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Chapter 191 Without Auntie Wang, This Family Would Fall Apart The manager was very angry, “Meng Li, this is all your fault. Now the entire restaurant is going to suffer because of you!”
Meng Li stood up from the ground, as if she hadn’t heard his words, ignoring him completely and heading straight out.
She had achieved her goal of working as a waitress in this restaurant and had left a strong impression on Sheng Tingyuan. There was no need to stay here any longer; the manager no longer had any value to her.
The manager hadn’t expected her to change her tune so quickly. Just a few days ago, she was groveling and trying to please him, even giving him gifts, begging him to keep her on, to not fire her. Now, she wouldn’t even listen to him!
He regretted it so much that his guts turned green; he shouldn’t have been greedy for a little benefit. He had recruited a wolf in sheep’s clothing, offended Sheng Tingyuan. The boss would probably not let him off lightly.
When Sheng Tingyuan said their restaurant deserved to go bankrupt, he probably wasn’t just saying it. The manager was in big trouble.
Meanwhile, Ye Chuyi got into the car with Sheng Tingyuan and they went home.
As soon as she entered the house, Ye Chuyi saw Auntie Wang had returned and was busy in the kitchen.
She couldn’t help but look towards Sheng Tingyuan, “Did you ask Auntie Wang to come back?”
Sheng Tingyuan nodded, “Seeing that you hardly ate anything at the restaurant, I asked Auntie Wang to come back. She’ll leave after cooking, and from now on she’ll only be responsible for cooking and cleaning, not living with us.”
Ye Chuyi hadn’t expected him to be so thoughtful. While she was having a ‘paranoid delusion’ at the restaurant, suspecting that food and water were being drugged, he was busy calling Auntie Wang back to cook.
“Thank you.”
Sheng Tingyuan nodded towards her, “I’m glad today’s incident didn’t affect you. I’m going to take a shower and change clothes.”
His clothes were all splattered with soup; it must have been tough for him to last until now.
Watching him go upstairs, Ye Chuyi turned and ran into the kitchen, “Auntie Wang, what delicious food have you made?”
Auntie Wang had been scolded by Sheng Tingyuan today and then directly sent away. She thought Ye Chuyi would also be angry, but hearing her cheerfully call her warmed her heart. She quickly passed the freshly fried meatballs to her.
“Madam, I saw you liked these before, so I made some more. I also cooked pumpkin porridge and stir-fried garlic shoots with celery, mixed chicken with tremella and greens, and prepared sour and spicy shredded radish. Would you like to eat?”
“I want to eat, all of it!”
Ye Chuyi couldn’t care less about the heat; she grabbed a freshly fried meatball and stuffed it into her mouth. While sucking in air to cool it, she said contentedly, “This is delicious, crispy on the outside, tender on the inside, so fragrant! Auntie Wang, your cooking is amazing!”
Auntie Wang smiled, and after a while, she said with some guilt, “Madam, I’m sorry, about the honey water last night, I…”
Ye Chuyi glared at her reproachfully, “How much I trusted you, Auntie Wang, and yet you drugged me! There’s no poison in today’s meatballs, right? If there is, I’ll force you to eat a whole plate!”
From her tone, Auntie Wang knew she wasn’t being blamed. She quickly said, “No, no, I wouldn’t dare now. Never again, Madam can eat with peace of mind!”
Ye Chuyi laughed, “That’s good.”noveldrama
She took the meatballs to the dining room, and Auntie Wang served her porridge and placed the other dishes.
Eating by herself with gusto, she forgot all about Meng Li, Sheng Tingyuan – she thought that Auntie Wang was the most important person in this house!
Without Auntie Wang, the home would fall apart!
If she were to divorce in the future, she wouldn’t want anything else, just Auntie Wang!
Midway through her meal, Sheng Tingyuan arrived.
He had taken a shower and changed into fresh clothes, his hair slightly damp, and his face somehow looked even more handsome.
Ye Chuyi felt that maybe because she was enjoying her food, her mood improved, and even Sheng Tingyuan seemed more pleasant to look at.
While she ate her meatballs, she observed Sheng Tingyuan and saw that he didn’t seem to react much. She couldn’t help but wonder, could it be that Meng Li hadn’t drugged the food this time? Was she overthinking?
Seeing that she enjoyed her food, Sheng Tingyuan grabbed a meatball from her and put it in his mouth, “What are you looking at me for? Is there something wrong?”
Ye Chuyi shouted, “Auntie Wang, Sheng Tingyuan is stealing my meatballs! Fry some more for me!”
Chapter 192: Like Her Auntie Wang responded cheerily, “Alright, Young Madam.”
Sheng Tingyuan looked at her helplessly, “I only ate one of yours.”
“I had only three left!”
Ye Chuyi stuffed the remaining two into her mouth, and after finally managing to swallow them, she asked Sheng Tingyuan, “Don’t you feel anything unusual?”
Sheng Tingyuan raised his eyebrows slightly, “What kind of unusual?”
“Don’t you feel uncomfortable?”
“Why would I feel uncomfortable?”noveldrama
“No stomach ache?”
“None.”
“No pain anywhere else?”
“What are you trying to say?”
“Nothing, I just saw you got bumped in the restaurant and wanted to make sure you weren’t hurt.”
Ye Chuyi stood up, picked up the plate, and went back to the kitchen. In a moment, she brought out another plate of meatballs.
