Chapter 226 - "You aren't even good enough to carry my shoes for me." (1)

Looking at the 0 indicated for remaining stock, Jiang YaGe was very distressed. Let it be Beautify Pills or Hair Growing Cream, she wasn't able to get any of them. She had always been very lucky in the past but, starting the beginning of this year, she wasn't sure if it was just her imagination, her luck seemed to be going down and down. She had been inline for the Beautify Pills for a long, long time, but was never drawn in any of the raffles.

As much as she disliked Fang JunRong, she must admit that Fang JunRong's products were top-notched. Her hair had become dry and brittle as of late and thought she would give the Hair Growing Cream a try after she had read about all of the recommendations.

When she was cohabiting with Fang JueMing, the two had intimacy once when both of them were drunk and they started dating officially after that. As much as she was confident in her own charm, but Fang JueMing was a part of the entertainment circle with no shortage of pretty women. Jiang YaGe would get jealous when she saw scandals between Fang JueMing and the other charming stars. She should be able to get more roles if she could become prettier, instead of the kind with only one ore two lines. And she would have the confidence to stand next to him.

Had her aunty not returned to China and Li WangJin not divorced Fang JunRong, she would still be the precious miss of the Li's and would have unlimited quantity of Hair Growing Cream at her disposal. Much like Zhong Yi, she must never run out of any of these.

The mere thought of the difference in situations between the two of them made her feel so incredibly bitter.

She would think about Li ShiZe occasionally. That heartless man. He even changed the lock after she had left. She only found that out when she ran out of some seasonings one time when she was cooking and tried to go get some from his place.

She bit her lower lip and looked up at Meifang Corporation's official website. The more she looked at it, the more annoying it seemed to her. She finally closed it out and went to read on Weibo. As Fang JueMing's newest girlfriend, she was, naturally, searching for news on Fang JueMing. Now that his finger had recovered and the family of the rich kid who was out to get him was in trouble, he was in much better situation than he was before. Plus, he was still the renowned film emperor. He had received several scripts and had already accepted one of them and started his filming with the production team.

Nevertheless, as soon as she searched under his name, she would immediately see the scandals between him and the female lead in the show. Even though Fang JueMing had reassured her that it was all for publicity, but looking at that charming and seductive face, Jiang YaGe felt very threatened. Could he truly hold his ground being around a beauty like that day in and day out?

It would just be a matter of time before she was dumped if she kept on sitting around at home like this. She wanted the role of a female lead and be popular as well. Sure, her reputation wasn't the best, but there were many others with past that were way worse than hers. They were still able to have a strong career as long as they have a strong public relation team.

She thought about it long and hard and finally recalled Zhang Bi. If only she had another bottle of White Jade Cream, many doors would be opened for her.

She gave Zhang Bi a call immediately and told him that she had ran out of White Jade Cream and begged for another bottle. She promised that she would repay him for his generosity in the future.

Zhang Bi finally agreed to it begrudgingly.

After she had hung up on the phone, Jiang YaGe couldn't help but smiled a little.

Chapter 227 - "You aren't even good enough to carry my shoes for me." (2)

The next day, Jiang YaGe dolled herself up. She had turned back into that delicate girl that she was ever since she was with Fang JueMing. Fang JueMing had always been generous with her when it came to food and other items.

She received call from Zhang Bi when he was just about to arrive and had her opened the door for him.

When Jiang YaGe quickly rushed to the door and opened it up, she saw Zhang Bi standing in front of the unit across from her. She knocked herself on her forehead. Silly her, she had forgotten to let Zhang Bi know that she had already broken up with Li ShiZe.

"Zhang Bi." She called out to her in her usual affectionate and tender voice.

Zhang Bi lifted his brows in surprise. "You and Li ShiZe moved?" And moved to the unit across from their own one? Who would do such a thing?

Jiang YaGe's look stiffened a little. She put on a look that was sadness mixed in with fragility. "I have broken up with Shizi." There were tears on her eyelashes and she couldn't have looked more pitiful.

Zhang Bi was stupefied. He only maintained a good relationship with Jiang YaGe for the sake of Li ShiZe. During these recent months when his experiments were going nowhere, the existence of Li ShiZe became more and more important. The light smile on him disappeared slowly and the solemn look on his became more aggressive. "Why did you break up? Did you two have a fight?"

What was with that out-love-could-survive-the-end-of-the-world front that they had put up in the past? Li ShiZe even hastened his own father's death for love. And they had broken up just months after that?

He looked from the door into the apartment and could see a few pairs of men shoes in the foyer and the suit hanging on the patio.

Shrewd. Jiang YaGe. She had already secured herself a next one right after her break up. From the brand of the shoes, her new boyfriend was not some nobody either. As much as Zhang Bi had always thought that Jiang YaGe was an easy woman, this scene in front of him still disgusted him. She looked so innocent and pure but she was so good at seducing men.

"Li ShiZe hasn't moved yet, has he?" asked Zhang Bi.

Jiang YaGe waited for a while but, instead of asking her about her, he had been talking about her ex-boyfriend this entire time. She had a bad feeling and, her lips moved a bit, and she said, "No."

Now Zhang Bi was even more certain that the two of them would never get back together. No men could handle an insult like that. No men would be alright watching their girlfriend cheat on them from right across them, let alone a someone of Li ShiZe's status. As such, Jiang YaGe had lost all values to him. She was pretty and quite seductive, but he had seen many beautiful women. Jiang YaGe's only value was her status as Li ShiZe's girlfriend.

