Chapter 484: I Heard That I Am Dead?
Not sure? How could he not be sure? Did that mean that the falling incident today was real?
“Then did Qiao Mei lose her footing and fall into the water today, or did someone set it up?” Xia Mao asked Xia Zhe sternly.
Xia Zhe took out the two written agreements from inside his pocket and handed them to Xia Wen. Xia Wen was shocked after he read them. He did not expect the He family to do such a thing.
“This is too much! Does the He family think that there’s no one left in our family!” Xia Wen slammed the agreements on the table.
Over the past few days, they had gone around trying to pull strings to cause He Ning to stay in jail for a couple more days. Not only did they encounter many obstacles, but there were even people who changed their minds and chose to help the He family.
However, there was nothing wrong with that. No one would reject that much money. The He family had already prepared everything and He Ning would probably be released tonight.
“We were negligent in this matter. We only paid attention to that old fox, He Ning, but we didn’t expect them to attack Qiao Mei.” Xia Jun shook his head and sighed.
He only hoped that Qiao Mei was safe and sound now. He did not even care about his eldest grandson. He just wanted Qiao Mei to be healthy and happy.
“I’ve already found out more about this matter. It was He Mei’s own idea. He Ning did not have the chance to send any news to the outside world while he was inside. His illness has been acting up for the past few days and he can’t even get any medicine sent in,” Xia Zhe said.
“But this is not a reason for you to let Qiao Mei take the risk! This whole matter is so dangerous! Even if we have this document in our hands, if something really happens, is this document more important than her? You’re too indulgent towards Qiao Mei. Have you forgotten all the discipline I instilled in you back then!” Xia Jun said in exasperation.
“Grandfather, it’s all my fault. I did not put too much thought into this matter and took it too lightly.” Xia Zhe realized how ridiculous it was for him to help Qiao Mei with this matter.
“Leave the agreements to me. I’ll go and make some arrangements. Take good care of Qiao Mei and don’t go anywhere for the time being. Get Aunt to take good care of Qiao Mei and leave the family matters to me,” Xia Wen said seriously.
With these agreements in hand, even if he could not completely defeat the He family, he would be able to negotiate terms with them.
While nothing major had happened to the Xia family, the He family was feeling overjoyed on their end.
As soon as the incident happened, He Mei immediately received the news from her spies. They saw Qiao Mei fall into the water with their own eyes and reported everything to He Mei.
He Mei even opened a bottle from her father’s precious collection of red wine to celebrate. Ma San also came over to join in the fun and poured himself a glass.
“You even dare to touch my father’s wine? Who do you think you are! But… I’m feeling happy today, so I won’t fuss about this small thing. I’ll let you have the wine,” He Mei said with a laugh as she leaned against the sofa.
She looked tipsy and there was a thin layer of perspiration on her slender neck. It was most suitable to use the word flirtatious to describe He Mei’s current expression.
Ma San could not help himself from reaching out to grab He Mei’s hand that was holding the wine glass and said, “Then this glass of wine is not enough . You have to thank me properly!”
He Mei immediately threw the wine in the glass on Ma San’s face and pulled her hand away from his grip. “You dare to want more than this? Are you even worthy! You’re just our He family’s dog! What right does an obedient dog have to ask its owner for things! Get lost!”
Ma San wiped his face with his sleeve angrily and said, “And what are you? You still think you can hide behind the He family name! Your He family is about to collapse, so why are you still full of pretenses! No matter how capable your little uncle is, it has already been so many days! Can his body take it! Maybe he has already died inside!”
“You! You’re just a dog, how dare you curse my little uncle!” He Mei shouted as she pointed at Ma San.
At this moment, He Ning stood at the entranceway of the He family house and coughed lightly. “Cough, cough. I heard that I’m dead?”
He Mei looked towards the door in surprise and said excitedly, “Little Uncle, you’re back! I miss you so much! You’re finally back!”
However, for Ma San, this was no different from a call from hell. He now knew very well that it was not He Ning’s death date that was coming, but his own.
He had never dreamed that He Ning would be able to come out alive. In the beginning, the Ma family had done their best to help the He family save He Ning. However, on second thought, they reckoned that if the He family collapsed, they would be able to annex the He family’s assets. After all, all the men in the He family had been captured and the only one left was He Han who was a fool.