Liu Ruogu entered her dad’s room after him and properly took a seat. While she faced him, she experienced a tinge of trepidation.
Liu Fangyan asked, “Do you know what I wanted to talk to you about?”
She probed in return, “What is it?”
He let out a heavy sigh and explained, “I know that you have been a good kid since you were young. It was a pity that you weren’t doing well in academics, but at least you made up for that by working hard at your job. To be honest with you, our neighbors have been gossiping about you in the past year and their words are rather harsh. Your mom and I never take their claims seriously, but we feel upset whenever they humiliate you.”
At that moment, she fell into silence. Of course she knew what the gossip was about. Being a regular guest at the nightclub, she unavoidably bumped into some of her acquaintances, which was how the rumors started. Still, she refused to admit to the rumors about her pri
In the next two days, Wei Sihai managed to discover the whereabouts of Yang Kaiwei, the man who broke Liu Ruogu’s heart, and tipped Lin Huai about it by sending an email.At that time, Lin Huai seemed to be reading some information about Yang Kaiwei when he checked his email inbox with his phone and received the tip. According to the investigation, Yang Kaiwei was only a primary school graduate who subsequently worked as a waiter in a restaurant until he was later laid off due to his promiscuous lifestyle for impregnating a few other women.Besides, Lin Huai had also secretly investigated Liu Ruogu’s status, knowing she would occasionally work some part-time jobs when she was still studying. At one point, she became acquainted with Yang Kaiwei when she was distributing flyers for a restaurant she was working at. Soon, their relationship took a step further as their friendship blossomed. A few years later, she discovered that Yang Kaiwei had been chea
Lin Huai visited Wang Zhengyang’s house the next day and gave the latter’s mother an acupuncture treatment. After that, he drove to Liu Ruogu’s house and waited for less than five minutes before she showed up at the stairs in a sexy outfit and a branded purse.Liu Ruogu sat in the front passenger seat and she irritably asked, “You’re not going to sell me off, are you?”“Oh, come on, you’re already an adult. Who would ever want you?” he asked.“Oh, come on. Why wouldn’t there be?” She impatiently added, “I’m sure there are a lot of poor families out there searching for a wife for their sons. Anyway, my point is that nothing can be good with you.”While Lin Huai could tell that Liu Ruogu was worried in her heart, she knew the man didn’t have to take her to Province just to cause her any harm. Nonetheless, she still struggled to ease her mind on their way there as long as he didn’t tell her the reason for their journey. Soon, h
Lin Huai looked at Liu Ruogu with unperturbed eyes. He just knew that she wouldn’t use her beauty for no reason. Some people were probably born to be dissolute, but Liu Ruogu wasn’t one of them; she simply learned to make the most of her beauty to accomplish some objectives. Therefore, once she used her beauty, she was definitely up to something. What could she be up to at such a moment? Obviously, she wanted to coax some truths and falsehoods out of him. He shoved Liu Ruogu away and warned seriously, “I have a girlfriend who’s very good-looking, so not everyone can seduce me.”Liu Ruogu was startled for a moment before she shot him an angry glare. Every woman cared much about whether she was attractive or not, so Lin Huai’s repeated spurning of her wounded her pride a lot. This easily made her question her own charm.Lin Huai opened the car door and said, “All right, let’s get out of the car and book the rooms first.”Liu Ruogu angrily
Liu Ruogu swiftly struggled free of the middle-aged man’s arms and took two steps back before looking up. The middle-aged man, who was dressed in a suit and a pair of leather shoes, seemed like he was in his forties. Meanwhile, standing behind him were two stony-faced men who were probably his bodyguards. Since he had people following him around, he was no ordinary citizen at the very least. Had this happened in Tongcheng City, Liu Ruogu would’ve gotten this guy killed right away with a phone call. However, she was in the provincial capital, a place that she wasn’t familiar with. Although she was somewhat furious, she held back her anger and apologized with a forced smile, “I’m sorry for bumping into you by accident.”“No worries. It’s fate that we’ve run into each other, after all. Otherwise, why would you have bumped into me instead of anyone else just now?” This man stared at Liu Ruogu with his eyes ablaze. “Allow me to introduce myself. I’m Gao Yan, the owner
Gao Yan was immediately amused when he saw that Lin Huai wanted to make a phone call. “Well, young lad, I’ll let you make that phone call since I’d like to see what you can do. Are you going to call the police or the gangs? I’m telling you, I have connections both in the government and in the underworld. Little beauty, promise me now so that this boyfriend of yours will suffer less. Otherwise, he’ll be the one suffering when my people beat him up later on.” Meanwhile, Liu Ruogu wanted to laugh. She even took two steps back and said, “Go ahead and fight then!” Even though she didn’t know much about Lin Huai, she knew how good he was at fighting. After all, Lin Huai had been Thunder Gang’s red cane back then. Needless to say, Thunder Gang was different from Rakshasa Gang. Each of the Rakshasa Gang’s Thirteen Gang Girls had their own strengths; some were good at scheming, whereas some were clever at setting people against one another. On the contrary, Thunder Gang’
Lin Huai walked up to Gao Yan and stared at him coldly. He then warned icily, “Don’t let me ever stumble upon you doing such a thing again, Mr. Gao!”“Yes, yes, yes,” Gao Yan replied immediately while wiping his cold sweat away. “I was wrong, and I’ll never do it again.”Lin Huai replied, “Don’t assume that you can do whatever you want because you know some people. Government officials and the underworld? Do you think you have your way around the underworld?”Gao Yan wished the ground could open and swallow him up right now. How could he brag about having connections both in the government and underworld when an underworld leader was standing right in front of him? It would be as easy as pie for Lin Huai to stop him from running his business. Lin Huai admonished, “It’s normal for men to be lustful, but you mustn’t resort to despicable means. If you love money and are fond of women, you can choose women who like the money in
Li Shuangnian was a middle-aged man in his forties who looked very shrewd. His face glowed with happiness as her daughter was about to get married, but for some reason, Lin Huai noticed a vague hint of worry in his eyes.Geng Zhiming replied with a smile, “You’re very welcome, Mr. Li. I’ve heard long ago that you have a precious daughter, but I didn’t expect her to be getting married so soon.”The worry in Li Shuangnian’s eyes grew at Geng Zhiming’s words. Still, he replied with a warm smile and said, “She’ll be considered an engaged woman by the end of the evening. The wedding will be held in about three months, and we’ll definitely invite you when the time comes, Big Boss Geng. By the way, it’ll be even better if Brother Huai can come with you.”Liu Ruogu cast a meaningful glance at Lin Huai, refusing to believe he wasn’t the Brother Huai that Li Shuangnian spoke of. After all, how could such a coincidence exist in this world? Furtherm
Li Yue was taken aback before she chided angrily, “How could you hit someone? Now that you two have each found a new partner of your own, why are you still harassing my boyfriend?”“Me? Am I harassing him? I’m just teaching this *sshole a lesson, and he owes me this slap. Even if I slap him three or five times, that’s what he owes me, not to mention that I only slapped him once! Just ask him yourself whether he’s an *sshole!”Yang Kaiwei warned with a glum expression and said, “Don’t go too far, Liu Ruogu. I know that you still can’t get over me. I don’t want to waste my time with you, so leave with your current boyfriend right now, and I’ll pretend that none of this ever happened.”Meanwhile, Li Shuangnian looked glum as well. He stood up and said, “I’d advise you to leave right now, young lady. I won’t lower myself to your level, but if you keep making trouble, it’ll be impossible even for me as an elder to easily let you leave.”