146: Chapter 146: Make Him Kneel Enough 146: Chapter 146: Make Him Kneel Enough “Date!”
Ye Jiuqing’s cool lips uttered two words.
Su He replied indifferently, “What does that have to do with me?”
Ye Jiuqing pressed his tongue against his back teeth and said, “Su He, you promised me this!”
Su He laughed disdainfully, “When did I promise you?
Don’t falsely accuse me, I am married after all.”
As she spoke, she extended her left hand, wearing a ring on her ring finger.
This ring was put on her by someone last night during a moment of passion.
The man had whispered in her ear, “Never take it off in this lifetime.”
At that time, she was completely swept away and didn’t think too much, just letting him put it on her.
This was their wedding ring from their marriage ceremony back in the day, which she removed the day after the wedding and placed on the dressing table in the bridal room until today when she saw it again.
As she finished speaking, Ye Jiuqing widened his eyes, his face full of disbelief.
“You!”
Su He calmly countered him, “Think about it, did I ever say I agreed?”
“Ye Jiuqing, I told you long ago, don’t pin your hopes on me, it’s useless.
Giving up a sea of flowers for me is not worth it.”
Upon hearing this, Ye Jiuqing’s handsome and pale face showed a hint of gloom.
As Su He twirled the ring on her ring finger, she spoke calmly, “You and I are not on the same path.”
She had long known Ye Jiuqing’s feelings for her, so from the start, she severed his hopes, but he, acting foolish, stubbornly kept banging his head against the wall!
Rather than calling it liking, it would be more accurate to say it was obsession.
The less he could get something, the more he wanted it.
That was just his personality.
Ye Jiuqing’s deep blue eyes looked exceptionally somber, his voice cold and slightly malicious as he asked, “So, you and he are on the same path now?”
“Su He, your marriage is just a merger, if you can have a marriage alliance with him, why not with me?”
Facing his blunt words, Su He remained surprisingly calm.
But the housekeeper beside them trembled with fear.
So this man was here to fight their young master for the Young Madam!
This was too bold and arrogant, daring to snatch her right from their home!
“…”
Su He lifted her beautiful eyes, her tone unusually cold, “What if I said yes?”
The temperature in the hall suddenly dropped as Ye Jiuqing emitted a spine-chilling aura.
Yet, Su He acted as if she saw nothing, without any reaction.
Seeing him wanting to explode but desperately holding back upset her quite a bit.
Hence, she added another sentence: “Ye Jiuqing, you know, even without Jiang Yan, it would never work between us!”
Ye Jiuqing’s body slightly stiffened, “Why?”
Looking into her clear, emotionless eyes, his heart skipped a beat.
Some memories, like a rewind, kept playing back in his mind.
A flash of sadness, regret, and a hint of guilt crossed his deep blue eyes.
Eventually, he said nothing and stood up to leave.
His silhouette looked like a fleeing figure.
Su He watched his departing figure and sighed inwardly.
Then, she picked up her phone and sent a message to Ella.
[He got angry and left.
Keep an eye on him, don’t let him do anything stupid.]
Ella had just changed her clothes, ready to go out, when she received Su He’s message.
[OK, got it.]
The family of three stayed in the old house for two days.
Sunday afternoon.
In the backyard, Su He was helping the Old Madam trim the plants while the little one played by herself.
At that moment, the housekeeper came over and said, “Old Madam, Young Madam, the elder master and his wife have come to the old house.”
Su He hadn’t yet realized who the housekeeper meant by “elder master.”
Only hearing the Old Madam sternly say, “Don’t see them, tell them to roll back where they came from, I don’t acknowledge him as my son anymore.”
Only then did she realize that it was Jiang Zhongzhen.
Ever since that day at the meeting when she dismissed him, she hadn’t seen him since.
The housekeeper spoke with some difficulty, “Old Madam, the elder master said if you will not see him, he will kneel at the doorstep until you do.”
The Old Madam huffed, her words sharp and devoid of emotion, robustly said, “He likes to kneel so much, let him kneel enough, and once he’s done, he can roll back to his own house!”
The housekeeper shuddered: “…”
Upon hearing this, Su He hesitated about whether to say something or not, given they are mother and son, she didn’t want their relationship to become strained.
