This was the second time she was slapped by Song Meiyu. This time, she slapped back without hesitation.
“Pah!”
Song Meiyu covered her face and stared at Han Xueying in bewilderment. “You… you dare to slap me?”
“Why can’t I?” Han Xueying swung her arms and said, “Who do you think you can insult me ceaselessly?”
These days, she had figured out Song Meiyu’s background. She was indeed Jiang Rui’s cousin, from the younger generation of Song Chunli’s family. But so what? She had a terrible reputation in the circle—imprudent and unwelcome. If not for Song Chunli’s power, no one would ever want to make friends with her.
Now, she was the one who Song Chunli leaned toward.
“You bitch!” Song Meiyu cursed her. “Don’t imagine that the old lady likes you. She only wants to take advantage of your pretty face to seduce my cousin.”
Han Xueying took Song Meiyu an idiot, for if Song Chunli wanted her to seduce Jiang Rui, why would she adopt her as a granddaughter?
“So what?” Han Xueying smiled and said, “At least I’m of use to her. What about you? You don’t have any worth.”
Enraged by Han Xueying, Song Meiyu’s face turned pale. She pointed at her and said, “Just wait. I’ll teach you a lesson sooner or later!”
“I’ll be waiting!” Han Xueying pushed her out. Song Chunli had told her that Song Meiyu would be sent back abroad at the end of this month. When the woman returned, she would have already married a rich guy. And by then, it still would be unknown who would teach the lesson.
Jiang Rui, as well as his fellows, all did not come to the party. It was said that many people of the higher class had attended the party just because of Jiang Rui.
“I heard that at the ceremony, Han Xueying would receive a golden dish and a golden bowl!” Chen Chen leaned against the fridge, watching the man cooking.
Jiang Rui was frying squid, which would turn into a flower after being cut and put in a pan filled with oil. The man’s long thin fingers walked around the chopping board and the cooking range, which was a pleasure to see.
“When you became my mom’s adopted daughter, she gave you a set of golden dishes.” Jiang Rui put a coated squid in her mouth.
Chen Chen chewed the squid with her cheeks swollen. “Then why didn’t I know about it?”
“You were only three then. How could you remember it?” Jiang Rui licked the ketchup from around her lip corner and paused in thought. “I remember that it was grabbed by Wangwang.”
“You must ask for it back for me!” Chen Chen clenched her fists and laughed while looking at the clock on the wall. “Now, you already have a sister. Congratulations!”
Jiang Rui brought the meal while walking out from the kitchen. “Don’t pay attention to this. If you meet her, pretend to not know her.”
In the evening, Xiao Si called and said that today’s party was so exciting.
“Did you know that, sister? Han Xueying was slapped by Bai Weirong in front of everyone,” Xiao Si said excitedly over the phone on speakerphone. Yet Jiang Rui did not even raise his head. Noticing Chen Chen was listening to him carefully, he did not hang up the phone.
“What did she do?” Chen Chen came to realize it after she asked the question. “Because of Lu Tao!”
“Right!” Xiao Si said like an actor of cross talk. “Bai Weirong called Han Xueying a bitch just because she made small talk with Lu Tao. Had it not been for him, she would have beaten Han Xueying.”
Seeing Chen Chen look at himself, Jiang Rui bit his lips and said, “Is Song Meiyu staying with Bai Weirong?”
“Ah, haha! Boss, you’re so clever. It was Song Meiyu who played it off.” Xiao Si paused and continued, “But, your grandma acted in an even more surprising way.”
Chen Chen asked, “What happened to her? What happened?”
“She gave Bai Weirong a slap!” Xiao Si boasted. “Then she drove her out.”
After a short time of quietness, Xiao Si said in a low voice, “It was real. Everyone saw it.”
“Xiao Si, let Scar sent someone to watch over them,” Jiang Rui said after a pause. “Liuliu, please.”
Chen Chen nodded. “I’ll go to the laboratory tomorrow.”
Song Chunli’s reaction was extremely unnatural. She used to like Bai Weirong very much. Even if she did not like her anymore, she did not even care about the place of the Bai family.
Everyone felt it weird, including Lu Tao.
“You did see that she beat me!” Bai Weirong lay in Lu Tao’s arms, tears welling up in her eyes. “Just for a woman coming from nowhere.”
Lu Tao tried to hide the impatience in his look. He talked a little longer with Han Xueying just because she was good-looking. Who could imagine that Bai Weirong would go and directly slap her?
“Alas, Weirong, you were used by that Song Meiyu.” Lu Tao thought of that woman who chuckled to herself. “Because Song Chunli was nice to Han Xueying, she became jealous. But she dared not to pick a fight, so she encouraged you to do it.”
Bai Weirong was not so stupid and she knew that she was used earlier. She said furiously, “I will fix her.”
“Let me take care of all these things. Now, your duty is to deliver the baby.” Lu Tao sighed. “The doctor has said that you’re too weak, plus it hasn’t been a long time since the miscarriage, so you must be careful to protect our baby. But you didn’t listen to him and insisted on going to the party.”
“Who will be to blame?” Bai Weirong gave him a stare. “It’s you!”
Lu Tao said smilingly, “It’s all my fault. All my fault! But I can’t control myself. As long as I see you, I cannot help pressing you on the bed and having you several times.”