They were freshly made, crisp and fragrant; Ye Chuyi wished she could take Auntie Wang to work in the hospital cafeteria, so the food would be delicious.
She couldn’t help but ask Sheng Tingyuan, “How much is Auntie Wang’s monthly salary?”
Sheng Tingyuan looked at her, slightly amused, “What are you going to do, poach Auntie Wang?”
“Hmm, that was indeed my intention.”
“My mother pays her a salary of twenty thousand a month, with a bonus on top; but she has been with my mother for nearly thirty years, fiercely loyal. You probably won’t be able to poach her.”
“Hmm, just asking.”
Ye Chuyi, finally satisfied with food and drink, felt comfortable. Her eyes and brows relaxed, “I’m going upstairs.”
“Mm.”
Sheng Tingyuan watched her leave, slightly lost in thought.
Her wanting to poach Auntie Wang showed that she didn’t plan on staying in the Sheng Family forever.
Night deepened.
Auntie Wang brought out another plate of fried meatballs, then tidied up the kitchen and left.
One of his men came in and whispered, “Young Master Ting, Meng Li’s background has been checked.”
Sheng Tingyuan picked up one of Ye Chuyi’s favorite meatballs, tasting it as he said, “Speak.”
“Her family is indeed in some difficulties, and her mother is seriously ill and bedridden; the relationship between mother and daughter is not good. She herself has opened a small pharmacy, but due to poor management, it’s making a slight loss. She seems to have a good heart, and these past two days, she has even delivered medicine to the elderly and children for free.”
“Does she have any friends?”
“Yes, she doesn’t have many friends, and almost all of them are daughters from wealthy families. She has been bullied and suppressed by those young masters and misses, but she still tries to ingratiate herself with them because if she doesn’t, she would suffer even more severe bullying and retaliation.”
“How did she get the scar on her face?”
“No one knows how she got that scar, but her friends all say it must have been from her mother hitting her when she was a child. She is an illegitimate daughter; her father abandoned their mother and daughter, and her mother feels that her life was ruined because of her, so she often beats and scolds her.”
Sheng Tingyuan was silent for a moment, then said indifferently, “Quite similar.”
The underling didn’t dare to speak; he knew what ‘quite similar’ the Young Master was referring to—it was that Meng Li resembled the girl Young Master had been looking for all along.
Just when he thought the Young Master might take care of Meng Li, he heard him say, “That restaurant where I went with the Young Madam tonight, make it go out of business quickly, and that Meng Li shouldn’t appear in any restaurant again. Spread the word, say that a waitress offended me, lost her job, and the restaurant went down with her.”
It was a warning to others, to prevent more women from causing trouble and setting their sights on him.
The underling was somewhat surprised by his order, but he didn’t dare to ask more and left after responding.
Sheng Tingyuan washed his hands and went upstairs, entering the master bedroom only to find Ye Chuyi’s figure absent.
He turned and went to the room next door, only to discover upon trying the door that she had locked it from the inside.
Sheng Tingyuan stood outside the door, unsure whether to be angry or to laugh. In his own house, she was guarding against him to the extent that she wouldn’t even let him through the door.
He shook his head and went back to the master bedroom.
The next day, Ye Chuyi woke up full of energy. After breakfast, she took a different path from Sheng Tingyuan and drove her second-hand car to the hospital.
She didn’t go to her office but first sought out a colleague from the laboratory department she was acquainted with. She took out a transparent bag containing a slightly damp tissue, “Doctor Zhen, could you help me analyze what drug components are in this?”
Chapter 193: Appearing in the Form of Prey Doctor Zhen took the bag and gave her the OK sign: “No problem, Doctor Anxin! Speaking of which, my heart has been feeling uncomfortable lately, and sometimes I can barely breathe. Can you take a look at it for me?”
Ye Chuyi specialized in oncology, and Doctor Zhen’s symptoms were clearly more suitable for cardiology, but Ye Chuyi still replied with a smile: “No problem. Remember to get an X-ray first, and I’ll help you check it after that.”
Doctor Zhen was very happy and hurriedly said: “Thank you, Doctor Anxin!”
“You’re welcome, it’s what I should do.”
She had asked others for a favor, so naturally, she should help them in return. They trusted her, which was why they wanted her to look after them.
At noon, Doctor Zhen came to Ye Chuyi with her own X-rays: “Doctor Anxin, the results of the test you gave me are out!”
“What’s in it?”
“The main components are magnesium sulfate and sodium sulfate.”
Ye Chuyi understood immediately, these were the principal components of laxatives.
It seemed she hadn’t wronged Meng Li; she really had reused her old trick and drugged her again.
Last night, she hadn’t drunk the tea with goji berries and red dates, but she deliberately spilled a little, then used a tissue to absorb the spill and tucked it into her pocket, bringing it to the hospital today for testing.
Meng Li didn’t put drugs in the food because she knew Sheng Tingyuan would eat it.
She drugged the tea with goji berries and red dates because she also knew Sheng Tingyuan wouldn’t drink it. Meng Li even understood Sheng Tingyuan’s preferences better than she did as his wife, knowing that he loved to drink Longjing Tea.
With such thorough homework done, was it just to humiliate her in front of Sheng Tingyuan by drugging her?
