Chapter 127 The Woman Who Climbed to Status Once Again (2/2)
”Ah! Don't you know that you guys are the most compatible couple in the world? A talented man plus a beautiful woman. A heavenly match!” Zhang Mi threw an oily smile at Ying Qingcang. Young Master Shen tilted his head and looked at her. ”Yeah. That doesn't sound pathetic at all,” he said.
Xin Qing did not expect to run into a familiar person at the restaurant. Of all people, she had to run into the person she hated the most.
”Long time no see indeed!” Zhao Jiali wore a purple cheongsam. A thick pearl necklace hung around her neck and her hair was pulled back into a tall bun behind her head. She looked wealthy and elegant. No wrinkles could be detected on her face, which was already pretty to begin with. For someone in their 40s, she was no doubt a beautiful woman.
Xin Qing frowned. She had no idea what Zhao Jiali was doing here. From the looks of it, she seemed to be the one in charge here?
”This is my restaurant!” Zhao Jiali declared boastfully. After that she covered her mouth and chuckled. ”Of course, this is nothing compared to what President Ying has.” Zhao Jiali clapped her hands. Immediately, a waiting staff came up to them and handed Zhao Jiali a golden card.
”Today, your meal is on me. Come often in the future. This is the VIP card!” She did not give the card to Xin Qing. Instead, she handed it to Ying Qingcang. Ying Qingcang did not even spare her a single glance. He turned to Xin Qing and spoke in a tender voice, ”Let's go. The food here is tainted. I don't think it would taste good!”
Sneering, Zhao Jiali stared after Xin Qing and her companions. ”Such uncultured people. Coming and going as they please!” A young woman stood behind Zhao Jiali.
The young woman looked at Zhao Jiali expectantly. ”Aunt Zhao, are they your friends?” Zhao Jiali's countenance immediately morphed into a smile. She turned her head and tugged at the young woman. ”Xiaoru,” Zhao Jiali said, ”that's the woman I told you about before. The one who kicked me out. She's the daughter of my ex-husband.” A pained look formed on Zhao Jiali's face. ”Looks like she still hates me.”
Li Xiaoru would not be considered beautiful. Her appearance was average. Delicate, and maybe a little bit pretty. When she heard Zhao Jiali, she instantly began to comfort her aunt. ”I think that's just because she doesn't understand you yet. Didn't you say that she's overseas? Now that she's back, we should invite her to the restaurant more often. You'll bond after interacting with each other for some time. It's human nature.”
”Ah!” Zhao Jiali patted Xiaoru's wrist. ”At least Xiaoru had a good head on her shoulders.”
In the end, Zhang Mi got her wish and got to enjoy the Thai food she had been craving for. ”I need to thank that woman!” Zhang Mi said gleefully as she chewed on crab meat. ”But then she looks like she's been living a good life.”
Ah Che noticed the look that Ying Qingcang was shooting him. ”I did plan to deal with her before,” Ah Che hurried out an explanation. ”But something happened to Young Miss, and somehow it just fell by the wayside.”
”Look into it. See who she's with now.” Ying Qingcang wrapped an arm around Xin Qing. ”Don't worry. I won't allow her to live so comfortably.”
Because of her wounds, which had yet to fully recover, Xin Qing was not allowed to eat anything spicy. Right now, she was drinking stuffed coconut. When she heard Ying Qingcang's comment, she mumbled something inaudible.
”You're planning to let her off the hook, aren't you?” Ying Qingcang knew his woman far too well. Just by looking at Xin Qing's face, he could tell that she was being a saint again.
Xin Qing chuckled. ”Well, it's not that. I mean, I have you now and I'm living well. I've almost forgotten about everything that had to do with the Xin family. But when I saw her today again, everything came back all of a sudden. It feels like something from another lifetime. I guess I was a little shaken.”
Ying Qingcang was pleased at what she said. It proved that Xin Qing was now feeling happy and secure because of him. Otherwise, she would not be reacting this way.
”Fine, then. As long as she doesn't cause trouble for you, we'll ignore her.” Ying Qingcang placed more food on her plate. ”Come on, eat before the pig gobbles up everything.”
”Pfft...” Both Zhang Mi and Young Master Shen spit out whatever that had been in their mouth.
”Who are you calling a pig?”
”He's the pig!”
Young Master Shen stared at Zhang Mi in annoyance. ”He's talking about you.”
”Ah Che!” Zhang Mi asked Ah Che as she pointed a finger at Young Master Shen. ”Who do you think Ying Qingcang was referring to? Me or him?”
Silently, Ah Che picked up his soup bowl. ”I just know it's not me,” he mumbled.
Xin Qing watched the two bicker as she ate. Meanwhile, Ying Qingcang kept his eyes on her, fearing that she might choke herself if she kept laughing like that.
After the meal, Ah Che drove Xin Qing and Zhang Mi home. Ying Qingcang and Young Master Shen went back to the company.
”You're really letting Zhao Jiali off the hook?” Young Master Shen sat on the couch haphazardly, staring at Ying Qingcang. He did not believe Ying Qingcang would be that merciful.
Ying Qingcang handed him a few pieces of paper. ”Do you think that's even possible? These are Ah Nan's findings from before.”
”A nouveau riche from the north east?” Young Master Shen read through the introduction printed on the paper. ”Not exactly young, is he? Almost 70 years old!” He read a few more lines and was amused. ”This woman's got some luck, that's for sure! I mean, how did she even encounter this type of thing?”
Zhao Jiali was chased out due to her attempt to seduce her cousin's husband. But it seemed like the Universe had lent her a kind hand by setting up this cliched meet-cute with her current husband. She became homeless after she was chased out, and while roaming the streets, she was knocked down by a passing car. When she woke up in the hospital, she saw an old man looking upon her with deep, affectionate eyes.
The old man was Li Guicheng, who was in the fur clothing business. He was quite well-off and had come to the south to make some real-estate investments. He knew there was nowhere for Zhao Jiali to go. Not only had he taken her to his home, but he had also nursed her back to health. When Zhao Jiali realized that Li Guicheng was a rich man, she immediately began to spill her sob story. She told him that her ex-husband had gone to prison, and that she had been kicked out of the house by her ex husband's daughter. She told him all kinds of pitiful things. She would have been happy to be the man's bed mate or the like, but little did she know that Li Guicheng would propose to her straightaway!