“Grandma, how about you…”
Before she could finish speaking, Zhong Min interrupted her: “Girl, don’t speak.
Grandma is old but can still distinguish right from wrong!
He doesn’t deserve to be your elder.
I never bore such a heartless son!”
She knew her eldest son’s character well—proud and resentful of the fact that the old man had left the company and the Jiang Family to his younger brother, and after his death, resentful again that the old man passed the company to Jiang Yan.
It didn’t surprise her that he would do such things, but it still left her feeling cold and disappointed.
“Great-grandma, what’s wrong?” Su Yimo heard the voices and hurried over.
Seeing her adorable great-grandson, the Old Madam’s anger instantly turned into joy.
She gently patted the little guy’s head and kindly said, “Great-grandma is fine.
Let’s go feed the fish in the pond over there, shall we?”
The little guy nodded, “Okay~”
Su Yimo was the type who would cheer up and treat generously those who were kind to him.
The Old Madam was good to him, so no matter what she told him, he would agree.
Su He watched the happy grandmother and grandson head toward the pond and smiled.
The old mansion was huge, but only the Old Madam lived there; having this little one around brought some lively energy and spirit to the entire place.
This was different from her maternal grandparents; at least the two elders had each other’s company and bickered occasionally.
Her grandparents also liked socializing, always eager to meet friends.
But these past two days, she heard from the housekeeper that when they didn’t return, the Old Madam was often left alone in the house, sometimes wandering in the backyard garden without anyone to chat with, as the days just passed by.
After finishing his work in the study, Jiang Yan came here and saw her standing there dumbfounded, not even noticing him approaching from behind.
“What are you thinking about?” he asked from behind her.
Su He wasn’t startled by his sudden appearance.
“I was thinking about whether Grandma feels too lonely living here alone,” she turned her head and said, “Why don’t we try to come back and have dinner with her every evening if we have time?”
Jiang Yan looked down at her and said, “I thought you were going to say we should invite Grandma to live with us.”
Su He replied, “Grandma has lived here for decades; moving to our place would make her uncomfortable.”
She knew that the elderly were sentimental.
And the old house held her and her grandfather’s memories; she definitely wouldn’t want to leave.
The man looked at her affectionately and said, “Alright, we’ll do as you say.”
Su He said, “Don’t force yourself; I know you are busy.
When you can’t make it, I’ll bring the little one over by myself.”
“Okay.”
Suddenly he added, “Does it still hurt?”
Su He didn’t immediately catch what he was referring to and uttered a puzzled “Huh?”
A second later, she realized.
She rolled her eyes in exasperation, turned around, and walked toward the pond, leaving him standing there alone.
Jiang Zhongzhen and Cheng Wan had been kneeling at the entrance for an hour now, and Cheng Wan could no longer bear it.
Jiang Zhongzhen wouldn’t let her leave.
It was the first time she erupted at Jiang Zhongzhen, yelling, “If you want to kneel, then kneel.
I’m not doing it anymore!
It’s clear mom doesn’t want to see us; even if we kneel till tomorrow, we might not be granted an audience!”
After speaking, she stood up and left first.
After dinner at the old house, Su He and others returned to Moon Gift Villa.
Three days later.
At two-thirty in the afternoon.
Su He received a call from Ella saying that Ye Jiuqing had had a car accident.
After finishing her tasks, she went to the emergency.
“What happened?” she asked Ella.
Ella, a bit distressed, said, “He locked himself up and drank for three days.
Ah Gui couldn’t keep an eye on him; he drove out to race and, to avoid a kindergarten school bus, he hit the guardrail.”
“But he’s lucky; he’s not going to die.
His forehead was scratched, and he broke an arm and a leg.
Also, the doctors said he might have a concussion.”
Su He nodded, then, seeing a piece of paper in her hand, asked, “What’s this?”
Ella said, “A ticket.
It’s already a miracle he wasn’t detained for racing on the streets.
All twelve points on his license are gone, and he has to pay a fine.”
Su He: “…”
Seriously reckless!
After confirming he was alright, she left.
In the lobby on the first floor, coincidentally, she bumped into Tang Sirou and Lou Ruozhi, who had just finished the discharge procedure.
She merely glanced at them briefly, then continued towards the elevator.
