Being beaten
Chen Nanxing is not someone who likes to exaggerate her own contributions. She said that Lin Shanglu's company was largely successful due to her, which means that she really put a lot of effort into it.
"People outside say that Hengxing was founded by Lin Shanglu, but this is actually a misunderstanding."
The apple juice contained sugar, and the sticky feeling could not be wiped off at all. Chen Nanxing took another wet tissue to wipe his hands.
"I was largely involved in the establishment of Star."
"I was sixteen and he was eighteen. We had nothing and came from City G to City B to make a living. We lived in basements and ate dry bread, saving money bit by bit, but we were still a long way from settling down in City B."
"My turning point came one cold winter night. I had just finished my second odd job and was walking home wrapped in my coat when I heard a splash in the river. A child was drowning. Without a second thought, I jumped in. I later learned that the child was the only grandson of a jeweler."
"The old man's reward was straightforward. He asked me what I wanted, and I asked for a real job opportunity for Lin Shanglu and me. So Lin Shanglu started learning business from him, and I joined the group as a junior employee."
"After years of hard work and study, mastering the rules and building up a network of connections, we founded Hengxing together. So, please stop using your ridiculous rhetoric about those who aren't loved being mistresses, and don't be so hostile towards me. Putting aside the superficial and looking at the essence, you, I, and those girls are nothing more than appendages bound by Lin Shanglu's love."
Is this what Chen Nanxing thinks of a vassal bound by love?
The painful expression on Su Qiao's face was finally mixed with a hint of doubt. In the past, she had only heard about Chen Nanxing from Lin Shanglu's mouth. Although she had direct contact with Chen Nanxing during the last covert abdication, because the time was too short and she was too anxious, she did not get to know Chen Nanxing's true character.
Now that there is plenty of time and all the calculations have failed, Su Qiao finally got a glimpse of her true self through Chen Nanxing's words. There is no subjective judgment of Lin Shanglu at all, and all the feelings come from Su Qiao himself.
Unfortunately, before Su Qiao could see more, Chen Nanxing was ready to leave.
She stood up, rolled up the paper towel she had used to wipe her hands, and threw it into the trash can with precision.
"If there's nothing else, I'll go first. Your body is your own, take care."
After Chen Nanxing left, the wind blew down the blinds that blocked the sun's rays. The dazzling sunlight, without the blinds to block it, shone directly on Su Qiao's face, enveloping her. The grief of losing her son seemed to be dispelled by the sunlight.
Su Qiao suddenly wanted to look at the sun, but before she could look at it for a few seconds, she lowered her eyes because of the sting, and just happened to see the apple quietly placed on the plate on the bedside table.
The peeled apple quickly oxidized and now looked ugly. Su Qiao picked it up and took the first bite. She had never eaten an apple with such a strange taste, sweet and bitter.
Chen Nanxing pushed open the door of the ward and took a deep breath, then started using her mobile phone to book a flight back to G City Zhaofeng. She would probably never come back to this city that carried all her happiness and sorrow.
While using his mobile phone to book tickets, a new WeChat message popped up. Chen Nanxing glanced at it and saw that it was from Ji Chuan.
【Xiao Ji: Look up and see what’s in front of you.】
Chen Nanxing had been concentrating on buying tickets with her head down. After seeing this message, she couldn't help but raise her head. When she raised her head, she seemed to have an illusion and saw Ji Chuan, who was supposed to be in Licheng taking care of his seriously ill father, appear in front of her.
"Xiao Ji!" Chen Nanxing was a little surprised: "Why are you here? How is uncle's health? Is he feeling better?"
Ji Chuan was wearing his unchangeable youth fashion combination - a hooded sweatshirt and jeans. Because the weather in City B was quite cold today, he wore a jacket on the outside. With that smile that looked worthless when he saw Chen Nanxing, he looked like a clear fool.
He strode to Chen Nanxing's side, his eyes swept over her face carefully, and after confirming that she was okay, he nodded and said:
"Well, my dad is much better now. I watched your press conference yesterday and was worried about leaving you here alone to face Lin Shanglu and the others. Coincidentally, the doctor also said that my dad is fine. As long as he goes home and has a good rest and takes his medicine on time, he will be fine. I came here yesterday after completing the discharge procedures for my dad."
I don’t know if it was because Ji Chuan had been accompanying her for such a long time that made Chen Nanxing a little dependent on him. The moment she saw Ji Chuan appear, Chen Nanxing suddenly felt a lot more relaxed, and she showed her first smile in the past two days.
The elevator stopped at the floor where they were. Ji Chuan and Chen Nanxing stood side by side and glanced in the direction where Chen Nanxing had just come from.
"Are you done talking over there?"
Ji Chuan also knew about this matter. Early in the morning, Ji Chuan sent her a message to ask about her whereabouts. He said that he was worried about her personal safety and asked Chen Nanxing to send him her itinerary.
Chen Nanxing didn't know why she was worried about her personal safety in a society ruled by law, but she knew that if she didn't give it to Ji Chuan, Ji Chuan would keep pestering her. Chen Nanxing couldn't resist this, and she thought that Ji Chuan was far away in Licheng, so it didn't matter if she sent him an itinerary. She could just treat it as another form of memorandum.
Unexpectedly, Ji Chuan came over like a curly-haired puppy, sniffing out the news.
"Yeah." Chen Nanxing responded with only one word, obviously not wanting to continue the conversation. The words just now had consumed a lot of her energy.
The elevator door slowly opened, and the people inside filed out. Seeing people coming, Ji Chuan stopped talking and stood quietly with Chen Nanxing, following the default rule of first up and last down. After everyone in the elevator got off, they took the elevator to the first floor.
