103: Chapter 103: Turn Up the Heat 103: Chapter 103: Turn Up the Heat Su He slightly narrowed her starry almond eyes and opened her chat history with Tang Sirou.
“I’m feeling really unwell right now, I think I’m having angina, do you have time to come over to my apartment and take me to the hospital?”
“If you’re busy, then never mind, I’ll just bear with it.”
After reading the messages, Su He clicked her tongue lightly, this woman really had no shame.
She nudged the man next to her, and when he turned his head, she showed him the messages from the Tang surname.
The man glanced over indifferently and cursorily, “You reply for me.”
Su He: “…”
Fine then.
She’ll reply since he was the one who gave her the power to.
As for the content of the reply, she decided on her own.
Su He pressed and held the second message, quoted it, and replied: “For angina, calling 120 will be quicker than finding me, I’ve already called 120 for you, no thanks needed.”
She thought for a moment, then quoted the second message again and replied: “I’m sorry, but I really don’t have the time, I’m having dinner with my wife right now.”
At that moment, in the apartment, just when Tang Sirou thought Jiang Yan wouldn’t reply to her message, she received a response, however—
When she saw the content of Jiang Yan’s reply, her face instantly turned pale.
Before this, even though Jiang Yan was indifferent towards her, he had never spoken to her with this kind of tone.
Before she could recover, another message came from Jiang Yan: “Your fiancé is Lou Ziang, in the future if you need anything, look for him, don’t come to me, my wife will get jealous!”
Tang Sirou’s pale face suddenly showed a hint of venomous intent, her fingers clutching the phone almost crushed it to pieces.
On the other side, after replying, Su He handed the phone back to Jiang Yan.
At that moment, Bai Yang also sent her a message: “Boss, it’s taken care of.”
She glanced at it and pocketed her phone, her mood instantly brightened quite a bit.
Just then, Su Baobao called out to her, “Mommy, baby wants to go to the bathroom.”
Upon hearing this, Su He waved her over, “I’ll go with you.”
But just as she was about to stand up, the man next to her pressed her down, “You stay seated, I’ll take him.
He needs the men’s restroom, it’s not convenient for you to go in.”
After saying that, he got up, went to Su Baobao’s side, lifted the boy up, and headed towards the door.
Gu Beiyan watched the father and son silhouette and clicked his tongue, “Who would’ve thought Ah Yan would have the potential to be a father.”
Su He pursed her red lips, silent.
In the past, whenever she took Su Yimo out alone, she always took him to the women’s restroom, but that was a necessity.
However, now that someone was willing to take this on, she was more than happy to let them.
…
A night with howling winds and moon cast in shadows.
Silence pervaded the Southern City Pier.
Suddenly, two cars, one red and one black, drove into the pier and came to a stop.
Soon after, a woman in a long red sleeveless dress stepped out from the red car like a blooming red rose against the dark night.
She was tall and wore high heels, walking towards the black car behind her.
The collar of the red gown was a lapel, and the delicate V-neck showcased her capable temperament, standing there like a queen without losing her allure.
In a short while, two bodyguards escorted a woman with a black hood over her head out of the black car.
“Who the hell are you?
Why are you kidnapping me?
Do you know who I am?”
She had been repeating this question all along the way, yet not a single person responded.
Jing Xuan glanced at Ye Hanqing, her red lips curved, and with a tilt of her chin, she signaled the bodyguards to remove the hood.
The sudden exposure to light made Ye Hanqing turn her head away in discomfort.
Then, she saw that standing before her was Jing Xuan, her face with exquisite makeup showing a hint of surprise.
“It’s you, Jing Xuan!”
She clenched her teeth and said, “What do you want to do?”
Jing Xuan looked at her, her tone light, “Miss Ye, do you recognize this place?”
A trace of a smile was painted on her bright face, yet the smile didn’t quite reach her eyes.
Ye Hanqing took a perfunctory glance; this was a pier, and it seemed she remembered something, her delicate brows slightly furrowed.
Jing Xuan chuckled softly, “It seems Miss Ye has remembered, that saves me the trouble of jogging your memory.”
Ye Hanqing didn’t take the bait but coldly said to her, “Jing Xuan, if you dare to harm me, the Ye Family and the Lu Family won’t let you off!”
