Chapter 126 His gaze was fixed on her feet and couldn't be taken away.

Ji Ying did not soften her heart because of his restrained and painful appearance.

"Don't think that you can win my favor by letting me deal with Wen Lingxue. Gu Yanchen, I gave you a chance at the beginning, but you didn't take it. Now you're putting on this act again, you're truly laughable!"

After saying that, she tried to push him away.

However, it couldn't be pushed.

Ji Ying knew that after only a few days of being listless, this person was already up to no good again.

"Get away from me, or I'll sting you with snake venom again!"

Gu Yanchen braced his hands on the edge of the sink, giving her no chance to escape.

"I've prepared all sorts of antidotes. Do you think I can stumble twice over the same hurdle?"

Ji Ying only regretted that there were fewer people coming to the restroom at this time, otherwise this man would have been more considerate.

Seeing her blush as she struggled, Gu Yanchen didn't want to push her too hard, so he said, "Yingying, tell me a feasible plan, I'll do it, and after I'm done, you can consider whether you want to give me a chance to ease the tension between us."

“Okay, let’s bring my grandfather back to life.”

Gu Yanchen's body stiffened abruptly, his eyes surging with undeniable pain. Just as he was about to speak, a man's light and magnetic voice came from behind him, "After being demoted, Vice President Gu is indeed living a leisurely life."

Gu Yanchen turned his head and saw Liang Yizhi wearing a well-tailored dark suit, looking at them with a very faint teasing smile.

Taking advantage of his momentary distraction, Ji Ying pushed him away without saying a word and quickly left the bathroom.

Liang Yizhi's tall figure covered her retreat.

The two men stared at each other, and the restroom fell into a deathly silence.

Finally, Liang Yizhi broke the silence first, his voice filled with undisguised sarcasm.

"Mr. Gu, since you've decided to let go, you should be more like a man and let it go."

Gu Yanchen glanced at the ring on his left ring finger and retorted, "What kind of man is a man who wears a wedding ring and is so eager to stand up for someone else's wife? Does the president's wife know how helpful you are?"

Upon hearing this, Liang Yizhi not only did not get angry, but the corners of his lips curved into a confident arc, "I am different from you, you are not worthy to be compared with me."

After saying that, he gave the other party no chance to retaliate, turned around neatly, and strode away in the direction Ji Ying had left.

After returning to the party, Ji Ying said goodbye to Xiao Xia and left early.

Unable to calm her emotions and worried that Gu Yanchen's lingering spirit would not leave her, she left rather quickly.

I took the elevator to the parking lot and was about to go to my car when I heard footsteps behind me.

She thought it was that madman chasing after her, and before she could react, she stumbled and fell to the ground.

Fortunately, Liang Yizhi was quick and managed to pull her up before she hit the ground.

Ji Ying was even angrier when she realized it was him.

"Are you a cat? Why do you follow people around without making a sound?"

"If I were a cat and started talking, you'd still be scared to death."

Liang Yizhi calmly helped her steady before gentlemanly releasing her.

However, his gaze remained fixed on her feet.

"What are you looking at?" Ji Ying also looked down.

For today's signing ceremony, she chose to wear trousers.

A pair of small black high heels peeked out from the hem of her trousers.

"Not all heights need heels to support them. In fact, being five centimeters shorter is more suitable for... your proportionate figure."

He said she wasn't good-looking?

Ji Ying remembered waking up that morning wearing his shirt.

She was quite shy about this, so she didn't ask how it was changed.

Now he's actually mocking his own physique?! So he... saw it?!

Ji Ying got angry and kicked him.

Liang Yizhi bent down and caught her heel, holding it gently without daring to use force.

"What, you have a good sense of balance when you kick me, but not when you walk? Are you trying to get my attention on purpose?"

Ji Ying was even more annoyed and was about to pull her foot back when she saw Liang Yizhi's cold face in an instant.

Before she could react, the man released her foot with one hand and turned around to put his arm around her waist with the other.

Just as the two turned around rapidly, a steel pipe grazed Liang Yizhi's shoulder and slammed down, hitting the ground with a dull thud.

Several thugs then surrounded them.

The man who was gentle and refined just a moment ago now exudes a cold and ruthless aura.

"Who sent you?" Liang Yizhi asked.

