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

After get off work, Xu Chaoxi, with a red and swollen face, followed Jiang Jingsi out of the company, and people talked about her all the way.

After getting into the car, she glanced at Jiang Jingsi in the rearview mirror, her feelings complicated.

Jiang Jingsi rubbed his temples and closed his eyes to rest.

"Are you feeling wronged?" he suddenly asked abruptly.

The gentle voice made her feel a little dazed, as if she had returned to five years ago, when they were still dating. She was working part-time at a coffee shop, but was almost groped by a customer. She didn't even ask for her wages for that day and went home.

When she got home and told him about it, she was so angry that her eyes turned red. He patiently and gently coaxed her, and tenderly wiped away her tears with his calloused hands.

"I'm so sorry, my baby. Tomorrow we'll go to the coffee shop and check the security footage. I'll definitely find that person and give him a good beating to get revenge for you!"

She instantly went from tears to laughter.

She initially thought it was just a way of comforting her and didn't take it to heart. She even advised him not to do such a foolish thing, since they were just ordinary people doing part-time jobs and had no power or influence. She didn't suffer any loss at the time; she dodged in time when the man was about to make a move and finally cursed back in retaliation.

It wasn't until he limped home the next day that she learned he had actually checked the security footage, found the person, and, under the cover of darkness, had given him a severe beating.

Seeing the bruises and abrasions all over his face and body, Xu Chaoxi felt heartbroken and cried again.

He felt even more sorry for her and awkwardly comforted her. In the end, somehow, she was pinned down on the sofa, and the two of them rolled around together.

Finally, he coaxed her in a "different" way.

Memories flashed through her mind, and she was momentarily lost in thought.

Seeing that she remained silent, Jiang Jingsi frowned slightly without making a sound.

"Not feeling wronged is my problem."

Even if she felt wronged, she could only swallow it down. Today's incident was indeed her fault. Although she didn't know Qiu Wenping's identity or why she would call herself his mother, the fact was that she hadn't done her job properly.

"Your question?" He raised an eyebrow. "What did you do?"

"I didn't listen to Chen Shu and didn't let her into the office." Chen Shu was the colleague who reminded her today not to let Qiu Wenping into the office.

"Since she already warned you, why didn't you listen? Are your ears just for decoration?"

He's blaming her.

That makes sense. He hates her so much, how could he miss an opportunity to humiliate her in public?

Now, the most talked-about topic in the company is her affairs; she has become the talk of the town.

"It's my problem."

Her constant apologies made Jiang Jingsi feel bored, so he simply closed his eyes.

As soon as Jiang Jingsi entered the villa, he sat down on the sofa and ordered her, "Come and massage my head."

He has always had headaches, and now they are even worse, and even medication doesn't seem to help much.

Xu Chaoxi stood behind him, gently massaging her temples with both hands.

She learned her massage techniques for him. He also had headaches, so she found a reliable traditional Chinese medicine doctor to learn from and massaged him many times.

Now, such actions overlapped in Jiang Jingsi's mind. Soft, delicate fingers flexibly massaged his temples, one after another, greatly relieving his headache and gradually arousing his interest.

Just as Xu Chaoxi was changing her techniques and giving him a thorough massage, a large hand suddenly grabbed her wrist and pulled her hard.

She was so frightened that her face turned pale, and in the blink of an eye, she was pulled into his arms, sitting on his lap, with his hands tightly around her waist.

He buried his face in the crook of her neck, inhaling the scent of her orange-scented shower gel, and felt somewhat dazed.

"Xu Chaoxi, didn't you leave? Why are you still staying in Haicheng?"

Hearing this, she smiled helplessly.

Haicheng is so big, and her home is in Haicheng, where else could she go?

Seeing that she didn't speak, Jiang Jingsi continued, "Do you know how much I hated you back then?"

As he spoke, he tightened his grip even more, almost suffocating her.

"Jing Si." She suddenly changed her mind and called out his name.

"If possible, I'd like to visit Auntie." She wanted to apologize to her auntie in person.

The aunt was very kind to her back then. Every time she visited, even though the aunt was not in good spirits, she would cook the most heartfelt meals for her. The first time she visited, the aunt even took out her crumpled five hundred yuan from her purse as a gift.

