Chapter 159 Each According to Their Own Abilities
Ruan Yi quietly closed the door. The glass windows in the corridor reflected the deepening twilight; the sky was already dark and gray.
She breathed a sigh of relief. Fu Jingchen, whom she had expected to catch her off guard outside the door, did not appear, nor did he barge into the ward to interrupt her.
The silence was suspiciously quiet, making her feel uneasy.
Ruan Yi was hesitating whether to go to Fu Jingchen's ward again when, as she raised her hand to adjust her collar, her fingertips touched her chest, and a slight stinging pain came through.
She glanced down at her collar; the skin beneath the fabric was red and swollen, covered in marks left by Fu Wang's kisses and bites.
"..." Ruan Yi tugged at her collar speechlessly.
The neckline of this dress wasn't high to begin with, so if you went to find Fu Jingchen now, he would definitely notice something was wrong at a glance.
If Fu Jingchen gets angry again, the two men who have just calmed down will start fighting again. Fu Wang is so badly injured now, how can he withstand any more torment?
After much deliberation, Ruan finally took out her phone and sent a message to Fu Jingchen.
She told him to behave and not to act impulsively again, explaining that she suddenly had something to do and had to go back first.
After successfully sending the message, the girl tidied her messy hair and quickly walked towards the elevator.
As her figure moved toward the corner of the corridor, the door to the ward a few meters away opened very quietly.
The man stood at the door, his gaze fixed on the direction Ruan Yi had left in, until that figure was completely out of sight before he looked away and turned to walk towards Fu Wang's ward.
He didn't deliberately quiet his footsteps; his feet clattered on the floor tiles in the ward's entrance.
In the ward, Fu Wang, who had been keeping his eyes closed, suddenly frowned and opened them abruptly.
He wasn't a deep sleeper to begin with, and it was only by leaning against Ruan Yi's chest, enveloped in her sweet and soft scent, that he was able to sleep soundly.
But once that aura is gone, even the slightest noise can wake the wary man.
Seeing the man standing at the foot of the bed, Fu Wang smirked, his voice still hoarse: "What are you doing? Came here specifically to finish me off?"
Should I call you a hypocrite or a lawless outlaw now?
Unexpectedly, Fu Jingchen didn't retort as usual. His gaze swept over the bandages wrapped around Fu Wang's body, and the cold, hard lines of his jaw tightened even more.
When she spoke, her tone was icy cold: "Leave Ruan Yi."
Fu Wang's mocking smile froze instantly.
"Past events are forgotten," Fu Jingchen continued, his eyes devoid of any emotion.
Whether you stay at Anderson or return to the Fu family as the heir is none of my business.
"But—don't go near her again."
Fu Wang seemed to have heard the biggest joke in the world, and a low laugh rolled out of his chest, the laugh full of provocative sarcasm.
"Huh? Fu Jingchen, your selfishness has struck again? What right do you have to stop me from getting close to Ruan Yi?"
The man propped himself up on the headboard, his brow furrowing as the wound pulled at his skin, but his tone was even more piercing.
"If you're so capable, go talk to Ruan Yi and tell her 'Don't get close to the son of another woman,' go ahead."
Fu Jingchen's Adam's apple bobbed, and he was actually choked and fell silent. How could he say such a thing to Ruan Yi, how could he dare to restrict Ruan Yi?
What's even more ridiculous is that after learning the hidden story behind Fu Wang's actions... he couldn't even bring himself to utter any more vicious words.
Fu Wang looked at Fu Jingchen, who remained silent, his eyes filled with even more mockery, as if he had won a war of words.
Why aren't you saying anything?
“Fu Jingchen, can you stop being so self-centered? It’s not only people like you with ‘pure blood’ who understand what love is.”
These words sounded like a provocation, but more like self-mockery; the man never evaded or denied his shameful identity.
Fu Wang emphasized his words, deliberately piercing the unspoken barrier, "You are the one who has no right to say these things. My love for Ruan Yi is no less than yours!"
Fu Jingchen, who stood before them, remained silent.