One of the thugs replied, "Your dad," and the other thugs swarmed him.

However, even with Ji Ying in his arms and his movements restricted, Liang Yizhi only needed a few punches to knock all the thugs to the ground.

He pressed his gleaming leather shoe against the face of the thug who had just answered him, applying pressure slowly.

Unable to bear it any longer, the thug hurriedly said, "Someone hired us to beat up the woman in the photo."

As he spoke, he laboriously pulled out his phone and showed it to Liang Yizhi.

This is a photo of Ji Ying, taken in the garden of Platinum Bay.

In the photo, Ji Ying's brows showed no heaviness or gloom, only the naivety and gentleness of a newlywed.

This was obviously filmed several years ago, and the person who filmed it could only be Gu Yanchen.

However, the first person Ji Ying suspected was Wen Lingxue.

She must have secretly used Gu Yanchen's phone to copy her photos.

"Who is the other party, and how do you contact them?"

Liang Yizhi didn't notice that Ji Ying was distracted; his attention was entirely focused on the interrogation.

"We don't know the other party's identity; we're just following the rules. All contact information is virtual. We collect payment at the agreed location after the job is done; we don't need to meet in person at all," the thug replied with a mournful face.

At this moment, Xue Qin drove over and parked next to them.

Liang Yizhi turned to look at him, "You came just in time."

Xue Qin got out of the car, looking apologetic, and said in a low voice, "I just wanted to give you guys some time alone, but who would have thought we'd attract so many third wheels?"

Leaving Xue Qin to clean up the mess, Liang Yizhi confiscated the thug's phone and drove away with Ji Ying.

Looking at the thug lying on the ground in the rearview mirror, Ji Ying suddenly realized that Guo Ying's knife had fallen into Wen Lingxue's hands again.

...

Meanwhile, in the hotel room.

Wen Lingxue almost smashed her phone after receiving a call.

"They can't even teach a person a lesson, they're a bunch of good-for-nothings, they deserve it..."

Before she could finish speaking, she pulled at the bruise on the corner of her mouth, and gasped in pain.

Actually, the injuries on her face were relatively minor; her body was covered in bruises, with hardly a single patch of uninjured flesh.

The crucial point is that even Guo Ying's underwear was torn by her "best friend".

She and Guo Ying each leaned against one side of the bed.

Guo Ying was tired from playing.

She was beaten so badly she couldn't stand up.

"You believe just a few words she says? We've known each other for three years. If I really had ulterior motives, why would I give you such a good man like Gu Yanchen? Besides, you have dirt on me. Why would I want to cause trouble for myself?"

Guo Ying waved her hand, "Don't give me that nonsense. Gu Yanchen is handsome and rich. I don't believe you're not attracted to him. What exactly do you want from us being brought together?"

Wen Lingxue blinked. She was now convinced that she was bringing them together, which made things much easier from there.

"I just want to stay by my brother's side, but Ji Yingrong can't tolerate me."

Guo Ying smiled contemptuously, "Don't pretend to be so virtuous in front of me. You want me to marry Gu Yanchen, isn't it just so you can get a taste of the soup when I'm not in a good position? What's the difference between your behavior and that of a concubine who accompanied you in ancient times!"

Wen Lingxue said, "My family background is not as good as yours, nor am I as good-looking, but I know my own limitations. You should understand that I guessed correctly."

Guo Ying remained silent, as if deep in thought.

Wen Lingxue snorted, "You're here listening to her sowing discord against me, while she takes the opportunity to get close to Gu Yanchen again. She's using you as a stepping stone, and she thinks she's genuinely doing it for your own good, ha!"

Guo Ying made up her mind and punched the spring mattress.

"If you dare mess with me, I have ways to make you suffer worse than death. I'm an expert at ruining women."

As she spoke, she took out her phone and made a call...

Inside the Hongqi car.

Ji Ying sat in the passenger seat and secretly glanced at Liang Yizhi several times.

I know I troubled him today, but I just can't bring myself to say "thank you."

Liang Yizhi waited for her to steal glances at him for a long time before leisurely saying, "No need to thank me."

Ji Ying raised an eyebrow, not believing he was being so kind.

"As long as you give me two..."

Before Liang Yizhi could finish speaking, Ji Ying's phone rang.