274: Threat

When Yu Jing returned home, she continued to think about this encounter. The more she thought about it, the more wronged she felt. She hadn’t done anything to Wang Ning'an, so why did Zhou Cheng say all that as if she had done something? When Li Xin saw her daughter enter the door with a wronged expression, she asked casually about it.

Yu Jing saw that her father was also there, so she told them both about her encounter with Wang Cheng at the entrance of a restaurant. Before Li Xin could say a word, she saw her husband's face change.

"Jingjing, did Zhou Cheng really say that?" Yu Hongming had been worrying about his son and the company for the past two days. Now that there was an incident with the company and Wang Ning'an was on leave, he, the chairman, had to take care of everything in person. Their defense lawyer had said that their odds of success in the trial was very low. The other party seemed determined to punish Yu Hongzhi, and piled up incriminating evidence against him, which contained no clues that could possibly help his case. Also, because Yu Hongzhi’s crime was a hit-and-run, he had no chance of a reduced sentence. His daughter's words seemed to remind him of this incident.

"He really did say that. Dad, is there some problem?" Yu Jing asked puzzledly.

There was a big problem.

Yu Hongming weakly sat back in his chair. "If I am not mistaken, the one behind the scenes of Yu Hongzhi’s incident is probably this Zhou Cheng."

"What the hell is going on?"

The two were shocked.

Yu Hongming told them about how Yu Hongzhi had recently harmed Wang Ning’an. He didn’t originally think that anything bad would happen because of it. He had also called Wang Ning’an to console him afterwards. Since Wang Ning’an didn’t say anything about it, he thought he didn’t take it to heart. He never expected him to hold a grudge.

"Dad, why would Hongzhi target Ning'an?" Yu Jing didn't understand. She thought that Hongzhi was always targeting Wang Ning’an because she liked him. However, now that she no longer pestered Wang Ning'an like before, why was Hongzhi still trying to cause Wang Ning’an trouble?

"Hongzhi always felt that Wang Ning'an harbored intentions to take over the company." Yu Hongming didn't know what his son was thinking, so he turned a blind eye, not believing anything would happen. How could he expect Zhou Cheng to actually retaliate against them for some brother he wasn’t even biologically related to? Had he known this before, he would have said something to Yu Hongzhi from the very beginning.

Yu Jing sneered, "I think he is just afraid that I will give Ning'an my inherited shares."

She actually knew of all this. On the surface, her younger brother seemed to be defending her. In reality, he was just worried that the company shares would fall into the hands of outsiders, his actions weren’t for her sake at all.

"Your brother is going to go to jail now. As his sister, you should speak less." Li Xin unhappily said, "Hongming, what should we do next? If Zhou Cheng still wants to deal with us, then is there any hope for Hongzhi?"

Yu Hongming's face was gloomy. "Now that we know the cause of the matter, there is only one way to deal with it. It can be seen that Wang Ningan's words must influence Zhou Cheng a lot, if it caused him to do such a thing for his big brother. As long as Wang Ningan is willing to help intercede, Hongzhi should be saved. "

Yu Jing said: "But do you think Wang Ning'an will really help Hongzhi after he’d done all that stuff to him?"

"No matter what, let’s just hope. Do you want us to watch your brother go to jail? How should I say this...Wang Ning'an is still Shenghui's vice president. If your mother goes and personally begs him, he should still leave me, the chairman's wife, some face."

Li Xin was full of schemes.

Yu Hongming frowned. He had a feeling that things would not be so simple.

The next day, Li Xin took her bag, preparing to go find Wang Ning'an. Yu Jing also went with her, since she knew where Wang Ning'an's apartment was. Not long later, the two arrived at Wang Ning'an's residence. After they rang the doorbell, the door was opened for them. However, it was opened by a woman.

"Who are you looking for?" Guan Meifang looked at the two, surprised.

Li Xin looked her up and down. Thinking she was a maid that Wang Ningan had hired, she slightly raised her chin and asked, "Is Wang Ning’an there?"

"Yes, what do you want?" Guan Meifang looked at them warily. With such bad attitudes, it couldn’t be that they were here to pick a fight, right?

"Eldest auntie, who is it?" Wang Ning'an came over. When he saw the two of them, he raised his eyebrows, but didn’t really seem to be surprised. He had already guessed their intentions. "Eldest auntie, you can let them in.” Only then did Guan Meifang open the door and turn sideways in acquiescence.

Li Xin and Yu Jin immediately walked in. Although Yu Jing had already known Wang Ning’an’s address, it was her first time actually entering the apartment. She looked around curiously, before she saw a handsome man sitting in the living room. When he saw them walk over, he stood up as if he was surprised.

"Ning’an, who are these two?" He Ping asked.

"The chairman of Shenghui’s wife and daughter." Wang Ning'an gave a brief introduction.

