Chapter 253 I'm Not Without Selfish Motives
Xing Zhen's expression faltered slightly.
The word "exploit" is so sharp that it sounds harsh.
“Mr. Fu, I have followed you for many years, and over this time I have seen your affection for Miss Jiang. I firmly believe that everything you have done for her is out of goodwill, and even if sometimes it requires the use of some means, I believe you have no ill intentions.”
"My feelings for Jiang Shiyuan..."
Fu Chenzhou's long eyelashes trembled, and he covered the red ribbon in his wristwatch again. "Does Jiang Shiyuan really need my affection? Compared to me, I think what she wants more is for Xie Jinghuai to fall in love with him."
"How is that possible?! Miss Jiang has been sincerely feeding wolves for five years, and she still won't give up? That's truly..."
Despicable to the core.
Xing Zhen always felt that there must be some misunderstanding between President Fu and Miss Jiang that hadn't been resolved, and that they hadn't spoken their minds.
Yet he could also clearly sense that when it came to his feelings for Miss Jiang, President Fu, who was usually decisive and shrewd, had become hesitant and indecisive.
He seemed to have low self-esteem.
Why is such a handsome, outstanding, and powerful CEO like Mr. Fu so insecure in front of Miss Jiang? It's like he's a completely different person.
"But, Ah-Zhen, to be honest, I wasn't entirely without ulterior motives this time."
Fu Chenzhou's gaze out the car window was unfathomable, revealing nothing. But his slowly curling fingers, with white knuckles, betrayed a hidden, intense emotion. "Twenty-nine years, I've endured humiliation and hardship to live to this day. If it weren't for the strong will for revenge supporting me, I think I would have been a cold corpse at the bottom of the river long ago."
In his youth, he thought about suicide more than once, hoping to find a complete release and end it all.
If it weren't for the unprecedented warmth that Jiang Shiyuan's mother gave him, he would have truly given up on himself.
Therefore, he was determined to take revenge on the Fu family, no matter the cost, he had to reclaim the dignity he had lost, inch by inch.
...
As evening approached, a Porsche Cayenne slowly drove out of the YS News parking lot.
Zhu Jiankun was on the phone with Liu Nianrou as he drove home:
"Xiaorou, we're classmates, I really helped you out this time. You can't blame me for not getting the shot, right? This kind of staking out for the news isn't something you can do in a day or two, you have to persevere. If it doesn't work this time, we'll find another opportunity!"
"Fine, I believe in your abilities. You failed this time because you met your match."
Liu Nianrou paused, her voice extremely low, "But you absolutely must not let anyone know about what you discussed with me privately, or about our past relationship, or there will be big trouble!"
"I know, I know, it's your jealous husband. For so many years, you've been a pure, innocent flower in his eyes. I get the persona he's playing~"
Suddenly, Zhu Jiankun felt his car jolt violently; he had been rear-ended, and the impact was quite severe.
"Damn it!" he cursed.
Liu Nianrou: "What's wrong?"
"My car got hit on the back, I'm going to take care of it, I'll contact you again when I have time!"
After hanging up the phone, Zhu Jiankun opened the car door while cursing. As soon as he got out of the car, he saw two men in black suits standing in front of him.
"Who are you?" Zhu Jiankun asked, looking on in surprise.
One of them asked, "YS News Director, Zhu Jiankun?"
"Yes, you guys... ah!"
The next second, a scream rang out in the alley.
...
Two hours later—
After being doused with cold water, Zhu Jiankun, whose head had been beaten into a pig's head, woke up from his coma.
Seeing himself bound hand and foot and abandoned on the rooftop of an unfinished building, Zhu Jiankun was shocked, furious, and anxious. He gritted his teeth in pain and cursed loudly:
"Fuck you! Who is it?! Who hit me? Show yourself!"
"Looks like I didn't hit you hard enough. I should have smashed your pig brain and pulled out all your teeth one by one, and then we'd see if you still had the strength to bark like a dog!"
The next second, Secretary Xin, accompanied by two of Fu's subordinates, walked up to him with a sinister look in her eyes.
"Who...who are you?!"
Zhu Jiankun's mouth was full of blood from the beating. He spat out a mouthful of bloody foam onto the ground and looked at them in confusion. "I...I don't know you. Why are you hitting me? Where...where am I?!"
Secretary Xin sneered repeatedly, "This is a building bought by the Fu Group. Have you got any inspiration yet?"
"The Fu family..."
Zhu Jiankun's mind raced, and he immediately turned deathly pale, his body trembling like a leaf. "You...you are...President Fu's people?!"
"So you're being polite and civilized this time? Weren't you yelling and cursing just now?"
Secretary Xin bent down and stared at his face, which was filled with fear, with a sinister look. "Tell me, of all people to secretly photograph, why did you have to secretly photograph our supreme, wise, and handsome President Fu? Are you asking for death or what?"
Do you know that offending General Manager Fu has serious consequences? When we came up just now, we saw cement being poured into the foundation. Is Director Zhu perhaps trying to help with the infrastructure construction of our Fu Group project?
Zhu Jiankun screamed in terror and struggled frantically, "What are you going to do? Are you going to kill me?! This is a society governed by law! Murder is punishable by death!"
"A society governed by the rule of law is great. I love being lawless in a society governed by the rule of law."
With a boastful laugh, Fu Chong, a cigarette dangling from his lips, casually walked up to Zhu Jiankun with one hand in his pocket.
Secretary Xin and her subordinates bowed deeply, "President Fu!"
"Mr. Fu...?!"
