CH 117

When Xue Hang gritted his teeth and left, the air all over his body almost condensed into ice, like the freezing winter outside. But the atmosphere was already broken, so he had no way of continuing his confession. Jiang Nian couldn’t help but smile. This was probably also a trick of fate, maybe it couldn’t bear her life sailing this smoothly, and always wants to give her a little tribulation.

She leaned in front of the window, and secretly bowed and apologized for the lack of time to her promiscuous life. She was really sorry. After all, a wealthy life was just too precious for her to give up.

“Jiang Nian, long time no see.”

Suddenly a familiar voice came from behind. Jiang Nian looked back and found that it was the female singer named Li Lin who had just performed on stage. She was the final winner of a popular music show, the popular “Super high”.

Jiang Nian was not familiar with her, but the original host Jiang Nian met her in previous activities. She smiled: “Hello, what’s the matter?”

Li Lin walked over with a smile, and said enthusiastically: “I saw you and Mr. Xue talking just now. Are you very familiar with Mr. Xue?”

Jiang Nian looked at her without speaking, and raised her eyebrows.

Li Lin said: “Sorry, I have no intention of offending, I have long admired Mr. Xue, but I haven’t been able to find a chance to confess to him. I see you and Xue Hang know each other, so I want to ask you to recommend me in front of him. I hope you don’t mind.”

Jiang Nian shook her head without thinking about it: “I’m sorry, I can’t help you.”

Li Lin’s smile froze on her face, looking hurt: “Why? I just need a chance. It’s not hard for you, right?” She grabbed Jiang Nian’s arm, “Please, please help me! I will repay you in the future.”

Jiang Nian pulled her hand down and smiled, “Repay me?”

“Yeah, as long as I’m together with Mr. Xue, I can give you whatever you want!”

“If you are not together, then you won’t give? I’m going to risk making Mr. Xue angry by working for you, and it’s not worth it. The losses outweigh the gains. I can’t do this kind of things that harm oneself and benefit others, and I won’t help.”

“…?!” Li Lin was dumbfounded, you really dare to say that too!

Jiang Nian was not stupid. She gave up her promiscuous life and even took the benefactor into her arms at the risk of being tortured by fate. How could she make trouble for herself? She is so smart that she can’t do such a stupid thing.

“I also hope for you to find someone better qualified than me, jiayou*.”

(*it means that she cheers her on, like “kanbatte” in japanese and “add oil” in English)

Li Lin was pissed off. She squeezed her phone, and her jealousy towards Jiang Nian turned into resentment. She couldn’t forget Xue Hang’s intimate behavior towards Jiang Nian. He was never like that to anyone before… She hid away and made a call: “Jingjing, are you down?”

Wang Jingjing was also in the hotel at the moment. She had known that the Xue family annual meeting would be held here, so she had booked a room and checked in two days before.

After much deliberation, she was still unwilling to give up Xue Hang, so she didn’t want to miss the rare opportunity to get close to him. No matter what, she always had to try. If her scheme succeeded, she would be able to get rid of the current predicament and success would be just around the corner. Although Xue Hang was not her only choice, it was indeed the best choice available.

“Keep an eye on it for me, I’ll come over right away.”

Li Lin smiled and enticed, “I saw Mr. Xue making a call in the corridor outside the venue. Come quickly. The chance is rare, otherwise Mr. Xue will leave immediately! ”

Wang Jingjing said immediately: “Wait two minutes, no, I’ll be there in one minute!”

Li Lin hung up the phone with a hum, she didn’t believe that no trouble would happen if Wang Jingjing and Jiang Nian met.

Wang Jingjing came desperately, but what she saw was not the Xue Hang she had dreamed of, but Jiang Nian! Her complexion collapsed and she turned to leave, but she just walked away a few steps, her eyes flashed viciously, and she turned to face Jiang Nian.

“Jiang Nian, I want to apologize to you.”

Jiang Nian turned around and realized that the person here was actually Wang Jingjing. She was wearing a low-cut long skirt, with wavy hair and delicate makeup, her expression of apology looking really pitiful. Although it seemed pitiful and sincere, Jiang Nian didn’t think that Wang Jingjing had come specifically to apologize to her.

“Okay, you apologize, let me see if you are sincere enough, and if you can move me to forgive you.”

Wang Jingjing spoke bitterly: “I know that what I did before made you hate me, and now I know I was wrong. I’ll change and turn over a new leaf. Jiang Nian, I hope you don’t hate me too much. ”

Jiang Nian was skeptical, “That’s it?”

Wang Jingjing shook her head, “Maybe you won’t believe what I say now. I understand, because even if it were me, I would not believe it. In fact, I was surprised. My relationship with Sun Xu was very low-key. We haven’t told anyone, and we didn’t show any flaws in front of outsiders. Sun Xu was used to lying to you, saying that you completely believed him… Jiang Nian, I’m curious, when did you confirm that Sun Xu and I really had an affair?”

