He is Lovestruck in the Revenge

Chapter 119 - 119 113 Changling protects her husband tidying up

?Chapter 119: 113: Changling protects her husband, tidying up after Fang Jiyin (first update) Chapter 119: 113: Changling protects her husband, tidying up after Fang Jiyin (first update) After Lin Wanrong left, two girls entered the bathroom. One was the granddaughter of the Great Zheng Family, Zheng Lan. The other was Lin Wanrong’s cousin, Lin Xiaoya.

Lin Xiaoya, arriving late, hadn’t seen Xie Shang’s girlfriend, but she had already heard a lot.

“Did you see Xie Shang’s girlfriend?”

Zheng Lan was touching up her makeup, “I did.”

Lin Xiaoya was particularly curious, “They say she’s very beautiful, is it true?”

“She is quite beautiful.”

Lin Xiaoya was messaging her sister, “I told my sister that Xie Shang brought his girlfriend to the dinner, and she didn’t believe me.”

“Your sister hasn’t given up yet?”

Xie Shang was already famous during his school days.

Lin Xiaoya’s sister, Lin Xiaonan, was Xie Shang’s classmate and had liked him back in school.

“She should have given up by now, she hardly ever spoke to Xie Shang.” Lin Xiaoya washed her hands and sprayed some perfume, “The one who should be the angriest is probably Fang Jiyin. I heard that when Xie Shang was younger, he nearly drowned while swimming and was saved by Fang Jiyin, who happened to pass by. Fang Jiyin’s stepmother, taking advantage of the life-saving favor, wanted to marry her off to Xie Shang. Now someone has cut in line.”

“Whether they can cut in line is not yet certain.” Zheng Lan’s mother was quite familiar with Xie Yanli, and she had heard plenty about the Xie Family’s matters, “Xie Shang’s girlfriend is just a nurse, not from a matching household, a family like the Xie’s is not so easy to enter. Look at Xie Shang’s aunt, she also had an arranged marriage when she was young, and Xie Shang’s mother’s background is even more telling.”

“I don’t see it that way though. I think the Xie Family can’t make decisions for Xie Shang. If the Xie Family could control him, he wouldn’t have started a pawnshop, he would have become a lawyer.”

“You seem to know him quite well.”

“My sister liked him for so many years, I used to listen to her talk about Xie Shang every day.”

“Your sister also…”

Their voices grew distant.

Wen Changling came out of the stall, rubbing her lower abdomen.

Her period was very considerate, causing her a slight pain a few hours before it started, allowing her to be prepared.

The inner hall of the banquet was set up with a stage where a violinist was performing.

Wen Changling had not returned yet, so Xie Shang took a coat and went out to look for her.

Fang Jiyin sat in silence, the hem of her dress clenched in hand, wrinkled from the twisting.

Someone nearby spoke up, seemingly afraid she couldn’t hear, deliberately raising their voice, “The official girlfriend is here, how can she still stick around? If I were her, I’d be too ashamed to show my face.”

The people around were laughing.

Everyone knew who they were talking about.

“A fake younger sister, hanging ‘big brother’ on her lips all day long, people who don’t know might think Xie Shang is really hers. She should take a look at her own background, not recognizing her biological mother, whoever has money is her mom.”

The girl who spoke without regard for others’ presence was named Chu Ran.

Chu Ran and Fang Jiyin had known each other since they were very young, as Fang Jiyin’s birth mother, Zhang Aizhen, used to be a maid at Chu Ran’s house. After Fang Jiyin’s parents divorced, her father Fang Xiumin took her to form a new family with Xie Yanli. After that, Fang Jiyin seldom visited Zhang Aizhen at the Chu Family’s house.

After Fang Xiumin passed away, Fang Jiyin chose to live with Xie Yanli and Zhang Aizhen resigned and went back to her hometown.

Fang Jiyin was not popular in the social circles of Dihong’s daughters. First, she always seemed gentle, weak, and sick, so nobody liked to play with her. Secondly, she liked to mention “big brother” a lot.

Big brother, big brother.

Only she could call him that, after all, she was a fake younger sister.

Chu Ran had quite liked Zhang Aizhen, which was why she disliked Fang Jiyin, “What’s the use of shamelessly playing the fake younger sister for over a decade? Not being liked means not being liked.”

A friend of Chu Ran signaled with her eyes and said in a low voice, “Stop talking, she’s not well.”

“She’s been gasping for over a decade, but I haven’t seen her die yet.”

Chu Ran spoke loudly.

Fang Jiyin heard it all very clearly. The surrounding mockery and ridicule entered her ears, turning into resentment and anger, her tightly clenched fists trembling slightly.

Everyone was watching her make a fool of herself, looking down on her.

She stood up, clenched her teeth, and walked outside as if nothing happened, expressionless.

Qiao Yi immediately followed her.

“Yingying.”

“Yingying.”

Fang Jiyin walked faster and faster.

