Jingxia Rose

Chapter 115: The Anxiety of Gain and Loss

Ji Xuan: "I'll just take a taxi."

Xiao Guxing nodded and didn't press the matter. "If you have any issues at the company later, you can discuss them with Senior Zhang."

Zhang Yuan is the CEO of Chengkong's Beijing branch. He is one year older than Xiao Guxing. Xiao Guxing specifically sought him out when the branch was established two years ago.

Ji Xian was quite familiar with him, having met him a few times in school. Later, when he entered Chengkong, Zhang Yuan's wife happened to be Ji Xian's senior.

Now he works in Chengkong's translation department.

Ji Xian smiled and agreed, and they walked out of the building together.

"Driving here?"

"Hmm," Ji Xuan asked, "Are you going there?"

Xiao Guxing raised his wrist to check the time and said helplessly, "My elder brother and sister-in-law are back. The Empress Dowager instructed me to go back for lunch, and I dare not disobey."

Ji Xuan's eyes lit up with a smile. "You're going to Moscow tomorrow. The old lady is probably reluctant to part with you and just wants you to spend more time with her."

Xiao Guxing agreed with her statement, but his gaze inadvertently fell on several figures standing by the roadside in the distance. When his gaze settled, it met that of the person in the lead.

Even though they were at a distance, he still recognized the person.

"Ji Xian".

He called out softly and gestured to her with a slight nod of his chin.

Following his gaze, Ji Xuan also recognized the group of people.

It was Wen Qi who brought Ye Xueyan and one of Lin Qi's senior executives.

"Alright, I'm leaving now. If I stay any longer, the Empress Dowager will start nagging." Xiao Guxing turned his gaze to Ji Xuan. "See you at the airport tomorrow."

"it is good."

Ji Xuan walked towards Wen Qi only after watching his car leave.

When we were only a few meters away from him, we heard him tell Ye Xueyan and the others to go back to the company first.

Ye Xueyan quietly raised her hand to greet Ji Xuan, and then left with the executives.

Wen Qi took two steps toward her and asked in a low voice, "Why did you come here?"

“I’m here to complete the transfer procedures. I’ve been transferred back from Moscow.” A hint of surprise flashed in his eyes as she added, “A client specifically requested that I be his translator, for business purposes, and it will take several months.”

Upon hearing this, he composed himself.

He was quite happy that she would stay in Beijing, and the slight disappointment he felt because of her was negligible.

Ji Xian glanced at him, thinking it would be better to say something.

"I'm going to Moscow tomorrow to complete the handover procedures, and there's still a lot to pack." She paused, then said frankly, "I'm going with Xiao Guxing; the flight is at 9:30 this morning."

Wen Qi was taken aback, "With him?"

"He's going back to Moscow anyway."

Wen Qi's expression was somewhat strange, and a slight pang of sadness welled up in his heart.

But the fact that she brought it up herself shows that she didn't want to cause any misunderstandings or make him overthink things.

My heart was filled with more joy, and that little bit of soreness, like the disappointment I had just felt, seemed insignificant.

"When are you coming back?"

"Probably Tuesday, but I'm not sure yet. It might be earlier, but it won't be delayed. I'm supposed to go to work next Wednesday, and that client is coming on Thursday."

Wen Qi nodded, "Let me know when you've decided on your return date, and I'll pick you up from the airport..."

Then he remembered, "I'll take you to the airport tomorrow morning."

"No need, it's convenient for me to take a taxi." Wen Qi moved his lips but didn't refute, only asking, "Do you have time tonight? I'd like to have dinner with you."

Ji Xuan shook his head. "No. I'm going to my university professor's house tonight. I've already made plans."

"I have a lunch appointment at noon..."

"Okay." Ji Xuan smiled faintly. "Then you go ahead with your work, I'll head back now."

Wen Qi silently followed her to the parking lot, watched her get into the car, and then stared blankly in the direction the car drove away for a long time before walking back to the company with slightly heavy steps.

I felt a strange sense of melancholy, a feeling of being anxious and uncertain.

He didn't know what his relationship with Ji Xian was like; it was vague, seemingly close yet distant.

Ji Xian's attitude left him feeling confused.

Ji Xian gets his lunch from takeout.

She rummaged through the refrigerator and found nothing but noodles, but she didn't want to eat noodles anyway.

Ji Heng's video call request came at this time.

Seeing her eating, the siblings exchanged pleasantries for a while before Ji Heng got down to business, "As soon as I received your message yesterday, I went to inquire about it, and I only found out the details this morning."

"You Haoyuan has been arrested, and the company is now on the verge of bankruptcy. The employees have been on strike since the 13th, saying they haven't been paid for two months."

You Haoyuan is Jiao Yan's current husband.

Ji Xuan stopped eating. "Do you know what you did wrong?"

Ji Heng, on the other end of the video call, took a sip of water and laughed, "You Haoyuan was arrested on the 11th. They said his company evaded taxes and maliciously transferred assets, the amount of which seems to be over ten million."

"The company has already paid the fines, but the wages of one or two hundred employees are still owed, amounting to at least several million. Their family also owes several banks a considerable amount of money. The villa they live in, worth six or seven million, seems to have been mortgaged as well. Jiao Yan and her daughter You Xiaoxiao have already moved out of the villa."

"She's remembered you now, probably because she knows you're doing well and wants to find you to be her sucker to fill this huge hole in her family's coffers. Sister, you absolutely mustn't pay any attention to her. Their family is a bottomless pit; once you're in, you'll never get out."

Her family went bankrupt, her husband was arrested, and she was burdened with huge debts. That's when she remembered that she still had this daughter.

Have you no shame?!

Not to mention that she didn't recognize Ji Xian when they met at the mall before the New Year, Ji Xian's words afterward made their relationship clear, and she hadn't gone to see him for more than twenty days.

Instead, they only came to her now that something had suddenly happened at home, and their first words were to play the victim and shirk responsibility.

Do you really think Ji Xian is so easily fooled?

"Do I look like a vengeful person to you?" Ji Xuan asked with amusement. "I'm not a saint either, I don't have the ability to save all living beings."

Let alone helping her.

She was already being lenient by not asking Ji Heng to buy two sets of firecrackers to set off in front of Jiao Yan's house.

So say it!
Everyone gets their just desserts.

After hanging up Ji Heng's call, Ji Xuan took a nap, only to be woken up by another phone ring, still showing Luan Ying City as the location.

She glanced at it only once and then hung up the phone without hesitation.

Soon, a message came from that number: "A-Ning, Mom knows you hate me. Mom had her reasons back then, I didn't mean to abandon you. Mom is in trouble now and urgently needs money. I'm begging you, please help Mom, okay?"

Ji Xuan was so angry at her text message that he laughed.

Difficulties?

What kind of hardship could make her cheat on her husband and become his mistress while her father was still alive?
After her father's unexpected death, she couldn't wait to leave the Ji family and run into the arms of another man, abandoning even her own daughter. After that, she never came back to see him again.

What a difficult situation.

She took a deep breath, pretending to ignore and block, but then suddenly remembered something, narrowed her eyes, and replied with four words in a cold face: bank account.