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Chapter 451: Mu Qing’s Decision
writer:Josei, Romance, Drama      update:2022-07-07 15:27
  Shangguan Ning understood that getting more worried was not going to solve the problem.

  She was just very displeased that Zhao Anan was being too capricious. When she was found, she was definitely going to be given a good lesson!

  “Zheng Jing, expand the scope of searching, go beyond A City and try the neighbourhood city as well. Tell me if you need any more men. I will collaborate with your team.”

  Zheng Jing nodded seriously, “Okay, we will expand the scope!”

  Jing Yichen turned to Mu Qing. “You head to the UK tomorrow, join Tiger. The situation there is different and it would be difficult to hide whatever happens. Most of the time, they would need your medical skills. Judging from what Zheng Lun said, Anan most likely might be in the UK. Keep trying there.”

  Mu Qing nodded with a pair of red eyes.

  His heart felt as if it had been ripped open, causing enormous pain.

  He understood that he couldn’t live with Zhao Anan, but what he had not foreseen was that after losing her, he would be tormented this badly.

  Only now did he realize why Jing Yichen went so crazy and broke down when Shangguan Ning went missing the other day.

  Even a strong man like Jing Yichen could not keep himself from killing when he found Shangguan Ning missing!

  Mu Qing wasn’t the kind to kill anyone. He was different from Jing Yichen.

  Jing Yichen used to live a dark life earlier, and that was why his lethal personality was formed. It was normal for him to want to kill someone. He could be very cruel sometimes.

  But Mu Qing had grown up in a pretty healthy environment. He had a harmonious family and his parents loved each other. His cousins gave each other helping hands and the senior people took great care of the younger generation. Although Mu Wensheng had a relatively bad temper and whipped at him with bamboo strap, forcing him to study all kinds of complicated medical skills, yet compared to the hell like training conducted by Jing Zhongxiu, his grandpa had given him a paradise.

  That was why he had been an outgoing man who had no shadows inside his heart and was living a simple and happy life.

  Mu Qing had helped save many lives. That was his responsibility and mission.

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  He might mess around with Jing Yichen sometimes but he never took anyone’s life.

  But when Zhao Anan was missing, he couldn’t even conduct an operation.

  As soon as he caught sight of blood, he would get unusually furious and would want to stab the sharp operation knife into the heart of the patient.

  Mu Qing knew that before Zhao Anan was found, he would probably not be able to touch the operation knife any more.

  He just couldn’t imagine the scene when Zhao Anan was bearing enormous pain somewhere in the world when he was fixing a patient. Maybe her blood was shed, maybe she was at the edge of despair.

  Mu Qing was thronged with hatred in the beginning.

  He wanted to teach her a good lesson when she was found.

  But he stopped thinking like that anymore. As long as Zhao Anan could return safely and didn’t leave again, Mu Qing would forgive her without hesitation.

  What he hoped was that she could return safe and really soon.

  Mu Qing firmly believed that he could find her. It was time to go to the UK.

  According to Jing Yichen’s report about Yang Muyan, she should not have done anything to Zhao Anan. She had been too busy dealing with the bomb which Jing Yichen tossed her way to care about anything else.

  Also, no one knew that Mu Qing had actually visited Yang Muyan.

  He had been desperate to know about Zhao Anan, so he straightforwardly asked Yang Muyan if she had captured Zhao Anan.

  Yang Muyan denied it.

  Mu Qing had held Yang Muyan’s hands when he was asking her the question. Yang Muyan looked quite cheerful because Mu Qing was willing to touch her.

  But Mu Qing only wanted to feel Yang Muyan’s pulse to see if she was lying.

  He was familiar with everything about the human body after being a doctor for so long. But he had also picked up the skill of distinguishing lies from truth from Zheng Jing in recent times.

  Judging from Yang Muyan’s look, the movement of her pupils and pulse, Mu Qing was 90% sure that Yang Muyan was not lying.

  Unless Yang Muyand had gone through extreme training like an agent, she would not have succeeded in lying to Mu Qing.

