CHAPTER 158: CHAPTER 156 JIANG QIMENG GOES MAD

The atmosphere was somewhat awkward, chilling to the bone.

Wan Yu, to save his own skin, greeted them and ran off like a streak of smoke.

Zhou Yan wanted to say something, but backstage, they were already urging the models to get ready.

Jian Xi patted his shoulder. "Go on, everyone is waiting for your debut! You’re the star today."

Her smile was composed and serene, which reassured Zhou Yan quite a bit.

"Alright, I’ll come find you immediately after it’s over."

As he passed by Si Yuhuan, he paused for a moment and then strode out with decisive steps.

"HA!" Si Yuhuan let out a cold snort from his nostrils.

Jian Xi flicked her hair back. "Director Si, could you control your dissatisfaction a bit? People who don’t know any better might think you’re deeply in love with me!"

Si Yuhuan’s handsome face was emotionless. "Speaking so sharply and harshly, what benefit does that bring you? Don’t you know the consequences of angering me?"

Jian Xi moved recklessly closer to him, pressing against Si Yuhuan’s handsome face, and lifted her lustrous eyes. "What consequences?"

She looked bewitchingly beautiful today, and up close, her presence was dazzling. Si Yuhuan inhaled a mesmerizing fragrance that made him want to hide this woman away, not allowing anyone else even a glimpse of her.

"Does Director Si plan to lock me up, to be a canary that only entertains you?"

"Or do you want to destroy me, to cheer up your pale moonlight?"

"Oh right, I remember Director Si’s specialty is locking people up. Do you want to do it again?"

Her lips parted slightly, cold and resolute. "Do I need to remind Director Si again of your promise to Jiang Qimeng that you would marry her?"

The expression on Si Yuhuan’s handsome face shattered bit by bit.

Jian Xi was enjoying this vengeful thrill. "Please, Director Si."

He suddenly smiled.

The next second, he unhesitatingly sealed Jian Xi’s lips with his own.

The frenzied Si Yuhuan was more like a beast. His kiss was a punitive plunder, gnawing at Jian Xi’s lips. Whenever Jian Xi opened her mouth to breathe, he invaded more deeply. He kissed her until she felt dizzy and oxygen-deprived.

Jian Xi pounded on him for all she was worth, but Si Yuhuan, as if impervious to pain, didn’t even register when his bandaged elbow unraveled under her assault.

With her severe morning sickness, Jian Xi rarely ate and was now lightheaded from the struggle. As she weakly faltered, Si Yuhuan seized the chance to wrap his arms around her slender waist and move toward her neck.

Jian Xi was quicker, biting down on Si Yuhuan’s neck.

HISS!

The man cried out in pain.

Jian Xi seized the opportunity to push him away.

Feeling a bit dizzy, her cheeks flushed.

Si Yuhuan touched his own neck and found blood; she had indeed bitten him hard.

He furrowed his brows. "Are you a dog or something?"

"Si Yuhuan, if you dare to touch me again, do you believe I will sue you for sexual harassment? Don’t challenge a lawyer’s professional standards. There are surveillance cameras everywhere here. If this gets out, you’ll look bad."

Haohan Group was now in the midst of controversy, and Luo You’s overt job-hopping had made many partners hesitant.

At this moment, if his reputation was further damaged, he feared...

Si Yuhuan pointed his finger at Jian Xi. "Fine. Very good."

His cheeks twitched with anger as he turned and stormed away.

WHEW.

Jian Xi let out a long breath of relief.

It was a good thing he left; otherwise, Jian Xi really wouldn’t have known what to do with him.

Haohan Group was her future asset; she certainly couldn’t truly destroy it.

If Si Yuhuan knew this was what Jian Xi was thinking, he would surely be furious enough to spit blood.

Just then, a server passed by with a tray of drinks.

She gazed at the dazzling array of beverages on the tray.

"Give me a glass of orange juice."

She couldn’t drink alcohol because she was pregnant.

"Okay."

After finishing her drink, Jian Xi felt something was off. The taste seemed a bit...

Jiang Qimeng entered, a sinister smile on her face. "Jian Xi, why don’t you even say hello when you see me?"

Like you’re worthy, Jian Xi thought, wondering how Jiang Qimeng had even managed to sneak in.

Jiang Qimeng walked over, swaying gracefully with her wine glass. The usual delicate pretense was gone from her face, replaced by brazen venom.

Jian Xi knew her all too well; this was her true face.

"Stopped pretending now that you’re away from Si Yuhuan?"

"Jian Xi, aren’t you curious why, despite my repeated mistakes, Si Yuhuan always lets me off so easily?"

Jian Xi clenched her fists. This was indeed something she had been curious about in her previous life, and even more so in this one.

No one had ever explained it, making her even more eager to learn the truth.

"Actually, I came to be upfront with you. After all, you should die knowing the truth."

Jian Xi knit her brows tightly.

Jiang Qimeng laughed coldly and mockingly. "You always say that without you, there would be no Si Yuhuan today, nor such a colossal Haohan Group. But you don’t know that without me, Si Yuhuan would have died a long time ago."

"What do you mean?"

It felt as if a fog had lifted, and Jian Xi thought she had found the truth.

Jiang Qimeng’s voice dripped with scorn. "You’re truly foolish. Don’t you know that fifteen years ago, in a car crash, I was the one who dragged Si Yuhuan out of the car, risking my own life?"

"In the dead of winter, he nearly perished! It was my blood that I fed him, that saved his life!"

Jian Xi’s pupils constricted. She had no idea about this hidden past.

Jiang Qimeng’s self-mocking laugh grew colder. "If it weren’t for you, he would have married me. Jian Xi, you destroyed the status and happiness that should have been mine! You deserve to die a thousand deaths!"

Her words stirred up immense resentment and dissatisfaction within Jian Xi.

"If you truly loved him, you wouldn’t have left Si Yuhuan five years ago for the fifty million in cash your grandfather offered you! In the end, you love money more than him!"

Jiang Qimeng’s pretty face grew increasingly venomous. Jian Xi’s words had ripped open the scars deep in her heart, and she roared in rage, "I won’t allow you to insult me like this!"

"Am I insulting you, or can’t you admit that in your eyes, money is more important than anything? If Si Yuhuan wasn’t the richest man, would you have come back to him? You only love his money!"

"You constantly call me ’the other woman,’ so what does that make you? A heartless, ungrateful ex?"

"When I was with him, you weren’t in the picture. So why should I bear the stigma of being ’the other woman’? Jiang Qimeng, during those five years you vanished, can you dare say you were fair to Si Yuhuan?"

SLAP!

Jiang Qimeng’s slap landed fiercely on Jian Xi’s face.

Jian Xi tried to dodge but found she had no strength at all.

Her body began to sway, and illusions even started appearing before her eyes.

Jian Xi clutched her forehead, shaking her head. There was something wrong with that glass of orange juice!

The realization hit her, and her eyes widened in shock.

Jiang Qimeng was truly insane.

Jiang Qimeng laughed maniacally. "HA HA HA! Did you think I’d waste my breath on you if I wasn’t waiting for the drug to take effect? Jian Xi, do you think this massive scandal I’m gifting you is free? Soon, you’re going to give everyone a live, spicy broadcast!"

She cackled. "I wonder if Si Yuhuan will still want you, a ruined woman, after your body is completely defiled and you lose the child. You’re finished, completely finished!"

"Jiang Qimeng, you lunatic!"