Chapter 205: Chapter 203 He’s Serious
It really is true that enemies often cross paths.
This time, before Jiang Qimeng could spout her acerbic satire, Wan Yu sneered first, "Such bad luck! I didn’t check the almanac before going out. How did I end up running into trash? It’s nauseating!"
"Who are you calling foul-mouthed?"
Jiang Qimeng dropped her pretense. With no Xiang Yao, her lackey, at her side and surrounded by onlookers, she didn’t want to become a laughingstock. Enraged, she looked ready to pounce on Wan Yu and rip her mouth apart.
Wan Yu wasn’t one to be trifled with either. Hand on hip, she challenged provocatively, "Whether our mouths are foul or not, men still kiss us and get passionately entwined with us. But when you throw yourself at Si Yuhuan, does he even spare you a glance?"
"Oh! Look at my memory—he dumped you, didn’t want you anymore, right? Or do your friends here not know yet?"
As soon as they heard Si Yuhuan had discarded Jiang Qimeng, the expressions on the faces of the women around her indeed varied.
Wan Yu, with her loud voice, warned Jiang Qimeng’s so-called friends, "A woman thrown away by Si Yuhuan, what good could she be? Don’t be fooled by her! She’s all buddy-buddy with you now, but remember Xiang Yao from the Xiang Family? That’s how you’ll end up!"
Xiang Yao’s face had been ruined, and she was sent to the police station, likely facing jail time for half her life. The scandal had everyone in Beijing in an uproar, and the way everyone looked at Jiang Qimeng had changed.
Jiang Qimeng gritted her teeth in fury. "Wan Yu, stop your fearmongering!"
But the crowd wasn’t listening. One by one, they made excuses and scattered.
"You people!" Jiang Qimeng stomped her foot in anger.
Jian Xi found she could face the now frantic Jiang Qimeng with composure, looking down on her show of force with utmost contempt, not taking her seriously at all.
"Jian Xi, don’t get smug! Just wait until the Yuexiang Show Stage event is a success and Yaowang fails to deliver. Then you can wait for bankruptcy!"
She stood with her arms crossed, exuding a ferocious aura.
"Haha!" Jian Xi tugged at the corner of her mouth, finding it rather dull. "Let’s see if you can actually make that happen."
Brushing past her, Jian Xi went inside and asked the owner to serve the dishes.
Being ignored like this made Jiang Qimeng’s anger spike. She rushed over, pointing at Jian Xi. "What did you mean by that just now?"
She had a bad feeling.
"Exactly what I said."
Jian Xi poured herself a cup of hot water and took a sip, holding the cup. It contained chrysanthemum, making the water taste sweet and quite pleasant.
"Hmph! Stop trying to scare people. A pampered rich girl like you can only go home and cry to your brother."
"I have my parents and brother to cry to. Are you jealous? It’s a pity that now, aside from the good-for-nothing Si Junyan, you have no one."
Wan Yu practically wanted to clap and give her best friend a thumbs-up.
When it came to rubbing salt in wounds, Jian Xi was the expert!
"So what if you have a good family? What’s so great about it? Who knows, one day it might all come crashing down. Let’s see how smug you are then!"
In her previous life, Jiang Qimeng had indeed wrecked the entire Jian Family, leaving them in tatters. Hearing this, Jian Xi’s eyes grew colder. "I’m sorry to make you so envious. My family has a little money, so I don’t have to shamelessly throw myself at men, demanding things, like you do."
It was like punching cotton; Jiang Qimeng was so angry she wanted to scream.
"Hmph! We’ll see about that."
Alone, she couldn’t gain any advantage against the combined assault of Wan Yu and Jian Xi, so she quickly beat a retreat.
Wan Yu felt elated. "Without Si Yuhuan, she’s just a toothless dog. Just wait another week, and I’ll stand right in front of her and laugh her to scorn!"
In contrast, Jian Xi was as calm as if nothing had happened.
"Come on, try the sweet and sour spareribs. They’re really good."
Damn!
Why was she craving sour food again?
Wan Yu rested her forehead in her hand. "Your tastes really do change every day!"
"Yuyu, I’m thinking of going abroad after this matter is resolved."
Her belly was getting bigger, and Si Yuhuan might have already become suspicious.
"Fine, I agree."
No matter what Jian Xi decided, Wan Yu was always supportive.
「...」
Once Jiang Qimeng was outside, she called Si Junyan, crying.
"I ran into Jian Xi while having dinner with friends, and she... BOO HOO HOO..."
"What did she do to you?" Si Junyan had just finished reconstructive surgery. His face was pale with pain, but he still remembered to ask if Jiang Qimeng had been bullied.
Gritting her teeth, Jiang Qimeng lied, "She slapped me and told me to keep a low profile from now on. Why, when I’m already so excellent, does she still have to walk all over me? It’s true that with a good family background, you can do whatever you want. Junyan, I’m so upset."
Si Junyan clenched his jaw. "Mengjie, just wait a little longer. The Jian Family, Big Brother—they will all pay the price for underestimating us."
Jiang Qimeng raised an eyebrow. "Do you have a plan?"
"That has to be kept secret."
Si Junyan hesitated. He had made a promise to a mysterious person and had to keep his word. This was his last chance; he had to succeed on the first try.
"Okay!"
After hanging up, Jiang Qimeng frowned. Si Junyan has been acting very mysterious lately. Could he really have some brilliant plan?
Forget it. For now, I’ll go to Yuexiang and review the show pieces one more time. This time, I have to crush Yaowang and step on Jian Xi’s face so the whole world can see me rise.
Thinking about this, Jiang Qimeng felt much better.
「...」
When Jian Xi returned home, she hadn’t expected Fu Shengyuan to be waiting downstairs. The spring fog was heavy, and his trench coat was dotted with water droplets. Stray hairs at his temples clung to his handsome, sharply defined face, which was alluring and provocative.
Unlike Si Yuhuan’s domineering presence, he was more composed, like a leopard lurking in the dead of night.
Gentlemanly, sophisticated, calculating!
"If you’d come back any later, these new clothes you gave me would have been soaked through."
Jian Xi hurriedly unlocked the door and invited him in.
It turned out the trench coat he was wearing was one of the show pieces she had sent over. Damn, she had completely forgotten about it.
To hide her embarrassment, Jian Xi quickly changed the subject. "Why didn’t you say you were coming? I just got back from dinner with a friend."
"I know. With Wan Yu."
"You were tracking me?" Jian Xi asked, puzzled.
Fu Shengyuan casually went to the bathroom, grabbed a towel, and began to dry his hair, as relaxed as if he were in his own home.
"The restaurant is one of my investments. When the future lady boss dines there, of course, someone informs me."
Uh...
Indeed, the world of the super-rich is something ordinary people can’t comprehend.
First, there was Si Yuhuan subtly flaunting his wealth, and now Fu Shengyuan was openly displaying his. Jian Xi felt that her status as a so-called rich young lady was rather insignificant.
"What future lady boss?" she finally reacted.
Fu Shengyuan tossed the towel aside, poured a cup of hot water for Jian Xi, and handed it to her. "I took you to Tianyao Group, and people started saying you’re the future lady boss of Tianyao Group. I didn’t deny it."
Jian Xi was speechless.
She felt that this inscrutable man seemed to be serious about playing for keeps—the look in his eyes, his actions, everything seemed sincere.
For a moment, Jian Xi didn’t know how to respond.