  Although Mu Qing didn’t know Yang Muyan well, judging from their few interactions she would not bother to lie about what she did.

  Maybe that was what geniuses were like. They never lied about what they had done, instead they were proud about their accomplishments.

  Yang Muyan was stubborn and an extremist, but she had come to hospital last time and told Mu Qing that she was going to marry him bluntly.

  If she had caught Zhao Anan, she would have been straightforward about it.

  As long as Yang Muyan didn’t interfere, Mu Qing was relatively assured.

  Although his heart ached badly, he was not desperate.

  The following day, Mu Qing asked his cousin Mu Tong to take over the Family Mu’s Hospital for the time being.

  Mu Tong had a nickname of “Wooden Barrel”. Just as his name indicated, he was bloated and had a look of a wealthy man.

  He had inherited the traditional medical knowledge of Family Mu and was the firmest protector and promotor of Chinese medicine. Despite him being a famous doctor, he didn’t care much about being healthy.

  He liked meat and never controlled himself while eating. That was why he had gotten so chubby.

  But he was a chubby man with an open mind.

  He knew that his outstanding cousin was out looking for his girl, so he supported him without hesitation.

  “Brother Three, go for it. All of us cousins can take care of the hospital. The hospital would function well, it is our responsibility, too! Don’t worry, when you and sister-in-law return, I will give the hospital back to you, intact.”

  Mu Qing gave a big hug to his cousin and then went on the journey towards the UK, looking for the woman who lived in his heart.

  Before he boarded the plane, Mu Wensheng called Mu Qing and bellowed at him, forbidding Mu Tong to take over the hospital and ordering him to return immediately.

  Mu Qing was feeling rather guilty. He had been dreaming about inheriting grandpa’s skills and becoming a doctor who exceeded his grandpa.

  But before that he needed to do this.

  He knew that both grandpa and the hospital would always be there in one year, two years, five years or ten years, but his Anan was nowhere.

  He was going to get her back and never let her leave his side again.

  Chapter 452: The Deputy President of Family Ji’s Enterprise (Part One)

  In a small sized villa in the UK, Ji Bo was lying in bed with a pale face. His face turned whiter when he caught sight of the ironic expression in the woman’s eyes, standing in front of him.

  “I knew that you still have feelings for that woman.”

  Yang Muyan looked down at Ji Bo from a commanding view and teased Ji Bo in her hoarse voice. “She is married and pregnant. I never expected that you would have such a different taste!”

  Ji Bo burst out instantly. “Shut up!”

  “Turning against me so fast?” Yang Muyan said softly as a patch of coldness hovered over her face. “Why didn’t you say so when you called me and asked me for help. Now you are alive and strong enough, you dare to shout at me?”

  Rage disappeared from his face when Ji Bo heard her words. He calmed down, gradually.

  Seeing him wither, Yang Muyan continued coldly, “You owe me your life and from now on, you have no standing to bargain with me. Do as I tell you to and if you don’t, return the life plus interest back to me.”

  She sounded so conceited, almost as if she didn’t regard Ji Bo as a human being. The proud and arrogant Ji Bo had never been humiliated in this way.

  It was this woman who continuously stomped on his self-esteem.

  There was a time when this woman had bent down on her knees and asked him to take her in and collaborate with him.

  At that time, Family Yang had just been destroyed. Yang Muyan, who had escaped from the bombing, was weak and hideous.

  Ji Bo agreed to take her in and collaborate with her because he had laid his eyes upon the resources she had in her hands. Her hatred towards Family Jing had also been a plus. But whatever the motivation, he had spared Yang Muyan’s life.

  But as Yang Muyan grew rapidly, she became over confident and conceited, showing off her originally twisted reality.

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  At this moment, she regarded him as a slave and talked with him, the deputy president of Family Ji’s Enterprise, and the Master of Family Ji, in such an arrogant way!

  But the strange thing was that Ji Bo found himself lacking any rage. No one except for Jing Yichen could annoy him or make him lose control.