Faced with her warning, Jing Xuan was indifferent.
“Do you think if I was afraid of the Ye Family and the Lu Family, you would still appear here tonight?” She looked at her with a smile that wasn’t quite a smile.
Ye Hanqing felt a chill run down her spine as she caught the coldness in Jing Xuan’s eyes.
Jing Xuan didn’t waste any more words on her and turned to walk towards the pier.
Soon, a group of people boarded the yacht that had been prepared earlier.
In no time, the yacht left the pier, leaving behind glowing wakes in the dark.
Jing Xuan stood at the bow, bracing her hands on the rail, gazing into the endless night that mirrored the darkness in her heart, often unsure of where she was heading.
She once believed that in this boundless night, there would always be a beacon to guide her, but it seemed that the beacon would never rise to show her the way, she could only rely on herself.
Gusts of sea breeze blew by, taking away all her distracting thoughts.
Song Shi came up to her and respectfully said, “Miss, we are about to reach the center of the sea area.”
She hummed indifferently, “Bring the person up.”
“Yes.”
From the moment she was brought onto the yacht, Ye Hanqing had been uneasy.
Not knowing Jing Xuan’s intentions, fear and an inexplicable sense of unknown dread lingered in her heart.
“Jing Xuan, what exactly are you going to do to me?” she exclaimed furiously at Jing Xuan.
Jing Xuan turned around, her eyebrows and eyes smiling, but her smile was cold.
“What, Miss Ye, you have a day when you’re frightened?”
“When you arranged for people to lure me here and take my life, you should have foreseen a day like this.”
Listening to Jing Xuan’s words, Ye Hanqing remained calm, without betraying a hint of her emotions, “Jing Xuan, this matter has been cleared up by the police, it has nothing to do with me!
What’s the point of accusing me of this for no reason?”
Jing Xuan’s red lips parted slightly: “Indeed, you are very clever, I have to admit that.
You’ve cleared yourself very well, leaving no trace.
But—”
Her lips curved into a faint, mocking smile, “They believe you are innocent, but I don’t!”
Her remarks were ironic and unreasonable, but Ye Hanqing couldn’t argue back.
“You!”
Jing Xuan calmly smoothed her messy bangs.
“Ye Hanqing, I’ll give you a chance, call Lu Zhiyang now.
If he picks up your call, I’ll let you go.”
She raised her eyebrows at Ye Hanqing, smiling brightly with a subtle hint of cunningness.
Doubt flickered across Ye Hanqing’s eyes; she certainly didn’t believe Jing Xuan would be so kind as to let her make a call for help.
But this was her only option.
She had to gamble that Lu Zhiyang would answer her call.
One minute later.
Ye Hanqing’s face was pale, her heart filled with terror.
“Why can’t the call get through?” she murmured to herself while holding the phone.
Jing Xuan: “It seems even the heavens can’t stand by, they must want me to seek justice.
Well, then it’s not my fault.”
She had arranged everything in advance; it would have been miraculous if Ye Hanqing could make a call.
Ye Hanqing refused to believe it, suddenly looking up defiantly at Jing Xuan, “You’re behind this, aren’t you?”
Jing Xuan shrugged her shoulders, spreading her hands, “Do you have any evidence?”
“I…”
“Miss Ye, don’t wrongly accuse me without evidence~”
“Jing Xuan, if you dare to lay a hand on me today, the Ye Family and the Lu Family won’t let you off in the future!”
Jing Xuan scoffed, “Is that so?
But who can prove it was me who did anything to you?”
Everyone on this yacht was her own person, someone she wouldn’t arrange to be by her side unless she trusted them.
“You…”
“I call this using their own methods against them.”
A wicked smile curled the corners of her mouth, sending chills down one’s spine.
At this moment, Ye Hanqing understood the ruthlessness of Jing Xuan all too well; she was a devil who did not play by the rules.
“Song Shi, it’s time to wash away Miss Ye’s arrogant complacency, as well as her self-proclaimed pretense of being above it all.”
“Yes, Miss.”
Song Shi waved at two bodyguards, and Ye Hanqing was taken away from the deck.
Moments later, Jing Xuan heard the piercing screams and curses from Ye Hanqing, to which she turned a deaf ear.
