Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

  Hearing Yang Wenshu say this, Xie Zhuojun felt an indescribable feeling in his heart.

  Why were she and Shangguan Rouxue so anxious?

  Were they so eager to get the marriage done with, because they were afraid that he would change his mind again?

  Why did everyone change so drastically, within such a short time?

  Now that he was under so much pressure from the Shangguans, he had no choice but to relent.

  Xie Zhuojun went home exhausted and updated his parents about his decision to get the marriage registered the following morning and also collect the certificate with Shangguan Rouxue.

  Xie Dongfeng and Wang Lu had recently been hearing a lot of things about Shangguan Rouxue. Adjectives like pretentious and vicious had associated themselves with their future daughter in law. They still hadn’t seen the other side to Shangguan Rouxue’s personality, so their impression of her was still positive. Besides, Shangguan Rouxue was now pregnant with Family Xie’s heir, so the marriage had become the need of the hour.

  Wang Lu lectured Xie Zhuojun once again about the importance of this marriage. That broke his heart even further.

  Early the following morning, Yang Wenshu called Xie Zhuojun and urged him to take Shangguan Rouxue to the Office of Civil Affairs, where marriages were to be registered.

  Xie Zhuojun understood clearly that there was no way out for him and that even his parents wouldn’t allow him to break off the engagement. This is exactly what Shangguan Zheng had said too. It wasn’t fair for Xie Zhoujun to tamper with the reputation of Family Shangguan. He had already called off his engagement with Shangguan Ning, four years ago. If he did the same with Shangguan Rouxue, Family Shangguan would have no face to show.

  Xie Zhuojun stayed awake all night. There were dark circles under his eyes, the next morning and he looked deathly pale.

  He had been suffering from repeated dizzy spells during the past few days, but due to the current state of affairs in his life, he has been procrastinating about visiting the hospital. He felt even worse after last night because he hadn’t gotten much sleep. He felt a throbbing headache that refused to let him think straight.

  He took some painkillers and felt a little bit better. Then he drove to pick up Shangguan Rouxue and got to the Civil Affairs Office.

  Shangguan Rouxue was very happy. Marrying Xie Zhuojun had been her dream since she was in her teens. The moment she met him, she had fallen for his handsome face and his soft temperament.

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  She had used all the schemes and methods to drive away all other women away from him, including Shangguan Ning, who used to be engaged with him. And today, her wish had been realized – she was marrying Xie Zhuojun.

  He would be her lawful husband after the marriage was registered. She could be with him openly and freely. She needn’t worry any more that someone else would steal him away from her.

  Although Xie Zhuojun wasn’t as gentle and caring as he used to be, yet she believed that with her coy behaviour, Xie Zhuojun would definitely come around. One day he would love her as much as he loved her before.

  As long as they got married, there would be no problem.

  When they were done with the registration at the Office of Civil Affairs, Xie Zhuojun’s heart felt heavy. He felt no joy at being married.

  But Shangguan Rouxue was thrilled. She threw herself into his arms. She kissed him and played with his hair.

  Waiting patiently in a conspicuous silver-white sportscar, Tiger pulled out his cell-phone and reported the latest update to Jing Yichen. “Master, Xie and Shangguan Rouxue have registered their marriage and got the marriage certificate.”

  Jing Yichen was reading the financial report of the enterprise when he received the call. He nodded and said casually. “When Xie Zhuojun is in a better mood, deliver our wedding present to him and then we will sit back and watch. Also, you can go ahead and make good all the loans owed by Xie Enterprises to various corporations in the market. Jingsheng Enterprises will recover those loans from Xie enterprises.”

  Tiger understood and passed on Jing Yichen’s order to his men.

  Shangguan Ning had no idea about all that Jing Yichen had done. She was just confused about Xie Zhoujun, who came to Jingsheng once again.

  “Mr. Xie, are you deaf or just plain stupid? Didn’t I tell you not to come here again?”

  What was wrong with Xie Zhuojun? He came to Jingsheng every day and the more he was asked to leave, the more he refused to listen.

  Xie Zhuojun was about to light a cigarette when he noticed Shangguan Ning frown. He smiled bitterly and said softly, “Oh, I almost forgot that you don’t like the smell of cigarettes.”

  Shangguan Ning frowned even more after what he said.

  “You’d better leave if you don’t have anything to say. I will not see you again, so please save yourself the trouble of coming here the next time around.”

  She had nothing to say to Xie Zhuojun any more. If Shangguan Rouxue ever got to know that Xie Zhuojun had been coming to Jingsheng Enterprise to see her, she would definitely cause some trouble. She didn’t want to be sucked into that mess again, because of him.

  Although Jing Yichen hadn’t said anything to her yet, but she knew that he didn’t like it when she met Xie Zhuojun.

  Shangguan Ning didn’t want to cause any misunderstanding with Jing Yichen, because she cherished her marriage with him. She didn’t want it to be ruined because of Xie Zhuojun.