  Or maybe it was because he didn’t think that Yang Muyan could show up in public, yet!

  She was just a scary woman. She would never be able to win the respect of Ji Bo.

  Jing Yichen was not a good man, either. He was a murderer. But he was a man with principles and responsibilities and most of the time, he was forthright.

  With his face in the shadow, Ji Bo spoke with determination.

  “Yang Muyan, don’t think too highly of yourself. You can’t afford my life. Family Jing is at the top, followed by Family Ji. Your family comes much after that. Family Ji is not as simple as you think. You better collaborate with me instead of thinking about controlling me. It is never going to happen.”

  A touch of fierceness flashed across Yang Muyan’s eyes. She could sense the determination in Ji Bo’s tone, so she had no choice but to press down the desire of manipulation inside her heart right now.

  It was okay. She didn’t need to hurry. Sooner or later, Ji Bo would obey her!

  The most important mission at the moment was to crush Family Jing. She was going to exterminate all of Family Jing’s wings, in case some faithful followers took revenge from her, later. For that, she needed Ji Bo and Family Ji’s help during the period.

  She was an extremely smart woman who was good at finding others’ weaknesses.

  “I saved your life and you are not only ungrateful but also threatening me. Aren’t you worried that I will not save you next time? You are still thinking about someone else’s wife. You would rather lose your own life for her sake. Had it not been for her, your life would not have been mine.”

  Yang Muyan had buried her truest meaning between the lines by saying such an obscure sentence. She was waiting for Ji Bo to get hooked.

  Ji Bo was not as good as Yang Muyan when it came to conspiracies. Also, he didn’t care about what Yang Muyan truly wanted.

  He was in the same boat as Yang Muyan and only by combining their forces would they be able to beat Jing Yichen.

  Most importantly, he didn’t want Yang Muyan to touch Shangguan Ning.

  “No, you are wrong. I am alive because of her!” Ji Bo sounded poised. It was hard to tell if he was cheerful or displeased. He was now getting good at hiding his emotions.

  “If it had not been her, I would have lost my life.”

  Yang Muyan had no idea what happened exactly back then. But Ji Bo did.

  If Shangguan Ning had not cried out, the bullet would definitely have hit his heart and he would have died right away.

  Shangguan Rouxue was the case in point here.

  Jing Yichen was so skilled at shooting that he could hit a target accurately even if he was hundreds of meters away from it.

  It was said that when Jing Yichen was going through the training at the royal military school, he established many records which hadn’t been broken till date. He was a natural born shooter.

  Jing Yichen couldn’t have possibly mishit the target which meant that he spared his life.

  And that was because Shangguan Ning cried out and asked him not to shoot.

  But the reason why Shangguan Ning defended him was because he had protected her.

  If he had treated her like Shangguan Rouxue did, Jing Yichen would have sent him to death, no matter what.

  “Ha, so, Shangguan Ning is your savior, now? Then all my efforts have been in vain. If I had known what you were thinking, I would not have brought you here for treatment. I should have let you bleed to death!”

  “You are different from her. She saved me but wanted nothing from me. You saved me because you want everything. You will lose the support if I die and it will be bad for your vengeance.”

  Yang Muyan smirked. She was satisfied.

  Just as she had expected, Ji Bo truly had deep fondness for Shangguan Ning.

  She had wasted too much time talking with him about these useless things. Luckily, she had got what she needed and was not going to discuss anything more.

  After getting what she needed, she turned around and started to walk outwards.

  As she reached the door, she suddenly turned her head. “Oh, I almost forgot to give you a piece of good news. I have got Jing Yiran to work at Family Ji’s Enterprise. He has been given the position of Deputy President!”


  Chapter 453: The Deputy President of Family Ji’s Enterprise (Part Two)

  Ji Bo burst out as he looked at Yang Muyan in disbelief. “What did you say?!”

  Yang Muyan repeated in an unexpectedly patient tone. “Jing Yiran is now the Deputy President of your Family Ji’s Enterprise, and he will share the same position as you.”

