"The woman Jin Ye is with, I took her virginity, and she even bore my child. Just thinking about it… the feeling is truly wonderful," Wang Yan finally revealed his true colors, a sinister smile playing on his lips.
"So, what do you say? Are you considering it?"
"Get lost—"
Su Ding curled her knees and rammed them upwards. The man cried out in pain, releasing his grip on her.
Su Ding turned and walked away. From behind her, the man shouted,
"Su Ding, my intentions are very simple. I want you and the child—"
"Bang!"
Su Ding slammed the door shut and hurried away, her mind in turmoil.
She absolutely refused to entangle herself with such a person. She hadn't met Mr. Wang before and had tried to evade and forget that night five years ago. But now she had met him in person.
The thought of having had intimate contact with him made her feel disgusted.
She loathed herself, feeling dirty…
As she was in a state of distress, she wasn't paying attention and looked up, crashing directly into someone!
"Excuse me…" Su Ding apologized hastily, feeling somewhat dazed.
But when she looked up, it was Jin Ye.
His features were sharp, his dark brows slightly furrowed, and his black eyes were filled with tender concern as he looked at her, "Why are you here?"
"I," Su Ding's mind was a mess, unable to think of any other reason. She subconsciously avoided Jin Ye's gaze, her palms sweating, "I just came out for a walk."
"What happened?" Jin Ye gently brushed away her sweat-soaked hair.
"Nothing, nothing," Su Ding's breathing grew tight. She grabbed Jin Ye's hand, "Let's go home, okay?"
"Okay, let's go home." Seeing her distressed state, Jin Ye embraced her.
On the way home, Su Ding stared out the window blankly, her eyes unfocused, lost in thought.
Jin Ye frowned, picked up his phone, and sent a message to Luo Zhu.
"Investigate her whereabouts tonight."
"Received."
It wasn't that he didn't trust Su Ding, but he worried she was facing difficulties and wouldn't ask for his help.
Ever since last night, Su Ding had seemed preoccupied.
Since she didn't want to talk about it, he would investigate.
At this moment, Su Ding's phone rang, breaking the silent atmosphere and startling her from her reverie.
It was Xue Zhi Qiao calling.
"Hello?" Su Ding's voice was tired and hoarse.
"You… what was it about when you called this morning?"
"Jia'er didn't answer my call this morning, so I wanted to ask you how she was yesterday?" Su Ding mustered some energy and asked.
"Ah, Xin Jia'er, uh, she's fine, her phone is broken," Xue Zhi Qiao replied somewhat vaguely.
"Oh, okay." Knowing Jia'er was alright, Su Ding didn't ask any more questions.
Xue Zhi Qiao also hastily hung up.
Su Ding put her phone back into her pocket and turned to look at Jin Ye, seeing him watching her.
"What is it?" she asked with a touch of unease.
Jin Ye shook his head, "Nothing."
Su Ding's heart grew more troubled, but she said nothing more, instead reaching out to hold Jin Ye's hand.
Upon returning home, she ate her meal without any appetite and went to her room.
Jin Ye went back to his study and answered Luo Zhu's call.
"Mr. Jin, Madam went to the Jin Xin Hotel tonight and met with Wang Yan."
"Wang Yan…" Jin Ye pondered. Wang Yan was a jewelry tycoon in Jiangcheng with whom he had had business dealings, though not much contact. Why would Su Ding meet him?
"Our people only found out that Madam entered the room, stayed for half an hour, and then left. Afterward, Wang Yan called for other women," Luo Zhu said hesitantly.
"Find out what they discussed and how they know each other."
Jin Ye commanded coldly. He had already publicly acknowledged Su Ding as his wife. For Wang Yan to secretly invite Su Ding to a hotel was a blatant slap in his face!
"Yes. Oh, right, Mr. Jin, the Jiang family is in emergency public relations mode, desperately seeking loans to manage their cash flow, but those people are still observing the situation."
Jin Ye responded calmly, "What about Jiang Jiayi?"
"Jiang Jiayi is confined at home. I haven't heard of any movement from her."
"Keep monitoring her. Report to me clearly who she meets with and what she says."
"Understood. What about Madam…"
"Continue to have people follow her and protect her safety. Starting from tonight, if she steps out of the villa, notify me."
After hanging up, Jin Ye lit a cigarette and walked to the floor-to-ceiling window.
If it wasn't absolutely necessary, he didn't want to investigate or follow Su Ding behind her back.
But there were too many hidden hands at play.
The mastermind behind the hit-and-run and kidnapping had fled overseas and hadn't been caught; the man who sent dead cats and harmed Su Ding was still in hiding, and Jiang Jiayi had deliberately set a trap to sow discord between them…
He had to be on guard.
…
Meanwhile, Su Xiaorui was live-streaming from her princess-like dream bedroom.
Her hair had grown recently and had a slight natural curl, falling onto her shoulders. Her pretty little face appeared on the video, and she opened her small mouth to sing a beautiful song.
Her singing pitch was excellent, more accurate than many professional singers.
Moreover, her pronunciation was clear, and her transitions between Chinese and English were seamless and natural. Her grandmother's adorable voice carried a touch of childishness when she sang, but it didn't detract from her emotional delivery.
Her audience had successfully expanded from brothers and sisters to uncles, aunts, grandpas, and grandmas.
"Little darling is so cute! And she sings beautifully too!"
"Yes, seeing Rui Rui makes me want a child, boo hoo"
"Rui Rui is so beautiful, her parents must have amazing genes, I really want to see them."
"Rui Rui darling, when will you let your parents show their faces?"
"+10086 I want to see what kind of parents could raise such a cute child!!"
…
Amidst the scrolling live comments, a comment that read "She looks so much like my grandson" was quickly buried.
Following that, the same comment appeared two more times.
"If I had a granddaughter, she'd probably look like this."
"She looks so much like my grandson."
This comment was posted by a user named "Jingxin." Seeing Su Xiaorui sweetly replying to other comments, she immediately sent ten yachts, ten rockets, and ten airplanes…
She was still sending more!
The live stream page was completely blown away!
Su Xiaorui wasn't unaccustomed to generous gifts, but to have her screen continuously flooded with gifts, all from the same person, and the most expensive ones at that, stunned her into opening her mouth wide.
"Thank you… for the gifts from this sister…"
Her adorable big eyes blinked, showing a hint of confusion. She then frowned, "Sister, please don't send any more, thank you, sister. It's too much… Sister, save it to buy pretty clothes… Ah!"
On the other side of the phone screen, the matriarch of the Jin family, Mr. Jin's mother, Ms. Zhao Qin…
Was touched by the little girl!
She looked at the girl on the phone, who resembled Xiao Xi so much, so well-behaved, so sensible, singing beautifully, and able to bring joy to others. This made her even more unable to stop herself from sending gifts.
Her own grandson, though sensible and well-behaved, inherited his father's and grandfather's aloof nature. He was very cold-hearted for his age.
Deep down, she really wanted a well-behaved granddaughter.
Zhao Qin looked at the little girl with immense affection, her fingers flying across the keyboard. "It's okay, darling. If I had a granddaughter, she'd probably look a lot like you."
This time, her comment was noticed!
Su Xiaorui smiled sweetly, "Thank you, Grandma~"