In the mind of housekeeper Zhao Renjie, Jiang Kexin cannot be compared with Tang Xiaowan.
If he were asked to vote by a show of hands to choose a mistress from the two, it could only be Tang Xiaowan, not because Leng Lingxiao loved her very much, but because Zhao Renjie felt that Tang Xiaowan regarded him as a human being.
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Ten years ago, one day during the summer vacation.
At the entrance hall, 30-year-old Zhao Renjie was smiling, but he also very humbly stopped the gorgeously dressed eldest daughter of the Jiang family, Jiang Kexin.
"Don't you know who I am?"
"I know, Miss Jiang."
"Now that I know, I still dare to stop him. Brother Ling Xiao and I have known each other since we were children."
"terribly sorry."
"Get out of my way quickly."
"I have just explained to you that the master is busy today and will not be visiting or seeing friends."
When Jiang Kexin saw no one around, a trace of disdain flashed in her eyes, and she sneered: "Humph, you're just a low-class person, and you dare to block my way, get out of here!"
Just two snaps, a very loud slap.
"You don't have eyes, why don't you get out of here?"
"Sorry, you can't go in." Zhao Renjie still stood firm and refused to let him go.
"Okay, wait, I'll go find Aunt Leng and have your legs broken. See if you still dare to stop me. Who do you think you are!"
"Miss Jiang, walk slowly."
"you……"
Immediately, there were two more slaps.
Under Zhao Renjie's obstruction, Jiang Kexin finally failed to do so and left angrily, but this also became Zhao Renjie's heart knot.
As a man, this was the only time he was insulted and slapped.
That is an unspeakable shame!
Jiang Kexin thought there was no one around, and Zhao Renjie didn't dare to say anything. Leng Lingxiao was determined not to know.
But it just happened to be such a coincidence!
At that time, Leng Lingxiao happened to be taking Tang Xiaowan to play in the study on the fourth floor to see the monitoring system he designed himself.
This house with a garden and swimming pool was the first villa he bought, and it was also a testimony to the first pot of gold in his life.
Leng Lingxiao was only 20 years old and studying in college at the time, and Tang Xiaowan was only 10 years old.
So the relationship is like brother and sister.
"Let me go, why are you holding me?"
If Leng Lingxiao hadn't been quick enough, Tang Xiaowan would have rushed downstairs to find a fight with Jiang Kexin.
"What do you know about a kid?"
"Then, you can't just beat people randomly, right?" Tang Xiaowan frowned and bit her lower lip, looking like she would not give up until she beat him back.
The bodyguard on the side was stunned.
Hey, Miss Tang is so kind!
At such a young age, he hates evil so much!
"Don't get involved in adults' affairs." Leng Lingxiao persuaded gently, still holding on to his hand.
"But why should she..."
"Be good, don't worry, I promise, I will definitely call back for Lao Zhao, and I will never go around her lightly, but... the security guard at the gate should be changed."
"Don't you even have to ask? How do you know it's the security guard's fault? Maybe...um...maybe your mother let you in? Didn't you just say you saw your mother's car?"
Leng Lingxiao nodded in agreement: "Well, Tangtang is really smart, it's very possible."
The bodyguard on the side was deeply moved.
He thought that he must tell Zhao Renjie about this, so that he would know that Miss Tang would actually want to stand up for him at such a young age.
So brave and cute!
"Huahua, Lao Zhao must be very sad. Come on, let's go see him."
"Don't go, otherwise Lao Zhao will feel very embarrassed. Oh, by the way, call me brother quickly...make me happy, otherwise I will keep you in Huangcheng and won't let you go back, hahaha."
In fact, Leng Lingxiao said this deliberately to divert Tang Xiaowan's attention.
Jiang Kexin definitely wanted to teach him a lesson, Leng Lingxiao couldn't just let it go, he was not one to hold back his anger. However, since the two families are family friends, they can only operate in secret and cannot do it in the open.
On the other hand, Tang Mei had previously told Leng Lingxiao that Tang Xiaowan could come to Huangcheng to play, but he could never bring her to meet anyone outside the Leng family.
As for the reason, Leng Lingxiao still doesn’t know.
"What, you won't let me go back to Qingcheng? Humph! No, Huahua, Huahua, Huahua..." Tang Xiaowan kept talking angrily without stopping.
"Wow, are you a repeater?"
"Yes, Huahua, Huahua, Huahua."
"Okay, you're awesome, if you can, don't call me mom for a while. Just don't call me mom. I won't agree if you call me, hahaha."
"Want to play role-playing?" Tang Xiaowan looked expectant, eyes wide open.
"I won't tell you, hahaha."
Immediately, Leng Lingxiao pulled Tang Xiaowan to play peek-a-boo with a smile on his face. He was still holding his nose as the mother and Tang Xiaowan was the child.
