Chapter 299 Will You Stay with Me?
"Miss He didn't come home last night. She said she was visiting a friend who was in confinement after childbirth. I guess the Second Young Master caught her somewhere else. The old chairman is already resting. What if they make a scene..."
Yao Wenji glanced at Sister Rong and asked, "You were bribed by the Third House. How could you have good intentions towards the Second House?"
Sister Rong said politely, "I am a servant of the Liang family and I obey the old chairman."
"Did Yanzhang order you to favor the third house?" Yao Wenjie smiled with a dagger hidden in her heart.
"The old chairman asked me to take good care of Madam Ji in private."
Yao Wenjie was stunned, something flashed through her mind, and her expression suddenly changed.
Although Sister Rong's seniority in the old house is not as good as Sister Fang's, she is also an old contributor who has served for twenty or thirty years. Liang Yanzhang asked her to take care of Ji Xilan, which proved that he attaches great importance to the third house and has a marital relationship with Ji Xilan.
"When did Yan Zhang tell you to do that?"
"I already gave you instructions, and you reminded me again at the beginning of the year."
Early this year.
Yao Wenji underwent cancer surgery and moved back to her old home for recuperation at the beginning of the year.
Her scalp felt numb and cold. What tricks was Liang Yanzhang playing?
Are you worried that Ji Xilan will suffer at her hands?
He clearly hated Ji Xilan. He had scolded her and beaten her. He would rather offend the third brother and divorced her so cleanly.
The second son has now inherited the Liang Group. The entire wives' circle is sighing that Liang Yanzhang loves his wife and his family, and is a big shot in the business world. Unexpectedly, he is an old bootlicker. Weng Qiong and Ji Xilan are wholeheartedly in love with him, but he is obsessed with his ex-wife who cheated on him.
Yao Wenjie was proud of her charm. She understood men's bad natures and was good at prescribing the right remedy.
During the six months she lived in the old house, she witnessed with her own eyes that Liang Yanzhang became increasingly disgusted with Ji Xilan, which led to the third brother falling out of favor and suffering a crushing defeat in the battle for family property.
But there was something not quite right about the Liang Yanzhang that Sister Rong mentioned.
Yao Wenjie was nervous. She put on a silk nightgown and went upstairs.
Liang Chihui locked the door, and He Sang unlocked it tremblingly. The moment she opened the door, the man grabbed her arm and threw her onto the bed. He Sang, who was lying in the quilt, staggered to her feet in fear. Liang Chihui blocked the door, and she had nowhere to escape.
"Have you investigated thoroughly?"
He Sang's pupils dilated.
His shirt was open. "Did the third brother go with you?"
"no..."
Liang Chihui looked down at her condescendingly, "What was that, a chance encounter?"
She nodded, "It was a chance encounter."
"Meeting the same friend?"
He Sang knew that there was no way to make up this lie. Even if she insisted that she had friends in Hongxing Village, Liang Chihui could not do anything to her, but he and Liang Jishen were in the same circle. Liang Jishen had no friends and no business in the countryside. If it were not for looking for her, Liang Jishen would never set foot in Hongxing Village in his next life.
She decided to take responsibility for everything, clear Liang Jishen, and prevent Liang Yanzhang from taking action against him again.
"I heard that more than half of Guanghe Group's construction workers are from Hongxing Village. I went to visit them, and Cheng Xun just happened to contact me. I was afraid I wouldn't be safe in the village, so I asked him to come over. I didn't expect Liang Jishen to come."
Liang Chihui believed it, but didn't believe it either. He Sang couldn't tell what he was thinking at that moment.
"What are the results of the visit?"
"Ni Hong is responsible for paying the migrant workers." He Sang looked at him. "Do you know about this?"
"Informed."
Her eyes were as quiet as a pool of water without ripples. "Did Ni Hong participate in the construction of the city wall?"
"No." Liang Chihui said frankly, "As long as I know, I will never hide it from you."
"If your father is the mastermind behind this, and I am against him, who will you choose?" He Sang stared at Liang Chihui.
"Choose my father at this stage."
Liang Chihui was indeed well versed in human nature. Choosing her would seem too fake; choosing Liang Yanzhang would mean she would give up completely.
Adding to the premise of "the current stage", there is still room for improvement.
She will certainly try every possible means to achieve that outcome.
Attract him, obey him, impress him.
Her only bargaining chips are her feelings and herself.
Liang Chihui has a thousand ideas in mind and is always calculating, setting traps and making plans.
"Do you know Dagang?"
"I don't know him."
He Sang pursed his lips. "Dagang's wife is Li Xiaohui. Her family is from Lijia Village in Changling County. Her elder sister is Tong Da's wife. On the day the city wall collapsed, Tong Da and Tong Er were on duty. They were eyewitnesses to my father being crushed to death. Their whereabouts are unknown."
She confessed everything, and Liang Chihui's expression relaxed a little. "Do you need me to help you track it down?"
"need."
He was testing her with both truth and falsehood, "Old Third has connections in Ji Province, is there no way to investigate?"
"I checked, but his whereabouts are unknown." He Sang said naively and without reservation.
Liang Chihui suddenly laughed, "I was the one asking you, how come you're asking me now?"
She pretended to be confused and lowered her head, "Then keep asking."
"Will you come back to Bixi Mansion with me?"
He Sang was stunned. "What?"
"I'm staying at Bixi Mansion tomorrow and won't be going back to the old house for the time being. Will you come with me?"
She froze for a moment, and managed to squeeze out a sentence, "I'm used to living in an old house..."
Liang Chihui approached step by step, and He Sang kept retreating until he hit a wall and had nowhere to retreat.
"Second brother..." He Sang staggered.
The man's strong hands grasped her shoulders to stabilize her balance. His long fingers wrapped around her tightly and he gently pulled her into his arms.
He Sang was horrified and struggled instinctively, "Liang Chihui..."
"What did you call me?"
Her legs went limp, "Second brother."
Liang Chihui's other hand tightened around her waist. She felt his hot, solid muscles. Every crisscrossing groove on his abdomen bulged through his shirt, soaked in sweat, and clung to her vaguely.
"What did you just shout?"
He Sang clenched his fist across his chest, keeping a distance between them. He was too dangerous, a danger that could break all boundaries between men and women.
"Liang Chihui."
The man laughed above her head and said, "I like you calling my name." He loosely wrapped his arms around her body, hugging her, without moving.
The anger gradually subsided in the hug.
Liang Chihui did not cross the line, and He Sang stopped struggling.
"Are you bleeding?"
The man was silent.
"What about him?"
"Not as badly injured as me."
He Sang secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
"You want me to be hurt and him to be safe, right?"
Her forehead was facing Liang Chihui's chest. When she raised her eyes, she saw his Adam's apple moving up and down and his dark blue stubble.
"I hope you're all safe."
"The second and third houses will definitely have a winner in the end, and the third brother and I will also have a winner and a loser." He pulled away and faced He Sang. "The loser will have a terrible end."
He Sang didn't know where to look, so he just looked at his chin. There was blood and scabs on it, caused by the thorns in the reed field.
"If I lose, will you stay with me?"
She didn't say anything.
Liang Chihui looked at her quietly, with a flame in his eyes, stirring up a sea of fire in the endless darkness.
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