After the divorce, my ex-husband and son lined up to pursue me.

Chapter 22 Okay, I'll go with you.

I don't know how many times I slapped him.

Jiang Xia's emotions, which she had been suppressing, erupted at this moment, catching her completely off guard.

But those slaps contained all the bitterness, pain, and frustration she had suppressed over the years, as well as... the resentment and anger she felt from being constantly suppressed and targeted by Ruan Muting.

Nobody is without a temper.

Having figured everything out, Jiang Xia had nothing left to worry about.

She completely shook off Ruan Muting, her hands aching and swollen from exhaustion, her palms burning with pain. Coupled with her rapid breathing, it was easy to imagine how miserable Ruan Muting looked.

Ruan Muting's face instantly swelled up like a pig's head, ruining all her good looks and makeup. Blood kept flowing from the corner of her mouth. She stared blankly at Jiang Xia, but the scene in front of her seemed to be getting more and more blurry...

He's probably got a concussion!
She couldn't hear what Xin Rou and Lou Yushi were saying, but she saw Jiang Xia's mouth opening and closing as if to say, "If you dare touch me again, I'll kill you! Even your brother can't protect you!"

Ruan Muting couldn't quite make out the words, but her intuition told her that Jiang Xia wasn't saying anything nice, especially since he hit her like that...

"Ah!"

In an instant, Ruan Muting abandoned all pretense of dignity and acted like a madwoman throwing a tantrum. She wanted to break free from Xin Rou and Lou Yushi, rush over, and tear Jiang Xia apart, and she also wanted revenge. Why should she be beaten like this?!
But her face was in too much pain, and for a moment she could only scream "ah ah" and couldn't make anything else. Instead, Xin Rou held her tightly and helped her to steady herself.

"Call the police!" Xin Rou said anxiously, "We also need to call an ambulance!"

Lou Yushi subconsciously took out her phone, but Ke Hetai pushed her away, which instantly brought Lou Yushi to her senses. Although she and Jiang Xia didn't get along very well, she couldn't let her own people suffer losses in this kind of situation.

"Why call the police? Isn't this just them fighting?" Lou Yushi immediately put away her phone. "Jiang Xia also has injuries on her face and neck. It's not that complicated. Here, I'll take care of it for her!"

As he spoke, Ke and Tai hurriedly turned to the side and pointed to the room at the end of the corridor, which was the lounge.

Lou Yushi then helped Ruan Muting to go over.

Xin Rou stopped her immediately: "This won't do. She's the daughter of the Ruan family; her status is extraordinary."

At the same time, Xin Rou took out her phone to dial 110, but as soon as she entered a 1, she felt the oppressive gazes from Ke Hetai and Lou Yushi. Helpless, she had no choice but to dial 120 first.

The ambulance arrived quickly and took Ruan Muting and Xin Rou away in a short while.

Lou Yushi also pulled Jiang Xia to the lounge. Ke Hetai poured her a cup of hot water. "Why did you have to fight? But it's okay, there are no security cameras in our corridor."

As Ke Hetai spoke, he glanced at Lou Yushi again.

Lou Yushi rolled her eyes, but said, "Ke Hetai and I both saw it. You were just fighting each other, and it was that Ruan... anyway, she started it!"

Jiang Xia had calmed down a bit, looked up at the two of them and smiled, "Thanks."

She rummaged through her bag and pulled out a medicine bottle, poured out a few pills and swallowed them with water. "I'm fine now. Please tell Teacher Yan and Xu Fei that I have something to do and won't be back today."

"Huh?" Lou Yushi was taken aback, still thinking about helping Jiang Xia move their luggage after get off work. "What's up? Where are you going?"

Ke Hetai stared at the medicine bottle in Jiang Xia's hand: "What medicine are you taking?"

"This... is for my stomach. My stomach hasn't been feeling well lately." Jiang Xia lied without hesitation, quickly stuffing the medicine bottle back into her bag. She then pulled out her room key and handed it to Lou Yushi: "Something came up at home. Since we're going to be sharing an apartment, could you please help me pack my things after work? I'll go over and unpack when I get back." Lou Yushi immediately took the key, but said, "You trust me? Do you have any valuables...?"

"I believe you, Shishi." Jiang Xia interrupted directly, adding a sweet smile.

Lou Yushi was taken aback, looking at her picturesque smile and inexplicably... turned her face away, watching Jiang Xia pick up her bag and leave, she muttered to herself: "So pretty, who is she trying to seduce with that smile? Is she attractive to both men and women?!"

"What are you muttering about?" Ke Hetai asked with a straight face. "I'm going to tell Professor Yan that the sample matter isn't over yet. Wait for me to come back!"

Lou Yushi scoffed, staring at Ke Hetai's retreating figure: "Fine, I'll wait. Who's afraid of you?"

Jiang Xia's concerns were not unfounded, because Xin Rou had called the police on the way to the hospital with Ruan Muting.

So when Jiang Xia arrived at the hospital, he was stopped by two policemen and invited back for tea.

Because there was no surveillance footage, and we couldn't just rely on Lou Yushi and Ke Hetai's side of the story, judging from the injuries, Jiang Xia's face only had slight redness and swelling, which didn't even qualify as a minor injury. On the other hand, Ruan Muting...

He suffered a mild concussion, a cracked lip, and his face was so swollen it looked like two heads.

Therefore, it's no wonder the police arrested Jiang Xia. Anyone can clearly tell who beat whom and who the victim is.

Jiang Xia had nothing to say, offering to keep only his laptop and work notes, and said he didn't care about anything else, accepting the consequences and punishment.

And so, she was sent to the detention center that same day.

Of course, they didn't leave her a computer, only her work notes. Jiang Xia didn't care about the environment, as long as it didn't interfere with her data calculations.

But to her surprise, less than two hours after she was locked up, just as she was getting used to the environment of the detention cell and the other prisoners, and was about to start making calculations, news came that she had been released on bail.

To be precise, Ruan Muting withdrew her complaint and gave a counter-statement saying that she was injured in the accident herself and that it had nothing to do with Jiang Xia. Since the two were sisters-in-law, the police did not take it too seriously.

Just as they were about to leave work, they released Jiangxia.

Jiang Xia knew without even thinking that Ruan Muhuai must have been behind it all.

As expected, she saw Ruan Muhuai as soon as she stepped out of the large iron gate.

The other person had just stepped out of the back of the Rolls-Royce, dressed in a suit and tie, bathed in the evening breeze and night light. His handsome, cold skin was as white as porcelain, and his deep, handsome eyes also looked down at her in a deep and mysterious way.

That gaze, seemingly calm yet revealing a latent anger.

Jiang Xia felt a tightness in her chest and a suffocating sensation in her breath. She looked away and deliberately avoided Ruan Muhuai, walking straight to the side of the road.

She was looking down at her phone, trying to hail a ride.

But the phone was snatched away by Ruan Muhuai, who had just walked over.
As Jiang Xia looked up, before she could speak, Ruan Muhuai's cold voice followed: "Get in the car and come with me to apologize to Tingting."

Jiang Xia's brain went blank for a moment. She heard every word clearly, yet she found every word so ridiculous and laughable!
"Apologize?" she blurted out sarcastically, then quickly walked toward the Rolls-Royce with remarkable composure: "Fine, I'll go with you."

(End of this chapter)