He Ping nodded and asked another question: "If it’s something important, do you want us to step away?"

"No need."

Guan Meifang poured a glass of hot water for each of the guests. Wang Ning'an asked her to sit down before looking at Li Xin, who sat on the sofa opposite him. "Why have you come to me today, Mrs. Chairman?"

Li Xin wanted to smash Wang Ning'an with money so he could persuade his brother to stop, but Yu Hongming didn’t agree. Wang Ning'an was not short of money at all. Not to mention, even if he himself wasn’t so successful, Wang Ning’an would most likely be able to ask for it from his brother, based on how much Zhou Cheng had defended him. So, simply giving money was not enough. The only way was to lower herself and beg him, playing the pitiful card. This was Li Xin's specialty!

After Wang Ning'an spoke, Li Xin displayed an expression of guilt and regret. "Vice President Wang, I have heard about the things Hongzhi did to you. I came here today to apologize to you on behalf of Hongzhi. I didn't expect that he would actually do such things. It’s my responsibility as a parent to own up to his deeds. I know we owe you, but Hongzhi also knows that he was wrong in the past. I’ll teach him a good lesson when he comes out, so please be magnanimous and let him go, will you? I’m begging you, I only have this one son."

"Yu Hongzhi's behavior was indeed disgraceful. I, Wang Ning'an, have only wholeheartedly worked for Shenghui, yet he has repeatedly targeted me, going so far as to frame me. I don't think these kinds of things can be solved with a single apology. I also don't understand what the chairman's wife is trying to get at here," Wang Ning'an said calmly.

Wang Ning'an shrugged off Li Xin's words, as expected. However, this still made her very unhappy. No matter how valued Wang Ning'an was by her husband, she still saw him as another employee of their company who could be terminated at any time. To describe it in one word, she felt superior.

However, Li Xin still remembered that the fate of her son's future was in Wang Ning’an’s hands. Yu Hongming had told her before she came over that Wang Ning'an was different from ordinary people; he could absolutely not be dealt with using the same methods that others could be dealt with.

"Since you won’t say it, then I’ll get straight to the point. We already know that the person secretly harming Shenghui is your brother, Zhou Cheng. He is also the one who sent Hongzhi to jail. I came here this time to ask you to persuade your younger brother to be the bigger person and let Hongzhi go. I will agree to whatever conditions you make.”

Wang Ning’an shook his head and said, "Mrs. Chairman, I think you’ve made a mistake. Yu Hongzhi has gone to jail because he hit someone with a car and ran."

"If it weren't for your younger brother, Hongzhi wouldn't have gone to jail in the first place," Li Xin blurted.

Guan Meifang finally couldn't help but cut it upon hearing this, "Madam, do you mean to say that you shouldn’t be responsible for hitting someone? I don't read a lot of books, but I still know this much: murderers have to pay with their lives*. Since your son had hit someone, he deserves to go to jail. What does it have to do with our family’s Chengcheng?”

[T/N: *similar meaning to ‘an eye for an eye’, or ‘life for a life’: he deserves time for his crime. But Yu Hongzhi didn’t murder the victim.]

"You!" Li Xin had no words after her rebuttal, and almost lost her temper. Fortunately, she remembered that she was the one asking for help today, and was able to ignore Guan Meifang. She looked at Wang Ning'an and said, against her will: "Vice President Wang, I know that Hongzhi is responsible for his own fate, but please, for the sake of the chairman..."　

"Mrs. Chairman," Wang Ning'an interrupted her, "I don't know why you think my brother did this. I'm sorry, but I can't do anything about it, and my brother also can't do anything about it. Just as my eldest aunt said, it's justified to have a murderer pay with their life. This isn’t a question of who’s targeting who. It’s not like my brother has the capability to affect a conclusive case."

Li Xin's face sank, "Since you don't want to be polite, let’s just be straightforward. State your conditions."

"It seems that the chairman's wife does not understand my meaning; I can't help you with this matter," Wang Ning'an directly said.

"Ning'an, don't misunderstand, my mother didn’t actually mean it, she is just too worried about Hongzhi." Yu Jing still had a good impression of Wang Ning'an in her heart, so she didn't want to see the two turn against each other.

However, the two obviously intended to ignore her.

Li Xin immediately stood up and stared at him condescendingly. "Since you fail to appreciate our kindness, then take it as if we’d never been here. You should have known better than to do this."

After she put down those threatening words, Li Xin left with Yu Jing, who was quite unwilling to go.

"Ning’an, those two don't look like good people. Was it okay for you to offend them?" Guan Meifang said worriedly.

He Ping smiled and said, "Mother, don't worry, nothing will happen."

Wang Ning'an said: "My cousin is right. Although Shenghui is powerful, in the metropolis of the imperial capital, they don’t even have the ability to cover the sky with one hand. They can only temporarily show off their prestige."

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