  Seeing Ji Bo’s face getting paler, she got extremely cheerful. Leaning against the door, she scooped out a small mirror and checked the reflection of her increasingly beautiful face as she stimulated Ji Bo in a nonchalant tone.

  “As for the position of President…… Well, you have not been so satisfying recently, so Ji Minjue will stay there for now. I will pull him down when you satisfy me. I have endless dirt about him in my hands and any of it coming out would kill him. So, think about it. I am going back to A City. It is getting very interesting there!”

  Ji Bo was still in shock when Yang Muyan disappeared.

  How could she make Jing Yiran the Deputy President of Family Ji’s Enterprise?!

  They had made a deal when they were exchanging 20% shares of each of their families that they shall not take advantage of each other during the vulnerable time.

  Ji Bo could attack Family Jing, but the properties of Family Jing shall be handed over to Jing Yiran whilst Jing Yiran shall not interfere with the normal functioning of Family Ji with the shares of Family Ji.

  Ji Bo didn’t trust Jing Yiran who had turned his back against his own family. He would definitely have bad ideas for other families too!

  He didn’t want to get Family Ji overturned before he brought down Family Jing!

  He needed to get back home immediately.

  He needed to get the position of President.

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  Yang Muyan had dirt on Ji Minjue but so did Ji Bo. He had not done anything till now thinking of the family’s reputation.

  But the most crucial moment had arrived and he wouldn’t hold back anymore. ……

  In a meeting room on the top floor of Jingsheng Enterprise in A City, there was a group of men dressed in suits. While everyone was wearing a black suit with a striped white shirt and a grey tie, the leading man was dressed in a conspicuous sapphire suit with a peach

  shirt and no tie.

  When Jing Yichen opened the door of the meeting room with Shangguan Ning and two other deputy presidents of the Enterprise, they all got slightly startled by looking at their opposite team.

  The leading man stood up elegantly, followed by the group of men, next to him.

  He extended his hand towards Jing Yichen. “President Jing, nice to meet you. I am Jing Yiran, the Deputy President of Family Ji’s Enterprise. I will be the person responsible for the large scale real estate program to be developed between us. Happy collaboration!”

  Anyone who had collaborated with Jing Yichen previously, knew that he never shook hands with anyone, be it a man or a woman.

  Therefore, the top managers of Family Ji’s Enterprise got very nervous.

  Sure enough, Jing Yichen showed no signs of wanting to shake his hands.

  The atmosphere instantly turned freezing, but soon the dead silence dispersed, as if it had been a delusion of everyone present.

  Jing Yichen just threw a cold glance at Jing Yiran and said arrogantly, “So your family name is Jing? Change it. It is not a name that anyone can use. Otherwise, the collaboration would not be fruitful. I am not a mild tempered person and people can get hurt or die if they upset me. I was wondering if Ji Bo is dead and he sent an outsider to the negotiations. I didn’t think that my bullet would kill him!”

  “I am sorry, Jing is my father’s name and I can’t change it. I can’t change my father, right. Otherwise, can you ask him to change his name, too? As for the Ji Bo you talk about, he is on a honeymoon trip. He is newly wedded and it is quite normal that he prefers his woman over his enterprise. Same goes for President Jing, right? Deputy President Shangguan?”

  The brothers were treating each other in such a bitter way as if they were each other’s worst enemy.

  Their words were so sharp and it felt that they wanted to rip the other one apart.

  Standing next to Jing Yichen, Shangguan Ning looked up at him indifferently and said calmly, “That’s true. Both President Jing and President Ji love women, unlike someone who has turned himself into half man and half woman and can never be with any man or a woman.”

  Rumour was rampant across the city that the Second Master of Family Jing had become incapable in sexual activities because of over indulgence and that even Doctor Mu Qing, the successor of the legendary doctor, and director of Family Mu’s Hospital, had failed to cure him. So now, he couldn’t have fun with women any more.

  As a matter of fact, when Jing Yiran became the Deputy Director of Family Ji’s Enterprise, the entire enterprise was shocked.

