Chapter 42 - She Wasn't Upset At All. Quite the Contrary, She Was Pleased By The Development (1)

Not wanting to admit that he was just a bourgeois, Li WangJin had no choice but to keep his mouth shut. Holding back what he wanted to say was like torture.

As he was in a not-so-good mood, Li WangJin didn't say much after that and Fang JunRong was able to have a peaceful time. Fang JunRong half closed her eyes and started thinking about the content of the book. She suddenly remembered a very important part of it.

Based on her memories of her previous life, Jiang YaGe would be saving Wang Xiao in the next few days. Fang JunRong had some recollection of the incident. Jiang YaGe already had her bracelet by then and had successfully developed the White Jade Cream. After Jiang YaGe had saved him, she hid him under her bed and used the White Jade Cream to heal him. That was how Wang Xiao fell in love with the kind Jiang YaGe who never looked at him with prejudice. Ever since then, Wang Xiao's sword would point whichever direction that Jiang YaGe's little heart desired.

Fang JunRong figured that Xiao Wang should be arriving in the next few days.

Fang JunRong's lips curved a little bit – she wondered how Jiang YaGe would heal Wang Xiao during this life without the magical drug, White Jade Cream. Would she take him to the hospital or use regular medications on him privately? Of course, Fang JunRong hoped it was the latter. That way, even if Wang Xiao had only sustained minor injuries, it'd turn into serious issues with the delay in time. She could then nicely call the cops.

She didn't get it sometimes. Wouldn't a normal person's first reaction after running into an injured, vicious-looking, obviously a criminal person be either calling the cops or taking him to the hospital? What was going through Jiang YaGe's mind to bring him home and try to nurse him back to health?

She thought about it for a bit and arrived at a conclusion; must be his looks! After all, Wang Xiao was a good-looking man. Why else would that He ShuHua acted like she was spellbound?

Fang JunRong had long been prepared for this. She had placed spy cameras in Jiang YaGe's room before she moved in. They would come in very handy now.

***

This was a night with a bright moon and few stars. Jiang YaGe was on her way home with her backpack. She had gone out with her roommates today and didn't notice the time. She had wanted to call the chauffeur to pick her up, but the chauffeur was already on his way to pick up Zhong Yi. So she decided to head home on her own.

She turned a corner and a shadow covered her and a shadow on the ground in front of her. The very next second, she was enveloped in the smell of blood.

Jiang YaGe let out a cry, but before the cry had turned into a shriek, she saw a handsome face and stopped herself. Her face flustered. Li ShiZe, living under the same roof as her, was already an incredibly handsome man, and this strange man was almost every bit as handsome. In addition, there was an even stronger male pheromone radiating from him, making her knees weak.

"If you dare make a sound, I will kill you. Now take me back to your place."

She was pushed onto the ground by the man and she felt the coldness of metal on her neck. It was a pistol.

Wang Xiao reminded her of a wolf. Dangerous, but also very appealing. She bit her lower lips and said softly, "You are hurt. I can help you."

The man wanted to say something else. His eyes were filled with alertness, but finally his hand fell and he lost consciousness.

Jiang YaGe paused for a bit before she struggled out from under the man. Under the street light, she could see a terrifying bloody hole on his left arm. She turned pale uncontrollably – it looked like it'd hurt a lot. Blood was still coming out of the would and dripping onto the ground.

She hesitated for a little bit and finally decided to take him home anyway – would he be taken to the cops if she took him to the hospital? As vicious as he looked, Jiang YaGe refused to believe that someone with that face could be a criminal.

Chapter 43 - She Wasn't Upset At All. Quite the Contrary, She Was Pleased By The Development (2)

By now, the security guard at home had already gone home, so she used her access card to open the door directly. Lucky for her, there was nobody else home, as though an invisible force was trying to help her out. She seemed to vaguely recall that her adopted parents went to a banquet tonight and wouldn't be home anytime soon. Li ShiZe had been spending most of his time at the office recently and Li XinYun was gone on a trip.

She found a trolly, dragged the man into her room, and hid him inside her bathroom. Her bathroom was quite big, so having him in there wasn't an issue at all. She pulled out a mattress and put it on the floor.

She even ran back outside and cleaned up the blood left behind by him. She rummaged through the closet, found the first aid kit, and bandaged the wound for the strange man. After she was done with all those, she smiled lightly.

As there was one more person inside her room, she didn't sleep too deeply that night and woke up before the sky was bright. Jiang YaGe went to check on the man in the bathroom. He hasn't woken up yet.

Maybe she could make some porridge for him – that idea just popped into her head.

***

Going downstairs, Fang JunRong could smell the aroma of meat porridge. She looked over and saw Jiang YaGe setting up bowls and chopsticks. Hearing noises, Jiang YaGe turned around and smiled at her. "Mom, I've made breakfast. Try some and let me know what you think of my cooking."

Jiang YaGe had only intended to make some bone porridge for Wang Xiao, but she needed a cover up for it, so she just said she was making breakfast for everyone. That would also gain her brownie points.

Fang JunRong said nonchalantly, "Mrs. Zhang can take care of all those."

