Chapter 278 - Nevermind. There is value in his existence. (1)
After Jiang WenYu departed from the Zhang's, he turned on his cellphone and started monitoring what was going on inside of his laboratory. He had added a few cameras around his laboratory. There was a total of six cameras in the tiny laboratory, four of them were installed by the Zhang's for the sake of monitoring him. These cameras were, naturally, difficult to find by a layman. Nevertheless, with the professional investigators that Jiang WenYu had around him, it was a waste of talent for them to locate cameras.
Once he had located them, he, too, installed a few cameras in areas where they were hidden from those cameras. As the saying goes, the mantis catches the cicada, but the oriole is waiting behind.
From the video on his cellphone, Chang Xin turned on his computer half an hour after he left the office and jotted down something as he read on the screen.
Sitting in the car, Jiang WenYu pondered. So Zhang Bi's purpose was to find out what he was working on?
No, given Zhang Bi's personality, he would not stop at only curious about what he was working on. He was not above plagiarism. He had, after all, colluded with Li WangJin in an attempt to steal the formula of Beautify Pills in the past. It was obvious that someone like him had no bottom line to speak of.
If that was Zhang Bi's intention, however, then Jiang WenYu had no problem taking advantages of this to teach him a hard lesson.
Turning off his cellphone, he closed his eyes for a quick break. He had been researching on yunying and its other usage recently and been getting ready for his next publication. He has, however, yet to start on that.
He arrived at a hotel an hour later. Walking inside of the hotel, he gave the workers the name of the room and he was led to the location. Fang JunRong was already waiting for him there. She looked up and gave him a slight smile when she saw him. When he saw her smile, a lot of the unhappy feeling that he had accumulated over that the Zhang's was gone.
Fang JunRong seemed to have some special power. She made those close to her feel peaceful.
"It didn't look like the Zhang's had been treating you well."
Fang JunRong frowned a little. She had worked very hard for him to gain a little bit of weight but he had lost it all in just a week. Getting him to gain weight was hard work!
"Not exactly. It's been hot later and I had poor appetite," said Jiang WenYu. Besides, over that the Zhang's, he could relax entirely even with bodyguards around him.
"I'll send over more fruits then," said Fang JunRong immediately. He was a precious researcher for her. She must take good care of him.
She pulled out a document folder and handed it over to Jiang WenYu. "I think you need to know these."
At least this would allow time for Jiang WenYu to calm himself and not let it show after he returned to the Zhang's. She would not try to stop him from exacting his revenge either. After all, nobody can make that decision for anyone else. If she was in Jiang WenYu's shoes, she, too, would choose to stop at nothing until her revenge had been exacted.
She told Jiang WenYu everything that she had discovered. She did not keep anything from him nor did she embellish any.
When she was done talking, she stood up and walked out of the room, leaving Jiang WenYu some room to let his emotions out. It was not healthy to bottle everything up. She could relate to Jiang WenYu's feeling. In the novel, Jiang YaGe was the female lead and, from Fang JunRong's perspective, both her and Jiang WenYu were the villainous cannon fodders.
Everybody knew of what happened to them and felt justified and fulfilling. They had no idea the blood and tears behind them.
The hotel had a small courtyard and it was delicate like the gardens in the south. Standing under the sun, Fang JunRong looked quietly at the lake that was not too far away from her. She returned to the room about half an hour later.
When she returned, the corners of Jiang WenYu's eyes were a little red but, judging from the way he looked, he seemed to have already calmed down. Fang JunRong was very sensitive with her five senses right now. She could pick up a hint of blood in the air. She looked down and at Jiang WenYu's hand. She could see blood on his palm, apparently from his nails digging inside of it.
A little moved, she took out her White Jade Cream and placed it in front of Jiang WenYu.
Chapter 279 - Nevermind. There is value in his existence. (2)
"Thank you." Jiang WenYu accepted the cream from her and applied them over her wounds numbly. The truth disgusted him more than he had imagined. Hatred roiled inside of him like the ocean. It could drown him. The viciousness born from learning the truth made him want to destroy both the Zhang's and the Su's. The cold sensation of the White Jade Cream brought him back to reality like someone had poured a bucket of ice-cold water over his head.
Fang JunRong looked at Jiang WenYu calmly. "Revenging is one thing but be mindful not to lose yourself while doing so." Ever since her rebirth, as much as she had hated Wang Xiao and the others, she never acted rashly. She planned every month meticulously.
In the short half an hour leading up to now, a lot had changed with Jiang WenYu. His look was gloomy and roiled with an unsettling emotion.
She added, "You signed a 5-year contract with me. At least don't land yourself in jail in the next 5 years."
Jiang WenYu was taken aback a little, a smile slowly appeared on his handsome face. The smile washed away the worries she felt just a little while ago, much like the rain cloud being dissipated by a breeze.
"Yeah, I know." He then added, "At the very minimum, I will make sure you will receive returns from what you have invested."
That was right. He wouldn't kill them. He would only set up traps in front of them. If they were to fall into those traps, it was their fault for now watching where they were going, right?
Fang JunRong knew that he valued his words a lot. If he had gave her his words, then he would not go and break the law.
"Let me know if you need my help in anything."
She was well-experienced in the area of revenging and could share her experiences with him.
"I hope that my investment on your will turn into the best investment that I have ever made in 10 years' time."
Jiang WenYu's lips curved upward. "It will."
He did not bring the reports with him but left them with Fang JunRong. Before he took off, he pulled out a picture of his mother when she was young. She was very lively in the picture and filled with anticipation for the future.
