Chapter 26 Why Are You Hitting People?
How do you hit someone?
"Last Friday was our third anniversary together."
"I'll eat by myself, watch a movie by myself, and then when I get home, you guys will kiss on the couch."
"Jiang Qingyan, we hadn't broken up at that time, so you were the one who cheated."
Inside the banquet hall, the whole audience was in an uproar.
Slowly, a faint voice came from the crowd.
"It's really interesting. Miss Yao just said that Jiang Qingyan has been single all these years and has been waiting for her. Now Wen Ruan says that she and Jiang Qingyan have been in a relationship for three years. Who is lying?"
"Did you see the post online yesterday? It was posted by a Rongli internal employee. It's been deleted now. That post was about Yao Man stealing Wen Ruan's man. Wen Ruan has confirmed Xiaowen's story."
"I think Wen Ruan is genuine. Oh my god, she looks so sad. What she said doesn't sound fake."
"Really, she hadn't cried yet, but she cried when I heard her cry. She was really sad, her body was shaking and she was about to break."
"I have a woman's sixth sense. I also feel that Wen Ruan is not lying."
“…”
These words reached Yao Man's ears intermittently. She had been restrained by Jiang Qingyan from grabbing the microphone just now, but now she was a little anxious.
She pulled Jiang Qingyan's arm, "Qingyan, say something!"
Before the party started, he had agreed that no matter what happened tonight, he would stand by her side.
He said that after tonight, he guaranteed that no one would scold her anymore, and if anyone wanted to scold her, they would scold him. He said that after tonight, everyone would envy her. He said that after tonight, he would completely keep Wen Ruan away from him.
The eyes of others also fell on Jiang Qingyan one after another.
The two women each have their own opinions because of him. Now it depends on what the man says and who he supports.
In full view of everyone, Jiang Qing extended his hand to cover the back of Yao Man's hand, slowly holding her hand, interlocking their fingers.
His eyes, as deep as ink, looked at Wen Ruan. His voice was low, like mellow wine, but the words that came out of his mouth were like wine laced with arsenic.
"Wen Ruan, stop making trouble."
He seemed helpless and sighed softly, "We agreed to each take what we need, no talk of love or affection, why are you making a fuss about it now?"
Everyone gets what they need.
No talk of affection, no talk of love.
To put it bluntly: our relationship can be bed partners, sex partners, and lovers, but not lovers.
He doesn't acknowledge or admit those three years.
In a word, she stood on Yao Man's side and at the same time, slapped Wen Ruan in the face, completely nailing Wen Ruan to the pillar of shame. She was like a jumping clown.
Wen Ruan stood on the stage, staring blankly at Jiang Qingyan, his vision slowly becoming blurred.
For the first time in her life, she regretted it.
She shouldn't have been angry with her mother and shouldn't have gone to Rongcheng. If she hadn't gone to Rongcheng, she wouldn't have met Jiang Qingyan.
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Wen Ruan met Jiang Qingyan for the first time in a Chinese restaurant in Rongcheng.
His facial features were stern and flawless, he had an upright posture, broad shoulders, a narrow waist and long legs. Even wearing an ordinary waiter's uniform he could look quite noble.
Wen Ruan's first impression of him was that he was very handsome.
But that's all. He Zheng's face is no worse than his. She is not obsessed with looks.
She was in a bad mood at that time because she went to Rongcheng early because she had a falling out with her mother. When the admission letter came, her mother found out that she had been deceived and became furious and asked her to repeat the year.
She refused and left with her suitcase.
Mood affects work to some extent.
She got into trouble on her first day on the job. She was delivering food to the guests in the private room, and a drunk old man held her hand and wouldn't let go. He even tried to touch her butt with his paws. She got angry and directly hit him on the head with the cold dish in her hand.
The man was about to hit her, but Jiang Qingyan pulled her behind him and protected her.
The manager wanted to fire her, but Jiang Qingyan pleaded for her.
They stayed up until almost dawn that night and hadn't eaten. She was grateful to him and treated him to a midnight snack. While chatting, they hit it off quite well. They went to the same school and had many common topics. They also had similar lists of books and songs.
They became friends.