Meanwhile, the Ye Family, due to Ye Hanqing’s sudden disappearance, was searching for her everywhere.
Half an hour later.
“Miss, she fainted.”
Jing Xuan looked indifferent, with an ambiguous smile, she said, “If she fainted, wake her up.
As long as she doesn’t die, send her to the hospital in an hour.”
Song Shi: “Yes.”
Taoyao Inn.
Su He and the others had already left, each returning to their own homes.
On the way, Su He received a text message from Jing Xuan.
“Baobao, it’s all over now.”
Su He understood with a glance.
She turned her head and sent a message to Bai Yang, telling him not to control Lu Zhiyang’s phone anymore.
She roughly guessed what Jing Xuan had done tonight.
She replied to her, “Do you need me to tidy things up for you?”
Jing Xuan replied quickly, “Don’t worry, I never create trouble for myself when I do things; I’ve already had someone clean up all loose ends.”
Su He: “Okay.”
At ten o’clock in the evening.
Outside the City First Hospital.
A drenched and unconscious woman lay there, later discovered and taken to the emergency department.
Song Shi watched as the medical staff took Ye Hanqing away, then he returned to the car.
“Miss, the person has been taken to the emergency room.”
“And all surveillance footage has been destroyed.”
Jing Xuan was looking at her phone with her head down and casually hummed an acknowledgment, “Let’s go home.”
“Yes.”
The next day.
Moon Gift Villa.
Su He was having breakfast with Su Baobao when her phone buzzed with a trending news alert.
The gist of it was: Miss Ye of the Ye Family of Beijing suddenly disappeared last night.
The Ye Family searched all night to no avail, and this morning it was revealed that Miss Ye was found outside the doors of Yue City’s City First Hospital last night, reportedly covered in ambiguous marks, prompting wild speculation from the content of the article…
Then the comment section exploded, especially Ye Hanqing’s fans who were extremely angry, vowing to find the person who harmed their goddess.
Her fans didn’t believe that Ye Hanqing would lead an improper life.
Although Ye Hanqing was not in the entertainment industry, she was the premier dancer of the largest Southern Arts Performing Arts Theater in the country, famous for her enchanting dance and having a substantial online following.
At a young age, she had won all major dance awards, and being a young lady of wealth and a bona fide heiress, she was universally admired.
Many people became her fans not only because of her dance but also because of her resilience.
There’s a saying, “People better than you are trying harder,” and that’s one of the labels that Ye Hanqing’s fans had ascribed to her.
Despite being born with a silver spoon, destined for a worry-free life, she still worked hard – that was Ye Hanqing in the eyes of her fans.
Su He glanced briefly at the news and then exited.
Then she called Jing Xuan.
Jing Xuan was still asleep, oblivious to the uproar happening online.
She gropingly reached for the phone, squinting at the caller ID.
After picking up, she placed the phone to her ear.
Her voice was hoarse and groggy, “Hello, Baobao~”
Su He knew from her voice that she wasn’t fully awake yet.
“Xiaxia, are you sure you took care of everything last night?” she asked, still somewhat worried.
She was concerned that if netizens dug up the truth, Jing Xuan would face cyber violence.
Even though Jing Xuan wasn’t fully awake yet, her mind was quick, “Are you talking about the stuff going on online?”
Su He gave a hum in agreement.
After a flurry of rustling sounds from Jing Xuan’s end, she heard her say, “I had someone put it up, what, it’s blown up now?”
This was something Su He hadn’t expected; it seemed she had indeed been overthinking.
Who was Jing Xuan after all?
She never did anything to put herself at a disadvantage.
In Jing Xuan’s own words, the most disadvantageous thing she had ever done in her life was letting Lu Zhiyang hurt her so badly.
The two hung up the phone.
Jing Xuan’s drowsiness was gone in an instant; she opened her eyes and turned on Weibo to glance at the trending search.
She browsed through several posts, not bad at all.
Her mood was great.
Ye Hanqing wanted her life, then she would give her a grand gift.
Sometimes, killing the spirit is the most terrifying.
…
Monday.
The incident with Ye Hanqing had been circulating online for two days, but no one knew who was behind it.
In the hospital, Ye Hanqing had regained consciousness, and her body had mostly recovered.
