Chapter 330 Pulling Ji Ying down from her pedestal at all costs
She reported in a low voice. Just as Ji Ying was about to speak, Liang Yizhi, who had caught up, draped his coat over her shoulders.
"Let's talk in the car."
Without waiting for Ji Ying's reaction, he brought her into the car.
Jiang Ran got into the passenger seat and took out a small transparent bag.
“Look, this is Bai Ning’s hair. I used your hair to replace it.”
Ji Ying didn't take it, but said calmly, "Get rid of this filth."
Jiang Ran nodded, and seeing that Liang Yizhi had already put his arm around Ji Ying's shoulder, she turned her face away and raised the screen.
"The acceleration plan wasn't discussed with me beforehand; were they deliberately testing my performance on the spot?"
As Liang Yizhi spoke, he moved closer to her.
But Ji Ying remained unmoved by his approach and spoke in a cold tone.
"You brought Bai Ning to the charity gala without telling me?"
Her gaze turned to the window, her voice flat yet seemingly concealing tiny thorns.
Liang Yizhi was stung by her words, but felt a sense of comfort all over his body.
She cares about him, which is why she is so bothered by Bai Ning's existence.
The man's long, slender fingers gently brushed the strands of hair that fell across her cheek, his eyes filled with deep affection.
"sorry."
Ji Ying was stunned for a moment, almost not understanding why he said that.
Liang Yizhi's gaze was calm, and his voice was more solemn than ever before.
"Whether it's preparing Bai Ning as a pawn or taking her to the banquet, to me, it's all just part of the operation, a procedure that must be completed to achieve the goal. But because of this, I've neglected your feelings. I... I will change."
For more than a decade, the nature of his profession has shaped his way of doing things.
Secrecy is not a choice, but an instinct ingrained in our bones.
Ji Ying could understand this as well, but the sadness he caused was real and hard to erase.
“Yingying, in my world, every action is coded, and everything is a task. Every person I meet, every thing I handle, and even every expression I show are all part of a precisely calculated program, except for you.”
Ji Ying's heart felt as if it had been gently bumped, causing delicate ripples to spread.
But when he looked up again, his words were still barbed.
"Mr. Liang completed this mission cleanly and efficiently, and his sweet talk was also beautiful. I give you a perfect score."
"you……"
Seeing that she was being unreasonable again, Liang Yizhi suddenly cupped her face in his hands, sealed it with a kiss, and made his will clear with his hands, letting her go limp in his arms...
Just one day later, the two were having breakfast.
Duan Cheng walked into the dining hall with his arm bandaged.
“Sir, at four o’clock in the morning, Miss Bai was abducted from her residence by a group of unidentified people. I... tried my best, but I couldn’t ‘rescue’ her.”
Liang Yizhi placed a piece of diced chicken on Ji Ying's plate, his gaze falling on Ji Ying's injured arm, and asked, "Is the injury serious?"
Duan Cheng lowered his head. "To make the performance more realistic, it's necessary to draw blood. The wound isn't deep, it's fine."
"Then you should rest well for a few days, and then focus your attention on Teacher Shen."
Duan Cheng nodded and withdrew.
After finishing their breakfast, the two walked together to the front porch.
Liang Yizhi turned his gaze to Ji Ying, "The informants who were following you have been eliminated, but Bai Ning's health probably won't hold up for long. I will speed things up and finish off Pang Daiyao as soon as possible."
Ji Ying naturally reached out and straightened his already crisp collar.
"Back then, you were also a criminal when you lost the USB drive from my father. It was Pang Daiyao who protected you. Now that you want to take action against him, won't it be too difficult without that crucial USB drive?"
Liang Yizhi took her slightly cool hand and held it in his palm.
"Is it difficult or not? I've been doing this for over ten years now. My biggest concern before was that if you were still alive and fell into his hands, I would be hesitant to act. But now that you're by my side, I can act more freely."
He didn't mention the USB drive at all, focusing all his attention on her.
Ji Ying lowered her eyes, lost in thought.
Liang Yizhi couldn't resist gently pinching her delicate, smooth cheek.
