Chapter 208 - Ye Xinya (39)

It was as if the incident from five years ago was repeated. Ye Xinya and Jiang Li walked in, even though they did, following James and Grandfather Ye, they still managed to get the spotlight onto for a dozen seconds until the Ren Lian and Han Su appeared to become the new center of the attention.

Jiang Li dragged Ye Xinya in one corner after getting some food and drinks. They left the center stage to the leads and their guardians, feeling like having to smile surrounded by people they didn't know would not be a good experience.

All sorts of boring things happened in the sparkling wide hall and the two did not take part in them. When everyone else was busy dancing and socializing, they were at the sides, fighting over food and competing on their knowledge of the ingredients. Whenever people tried to get near them, they would pretend like business partners in the middle of a very important discussion.

Why were they invited there again? No, why did they attend the event again?

They only remembered after two hours. Seeing that most people were in their group of friends or social circle, the two stood up and looked for the leads. While they were on their way there, as they were from the opposite side of the hall and their targets were on the other side, they had to pass by the entrance.

"What do you think are you doing? Why are you still barring my way when I have already presented to you my invitation letter? Let me in." The voice was baritone and did not truly shout or raise his voice.

However, the two were near the entrance, and Jiang Li felt that the voice was familiar. Holding his fiance by the waist, he turned his head on the open double-doors direction and happened to meet eyes with a man in his fifties who looked respectable and neat in his red and black suit. That upturned, stern-looking eyes, thick lips and a huge mole on the left part of the jaw. Even if he looked haggard and badly stressed, those features could not get any more familiar to the scarred memories of Jing Mo.

A smile formed from Jiang Li's lips as he saw the surprised that crossed that person's face. 'How have you been Jing Zexi?' There was no way he could say those words to the bastard who essentially turned Jing Mo into one of the most pitiful yet hateful people in the world in the previous lifetime.

"I have already repeatedly said, nobody surnamed Jing is allowed to step into the hotel. This is not about getting invited by the person who reserved the place. It's about the hotel owner setting that ban!"

Ye Xinya noticed the tension and weirdness of her beloved's behavior. There was also the other guests pointing fingers at the man because they recognized him from the videos and photos which just spread all over the internet. This was why after watching the guard, who got angered by the incessant and persistence of the middle-aged man, roared at him, she tugged on Jiang Li's sleeve and said, "Let's go. You said you have something to say to the celebrant and that we have to formally greet him before coming back to your Dad's side."

Jiang Li only nodded, not knowing behind his back the girl, the secret hotel owner, signaled to the guard's companion with her hands and wordlessly mouthed some commands.

'So you're that Jing Zexi? You're that devil in human's disguise who did all of those unforgivable things to him? ' The person was reported to have hidden himself when the scandal broke out in fear of the court, the police, and the masses' pursuit.

Eyes tearing up, she viciously mimed more words to the head guard. 'Devil's are not allowed in human territory! Drag him out and beat the hell out of him until he can't be easily recognized anymore!'

"How dare you! Call out your manager, I'll talk  to him about your behaviors!" Enrage shouts came out of Jing Zexi because the guards tore the invitation letter into pieces and then pointed at his companions to drag the man away. "You, you tear the letter? Bastard! Bastard! Call out Jing Mo! He's my son! I'll make sure you're all fired!"

"Jing Mo? Isn't he the son you have already killed? Sir, you're really a beast in human's clothing! Even in death, you're not letting your poor son rest!"

"What the hell are you saying! Jing Mo is alive! And he just saw me! He's inside, call him for me! I'm his father, he will immediately go to me once he hears my name, Jing Zexi!"

"Sir, just leave, you're not welcome here!" One of the guards placidly said.

Another chimed in, "Yeah, Sir, you'll be more welcomed in the mental hospital."

The man who sent by his family to do the negotiation for them furiously fought against the three guards. "Stupid bastard! You're the lunatic! I have been talking for so long to you but you can't even understand human speech! Out of my way! I'll my take Jing Mo away by myself then!"

"Don't let him through!"

