LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 477 - 477: Banquet(5)
Chapter 477: Banquet(5)
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Xu Meixi coughed violently. Xie Shi’an pretended to be surprised. “Is someone there?”
He supported Sang Qianqian and turned around the long corridor with dense leaves.
Li Zhongjin held Xu Meixi’s hand and smiled at them. “President Xie and Mrs. Xie came outside as well?”
Xie Shi’an nodded, his expression exceptionally natural as he replied, “There’s too many people in the banquet hall. My wife is pregnant and felt that it was too noisy. I didn’t expect to meet President Li and Miss Xu here.”
Li Zhongjin said, “We’re just here for a walk. We’re going back now,”
He turned around and said to Xu Meixi, “We’ve been out for so long. It’s time for us to leave.”
With that, he hugged the woman and was about to leave.
However, Xu Meixi obviously didn’t want to leave, but she couldn’t resist his strength and was dragged forward.
Sang Qianqian couldn’t let her be taken away like this. She said anxiously, “Wait a minute.”
Li Zhongjin and Xu Meixi were both stunned. The latter looked deeply at Sang Qianqian and didn’t say anything.
Li Zhongjin’s expression froze for a second. “What’s wrong, Mrs. Xie? Is there anything else?”
Sang Qianqian was quick-witted and finally found a reason. “Miss Xu, it doesn’t seem like you can walk properly. Did you twist your ankle? There’s some medicine in Shi’an’s car. Shall I treat it for you?”
Li Zhongjin’s tense expression eased a little. “No need, she…”
“Thank you, Mrs. Xie.”
Xu Meixi said softly, “These heels are too high, so I’m not used to it. I did twist my ankle just now, and it hurts a little.”
Xie Shi’an immediately said, “My car is parked there, very close. Miss Xu, you can go with my wife. I’ll wait outside.”
She thanked him and said to Li Zhongjin, “Then why don’t you go back to the hall first? I’ll come to you after I’m done.”
In front of Xie Shi’an and Sang Qianqian, Li Zhongjin was too embarrassed to stop them, so he nodded. “Then I’ll wait for you.”
Xu Meixi smiled and said, “No need, you can go upstairs first. There’s still an auction later. Didn’t you say that you wanted to buy that sapphire necklace for me? If you miss it, I’ll be angry.”
Her tone was a little coquettish.
Xie Shi’an smiled. “Since that’s the case, President Li should hurry up and go upstairs first. If you really missed the necklace, it would be a pity.”
Li Zhongjin gritted his teeth in anger. This woman was really good at acting in front of outsiders. When did he say that he would bid for that necklace for her?
However, he couldn’t explain at this moment. He could only laugh dryly and agree, “President Xie is right. I’ll go over now.”
He looked at Xu Meixi meaningfully. “Don’t disturb Mrs. Xie for too long. She’s pregnant. Come up quickly after you’re done. I’ll wait for you.”
He deliberately emphasized the words “I’ll wait for you”.
Xu Meixi was still smiling.
Sang Qianqian brought the woman into the car. Obviously, the car didn’t have any medicine. What she said just now was just an excuse.
When the two of them sat down in the back seat, Sang Qianqian immediately locked the car door. She turned around and looked at Xu Meixi with a serious expression.
Xu Meixi was stunned. “You called me here…”
“You can’t stay by Li Zhongjin’s side anymore. He wanted to kill you just now.”
Sang Qianqian witnessed what happened with her own eyes and felt that it was unusual. Strictly speaking, it was a crime and attempted murder. “If you want to call the police, I can testify for you.”
Knowing that Sang Qianqian had seen something she shouldn’t have, Xu Meixi calmed down and shook her head firmly. “No, I don’t want to call the police.” “Don’t tell me you plan to stay by Li Zhongjin’s side?”
Her tone became more serious. “If Shi’an and I hadn’t appeared just now, do you know what the consequences would have been?”
“I know.”
Xu Meixi mumbled, her fingers caressing her neck that was still in pain. The feeling of suffocation still left her with lingering fear.
Li Zhongjin already had the intention to kill her. She could really die by his bands.
“Why didn’t you call the police? Do you have any troubles?”
Sang Qianqian couldn’t understand Xu Meixi’s decision. She thought for a moment. “You said that Li Zhongjin poisoned the old lady. What exactly is going on?”
Xu Meixi hesitated for a moment, but she still said truthfully, “Back then, Li Zhongjin and Zhen Zhu were fighting fiercely, and Li Zhongjin was suppressing her everywhere. At that same time, Zhen Yiping was seriously ill, so Old Lady Zhen couldn’t stand this situation anymore. She privately contacted some of the group’s elders and wanted to treat them to a meal.”
On the surface, she was treating them to a meal, but in reality, she was just asking them to help take care of Zhen Zhu.
These people were the group’s elders and were promoted by Old Master Zhen himself. When Li Zhongjin and Zhen Zhu were fighting openly and secretly, they remained neutral because they mistakenly thought it was just a family matter.
If the old lady interfered, it would be equivalent to showing the Zhen family’s decision. Without a doubt, these people would spare no effort to support Zhen Zhu and stand against Li Zhongjin.
“Of course, Li Zhongjin didn’t want to see this happen, but he couldn’t stop the old lady. Thus, a few days before the dinner, he insisted on taking me to the Zhen family to see Old Lady Zhen.”
She said calmly, “I’ve made soup for him and his mother a few times before. He likes it, so he asked me to make the soup for Old Lady Zhen. He took the initiative to buy a lot of nourishing Chinese herbs, saying that he specially asked the doctor to buy them. Afterward, he asked me to add them when I was making soup for the old lady, saying that It’s good for her health. I clearly told him that some medicinal herbs aren’t for everyone to eat and there are taboos, but he insisted that it was fine.”
He didn’t tell her that the old lady had been taking some kind of medicine all year round. That medicine not only countered a certain medicinal herb, but it also caused poisoning if mixed with it.
Sang Qianqian immediately understood, “So Li Zhongjin did it on purpose.”
“It’s funny that I firmly believed that he wouldn’t do anything to his biological grandmother. I thought that he was misled.”
Xu Meixi said self-deprecatingly, “In the end, God was kind enough to let me hear his conversation with his mother. He knew that the two medicines countered each other, but he deliberately made me make the soup for the old lady. It was obvious he wanted to sacrifice me. Firstly, he could take responsibility for the Li family, and secondly, he could completely get rid of me.”
“I knew this man was awful, but I didn’t expect him to be so cruel.”
Sang Qianqian’s bottom line completely changed thanks to Li Zhongjin’s shamelessness She asked, “Does Hanyu know about the recording?”
Xu Meixi looked at her and said meaningfully, “He knows. I didn’t even tell the police, but he came to see me alone once. I… I don’t know why, but I told him about it, and he even listened to the recording.”
Her heart was beating like a drum when she faced him. She had no way to react, and all her defenses collapsed in an instant.
After all, he was the first man she had liked and had a crush on for so long.
Sang Qianqian did not think too much about it. She had never doubted Shen Hanyu’s ability.
What she was confused about was another question. “Since Hanyu knew that this matter was related to the Li family, how did he convince Old Lady Zhen not to pursue the matter?”
Even if he didn’t have time, he would have told Zhen Yiping the truth. The Zhen family would never swallow their anger when it involved the old lady’s safety..