"After all this is over, we'll go find your mother; she has a way to cure your illness."
Upon hearing that she was to go find Madam Shen, Ji Ying's expression stiffened slightly for a moment.
“Her daughters are Shen Aizhu and Shen Ruofu. I have absolutely no relation to her.”
The wounds were too deep to forgive.
Liang Yizhi smiled and gently tapped her palm.
"The men of the Liang family aren't absolutely infertile; it's just that their bloodline is special. They can only have offspring if they find a partner with truly compatible genes. But your mother inherited your maternal grandfather's genes and was able to break through this bloodline barrier. Could it be...?"
His voice was a little hoarse.
"...Don't you want a child that belongs to both of us?"
Ji Ying's cheeks flushed instantly.
...
After the DNA report "confirmed" that Bai Ning was Shen Jingxiu's daughter, Pang Shijun quickly "snatched" her from Liang Yizhi and handed her over to Pang Daiyao as a "gift to curry favor".
Pang Daiyao had his own set of rules for interrogation: first give them some sweet words, and if they didn't know how to appreciate it, then use severe torture.
In just two or three days, Bai Ning had tasted all the "sweetness" and moved on to the second step.
Despite her desperate attempts to defend herself, claiming that she was from Kunshi, had biological parents, and was not Shen Jingxiu's daughter.
But to the interrogators, this explanation was nothing more than worthless sophistry and a death throes.
Just as her consciousness was fading, she suddenly remembered that Liang Yizhi had mentioned to her that there was an extremely important "treasure" hidden in a place called "ming wan".
As if grasping at the last straw, she stammered out the words "ming wan".
"Mingwan?" The interrogator narrowed his eyes and pressed, "Mingwan Road, Mingwan Alley, or Mingwan Street? Which city? Which district? Explain yourself!"
Bai Ning had no idea how to know more specifics, and she stammered, unable to give a definite answer.
The interrogator completely lost patience and waved the iron brush in his hand.
"I think you're just asking for trouble, deliberately trying to make fun of me!"
Then, even more brutal torture followed...
Meanwhile, Shen Ruofu finally reached the day when she could be discharged from the hospital.
During this most difficult period, her fiancé, Hsu Chao-heng, never appeared again after accompanying Chen Yu-sheng on that day.
None of the elders in the Xu family came to visit.
This deliberate cold shoulder, though unspoken, clearly conveyed the attitude.
The Xu family was extremely upset about her experience of "losing her virginity" and having her uterus removed.
After being discharged from the hospital, Shen Ruofu could only return to the Shen family home first.
Although she was still the second young lady of the Shen family, her mother was no longer as affectionate towards her as before.
This gave Shen Ruofu a huge sense of crisis.
She blamed all of this on Ji Ying.
She picked up her phone and sent a message to her strategist: "I want Ji Ying dead. Give me a practical way to do it."
Not long after, the strategist replied to her.
"With Liang Yizhi protecting you, you can't touch Ji Ying. If you want to break this deadlock, you only have one way: make Liang Yizhi hate her. And the fastest way to make a man hate a woman is to make him believe that the woman has cheated on him."
Shen Ruofu's face darkened as she read the reply.
Didn't she think of any solutions in this regard?
But it didn't work.
When she didn't reply, the other party sent her another "encouraging" text message.
"You can't beat Ji Ying. When the time comes, not only will Xu Zhaoheng be dumped on you, but even your adoptive parents will treat you like trash. Just wait to be reduced to your original state, to go back to your slums and be an orphan!"
Shen Ruofu clenched her fingers.
She can't, she can't lose all of this.
She would do anything to bring Ji Ying down from her pedestal!
Yes, at all costs, including Xu Zhaoheng!
Thinking of this, she picked up her phone again and sent a text message to Ji Ying.
"Ji Ying, if I'm having a hard time, your friend won't survive. The patent rights to the cell culture heart technology are split 50/50 between Xu Zhaoheng and me. Without your approval, your friend can't have the surgery. Now, do you want to continue being Mrs. Liang, or do you want to save your best friend's life? Choose one!"
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