His impatience with her began to show on his face. "Is that so? Well then, I wish you and your new boyfriend a nice and long relationship."

Having said that, he was about to turn around and leave.

Jiang YaGe was stupefied and wanted to grab him by his arm. "Wait. What about the White Jade Cream?"

Zhang Bi turned around and avoided her hand. He looked at the greedy woman in front of him and there was resentment in his eyes. All of his work on her had been down the drain. The corner of his lips curved upward in a sarcastic manner and he said to her, "You really think you are worth my valued good?"

Jiang YaGe was stunned. Zhang Bi was like a completely different person. His coldness and cruelness were very different from the gentle and attentive person that he was before. She walked back into her apartment, dazed, not even remembering to close the door behind her.

What was going her? Didn't Zhang Bi like her from before? Didn't he come all the way to deliver the medicine to her today?

What had gone wrong?

Chapter 228 - "You aren't even good enough to carry my shoes for me." (3)

On the night of March 6, after Fang JunRong had finished her work of the day and was about to head home, she received a call from Uncle Zhang.

Uncle Zhang had her went over to his place and mentioned something about wanting her to be a witness of sort.

Fang JunRong looked at the time and it was already 8:30 PM. She wouldn't even get to his place till at least 10 PM. That being said, Uncle Zhang was never an unreasonable one, so whatever it was that he needed her for must be very urgent.

She thought about it for a little bit and said to Jiang DeXian, "It looks like you are not done for the day yet."

Jiang DeXian smiled slightly. "I make good money, so I am prepared to work overtime any time."

Fang JunRong nodded satisfactorily. The two of them walked downstairs and drove over to the Zhang's.

They finally arrived at the Zhang's 15 minutes to 10 PM. All the lights were on on the inside and there was already someone waiting for Fang JunRong at the front.

Jiang DeXian took a step back and walked about 30 cm or so behind Fang JunRong.

By the time they had walked inside the living room, Fang JunRong noticed a big crowd gathering there already, including Zhang ZhiSu and Zhang ZhiYang. Both of them surrounded by a few others and they were starting at each other. The atmosphere was very intense.

When Zhang ZhiYang saw Fang JunRong, he was taken aback a little and then he asked, "How come you are here?"

Fang JunRong replied indifferently, "Uncle Zhang invited me over to be a witness. What is going on here... ?"

Zhang ZhiYang looked back at the very relaxed Zhang ZhiSu. He had no idea why Zhang ZhiSu appeared so full of confident but he said, "We just feel that cousin is simply not good enough for the role of the leader of the clan and, as such, we would like to ask him to resign from the position." He was surprised by Fang JunRong's appearance but he wasn't going to alter his plans.

Zhang ZhiSu looked around the room and his voice was so nonchalant that nobody would tell his mood right now. "Do you all agree with what he just said?"

A man from next to Zhang ZhiYang stepped up and said, "The capable goes up, the mediocre steps aside, and the incapable goes down. This has always been the law of nature. You are not bad, ZhiSu. It is just that ZhiYang is more capable. We trust that the Zhang's could go higher and further under his leadership. Don't you worry. We've known ZhiYang since he was a child. He was a generous and accepting one. Even if you had stepped aside, you will still be his cousin and he will continue to treat you with respect."

Zhang ZhiYang was not to underestimated being able to bring so many to his side in such a short amount of time. In addition, Zhang ZhiSu might seem like a mild one but he was, in reality, very domineering. Everything he said, went in the Zhang's and none of those from any of the side branches were able to benefit even a little. It was only natural that they sided with Zhang ZhiYang.

Fang JunRong was amazed by what was going on. That was a coup to overturn the power if there was one. Per the news that she had heard, White Jade Cream and Detoxification Pills were to be launched to market in less than a week. Would Zhang ZhiSu really lose his power now?

Zhang ZhiSu said mildly. "It would seem that my cousin had offered up a lot of perks to Uncle De and the others."

Uncle De, the man who stepped up, looked awkward for a little bit before he said again righteously, "That is still better than you offering up the perks to some outsiders. You would rather benefit an outside than others within the family. We have had enough of you already."

He pointed at Fang JunRong and said angrily. "If it wasn't for you, how could she had become one of the largest shareholders of Goayuan Corporation? So, what is it? Is it that pretty face that you are after?"

Fang JunRong: Oh boy. How did she get drag into this out of the blue? She was strictly a melon-eater here. Why couldn't she just be a peaceful bystander?

Oh, dang!!

Zhang ZhiYang only wished that he could somehow gag Uncle De so he would stop talking. This must be what they called a pig teammate.* Fang JunRong had already been keep her distance with him and, now, Uncle De, of everything that he could do, decided to straight up offend her? Looking at the smile that wasn't a smile on her, his heart sank some more.

Looking at the very emotional Uncle De, the indifferent look on Fang JunRong right now oddly resembled the look on Zhang ZhiSu.

"What is it that give you that confidence? Your old man body odor? Your male pattern baldness? Or that barking that could only belong to a loser?

"Let me tell you, you will be an eyesore even if you are to carry my shoes for me."

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notes:

Pig teammate – your teammate who only makes matters worse.