  Ning was done with Xie Zhuojun for good. She was about to leave when she heard Xie Zhuojun whisper, “Ning, I am married!”

  Shangguan Ning stopped in her tracks and said calmly, “Congratulations!”

  “I am here to tell you that I will not come to disturb you again in the future, nor will Xue.”

  Xie Zhuojun stood up and felt more disappointed than ever as he stared at Shangguan Ning. He could not control his emotions anymore. He thought that Shangguan Ning would be upset to learn of his marriage, but that didn’t happen. He thought that she would be relieved to learn that he wouldn’t bother her anymore, but that didn’t happen either. She didn’t care about him at all and this was killing him. All she said was, “okay” and then walked out of the conference room.

  Of course Shangguan Ning didn’t care about him. He shouldn’t have come to her in the first place. He realised that just because he had told Ning that Shangguan Rouxue wouldn’t bother her anymore, it didn’t mean that Shangguan Ning was ready to forgive her.

  That Shangguan Rouxue married Xie Zhuojun was something Shangguan Ning already accepted four years ago. She wasn’t surprised to hear that they were married.

  Shangguan Ning was sure that she wouldn’t feel upset on learning about Xie Zhuojun’s marriage to Shangguan Rouxue. She thought that she would at least feel happy for them, but that wasn’t the case either. She felt nothing.

  They two were finally married. Hopefully now, Shangguan Rouxue would be much less annoying.

  Shouldn’t Xie Zhuojun have been ecstatic to marry his true love?

  Why did he look so depressed as if he were returning from a funeral rather than a marriage?

  Anyway, she was glad to have nothing to do with those two. She just wanted to live her own life.

  Jing Yichen immediately got an update that Xie Zhuojun had come to the Enterprise to meet Shangguan Ning.

  He was extremely unhappy. After all, Xie Zhuojun and Shangguan Ning used to be engaged once upon a time and Shangguan Ning had spent so much time taking care of him too. He felt a little uncomfortable when he thought about this.

  Didn’t Xie Zhuojun foolishly dump Shangguan Ning and choose Shangguan Rouxue instead?

  And now he regretted his choice?

  Things didn’t work like that. Shangguan Ning belonged to Jing Yichen only!

  Xie Zhuojun was not even qualified enough to polish Shangguan Ning’s shoes. He deserved to be with Shangguan Rouxue, who was vicious and full of evil schemes and plans.

  Jing Yichen found that over time Xie Zhuojun was getting more and more annoying. He made a call to Tiger immediately and said sinisterly, “Tiger get Xie Zhuojun into some trouble. He seems to have taken his Enterprise for granted lately. He has too much time on his hands, to spare. Make sure he has no time to come and pollute the environment at Jingsheng anymore!”


  Chapter 162: The Bitter Monk – Second Master of Family Jing

  Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

  Tiger was very good at stirring up trouble for others, and causing trouble for Xie Zhuojun was a piece of cake for him, because he had many moles at Family Xie’s company.

  Soon, Xie Zhuojun received a call from the company – a new order had run into some problems. The buyers had received the consignment but they falsely claimed that Family Xie hadn’t sent the delivery.

  Family Xie’s business presence scope was relatively narrow. Mostly, it was textile industry as well as mining and metallurgy.

  Currently, the mining and metallurgy industry had already been monopolized by Jingsheng Enterprise, and only a few other companies were able to sustain their business alongside Jingsheng. The reason why Family Xie was still able to keep their business going was because Xie Dongfeng had established many contacts when he was in the army. Also, the Xie Family had been involved in the textile industry for many generations.

  However, running a textile based firm was hardly rocket science. More and more companies had already started to enter the industry, so each company’s profit share had reduced over time, because of the fierce competition.

  Although Xie Zhuojun had learnt all about the business from his father and he had been under his tutelage for many years, he had no business acumen.

  He could handle minor problems, but once the issue got critical, Xie Dongfeng had to take over and come to the company in order to smoothen out the matter.

  Xie Dongfeng hadn’t been keeping too well lately, so he had given Xie Zhuojun the right to handle the business and the day to day affairs at the company.

  Therefore, whenever some problem occurred, he was definitely going to try and negotiate with the other party. Xie Dongfeng would not be summoned until the problem was about to get out of hand.

  Such a case had never happened before where the consignment on Company Xie’s records was showing as delivered and accepted, but the buyers claimed to not have received it. The buyers were old clients of Company Xie and there was no way that Company Xie could take their claims casually.

  Xie Zhuojun drove to the buyer’s company directly, without caring about the throbbing pain in his head.

  On the way there, Shangguan Rouxue called him and asked him in a loving voice, “Zhuojun, you haven’t forgotten about accompanying me to the hospital for my physical examination, have you? I am so scared of going to the hospital by myself.”

  Xie Zhuojun was very impatient. He replied in an annoyed tone, “Get your mother to go with you. I don’t have the time today!”

