Episode 61 Fiancée
Jiang Shu initially thought the villa burglary was just an accident, until Wei Kai reminded him of Xu Yiwei's attitude. A few days later, Pierre accidentally revealed that Alan was Cen Shuo and even knew Xu Yiwei. He thought about the earlier incident and couldn't help but feel suspicious...
In order to verify his idea, he asked Song Qi to forward him the news post she had seen about the villa theft, but after Song Qi searched it, all she sent him back were screenshots saying "The post has been deleted in violation of regulations."
When he accompanied Lin Ying to the kindergarten to pick up Ruxing, there was a small misunderstanding. When he saw the kindergarten teacher adjusting the surveillance to restore the facts, he thought of the incident of his own surveillance being destroyed. He learned some principles from the surveillance teacher. Later, he found out that the image information of his villa was stored in the built-in hard disk of the video recorder. Although it was severely damaged, Song Qi helped him find a professional data recovery team, who worked hard on it for two weeks and finally got the results recently.
When he saw the anxious and worried look on Xu Yiwei's face as she stared at the camera before the footage was destroyed, he understood everything. Why had she been so nervous when she was taking the statement? Why couldn't any DNA be found in the body of a girl who had been abused? And how could those two people hide so thoroughly...
How could someone who wanted to steal only such insignificant things? His safe and his truly valuable money were hidden behind the paintings. There were only signs of prying, but nothing had been touched.
Because the person who set up the scheme didn't want to make a big deal out of it.
As long as Jiang Shu can be intimidated and Xu Yiwei can be given a reason to act pitiful, that would be enough.
That night, he decided to go all out and called Eric to ask him everything. At first, his tone was bad and he thought Eric was deliberately trying to mess with him. He was also a wealthy man and a competitor of Jiang Lin in some consumer areas. But from Eric's indifferent memories, he gradually figured out that there was someone else who wanted to harm him, and that person was his stepfather, whom he had called "Dad" for more than 20 years.
He didn't understand why Lin Jidong would use such despicable means to discredit himself. Even if he wanted to make a profit, he was still a shareholder and the decision-maker of Jianglin, and he was his legal relative. What good would it do to him and Jianglin Group to do such a thing?
But since he has not been willing to surface until now, he must have some concerns. Besides, he is very cunning and will not admit something without any evidence.
But just because he doesn't feel guilty doesn't mean someone else won't.
That's why he chose to break through from Xu Yiwei.
After all, she is just a young girl who has just started out. Faced with the coercion of interests and the temptation of emotions, no matter how defensive she is, she can always be easily broken down.
But he didn't expect that even though Xu Yiwei was so aggrieved that she cried, she didn't hide her actions and even took the opportunity to express her feelings and attitude...
When Xu Yiwei buried her face in his chest with tears in her eyes, he had only one thought in his mind - the little girl now was quite bold in love and hate, and was also quite self-aware.
The reason why Song Qi was willing to help was simply to find out Wang Duo's background.
Xu Yiwei's behavior tonight was considered to be helping her.
She held the steering wheel, staring at the gurgling rain in front of her.
"It turns out that Wang Duo has been relying on your stepfather Lin Jidong all these years in the mainland."
This brought Jiang Shu back to his senses from the heavy rain, "According to Xu Yiwei, he should be right."
Song Qi joked, "Other people are heroes who can't resist the temptation of beautiful women, but she is different. She is not a hero but still wants to be brave. I'm afraid Lin Jidong will not let her go."
"Lin Jidong's target is me and my mother. Even if Xiao Xu betrayed him, he doesn't have the time to bother her right now. Otherwise, she wouldn't be able to get away with it after the theft."
He rubbed his brows, trying to push away the tightness in his forehead, but it seemed to be of no use.
Lin Jidong, like his mother Jiang Yueling, is a ruthless character. Faced with extreme goals and interests, family affection is just a means of maintaining it.
Since he chose Xu Yiwei because of his similar appearance, the person he was actually using was Lin Ying himself.
As the biological father, he has always been pessimistic about his daughter Lin Ying. He had her marry into the Yan family for exploitation, so her taking the child away might have been a conditional exchange.
Perhaps he already knew about what happened between Lin Ying and him back then. If so, then this "condition" seemed self-evident...
With a loud bang, the sky flashed and thunder roared in my ears.
When Lin Ying woke up, he faced an unfamiliar ceiling and felt a slight headache. It was probably because he was drunk last night and had a lot of dreams. He felt like an overloaded machine. Although he could maintain his vital signs normally, the main control had already been standardized.
While washing up, she realized that her daughter was not around. She shuddered suddenly, wiped her face casually, opened the bedroom door immediately, and ran to the first floor... But she happened to see Wang Duo squatting in front of the two children, as if he was telling Jiaze something, and Ruxing also looked eager to try.
Seeing her mother finally come downstairs, Ruxing immediately grinned and ran towards Lin Ying——
"Mom! Uncle Wang is taking Ruxing to see the Starry Sky Exhibition today. Mom, are you coming too?!"
Before Lin Ying could react, Wang Duo explained to the child:
"Ruxing, wasn't that what we agreed on just now? Let mom go home and rest for a while today, and I'll take you and Jiaze out to play."
Today is Saturday. Jiaze had been longing to see a starry sky concept exhibition held in Pudong. He had a great time playing with Ruxing yesterday, which aroused Ruxing's interest. This morning, Ruxing pushed him to ask Wang Duo to go and see the exhibition. Unexpectedly, Wang Duo, who had always been reluctant to spend time with him, agreed to take them to the exhibition personally for the first time today.
Lin Ying habitually recommended herself: "Ruxing is very lively, why don't I take them?"
"No, you're a bit hungover from last night. Go eat something first, and then have the driver take you home. Get some rest today, and I'll take care of the stressful things like taking care of the kids."