Next, she checked Doctor Zhen’s X-rays and confirmed confidently that she was fine, her heart was healthy. The recent discomfort was likely due to her excessive drinking of black coffee. Quitting coffee would solve the problem.
After Doctor Zhen left, the easy smile on Ye Chuyi’s face vanished.noveldrama
She hadn’t yet exacted revenge for being drugged during the college entrance exams, and now Meng Li had come to harm her again. Perfect, she would settle the new grievances along with the old ones!
She picked up her phone and made a call: “Ivy, it’s late, no time for sleep, get to work.”
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In the evening, Ivy called Ye Chuyi back: “Boss, I’ve found out. Meng Li sat in a café opposite the Shengshi Group building all day today. Now, President Sheng has left work, and Meng Li has stopped him.”
“Oh? She stopped Sheng Tingyuan? What did she have to say?”
“She’s been crying nonstop, like willows weighed down with rain, continuously apologizing. And now, she’s kneeling down before President Sheng begging him to let her go.”
“And then?”
“President Sheng seems very impatient and had his bodyguards pull her away. He’s gotten into his car.”
Ye Chuyi was puzzled, as Sheng Tingyuan previously seemed to have been very tolerant of Meng Li. It had taken three collisions before he lost his temper, so why was he impatient now? Meng Li’s kneeling and begging didn’t seem to matter.
Shortly after, Ivy updated her in real-time: “Boss, President Sheng has left.”
Ye Chuyi perked up, stood up, and cleared her throat: “Good, now it’s my turn to enter the stage. Make sure you keep her there, I want to avenge myself!”
“No problem, boss.”
Ye Chuyi hung up the phone, picked up her bag, and was about to leave when her phone rang again.
She looked down to see, and it was Meng Li calling.
Ye Chuyi suddenly smiled. She wanted to settle things with Meng Li, and Meng Li wasn’t planning to let her off either. Having just failed to stop Sheng Tingyuan, she immediately turned her attention to her.
She answered the call. “What’s up?”
“Chuyi, do you have time? I’d like to invite you for a cup of coffee, and also, I want to apologize to you. I’ve owed you an apology for years, please don’t reject me this time, okay?”
“Where are you?”
“I’m in a café.”
Meng Li then gave the address: “You have to come, okay? I’ll wait for you. It’s a date.”
Ye Chuyi silently laughed.
When the hunter was baiting their prey, how could they know that the prey had been lying in wait for a long time already?
A high-end hunter often appears in the guise of the prey.
She hung up and went out the door.
Soon, she drove to the café opposite the Shengshi Group building, and there she was, sitting by a window—her target for revenge, Meng Li.
Chapter 194 I Am Not His Lover Ye Chuyi’s lips curled into a hint of mockery, and then, she walked leisurely into the café and came up beside Meng Li.
She spoke flatly, “Meng Li, I’m here.”
Meng Li was in a foul mood because Sheng Tingyuan hadn’t followed the script, causing her plan for the evening to fall apart, but the moment she heard Ye Chuyi’s voice, her head snapped up, and a smile spread across her face.
“Chuyi, you really came! I thought you were mad at me and wouldn’t want to see me. Have a seat, what would you like to drink? It’s on me.”
Ye Chuyi obligingly took a seat opposite her, “I like wolfberry and red date tea, as you know. I just don’t know if this coffee shop has it.”
“They have it, of course they do. I’ll go find the waiter to make it for you. Just wait for me a moment.”
“Okay, thank you.”
“Oh, don’t be so formal with me.”
Meng Li said, rising from her seat to approach the bar and instruct the waiter.
A little while later, she came back.
Shortly after, the waiter brought over a cup of wolfberry and red date tea, placing it in front of Ye Chuyi, “Please enjoy.”
Ye Chuyi thanked the waiter politely, “Thank you.”
Meng Li gave her a smile, “Chuyi, you still love to drink this. Last night… I saw President Sheng order this too. He must’ve ordered it for you, right?”
Ye Chuyi looked at her in surprise, “Last night? No, that was for himself. I didn’t have a sip; he drank it all by himself!”
Meng Li nearly jumped up at this, “What did you say?!”
Ye Chuyi seemed startled by her reaction, pausing mid-sip, “What’s with the sudden outburst? Is there a problem with him drinking wolfberry and red date tea?”
“No, no problem at all.”
Meng Li clenched her fists, incredulous, “The wolfberry and red date tea from last night… President Sheng drank it all? You didn’t have any?”
“Not a drop. Why would I lie to you? If you don’t believe me, you can ask Sheng Tingyuan yourself.”
Meng Li’s complexion turned exceedingly ugly.
Where would she have the nerve to ask Sheng Tingyuan now? No wonder his attitude towards her had been so atrocious today; he hadn’t spared her a glance despite her pleading. The problem had emerged last night!
He must suspect her of tampering with the drink.
What a case of trying to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice!
After a good while, she forced out in a dry tone, “President Sheng still likes to drink that? I thought he only enjoyed Longjing Tea. I never heard him mention liking sweet drinks.”
Ye Chuyi nodded naturally, “He didn’t use to like sweet things, but he’s taken a liking to them after learning from me recently.”
“Is that so?”
Meng Li no longer felt the laughter come easily; she thought Ye Chuyi was flaunting this fact blatantly! She was doing it on purpose!
Damn it, last night she didn’t end up embarrassing herself; instead, Sheng Tingyuan was affected!