Yes, he almost lost two lives for Ruan Yi, but still didn't win any status. Such feelings are even more pathetic than his.
Thinking this way, the man felt at least a little better.
Fu Jingchen's face remained completely expressionless, showing no intention of arguing with Fu Wang.
"So what? You have no chance." The man's words were uttered with an undeniable certainty.
If he hadn't orchestrated that car accident, and Fu Wangzhen had actually become Ruan Yi's boyfriend, then it wouldn't just be him who would have intervened...
Just that "good younger brother" Ruan Yi, who had fought with him for two lifetimes, was enough to kill Fu Wang hundreds of times over.
Fu Wang was stunned for a moment, as if he hadn't expected the man to say something so nonsensical. He stared at Fu Jingchen's cold and hard face, and anger quickly flared up in his eyes.
"Whether I have a chance or not is up to you."
How could he not know? From being instantly smitten and kissed by the young lady of the Ruan family, to inexplicably agreeing to help her act out a scene and dumping her fiancé who stubbornly refused to cancel their engagement.
He had long known that his love life might be bumpy, after all, the literal meaning of the story was already quite dramatic.
But he was confident, because Ruan Yi acted like a "big pervert" who wanted to devour him in front of him.
"You should worry about yourself first! You know she has a fiancé, yet you're still deceiving yourself by pretending to be her boyfriend. Don't you find that ridiculous?"
At this moment, even the pain from Fu Wang's wounds couldn't suppress his anger.
"You have the nerve to bring up the fact that I'm the son of a mistress? Aren't you a complete mistress yourself now?"
He stared at Fu Jingchen in front of him, his eyes filled with nothing but mockery.
One second she was ready to kill him with knives and guns, and now she's pretending to be calm and analyzing whether she has a chance with him?
"This person is crazy, he's schizophrenic!"
Looking at Fu Wang's unyielding attitude, Fu Jingchen suddenly felt like he was looking in a mirror.
Wasn't he the same way? He clung to Ruan Yi stubbornly, refusing to let go no matter what.
This stubbornness is something the two share.
Fu Jingchen finally spoke, a contemptuous sneer escaping his throat: "Who says you can't have a boyfriend if you have a fiancé?"
In his eyes, the least threatening rival in love was Ruan Yi, that brainless idiot fiancé who only had a lot of muscles.
"Xiaoyi knows I did something wrong, but she never mentioned breaking up. Doesn't that prove it?"
"Before she knew the truth, she was still thinking about breaking off her engagement with Shen Xun. Wasn't that her way of choosing me?"
Every word Fu Jingchen spoke was like a sharp needle, precisely piercing Fu Wang's heart.
He recalled the cruel words Ruan Yi had used to make him give up on her; she said that Fu Jingchen was more suitable to be a husband, and even more suitable to be a father.
"Bullshit! That perverted murderer might even become possessive if he saw the child drinking Ruan Yi's breast milk!"
It seems that in his eyes, Fu Jingchen has been classified as a deranged psychopath.
Fu Wang was filled with rage, and the wound on his chest was burning. He wished he could turn back time and use all his strength when the two started fighting, to fight the man in front of him to the death.
Seeing Fu Wang so badly injured yet still looking like he wanted to kill him, Fu Jingchen chuckled softly, his tone deliberately provocative: "Still want to fight? Don't bother."
"Xiao Yi told me not to do anything impulsive again, otherwise do you think you'd still be lying here peacefully?"
"Since you insist on making this choice, I will no longer do anything criminal to upset Xiaoyi."
Fu Wang froze, frowning as he asked, "What do you mean? Are you now willing to compete fairly?"
Fu Jingchen didn't answer directly, only saying "It depends on your own abilities" before turning and walking towards the door.
After all, compared to his clear-cut and swift methods of killing people, this was quite honorable.
If it were Gu Zhi, who was involved in both murder and double suicide for love, who was so cunning that he was inhuman and had no sense of good or evil;
And then there's his phony, backstabbing best friend.
Who knows if Fu Wang is a human now, or...
What about a jar of ashes?
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