Chapter 658
Ji Nuan: “I’m not asking about that. I’m saying, the reason you’re in Hai City…”
“It’s because of you. There are no other reasons.”
“…”
Ji Nuan pursed her lips. In fact, she wasn’t sure what she wanted to ask either. She supposed she wanted to know if he would be largely staying in America in the future, or would he be remaining in Hai City?
The words were right by her lips, yet she wasn’t sure how to say it.
Furthermore, there shouldn’t be a need for her to ask about this.
Perhaps, bit by bit, she had already begun to lose control of her heart.
She lowered her head to pick up her phone and did not look at him again. She carelessly said: “You can’t possibly mean that I’m more important than Shine?”
“You’re indeed more important than Shine.” She had spoken carelessly, yet the man answered in such a straightforward manner.
Ji Nuan was completely speechless. She lifted her head to look at him and after a moment of thought, she abruptly stood up and turned to leave. “You should go busy yourself with your work. I’m returning to the bedroom to sleep.”
Seeing that Ji Nuan was heading straight for the bedroom without even looking back, Mo Jingshen smiled lightly: “Sweet dreams, Mrs. Mo.”
Ji Nuan: “…” She quickened her footsteps into the bedroom.
After the little woman returned to the bedroom, Mo Jingshen picked up his phone again. Before the ringtone could sound out, he saw the displayed number on the screen and answered the call. His tone was mild and professional as he asked: “What is it?”
…
The next morning, Ji Nuan received a call from the Ji family. It was Auntie Qin.
“Eldest Miss, please come home quickly. The Ji family home is about to be thrown into chaos by the Second Miss. Chairman Ji’s heart has been hurting from anger. A police car came to our Ji home right before daylight, and the police officers say that they are here to bring Second Miss away. Second Miss has been on her knees begging for Chairman Ji to save her, but right now, Chairman Ji is clearly about to fall ill from anger…”
Ji Nuan directly rushed back to the Ji family home.
The moment she arrived outside the Ji family’s villa, she saw that a police car was indeed parked right outside. The local police station in charge of this area had received orders from their higher-ups to come forward and take Ji Mengran into custody, but because the Ji family had some good relations with the police stations in the area, even though they were tasked with taking Ji Mengran away, they still gave Ji Hongwen some face and offered the father and daughter some time to exchange their farewells.
Who would have thought that this so-called ‘farewell’ time would be used by Ji Mengran to kneel down and beg for help.
Ji Nuan approached the villa. Even as she stood outside the door, she could hear the crying noise inside. She narrowed her eyes. When she recalled the moment she had woke up in Sheng Yihan’s room, her expression immediately turned cold. She raised her hand and pushed open the door to step in.
When Auntie Qin saw that Ji Nuan had returned, she immediately rushed forward to receive her. “Eldest Miss…”
Ji Nuan placed her hand on Auntie Qin’s outstretched hand and patted her comfortingly. At the same time, she turned toward the living room to see Ji Hongwen. His expression was extremely ugly and his lips were turning pale from anger. Ji Mengran was kneeling in front of him and her nose had turned red from how hard she was crying.
“Dad, you can’t do this to me. I’m your true, birth daughter. You can’t watch as the police take me away!”
“You know that if they take me away now, they won’t let me off easily… Dad… I beg you… Blood is thicker than water. In this world, I should be the person closest to you, right? You have to help me…”
“I’m begging you… Dad… I’m begging you…”
Ji Nuan watched them coldly. “Ji Mengran.” Her tone was as cold as a frozen rivulet in the winter forest; it was sharp and seeped into the bones: “Although we don’t share the same father, at the very least, we share the same mother. You say that blood is thicker than water, but what did you do to me? You brought yourself step by step to this stage, yet you’re still trying to rely on blood relations to gain help? Quit your wishful thinking right now.”
When Ji Mengran heard Ji Nuan’s voice, she abruptly swerved her heard around. At the sight of Ji Nuan’s return, her expression immediately changed. A hint of panic even appeared in her eyes. She lifted her head and raised her voice: “Get out! This is the Ji family’s place! Your surname isn’t even Ji! This isn’t your home! Scram!”
After speaking, Ji Mengran snatched one of the cups on the coffee table and made to throw it at Ji Nuan.
“Don’t you dare throw it at her!” Ji Hongwen’s voice carried suppressed rage.
Ji Mengran’s hand stiffened, but the cup had already left her grip and was about to hit Ji Nuan.
“Eldest Miss…” Auntie Qin was frightened.
Ji Nuan tilted her head slightly to the side. The cup soared past her shoulders and landed on the ground, shattering apart with a sharp noise.
She calmly glanced at the glass shards on the ground behind her before turning toward Ji Mengran, who had already cried for a long time in front of Ji Hongwen: “Is it that frightening to see me? What is it? Does Dad think that the only reason behind your police arrest is because your studio has been charged for several business crimes, including the media slander a few days ago? That you and the Sheng Group tried to steal my employees and convince them to steal our MN Group’s confidential, business data, but was discovered? When those crimes are added up, from his point of view, even if you are convicted, you should only be locked away for several years, no?”
Hearing Ji Nuan’s words, Ji Mengran’s shoulders trembled. She abruptly reached up to grip the edge of Ji Hongwen’s pants. Her voice was shaking as she spoke, “Dad, make her leave… quickly make her leave… I’m your true daughter… you can’t listen to her…”
“As expected, you haven’t dared to admit any of the filthy, shaded business you’ve been involved in…” Ji Nuan chuckled coldly.
Ji Mengran attempted to cut her off. “Dad, make her scram! She came here intentionally to add oil to the fire…”
Ji Nuan spoke calmly and coldly: “I should scram? After you are brought away by the police, all of the mess you leave behind still has to be kept away by me. Since you were able to come up with such dirty schemes, you should admit it. Are you trying to get Dad to soften his heart? Is that why you won’t admit to drugging Sheng Yihan’s and my wine?”
“You shut up! You’re speaking nonsense…”
Before she could finish speaking, Ji Hongwen pushed her arm off of his leg. He turned to Ji Nuan: “What drug? What Sheng Yihan?”
“There’s nothing, Dad, don’t listen to her nonsense…”
Ji Mengran’s complexion changed. She rushed to grab his leg to stop him.
Ji Nuan was wearing a London-style coat. Her black, soft hair was clean and flowed down her shoulders and back; it complimented her white, delicate complexion perfectly, causing her to appear composed and put-together. As she stood there watching Ji Mengran’s crying appearance, her calm gaze carried the steadiness built from the past few years of experience. She did not derive any pleasure from finally attaining her revenge, and instead, appeared detached and cool-headed.
She glanced at the way Ji Mengran was sobbing in despair and spoke distinctly so every word could be clearly heard: “Last night, at the city banquet, Sheng Yihan and I both drank the wine she had drugged. She even ordered someone to knock me out and send me into Sheng Yihan’s room.”