Given he was just a normal middle-aged man while the oppositions were trained personnel, in no time he was escorted out of the venue. No one from the party knew what happened to him, what he did after, or what he said. Once tomorrow came, Ye Xinya had already ensured that he would be thrown into prison and would forever remain there.

Meanwhile, Jiang Li actually saw and even heard everything that took place by the entrance and even noticed Ye Xingya's actions. However, he didn't say a thing. The grin on his face just widened up more without him knowing.

"Good evening, Mr. Han."

"I hope you're enjoying the celebration, Mr. Jiang. Thank you for coming despite your busy schedule."

"It's true we had dinner with my dad, but who knows he is actually a close friend of your maternal grandfather. Since there is a good relationship between the two families, my dad brought me and Xinya." Wearing a very honest face, he sighed and nodded while explaining.

Ye Xinya perfunctorily greeted the birthday celebrant, her manners perfect and courteous, if the lack of sincerity and look of 'I'm forced by circ.u.mstances' in her face would be taken out of the picture.

Jiang Li told to Ren Lian who was wearing a body-hugging white and black knee-length off shoulder dress, "How are you,  Miss Ren. Me and my fiancee have something to clarify to you."

Even though the two women were reluctant, because it was Jiang Li who said these, Ye Xingya's reason was needless to say, Ren Lian just didn't want to offend a tycoon's son, especially since the said super tycoon was nearby.

Probably because the plot couldn't interfere much anymore due to the completion of the storyline, the talk had gone much smoother.

Han Su was surprised to know that his girlfriend was harboring bad intent towards Jiang Li's fiancee. The other man revealed how the female lead seemed to be stalking the villainess just so she could do anything which could cause even the smallest inconvenience to the other girl.

The confrontation ended up with the woman breaking down into sobs, explaining it was just hard not to feel grudge because she was a mere little girl when her parents passed away. She couldn't accept that people related to those who took her parents away from her were living happily.

Jiang Li's lips twitched watching as the male lead comfort his female lead. Hiding the mild irritation in his heart, he said to the crying girl, "Miss Ren, we don't blame you because you have a reason. However, please note that my fiancee is merely related to that person by blood. She is not the one who personally wronged you. The blame should not be dragged into this mess. Or else, even if the ways employed by the two of you are different, how can you truly say you're different from the ones you are condemning if you're doing something wrong to the innocent."

"What am I supposed to do then?!" In anger and grief, the female lead whose make up was strangely still perfect and unstained despite sobbing and crying her heart for more than thirty minutes glared at Jiang Li.

The man exchanged glances with Ye Xinya. The latter was not truly willing, but she hung her head and disclosed what had been agreed upon between her and Jiang Li.

"I'm that Ye Xin." The pretty girl in blue began, smiling bitterly. "I'm the one sent by that same uncle to that school. My brother, the rightful heir died. My father is dead. Only my grandfather is keeping our main line afloat. So I had to be Ye Xin, my brother for more than three years and be the target of Fourth uncle and the others schemes since then."

Both the leads were dumbfounded. It took a long while for Ren Lian to recover from her shock. She couldn't believe it because it meant that the girl before her also suffered so much and was also thrown to a very terrible place by his own relatives, specifically put, by that Ye Jing. So they hated the same person?

'Girls are people who most of the time easier to appeal to through emotions. If they feel that they have something similar or had shared the same fate, they would easily let things go.' With a smirk, Jiang Li mused to himself.

Ren Lian went back to crying while Han Su went back to comforting her. Not long after, as if a very urgent thought suddenly crossed her mind, she raised her hand, alternately looked at the beautiful couple in front of her and said in a weird inquisitive tone.

"Wait. This means you're the one who drove Mr. Jiang outside of the forest yet Mr. Jiang Li still fell for you?"

Ye Xinya immediately turned red and the place descended into a long silence. The male lead once again gave Jiang Li a gaze full of both pity and admiration. Jiang Li disdainfully glanced at him and spat out, "I'm better than you who can't even go against your elders and make the girl you like your official fiancee."

A moment later, the leads looked at each other before smiling broadly at Jiang Li and Ye Xinya. While laughing and shaking their heads, they held hands and then declared something which stunned the other couple, "Sorry, we're already married."