Chapter 109 Transaction
Yannan Residential Area, Building 7, Room 608.
The house has three bedrooms and two living rooms, and is decorated mainly in black, white and gray colors. It is spotless and clean.
The living room connects to an open-plan study, with a dark brown wooden bookshelf placed against the wall.
The books were piled up layer by layer.
On the blue-gray and dark blue color-blocked sofa, Jiang Luo sat upright in the middle, holding her phone in both hands, staring at the screen, motionless, like a statue.
This house belongs to He Ziyan.
When choosing a place to meet Fu Jing privately, He Ziyan insisted on doing so at his house.
The house has cameras installed in almost every corner, providing 360° coverage.
A robot he meticulously designed and built stood by the wall, ready to remotely protect Jiang Luo in case of any problems.
"Ding ding".
A message pops up: 【The fish have entered the pond.】
Fu Jing entered the residential compound.
Not long after, the doorbell rang.
Taking a deep breath, Jiang Luo immediately stood up and straightened her clothes.
During filming, she had played a similar role, sharing a room with a psychopath and fighting with him.
But acting out a story is one thing, and actually facing a villain is another.
During filming, the director would yell "Cut!" and Fu Jing would do something heinous.
I felt a little apprehensive, but also a little excited about the upcoming fight against evil and the promotion of good; my blood was boiling.
Open the door and you'll see Fu Jing.
"Come in."
Fu Jing followed cautiously.
The two entered the living room from the entrance hall.
After surveying his surroundings, Fu Jing, with a cold expression, stopped in the open space in front of the entrance hall and did not take another step.
Did you bring what I asked for?
Turning his head slightly to look directly at her, Fu Jing feigned ignorance with a half-smile: "What is it?"
Frowning, Jiang Luo wondered what he was up to. "Something worth thirty million."
"Why would Miss Jiang be willing to spend thirty million to buy something?" With his hands in his pockets, Fu Jing was relaxed. Due to years of fitness training, he was burly and strong, like a wall. In comparison, the slender and thin Jiang Luo seemed as if she could break at any moment.
Seeing the thoughtfulness in that sly smile, Jiang Luo realized that Fu Jing didn't trust her enough.
To put it bluntly, Fu Jing didn't believe she would spend 30 million for Lin Shuang.
Walking to the other side of the sofa, Jiang Luo stood with her arms crossed, her knees half-resting on the sofa for support and comfort. "Of course it's not me. It's Ji Bei."
"Then why doesn't he come to trade with me in person?" Fu Jing turned around to face her.
The two people looked at each other across a four-meter-long sofa.
"If the Ji family finds out, how will Lin Shuang ever be able to enter the family?" Jiang Luo retorted. "They'll probably arrange a business marriage for Ji Bei right tonight."
The reason was made up on the spot.
Mentioning elder family members increases credibility.
Fu Jing didn't respond, but simply nodded in agreement.
Indeed, wealthy families place the most importance on one's background.
Lin Shuang is already an illegitimate child. If another set of private photos of her were to be leaked, not only the Ji family, but the entire Chunxing wealthy circle would not accept her as their daughter-in-law.
“Now that we’ve laid it all out, I also want to ask you,” Jiang Luo lowered her eyes, her breathing becoming heavy, “why did you take those photos? Did you approach Lin Shuang with this purpose from the beginning, or…”
"Yes," Fu Jing interrupted the question impatiently.
A hint of panic flashed in his eyes; he didn't want to continue the conversation.
Why was she chosen?
"Didn't you want to make a deal? Give me the money, and you can have the stuff!" Fu Jing said, looking annoyed.
Staring intently at the man, trying to find any flaw, Jiang Luo repeated, "Why?"
The voice, which should have been soft and gentle, was tinged with a sharp edge by anger, like a sword brushing against the cheek in a snowy weather.
It stung.
Fu Jing lowered his eyelids and slightly hunched his shoulders.
"Why?"
The questioning did not stop despite the other party's silence.
Her determination to get the answer was almost bursting out of her chest.
Standing in the light, surrounded by warmth, yet her heart was ice-cold. Jiang Luo looked at Fu Jing with disdain, as if she were looking at an ugly insect.
"You'd only met a few times before you met in Paris, why would you want to harm her? She's clearly not the most favored child in the Lin family, why her? If you only wanted money from the beginning..."
As she spoke, a terrible thought rose in Jiang Luo's mind.
"It was Lin Wan, right?" With her arms hanging down, Jiang Luo clenched her fists tightly, her knuckles turning white, barely managing to control the trembling in her voice. "It was... Lin Wan who made you do this, wasn't it?"
Their eyes met.
Jiang Luo's gaze made Fu Jing feel suffocated.
Composing himself, he loosened the opening of his collar.
After a long while, the head that prided itself on being intelligent and arrogant nodded heavily.
Jiang Luo bit her lip, the pain becoming an outlet for her suppressed emotions.
Everything was connected.
Scenes from the birthday party flashed before my eyes.
A dress almost identical to Lin Shuang's design.
The set design was almost identical to that of Still Love.
His behavior became erratic after mentioning that Lin Shuang was his older sister.
...
Wandering through a jumble of thoughts, countless questions intertwine and soar.
Finally, the dust settled, and the answer emerged after the question mark.
Lin Wan was jealous of Lin Shuang.
Jiang Luo remembered the story she had read on a marketing account.
Lin Shuang's father and mother were each other's first love when they were seventeen or eighteen. Lin Shuang's father's marriage to Lin Wan's mother was a business marriage forced by family pressure.
Lin Wanxu was jealous that her father truly loved her and her mother.
Or perhaps, Lin Wan was simply jealous.
However, it seems that the turning point of the tragedy was not Lin Wan.
He was Lin Shuang and Lin Wan's father.
A cowardly man ruined the lives of four women.
That's ridiculous.
Jiang Luo scoffed, staring coldly at him, and mocked, "So, what are you doing playing the role of an executioner? For money? You've put your self-respect on the ground and let everyone trample on it, how much money have you gotten in return?"
Surprisingly, Fu Jing wasn't angry as expected when he was scolded; instead, he felt a morbid sense of relief.
He smiled slightly, lifted his eyelids, and said slowly, "Give me the money, and I'll give you the things."
Jiang Luo didn't answer, but just looked at him with sympathy.
it's all over.
The door handle turns.
The subtle sound precisely triggered Fu Jing's nerves, and he turned to look warily.
In an instant, the door was pulled open, and a group of police officers rushed in, stepping into the light.
Amidst the sea of blue and white figures, He Ziyan stepped out gracefully. Dressed in casual clothes, he exuded no sense of leisure. He glanced at Fu Jing with a cold, expressionless expression.
From astonishment to panic, Fu Jing's emotions shifted, but the only concrete manifestation was the thought of escaping.
He lunged toward the door, but before he could even break through an inch, he was subdued by the police.
He struggled desperately, flailing his arms, but to no avail.
This scene was destined to happen the moment the evil was sown.
No longer the elite figure he appeared at first glance, Fu Jing is now in a sorry state.
This was so gratifying, it dispelled the gloom on Jiang Luo's forehead.
Jiang Luo shifted her gaze from the perpetrator to her "teammate," and as He Ziyan approached, her eyebrows curved into a smile, like a crescent moon hanging high in the sky, its gentle light flowing.
After being arrested, Fu Jing implicated Lin Wan.
Later, Lin Wan was arrested, and both of them received the punishment they deserved.
However, true fulfillment has not yet been achieved.
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