Five years after being dumped, President Jiang became increasingly entangled in...

After the Cen sisters left, Xu Chaoxi bit her lower lip and stood up: "President Jiang, if there's nothing else important, I'll be leaving now."

His brows were furrowed, and he looked unhappy. There was no point in staying here and begging him anymore.

It would be better to go back to the hospital and ask the hospital leaders for help.

Jiang Jingsi was in a bad mood, so he nodded irritably. Only after she left did he begin to reflect on his actions.

He was too generous, giving 500,000 yuan in one go, to the point that Xu Chaoxi thought his methods were trivial. She could create scandals with any man at any time and accurately find all sorts of seemingly reasonable excuses to fob him off.

Then, while the afterglow is still fresh, she takes the opportunity to make a request. If he refuses, she suffers no loss; if he agrees, she achieves her goal.

Thinking about this made him even more agitated, so he called Jiang Jin.

"Go and find out about Su Mei's condition, uremia. I need to know how long she can last."

"Su Mei? Who is that?" Jiang Jin's first reaction was that he didn't recognize her.

"Xu Chaoxi's mother is in your hospital."

"Huh? Her mother has been here all along?" Jiang Jin was surprised.

However, he soon realized that uremia was not in his department, and he was so busy with other things every day that he had no time to pay attention to patients in other departments.

"Okay, I understand. I'll contact Lao Li right away." Lao Li is Su Mei's attending physician and also the head of the department.

When Xu Chaoxi arrived at the ward door, she found three thugs guarding the door of Su Mei's ward. The one in the lead was none other than the stubborn scoundrel, Meng Xingyuan.

Her blood rushed to her head instantly, almost to the point of reversing its flow.

"What are you doing?!" She strode forward, pushed Meng Xingyuan aside, glanced into the ward, and saw Su Mei tightly holding Yi Yi, her eyes filled with terror. The moment she saw her, she shook her head at her.

Xixi, don't fight them head-on.

The caregiver sat to one side, her hands and feet trembling.

"Oh, you're back? I've been waiting for you all night, you've kept me waiting!" Meng Xingyuan looked her up and down, his eyes filled with lewd light.

Damn, she has such a great figure. Even after having a child, she's still so curvy. It's a shame. I should have just had my way with her back then, regardless of whether she was pregnant or not.

His covetous gaze made Xu Chaoxi's hair stand on end, and her eyes were full of vigilance.

"I already told you last time that I've given you every penny I owed you. We're even. I don't owe you anything. If you bring people to block my mother, I can call the police," she said, trying to sound calm.

She was in the right, so she wasn't afraid, but Meng Xingyuan was unreasonable.

"Call the police?" Meng Xingyuan laughed loudly, revealing a set of teeth yellowed from smoking cheap cigarettes. "Go ahead and call the police, call security. What can I do? Can you send me to jail? At most, I'll only be detained for a few days. Once I get out, I'll come looking for you every day. Don't you think I'm a persistent ghost? I'll come every day. Your mother is still recuperating, right? I'll keep her awake at night. Let's see how you get rid of me."

His words haunted Xu Chaoxi like a nightmare.

He used to be like this, tracking and intercepting Xu Chaoxi, doing everything he could, to the point that Xu Chaoxi almost suffered a nervous breakdown.

"What exactly do you want? Meng Xingyuan, have you no shame?"

Instead of getting angry after being scolded, Meng Xingyuan grinned, licked his teeth wickedly, and had a toothpick of unknown origin dangling from his mouth, emitting a foul stench.

"My buddies and I came here together last night, and we haven't eaten all day. How about this, I'll treat them to a meal first, and once we've filled our stomachs, I'll tell you my terms."

As soon as he spoke, the two thugs next to him immediately started clamoring, "Thank you, sister-in-law! We wish Brother Yuan and sister-in-law a speedy birth of a son!"

Xu Chaoxi turned her face away in disgust. "You just want money, don't you? Tell me, how much?"

"Five hundred thousand."

"Impossible!" Xu Chaoxi frowned and refused. "I can't possibly give you that much money."

"Then you'll have to marry me. I don't mind that you have a maid. I need someone to pour wine for me. You can earn money to support me and give me a son. Then I'll reluctantly accept your maid who doesn't know who her father is."

"Xixi, don't agree to him—" Su Mei shouted with all her might in the ward.

The ward door wasn't very soundproof, and Meng Xingyuan was making a lot of noise, so Su Mei could hear everything he said clearly.

"I don't have 500,000, and I can't marry you anyway. I'll give you 50,000 right away if you agree."

"You think I'm a beggar, someone to beg for food? I can easily win 50,000 in one night of gambling! You little slut, I've changed my mind, you have to sleep with me!"

As he spoke, he reached out to grab Xu Chaoxi's wrist.

Xu Chaoxi took two steps back, only to find that he had missed his target.

"Hey you bitch, you really think I'm easy to talk to, huh? I'll teach you a lesson today—" With that, Meng Xingyuan raised his hand to hit her.

Xu Chaoxi subconsciously closed her eyes for a moment.

"Stop—" Zhong Qingli rushed over with security guards, shoved Meng Xingyuan aside, and protectively shielded Xu Chaoxi behind her with wary eyes.

"Security, kick these troublemakers out. If they refuse to leave, call the police." Qi Heng also arrived, his face grim as he glanced at the three thugs.

"How dare you touch me? I'm her man, I'm here to see my mother-in-law!" Meng Xingyuan shouted as he was being kicked out.

Seeing them driven away, Zhong Qingli finally breathed a sigh of relief and turned around to ask with concern, "How are you? Are you hurt?"

Xu Chaoxi shook her head: "I'm fine."

"I'm sorry, I couldn't keep up."

She hadn't rested for several days in a row, and she was too tired yesterday. Su Mei offered to let her go back and catch up on her sleep, and she would take care of Yi Yi overnight, so she didn't come over.

If she had come to check on things before leaving last night, this might not have happened.

Thinking of this, a look of self-reproach appeared on her face.

"It has nothing to do with you. They're the scoundrels. Even if you were here, they would still have done it."

She then turned to Qi Heng and said, "Dr. Qi, thank you."

Qi Heng frowned and said, "These thugs don't look like respectable people. How did you get to know them?"

"It's a long story." Xu Chaoxi didn't say much. "I'll go in and check on my mom and Yi Yi first."

Xu Chaoxi finally came in. When she saw her, Yi Yi burst into tears and flailed her arms, wanting her to hug her.

Su Mei's eyes also reddened: "It's been so many years, why is this beast still coming back to haunt us? Didn't we already settle all our debts with him?"

"Auntie," Zhong Qingli comforted softly, "they're just scoundrels. You can't reason with people like that."

"Mom, why didn't you call me?" Xu Chaoxi relaxed, hugged the sobbing Yi Yi, and her eyes also reddened.

"You're at work, why would I call you?" Su Mei's voice was filled with pity.

Yesterday, as it was getting dark, Xu Chaoxi said she had to work overtime and couldn't come over.

She's doing this to make money, and I've already caused her a lot of trouble. Am I supposed to stop her from making money?

Before the group could recover from the earlier intimidation, they were unaware that someone in the shadows was staring wide-eyed in terror.