Chapter 41 Finalized (1/2)
Xia Hailin, the second son of the Xia family, had been taking care of the family's business overseas all this while. He had completely inherited the avaricious nature of the Xia family and believed that their overseas company should be his. Thus, he never returned all year round.
”I'll ask him to return to the country as soon as possible.” Resentment flitted across Xia Yongqiang's pupils. ”If he really wants to make an issue out of this matter, we'll have his father return instead.”
Xia Wan became relieved after hearing her grandfather's words.
However, she vowed in her heart that she would one day have Shen Xinglan find out about what happened between A Miao and Xia Fan. But now was not the time.
”That's enough. Go and rest, everyone. Even if you guys aren't tired after all that fuss tonight, I am.” Xia Yongqiang turned around and walked up the stairs.
Seeing that no one paid her any attention, A Miao sneaked into the kitchen. She ate very little tonight, having of fright.
Xia Wan sneered as she looked at A Miao's back, preventing Yao Lili from trying to make trouble for A Miao.
”Don't worry, Wanwan! I won't let off that illegitimate child. Tomorrow I'll…”
”Mom.” Xia Wan gave Yao Lili an impatient look. ”Can you use your brain? We can't touch her now.”
Yao Lili did not expect such words to come out of her daughter. ”Are you afraid of your father and grandfather? Don't worry. I won't let them find out that I'm the one who ordered the men.”
”I'll say it again: We can't touch her now.” Xia Wan looked at her mother coldly. ”Grandfather is counting on this marriage alliance with Ji Conglomerate. If something happens to her, there will no longer be any hope between the Xia and Ji families.”
She paused for a moment before adding, ”If that happens, Grandfather will not let you off.”
”But… But are you really going to marry into the Bai family? Don't you like Shen Xinglan?” Yao Lili did not consider this too deeply. She simply wanted her daughter to get what she desired.
”What woman wouldn't like a man like Shen Xinglan?” Xia Wan replied impatiently. ”But under such circumstances, marrying into the Bai family is my only way out.”
A mocking smile suddenly appeared on her face. ”Why do you think Shen Xinglan is marrying A Miao? I dare guarantee that it's not because he likes her.”
Xia Wan felt that she finally saw through this man. A man like Shen Xinglan would never fall for any woman. Whether it was her or A Miao, both were chess pieces for that man to manipulate.
”You mean…” Yao Lili's eyes glinted. ”There might not be a good ending for that illegitimate child?”
Xia Wan lifted her cup of coffee and took a sip. ”I don't know about the future, but at the moment…”
The most eligible bachelor of City S had a new fiancee and his fiancee was even an ugly woman with an unknown background! Hehe! There would likely be plenty of women who would be waiting to put A Miao in order.
”Mom, please don't do anything at all. Never mind their engagement. They could even divorce after getting married.” Xia Wan once again warned Yao Lili. ”We can just wait and see.”
After placating her mother and sending her away, Xia Wan entered the kitchen.
”To think that you still have the mood to eat.”
A Miao was seated at the table and slurping the noodles that she had just finished cooking.
”Why not?” She sipped the soup while casting an attentive glance at Xia Wan.
She had been left thoroughly impressed at this woman's performance tonight. In her position, Xia Mei would likely only know how to cry and cause havoc. Not only did this woman pick up her shredded ego, but she also mended the relationship between the Xia and Bai families.
”Do you know how badly I want to kill you?” Xia Wan walked slowly toward the knife rack and fished out a fruit knife. She slid her finger across the knife. ”With a single stab…”
She lifted the knife. ”What a pity! You can't die now.”
”Even though we don't have a good relationship, but I desperately want to tell you that I'm the one who wishes to die,” A Miao said in a low voice. She patted her abdomen after finishing her big bowl of noodles.
”Shen Xinglan is a homicidal maniac.” Her eyes were particularly serious. ”Do you know why he wants me to live with him?”
The rage that Xia Wan subdued after great difficulty rose again. ”What did you say? You're going to live with him?”
”Yes. Why? Didn't your grandfather tell you?” A Miao took a couple of steps backward and pointed at her. ”You should put down that knife.”
”Why did it turn out this way?” Xia Wan was so angry that she could die. She threw the knife in her hand into the sink.
She thought that she could make life difficult for A Miao each day for as long as the latter lived here. She thought that she could even provoke Shen Xinglan's admirers and cause trouble for A Miao every now and then.
”Look, you're getting angry before I even finish talking,” A Miao said in a manner that incited people to hit her. ”Did I tell you that the guy is a psycho? You don't need to kill me. Who knows if he'll dissect my corpse once I move there?”
Right then, the psycho that A Miao was referring to was sitting in the living room of the Ji family manor.
”Don't tell me you're really marrying that woman?” Ji Xue, who sat on the opposite, looked at him unhappily.
She was the daughter that Bai Yongwei and Ji Zeming gave birth to after getting married. She had an older brother called Ji Yan. Her biological brother despised Shen Xinglan and thus did not return this time.
”You picked a woman of that quality after shopping for candidates for long? She can't even match up to the female celebrities that you fool around with.” When Shen Xinglan ignored her, Ji Xue's resentment deepened even further.
She blurted out, ”Didn't you say you're waiting for that woman in the drawing? What's wrong? Did you finally believe that she's dead, so that's why you're just randomly picking an inferior woman…”
”Pa!”
A wide-eyed Ji Xue clutched her face. ”You actually told him to hit me?!”
Shen II took a step back in silence. Ji Xue stood up, looking as if she had gone mad. ”Dad! Mom! Hurry up and come downstairs! Someone is bullying me! Hurry up and come!”
”What's wrong? What's wrong?” Bai Yongwei had just finished changing her clothes when she heard her daughter bawling. She immediately ran downstairs.