Sweet Chief Secretary - Chapter 467

“They killed Ningjing, and my brother came before they could escape. So, they hid themselves. Unfortunately, my brother assumed Ningjing’s asthma attacked her and tried to help but in vain. Seeing it was a good opportunity to frame my brother, Zeng Ziqiang pretended to just come over and accused him of murder. My brother out of fear pleaded Zeng Ziqiang not to call the police.” If so, everything would be reasonable. Shen Yan’s eyes got harsh.

“Otherwise, why should someone change Aunt Jiang’s medicine? Obviously, someone doesn’t want her to recover.” Though Zhou Yan was a little radical, his expertise was trustworthy in Xia Yu’s eyes.

Li Tianci was a desperado, so it was very likely for him to do so. Shen Yan nodded subconsciously because he thought it was indeed worth investigating.

“All right. I’d better go back now. Wanru and her child have been watched by Li Tianci’s underling, Brother Xing, these days. I’m afraid that accidents may befall them.” Xia Yu explained to him, somehow.

But Xia Yu regretted a bit after explaining. Why should she explain it to him? Was it necessary?

As for Shen Yan, he felt contented with her explanation. Though Xia Yu hadn’t forgiven him completely, she still cared about his feelings. The corners of his mouth were lifted with delight spontaneously.

“You take care of yourself, too. Don’t put too much burden on yourself. If anything happens, call me.” Shen Yan thought for a while and added, “It may be too late to call. Considering that they are all desperadoes, we’d better send some people to protect them.”

Shen Yan took out his phone while speaking and sent some messages. Xia Yu didn’t stop him because she thought what Shen Yan said was reasonable. She had suffered a lot from those people, which made her still feel frightened now.

On the way home, Shen Yan said while sending Xia Yu, “Xia Yu, I know we still have many problems between us indeed. But can you leave these personal feelings alone and do me a favor?”

“What is it?” Xia Yu asked.

Shen Yan exhaled and said, “It’s about Jiang Tao and Bai Hong. My brother is really crazy. In order to seek support from Bai Family and Jiang Family, he even plotted to match Bai Hong with Jiang Tao. What’s more, he shot a video and sent it to Bai Family and Jiang Family. As for Jiang Tao, he is willing to be with Bai Hong while she isn’t and has a quarrel with her family now. Can you do Bai Hong a favor, helping her escape from this fate for the moment?”

“You should have told this to Yang Ke’er. They are friends.” Xia Yu was in a dilemma because she was not Bai Hong’s friend and was unfamiliar with her. She wanted to help but she couldn’t.

“You know well that Ke’er and Bai Hong are at odds with each other because of Zhang Peng. So, you’re the most suitable person to help her. You only need to tell her to withstand the pressure from her family. As long as she lives through this period, she will be of no use to my brother. Then he will stop pressing Bai Family and Jiang Family. At last, their match will come to an end.” Shen Yan knew it was difficult for Xia Yu. But considering that this task was very important, he felt others were untrustworthy.

“Well, I’ll have a try.” The car arrived at the community where Wanru lived while they talked. Xia Yu got out of the car and returned to Wanru’s home.

Wanru was still awake. Xia Yu understood that she was worried, so she went to her and put her arm around her shoulder. “I told Shen Yan about your situation. He said he would send someone to protect you. Don’t worry.”

“How could I bother Young Master Yan?” Though Wanru said so, Xia Yu could feel that she was indeed relieved a lot.

The next day when Wanru was about to send her kid to school and Xia Yu was about to go to work, Xia Yu got a call from Zhou Yan suddenly. Zhou Yan was speaking evasively on the line. Xia Yu asked him what was wrong, but he only told Xia Yu to come to his home first, and then he would explain to her since it was hard to talk on the phone.

It was abnormal of Zhou Yan. He must have come across something tricky. So, Xia Yu first called Ruyi Tower’s manager to tell him that she would arrive there a little later since she had something to do and then went to his home according to the address which Zhou Yan provided.

As soon as Xia Yu knocked at the door once, Zhou Yan opened it and invited her in hurriedly as if she was his savior.

Zhou Yan’s room was in a mess, and it was very crowded with a single bed, a beanbag sofa, a computer, and a makeshift closet. Additionally, there were many things piled on the sofa and the computer desk.

This scene was quite different from what Xia Yu imagined about Zhou Yan’s home. She made efforts to get into it from the door. Bai Hong in the bed glanced at her and kept silent after hearing the sound.

Why was she here? Xia Yu was astonished, and she glanced at Zhou Yan. Seeing that he stared back at her helplessly, she got a sense of what happened in her mind.

Xia Yu didn’t greet Bai Hong. Instead, she walked over and put away a mess of untidy clothes on the sofa onto the table aside to spare some room for sitting down. She sat on the sofa opposite the bed. Bai Hong didn’t pay much attention to her. She remained in the bed, dangling her legs leisurely. Xia Yu stared at her legs dangled from the edge of the bed, which were long, white, and naked without any pants. Luckily, Zhou Yan’s shirt was big and long enough for her, so it could cover her thighs.

Xia Yu held her breath spontaneously and admired Zhou Yan’s courage indeed.

“Are you invited by Zhou Yan? I didn’t expect that you are so familiar with him.” Bai Hong broke the silence and said to Xia Yu first.

“We’re friends. Do your parents know that you stayed here for the night?” Zhou Yan probably only told Xia Yu. As for Bai Hong’s families, he didn’t dare to inform them.

A single man stayed with a single woman. It was easy to cause a misunderstanding.