Ye Chuyi watched her eyes intently, asking on purpose, “What’s wrong with you? Your eyes are red. Have you been crying? Did something happen?”
Meng Li turned her face away, pretending to wipe the corner of her eye, then said with a choked voice, “My mom’s in bad shape; she needs money for surgery, but I don’t have any. And because I offended President Sheng yesterday, I’ve lost my job too.”
“Really? I wouldn’t have thought you’d raise money for your mom’s surgery, given she’s never been kind to you, always either beating you or scolding you. I thought you wouldn’t care about her, but it turns out you’re so filial.”
“After all, she’s my mom. I can’t just ignore whether she lives or dies, right? Chuyi, please help me. I saw you having dinner with President Sheng yesterday; you must have a special relationship with him. Could you introduce me? I want to apologize properly and ask him to let me off the hook.”
“He doesn’t like strangers getting close to him, and I really don’t have the ability to introduce you.”
Meng Li sounded a bit sour, “If you don’t have the ability to introduce me, then who does?”
“I truly don’t have that ability. There’s nothing I can do if you don’t believe me.”
“Stop making excuses. I know you’re Sheng Tingyuan’s secret lover. Nianyou told me all about it. She said President Sheng treats you very well, spending lots of money on you.”
“I’m not Sheng Tingyuan’s secret lover, and on that point, Nianyou is utterly talking nonsense.”
“Really?”
“Yes, really.”
Chapter 195 Isn’t making money just for moments like these? Meng Li looked incredulous, but she was clear that Ye Chuyi had made up her mind not to introduce her to Sheng Tingyuan.
That was normal, after all, if it were her, she wouldn’t dream of making such an introduction either, let alone mentioning another woman; what if the man was snatched away? It seemed Ye Chuyi was also wary of her.
She didn’t continue her futile efforts. Initially, when she called Ye Chuyi over, she hadn’t held much hope: “Well then, never mind, I’ll think of another way. Ah, your tea is getting cold, you better drink up quickly!”
Ye Chuyi picked up the cup and was just about to drink when she paused.
Meng Li looked at her nervously, “What’s wrong? Why aren’t you drinking?”
Ye Chuyi looked at her and pushed the cup towards her, “Why haven’t you ordered anything? You drink this one, it’s good for health, more beneficial than anything else you could have.”
Meng Li waved her hands hastily, “They have more over there, I will order another cup; you drink this one!”
After she finished speaking, she walked to the bar and ordered another cup of wolfberry and red date tea.
When she came back, she saw that Ye Chuyi had indeed started drinking, Meng Li let out an almost imperceptible sneer, and then began drinking from her own cup.
It seemed Meng Li had completely forgotten that she said she would apologize to Ye Chuyi, and Ye Chuyi herself seemed to have forgotten as well.
Neither of them mentioned it.
After finishing their tea, both found an excuse to leave.
Ye Chuyi got into her car and drove off slowly.
In the rearview mirror, Meng Li was still standing in the same spot, looking at her with a grim expression, as if jealous that she still had a car to drive.
Even an old, second-hand Volkswagen was beyond Meng Li’s means since she was extravagant with money, always trying to show off and pretend to be wealthy. She was already deep in debt, with no money to buy a car or even pay for gas.
Ye Chuyi withdrew her gaze and no longer looked at Meng Li; she drove off to a high-end residential area.
She stopped in front of building number three, carrying her bag, and went up to the seventeenth floor.
The landlord greeted her warmly: “Miss Ye, please come in, we have been expecting you!”
Then, the landlord handed her a contract, “Please have a look, is there anything that needs to be changed?”
Ye Chuyi skimmed through it and took out a pen to sign, “There’s nothing to change, please sign here, and I can have the company transfer the payment to your account right away.”
“Alright, alright, I will sign right now!”
The landlord seemed even more anxious than Ye Chuyi to sign, as if afraid she would change her mind. After all, the apartment wasn’t cheap, and it hadn’t sold for a long time. Now that there was finally a taker, she naturally wanted to make the sale quickly.
The contract was signed, and the payment followed swiftly into the account.noveldrama
Seeing how prompt she was, the landlord was as delighted as could be, “Miss Ye, do you have any other requests? Should I clear out the things in the house? If you want these furnishings and appliances, you can have them all.”
Ye Chuyi smiled at her, “I don’t want anything, I have just one request: vacate the house, don’t leave a single item, begin clearing it out now.”
“Sure, no problem at all!”
The landlord immediately made a call for people to come and move the stuff.
Moments later, seven or eight people arrived.
Watching the belongings being moved out one after the other, Ye Chuyi nodded in satisfaction and then left the building.
The sky had completely darkened, and the beautiful antique lamps in the neighborhood gradually lit up. The cherry trees swayed with the wind, and under the mottled shadows, Ye Chuyi sat in her car, waiting for Meng Li to return.
Her phone screen lit up—the message from Ivy: “Boss, she just came out of the restroom and is heading home.”
Ye Chuyi smiled faintly. It seemed that Meng Li drank the wolfberry and red date tea she had tampered with and was beginning to react. Did she expect retribution to come this quickly?
Meng Li was still the same foolish and malicious person as before, but Ye Chuyi was no longer the simple and naive Ye Chuyi of the past.
