Chapter 187 The Little Wife Who's Been Pampered for Over a Decade
Ji Ying's heart skipped a beat, but her serene expression remained unchanged.
She said calmly, "What, should I go back and finish making the breakfast I didn't finish?"
Liang Jian smiled and opened the car door for her.
“I’m glad you care about me.”
But Ji Ying didn't respond. She got into the car and deliberately kept a distance from him.
Liang Jian stared at her profile for a while, knowing she was unhappy, so he patiently explained, "I asked that question just now because I care about you a lot."
Ji Ying looked out the window without responding.
Liang Jian was silent for a moment before speaking again, "In fact, I could have gone home to recuperate a long time ago. The doctor has formulated a treatment plan, and I will actively cooperate with it."
Ji Ying's attitude softened, and she shifted her gaze from the window to him.
"Yes, I hope you recover soon and remember how we should get along."
The smile on Liang Jian's lips faded slightly, and a barely perceptible hint of sadness flashed in his eyes.
The vehicle slowly pulled up outside an elegant breakfast restaurant.
The two got out of the car together, but Liang Jian naturally took a half-step ahead, unconsciously placing Ji Ying behind him.
Once inside the restaurant, although he gentlemanly pulled out a chair for her, when the waiter handed her the menu, he simply ordered a few items and then returned the menu to the waiter.
Throughout the entire process, he didn't ask Ji Ying a single question about what she wanted to eat.
“I ordered all of this restaurant’s signature dishes. Trust me, I’m sure you’ll like them,” Liang Jian said.
Ji Ying smiled but didn't reply.
She had an ulterior motive in meeting him.
Before long, all the dishes were served.
“Last night my father severely reprimanded my mother, and I apologize to you on her behalf for her various inappropriate behaviors yesterday,” Liang Jian said.
Ji Ying quietly ate her poached chicken, neither agreeing nor disagreeing with his apology.
Liang Jian continued to explain, "She just loves me too much and is worried that I'll drift away from her after I get a fiancée, which is why she did something irrational. I believe she'll change. Yingying, come back with me..."
"Why is Shen Aizhu living in your house?" Ji Ying suddenly interrupted him and asked.
Liang Jian paused for a moment before catching up with her train of thought.
“Her mother came from a family of doctors, and the Liang family had always sought favors from her and her family. Later, she married into the Shen family, which had an even stronger background, so we naturally treated the children of the Shen family with extra courtesy.”
Ji Ying asked curiously, "So, does that mean Shen Aizhu benefited from her mother's fame?"
Liang Jian laughed, "Not entirely. The Shen family itself holds a very special position in Beijing. Uncle Shen is a national treasure-level expert in the field of integrated circuits and has been targeted by foreign assassination attempts multiple times due to technical secrets. No matter how high Aunt Wei's academic status is, marrying into the Shen family is, in a sense, just 'icing on the cake'."
He spoke slowly and calmly.
"The foundation of the Shen family lies not in wealth, but in its irreplaceable technology and influence. Such a family has no need to compete with anyone in terms of money and power; it has the confidence to do so."
Ji Ying's eyes revealed a hint of contempt, "So even if the Shen family commits heinous crimes, no one will bother them, even if they are the kind of family you all want to curry favor with."
Liang Jian shook his head and said, "The Shen family has a very strict family tradition. They treat their adopted children as their own and nurture them carefully. Moreover, the Shen family's children are all very low-key and never cause trouble."
Just because someone doesn't look like a bad person, does that mean they aren't?
Ji Ying thought to herself.
Her intuition told her that the harm done to Xiao Xia might be related to Shen Aizhu.
However, she has not yet found Shen Aizhu's motive for wanting to kill Xiao Xia.
She suppressed her doubts and asked instead, "Then who exactly is the daughter of the Shen family that your second uncle has been looking for?"
"Uncle Shen and Aunt Wei's biological daughter once saved Uncle Shen's life. Because of this kindness, when Uncle Shen jokingly suggested that he would marry his daughter to Uncle Shen in the future, Uncle Shen happily took it seriously and doted on her as his future wife for more than ten years."
"Even after the girl disappeared for many years, my second uncle never gave up and did his best to search for her. It is clear that my second uncle truly loved her."
Upon hearing this, Ji Ying felt as if an invisible hand was gripping her heart.
To love so deeply, if the other person were still alive, then he...
A hint of sadness flashed across Ji Ying's eyes.
Seeing that she didn't speak, Liang Jian said again, "Yingying, let bygones be bygones. Tomorrow..."
Before he could finish speaking, Ji Ying stood up and interrupted him, saying, "Excuse me, I'm going to the restroom."
Liang Jian sighed.
Ji Ying walked along the carpet toward the bathroom.
Perhaps due to the high prices, there were not many people dining at this restaurant, making the restroom at the corner at the end of the corridor seem very secluded.
Just as she turned the corner, the door to a storage room that was slightly ajar suddenly opened, and a strong arm instantly wrapped around her neck, while another large hand tightly covered her mouth, silencing all her screams.
Ji Ying stared in horror, struggling desperately, but the other person was stronger.
Immediately afterwards, another person quickly taped her mouth shut with wide duct tape and then neatly tied her hands behind her back with cable ties.
The two worked together seamlessly, lifting up Ji Ying, who was unable to call for help or break free, and quickly dragging her into the back passage, heading towards a black minivan parked at the back door.
The whole process was so fast that it took only a few seconds.
Ji Ying was shoved into the car, and the two men jumped in right after her.
"Brother Nan, it's all taken care of."
Sitting in the driver's seat, Zhang Nan put down his phone and glanced back.
After confirming that it was indeed Ji Ying, he said, "Miss Ji, don't panic. I'm just taking you somewhere; I won't kill you."
After saying that, he slammed on the gas and started the car.
However, the expected acceleration did not occur; the entire car body only jerked violently once, then remained stationary, even tilting slightly to one side.
Before the people inside the car could react, they watched through the car window as a black tire, as if it had been granted freedom, happily drove away from them.
Everyone in the car was stunned.
At that moment, someone knocked on the driver's side window.
Zhang Nan turned his head and saw Jiang Ran's smiling face, which resembled a red spider lily.
Before he could react, there was a loud "bang".
The car window was smashed, and Jiang Ran reached out and grabbed his neck.
The speed was so fast that even Zhang Nan himself didn't have time to react.
"What...what do you want to do?" Zhang Nan asked.
Jiang Ran didn't answer, but the hand gripping his neck tightened even more.
Seeing that Zhang Nan's face had turned liver-colored, the two henchmen jumped out of the car, ready to fight her to the death.
As a result, Jiang Ran knocked both of them unconscious in just two moves.
Zhang Nan tried to fight back, but Jiang Ran still kept him firmly under her control.
But a new problem arose.
If she can't free up her hands, who will help Ji Ying get out of this mess?
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