Jiang YaGe smiled and said, "You and dad had done so much for me. I want to do something to show my appreciation too. Plus Mrs. Zhang has been cooking for us every day. She can use a break."

The admiration and trust in her sparkling eyes made it difficult to turn her down. Mrs. Zhang, standing next to her, immediately looked fonder of her.

Fang JunRong must admit that when Jiang YaGe wanted to flatter someone, she was very good at it. Too bad Fang JunRong's heart had already been hardened and she wasn't moved by that at all. Why was Jiang YaGe offering to cook all of a sudden? Had Wang Xiao arrived already?

Fang JunRong wasn't flattered by her, but it worked like a charm on Li WangJin and Li ShiZe. Li WangJin, especially, wouldn't stop singing her praises. He praised how delicious the soup was and how familial Jiang YaGe was.

Particularly after he saw the blister on her finger from cooking the porridge, he felt so bad for her that all he wanted to do was to take her shopping. His passion died down quickly thinking about the cash that he had remaining. He looked at Fang JunRong with anticipation.

Fang JunRong had been married to him for years and more or less had an idea of what was going through his mind.

She chuckled to herself and went back inside her own room after half a bowl of porridge.

***

During the next few days, Fang JunRong spent quite a bit of time looking at the surveillance videos. She was surprised that Wang Xiao had ran into Jiang YaGe just like he did in her previous life.

Wang Xiao was alarmed toward Jiang YaGe at the beginning, but after Jiang YaGe had been treating his wound and feeding him three meals a day, his attitude toward her had obviously softened.

Chapter 44 - She Wasn't Upset At All. Quite the Contrary, She Was Pleased By The Development (3)

Jiang YaGe had tried very hard to cover up for Wang Xiao. Sharing a secret and staying inside the same room day in and day out, the peculiar air between the two was obvious even through the surveillance video. Jiang YaGe had also forbidden others to clean her room recently. All she said was she could take care of her own room and she didn't want to increase the work of the servants.

With his uninjured hand, Wang Xiao taught Jiang YaGe how to use the pistol – there were more physical contacts during these lessons. Even through the camera, it was obvious that Wang Xiao's possessiveness toward her was growing by the day. Jiang YaGe, who was usually very sensitive to these things, was very blinded this time and had no idea about it at all. She only thought of Wang Xiao as a friend, even though Wang Xiao would cross the friendship line and stroke her hair occasionally.

That's right. She had always boasted that she was a friend of Wang Xiao and she wanted to help him.

Her ability to completely overlook the truth had thoroughly impressed Fang JunRong. She questioned Jiang YaGe's faithfulness to her son. She wasn't upset about it though; quite the contrary, she was happy to see that. She felt that Jiang YaGe probably also possessed the buff to lower one's intelligence. Wang Xiao was plenty mighty when plotting against one's family, covering every single detail. But now, in front of Jiang YaGe, he behaved like an idiot. He let Jiang YaGe treat him with basic first aid skills and completely forgot that he shouldn't delay seeking treatment for his wound.

Perhaps that was what love was.

Unfortunately for them, their days in paradise didn't last too long. Jiang YaGe wasn't a professional nurse after all. All the treatment methods that she had applied on him were from Baidu. She had no experience taking care of a wound and didn't even apply basic disinfection. Wang Xiao finally succumbed to an infection and ran a high fever.

Jiang YaGe was very worried. She had tried fever reducers, putting cold towels on his forehead, etc. Nothing worked. Wang Xiao was running such a high fever that his face was beet red. Jiang YaGe didn't want anything to happen to him, so she gritted her teeth and decided to take him to the hospital, even if that meant she'd alert others.

Once Jiang YaGe had made up her mind, she was very proactive. She put on a cap, a mask, and a pair of shades on Wang Xiao and helped him up with difficulty. Luckily, even though Wang Xiao was half-conscious from the fever, he was still able to regain some consciousness when she had woken him up and worked with her. Otherwise, it'd be quite difficult for Jiang YaGe to pick him up by herself.

She tried her best to not make too many noises and was pleased that the Li's didn't have too many helpers, thus reducing the chances of someone being alerted. The mansion, however, was big and any amount of noises would be amplified. Jiang YaGe had always wanted to live in a large house as it would give her the illusion that she was a princess. But now, she was worried the entire time and felt that the way to the front door was so incredibly long. Time seemed to be crawling.

She had finally reached the door when she heard footsteps and a sluggish voice.

"YaGe, what are you doing?"

At the same time, the chandelier was turned on.

The sudden light hurt Jiang YaGe's eyes and she closed them reflexively. She felt that her heart almost leapt out of her throat.

She opened up her eyes. Under the light, Fang JunRong had a superior coldness in her look. She was already over forty years old but didn't have any wrinkles that belonged to her age. Her face was smooth and clear like a porcelain art.

Startled, her grip loosened and Wang Xiao fell directly onto the floor with a loud "BANG". It sure sounded like that would hurt a lot. His injury was most likely worsened by that fall.

Fang JunRong's lips tightened – she wondered if that Wang Xiao had fractured a bone or two? Would he be able to save his arm?