This is Tang Xiaowan's favorite game.
She has never met her mother and has been living with her grandmother as long as she can remember, so she is particularly envious of other children who have mothers to call.
"Mom, Mom, come and find Tangtang? Tangtang has already hid, Mom, Mom?"
"Mom is coming, hahaha."
From that day on, Jiang Kexin regarded the 10-year-old Tang Xiaowan as her love rival.
After meeting Mrs. Leng, she didn't mention the fact that she slapped Zhao Renjie four times. Instead, she was filled with bitterness.
"Aunt Leng, you don't even know that I didn't see Brother Ling Xiao at all after you left."
"Didn't you go in?"
"I heard from a servant that Brother Ling Xiao seems to be entangled with some little girl."
This sentence was made up by Jiang Kexin.
He mistakenly thought that Zhao Renjie did not let him in because Leng Lingxiao was dating a girlfriend in college, and she was in the new villa at the moment.
"Oh, it should be Xiaowan."
"Xiao Wan? Is that Brother Ling Xiao... the orphan who often goes to Qingcheng to see him?"
"Xiaowan is not an orphan, she still has a grandma."
"Aunt Leng, do you think she had a bad fate? She lost her parents at such a young age, but I also saw this on TV."
"Xiaowan has parents, but they are separated."
After hearing what Mrs. Leng said, Jiang Kexin became even more angry.
As the daughter of a wealthy family in Huangcheng, her treatment was not as good as that of a little brat. Tang Xiaowan was obviously an orphan, but Mrs. Leng insisted on defending her. Leng Lingxiao went even further. She would rather play with the kid than see herself.
That little kid is a child at 10 years old, but I am not. It’s too much. I’m only 15, right?
Jiang Kexin secretly vowed in her heart that she would also go to country Y to study abroad, to make Leng Lingxiao fall in love with her, and then marry into the Leng family gloriously.
…
Now, ten years have passed by in a hurry, and Leng Lingxiao still doesn't want to take another look at Jiang Kexin.
If I don’t love you, I won’t love you no matter what!
The doorbell was rang again and again, and the security guard couldn't bear to listen anymore, so he had to open the side door.
"Miss Jiang, you'd better go back as soon as possible. Don't wait here. Maybe Mr. Leng won't come back today, and there's no telling if he will return to Huangcheng."
Jiang Kexin raised her eyebrows and said, "He's inside, he didn't go out at all."
"Okay then, it's up to you."
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a snap, and the side door was once again closed by the security guard.
In fact, just now, for a moment, Jiang Kexin thought about forcing her way in, but in the end she still didn't dare to do that because she was afraid of angering Leng Lingxiao.
Suddenly, the phone rang.
She was so excited that she thought it was Leng Lingxiao, but it turned out to be her father Jiang Yongheng.
"What? The IRS people are gone?"
"Your brother went to receive the reception. I just finished the meeting. Several major shareholders were clamoring to divest their capital..."
"Dad, it's okay, there will be no problem."
Jiang Yongheng sighed: "It's over, it's over. Our Jiang family is completely over this time. Even if nothing is found, the shareholders will..."
"Dad, don't worry. I got up early and heard that Shen Yiming is back. We are old classmates. I will call him right away. He will definitely be able to convince Uncle Shen, and then... nothing will happen."
"No need, you have already offended his elder brother, how could he help us?"
"No, no, Shen Yiming is very loyal."
Just as Jiang Kexin was about to look through her address book, she saw a black helicopter flying over her head.
A bad premonition arises spontaneously.
"Shen Yiming? It can't be Shen Yiming, right?"
She immediately dialed Shen Yiming's cell phone, but a cold female voice sounded on the other end of the phone: "I'm sorry, the number you dialed cannot be connected at the moment."
It is indeed him, it must be him!
Jiang Kexin was extremely anxious. She knew that this meant that Shen Yiming would not be able to help the Jiang family.
At this moment, she really regretted it!
Why did she have to make a living with her brother? If it hadn't been like that, she wouldn't have competed with the Shen family for projects, wouldn't have offended Shen Yiming's eldest brother, and maybe the capital chain wouldn't have been broken.
Not to mention coming to Akagi to humiliate himself.
Suddenly, Jiang Kexin thought of her father's words, the people of the IRS and shareholders, so she took a deep breath, forced herself to calm down, and decided to go back to Huangcheng first.
At the same time, Leng Lingxiao and Shen Yiming were chatting about the past on the second floor platform.
“Would it be fun to live in a world without mobile phones?”
"If you are accompanied by a beautiful woman, of course, it couldn't be better, hahaha."
"Where's the beauty?"
"Don't talk about me first, let's talk about you. How are you and that little girl? Have you... already taken it?" Shen Yiming asked with concern.
