The Curse of Desire

In just a few days, Zhang Tianliang was about to go bankrupt.

Business partners who had cooperated with him for a long time and signed a contract would rather pay him liquidated damages than continue cooperating with him.

It was not surprising that one or two were like this, but it was very unusual for all partners to be like this.

Zhang Tianliang suspected that it was Ji Yan’s fault, so he made an appointment with Ji Yan that night.

Ji Yan also wanted to see this dog struggling, so she readily accepted his invitation.

The same coffee shop, the difference was the status of the two people.

Ji Yan was still glamorous but Zhang Tianliang hadn’t slept well these days due to divorce and the company’s issues, and there were deep dark circles under his eyes.

“Was it you who talked to my business partners?” Zhang Tianliang asked.

He had a bargaining chip in his hand, and he was quite calm when facing Ji Yan.

Ji Yan smiled and feasted her eyes with his penurious appearance, “I don’t have this ability.”

She said that, but she still knew about the matter of his business partners ditching him, which proved to him that this matter truly had something to do with her.

Zhang Tianliang looked at her across a table, and said after a long time, “I didn’t intend to take out some things, but you forced me.”

The smile on Ji Yan’s face slowly disappeared.

Under her wary gaze, Zhang Tianliang took out his mobile phone, and played a video.

He stretched out his hand towards her and she took the phone.

Ji Yan’s face was sullen, and after watching the video for a while, she said, “Was it you who sent that video of my dad?”

The camera cuts and the clarity was exactly the same.

Zhang Tianliang was stunned, and put the phone back in his pocket. “No.”

So her dad also received this video?

“It doesn’t serve any purpose if I reveal it anyway.” Zhang Tianliang continued.

Ji Yan thought about it, and it was really unnecessary.

“I’ll make my dad stop.” Ji Yan finally admitted it.

Looking at his face, she couldn’t help but feel a spark of desire.

The anger was gone, but after not seeing this familiar face for a few days, Ji Yan couldn’t help but think of the happy time they had together.

“If you want, I can also compensate you for the loss during this period.” Ji Yan was very straight-forward with her words.

Zhang Tianliang immediately understood her hidden meaning, and his stomach suddenly churned.

“No need, my mother is looking forward to having a grandson,” Zhang Tianliang looked at her, “Or, would you like to give birth to me?”

Of course Ji Yan couldn’t do it. She already felt that she was doing a favor to Zhang Tianliang, and it was absolutely impossible to give up her body to conceive his child.

The little thoughts she had just now faded away because of his words.

“I don’t know if you have a backup, so I won’t ask you to delete the video.” Ji Yan stood up and looked at him with threatening eyes. “But if my brother sees this video, you, and your family…”

She didn’t finish her sentence, but she believed Zhang Tianliang would understand.

She turned around, walked out of the cafe on her high heels, and stood outside.

She couldn’t use the rhetoric she used to deal with her father with her half-brother.

After all, Ji Yan didn’t want Ji Peicheng to have any bad opinion of her.

This person was too important to her.

Zhang Tianliang didn’t use this video to seek benefits for himself and he felt a little regretful. He was in a hurry and acted on impulse.

He just feared that Ji Yan’s father’s suppression would make him start his business from scratch again.

He also got up and left the cafe. He had just gotten into the car when he received a text message.

«Do you know why Bai Qiuyi was with you back then? Because you are like my brother, and she likes my brother.»

Since Zhang Tianliang dared to threaten her with the video, Ji Yan didn’t want him to have an easy time.

Although the two had divorced, Zhang Tianliang should have been hit hard when he learned the truth. After all, he always thought that Bai Qiuyi really liked him, and that’s why she was with him.

If he hadn’t had the previous conversation with Bai Qiuyi, Zhang Tianliang would’ve believed Ji Yan’s words.

He stared at the message on the phone, thinking that Ji Yan was still as vicious as ever.

She still didn’t forget to provoke his relationship with Bai Qiuyi.

…

The world was neither big nor small.

When Zhang Tianliang ran into Bai Qiuyi and Ji Peicheng on the street, his heart was broken.

He clenched his hands tightly, and veins popped out on the back of his hands.

Seeing the woman holding the man’s hand, with a smile on her face, his body couldn’t help shaking when she walked past him.

“Why do you think that way? I haven’t seen the person in real life before… How could I like someone just because of a photo?”

“I didn’t like you because of him…”

“I really like you… After you asked me out and we started dating, spending so much time together, I began to slowly fall in love with you… ”

He still remembered what she said at that time, every single word.

Zhang Tianliang staggered forward a few steps and when he was about to approach the two people, he stopped again.

What reason did he have to question her?

In the past, he had been doing things that made him feel sorry for her.

The two figures walked further and further away.

Ji Peicheng tilted his head and asked Bai Qiuyi, “Did you see it just now?”

“What?” Bai Qiuyi raised her head and looked at him.

“Nothing.” Ji Peicheng said casually.

It was fine if she didn’t see it, why should he remind her and let that person be remembered by her?

In the first half of Zhang Tianliang’s life, he felt pain more than happiness.

The day Ji Peicheng got married, when Ji Yan saw his bride, she knew that she was finished.

Ji Peicheng must know everything.

After all, Bai Qiuyi had divorced Zhang Tianliang because she knew she was having an affair with Zhang Tianliang.

Will Bai Qiuyi talk to Ji Peicheng about this kind of thing?

Of course she will.

And after learning that Zhang Tianliang looked the same as him, will her brother think too much?

Surely he will.

With the man’s intelligence, he must have guessed her feelings for him.

Later, Ji Yan broke the jar 1 and found Zhang Tianliang again.

Zhang Tianliang hated her so much and didn’t want to have anything to do with her at all, but Ji Yan threatened him that if he dared not be with her, his company would not even be able to continue.

Seeing her confident appearance, Zhang Tianliang guessed that her brother must already know that Ji Yan had feelings for him.

As for who said it, it must be Bai Qiuyi.

Zhang Tianliang’s liking for Bai Qiuyi still continued.

He always wanted to get her back, but he couldn’t get her back. He knew she had gotten remarried.

The company was Zhang Tianliang’s Achilles’ heel, and he finally agreed to be with Ji Yan.

When the two were making love, one thought of Bai Qiuyi, and the other thought of Ji Peicheng. It was ridiculous.

After a long time, this method didn’t work anymore.

Zhang Tianliang couldn’t get hard and Ji Yan asked him to take medicine.

The two of them tossed so much, in the end, Zhang Tianliang couldn’t stand up at all. At that time, Zhang Tianliang was only in his early forties.

Seeing that he was really dying, Ji Yan didn’t have a trace of nostalgia, she simply left him.

The author has something to say: The main story is over, there may be some extras.

The translator has something to say: In my Google Doc for this arc, there are 17 pages left. So yeah, there’s still quite a bit more left~

1. To allow things to worsen even if you know there are faults or mistakes.