Cold Conspiracy
A few words from Li WangJin and everybody else in the house must suffer with him. They had lived inside the mansion for many years. It would take a lot of time and effort to pack.
Even though Jiang YaGe had only been there for a month, as Li WangJin and Li ShiZe were both exceptionally fond of her, they had bought her a lot of stuff. They were all pricey items that she dared not have the servants help, worried they'd take a few with them. She had no choice but to do it all by herself. She was hot and sweaty, her jade-perfect face covered in dust. Covered in grime, she looked dull and drained.
Luckily, Li WangJin and Li ShiZe were in the same position, each worse than the other, so nobody was picking on anyone else. The two men had more to pack up than Jiang YaGe. Everyone kept themselves busy until dawn, especially when they had a point to make and wanted to move out immediately.
Now, they needed to look for a hotel at midnight. In addition, they needed to settle the servants and arrange for hotel rooms for them as well. All this grunt work aggravated them; they wished they could just get some rest to avoid arguing.
Li WangJin hated his ex-wife even more. He was confident that Fang JunRong did this to them intentionally. She could have reminded them to move out and not embarrass them. He chose to ignore the fact that he was the one who disregarded the reality that they needed to move and lingered there instead.
Staying in a hotel for an extended time wasn't a solution either. Never mind that staying in a hotel wasn't as comfortable as staying at home. Should word get out, others would think he couldn't even afford a house, making him lose face.
Ideally, Li WangJin would like to buy a house no worse than their previous one. Unfortunately, he didn't have a lot of liquid capital, and he couldn't possibly sell more of the company's stock. He didn't care for smaller houses that he could afford currently. Not to mention that it wouldn't be able to house all of his servants! For someone used to that level of comfort, he wouldn't let any of the servants go.
Finally, Li ShiZe spent his money to buy a big house, and they finally had a place to stay. Since it was last minute, they purchased the mansion 10% over the market price. Li ShiZe was also used to a certain level of comfort and would not live in anything worse than he was used to. In the end, he had spent almost all of his savings.
Li WangJin was glad that at least his son was on his side.
They had moved in there for just two days when Jiang YaGe apologetically brought her aunt Wang SiXian over.
"ShiZe, I am so sorry. I know you don't like my aunty and that she had her faults, but she was kicked out of the place she was staying at and had nowhere to go. Can she stay with us for a few days? She will move out as soon as she gets her place. She is my only family and the one that my mother worried about before she passed away. I must watch out for her."
Jiang YaGe felt very unjust. She didn't want to take care of her aunt, but her aunt threatened her that if she didn't help, she'd expose to ShiZe that Jiang YaGe had always known about the relationship between her adoptive father and herself. Jiang YaGe had no choice but to help her aunt.
Naturally, Li ShiZe did not like that idea. His parents would not have had the divorce if it wasn't for Wang SiXian. But, looking at the remorse and sadness on Jiang YaGe, he finally gave in.
"Fine. But she better not let me run into her inside the house," said Li ShiZe coldly. He did like Jiang YaGe a lot, but he, too, has his principles.
Jiang YaGe quickly gave him her promise.
As for Li WangJin, that went much smoother.
Even though the video of them from earlier made him resent Wang SiXian a little bit, since Wang SiXian cooked tenderly for him every day and served his every whim as though he had gained another attentive maid, he had passively agreed to her staying with them.
On the other hand, he also wanted to face-slap Fang JunRong. As Fang JunRong had sold their house on purpose and gave him such a difficult time, he also wanted to use the presence of Wang SiXian to get back at her and hurt her feelings.
As much as Fang JunRong acted like she wanted nothing else to do with him if he didn't have a spot in her heart, why did she react so fiercely to his affair and escalate things to a divorce? As the saying goes, the deeper the love, the deeper the hatred.
In addition to letting Wang SiXian move in with them, he treated Jiang YaGe even better. He showered her with his fatherly love and bought her many things. He even gave her
As for his
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His behavior had no impact whatsoever on Fang JunRong, but it had utterly infuriated Wang Xiao.
Wang Xiao had visited a lot of doctors recently, hoping to fix his hand. Unfortunately, nothing worked. Not only could he not overly exhaust his left hand, but many times, it'd give in suddenly, and cups had fallen out of his hand in more than one occurrence.