Jiang Nian glanced at Wang Jingjing’s hand in her pocket without a trace, and said calmly: “If you don’t want anyone to know, then don’t do it. Your scandal was glaring, who can you deceive?”

Wang Jingjing squeezed her phone and continued her accusations, “So you started designing me after you learned about Sun Xu and me? In the restaurant that night, you deliberately said those things to make me distraught. You just wanted me to find Xue Hang, and then specially arranged a reporter to follow me, all to obtain a photo of me and Sun Xu dating… All of this is your plan, right?”

Wang Jingjing was no fool. Where is there such a coincidence in this world? Although the news was spread by a reporter, it was the private detective that Jiang Nian had hired privately who got the evidence first.

Wang Jingjing and Sun Xu were very thorough in their work. Since they were investigated by the police, they didn’t dare to date privately. Everything was discussed in the company on weekdays. It should difficult hence to find evidence that the two were having an affair. That time, Wang Jingjing was sure that there was no one else beside her and Sun Xu when she went secretly in the middle of the night to their rendezvous. Unfortunately, Jiang Nian had long told someone to tail them, otherwise would she really stay in the hotel waiting for her death?

“Jiang Nian, in fact, you are really smart. I was careless and underestimated you.”

“You made a mistake. It’s not that you underestimated me. It’s just that evil can’t win against justice. Although destiny is ruthless, but It also makes sense, knows what is right and what is wrong, and won’t wrong a good person. Wang Jingjing, don’t mess with me. You can turn off the recording on your phone. Do you want me to admit that I calculated you and Sun Xu? Then go and tell the public that I am a very scheming woman, do you want to discredit me again?”

Wang Jingjing froze, holding the phone tightly, her hatred rising to a new level.

She did have this intention. She couldn’t be the only one being destroyed and trampled upon. Jiang Nian was also not as harmless as seen by the outside world. Xue Hang had misunderstood Jiang Nian. Why did she think previously that Jiang Nian was stupid? She was obviously the smartest! She played her and Sun Xu ruthlessly and didn’t leave them any chance to turn the tide.

Jiang Nian sighed: ” One who is unaccountably solicitous is hiding evil intentions. Do you really think I’m stupid?”

Wang Jingjing felt that Jiang Nian in front of her was very strange. She didn’t know since when, but  Jiang Nian suddenly went out of her control. The situation of winning was broken and she was utterly destroyed again!

” Jiang Nian, you think you’ve won by getting close to Xue Hang? The Xue family is a powerful family, even if Xue Hang likes you, do you really think Xue Hang will marry an actress into the family? Will the Xue family let Xue Hang marry a little-known actress? In the end, you will only be a plaything at best! When he gets tired of it, how much arrogant do you think you’ll be?”

Jiang Nian frowned and looked at Wang Jingjing who looked smug. She raised her hand and slapped her. It was sudden, so Wang Jingjing was unpreparedly hit in the face and staggered back two steps. Wang Jingjing covered her cheek in disbelief.

Jiang Nian: “This slap is a lesson for you not to slander Xue Hang!”

Wang Jingjing was never hit by anyone in her whole life (didn’t Jian Nian hit her at the banquet? So I guess the meaning is that apart from our MC, no one dared to lay a hand on her). The embarrassment of being humiliated at this moment made her lose her mind, and she rushed up crazily: “You bitch!”

She didn’t hit her target, because her hand was grabbed just as the slap landed. The grip restraining her was so powerful that she groaned in pain. When she turned her head toward the culprit, she unexpectedly saw Xue Hang!

She didn’t know when he would show up, her face condensed, and she squeezed her hand and pushed hard. She staggered back and fell against the wall. She was so frightened that she could only cry, “It was Jiang Nian who hit me first! She was too much, it was her hand that moved first!”

In a panic, she saw Li Lin running behind Xue Hang. Li Lin said with an unforgiving face, ” It’s wrong for Jiang Nian to hit someone, but Jiang Nian’s impulsiveness is also justifiable, after all, it’s Jing Jing who is sorry for Jiang Nian in the first place, so it’s not too much for her to slap you.”

Only then did Wang Jingjing understand that she was pitted. Li Lin was really good at calculating, and deliberately asked her to come to Jiang Nian. She and Jiang Nian would definitely have a dispute. Li Lin would then find Xue Hang under the pretext of asking Xue Hang. Seeing her ugly attitude when arguing with Jiang Nian… wouldn’t the final big winner be Li Lin?

But she couldn’t say anything yet, because she had a friendship with Li Lin, and Li Lin was better than Jiang Nian regarding benefits brought to her.

