Chapter 148 A Deliberate Scheme
Jiang Ning slept surprisingly soundly this time.
When she woke up, Lu Junyan was not by her bedside.
There were soft noises coming from the bathroom, and Jiang Ning figured Lu Junyan was probably washing up inside.
She first picked up her phone to check the time, and then a news article automatically popped up on her phone:
Lu Junyan fiercely protects his wife!
Jiang Ning paused, then clicked on the news.
The contents of the document were about Jiang Bin attacking her yesterday, and Lu Junyan bringing the Lu family bodyguards to the rescue.
The image of her being carried away in a princess carry took up the largest portion of the page.
It's all over the headlines and trending topics on major platforms now.
The related content turned out to be Lu's Group's stock.
Jiang Ning wasn't usually interested in stocks, but she still clicked on it to take a look.
Lu's Group shares have been soaring since the opening of trading today.
It's all thanks to this trending topic.
Suddenly, Jiang Ning shivered, his fingertips gripping the phone feeling icy cold.
Just then, Lu Junyan's phone rang; it was a call.
Jiang Ning got out of bed, picked up Lu Junyan's phone, and saw that the caller ID showed Lu Yexiong.
Lu Junyan didn't save his father's contact name as "Dad" or "Father," but rather as Lu Yexiong's full name.
Jiang Ning took Lu Junyan's phone and knocked on the bathroom door.
"Your dad called you."
When Jiang Ning handed over the phone, his finger accidentally pressed the answer button.
Lu Yexiong's smug voice immediately came through the receiver.
"You did a great job this time, that's how it should be..."
Jiang Ning couldn't hear what was said after that.
Because Lu Junyan held the phone to his ear.
Jiang Ning stood at the bathroom door, a chill creeping into his heart.
She thought it was Lu Junyan who stepped in to protect her from Jiang Bin.
But is that really the case?
Jiang Bin had manipulated public opinion to push her into the spotlight just the day before, but overnight, Jiang Bin himself became a pariah.
Without someone behind the scenes stirring things up, Jiang Bin's embezzlement of public funds, gambling debts, and high-interest loans could not have escalated so quickly.
Domineeringly protecting his wife...
Jiang Ning recalled the trending headlines he had just seen on his phone.
Just as Lu Junyan put down his phone, Jiang Ning's cold, demanding question came from the bathroom doorway:
"So you deliberately set up a trap to force Jiang Bin to deal with me, then pretended to be a hero saving a damsel in distress and fiercely protecting your wife, all to use me to create buzz and boost the stock price of the Lu Group... Am I right?"
Lu Junyan silently watched Jiang Ning.
He saw Jiang Ning staring with reddened eyes, filled with anger and disappointment.
As it turned out, that's what Lu Yexiong thought of him.
Jiang Ning thought so too.
"Think what you want!"
Lu Junyan's voice was cold, and he was like an ice sculpture radiating coldness from head to toe.
He walked out of the restroom and brushed past Jiang Ning.
A chilling anger cut like a knife across Jiang Ning's face.
Jiang Ning couldn't understand how Lu Junyan could still have the nerve to be angry.
She was the one facing the knife.
She was also the one who was used as a tool.
Jiang Ning had just changed her clothes and was about to leave Yunding Jade Pavilion when Lu Junyan's phone rang again.
Lu Junyan pressed the speakerphone button.
"Junyan, are you busy today?"
When Chu Qingxue's sweet, coquettish voice came from the phone, Jiang Ning realized that Lu Junyan had deliberately pressed speakerphone.
"I'm not busy. Where are you? I'll come find you right now."
After making the appointment with Chu Qingxue, Lu Junyan hung up the phone.
Jiang Ning silently left the Cloud Top Jade Pavilion.
Lu Junyan didn't say a word to her when he left.
Chu Qingxue arranged to meet Lu Junyan at a couples' coffee shop.
She was dressed very beautifully.
She wore a new outfit and put on sweet makeup.