  Jing Yiran was a famous figure as the second master of Family Jing.

  Although he behaved ridiculously, everyone knew that he was lethal and cruel. Anyone who once irritated him could not remain untouched. Also, he had been removed by Family Jing, but he was still their blood. Family Ji’s Enterprise belonged to Family Ji and a Jing should never be allowed to be the leader.

  That was indeed a huge humiliation!

  Most of the top staff of Family Ji’s Enterprise were part of Family Ji and all carried the family name of Ji. They might not be immediate family members, but they were more or less related. They would never allow Jing Yiran to interfere as a director!

  Many people in Jingsheng thought that Jing Yiran had been promoted by Ji Minjue. He had not only given him the 20% shares but also allowed him to take the position as a deputy president. He was even asked to take charge of the real estate department and e-commerce department, which were the two departments that brought in the biggest revenue.

  Since everyone was certain that Jing Yiran was Jing Zhongxiu’s son and once a member of the family, they had at least stopped doubting that Jing Yiran might be a love child of Ji Minjue.

  There must have been something weird going on, when Jing Yiran got the 20% shares, a gift that was even bigger than what was given to his own son and daughter. Ji Ling and Ji Jiameng had got only 15% shares each from Ji Minjue respectively.

  Now, President Ji Minjue was simply a puppet at Family Ji’s Enterprise. Without the shares, he had no power or followers.

  As for Jing Yiran, he had instantly become the second biggest shareholder of Family Ji’s Enterprise and held the second biggest shares next to Ji Bo, the heir of Family Ji, the man who had gone through so much cultivation for many years.

  But everyone was thinking that Family Ji’s Enterprise was going to be taken over by Family Jing, so almost all the top managers of Family Ji’s Enterprise were attending this negotiation between Jing Yichen and Jing Yiran.

  They wanted to see if Jing Yiran was truly becoming part of Family Ji and if he could bring in profits for the company.

  They were all worried that Jing Yiran had been removed from Family Jing and he joined Family Ji as part of a conspiracy hatched by Jing Zhongxiu and Jing Yichen.

  Chapter 454: The Deputy President of Family Ji’s Enterprise (Part Three)

  However, judging from the tension between these two brothers, it seemed that Jing Yiran had truly broken ties with Family Jing.

  But how was Shangguan Ning, this newly appointed Deputy President, involved when he had broken with Family Jing?

  Judging from what she said, it seemed that the Deputy President Shangguan had a hidden angst with Jing Yiran?

  It seemed that Shangguan Ning was promoted at a rocket speed. Could it have been because of her beautiful looks that fascinated Jing Yichen, that she got promoted to such a high position?

  Or maybe it was because Jing Yiran had some feelings for Deputy President Shangguan and was sour about not being able to get her?

  There was also a woman Deputy President at Family Ji’s Enterprise. She was in her 40s and she had taken good care of herself. But she was not a match against a woman like Shangguan Ning.

  She stood there and emitted an attractive charisma. She was friendly yet difficult to approach.

  She looked beautiful, and ethical. But she spoke in such an unfriendly way and added fuel to the flame. It seemed that she was not afraid of Jing Yiran at all.

  It was well known that Jing Yiran used to be the lord of many women’s hearts in A City. Any woman he had ever laid eyes upon, be it married or single, would be his toy for some time.

  He would never let go of any beautiful girl with unique charisma.

  Therefore, it was normal for the audience to deduce that Jing Yiran had fallen for Shangguan Ning.

  However, after what Shangguan Ning said, Jing Yiran turned extremely twisted.

  His resplendent face had gone red showing that he was quite annoyed.

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  Family Ji’s Enterprise’s deputy president lost his face in front of everyone at that moment. But other two deputy presidents of Jingsheng Enterprise smiled slightly. They were quite surprised to hear Shangguan Ning talk in such a rude way. She had been known as someone gentle and friendly who never embarrassed anyone.

  It seemed that Shangguan Ning was furious about Jing Yiran’s attack upon Jing Yichen.