So Wang Jingjing concealed the anger in her heart, and argued: “I came to Jiang Nian to apologize sincerely. Not only she didn’t accept it, but she also hit me!”

Jiang Nian rolled her eyes, raised her hand again, but Xue Hang held her back: “Don’t dirty your hands.”

Jiang Nian immediately became obedient: “Okay.”

He stared at Wang Jingjing, his voice chilly: “Not to say that Jian Nian wants to hit you, I want to hit you too. I even felt that she was soft-hearted and that the slap was not enough. If you hid in peace, I could pretend not to see you, but now that you came stirring trouble, I can’t turn a blind eye.”

He immediately told his assistant, “Take this woman and drive her out, she is not welcome here, and the Xue family will never receive Wang Jingjing in the future.”

The assistant immediately responded, and called the security to drag her away, no matter how much Wang Jingjing struggled and cried for mercy.

Li Lin secretly laughed, but suddenly heard to Xue Hang saying: “Send Li Lin out, Xue’s activities don’t need to invite her again.”

Li Lin was stunned and looked at Xue Hang, but met his clear eyes filled with disgust.

“No, I, I…why?”

“Li Lin, please.”

She was also driven out. She was unwilling and powerless, and watched Xue Hang walk away quickly holding Jiang Nian’s hand.

It is Jiang Nian who is obviously too much, is Xue Hang blind?

…

Jiang Nian was in a pink bubble and was led by Xue Hang, not paying attention to where she went. She just walked into a dressing room, with her back plastered against the door, standing not far in front of her was Xue Hang. (kabedon y’all!)

He was still holding her hand, rubbing the back of her hand with his rough thumb, a little hot and itchy. Just like the atmosphere at the moment, obviously peaceful and quiet, but there was also the tension, the one that only existed when men and women feel lust and fiery desire towards each other.

Jiang Nian raised her eyes to look at Xue Hang. As she traveled her gaze upward, she could see his thin lips, perfectly-lined jaw, and sexy Adam’s apple… it was very tempting.

She leaned against the door and smiled, “If you stand on my side without asking anything like this, Wang Jingjing will be mad to death.”

Xue Hang faintly, bowed his head slightly, leaned against her ear, and said with a deep and hoarse voice, with a hidden smile veiled in his words: “We hold hands like this, we have to hold it for a lifetime.”

Jiang Nian curled his lips: “You want to be beautiful.”

“Yeah.”

He tilted his head and gave her a kiss on the cheek.

It was a chaste kiss, as if there was nothing.

Jiang Nian touched her cheek, and then she couldn’t help feeling that the benefactor was indeed the benefactor, a gentleman, she actually thought it would be a shame not to kiss him in such a good atmosphere!

Uh, she is so immodest to have this idea! Fortunately, she could still hold it, otherwise she would suffer…

Xue Hang: “…”

If he could hold it at this time then he wouldn’t be a man…

So, unexpected to Jiang Nian, he held her cheek in one hand, his warm lips met with hers, gently, a bit jerky, but also serious and gentle.

He ate the lipstick on her lips.

Jiang Nian squinted and grinned, grabbing the hem of the man’s shirt.

“It can’t be eaten, it’s poisonous…”

He didn’t answer, breathing heavily.

The air became scalding hot, and he held her hands, their fingers clasped and interlocked together, very intimate.

He merged their lips, lingering, not only did the air become hot, but the ambiguous voice made Jiang Nian’s heart beat frantically. Suddenly, the tip of his tongue licked her entrance, Jiang Nian was numb and her feet were soft and jelly. The man stepped forward, his hard body pressed her…

It was a powerful and aggressive act of possession. His coldness and clarity had long been thrown aside, his heart was full of sweetness, and he instinctively asked for more.

Jiang Nian was good except for the weakness, after all, Xue Hang was really tempting.

……

…… When Jiang Nian returned home and lay on the bed, he could still hear Xue Hang sticking to her ear, chuckling in a low voice. She seldom saw him so happy, and he was so sexy because of the kiss. He was also sultry, but serious: “Dying under the peony flower, and being a ghost is also romantic. The ancients sincerely don’t deceive me.”

It took Jiang Nian a while to realize that he was answering words about the lipstick being poisonous.

She touched her lips, completely abandoning the life of debauchery.

What is fate for the sake of beauty!

Don’t forget to check the chapters I’ll post on ko-fi! They’re free and it’ll give me an idea as to what project to pick up next! I’m currently interested in “cultivation of the maid”, but I’m still hesitating ’cause the first arc is too much work (it’s in ancient setting so). Ah, and if you have time, check my other project. It’s “back to the years when my dad was in school” and it’s a fluffy novel with a bit of back-slapping. I don’t believe I forgot to mention it until now… Anyways, my pits are endless and if you have other suggestions about novels to pick up, DM me (Ayacchi#1657). Enough of my ramblings and have a good day!