He and Leng Lingxiao hadn't seen each other for a year, and they only called twice.
Therefore, during this period, Shen Yiming naturally did not know anything about Tang Xiaowan, including Li Zishen's interference, Tang Xiaowan's memory loss, and her pursuit after being poisoned.
"Go away, what and what!"
"Stop pretending, it's that Tang Xiaowan."
Leng Lingxiao cleared his throat and took another sip of tea, as if he was determined to win.
"We'll find out when Tangtang comes back tonight."
Shen Yiming placed the tea cup heavily on the coffee table and took a deep breath.
"Night, what do you mean?"
"Tangtang went to work. She said she would eat in the company cafeteria at noon, so you have to wait until evening... to see her. Let's talk about yours."
"Actually, the two of us...have..."
"You... didn't have a quarrel, right?" Leng Lingxiao asked tentatively, "She is still on that island. Did you come back alone?"
"A woman's heart is like a needle in the sea!"
"Huh? Is there something going on?"
"It's all my fault. I shouldn't have agreed to her in the first place... Go to some deserted island, there's not even a signal. Love is just like the weather there, it's hard to figure out."
"Oh, we really had a quarrel."
"How can I put it, she is very happy living there, and she has found her true love."
The air suddenly became still.
"True love?" Leng Lingxiao was a little shocked and quickly took a sip of tea to calm down.
Shen Yiming nodded: "She fell in love with someone... Although the conditions are average, but... she likes him very much, and she is pregnant."
"Pregnant?!" Leng Lingxiao frowned suddenly, "I remember her... you mentioned it to me before, saying that she didn't want children and insisted on DINK. I seem to... remember correctly?"
"Yes, but now, she says she likes children, so she wants to give birth to him."
Leng Lingxiao shook his head in disbelief: "It's okay, you will meet someone better."
"No, she is the best!" Shen Yiming sighed, "I don't know where I am... I feel like I already love her very much. Maybe that's what she wants, to stay away from the city."
"Everyone has his or her own ambitions, just figure it out."
"Yes!" Shen Yiming smiled bitterly, "It's true that everyone has their own ambitions. Even though I know that she... is already like that, I still insist on staying there for one more month, just watching like that. I admire myself."
Leng Lingxiao can especially understand this feeling.
In mid-August, Tang Xiaowan was assassinated and was rescued from Meiyuan by Li Zishen. In order to protect her, Li Zishen took Tang Xiaowan to Jincheng.
During those days, Leng Lingxiao spent all the time in the torment of missing her.
But Grandma Tang just wouldn't let him pick up Tang Xiaowan, saying that if Tang Xiaowan could still fall in love with him after losing her memory, it would mean that it was true love.
Leng Lingxiao disagreed. How could the person he loved be protected by another man?
Unexpectedly, Tang Mei actually used an unknown formula as a bargaining chip, saying that what was recorded there was the method to restore Tang Xiaowan's memory, and it could also cure Tang Xiaowan's old headache.
That's why Leng Lingxiao endured it again and again.
Fortunately, Tang Xiaowan fell in love with him for the second time and still chose him.
"Ling Xiao, do you think...am I stupid?" Shen Yiming lit a cigarette and asked suddenly.
"No, you're a good man."
"I knew you would say that."
"Then you still ask?"
"Hey, just to make myself feel better."
After finishing his words, a glint flashed in Leng Lingxiao's eyes, and he slowly picked up the tea cup: "Come, have a drink, and welcome the good man Mr. Shen Yiming... to his successful return, and I hope to create greater glory in the near future!"
Shen Yiming put out his cigarette in the ashtray.
"Okay, I'm getting better and better at speaking!"
"I didn't learn this from you."
The two looked at each other, smiled, and clinked cups. Although it was tea, it was also delicious.
A moment later, just when Shen Yiming was about to speak and say something more, Leng Lingxiao's cell phone suddenly rang, it was Tang Xiaowan.
Leng Lingxiao smiled and quickly pressed the answer button: "Tangtang, what's the matter?"
"Why did you arrange work for Cheng Shi?"
"Cheng Shi? No!"
"Then why did he come to Haisheng? He even applied for a job as a security guard and deliberately hung around on the floor of our R&D department, refusing to leave no matter what."
Leng Lingxiao was really dumbfounded.
As a bodyguard, Cheng Shi was indeed very competent. He didn't feel at ease waiting outside, so he ran inside to protect him at close range in the name of going to work.
Straight men’s thinking is so direct!
"I'm going to call... and have someone come over to deal with it. Don't worry. You'll be back at work soon. Just pretend you don't know him."
"Then hurry up and get him away." Tang Xiaowan urged angrily.
"Okay, don't worry, it will be soon."
After the call ended, Leng Lingxiao was just about to make a call when he saw that Shen Yiming had stopped laughing.