  The top managers of Family Ji’s Enterprise had no idea who Shangguan Ning was, but all the top managers of Family Jingsheng knew the truth. They had been the guests at Jing Yichen’s wedding in the UK.

  “It seems that Jingsheng has been treating the guests badly. I don’t think that our collaboration will work out. You are not sincere enough. Are you looking down upon us?”

  All the top managers glanced at Jing Yichen all of a sudden.

  Jing Yichen threw a glance at the representatives of Family Ji’s Enterprise and said, “It seems that there is a lack of talent at Family Ji’s Enterprise and hence unqualified people have been sent to deal with Jingsheng. Please go back. I don’t collaborate with unprofessional people!”

  Jing Yichen led the way out, followed by Shangguan Ning and the other two deputy presidents.

  Within a few seconds, only the group of people from Family Ji’s Enterprise were left in the meeting room, transfixed and dumbfounded.

  Soon, they turned to Jing Yiran with a furious look. Had it not been for him, today’s meeting would have witnessed a huge leap even if the deal was not finalised. After all, the representatives attending the meeting were people who came to do meaningful work despite a tight schedule. It was not a wise choice to have wasted their time.

  Someone from Family Ji’s Enterprise stepped up and complained.

  “Deputy President Jing, this was the negotiation meeting of the first project under your leadership. But we were dumped before it even started. Who would be responsible for the losses?”

  “Deputy President Jing, are you helping us or ruining us? We have thousands of people to feed and without any business affairs, we would not be able to give out bonuses and would need to fire people.”

  “Did you purposefully irritate Jingsheng? Or maybe you are just putting on a show for us with Master Jing, so that we will lose our business deals and help Jingsheng to consume us all?” ……

  Within one second, people kept coming up with different versions.

  Jing Yiran struck the table hard and the voices quieted down.

  He stood with his back straight and turned to the top managers of Family Ji’s Enterprise as he showed a sinister and cold smile. “Anyone who doesn’t like me, can leave. Feel free to hand over your resignation. I am not only a deputy president but also the second biggest shareholder of the company with 20% shares. I will do the negotiation in any way I want, got any problem with that?”

  Seeing that no one spoke a word, Jing Yiran smirked. “Any complaint would be useless, because you have no authority. Haha, what a pity, you have no right to say anything. Disobey me, and you will leave the company with the little salary you have. Don’t stand here in my way, go home now, you group of morons!”

  All the top managers of Family Ji’s Enterprise got extremely annoyed by what Jing Yiran said.

  They were all senior staff of the company and although they did not have many shares of the company, they still had a few percent. They were all respected by Ji Bo and Ji Minjue and had never been scolded by anyone in this way.

  They all got annoyed and left one after another.

  The rumor that the Second Master of Family Jing was conceited had turned out to be true.

  How could anyone like this become the deputy president of the company and get so many shares?

  When they left the building of Jingsheng, they decided to drive directly to Ji Minjue’s home.

  They decided to jointly sign a protest letter to fire Jing Yiran!

  But Jing Yiran didn’t care what other people thought. He was here not to talk about any negotiation. He had no idea how real estate business worked. He was here only to show off!

  He didn’t care how Family Ji’s Enterprise would be developed. It would be best if both Jingsheng and Family Ji’s Enterprise could get affected at the same time as long as he would be the one who benefited from the battle.

  He didn’t care if the stock price of the two families dropped. He would be extremely glad if both the families collapsed.

  Jing Yiran had always been a loyal follower of winning a battle with large casualties of his own army. Even when he had been injured badly by Jing Yichen in the past, he would feel that he was winning the game as long as Jing Yichen could be pissed off.

  He shared this trait with Yang Muyan. That was why they had come to an agreement with her.

  Yang Muyan didn’t give a damn about the life and death of both these enterprises, either. She would be delighted if both of them fell!

  Jing Yiran tidied up his neat sapphire suit, opened the door of the meeting room and walked out.

  Right then, a little girl came towards him with a large, unopened lollipop in her hand.