the end of her previous life, so what he could do was still somewhat limited.
Nevertheless, just to be on the safe side, Fang JunRong hired a few bodyguards to stay with her and her daughter. She thought about it a little more and sent a couple to Zhong Yi as well. As for the others, how did that concern her?
Li ShiZe and Li WangJin loved Jiang YaGe, right? Logic would dictate that they must be very happy to face the consequences of her actions. Jiang YaGe seemed to be on the alert as well and avoided leaving the house.
Just as Fang JunRong had anticipated, Wang Xiao wasn't one who'd remain silent for long. Not being able to locate Jiang YaGe, he turned toward their company instead – after all, Jiang YaGe was the Li's adopted daughter on paper.
The Wang Xiao right now was not yet bold enough to go against the Li's openly so he only used a disguised method behind their backs.
For example, someone had splattered the front door of their company with feces. Li WangJin's brand new luxury car was keyed. When Li WangJin went to attend a banquet, he was splashed with swill. When a series of incidents happened over the course of 2 to 3 days, it wasn't difficult for Li WangJin to figure out that he was targeted by someone. He jumped up and down in anger, but neither the police or private eye that he hired could find out who was behind all of it.
Finally, he complained to Fang JunRong and turned to her for help. As much as he didn't want to admit it, Fang JunRong had a much better network than he did. After all, the Fang's have been well established since tens of years ago. A newly risen nouveau riche like himself somewhat has an idea of that.
Naturally, Fang JunRong knew it had to do with Wang Xiao. But she enjoyed watching all those things that had been happening to Li WangJin, so of course she wasn't going to help him out. As for Wang Xiao targeting Li WangJin, that was probably because he had doted on Jiang YaGe. As she had Wang Xiao tailed, she also had her people record videos of what Wang Xiao had been doing to Li WangJin. They might come in handy later on.
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Chapter 50 - There Is Something I Want To Show You. But Be Warned and Don't Be Too Sad When You See It (3)
She gave Li WangJin a dubious look. "Have you offended anyone recently? Why is it that it is only happening to you?"
Li WangJin said without hesitation, "That's not possible. I get along with everyone."
"You must have offended someone without knowing. Why else would someone target you like that. Just give it some more thought. Do you have any idea who it might be? It's difficult to try to help you without any leads."
Li WangJin only turned to her hoping that she could use her network to help him, not have her interrogate him like he was a criminal. Not to mention that she seemed to imply that he had brought this upon himself. Her words made him disgruntled, but there was nothing he could do about it.
As for enemies, with the magnitude of the Li's business, he'd naturally have a few of those. But he couldn't just go to them with no evidence.
Feeling distressed, he turned to Wang SiXian for comfort. Wang SiXian also did her part and gave it her best to be the place that Li WangJin could turn to for comfort. That and under the influence of alcohol, the two of them proceeded to have intimacy with each other.
Having installed spy cameras in the house, Fang JunRong naturally had first-hand high definition videos of it. It was still a week before her daughter's birthday, and it looked like she could be divorced before then.
She lowered her head. She didn't feel sadness or anger from the disgusting surveillance video, but felt the lightness of the other shoe dropping.
She watched the video over and over again and a happy smile appeared on her.
Mmm. She should send a copy of this to Sun Mei who had been trying so hard to find dirt on Li WangJin. She trusted that Sun Mei would not let her down. As someone who has the reputation of being a kind and virtuous wife who had the utmost trust for her husband, naturally she would never do such a thing like spying on her own husband.
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Ever since the banquet, Sun Mei had hired a few private eyes to tail Li WangJin. She was well aware of the unfortunate incidents that had befell upon him recently and that had provided her with a lot of enjoyment.
Nevertheless, the most important thing to her was to find dirt on Li WangJin. That way she could shame that pretentious man and smash Fang JunRong's ridiculous trust for her husband at the same time. Ah, her woman's instinct told her that Li WangJin has already had intimacy with that other woman.
She thought this would be dragged out much longer, but it went much faster than she had anticipated.
She almost laughed out loud when she received the photos of Li WangJin and Wang SiXian on a date from her private eye.
But those weren't enough... they were just pictures of the two of them hugging; nothing more substantial. As shameless as Li WangJin was, he'd probably just say that's a hug between friends. That's the kind of hypocrite that he was.
Oh, men!
Sun Mei spitted on his face in her mind.
She wondered if she'd be able to have spy cameras installed in the house.
Before she was even able to carry out her thoughts, within the next couple of hours, her private eye sent her updated information. Their efficiency was well worth the amount that she had paid them.
Sun Mei was stunned by the very impactful video.
Li WangJin's birthmark could be clearly seen in the video and that was exactly what she had wanted. She couldn't care less how her private eye was able to come across it.
Sun Mei's face flustered from excitement. She cancelled out her plans for the afternoon and sent another 200,000 yuan to her private eye. With the USB drive in hand, she gave Fang JunRong a call. Her voice was high and clear, filled with confidence and a sense of superiority.
"Hi, is this JunRong? There's something I want to show you. But be warned and don't be too sad when you see it."