My Alleged Husband

Chapter 916: Chapter 831: Memories_7

Should I kill her or not? She insulted Elder Sister Xia, and by all rights, I should kill her for Elder Sister Xia. But this woman is quite interesting. If I really kill her, the Li Corporation definitely won’t let Elder Sister Xia off the hook. But if I don’t kill her, how am I supposed to explain myself when I go back to Elder Sister Xia? Forget it, I’ll spare her life this time.

”Naive little fool, listen to me. Today, I’m sparing your life here, but you better not mess with Elder Sister Xia again, understand? Otherwise, I won’t be able to protect you.”

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Xiao Wei flipped himself over and leaped out of the window, leaving behind Li Jiayuan standing there with a blank expression.

The next day, Xiao Wei returned to the secret base and knelt in front of Xia Jing’s door, waiting for her wrath. Moments later, Xia Jing walked out slowly, and the moment she stepped through the door, she saw Xiao Wei kneeling on the ground.

”Xiao Wei, what are you doing here? Did you complete the mission?” Xia Jing’s lips curved into a faint smile, but Xiao Wei’s words were like a bucket of cold water poured over her.

”Elder Sister Xia, I didn’t complete the mission.”

Xia Jing’s expression changed instantly. ”What? Why didn’t you complete it? Did you fail, or what happened?” Xia Jing stared at Xiao Wei viciously.

”Elder Sister Xia, it wasn’t a failure. I didn’t kill her. I think she’s not a bad person, so I spared her life. Please punish me.” Xiao Wei lowered his head heavily to the ground.

”You haven’t forgotten the rules, have you? What’s the punishment for not completing the mission?”

”Severing an arm.” Xiao Wei took the knife he carried with him and sliced off his own left arm with a single strike.

You wouldn’t have expected this, right? That’s how your uncle and aunt survived through all this. Do you still want to hear more?

Zhang Yichen nodded. He felt that he truly needed to hear more about his uncle and aunt’s past experiences!

”Yes, I want to keep listening!”

Li Haixiao was genuinely furious. ”In this entire city, no one has dared to use my daughter, and yet that Old Zhang had the audacity to manipulate her to achieve his goals. Hmph!”

”Xiao Cheng, go and arrange a meeting with Old Master Zhang. Tell him I want to discuss collaborating on the Nanxi land development project!” Xiao Cheng was Li Haixiao’s right-hand man, his most capable and trusted assistant. Xiao Cheng’s annual salary was the highest among Li Haixiao’s four assistants.

The next day, after going to work, Li Haixiao instructed his secretary to arrange a meeting with Old Master Zhang. On the surface, it was to discuss business collaboration, but in reality, it was to settle accounts. Li Haixiao doted on his precious daughter immensely—how could he let someone else manipulate her?

”President Zhang, hello. I’m President of Li Corporation’s secretary. Please, just call me Xiao Cheng. Our president would like to arrange a meeting with you to discuss the commercial land development project in Nanxi. Do you have any time available?” Xiao Cheng politely inquired about Old Master Zhang’s availability.

Following Li Haixiao’s instructions, Xiao Cheng arranged a meeting with Old Master Zhang. Upon hearing this, Old Master Zhang assumed it was because Li Jiayuan had spoken on his behalf to her father, leading Li Haixiao to collaborate on the project. But in reality, this assumption was about to slap Old Master Zhang in the face.

”Alright, I’m always available. It’s just a matter of when President Li is free,” Old Master Zhang replied to Xiao Cheng. His gaze at Xiao Cheng was like a starving wolf eyeing fresh meat, practically drooling, afraid this juicy opportunity would slip away.

Seeing Old Master Zhang’s gaze, Xiao Cheng couldn’t help but silently sigh for him. ”Sigh, if Old Master Zhang knew that the president didn’t arrange this meeting to discuss collaboration but rather to settle accounts, who knows what shade of green his face would turn. But he brought this on himself. How could he, of all people, choose to manipulate President Li’s daughter? Everyone knows Miss Jiayuan is the apple of the president’s eye. There’s no way he would tolerate such manipulation. Sigh!”

”Alright then, President Zhang. Once our president is available, we’ll contact you. Does that work for you?”

Old Master Zhang couldn’t ask for anything better—he was eager to collaborate with Li Haixiao as soon as possible. How could he refuse? He immediately stood up and said to Xiao Cheng, ”Good, it’s settled then. Once President Li has time, just let me know. I’ll definitely come.” Old Master Zhang’s impatient behavior only made Xiao Cheng feel even sorrier for him.

After returning, Xiao Cheng relayed the entire conversation with Old Master Zhang back to Li Haixiao without missing any details. After hearing it, Li Haixiao sneered coldly. ”Hmph, that old man dares to think he has what it takes to collaborate with me? He’s got no qualifications. And as for letting that useless son of his get involved with my daughter? Zhang Mo doesn’t have that kind of privilege. Xiao Cheng, go inform Zhang Mo that the meeting is set for three days from now, at the café next to our company at noon. If he’s late, we won’t wait. Go now.” After finishing, Li Haixiao waved his hand, signaling Xiao Cheng to leave.