Actually, when she was brought here, there were no substantial injuries, just some superficial wounds, lung infection, and mild pneumonia, which would heal after a few days of rest.
Mr.
Ye and Mrs.
Ye saw she was nearly recovered and dared to ask what had happened.
She had been fine in Beijing, yet somehow ended up in Yue City and landed in the hospital.
But Ye Hanqing didn’t mention a word, and the Ye Family had no way to press her.
Lu Zhiyang sat aside, silent, playing with a jade pendant in his hands, half of it carved into a hollow heart shape.
Biting her red lips, Ye Hanqing looked at Mr.
and Mrs.
Ye, “Dad, Mom, you can go back first.
I don’t need you to take care of me here.”
As she spoke, her gaze unconsciously glanced towards Lu Zhiyang.
Mr.
and Mrs.
Ye understood what she meant with a look.
They got up, said a word, and left.
Ye Hanqing glanced at the silent Lu Zhiyang.
Her voice was gentle, “Zhiyang, I have something to tell you.”
Lu Zhiyang, hearing her address him, looked up and finally turned his gaze towards her on the hospital bed.
The man’s voice was deep and cold, “Hmm.”
Ye Hanqing knew he was always a cold and reticent man, so she had grown accustomed to it.
But now, her heart was in so much pain, yet she couldn’t speak it out.
She lowered her head slightly, biting her lip corner as if struggling with herself.
Then she raised her head, eyes slightly red, looking at the man, “If I tell you that Jing Xuan did what happened that day, would you believe me?”
A flash of unusual color crossed his almond eyes beneath his glasses, but it quickly disappeared.
He toyed with the jade in his hand, his voice cold and low: “Whether I believe it or not, what difference does it make?”
He countered her question.
Ye Hanqing was stunned.
Before she could speak, the man gave a light laugh, “Jing Xuan is hot-tempered, and she always avenges her grudges.
You are meek and cannot outfight her, be careful not to lose your husband and soldiers in the end.”
His face calm, he spoke lightly, but Ye Hanqing inexplicably felt a chill all over.
He was indirectly warning her not to provoke Jing Xuan.
“Click!”
His words had just fallen when the door of the ward was pushed open.
Then the click-clack of high heels could be heard.
A tall red figure appeared before them.
Jing Xuan was still wearing a long red dress, but today’s was vintage style, her hair tied in a low bun, revealing a pale and slender neck, bright with a touch of playfulness.
“Oh~ President Lu is here too?”
She first locked eyes with Lu Zhiyang as she entered, feigning great surprise.
The man’s almond eyes under the glasses narrowed slightly, and before he could say anything, Jing Xuan turned her gaze to Ye Hanqing on the hospital bed.
“Aiya, Miss Ye, what happened to you?
How did you end up in the hospital all of a sudden?”
She was exaggeratedly shocked when she looked at Ye Hanqing.
Seeing Jing Xuan’s feigned ignorance and pretense, a surge of anger rose in the depths of Ye Hanqing’s eyes, but she dared not show it.
“You don’t have any major problems, do you?
I was just coming to the hospital to visit a friend and heard that you were here too, so I thought to drop by.” Jing Xuan said with a beaming smile, then seemed apologetic, “However, I came in a hurry and didn’t buy a gift, Miss Ye surely wouldn’t mind, right?”
With Lu Zhiyang still here, Ye Hanqing couldn’t be excessive, she could only smile and say, “I don’t mind.”
Jing Xuan looked at that stiff smile, with hidden anger, and really wanted to laugh.
She hadn’t expected Ye Hanqing to be so enduring.
If that was the case, then let’s fuel the fire a bit more.
Irritating people was something she was quite good at, mainly because in one go, she could disgust the two people she wanted to.
Her brow and eyes smiling, she took on a gossipy yet innocent demeanor: “Oh, by the way, I saw online that you were sent to the hospital because you were taken advantage of.
I hope this won’t affect your wedding with President Lu.
After all, the two of you are a match made in heaven.
It would be a pity if such a thing spoiled the harmony.
I was thinking of enjoying the happiness of your big day.”
As Jing Xuan finished speaking, Ye Hanqing’s hand hidden under the blanket clenched tight, her nails digging into the flesh, her teeth gritted.