Upon seeing Fu Chong, Zhu Jiankun lost all his remaining temper, terrified out of his wits. He knelt before the man like a dog, pleading, "President Fu! Please... spare my life... ah!"
Another bloodcurdling scream pierced the sky.
Fu Chong suddenly opened his eyes fiercely, raised his long leg, and kicked Zhu Jiankun in the chest, sending him flying!
Zhu Jiankun crashed heavily onto the cement steps and came to a stop. He was just a hair's breadth away from falling from the thirtieth floor!
He was in so much pain that he saw stars, and before he could catch his breath, Fu Chong darted over, grabbed his collar, and dragged half of his body off the rooftop!
"Aaaaaah!!" Zhu Jiankun screamed incessantly, nearly scared out of his wits.
Secretary Xin saw it all, but remained calm, as she was used to it.
"Damn it, because of you, you piece of trash, I got a good scolding from my father."
Fu Chong pressed him down with his left hand, while flicking his cigarette ash with his right. "I won't be able to quell my hatred until I kill you!"
Zhu Jiankun was so frightened that he cried out for his parents, begging for forgiveness repeatedly, "President Fu! My dear father! I was wrong... I was really wrong! I was confused for a moment!"
Fu Chong took a deep drag of his cigarette. "Shut up. I don't have a son as ugly as you."
The Fu family rose to power through the underworld; the older generation had hands stained with blood, so what couldn't the younger generation do?
Seeing that his life was in danger, the man surnamed Zhu confessed everything:
"President Fu! It's not that I wanted to scheme against you... someone instructed me to do this! They're a big and powerful company, and I'm just a small-time media person. I can't afford to offend them!"
Fu Chong paused, and Secretary Xin behind him was also surprised that such a scare would cause Zhong Deng to reveal important information.
Immediately, Fu Chong abruptly pulled him back, flung him to the ground, and glared at him with narrowed, sinister eyes:
"A large and powerful family? I'd like to see just how big, and who it is."
To save his life, Zhu Jiankun had no choice but to grit his teeth and tell the whole story:
"Liu... Liu Nianrou..."
The man frowned. "Who the hell is that?"
"The wife of Lin Chengchou, chairman of Yuntu Oriental Technology! She and her daughter are Lin Zhixin, the daughter of the Lin family, and it's rumored that she is Xie Jinghuai's girlfriend!"
Zhu Jiankun's teeth chattered, and he cursed Liu Nianrou, who had ruined him, a thousand times in his heart. "With such a background... I really dare not offend her! Even if I can handle Chairman Lin, I'm afraid of President Xie, who stands behind Miss Lin!"
"Xie Jinghuai, who does he think he is?"
Fu Chong finally understood and became even angrier, kicking him again. "You're afraid of offending him, but aren't you afraid of offending me? What the hell are you implying that I'm inferior to Xie Jinghuai? Are you looking for death?!"
Zhu Jiankun knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly.
"This sounds strange."
Secretary Xin stepped forward and asked suspiciously, "Our CEO Fu doesn't even know who Liu Nianrou is, and has no connection with the Lin family. Why would Liu Nianrou instruct you to secretly take pictures of our CEO Fu?"
Before Zhu Jiankun could answer, Fu Chong's eyes darkened, and he suddenly smiled mockingly:
"Ah, I get it. I suppose that woman wasn't after me, but after Miss Jiang. Her intention wasn't to expose me, but to expose her. Am I right?"
Zhu Jiankun nodded vigorously, "President Fu is brilliant! Ah—!"
"Go to hell! You dare to use me as a pawn? That's an even bigger crime!" Fu Chong exploded again, kicking him in the face and knocking out one of his front teeth.
Zhu Jiankun rolled on the ground, on the verge of tears.
This Fu Chong is capricious and unpredictable. One second he's all smiles, the next he might be killing you. He's a living Yama!
"Hey, you idiot, I'm giving you a chance to redeem yourself." Fu Chong threw the cigarette butt on the ground and crushed it with the tip of his leather shoe.
"Please tell me! I'll agree to anything!"
Fu Chong hatched a plan, a sinister and wicked smile flashing in his eyes.
*
Three days later.
Tonight, Xie Jinghuai finished his work and was just about to leave when there was a knock on the office door.
"Come in."
After she answered, the door opened, and Lin Zhixin, wearing a white lace dress, walked in with elegant and light steps.
"Brother Jinghuai," she smiled gently, "You've been so busy today. I've been waiting for you outside for quite a while."
Xie Jinghuai's handsome face showed a slight surprise, and his tone was a bit calmer than before, "Zhixin, what brings you here?"
Lin Zhixin blinked her clear eyes and said in a coquettish voice, "Brother Jinghuai, don't you really remember what day it is today?"
Xie Jinghuai was too busy and obviously hadn't remembered. "What day is it?"
Today is my father's fifty-sixth birthday.
Lin Zhixin blinked her big eyes, looking somewhat disappointed. "Brother Jinghuai, you attend my father's birthday banquet every year. How could you forget this year?"
Yes, ever since he learned that Lin Zhixin was his savior, he has never missed not only Lin Zhixin's birthday but also Chairman Lin's birthday for five consecutive years, and he would always prepare generous gifts for her.
But this year, he forgot.
"Zhixin, I'm sorry, I've been too busy lately and I really didn't think of it."
Xie Jinghuai paused for a moment, then said softly, "Afterwards, I will have Secretary Han send over a generous gift."
Lin Zhixin was stunned, and hurriedly asked, "Brother Jinghuai, what do you mean? Aren't you going today?"
"Um."
The man lowered his eyes, a strange emotion flashing across them. "I'm not going."
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