176 Ghosts of the Pas

Si Weimin went inside his car, brows furrowed deep. He was still thinking about the gawking men that drooled at Xu Jia Li.

Unknown to Xu Jia Li, he also went to the station to make sure that she would be alright. When he found out that she was alone with Qi Xenjin, his heart immediately filled with worry.

He still didn't trust everything that the old man had told them but he trusted Xu Jia Li. He knew that she had her own plan. Still, he couldn't help worry about her.

He drove fast towards the company, still pissed about the officers.

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Si Mansion

"Did your brother call?"

"No, grandpa. Eldest brother is old enough for you to always ask if he called. Tss!" Si Weizhe slumped on the sofa as he rolled his eyes to his grandfather.

"You brute! You're always a pain in the neck!"

"Grandpa, eldest brother has a girlfriend now. Stop pestering him about the Zhous."

A loud smashing sound echoed inside the huge living room of the mansion. Grandpa Si and Si Weizhe both looked stunned when they saw the shocked Zhou Bingbing standing rooted near the door.

"I-I -uhm -a- s-sorry, Grandpa Si!" Zhou Bingbing said with an embarrassed expression before she fled out of the room.

"Look what your filthy tongue has done!" Grandpa Si smacked Si Weizhe on the head before he followed Zhou Bingbing outside.

"Tss! What have I done? I only tell the truth! Arghh!"

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Zhou Mansion

Zhou Bingbing arrived home, bawling her heart out after hearing what Si Weizhe said. She was sure that it was that bitch Xu Jia Li. She stomped her feet as she made her way inside the mansion.

She still couldn't believe that Si Weimin had a girlfriend and it was even that bitch!

"Xiao Bing, what's wrong? Why are you crying?" Bao Jinghua held Zhou Bingbing's hand as she led her inside the living room.

"I just found out that Weimin-ge has a girlfriend! How can that be? I'm supposed to be his fiancée!"

"Don't be disheartened! They are not married yet. You can still get him."

"Oh! Aunt Jinghua! It's that bitch again! She's the most cunning and manipulative bitch I've known!"

"What did that bitch do?" Bao Jinghua raised her brow as she waited for Zhou Bingbing to finish her words, "Are you sure she's the girlfriend?"

"I'm more than sure!" Zhou Bingbing cried out.

"Then, we have to do something to get her out of the scene, right?"

"But how? Just the other night –" Zhou Bingbing told everything that happened the night Xu Jia Li visited their house.

"Whaat?! That bitch did that?!" Bao Jinghua shouted as she stood on her seat. Her eyes showed deep hatred and her chest heaved up and down.

"Don't say that! Don't give that bitch the advantage of ensnaring your dad and much more Si Weimin."

"I just want to kill her! That bitch keeps getting on my nerves," Zhou Bingbing clenched her fists and deeply furrowed her brows. She looked at Bao Jinghua and spoke through gritted teeth, "Even Weimin-ge doesn't answer my calls. I even went to his company but he never once spoke with me. It's because that bitch forbid him from talking to me. He used to be so sweet to me."

"Will you just cry like a poor puppy and do nothing? Xiao Bing, Si Weimin is only for you. Keep that in mind. Don't just wait until that bitch put a leash on the man that you love. You have to get him!"

"Jinghua, stop saying that to my daughter!"

Zhou Bingbing and Bao Jinghua were both startled when Ye Lingling spoke and entered the room.

"She doesn't need to do those things. Si Weimin is not the only man in the world."

"Hmmph! It's because of that mentality that your daughter will soon lose the man she loves. Lingling, stop acting like a good woman when you also stole Jiayin –"

"Stop! I don't need you to always remind me that, Jinghua! Bingbing, go back to your room. Stop listening to your aunt. Let Si Weimin choose who he wants."

When Zhou Bingbing left, the two women were enveloped with a deafening silence. Bao Jinghua sneered inside as she rolled her eyes at Ye Lingling. On the other hand, Ye Lingling clenched her fists as she bit her lips, trying to control her annoyance towards her friend.

A moment passed when Ye Lingling spoke, "I don't want my daughter to repeat the same mistake that I did. Don't feed her with nonsense, Jinghua. My daughter is mine to raise. It's not your business."

"Then what will you do, huh? That bitch is getting what is supposed to be your daughter's! Will you just stand there and do nothing? Don't act innocent with me, Lingling. We've been friends for a long time and I know you more than Jiayin do."

"Stop!" Ye Lingling screamed before she slapped the woman in front of her, "I told you not to repeat that again!"

Bao Jinghua held her face as she sneered at Ye Lingling, "Why? Because I'm right and I'm touching a deeply buried wound?! Wake up, Lingling! In this world, only the strongest survive. Teach Bingbing how to fight! What kind of mother lets her child suffer like this?!"

"I said stop! Just leave Jinghua!"

"Fine! But you won't stop me from helping my goddaughter get what's supposedly hers in the first place."

Ye Lingling was left inside, fuming with anger as she clutched the hem of her skirt. How dare this Bao Jinghua to teach her of how to treat her own daughter! She didn't want her daughter to repeat the same mistake that she did back then. She didn't want her to live her life being haunted by the ghosts of the past.

She loved her daughter so much that she didn't want her to end like her…

"You're too precious, Xiao Bing. I don't want you to be like me."