Because of his painful injury, he was left with an explosive temperament, taking out his rage on his subordinates.
Every time his hand cramped or gave out, he'd think about Jiang YaGe, that woman who was responsible for his
He was infuriated when he heard about Jiang YaGe's privileged life and that her status seemed to rise over the real young Miss Li XinYun. He was suffering all sorts of hardships on his end and tried all kinds of methods to no avail, but Jiang YaGe was lucky and happy, and there were no consequences whatsoever. How was he supposed to be okay with that?
Wang Xiao had always been a vindictive person. He couldn't let Jiang YaGe off the hook. Previously, owing to Fang JunRong, he only dared to pull some small stunts on Li WangJin and nothing serious. Now that Fang JunRong had divorced Li WangJin and taken most of their assets, Wang Xiao no longer had much to worry about.
A ruthless look appeared on his face, and he said to his underlings, "I want Jiang YaGe to regret being alive in three days. And that Li WangJin, let him know what it means to have offended me."
His voice was cold like ice in December, mixed with deeply rooted hatred.
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As soon as Wang Xiao's revenge started, Li WangJin's bad luck had begun. Lots of troublemakers showed up at his workplace. Their windows smashed, and he'd fall into a ditch as he was walking down the street. All the ones who had previously picked on him maliciously had started all over again. They came and went without a trace, and he couldn't figure out why this was happening to him.
Even though Li WangJin had contacted the police, all his efforts were in vain. He was both annoyed and worried at the same time. He didn't know how far they would go and whether his life would be in danger next time. Li WangJin valued his life quite a bit. He resorted to spending money he didn't have to hire several bodyguards.
He now regretted divorcing Fang JunRong too soon. Fang JunRong had a much better network than he did. But there was no point in regretting it now. All he could do was hire more people to look into matters.
As he was tight on money, he even used the house his son had bought as collateral for a loan. Naturally, he didn't think that was a big deal. Of course, he'd pay him back when the company turned a profit.
When he arranged everything and heightened security, all the troublesome events ceased. Li WangJin let out a sigh of relief. He thought the issue had finally come to pass, and the other party had given up. All there was left to do was find out who was behind it.
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Unexpectedly, an incident happened on Jiang YaGe's end.
Without Fang JunRong and Li XinYun around, Jiang YaGe had become the woman of the house and was the center of attention. Under that atmosphere, she had become more and more outgoing and would go to shop and eat often, living frivolously happily.
On this day, she learned that one of her favorite designers released a new purse, and she rushed to bring her aunt along with her to go shopping at the mall. She couldn't wait to bring it to school after she had purchased it. Just the thought of her envious classmates was enough to make her steps cheerful. She felt like she was walking on cloud nine.
The incident took place when they had gotten out of their car.
Wang SiXian, her arm in Jiang YaGe's, was about to walk over to the elevator. Right then, someone jumped out of a van next to them. His head was wrapped tight in
At the very moment, Jiang YaGe, in her high heels, stumbled and fell on the ground, bringing Wang SiXian with her. The fluid, aimed at Jiang YaGe, had already left the bottle and splashed Wang SiXian, who happened to block Jiang YaGe.
The abrasiveness of the fluid spread in the air, and the person quickly got back into the van and took off before anyone could react to what had happened. His movements were so smooth and coordinated that it must have been well-planned. A woman's scream cut through the air and pierced into everyone's eardrum.
Wang SiXian's shrieked in agony. "My face! It hurts!"
The pain that was now spreading on her skin made her roll around on the ground while letting out bone-chilling wails. Jiang YaGe fared much better than her as no fluid landed on her skin. She had worn a jacket to block the sun; she was lucky that she worried about the air-conditioning at the mall and had worn an extra layer. Otherwise, the fluid would have come into contact with her skin. She had heard about incidents where people were splashed with acid on the news in the past but had always thought that was something very far away and would never happen anywhere near her.
Jiang YaGe quickly removed her jacket and scrambled up from the ground. She took a few steps back, and her face was pale. It was so close! She replayed the earlier scene in her hand and suddenly realized something.
No. That acid attack was meant for her. Her aunt was just an innocent bystander. Had she not stumbled right then and there, she would have been the one on the receiving end of the acid.
Who hated her so much that they wanted her face ruined?