In the restaurant, he helped her avoid those lascivious customers. After school started, he was the president of the student union. He introduced her to the student union, explained the questions to her, and helped her reserve a seat in the library.
She had a good impression of him, but it didn't rise to love.
Until her junior year, she was kidnapped.
The kidnapper Li Hai was a middle-aged man in his forties. He took his sick daughter to Haicheng for medical treatment for the sake of his mother's fame, but he went too late, and the daughter's illness was delayed and could not be saved.
Li Hai blamed his mother for the incident and wanted to take revenge on her, so he kidnapped her and planned to extort her before killing her.
At that time, Jiang Qingyan had already joined Rongli's branch in Rongcheng, and the abandoned factory where she was detained happened to be near a brand project department invested by Rongli.
That day was Li Hai's daughter's birthday. Li Hai drank, and the more he missed his daughter, the more he hated her and almost beat her to death. At night, while Li Hai and his two accomplices were playing cards, she struggled to escape through the window.
I don’t know how long I ran, but I happened to run into Jiang Qingyan who came to the project department for inspection.
She fell into his arms.
Li Hai and his men chased after her. They were three strong adult men, each holding a stick in their hands. When the sticks were swung at her, Jiang Qingyan protected her immediately.
His face turned pale and his forehead was covered in sweat from the pain, but he still smiled at her and comforted her in a soft voice.
"Don't be afraid, someone will come to rescue us soon."
The beating process was actually very short, but it was so long that Wen Ruan could completely engrave Jiang Qingyan's face in his heart, like a brand.
Someone did come. Jiang Qingyan had made an appointment to drink with someone on the project, and he came here to drive. When the group saw that he hadn't come for a long time and no one answered the phone, they came to look for him.
Jiang Qingyan used her arms to protect her head at the time. Li Hai's stick hit her left hand several times, and his hand was almost broken.
He lived in a rented house outside, and she felt guilty about it, so she would go to his place whenever she had time.
He couldn't use his left hand for two months, and she took care of him for two months. During those two months, her affection for him turned into love. The look in his eyes when he looked at her was clearly not innocent.
So she thought that he liked her too.
But when she confessed to him, he rejected her, saying that he didn't want to be in a relationship for the time being, and that it was okay, since he was single anyway, so she continued to pursue him.
When she graduated, he had already been transferred to Rongli Capital in Haicheng. At the beginning, she escaped from Haicheng under the pretext of the college entrance examination. She didn't want to come back, but she wanted to give it a try for this relationship.
So she came back, she joined Rongli, worked hard, and followed in his footsteps.
She confessed her love to him once a year, and he finally agreed three years ago. She felt that the clouds had finally cleared and the moon was visible. In these three years, she could feel his love.
He was so good to her, thinking about her in everything, admitting his mistakes when they quarreled, tolerating all her shortcomings, and remembering all her preferences. He was a perfect boyfriend.
He didn't change until Yao Man appeared.
He has his white moonlight, yes, he has always loved Yao Man, yes, he has been acting for the past three years, yes, she won't make a fuss, after all, she has indeed lived a good life in the past three years.
If breaking up is not decent, just live your own lives.
He went to love his Yao Man, and she thought that her boyfriend Jiang Qingyan was dead, and died the day before Yao Man entered Rongli.
She gave him respect, but he indulged Yao Man and hurt her again and again. Now, he wanted to take away those three years, humiliate her, slander her, and trample on her dignity and face.
With just one sentence, he pushed her into the abyss and made her the biggest joke.
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Wen Ruan stood alone on the stage, his hands shaking like someone with Parkinson's syndrome. He raised the microphone to his mouth five times, wanting to say something, but finally put it down in vain.
She didn't know what to say.
Some people knew that they had been in love for three years, and there were witnesses: Zhang Tongtong, Pan Rui, Lin Yue, He Zheng, and one of Jiang Qingyan's trusted assistants.
Zhang Tongtong and Pan Rui are on her side, and no one will believe what they say. Lin Yue said it very clearly when he was drinking that night that he would not offend the Yao family for her again.
As for He Zheng, he had just helped her and had no obligation to help her again.
As for Jiang Qingyan's assistant, he is his confidant and will not help her.
Besides, no matter how many people can prove it, they are not married and have a marriage certificate. Jiang Qingyan can sever their relationship with just one word.
