"What do you want from me?"
Jiang Wanqing looked at her not-so-honest eyes with a cold smile.
To be honest, this woman is really flexible and resilient. She can still pull off something like this at a time like this. Anyone with a weaker mentality wouldn't be able to do it.
"I beg you to let me go. You have everything now. Whether you keep my factory or not won't affect you much. Why can't we turn hostility into friendship and get along amicably?"
Do you want to?
Jiang Wanqing looked at her leisurely and snorted.
"Of course I want to!" Jiang Xiu touched her belly: "Now that I'm carrying the Ye family's child, my sister and I will reach the pinnacle of life together. As the saying goes, even when fighting a tiger, you need your own brothers. We are sisters, and even if our bones are broken, they are still connected. We can only develop better by helping each other, right? If you don't believe me, I can show my sincerity. At worst, I will return all the employees I poached before to you."
Tsk tsk, listen to her clever scheme. She wants to push employees she can't afford to support onto others. Isn't that cunning and treacherous? She pushes them away, but she also wants to gain a good reputation for herself. She still has that same two-faced nature.
Jiang Wanqing snorted: "Are you out of your mind? Your factory is mine now, and I'm in charge of the workers. Do you expect me to pay you back?"
Jiang Xiuyu choked, her fingers twitched, and suddenly she knelt down before her with a thud, hugging her legs.
"Sister, I'm really desperate. If you take my factory away, how am I supposed to survive? Please, for the sake of our blood relation, have mercy."
"Didn't you just say you were carrying the Ye family's child and that you'd reach the pinnacle of life? How come your child isn't as important as your factory? You're full of lies!"
Jiang Wanqing said the first sentence with a smile, but when she said the second sentence, her face turned cold, she pushed Jiang Xiu's hand away and patted it as if it were dirty.
"Don't try to play the victim in front of me. I don't trust people like you. Get lost!"
Jiang Wanqing smashed a cup, and Hong Xing immediately came in from outside, dragged Jiang Xiu out, and threw her out of the factory.
“Sister-in-law, this kind of person shouldn’t have been allowed to come and dirty your place in the first place. Listening to her repentance is no better than listening to chickens crowing and dogs barking.” Hong Xing clapped his hands, his disgust evident in his words.
“There’s a reason I brought her here. Go do me a favor.” She smiled slightly.
"Oh? What is it? Please tell me, sister-in-law."
Hung Hing took two steps closer, straining his ears as if afraid he wouldn't hear.
"Find a way to tell Ye Luo about Jiang Xiu kneeling and begging for mercy in our factory today, to boost her morale. The best show is yet to come."
"Okay! I'll get on it right away!"
Upon hearing this, Hong Xing excitedly ran outside. Before he even left the factory, he ran into Cheng Ran, who had come to pick up Jiang Wanqing from get off work.
He greeted him cheerfully, "Brother Cheng! You're up early today."
"Hmm, is Wanqing inside?"
"Yes, there's no one in your sister-in-law's office right now, so you can go there as you please."
"good."
Cheng Ran seemed a little down today, but Hong Xing was in a hurry to run errands and didn't realize it.
"Knock knock knock..."
Jiang Wanqing was engrossed in her work, and Cheng Ran knocked on the door, afraid of startling her if he suddenly went in.
She looked up when she heard the voice, saw it was him, and a gentle smile appeared on her face.
Why are you up so early today?
"Yes, they told me to take two days off."
"Alright, you've been working really hard lately, so take a good rest these next couple of days."
She answered him as he said, but when she noticed his expression was off, her smile slowly faded.
Because of his previous suspension due to being framed, worry welled up in her eyes.
"Could something have happened?!"
She frowned, racking her brains for any things that might affect him recently, but she couldn't think of anything.
"No, you're overthinking it." He walked to her side and pulled her into his arms. "It's just... there's something I need to tell you, and it might not be good for you."
"What's up?"
"I'll be on a mission for a few months, the duration is uncertain. I'll leave after these two days of rest, and I might not be able to wait for you to give birth, then..."
He sighed as he spoke, then knelt down in front of her, took her hand, and kissed it.
"sorry."
So that's how it is. Jiang Wanqing breathed a sigh of relief. She raised her hand to stroke his face, her voice gentle.
“Go ahead and do it. The day I married you, I knew you didn’t belong to me alone. You have more important things to do. Didn’t we agree to shine in our respective fields? You don’t need to apologize. You’ve supported me most of the time since we got married, and now it’s my turn to support you.”
Her words reassured Cheng Ran. Although he felt apologetic, the surge of power made his goals clearer.
"Thank you, Wanqing."
He kissed the tip of her nose and said, "But I'm still worried that you won't be able to manage everything by yourself in your late pregnancy, so..."
"Um?"
Seeing his hesitant expression, Jiang Wanqing frowned.
"So what?"
“I want to take you home. After all, you’re carrying the Cheng family’s child. I’m going on a mission, and my parents have a responsibility to take care of you. I know you don’t want to live with them. I mean, if… if I’m not back when you give birth, they, as your grandparents, should be by your side. My mom has experience with childbirth, so let her be with you.”
She didn't answer immediately; her eyes darted around, and she quickly came up with a solution that was easier for her to accept.
“I can go back to the Cheng family with you today. After all, you’re about to go on a long mission. They are your parents and they definitely want to see you before you leave. However, I still don’t want to have too much contact with them. How about we take advantage of these next two days to bring my parents to the Beijing area? They’ve never lived in a big city before, and they can take care of me while they’re at it. What do you say?”
Compared to his parents, Jiang Wanqing naturally trusted her own parents more. The care they showed was different. The Cheng family elders only cared about the child in her womb, but her parents truly cared about her.
"That would be perfect. I have no objection. I'll take care of arranging their arrival."
"good."
The two reached an agreement on this matter and returned to the Cheng family home that very evening.
His parents were constantly worried about him knowing he was going on another mission.
"Sigh, it's our duty, we can't stop you. Luckily you have children now... We hope that when you risk your life, you'll think of us and your children, and that you'll come back safely."
Cheng's mother hugged him and gave him careful instructions. Without him having to say anything, she already understood the other purpose of the couple's visit today.
She looked at the baby in Jiang Wanqing's belly and nodded.
"Don't worry, we'll take good care of your wife and your child. When you come back, we'll definitely give you a healthy wife and a chubby baby. You don't need to worry about things at home."
When it comes to important matters, his parents don't hold him back. They had a simple meal, gave him a few instructions, and then went back to their family compound. Cheng Ran's feelings were quite complicated...
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