Meeting the two, she felt unlucky.
“Who knew, Lou Ruozi just had to barge in, and she called out to Su He, ‘Su He, wait a moment, I have something to ask you.'”
Since her name was called directly, it wouldn’t be good to pretend she didn’t hear it.
She paused in her steps, lifting her eyes to look coldly at her, her gaze seemed to say: If you have something to say, say it quickly!
“How is Jiang You now?” she asked.
Since she was hospitalized, there had been no news of Jiang You.
Moreover, with the incident involving Lou Ziang a few days ago, she hadn’t inquired further.
It was only when she saw Su He that she remembered.
Su He gave her a cool glance and said, “Mrs.
Lou, I can’t answer that question for you.
Moreover, it doesn’t seem to concern you, does it?”
“You better focus on your own son and the future of the Lou Family.”
She had seen that video; she just didn’t expect this woman would have the nerve to ask.
Fortunately, Jiang You was unscathed, otherwise, these two wouldn’t be standing here right now.
Su He didn’t waste words with her, after speaking, she turned and left.
“Auntie, please don’t be angry, your health has just improved, didn’t the doctor ask you to relax?” Tang Sirou comforted her from the side: “Let’s go home first.”
But her gaze was still tightly fixed on Su He’s retreating figure.
Jiang Yan didn’t die, but she and Jiang Yan had disappeared together for over ten days, what had they done?
And about the matters concerning the Lou Family, she always felt it was not so simple.
But neither Lou Ziang nor Uncle Lou had evidence that it was done by Ah Yan.
…
At four ten.
In Su He’s office, there were several people sitting.
Namely, Jing Xuan and Lu Zhiyang, along with an unexpected guest, Xiao Si.
Originally, Jing Xuan had arranged to bring Lu Zhiyang three days ago, but Lu Zhiyang had an emergency trip back to the Lu Family, which had delayed it until today.
Xiao Si was simply there to watch the drama unfold, as they wouldn’t tell him what sickness Lu Zhiyang had contracted, so he had to follow to find out himself.
Jing Xuan looked at Su He and said, “Baobao, let’s start.”
Xiao Si only then learned that the one Jing Xuan mentioned over the phone that day was Su He.
He also looked at Su He curiously and asked, “Little sister, what illness has old Lu contracted?
He prefers to seek treatment from you rather than me, which is quite intriguing.”
He was at least a general medical genius who could treat any illness.
Su He coughed slightly: “You should ask the patient himself about that, it’s not convenient for me to disclose.”
Xiao Si said, “I did ask, but he stubbornly refuses to tell me, so I just followed.”
He had just finished speaking when Lu Zhiyang’s deep eyes glanced sideways at him.
Xiao Si didn’t care and said, “I’m just being a good brother, concerned about your condition.”
Lu Zhiyang said coldly, “Get lost!”
“…”
Jing Xuan wasn’t here to watch them argue; she was here to clear her name of “injustice.”
“Enough, stop dawdling, your time is precious, and so is mine!”
The tone was directed at Lu Zhiyang, as confrontational as could be.
She looked like she wanted to tear the man before her into thousands of pieces.
Xiao Si was so startled he shut his mouth!
In his memory, Jing Chu usually had a good temperament, very gentle, huh?
Why had she suddenly become so irritable?
Lu Zhiyang’s dark eyes behind his glasses were undisturbed, he turned his head towards Jing Xuan and said nonchalantly, “Are you sure you want your man to be checked by your best friend?”
Xiao Si’s head suddenly flashed a giant question mark: “Where is that?”
But no one responded to him.
So, he asked a lonely question.
Su He sat in her office chair, trying to minimize her presence; she didn’t intend to get involved in this topic.
Jing Xuan was already impatient, and the man’s words were just adding fuel to the fire.
She took a deep breath and blurted out: “Lu Zhiyang, I’m saying you’re sick, won’t you admit it?”
Lu Zhiyang, who had been continuously labeled as sick, “…”
Xiao Si sitting nearby was also stunned; this girl’s temperament was indeed extraordinarily fiery!
He subconsciously shifted his buttock to the side, trying to distance himself from this “fire disaster” area to avoid innocent casualties.
“Is your brain filled with night fragrances?
