She deliberately pretended to be magnanimous, but the shrill sound made Jiang Wanqing feel nauseous. She pushed her hand away and spoke rudely.
"Don't mess with me today, or I'll have plenty of ways to make you regret it." She glanced at Jiang Xiu's belly: "If you're thinking of using the baby you're carrying to your advantage, I suggest you give up. Do you think this will disrupt today's dinner? Don't you think about it? With a boss as unprofessional as you, who would want to work with you in the future?"
"you……"
"I don't have time to waste with you. Let's each earn our cooperation based on our own abilities. Don't follow me. I'm saying this one last time!"
Jiang Wanqing's eyes darkened. She trusted her intuition and knew that the woman in front of her was clearly up to something, so she had to stay away.
The other bosses who were on good terms with Jiang Wanqing watched all this and cast disapproving and disdainful glances at Jiang Xiu.
"Tsk, what's she doing here, parading around in high heels while pregnant? Is she really pregnant or not? Is she trying to frame us? We'd better stay away!"
"Haven't you heard? She's a scheming woman. She married the Ye family patriarch but got pregnant with her stepson's son. Humph, she's no decent person at all."
"I can see that. Compared to her sister Jiang Wanqing, she's worlds apart. She doesn't look like a good person at all!"
Jiang Xiu stood there stunned. She hadn't expected that her public image would become so bad after she hadn't been out socializing for a while.
But there's much she doesn't know. For example, Gu Yu used her connections to spread the word about her affair with Ye Yu to everyone. Who would dare get close to such a shameless woman?
After getting rid of Jiang Xiu, Jiang Wanqing continued to move around among the participating guests, and finally obediently sat down in her own seat.
Throughout the entire dinner, Jiang Xiu couldn't even touch the hem of her clothes.
The plan failed before it even began, and due to insufficient preparation of materials, Jiang Xiu ultimately lost the opportunity to cooperate.
She didn't want to leave so pathetically, so she wandered among the male guests, toasting them, chatting with them, and even letting others touch her inappropriately without caring.
She completely ignored the fact that she was pregnant, and after a few drinks, she endured the discomfort and returned to the Ye family home.
"Sir, she's back."
Jiang Xiu stumbled in, drunk, and the aunt leaned close to Ye Yu's ear and whispered a reminder.
His face darkened, and he questioned her directly.
"where have you been!"
"I... hiccup... I'm going... going to eat, hehe."
"You bitch!"
Seeing her like this made Ye Yu angry, so he strode forward and slapped her across the face.
"You actually drank alcohol! Do you even know you're carrying my child?!"
The slap stunned Jiang Xiu, but it also brought her back to her senses. She covered her face and stared at him in disbelief.
"You hit me!"
"I'm hitting you! You've been going out a lot lately, tell me! Which random guy have you been meeting with?!"
"I...I didn't..." Jiang Xiu turned her face away, stubbornly denying it.
"Still denying it! Dressed up like a pregnant woman? I'll teach you a lesson today and see if you'll behave yourself in the future!"
Ye Yu seemed to have gone mad. He suddenly grabbed Jiang Xiu's hair, pushed her down onto the sofa, and slapped her several times. The slaps were loud and painful to hear.
"Don't hit me...no...ah!"
She struggled desperately, fearing that she would be beaten to death before she even reached the pinnacle of her life. In a flash of inspiration, she clutched her stomach.
"My stomach...it hurts so much..."
Upon hearing this, he stopped, pulled her up, and stared at her intently.
"From now until you give birth to this child, you are not allowed to go anywhere! Stay home obediently! If you dare to wander off and harm my offspring, I will kill you!"
Jiang Xiu trembled all over. She dared not provoke the crazed Ye Yu at all. She covered her face in a sorry state and went back to her room.
When she turned around, she found Ye Luo standing not far away, watching her make a fool of herself, his eyes filled with utter sarcasm.
As Ye Luo passed by her, he deliberately bumped into her, and she almost lost her balance and fell flat on her face.
"Jiang Xiu, you'll always be a pheasant. You still want to be the king of my family? Don't you even know if you're worthy? In my dad's eyes, you're just a tool for having children. You'd better realize your place sooner rather than later, or you won't even know why you're being kicked out of the Ye family."
While he might not be able to defeat Jiang Wanqing, he's more than capable of taking on Ye Luo.
She placed her hand on Ye Luo's stomach and snorted, "Which of our children is more precious? You should worry about yourself first!"
After saying that, Jiang Xiu returned to her room and slammed the door shut.
After the dinner, Jiang Wanqing wasn't in a hurry to go home. She booked a private room at the hotel to rest with Yue Shuzhen and Molly.
Hung Hing was also there. He was both impressed and puzzled, and scratched his head.
"Sister-in-law, Brother Cheng told me to protect you today. When I saw Jiang Xiu approaching you, I wanted to throw her out, but you handled her yourself. Impressive!"
"Strike the snake at its vital point. She's at her last gasp and could pull a suicide attack at any moment. Although I managed to avoid it this time, who knows what might happen next time? We still need to take precautions."
“What you said is true, but how do we do it?” Molly grabbed a handful of sunflower seeds and started cracking them open. “Her factory is almost going out of business. The only thing we can do is exploit the child in her belly, but… we’re not so heartless as to lay a hand on an unborn child, are we?”
Molly's words were unanimously agreed upon: if someone wrongs me, I will repay them tenfold. However, Jiang Xiu's unborn child had done nothing wrong, and if we really went to harm the child, we couldn't get past the moral hurdle.
Jiang Wanqing waved her hand, a slight smile playing on her lips: "What do you think about us taking over her factory?"
"What?"
Everyone was shocked when they heard her casually mention this plan.
Qin Meng timidly began, "But we already struggle to run one factory; swallowing another would just add to our burden."
"I think this is feasible."
Yue Shuzhen crossed her arms, nodded, and agreed: "We are now managing a factory by several people. We all need to gain experience. In my opinion, taking over Jiang Xiu's factory is just the beginning. In the future, it is not impossible for each of us to open a factory and strengthen our own team. We are all good friends on the road to success."
"Shuzhen, your ambitions are too big for your head! A factory for one person? How dare you even think about it? I wouldn't dare. I don't have that ability." Shen Huan shook her head and shrank her neck.
"Alright, everyone, stop arguing. Everything is difficult at the beginning. Have you forgotten how we got here step by step? Shuzhen's idea coincides with mine. It's inevitable that we will enter multiple industries and open more factories. When that time comes, everyone will naturally have to take on responsibilities."
Jiang Wanqing neither belittled them nor praised them excessively. She spoke reasonably and logically, dispelling their concerns.
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