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  After he finished saying this, he didn’t even bother to explain anything further and hung up the phone.

  Shangguan Rouxue had no idea what happened to Xie Zhoujun’s mood again today. His attitude had become even worse and here she had been hoping that he would turn into a new leaf.

  After the line was disconnected, she immediately decided to text someone to check on Xie Zhuojun and his whereabouts. After she finished composing the text, she just realized that the man who had been working for her had gone missing, ever since their last interaction.

  She felt a bit anxious. That man knew too many secrets about her and her mother, Yang Wenshu. The fact that he had gone missing was worrisome to mother and daughter alike. They panicked.

  Also, mother daughter duo found it very difficult to plan anything concrete, without that man’s assistance. The new person Yang Wenshu had found as a replacement, was too unskilled in this regard and still charged them a lot of money as fees.

  Shangguan Rouxue didn’t go to the hospital for her physical examination. She still had no intention of keeping the baby. After all, her purpose of keeping the baby had already been achieved. She was married to Xie Zhuojun.

  She needed the baby for a little while longer, for her to make the best out of it.

  She was still so young, and she mustn’t waste her beautiful youth on giving birth to babies and taking care of them. She wanted to pursue her dream of achieving stardom in the entertainment industry.

  Although Xie Zhuojun disapproved of her ambition of becoming an actress, she knew that after she reached the peak of super stardom, he would forgive her and definitely approve of her choices.

  All she needed now was to find a man who could help her! ……

  Jing Yiran had been grounded by Grandma Mo and Zhang Rong for all these days.The Family Jing House had become a fortress and was heavily guarded round the clock. Grandma Mo had given strict orders that Jing Yiran was to not leave the house. No one dared to let him out without her prior permission.

  The goddamned Jing Yichen and Mu Qing! How dare they resort to such terrible tactics!

  Once he was allowed to go out, he was definitely going to seek revenge.

  At present, he was not only under house arrest but also felt weird to leave the house in his current physical condition.

  In the past, his penis used to be hard and erect every day and he was constantly looking for new women to vent his physical energy on, but after Mu Qing’s acupuncture session, it had never been erect again. It was as if it felt no sensation or arousal.

  Jing Yiran wanted very desperately to ask Mu Qing to treat him and rid him of this horrible condition. He also wanted Mu Qing to tell Grandma Mo that Jing Yiran was completely healthy and had no ailments, because he was fed up with the bitter Chinese medicine that he had to drink every day.

  He was about to throw away the dose of Chinese medicine that he had just been handed, at the insistence of Grandma Mo, when his phone buzzed. A new message had arrived.

  He didn’t bother to read phone messages anymore, because all messages turned out to be bad news!

  Like one of his bars had recently gone bankrupt, some more of his aides had turned against him, or there was a raid by the Tax and Audit Bureau and they wanted to check all his accounts…… the list went on.

  Soon he would run out of money and wouldn’t be able to fight Jing Yichen anymore.

  But today had already started on a positive note. He saw that the sender of that message was none other than Shangguan Rouxue.

  Jing Yiran finally found a way to get back at Jing Yichen.

  He went up to Grandma Mo and tried all methods to coax her to let him go out of the house. He cried and begged, ignoring the looks of surprise from the confused staff.

  Suddenly, Jing Yiran came up with an idea. He claimed that he needed to see Mu Qing for a checkup. The old lady would not be able to refuse. But she was not stupid,so she called Mu Qing herself and asked him if her grandson was indeed scheduled for a check up.

  She also understood that Jing Yiran was quite bored of being home. She allowed him to go out for no longer than two hours. After that he was to return home. If he didn’t return in time, he would never be allowed to go out again.

  She even got someone to follow Jing Yiran, fearing that he would go and see some woman, behind Grandma Mo’s back.

  What the old lady didn’t know or understand was that Jing Yiran had no ability to do anything, even if he were to meet the most beautiful girl in the entire world!

  Two hours were enough.

  Jing Yiran didn’t bargain for any more. He made a promise that he was not going to meet any woman and then left home with a few of his friends.

  When the pedestrians on the street saw Second Master of Family Jing, sitting in a fancy car with a convoy of ten cars following him, everyone was envious of him. They all thought how lucky he was to be born in Family Jing.

  But no one knew that the ten cars were not supposed to cover for him. They were being used to prevent him from escaping and to keep an eye on him.

  Jing Yiran had no intention to escape. As long as he went to Family Mu’s Hospital, he would find a way to meet the person he wanted to meet.

  After Mu Qing received a call from Grandma Mo, he knew that Jing Yiran was planning something. Mu Qing called Jing Yichen, just to keep him updated.

  When Jing Yiran entered Family Mu’s hospital, he was in a cheerful mood. He whistled all the way to Mu Qing’s office, as he eyed the beautiful and young nurses.

  “I bet that you have informed my good brother of my arrival. You’d better ask him to get here as soon as possible. I have very little time and it is extremely precious.”