Yes, taking care of a child is very tiring, but Lin Ying seems to have gotten used to it. If one day she doesn't take care of her daughter at all, she will feel a little guilty.
It is said that love is always accompanied by a feeling of indebtedness, but this feeling of indebtedness is obviously the most hurtful.
If love can be compared to a debt, then doesn't it mean that every minute and every second we spend together is a calculation of when we can pay off the loan?
After thinking it over, Lin Ying chose to compromise and earnestly told her daughter to listen to Uncle Wang and the driver, not to run around, not to talk nonsense, and not to laugh at Jiaze and other children like she did last time.
Lin Ying didn't stop nagging until Ruxing raised her pinky finger and shook it off. She watched the two children chattering as they followed the driver out the door. Wang Duo was about to follow, but Lin Ying hesitated for a moment and tugged at his sleeve...
Wang Duo stopped in his tracks, his expression darkening as he turned back to gaze at Lin Ying, quietly listening to her words.
"I wasn't thinking straight last night, and I didn't speak clearly. I embarrassed you for no reason..."
"No, it's my turn to say this."
Wang Duo deliberately lowered his voice, but his words were still clearly audible to Lin Ying.
She shook her head. "Actually, I know that part of the reason you like me is because I'm Lin Jidong's daughter, right? Even though you've never said it explicitly, I've worked with you for over three years, and I'm aware of your background with the company."
Hearing this, Wang Duo's expression froze. Just as he was about to speak, he was interrupted by Lin Ying's next words.
"Wang Duo, I can marry you."
She immediately added, "But I want to leave Tengchun and Shanghai."
"you……"
"I won't mix work and love. I mean what I say. If you agree, we can get married. But I may not be able to be a good wife and mother like you wish, always by your side and take care of the children, because... my next offer may require me to be assigned to Europe for a long time."
Wang Duo was bombarded by a series of statements from the other party, and stood there in a daze for a long time, which was rare.
"…You got an offer from Pierre's new agent?"
She sneered and nodded. "You know me. I'm always honest and clear about the implications of my decisions. Even if you regret it, I can accept it. You have the final say on whether to get married, but I have the final say on the job change."
Wang Duo had barely finished speaking when the urgent call on his phone disturbed his train of thought. It was Jiaze calling him. The two children were probably anxiously waiting in the car.
"You go first. There's no need to rush into making a decision. I'm as patient as you are. I'm a little tired lately, so please help me look after Ruxing today."
Wang Duo left the house that day in a hurry, as if fleeing, or perhaps feeling uneasy. In short, he wasn't half as calm as when he kissed her last night.
This was also within Lin Ying's expectations.
After all, he was a man used to everything being controlled by his will, and as a colleague and loved one who owed him a lot, Lin Ying should have been extremely passive and moved by his confession, but she turned the tables, stating all the possibilities, and even wanted to negotiate terms with him.
Lin Ying was eating the shrimp porridge cooked by Aunt Gu and felt that she was really ridiculous.
Why do I feel like... she's like a traitor or a middleman. Others exchange conditions for resources, but she uses conditions to balance things out.
Back then, she exchanged the truth about her past embarrassment for the freedom of her and her daughter. Now, for a better life for both mother and daughter, she agreed to marry her boss, Bole, with whom she had an affair. But even if they really get married, she has no intention of living the life of a typical "Mrs. Wang". Not only will she not do housework for him or help with the company, she even wants to cut ties with him and separate their work and life for a long time. If he doesn't agree, she will still quit.
Because for her, marrying Wang Duo is just an extra layer of insurance for herself and her daughter. If she doesn't have this insurance, she can still think of alternative solutions.
Anyway, at Jiang Yueling's request, she had to leave Shanghai anyway - Pierre just happened to extend an olive branch to her, which was her greatest luck and helped her escape from a desperate situation.
In this series of things, she actually didn't suffer any loss.
If she had to say who she owed a loss to, it would only be Jiang Shu.
From the moment she made her deal with Lin Jidong, Jiang Shu had been dragged into the game. She negotiated with Jiang Yueling to protect herself and him, and with Wang Duo to increase her own leverage and to make him give up...
Click.
A tear was diluted into the porridge.
Fortunately, the porridge was almost finished and she was almost full.
At this moment, Lin Ying just wanted to escape from here quickly, hide in a deserted corner, calm down, and even have a good cry...
She wiped her tears and said goodbye to Aunt Gu with red eyes. Aunt Gu was busy washing dishes in the kitchen. Before she could look back, she had disappeared from her sight.
But the moment Lin Ying opened the door, there was someone standing outside unexpectedly...
The other person looked a few years younger than her, and his eyes revealed a sense of coolness and shrewdness.
She didn't know Song Qi, but Song Qi recognized her at a glance.
It seemed that she was even more surprised as to why Lin Ying appeared here.
She spoke her mind directly—"I want to see Wang Duo, is he here?"
Lin Ying then realized her identity. She seemed to have seen her photos in the editorial albums of several popular Hong Kong media outlets that she had followed before. The reason she followed them was simply because those articles were all about Jiang Shu. Every time she saw them, she couldn't help but read them word for word.
I’ll occasionally like and collect them, but when I’m in a bad mood, I’ll cancel them all.
So there is not a single article about Jiang Shu in her current favorites.
"You came at the wrong time, Miss Song."
She also told the truth, "Wang Duo took the children out to play today, and they just went out not long ago."
After saying that, she walked around her and planned to leave, but Song Qi couldn't help but ask -
"What's your relationship with him? And why are you here?"
Lin Ying couldn't help but stop and think carefully for a while, then finally turned around and admitted with an innocent smile -
"Me? I'm his fiancée now."
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