Qiao Yi caught up to comfort her, “Don’t be sad, Yingying. How can Wen Changling compare with you? Xie Shang is just after something new, playing around with her. You have a lifesaving grace over Xie Shang, if it weren’t for you, he would have—”
Fang Jiyin turned back and roared, “What do you know!”

Qiao Yi fell silent.

Turning her head, Fang Jiyin saw Wen Changling on the opposite side of the pool, taking her time, strolling over with her red dress swaying gently.

As they brushed past each other, Fang Jiyin stopped.

“So this is what you look like.”

Wen Changling also stopped, looking nonchalantly at Fang Jiyin’s eyes, reddened with jealousy.

“You must have deliberately made yourself look ugly to get close to my big brother, didn’t you? To attract his attention?”

My fourth brother…

Wen Changling didn’t quite like this nickname.

“Miss Fang, you should change your way of thinking,” Wen Changling suggested with an innocent, honest, and sincere demeanor, “Xie Shang must like me very much. Even if I were ugly, he’d still like me.”

Deadly and heart-wrenching.

“Wen Changling!”

Fang Jiyin took a sharp breath, coughing violently.

Wen Changling couldn’t be bothered and continued looking for her way, the hotel was too big, and she had lost her way back.

Behind her came the furious roar of Fang Jiyin.

“Are you blind, get out of the way!”

The waiter who had inadvertently blocked the way hurriedly apologized.

“I’m sorry.”

“I’m sorry.”

Fang Jiyin, with nowhere to vent her anger, smashed the glasses on the waiter’s tray.

Wen Changling turned around.

Impolite.

Suddenly, Wen Changling remembered the gossip she heard in the restroom: “I heard that when Xie Shang was young, he nearly drowned while swimming, and it was the passing Fang Jiyin who saved him. Wanting to capitalize on the life-saving grace, her stepmother tried to marry her off to Xie Shang.”

Today was the anniversary celebration of Dihong; there should have been lots of esteemed doctors present.

Wen Changling looked down at her shoes, the pearls were beautiful, such a pity, she had only worn them once.

She carefully held up the hem of her dress, revealing her right ankle, bent down, and snapped the strap that was wrapped around her ankle. The strap broke, and the pearls fell into her hand.

Looking at the broken strap, she showed a regretful expression: “It’s broken.”

She let go of her hand, the pearl rolled away, and then she watched the timing: one, two, three, four…

The high heels stepped on the round pearls—
“Ah!”

Fang Jiyin toppled into the water, instantly splashing huge waves in the pool.

Qiao Yi shouted, “Yingying!”

Wen Changling just quietly watched.

In the pool, Fang Jiyin panicked, struggling, opening her mouth to cry for help, yet pool water instantly filled her throat and nostrils, and she wildly coughed, gasped for air, and rolled her eyes back.

The pool was deeper than a person is tall, and Qiao Yi, who couldn’t swim, could only shout for help: “Someone! Come quickly!”

“Someone fell into the water.”

“Is anyone there!”

Zheng Lvqiao and his group of young masters happened to be nearby, arriving first.

But not a single one of them got in the water. Each was pushing the other, shouting, blaming, and bickering.

In the chaos, someone, lifting their dress hem, quietly approached Zheng Lvqiao from behind and pushed him in.

She still held up her dress hem, tiptoeing as she turned around—
Xie Shang was behind her, smiling.

Suddenly, Wen Changling felt a bit angry and walked over, “What are you laughing at?”

Xie Shang took her hand and led her away, “What were you doing?”

“I was saving someone.” She lifted her dress, stepping on her own shadow, “I remember Zheng Yeda once said in an interview, Zheng Lvqiao is part of the swimming association.”

Xie Shang saw her shoes, “What happened to your shoes?”

She exposed her right foot, “It’s broken.”

The shoe was missing the ankle strap, making it loose and somewhat chafing to wear.

Xie Shang didn’t ask how it broke, simply laying his suit jacket on the stone border of the flower bed.

“Sit down.”

Wen Changling sat.

Xie Shang knelt down on one knee, lifted her dress hem slightly to reveal her ankle. He took out his handkerchief, thankfully thin enough to be threaded through the loops of her shoe, wrapping around her ankle in a circle, with just enough length left to tie a knot.

“I heard that Miss Fang once saved you from drowning,” Wen Changling instinctively touched her hearing aid, suddenly asking, “Then how come she can’t swim?” Her eyes dropped, thick lashes concealing the emotions in her eyes.

Xie Shang helped her adjust her dress hem, “They say she was left with a phobia since then.”

“I see.”

Wen Changling craned her neck to look back towards the pool.

The person had been rescued, and medical staff had also arrived.

She pulled Xie Shang’s hand, placing the remaining pearl in it, “Here, this is for you.” She was in a good mood, smiling at Xie Shang, “Now Zheng Lvqiao is Fang Jiyin’s lifesaver. She can’t cling to you anymore, can she?”