Chapter 210: Chapter 208 This Man Has Mutated
The police arrived.
Bing Xin, one arm hanging limply, wailed, "Help, Si Yuhuan is trying to kill someone."
Jian Xi snapped back to reality and slapped her across the face.
Her domineering action shocked everyone present.
Jian Xi took out a stack of banknotes and threw them at Bing Xin. "This slap is your reward!"
Bing Xin glared at her furiously.
Jian Xi said to the police, "She attacked me at the police station. Si Yuhuan only acted harshly to protect me, so it doesn’t constitute a crime."
Then she mocked Bing Xin, "You don’t even understand basic legal knowledge, blabbering on about suing this person and that person. I suggest you find a decent lawyer to teach you some legal concepts. Still pretending to be a genius? Aren’t you ashamed!"
Wan Yu couldn’t help but add venomously, "What a self-directed drama. Are you starved for love? If you want men, I can satisfy you. Do you need eighty or a hundred? Even if you stripped bare in front of Jian Mingcheng, he wouldn’t feel a thing for you. You really don’t know your own worth. Pah!"
Bing Xin screamed hysterically as she watched Jian Mingcheng leave. She couldn’t accept it! "If I don’t kill you all, I swear I’m not human!" Her arm throbbed with excruciating pain. She nearly passed out.
She hurried to the hospital to have the bone set and put in a cast.
Taking advantage of no one seeing her, Bing Xin sought out Du Mingrui.
As soon as she entered, she kicked over the coffee table in Du Mingrui’s home.
"What have you done? Wasn’t everything planned? Why was Jian Xi able to turn defeat into victory? Are you playing me?"
If it weren’t for Du Mingrui’s status and fame, Bing Xin would have slapped her several times the moment she walked in.
She was completely ruined now. Her agency had already proposed to terminate her contract and was demanding exorbitant compensation!
Jian Xi had used public opinion to pressure her and had even filed a lawsuit accusing her of several serious crimes. She had not only lost her job and reputation but might also face prison in the future.
"If I go down, I’ll drag you down with me."
Her features were completely twisted with rage.
Du Mingrui blew on the coffee in her cup, took a graceful sip, and raised an eyebrow at the frantic Bing Xin opposite her. "It was you who begged me for ideas to change your life. Did I ever tell you to set up a pig-butchering scam and mess with Jian Xi?"
"It was that thing you gave me!" Bing Xin growled.
Du Mingrui laughed. "If I hadn’t given you that thing, which you shamelessly stuffed into your own body, do you really think you’d have walked out of there alive? With Jian Xi’s capabilities, she could sue you into bankruptcy and leave you in prison for a lifetime!"
When Jian Mingcheng was having his medical examination, Jiang Qimeng had already bribed the doctor to keep a vial of that substance. To think it would be wasted just like that.
Bing Xin grew fearful, her earlier arrogance gone. She knelt on the floor and begged, "Miss Du, you’re clever. Please, think of something! Help me, will you?"
She cried uncontrollably. "I’ve lost my job, my reputation, my status! I get pointed at and cursed when I walk down the street. I can’t stay in this country anymore. Help me through this tough time, and I swear, any money I get back from the Jian Family, we’ll split it fifty-fifty, okay?"
Du Mingrui shook off her hand. "What a joke. Do I look like I need your money?"
Remembering Jiang Qimeng’s warning, Du Mingrui clenched her teeth. "At most, I can introduce you to a very capable lawyer. But as for how far that will get you, you’ll have to leave it to fate. If I were you, I wouldn’t be here begging and waiting for death. I’d be going to the source to eliminate the problem."
"Wanting the Jian Family’s money now is unlikely, but there’s still a way to save your life."
"You mean... kill Jian Xi?"
Yes! With Jian Xi, that formidable figure in the Jian family, gone, and considering Jian Mingcheng’s dull and upright nature, no one would be my opponent.
When Bing Xin left Du Mingrui’s house, she seemed possessed. She was determined to kill Jian Xi!
「....」
Si Yuhuan followed Jian Xi and the others to the Jian Family home.
Jian Xi’s parents didn’t look pleased to see him.
Jian Xi, thinking of how he had recklessly injured someone in front of the police for her sake, pursed her lips and explained, "If he hadn’t bought us time and spoken up for us, Big Brother wouldn’t have been released so easily."
In fact, she knew that the smooth retrieval of her brother must have been because he had made a call in advance. The attitude of the authorities had been far too accommodating. Moreover, she had glimpsed Yan Qing’s silhouette. She never doubted her professional capabilities, nor did she panic that the evidence she had secured could be overturned. But sometimes, power really could bring unexpected conveniences.
"I see!"
After hearing Jian Xi’s explanation, her parents’ attitude softened once again.
Wan Yu quietly watched as the oppressive tension in the air instantly broke, and she took a deep breath.
The presence of Si Yuhuan was indeed a taboo subject for the Jian Family.
"Then, Auntie, shall we go inside?" Wan Yu asked.
Jian’s Father and Mother quickly stepped aside and asked the housekeeper to prepare fruit and pastries.
Si Yuhuan sat to one side, his expression unchanged from beginning to end.
They had all weathered many storms and wouldn’t probe too deeply into such matters. For parents, their son’s safe return was more important than anything else; the process didn’t matter.
Father Jian, who had once controlled a hundred-billion-dollar enterprise, calmly analyzed, "A minor female celebrity would hardly have the guts to do something like this. There must be someone behind her, plotting against the Jian Family. We must give them a stern warning; otherwise, we’ll become a laughingstock in our circle."
Wan Yu immediately said, "Don’t worry, Xixi and I have already considered this and have sent someone to investigate. We’ll inform you as soon as we have results."
At that moment, Yan Qing entered from outside. "Boss, I found what you asked me to look into. The celebrity Bing Xin has been in most frequent contact with recently is a female star under Miss Wan Yu, named Du Mingrui."
Wan Yu instantly bristled. "She’s close with Du Mingrui?"
Although Du Mingrui was an artist signed to her agency, she had always been arrogant and only accepted jobs abroad. She had hardly been in the country for the past few months. Wan Yu didn’t like Du Mingrui and paid little attention to her.
She immediately called her secretary.
She was informed that Du Mingrui had indeed been in the country recently.
"It seems Jiang Qimeng is the one plotting behind the scenes. Du Mingrui and Jiang Qimeng are good friends!"
Wan Yu’s speculation slipped out. After she spoke, she regretted it and glanced at Si Yuhuan nearby.
Jian’s Mother, however, was not intimidated. She deliberately yelled angrily at Si Yuhuan, "No matter who it is, anyone who hurts my son or daughter will pay the price! Jiang Qimeng, Liu Qimeng, I don’t care who—no one is an exception!"
She had such a fiery temper.
Si Yuhuan suddenly stood up.
A strong sense of oppression made everyone present tense up.
Jian Xi furrowed her brows, unsure of what he was about to say.
"Mother is right. No matter what, those who commit such despicable acts should be punished!"
Jian’s Mother was somewhat at a loss for words. She cautiously asked, "What if this person is Jiang Qimeng? What would you do?"
Si Yuhuan stared into Jian Xi’s eyes and replied, word by word, "I will treat everyone equally. Crime is not permitted. No one is an exception!"
THUMP. THUMP. THUMP.
Jian Xi felt as if she could hear her own heartbeat.
Si Yuhuan... had he become deranged?