Before Ye Chuyi set foot in the coffee shop, she had already had Ivy buy it out, and the staff had been replaced with her own people.
Meng Li, as witlessly as ever, bribed the waitress to spike the drink.
The waitress did indeed add something—but it wasn’t to Ye Chuyi’s cup; it was to Meng Li’s.
Did Meng Li really think she could buy off a waitress with just five hundred yuan?
Ye Chuyi had much more money than her. She’d spent three million on the coffee shop!
However, the money was well spent. She worked diligently, ran her company with all her heart, and earned her money not for anything else but for moments like these, right?
Chapter 196: Make Her Homeless Ye Chuyi waited patiently for a while, and finally, Meng Li came back.
But as she got to the bottom of the building, she discovered that all her belongings had been thrown out!
She screamed in anger, “Who did this?! Who threw out my clothes, my cosmetics?! These are all designer brands, Channel, Gucci, LV! Can you afford to compensate me?”
A brawny man in a tank top came out holding another pile of stuff and casually tossed it onto the ground.
As he turned to go back in for more, Meng Li blocked his way, “So it was you! Thief! You stole my luxury goods, you have to compensate me! Otherwise, I won’t let this go!”
The brawny man looked at her, then at the things on the ground, and said menacingly, “What stuff? Luxury goods? This junk? I wouldn’t take them even if you gave them to me for free, who would steal this trash! Besides, I’m just here to work for pay, helping someone move out. If you want to settle scores, don’t come to me!”
As he spoke, he saw the homeowner coming out and immediately pointed at her, “Talk to her!”
When the homeowner saw Meng Li, she didn’t wait for her to speak and advanced with a threatening presence, grabbing her clothes, “I finally caught you! Meng Li, you dare to come back? Where’s the fridge from my house? The smart speaker, the LCD TV? Did you secretly sell them?”
Meng Li struggled furiously, “No, it wasn’t me, let me go!”
“You still owe me three and a half months’ rent, seven thousand a month, give me twenty-four thousand now! I’ll consider the change as giving to a beggar!”
“You have the nerve to ask for rent? Why are all my things thrown out! You broke my cosmetics, you have to pay for them! My cosmetics are all expensive international brands!”
The homeowner laughed out of anger and shouted, “Your crappy goods are barely worth anything, do you think I can’t tell you bought a bunch of fakes? The fridge you secretly sold was custom-made by me for over fifty thousand! And the speakers and the TV, those are the real international brands. If you don’t pay up today, I’ll see you at the police station!”
Their argument was so loud that it attracted many residents from the neighborhood to watch, and even the property management staff came over.
The homeowner had come to sell the house today and only then did she find out that almost all of her home appliances had been sold by Meng Li. She was so enraged she raised her voice to the bystanders, “Listen up, everyone, I am the owner of Residence 1702 in Building 3. After I rented my house to this woman named Meng Li, she wrecked it beyond recognition and even sold off my home appliances! And she owes three and a half months of rent!”
“Everyone, pass on the word, never rent your house to this kind of person, no morals, no quality, no humanity! You’ll be sickened by her!”
Meng Li was instantly furious, and she screamed, “Nonsense, you’re framing me, I didn’t sell your appliances, those appliances you mentioned were never in the house to begin with!”
“I will definitely pay the rent, what’s your hurry? Acting like you’ve never seen money, always nagging, nagging like you’re after my life!”
“Without my permission, you threw all my stuff out, you’re simply inhuman! I’ve never met a landlord as unreasonable and overbearing as you, who would dare to rent your house in the future? Your property will definitely never be rented out again!”
The homeowner sneered, “My property has already been sold, of course, there’s no need to rent it out anymore! The new owner will move in, so naturally, I had to clear out this pile of rubbish!”
Meng Li was in disbelief, “What?! Your house has already been sold? Who gave you permission to sell it? I’m still living here, by what right do you sell it! Where will I live if you sell it?!”
The homeowner was now thoroughly flabbergasted and cursed angrily, “Are you out of your mind? It’s my own property, and I need your permission to sell it? Who do you think you are, my mother?”noveldrama
“And you’re asking me where you’re going to live, it’s none of my business! You’re always delaying the rent, am I supposed to let you live there for free indefinitely? You think I’m a fool? I’ve really seen it all now, renting a place and having to deal with someone as ridiculous as you!”
In the crowd of onlookers, suddenly someone spoke out, “The owner of 1702, I saw this woman selling your appliances last month. Wasn’t your fridge the light gold Casadi, the four-door one?”
Chapter 197: One’s Own Evil Doing, One Will Have to Live with It The homeowner immediately nodded, “Yes! Casadi, light gold color! That was specially custom-made for my wedding. Sure enough, she stealthily sold it!”
“At that time, I thought she was selling her own refrigerator. I didn’t expect a tenant to secretly sell the landlord’s property. You should check the surveillance footage with the property management. Such behavior cannot be tolerated! By the way, she sold it at night, at around nine o’clock. I had just returned from walking my dog.”
The other homeowners chimed in, “Exactly, we cannot condone this kind of behavior, otherwise we will be the ones getting ripped off in the future!”
“How can someone be so shameless, renting a house and then acting like it’s their own? Even daring to sell the landlord’s appliances!”
“File a police report, Casadi isn’t cheap! This is not what a tenant does, this is outright theft!”