Can’t you speak properly, what do you mean by you are my man?
Do you have anything to do with me?
Even if you stripped naked for other women to see, it has nothing to do with me, I don’t care whether they watch or not!
I’m allowing Baobao to check you; I’m even worried she might get eye infections from you, and you’re here giving me all this pretense?
One word, will you get checked or not?
I don’t have so much time to play such childish games with you, if you want to play, find Miss Ye from your family, I think she would be very willing to heed your call!”
Jing Xuan’s mouth was like that of a mynah, eloquent, and her words flowed like a river.
Upon hearing this, Xiao Si widened his eyes, his face filled with confusion.
Su He watched with an expressionless face as if she were watching an exciting drama.
She wasn’t worried about Jing Xuan being at a disadvantage; after all, she wasn’t the type to suffer losses.
Lu Zhiyang’s lips twitched slightly, but his facial expression remained unchanged.
She flipped her long hair, and said assertively, “I’ll give you ten seconds to think!”
Ten seconds later, an unexpected visitor arrived in the office.
“How come you’re here too?”
Xiao Si looked at Jiang Yan, who appeared in a black suit, and asked in surprise.
Su He sat in the office chair, watching the man who suddenly appeared, and raised an eyebrow.
At this moment, Lu Zhiyang appropriately spoke, “I’d like to see if Ah Yan would let my sister-in-law show me.”
“…”
At this moment, Jing Xuan really wanted to curse!
“Lu, you’re doing this on purpose, aren’t you?”
If she didn’t understand by the time Jiang Yan appeared, then she really was just a foolish woman with a pretty shell.
Lu Zhiyang frowned and said, “I’ve told you before, girls shouldn’t swear.”
“You’re neither my dad nor my mom, do you live by the sea that you need to meddle so much!”
“I’d actually quite like to be your ‘dad’, are you willing?” he shamelessly said.
This dad, not that kind of dad.
Everyone present was an adult and understood instantly.
Jing Xuan took a deep breath, almost running out of breath.
“Screw off, baldy!”
Jing Xuan felt there was no need to stay here any longer; staying any further might shorten her lifespan by a few years.
“Lu, from now on, you stay in your lane and I stay in mine, stay as far away from me as possible!”
With that, she turned and quickly walked away.
Less than a minute after Jing Xuan left, Lu Zhiyang also stood up, nodded towards Su He, and left.
Xiao Si watched the two leave and muttered, “Is that it?”
As soon as these words fell, an icy gaze fell on him.
He looked at Jiang Yan, puzzled.
Jiang Yan said in a deep, cold voice, “What, you want me to usher you out with great ceremony?”
Xiao Si felt a chill down his spine, waved his hand, and said with a sheepish smile, “No need for that, I don’t deserve such honor, I can walk.”
He looked at Su He and added, “Then, sister-in-law, I’ll take my leave first.”
Su He smiled and nodded.
The next second, he dashed out like a rabbit getting away.
And even took the initiative to close the door.
As he passed the nurse’s station, he suddenly saw a familiar figure.
He simply leaned on the nurse’s counter and, raising an eyebrow at a nurse who was working, asked, “Beauty, who is that person?”
The female nurse was a young girl who became a bit dazed after seeing him.
Oh wow, he’s so handsome!
Even though he has single eyelids, he’s still incredibly handsome, those features are perfect!
As Xiao Si saw the nurse staring and spacing out, he smiled, and again said in a gentle tone, “Little beauty, I know I’m handsome, but could you answer my question first?”
The nurse came back to her senses and went “Oh”.
Then, following his gaze, she said, “Oh, that’s our head nurse.”
A curious light flickered in Xiao Si’s eyes, and he said intriguingly, “Head nurse, huh?”
“Ah, yes.”
“Does she have a boyfriend?”
The nurse was taken aback, not expecting him to be so direct.
“I’m not very sure, but our head nurse is really nice to us.”
Jiang Huai was a few years older than them, usually strict, but indeed very kind to them.
The nurse asked, “Handsome guy, are you planning on pursuing our head nurse?”
Xiao Si raised an eyebrow, “Can I?”
The nurse said, “It’s possible, but it’ll be tough.”
“Why?”
“Because the head nurse doesn’t like guys who are too handsome.”
“…”