Because Lu Junyan's attitude on the phone was quite positive, Chu Qingxue took the initiative to walk over and hold Lu Junyan's hand as she always did after seeing him.
But Lu Junyan removed her hand.
This small gesture immediately gave Chu Qingxue a bad feeling.
Originally, she didn't want to be the first to back down.
But she really couldn't do it without first bowing her head.
For so many days, Lu Junyan hadn't contacted her on his own initiative.
Moreover, her parents told her that the piece of land in Jiangbei, which they had been negotiating well with, was suddenly transferred to Mo Yan by Lu Junyan without compensation.
This was a complete shock to Chu Qingxue.
She couldn't understand why Lu Junyan and Mo Yan, who were clearly enemies, had agreed to have the land in Jiangbei jointly developed by the Lu family and her parents.
How did it become like this?
The only possibility Chu Qingxue could think of was that Lu Junyan knew she had drugged him that night.
This was also what Chu Qingxue feared most back then.
"Junyan, why have you been so cold to me these past few days?"
Chu Qingxue lowered her eyes, tears welling up in her eyes.
Lu Junyan took a sip of coffee and remained silent for a long time before answering:
"There was a drug in the drink we had that night. Did you put it there?"
"How is this possible?!"
Chu Qingxue was shocked.
"Was that done by Zhao Zili?"
"I don't know about that..."
Chu Qingxue blinked her innocent big eyes.
"So Junyan, you think I drugged you, and that's why you're angry with me? But you should know me, I would never do such a thing!"
Chu Qingxue spoke sincerely, taking Lu Junyan's hand in hers.
Lu Junyan's hands were very cold.
"You once said that I was the person you cherished most, and you also promised me that you would give me a proper status after divorcing Jiang Ning... I don't really care about any of that, I just want your love..."
Chu Qingxue's voice trembled uncontrollably.
Lu Junyan stared at Chu Qingxue.
Chu Qingxue's tearful eyes were like a clear spring.
He could see right through it.
It truly contained only a pure, unadulterated longing for him.
"Junyan...please don't neglect me, okay?"
Lu Junyan hummed in agreement.
However, Chu Qingxue didn't detect much sincerity in that statement.
The two had a casual meal together and chatted briefly about the land in Jiangbei.
“I owed Mo Yan a favor, so I gave him the land.”
Lu Junyan spoke succinctly, and Chu Qingxue didn't dare to ask any more questions.
The two seemed to have returned to their previous way of getting along, but Chu Qingxue could still feel an invisible barrier between Lu Junyan and her.
After the meal, Lu Junyan left first to return to the company to handle business.
Chu Qingxue was still sitting in the shop, extremely anxious.
This can't go on...
She took out her phone and sent a WeChat message to Joker.
After a while, the Joker replied, but it was a question:
Are you going to come to the United States soon to attend the wedding of the eldest son of the Ning family and his fiancée?
This question left Chu Qingxue completely bewildered.
Immediately afterwards, she received a WeChat message from Joker:
By the way, someone is desperately trying to pull strings to get released on bail.
Jiang Ning received a call from Lu Yexiong while driving back to the company.
"Xiao Ning, dress up nicely tonight. I have to take you to a social event. It's about a very important project for our Lu family... I've thought about what you said before, and I still think you and Junyan shouldn't get a divorce... Look, your uncle's matter has been resolved now, and Junyan even took a knife for you to protect you. You shouldn't be so ungrateful, right?"
Jiang Ning found Lu Yexiong's explanation amusing.
The person who actually rushed in front of her to shield her from the knife was Ning Junzhe.
Lu Junyan was clearly someone who set up a scheme to manipulate and exploit her.
Suppressing his anger, Jiang Ning pretended to be calm and asked, "Mr. Lu, where are you now?"
"I'm at Cuihu Villa, what's wrong?"
"nothing."
Jiang Ning hung up the phone, parked her car on the side of the road, and sent Lu Junyan a WeChat message:
I'm going to see your dad at Cuihu Villa now. You should come too, I have something to say to him.
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