The buzz of discussion rose and fell as everyone condemned Meng Li, including some of the tenants who also cursed her for tarnishing the reputation of the renting community.
Ye Chuyi sat in the car, observing the drama unfolding outside, unwittingly relishing the unexpected bonus that came her way.
She had specifically bought this apartment to make Meng Li homeless. She never expected Meng Li to screw up by secretly selling other people’s appliances.
Under these circumstances, of course, she was going to kick her while she was down.
She called Ivy, “Help me check the surveillance footage from around nine o’clock in the middle of last month… Yes, regarding Meng Li, see if she stole and sold the landlord’s appliances.”
After a while, Ivy said, “I didn’t find anything, the property management’s footage from those days was deleted.”
“Then help property management recover it. Such crucial evidence cannot be lost. They’re being too careless. I’ll be a homeowner in this community too. How can I trust such property management in the future?”
“Don’t worry, boss. I’ll recover the surveillance, and we’ll replace the property management as well.”
“Good, also, while you’re at it, find the buyer of the appliance for the homeowner. That way, the chain of evidence will be completely intact, and the police can solve the case at lightning speed, catching the culprit.”
“Yes, boss!”
After hanging up, Ye Chuyi continued to watch the show.
Meng Li seemed to finally be unable to withstand the public assault. She attempted to flee in a panic but was blocked by the homeowner, “Trying to run? No chance! I’ve already called the police. The evidence is conclusive; you sold my appliances! And you still owe me three and a half months’ rent!”
Meng Li clutched her stomach, her complexion changing as she seemed to endure great pain. Through gritted teeth, she said, “What evidence do you have? You have no proof, you’re just framing me!”
The homeowner immediately looked to the property management staff, “Hurry up and check the surveillance. She’s still being stubborn here, refusing to admit she sold my appliances!”
“Alright, we’ll go check the surveillance right now!”
The property management personnel left, but Meng Li wasn’t afraid; after all, she had already had someone delete the footage. These people couldn’t catch her.
But why was her stomach in so much pain?
Before coming back, she had already visited the restroom once. Suffering from diarrhea, she nearly passed out! Now, she felt the urge to go to the bathroom again, and she could barely hold it!
How could this be?
Meng Li was both shocked and furious. She had clearly instructed the café waiter to add the substance to Ye Chuyi’s drink. So why was she—the one suffering from stomach aches and diarrhea?noveldrama
Could it be that the stupid waiter mixed it up and added it to her cup instead?
Damn it, that was a complete waste of five hundred yuan!
She clutched her stomach, trying to leave again, but the crowd had surrounded her. She couldn’t escape!
Suddenly, she couldn’t control it any longer and with a “pfft” sound, disaster struck.
A vile stench spread.
The crowd of onlookers who had surrounded her were stunned, scarcely believing that they were merely watching the spectacle and ended up under attack by what seemed like biological warfare!
Everyone quickly covered their noses and mouths, retreating in haste.
A child, who had been watching the commotion, suddenly shouted, “Mommy, look, she wet her pants, her pants are all wet! Mommy, why does her pee smell so bad?”
The child’s mother quickly picked him up and backed away, “That’s not peeing her pants, she pooped her pants! You must never do that, it’s disgusting and immoral! You should go to the toilet for number one and two, not just do it anywhere outside!”
Chapter 198: Eight Years Late for Revenge Everyone looked at Meng Li as if she were a monster, hurling various abusive words at her, and even children threw stones at her.
Meng Li knew she had thoroughly humiliated herself this time. She felt that every look she received from the onlookers was like a knife, ruthlessly stabbing her in the face, shattering her internal and external pride, leaving her not a shred of dignity.
She was suffering immense emotional turmoil, and physically, the laxatives were unleashing their unrivaled power, twisting her intestines into knots so painfully that she could hardly stand.
She had intended to prevent Ye Chuyi from accompanying Sheng Tingyuan by giving her a large dose of laxatives this time, but it had backfired horribly on her!
“Puh-puh-puh”!
Again, several embarrassing noises came from her, inciting another wave of curses and mockery.
She never knew laxatives could be so ferocious that she couldn’t control them even if she wanted to.
She could no longer care about decorum, picking up a piece of clothing tossed out by the owner of the house to cover her bottom, and then she made her way outside.
No one dared to stop her this time, all panickedly making way for her, afraid of being contaminated by her.
Ye Chuyi watched Meng Li leave and the crowd gradually disperse before starting her car and slowly driving away.
Meng Li’s current plight was the retribution she deserved.
Eight years ago, when she had drugged Ye Chuyi with laxatives, she should have foreseen this day.
No one knew what Ye Chuyi had gone through during her college entrance exams eight years ago.
With relentless abdominal pain and diarrhea that led her close to collapse, she had almost died in the restroom.
For three days and four nights, she barely ate or drank, seeing black spots while taking her exams, and after telling the proctor four times that she needed to go to the restroom, she was met with strong suspicion and the openly mocking stares of everyone in the examination hall.
She wasn’t like she is now, with a much better psychological resilience. Back then, she felt so humiliated she wished she could crawl into a hole, and for a long time after the exams, she felt so ashamed of the diarrhea that she couldn’t bring herself to speak to others.
Now, she had finally taken her revenge, albeit eight years late.
However, it felt good, a sense of satisfaction washing over her.
The path of revenge seemed like one she could continue down indefinitely. Who should be next?