On the night of their breakup, she deleted all her memories of them and cleared all the photos. The only connection was the house in Huatang Bay.
The house hadn't been transferred yet, and it was indeed in their names, but they weren't married. What could a house prove? Prove that he treated her as his mistress and gave her a house?
Most importantly, she couldn't speak now.
My mother said, never cry in front of people who don’t care about you, it will only make you more embarrassed.
But the tears just burst out on their own. Wen Ruan had experienced this situation twice when his emotions were completely out of control.
The first time was in her senior year of high school. Her mother slapped her in public. She loved her mother, so she felt extremely wronged and sad, and her tears were uncontrollable.
The second time was now. The hot search was created by Rongli. She didn't believe that Jiang Qingyan didn't know, or that it was his idea, because among all of Rongli, he knew best how to hurt her.
It wasn't enough to just stab her, but they also dragged her only family into this.
Throughout her youth, the love she had given all to him stabbed her in the back. The blade was sharp and penetrated her bones. The pain was like being tortured to death and scraping her bones. The pain was beyond her control.
The huge banquet hall gradually became quiet, with only Wen Ruan's crying as if he was being tortured.
Those present who didn’t know her had a good look at what it meant to see a beautiful woman shed tears.
Those who knew her admired her but also felt sad. Wen Ruan had always been a neat and capable iron lady in the workplace. No one had ever seen her cry, let alone cry so miserably.
Lin Yue had experienced the despair of being stung by love before, and she couldn't help herself and was about to step onto the stage, but was grabbed back by the public relations manager Xue Shao next to her.
"You're courting death! The young lady is going to punish Wen Ruan tonight. If you go up to help her now, aren't you clearly going against the young lady? If you don't think about yourself, think about your uncle, too."
Lin Yue stopped and slapped his hand away.
"You're the one who started the trending search, right? I asked you yesterday, and you said the only requirement was to have a good celebration banquet, and that nothing else mattered. And yet you made such a big deal out of it!"
She kicked him angrily.
"You're really capable of making up dirty rumors about women. Wen Ruan has never offended you before. When have you ever asked her for help, has she ever refused? Men really are all ungrateful bastards!"
Xue Shao was her uncle's party member, and he didn't dare to fight back even though his legs hurt, but only cried out in grievance.
"This matter was decided by Jiang Qingyan from beginning to end. He gave me the plan. Chairman Yao gave him the power, so I can only follow his orders."
Lin Yue's expression turned even uglier. "Did Jiang Qingyan spread obscene rumors about Wen Ruan?"
Xue Shao said nothing.
In fact, the first plan Jiang Qingyan gave him was just to expose the love letter and focus on his twelve-year wait for Yao Man. The harsh words criticizing Wen Ruan later were at Yao Man's request.
When Yao Man was about to make changes, he was right next to her. Jiang Qingyan was silent for a long time, but in the end he did not object.
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The suffocating pain gnawed away at every nerve, until it became numb, and Wen Ruan's crying gradually stopped.
She wiped away her tears, walked off the stage, returned the microphone to the host, and stopped when she passed by Jiang Qingyan.
"Jiang Qingyan, you are a coward."
He raised his hand and slapped him, using all his strength, until his palm was numb.
"Hey, why are you hitting people?"
Yao Man screamed and raised her hand to fight back, but Jiang Qingyan grabbed her wrist.
He ignored the pain on his face and looked at Wen Ruan with his dark eyes. "Are you relieved? If you are, go back."
Wen Ruan's emotions were about to collapse in the next second. She really had to get out quickly. If she didn't leave, she would really find a knife to stab Jiang Qingyan to death.
Unfortunately, I didn’t make it in the end.
Wen Ruan had just walked out of the crowd when someone suddenly pushed her hard on the back. She was caught off guard and fell forward, twisting her foot and falling heavily to the ground. She gasped in pain in her elbows and knees.
Haven't reacted yet.
Wow——
A glass of red wine was poured over his head. Wen Ruan subconsciously closed his eyes. The cold liquid slid down his cheeks to his neck, and then continued to invade his skin.
She was wearing a light-colored sweater, and a large stain on her chest was obvious due to the red wine spill. Her hair was also wet, and she looked extremely disheveled.
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