Ji Chuan has started a new topic, which revolves around the book Chen Nanxing has read recently.
Because she herself has no education, Chen Nanxing often reads books by herself. She can talk about this topic and enjoys it.
The atmosphere between the two people was very harmonious because of Ji Chuan's deliberate accommodation and support. They walked and talked all the way to the hospital entrance.
The harmonious atmosphere makes people happy physically and mentally, and physical and mental happiness makes people relax their vigilance. By the time Chen Nanxing used his extraordinary sixth sense to sense the danger, it was too late. Lin's mother, wearing an expensive suit, was rushing towards him from the other side with a thermos bucket of rice. Her well-maintained face was distorted with anger, and her eyes seemed to be poisoned.
Along with it came her sharp curse: "Chen Nanxing! You jinx!"
"who is she?"
Lin's mother's sudden appearance made Ji Chuan extremely confused.
Chen Nanxing pursed her lips, feeling helpless and annoyed: "Lin Shanglu's mother."
The old saying is right, a dragon gives birth to a dragon, a phoenix gives birth to a phoenix, and a mouse's son will dig holes. Ji Chuan Shen thought this was right. Seeing Lin's mother like this, it was not surprising that Lin Shanglu would be so paranoid and irritable.
While the two of them were talking, Lin's mother had already run to Chen Nanxing and Ji Chuan. She seemed to be so angry that she had lost the ability to speak. She pointed at Chen Nanxing for a long time without saying a word, and her face turned red.
Ji Chuan looked at the hospital building behind him and estimated that if the old lady fainted from anger, she would need rescue quickly.
But he still didn't understand Lin's mother well enough. Lin's mother would not let herself faint from anger. She raised her hand and slapped Chen Nanxing in the face.
Although Chen Nanxing was sick, she was young, had quick reactions, and was very familiar with Lin's mother, so when Lin's mother raised her hand, Chen Nanxing also raised her hand, aiming at Lin's mother's raised arm.
Chen Nanxing is a well-mannered person, so she certainly wouldn't do something like slapping her ex-mother-in-law in the street, but she also couldn't just stand there and let Lin's mother beat her.
However, it seemed that Chen Nanxing did not need to block Lin's mother's slap. Ji Chuan beside him reacted surprisingly quickly. He almost instinctively stepped sideways, took Chen Nanxing's position and took the slap for Chen Nanxing.
“Bang!”
A crisp slap landed firmly on Ji Chuan's cheek. The force was so great that his head tilted slightly, causing his thick curly hair to tremble.
Feeling a burning pain on his face, Ji Chuan's first reaction was to be thankful that the slap hit him instead of Chen Nanxing.
The air froze instantly, and passers-by looked sideways because of the slap. Several people even took out their mobile phones to take pictures of them.
Ji Chuan makes a living in the internet industry, and he knows how terrible the online world is. It can turn black into white and white into black. The best way is to prevent Chen Nanxing's face from appearing in the camera, so Ji Chuan didn't care about the slap marks on his face, and immediately took off his jacket and covered Chen Nanxing's head with it, covering Chen Nanxing's face tightly.
Suddenly it was dark, and before Chen Nanxing could react, Ji Chuan half-held her in his arms to protect her.
Chen Nanxing: “???”
Lin's mother obviously didn't expect to hit someone else. She was stunned for a moment, and then she saw Ji Chuan holding Chen Nanxing half in his arms to protect Chen Nanxing. After a few glances, Lin's mother thought she understood something. She became furious in an instant and cursed at Chen Nanxing.
"Great! Chen Nanxing, you bitch! You just divorced my son yesterday, and today you're hooking up with some random guy! You two bastards must have been hooking up a long time ago!"
It wasn't enough to just keep on cursing. Mother Lin went to pull Chen Nanxing without hesitation. After trying several times without success, she changed her strategy and grabbed Ji Chuan's sleeve, shouting at the people gathered around watching the show:
"Everyone, please judge for yourself. This woman is my son's wife. She accused my son of cheating on her and forcibly took half of his property. She and my son just got their divorce certificate yesterday, and today she's been dating this idiot. They've been hooking up for a long time!"
Ji Chuan couldn't stand listening to Lin's mother throwing dirty water on Chen Nanxing, so he patiently explained:
"Aunt, you misunderstood. Nanxing and I are just friends."
She had always felt that Chen Nanxing was supported by her son Lin Shanglu and should not take half of Lin Shanglu's wealth. Now that she was convinced that Chen Nanxing had cheated on Lin Shanglu during their marriage, she became even more relentless. Like a mad dog that had been hungry for a long time and finally saw the meat, she bit Chen Nanxing and Ji Chuan and refused to let go.
Chen Nanxing had just had a fight with Lin's mother yesterday, and today Lin's mother shamelessly slandered her in public. Chen Nanxing didn't mind wiping off the blame and continuing to fight with Lin's mother.
However, Ji Chuan did not want Chen Nanxing to stand out. He knew that Chen Nanxing liked a peaceful life, but Chen Nanxing had been exposed to the public too much recently. If this kind of bloody ethical relationship was exposed on the Internet again, Chen Nanxing would not have a peaceful life in the next few months.
So no matter how Lin's mother pulled Ji Chuan, Ji Chuan refused to let go and protected Chen Nanxing tightly like a hen protecting her chicks.
It may not be very useful, but it's better than nothing.
More and more people gathered to watch the excitement. In the chaos, Lin Shanglu and Qi Feng pushed through the crowd and arrived at the outbreak point of the war.
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