On her way home, rain began to sprinkle from the sky.
Ye Chuyi looked at the fine rain splattering on the windshield and smiled softly.
She extended her hand out of the window, feeling the cool raindrops.
She really did have good luck on rainy days; today everything had gone exceptionally well.
A sense of freshness washed over her, sweeping away all the filth from before.
Ye Chuyi took a deep breath, feeling refreshed.
Her phone rang on the holder, she glanced at the caller ID, and answered it hands-free without hesitation, “President Sheng.”
Sheng Tingyuan’s deep, pleasant voice came through, “Can you stop calling me President Sheng?”noveldrama
“What’s wrong, isn’t it good?”
“It’s not good.”
“So, you don’t like being called President Sheng, huh? I actually quite like it when people call me President Ye!”
“I thought you’d like to be called Doctor Anxin.”
“Oh, I like that too, but being called President Ye is what I like the most.”
“President Ye, do you have your own company?”
Ye Chuyi replied casually, “Yeah, just a little something my family set up for fun.”
She wasn’t lying about this; Madam Ye had put on a whole act and indeed set up a company for her, which she nominally headed while a full professional team was responsible for the day-to-day operations.
Of course, being called President Ye had nothing to do with the Ye Family’s business.
“President Ye, when will you be coming home? Auntie Wang changed the menu today and made some new dishes; she’s hoping you’ll come and taste them.”
“I’ll be there soon, I’m already on my way home.” Upon hearing about new dishes, Ye Chuyi immediately pressed down on the accelerator, increasing her speed from fifty to seventy miles per hour, which was the maximum speed limit for this road, so she couldn’t go any faster.
“President Ye.”
“Hmm?”
“It’s raining.”
“I know that!”
“Don’t stick your hand out the window to catch the rain; it’s not safe.”
Ye Chuyi was astonished and looked at her hand resting on the car window, unable to resist teasing, “I think you wouldn’t starve if you didn’t inherit Shengshi Group, what with your ability to predict and calculate. You’re really something.”
Chapter 199: The Difficulty of Resisting Sheng Tingyuan Sheng Tingyuan’s voice was indifferent, “Thanks for the compliment, President Ye, although it doesn’t quite sound like you’re praising someone.”
Ye Chuyi couldn’t help but laugh when he kept calling her President Ye.
She indeed liked it when her subordinates called her President Ye, because it gave her a sense of control, a feeling of becoming powerful, but Sheng Tingyuan wasn’t a subordinate, so it sounded odd when he said it.
After listening to her laugh for a bit, Sheng Tingyuan said, “Be careful and head home early.”
“Okay, President Sheng.”
Ye Chuyi ended the call and didn’t reach out of the window anymore. She knew that her habit was bad, but she had never managed to break it.
When she got home, dinner was already laid out on the dining table, steaming and fragrant.
Indeed, all the dishes were new, such as beef with hot green peppers, abalone with jade-green vegetables, spinach and jellyfish rolls, and a golden pigeon soup, among others.
What surprised Ye Chuyi the most was that there were even two opened coconuts on the table.
Sheng Tingyuan inserted a straw and handed her one.
She took it, her expression somewhat complex, “Did you buy these?”
“Mm, I saw you holding one last time, guessed you must like drinking it. I bought two, one before dinner, one after, is that enough? If not, I can buy more.”
“That’s enough, no need to buy more.”
Ye Chuyi sat down holding the coconut and took a sip.
The unique, clean and slightly sweet fragrance of the coconut spread on her taste buds, still the flavor she adored.
She hadn’t expected him to remember such a small detail.
But in fact, she didn’t want Sheng Tingyuan to be so attentive, didn’t want him to be too nice to her.
Because she knew her own weaknesses; having lacked affection in her childhood, she was deficient in these areas, and once someone treated her nicely as an adult, she would easily be touched and then fall right in.
Back then, she had been moved by Qi Yunfan and agreed to be with him because he had been so kind to her. He was attentive, inquired about her well-being every day, supported all her decisions, and didn’t scorn her for being the daughter of a murderer. Moreover, he never asked for anything in return.
No one had ever been that good to her before. She had imagined a beautiful future many times, wanting to marry him and form a loving family.noveldrama
She thought that was love, but now she understood that it wasn’t.
Qi Yunfan didn’t truly like her; he was caring toward everyone, even more devoted and meticulous to Wen Nianyou than to her.
And she didn’t truly like Qi Yunfan either. After breaking up, she only felt a bit sad on the day itself, but afterwards, she felt relieved, without any yearning for him.
She didn’t want to repeat the same mistake.
Because resisting Sheng Tingyuan was much harder than resisting Qi Yunfan. He was the image of her aesthetic, so handsome that one glance would never be forgotten. He was more devoted to her than Qi Yunfan, stronger in every sense, and even his mother was superior to Qi Yunfan’s mother in every way.
Damn, she must stop thinking about it, why did all his positives come to mind?
Ye Chuyi spent the meal distracted, but regardless, she didn’t eat less. It just took longer, because she alternated between eating and daydreaming, which delayed her.
After dinner, she was about to go upstairs, but she heard Sheng Tingyuan say, “How about a walk outside?”
If it were anyone else suggesting a walk in the rain, she would definitely think he was insane.
But Ye Chuyi loved the rain too much, and his suggestion was quite tempting, impossible for her to refuse.
