Chapter 673: Chapter 674: Putting a Green Hat on Me is for My Own Good?
At this moment, in the study room.
Xi Jiaxin and Liu Ruyan are in a standoff.
Xi Jiaxin lights up a cigarette, “Liu Ruyan, what do you want to say after finally getting rid of the others?”
“I’m trying to tell you, Xi Jiaxin, that you really are an idiot. If I truly wanted to harm you, I would have had plenty of opportunities given how we shared a bed for the past four years. Why would I resort to a tactic that would raise your suspicions?”
Xi Jiaxin responded, “That would be because you used to cheat on me with Han Cheng, but I never found out about it.”
“Xi Jiaxin, ask yourself, do you truly care if I cheated on you with Han Cheng? Did you marry me out of love? Not at all. You did it because I could help you manage your business. If it weren’t for this accident, would you even think about a divorce?”
Indeed, when he first laid his eyes on Liu Ruyan, he was looking at her capabilities more than anything else.
She was extremely diplomatic and well-connected, and also had a shrewd business sense.
She had made quite a lot for him over the years, with investments and all.
Their relationship was more of a mutually beneficial agreement.
She needed a status to stay active in the upper-class society of Beijing.
And he, he needed someone to help him. He didn’t want people to think that his success was all because of his elder brother.
If you were to talk about love…
That didn’t really come into the picture.
After all, no amount of maintenance can make a woman nearing fifty as fresh as a girl in her twenties.
But those young girls lack her wits.
Liu Ruyan continued, “Even if we were to go our own ways in the future and not split our assets, I don’t think we would end up having any conflicts. Moreover, Housekeeper Han is your elder brother’s man, I brought him over in order to probe your elder brother’s intentions. He might seem to care about you, but his heart is set on handing over the family’s legacy to Gu Zhaohan. Once Gu Zhaohan has taken over the company, would there still be a place for you in this family?”
Xi Jiaxin chuckled coldly, “So, you’re saying that you cheating on me was actually for my own good?”
Liu Ruyan calmly responded, “I’m saying this to prove that I wouldn’t risk so much to harm you with such a crude method. I’ve been wrongfully accused.”
“Then who do you think is framing you?”
This matter, Liu Ruyan had Han Cheng look into it, and it was becoming clear that Xia Yangyang was involved.
The incident involving Xi Jiachen took place at Paradise on Earth.
And Han Cheng had found out that Xia Yangyang was staying at Paradise on Earth during that period.
Could it really be just a coincidence?
And Xia Yangyang’s appearance today was also not a coincidence.
Liu Ruyan starts, “That girl must have found out about Xia Liangdong’s death.”
Xi Jiaxin raised his eyebrows, “Xia Yangyang?”
“She must be stirring up trouble. Jiaxin, you absolutely must not fall into her trap.”
After smoking a cigarette, Xi Jiaxin was still looking somewhat suspiciously at Liu Ruyan.
Liu Ruyan said, “I will definitely look into this matter and lay the evidence before you. If I, Liu Ruyan, have harmed you, let thunderstorms from the heavens strike me down; I swear on it.”
Xi Jiaxin responded, “Perhaps I hadn’t thought this through. I knew that girl seemed suspicious. If she truly wants to avenge her father, it wouldn’t be surprising for her to plot such a scheme and instigate infighting among us.”
Liu Ruyan said, “I’m glad you understand.”
However, Xi Jiaxin was even more worried now. If that girl was here for revenge, things would get even messier.
That girl has a special status, and is currently Gu Zhaohan’s fiancée.
If Gu Zhaohan was also involved in this plot, standing against him, then…