That was all the savings Auntie had; it was a testament to her self-respect.

As she spoke, she revealed a silver bracelet on her wrist. It was the last time she saw Shulan, she had left it for herself. At that time, her mind was not very clear, but she could still clearly say the words "daughter-in-law".

Although the gift was small, the sentiment was deep. From then on, she always wore it with her and never took it off.

She had long considered herself her daughter-in-law, but... she had let her aunt down.

She should visit her aunt and apologize to her.

Unexpectedly, after she said those words, especially after she revealed the bracelet, his eyes instantly turned icy, and he seemed like a completely different person in an instant.

He suddenly reached out and ruthlessly ripped off the perfectly fitting bracelet.

When he pulled it off, her wrist was already red, but he pretended not to see it and pushed her off his lap.

She suddenly fell to the ground, and quite hard at that. Her tailbone was in so much pain that she couldn't recover for a while, so she could only prop herself up on the ground and gasp for breath.

"roll."

She has no right to mention her mother.

This sudden change left Xu Chaoxi, who was on the ground, bewildered. When she heard him tell her to get out, she couldn't help but frown, bite her lip, and stand up with resignation.

He used to feel heartbroken when her hangnails bled, but now that her face is swollen and her tailbone is sore from a fall, he feels no pity whatsoever.

Thinking this, she had no choice but to grit her teeth and limp out of the villa.

But soon, she had to return to the villa.

Seeing Xu Chaoxi, who had just left, return, Jiang Jingsi's face instantly turned cold: "Get out."

Xu Chaoxi looked extremely anxious and said hurriedly, "President Jiang, I know I shouldn't have come back. I... I need money. You said before that as long as I'm with you, you'll give me 500,000 yuan. President Jiang, I..."

She could barely speak coherently, unable to utter a complete sentence. At that moment, she had forgotten all her pain and sorrow; all she wanted was money.

"You want that 500,000?" Jiang Jingsi looked down at Xu Chaoxi, who was pleading with him in a low voice, with an indescribable sense of estrangement.

She nodded eagerly.

Jiang Jingsi slowly lifted her chin, his voice low: "Have I been too nice to you, making you think you have the right to ask me for 500,000?"

"No, you promised me." She was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan, trying to plead with him: "I know it's abrupt for me to ask you for so much money now, Mr. Jiang, please consider our past relationship..."

"You know you're being presumptuous?" He looked her over with disdain. "Our past relationship? What relationship do we have? Is it the relationship that you ran off with all my money? Or the relationship that you walked away without looking back when I knelt in the rain begging you to turn back? Xu Chaoxi, how dare you bring up the past? How dare you utter the word 'relationship'?"

"I know, it's all my fault. I... I said the wrong thing. You can say whatever you want to me." As long as I keep my promise and give her the 500,000 I promised, that's fine.

Seeing her intention, Jiang Jingsi narrowed his eyes, revealing the pleading in her eyes, and clicked his tongue.

"reason."

"I..." Her eyes darted around, avoiding his scrutinizing gaze.

She had just stepped outside when she received a call from Zhong Qingli, who said that the hospital had found a suitable kidney donor and that her mother's illness could be cured.

Five years ago, my mother, Su Mei, was diagnosed with uremia. She has been undergoing treatment, dialysis, and medication for years. She has experienced this torment countless times. Now, a suitable kidney donor has finally been found. She must raise the surgery fees tonight, or she will miss such a great opportunity.

So she had no choice but to come back and beg him to give her the 500,000 he had promised her.

She couldn't let this opportunity slip away; she couldn't just watch her mother suffer from illness. She wouldn't give up as long as there was even the slightest chance.

But how could she tell him all of this?

Seeing that she hesitated and wouldn't speak, Jiang Jingsi lifted her chin and said with a half-smile, "Want to get paid without working? There's no such thing as a free lunch."

"Mr. Jiang, please, I beg you, I'll do anything for you as long as you give me the money."

"Can you really do anything?" He narrowed his eyes, looking at her expectant eyes with amusement.

She nodded hastily, thinking that the worst thing he could do was make her take off her clothes.

The next moment, he made his demand, word by word, in a cold voice: "Kneel down and beg me."

Hearing those two words, her heart ached as if it had been stabbed with needles.