He looked at it long and hard before he finally put the photo back into his pocket in a very cherished way and left without looking back.
It was bright and sunny outside but it was overcast in his mind.
When he returned to the Zhang's, he wasn't surprised to see Zhang Bi around. Zhang Bi looked to be in a good mood and even greeted him.
Jiang WenYu would never have paid him any attention in the past but, today, he nodded back at him slightly.
Zhang Bi was surprised by that. He gave Jiang WenYu a dubious look. Ever since Jiang WenYu's return, Zhang Bi had been polite and friendly to him whether they were alone or there were others around. Part of the reason was that he didn't want to give reasons for others to gossip and the other part was that he wanted to appear to be the good one when contrasting with Jiang WenYu. Jiang WenYu had never been rude per se, but would normally ignore him. So what had gotten into him today?
He recalled what his spies had reported back to him – that Jiang WenYu seemed to have met up with Fang JunRong today. Perhaps his change in attitude had something to do with that?
He asked tentatively, "We owe it Boss Fang to be able to reunite as a family. Perhaps we should have dinner together when we are all free?"
Jiang WenYu's voice was a little cold. "I don't want to hear her name for the time being."
Zhang Bi was happy. Was there some sort of conflict between the two of them?
That being said, what kind of conflict could there be? Fang JunRong had always been generous. As far as he was concerned, Fang JunRong had spent tens of millions of yuan to build Jiang WenYu his laboratory when he was just a nobody. How else would he had two thesis published on international magazines?
Chapter 280 - Nevermind. There is value in his existence. (3)
It didn't matter how wealthy one was. Nobody would just shell out such a large amount for research with no hesitation.
He looked back and forth at Jiang WenYu's extremely handsome face and, recalling Fang JunRong's assistant with the outstanding look, and had it all figured out that very moment.
Jiang WenYu was probably Fang JunRong's initial little boy toy that she kept. He couldn't help but bared his teeth. Fang JunRong was certainly generous to her boy toys, let it be Jiang WenYu or Jiang DeXian.
He patted Jiang WenYu on his shoulder and lamented. "There are lots of fish in the sea. As the young master of the Zhang family, you will for sure be able to find someone more fitting than Boss Fang in the fuure."
Jiang WenYu didn't like his flippant tone when he mentioned Fang JunRong. He stressed again, "I don't want to hear her name."
He wasn't sure if his actions would bring about troubles for Fang JunRong so it was best to make it seem like the two of them had drifted apart from each other.
Zhang Bi smiled and said, "Alright. I get it. I won't bring her up again."
Perhaps he could look for a few more individuals that resembled Fang JunRong's assistant and sent them Jiang WenYu's way. From what he had learned from Chang Xin, Jiang WenYu seemed to have some new ideas on his research recently.
The thought of that made the feeling of jealousy crawled all of his mind like poisonous bugs.
This world was too unfair. Not only was Jiang WenYu blessed with such talent, he was also very lucky. He survived his mother's plan and their grandfather thought highly of him. Their grandfather had prepared so many expensive equipment for Jiang WenYu that even him, as one of the possible heirs since he was a child, had never gotten.
Well, never mind. He had his own value.
He glanced over at Jiang WenYu, who still seemed to be deep in thought. His mouth curved upward some: Too bad. So sad. As talented as he was, he was just a nerd and had no idea about networking. As such, he would happily take over all the outcome of his research. Only in his hand would the effect of those results be maximized.
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Fang JunRong was attending an event organized by the Chamber of Commerce of Chinese herbs. After all, both her Beautify Pills and Hair Growing Cream required a lot of herbs. She had been working with certain businesses through friends' referral in the past but, if she could secure herbs of a higher quality, she would be happy to establish new partnerships with more suitable businesses. In addition to being the president of Meifang Corporation, she was also a shareholder of Gaoyuan Corporation. As such, she had received an invitation to this event.
She thought about it some and brought with her a wild ginseng that she had collected from the dimension. There was always an event during these gathering when they would appraise rare herbs. As Fang JunRong couldn't possibly bring with her mystical herbs like yunying grass from her dimension, the wild ginseng would have to do.
The event was hosted in N Province, not City S, on May 17.
Fang JunRong flew over the day before and headed toward the convention center early the next day.
She arrived at the perfect time and many of the companies had just finished putting their products on display. Fang JunRong did not attend this event along. In addition to Jiang DeXian, she also pulled some strings and brought with her Leng Ying, an expert in herbs. Leng Ying was 50 years old and appeared a very solemn person, she resembled a dean at school. She was, however, an expert in appraising herbs. Fang JunRong had her appraised the wild ginseng that she had brought with her. Prior to this, Leng Ying had seen wild ginseng of up to 120 years old. From the pronounced grains of the one that Fang JunRong had brought with, it looked to be at least 200 years old. If Fang JunRong was to auction it off, she could easily fetch 10 million. It was not something that was seem often.
Should Fang JunRong be short of money one day, she could always make money from selling wild ginsengs from her dimension. Granted, she would never do such a thing. That would be like announcing to the whole world that she had a way of fast growing these ginsengs. At most she would take a few out once in a while as gifts for networking.
With the help of Leng Ying, Fang JunRong was saved a lot of hassle. Leng Ying, standing next to her, explained to her the looks and quality each company's herbs and had further pointed out the few that she could get the best value from. Fang JunRong took that as a learning opportunity and felt that she had learned a lot.