Bai Hong took a glance at Xia Yu. “What’s the use of telling them? I don’t want to go back, to that place!”

“What place?”

“You know. I’m sure Young Master Yan has told you.” Bai Hong said with cold eyes and a trace of self-mockery.

Xia Yu understood what she meant. Since Bai Hong and Zhang Peng canceled their wedding, President Bai hated Zhang Family very much, as well as Yang Family and Shen Yan. That was why he decided to cooperate with Shen Mo and listened to his advice, making Bai Hong get engaged to Jiang Tao. For this, she was in a cold war with her parents. Bai Hong was by no means resigned while President Bai was arbitrary. So, they almost quarreled frequently. To put it in an old saying, they were rivals in another life.

“You won’t accept Jiang Tao, right?”

“You know?”

“I heard.”

“Ha!” Bai Hong sneered again. Xia Yu had known it as she expected. “Then you might have known that my father has agreed to marry me into Jiang Family.”

“He has agreed?” As Shen Yan meant last night, the advice was put forward and was pending. How could it be ‘an agreement’ overnight?”

“I don’t know much, but I think you should go back and talk to your parents. The whole families sit down calmly and have a good talk about it. If you’re not willing, then you can refuse it. After all, it is related to your happiness.”

Though Bai Hong and Xia Yu were not close, Xia Yu still didn’t want her life to be ruined by Jiang Tao because she hated to be taken advantage of.

The person in the opposite bed forced a bitter smile with her arms supporting her body. “You think I didn’t talk to them? They won’t listen to me. Their hearts are full of those ideas of marrying me into Jiang Family now. And you should know what their tempers are like.”

“But you still have time. You should still have the opportunity to make a change.” Once was enough for some errors. They couldn’t be repeated endlessly. “After all, your hiding will be of no help to solve the problem. Sometimes, you need to face it.”

Bai Hong could do nothing but lower her head and give a sigh. “Xia Yu, thank you for coming to persuade me today. But there’s something you will never understand.”

“Tell me and I will understand.”

“Will you?” She sneered, sitting in the bed. “Don’t you know that I didn’t come back last night? My mother called me early in the morning today. I had thought she was worried about me. But unexpectedly, the fact is that she shouted at me on the phone as soon as I answered the phone and then ordered me to get engaged to Jiang Tao within two months!”

“You also know that man. He has an ill reputation. I have made a search and found that he has been single these years and messed around with many women outside. He has a bad temper. How can I marry such a man?”

Zhang Peng was no better than him, but he was tolerable to Bai Hong. Jiang Tao was nothing but a fake gentleman. Bai Hong felt bored, so she chatted with him. However, she didn’t expect that he dared to do such a thing when she was drunken. What was worse, he even made a video. He pretended to be innocent and sent it to her home.

He even asked Shen Mo to persuade her parents to agree to his proposal. What a scheming man! He made Bai Hong feel fearful and sweat all over. She didn’t get the nerve to live with him.

Xia Yu knew well that Jiang Tao was a scumbag . What could she do to persuade? Bai Hong was not free from the responsibility. If she had not wanted to compete with Zhang Peng and defamed her reputation at first, her parents wouldn’t have lowered their requirements to accept Jiang Tao.

“In fact, many people around have admired me since I was a child. My classmates and friends all think I’m born with a silver spoon and have a good life. I have a private chauffeur when going out and maids at home. I own the best clothes and the most expensive bags. But they won’t understand that these things are actually not so important to me. Instead, I envy those common families because parents and children can have meals together at home every day. They can have a walk in the park at weekends and watch TV together at night. They don’t need too much money or a large house as long as families can get together.” Bai Hong raised her head when speaking of this, with a bitter smile at the corners of her mouth. She then shook her head. “But I don’t have such a life.”

Behind her fine clothes and expensive cuisine was an incomplete family.

Parents were busy with work and could spare no time for their family, so she was taken care of by nannies in turn. The big villa was like a luxurious cage with only cold toys in it. As she grew up, she made some friends. However, how many of them were sincere to her?

“And my parents are saying that they care about me, but the fact is that they only care about their business and try to make the best of their business. For their business, they will make the best of their daughter. If I really marry Jiang Tao, I guess I will live a miserable life. So, you see. I’m not good. Only they feel good. They have the power and please their hearts to the full.” She turned her head and propped up her arm. “Never mind. You don’t need to persuade me. I won’t go back. I wish I would never go back in the future. What a nasty place! If I stay there, I’ll die.”

Xia Yu didn’t have the same experience as Bai Hong did. No wonder Shen Yan always said that her parents protected her so well that she became an atypical person in their social circle.

Seeing Bai Hong feel so sad, Xia Yu really thought she was very lucky because her parents gave her a comfortable life as well as a warm home.

“Actually, I’m not here to persuade you. I just think it will do no good if you are at odds with your parents like this.” Xia Yu recalled what Shen Yan told her last night. He meant to let Xia Yu persuade Bai Hong not to get engaged to Jiang Tao.

Now he seemed to think too much. Under such circumstances, Bai Hong would never get engaged to Jiang Tao even though her parents put a sword on her neck now.

It took great efforts for Shen Mo and Zhang Hanyu to make their plot come true.

“I’ll try my best to delay. You can rest assured that I won’t keep staying at Zhou Yan’s home. I was so drunk last night, and I was bothered by Jiang Tao. Zhou Yan is my acquaintance, and he is not afraid of provoking Shen Mo. Therefore, I decided to depend on him yesterday.” Yesterday was an emergency. But it was improper to stay here today.