Walking alone in the rain might seem crazy, but together it seemed far more normal.
She abandoned the idea of going upstairs, eyes fixed on the outside, and cheerfully agreed, “Not a bad idea, a walk after dinner is good for health. Let’s go!”
After she spoke, she went straight outside.
She twirled in the rain, happily catching raindrops in her hands, “Ah, it’s so refreshing to feel the rain when the weather gets hot!”
Sheng Tingyuan also stepped out and placed a baseball cap on her head, “Let’s go, President Ye.”
Auntie Wang watched the two of them walk away side by side from the doorway, dumbfounded, “Aren’t they taking an umbrella? The rain doesn’t seem light!”
“That’s not right, the young master usually hates rainy days, doesn’t he? Why would he choose a rainy day to take a walk with the young madam? Is this what young people consider romantic these days?”
“No, I must hurry and make some ginger tea!”
Chapter 200: Just Holding Hands is Not Enough On the other side, Ye Chuyi had already cheerfully stepped out of the villa gate and onto the stone path through the woods.
Sheng Tingyuan followed by her side, his voice deep as he chatted with her, “It’s raining today, did anything lucky happen to you?”
“Yes!”
“What kind of luck?”
“I dealt with someone, made her lose face completely, and everything went very smoothly, even with some unexpected joys.”
Ye Chuyi walked in the rain, feeling the slightly cool raindrops, exceptionally comfortable and relaxed.
She didn’t know how Meng Li was doing at the moment, but she presumed it wouldn’t be too pleasant for her. And if Meng Li wasn’t having a good time, Ye Chuyi felt happy.
A slanting branch lay ahead on the path. Just as Ye Chuyi was about to duck underneath, Sheng Tingyuan had already lifted it up.
Ye Chuyi looked at him and couldn’t resist asking, “Have you always been so attentive? Are you like this with everyone else?” If that was the case, then she could come to terms with it.
However, Sheng Tingyuan said, “I’m not always so attentive, and I don’t do this for others.”
Ye Chuyi felt somewhat annoyed; it would have been better not to have asked.
Seeing her hang her head, Sheng Tingyuan couldn’t help but chuckle softly. He took off his coat and draped it over Ye Chuyi.
Ye Chuyi refused, “You wear it. I don’t need it, I like walking in the rain.”
But Sheng Tingyuan was firm, “Even though it’s summer, you can still catch a cold from the rain. Put it on.”
He took hold of Ye Chuyi’s wrist, helped her into the sleeves, and then, taking her hand, he led her forward, “We’re nearing the beachfront, where the wind is strong. Keep your hat on so it doesn’t fly away.”
Ye Chuyi, wearing his jacket that retained his warmth and holding his warm hand, felt somewhat stiff all over.
She tried to pull her hand away, but Sheng Tingyuan wouldn’t let her.
His voice came through low, “You’ll get used to it after a while.”
Ye Chuyi didn’t know what he meant by “getting used to it”—wearing his clothes or holding his hand?
But regardless of which it was, she didn’t want to get used to either.
Previously, she indeed got somewhat used to his kindness toward her. So once he wasn’t nice to her, it would upset her and lead to miserable moods.
It would be better then not to be treated kindly at all.
At the end of the stone path lay the beach.
The wind was considerably stronger here, and she instinctively held on to her hat.
Only now did she realize that Sheng Tingyuan’s coat was waterproof. When he had been wearing it earlier, his upper body had remained dry. Now that he had taken it off for her, he was completely soaked, his shirt sticking to his skin, revealing the outline of his toned abs.
The wind being too strong, Sheng Tingyuan, worried she might be cold, led her around a corner onto another path.
This path was flanked by trees of varying heights that effectively blocked the sea breeze.
To their surprise, there were also other people strolling on this path.
Walking in front of them was clearly a couple. The two shared an umbrella, snuggling close to each other, appearing immensely sweet.
Ye Chuyi felt indifferent to their sweetness, but the sight of their umbrella made her a bit envious.
She turned to look at Sheng Tingyuan, noticed water dripping off his chin, and said, “Let’s go back. We can come out again when we have an umbrella.”
She didn’t want him to catch a cold.
Sheng Tingyuan seemed surprised, “I thought you didn’t like using umbrellas.”
Whenever he saw her on rainy days, she never used an umbrella, which is why he had accompanied her in the rain tonight.noveldrama
And actually, it was quite fun.
Indeed, Ye Chuyi had never been fond of umbrellas. She didn’t have one as a child, and although she could afford to buy one when she grew up, rain had a special meaning to her, so she rarely used umbrellas. The umbrellas she had at home had long been thrown somewhere and forgotten.
But while she might be fine with getting wet in the rain, there was no need for Sheng Tingyuan to get soaked with her.
She quickened her pace, pulling Sheng Tingyuan towards the villa. In a matter of moments, they had passed the couple ahead of them.
After passing them, she instinctively looked back and saw the lovebirds embracing and kissing.
She was startled and quickly turned back, daring not to look any longer.
Seeing her flustered demeanor, Sheng Tingyuan couldn’t help but look back out of curiosity and then he laughed.
He found it amusing—she who seemed fearless facing anything was scared of watching others kiss.
He tightened his grip on her hand and after awhile, feeling it was not enough, he suddenly pulled her into his arms and wrapped his arm around her.