No one knew that Bai Weirong was absolutely a slut. She could say anything in the bed to make him fully aroused.
“Stop this!” Seeing that he put his hands under her shirt, Bai Weirong’s breath became unsteady. “The doctor said we can’t do it.”
Lu Tao had already ripped her clothes off, and put his hand under her dress. “Take it easy. We can use our hands!”
After the excitement, Lu Tao lifted her to the bed and he went to take a shower.
“Huh, bitch. You groaned every time you rode me, but you still thought of another man.”
The reason Bai Weirong went to the party was to see Jiang Rui, who, however, did not show up. Consequently, she vented her anger on Han Xueying. Thinking of her, Lu Tao frowned. “What did Song Chunli really want to do…”
One could never figure out Bai Weirong’s mindset. She did not follow the doctor’s advice but went to the army where Jiang Rui was just because Lu Tao had casually mentioned it at breakfast.
“Song Chunli wants to marry Han Xueying to your brother.”
These words ignited Bai Weirong’s anger. Shortly after Lu Tao had gone, she had the driver take her to the army.
When Lu Tao learned about it on the phone, he hung up calmly and said with an ironic smile, “You must seek more trouble so that you can miscarry again and you will never be able to get pregnant again.”
To visit Bai Ziqi was merely an excuse; to see Jiang Rui was her real purpose. She called Bai Ziqi on the way to find that he was not in the army, so she felt even more assured and asked the driver to go where Jiang Rui stayed.
“Is your chief there?” Bai Weirong could get access to the army because of her family background. But she could not get into Jiang Rui’s office.
The soldier standing guard said to her, “No, the chief is not here.”
“Where did he go?”
“No comment.”
Bai Weirong left with great anger. But she decided to look for him on her own, which scared the soldiers who accompanied her. Last time, they got scolded by Bear, for they allowed her to wander around. When they were about to call the leaders to report it, they saw Jiang Rui coming this way.
“Jiang Rui!” Bai Weirong greeted him in high spirits.
Jiang Rui frowned and took a few steps back. “Why are you here?”
“I have something to talk to my brother about, but he was absent.” Bai Weirong looked at him affectionately, which instead, made Jiang Rui disgusted. “Sent her out and never allow her to show up here again.”
Bai Weirong went over and hugged him. “Why do you treat me this way? Can’t I visit you?”
“Let go of me.” Jiang Rui wanted to push her aside, but Bai Weirong was pregnant. “Push me! Push me! Then you will put an end to two lives!”
Jiang Rui looked at her coldly. “What do you want to do?”
“I just want you to like me.” Bai Weirong looked at him. “Don’t treat me so coldly, ok? I love you with all my heart. Please don’t treat me like that.”
“You carry another man’s baby, and you say you love him with all your heart. Your heart is so unique, Mrs. Bai.”
Jiang Rui felt a shock, and turned around to see Chen Chen coming over.
But Bai Weirong still refused to let him go. “You don’t like me only because of her? What’s good about her?”
“Still don’t want to let go of him?” Chen Chen stood in front of her with a bottle in her hand. “This is the medicine I took from the laboratory. But I have no idea how it works. May you give it a try?”
After finishing her words, she began to spray it on Bai Weirong’s face, which made her frightened and she instinctively raised her hands to cover her face.
Jiang Rui pulled Chen Chen to withdraw immediately. “Hurry, get her out of here.”
“Stay away!” Bai Weirong shouted. “If you dare to touch me, I’ll roll down the stairs.”
“This woman…” Jiang Rui’s face darkened. If Chen Chen didn’t stop him, he would have shot her dead.
“Brother Xiao Rui, let her stay. We will go for lunch!” Chen Chen had stayed in the laboratory doing the experiment all morning. Now, she was already hungry.
Jiang Rui pulled her away and paused when they walked past Bai Weirong.
When Bai Weirong was chuckling to herself and ready to utter something, Jiang Rui pointed a gun at her.
“You don’t dare shoot me,” Bai Weirong said proudly.
Jiang Rui pulled the trigger with a sneer. The bullet whistled past her ear. What followed was a sense of piercing pain, which spread over her body instantly. She touched her ear with her hand, only to find that it was all bloody.
“Indeed, I can’t kill you. But your family won’t care about you so much if you have several wounds on the body.” Jiang Rui put aside his gun. “The next time I see you, I will blow your ear off. Get lost!”
Bai Weirong stumbled away, while Chen Chen sighed. Jiang Rui raised her face immediately. “You are mad at me? I won’t let her approach me.”
“No!” Chen Chen shook her head.
“Not mad?” Jiang Rui’s face darkened. “Are you not jealous at all?”
Chen Chen rubbed on his arms amusingly. “You don’t like her. Had it not been for the baby, you would have kicked her away.”
“Little baby!” Jiang Rui kissed her ear. “Why sigh then?”
“Bai Weirong…” Chen Chen hung on to Jiang Rui’s arms and let Jiang Rui take her to walk. “Why can’t she remember that she has asked for insults for so many times? Besides, she has married another guy and has his baby. Then why would she confess her feelings to you? What is her mindset like?”
Jiang Rui gave her a pinch on the waist. “Don’t bother yourself with her. I’ve asked them to cook your favorite boiled fish!”