Pampered by Short-Lived Bigshot by Beautiful Crescent

Chapter 505: 322 Madness: Only after getting slapped in the face do you realize the pain (4 more Chapters) Ever since Mr. Xie was hospitalized, Taotao took a fall, and their relationship rapidly deteriorated, Shen Zhixian's relentless pressure had begun to break Du Jinglan, even causing her to lose her usual calm.

Trapped like a turtle in a jar, her collapse had reached its limit. Unexpectedly, Jiang Yanting delivered another harsh blow- The head she offered up was her own initiative! How ridiculous! "Mrs. Xie, you act very cautiously..." Jiang Jinsang lifted his hand to tug at the thin blanket on his knee, "You lost because you're too meticulous. You try to account for everything, terrified of what might happen. If you hadn't contacted her, even if we knew the ghost in the Xie Family was you, we couldn't do anything to you." Du Jinglan remained silent.

The moment she had seen Jiang Chengsi, she knew deep down that it was all over.

She had thought, could the Jiangs really have such vast reach, able to investigate matters so long past and far away overseas? But it turned out...

"Sister-in-law, things have reached this point, and we both know the truth. Is there anything else you need to explain?" Shen Zhixian looked at her.

Thinking that by this stage there would be sresolution, Du Jinglan gritted her teeth and looked towards her: "Evidence?" Tang Wan stood at the side, letting out a slight sigh. At this point, still desperately clinging on.

Shen Zhixian chuckled softly, "You still want evidence?" "In everything, we need evidence. You can't just bring someone forward and claim I conspired with her to harm you. Who knows if this isn't slander? Even if this matter gets taken up to the old master or the police station, I would still demand evidence..." "Now, throughout all of Beijing, public opinion is completely... Shen Zhixian, you repay grievances with virtue, joining forces with the Jiang Family, causing the old master to faint from anger, and now you frand entrap me!" "If there is no solid evidence, which way do you think the wind will blow in Beijing?" Du Jinglan wasn't a fool. She was always meticulous in her actions, not leaving any handle to be seized by that Fo Jie, so she indeed had no fear.

"So, you admit to this?" Shen Zhixian stared her down intently.

"Either you bring the evidence and sue me, or..." But Du Jinglan's words were suddenly cut off as Shen Zhixian abruptly lifted her arm and delivered a slap to her face.

It was already past midnight, the dead of night, and the quiet was terrifying. With trembling hands, the slap didn't land solidly on her face, but the sound was crisp and echoed loudly.

Caught off guard, Tang Wan jerked in fright, and any drowsiness she had was completely dissipated.

Jiang Jinsang, on the other hand, turned towards her with a smile, "Scared? What's there to be afraid of withhere?" Jiang Chengsi glanced at the two of them: In such a serious moment, even if just watching the unfold, couldn't they display sprofessionalism? Keep the public display of affection out of it.

Shen Zhixian had previously made a move at the press conference, Du Jinglan had witnessed it herself, but when the slap wasn't on your own face...

You never know the pain! Du Jinglan cfrom a good background and was well-mannered. Even after marrying into the Xie Family, she had not suffered much. This slap was the first tat her age that she had been struck by someone. Gasping for breath unevenly, she caught her breath and straightened her head that had been knocked to one side.

"Shen..." Before she could finish, another slap followed.

This taimed and delivered swiftly and precisely! Du Jinglan stumbled, her body tilting as she crashed against the side of the bed, the ringing in her ears buzzing. "The first slap was for Jiangjiang, the following one, for myself..." Shen Zhixian's wrist was numb, her palm so painful it felt senseless, fingers clenching tight, "What you owe us is too much to be compensated by just two slaps." In a fit of rage, Du Jinglan rose to her feet with the intention of hitting back...

Although they were of the sgeneration, she was considerably younger, and they got along as if she were a younger relative. Being struck so suddenly, she was naturally outraged. Yet, as her hand started its ascent, before it could land, Jiang Yanting caught her wrist.

His grip was even stronger than Jiang Chengsi's, causing her to cry out in pain...

All her strength dissipated completely.

"Mrs. Xie, are you trying to hit my wife right before my eyes?" "Jiang Yanting..." Du Jinglan could hardly speak for the pain, "She hitfirst, I just..." "I saw that, so what?" Jiang Yanting's tone was defiant; indeed, only Shen Zhixian was allowed to hit her, but not the other way around...

Du Jinglan was not like the common rabble, always maintaining a bit of decorum. On hearing this, fury coursed through her, yet she had no idea what to do.

Jiang Jinsang couldn't help but laugh out loud, "Mrs. Xie, you might not know, but my brother is renowned for his double standards..." "At a tlike this, the fact that he hasn't hit you is already showing you a lot of face." "And you're still reasoning with him? Aren't you being a bit too naive?" How could Du Jinglan forget that the man before her was Jiangjiang's biological father? Her breathing deepened. The very next second, Jiang Yanting abruptly let go, sending her tumbling to the ground. This time, she didn't hit the bed but fell hard to the floor, the pain numbing her entire body.

"Just like Xiaowu said, I didn't lay a hand on you myself, which is already showing a lot of face." Du Jinglan sat collapsed on the ground without getting up, her hands propping up her head, completely breaking down...

"I haven't done anything wrong in my entire life except for this one thing. For so many years, I've been walking on eggshells, living every day in fear..." "And I even had to face you every day. For a while, I was breaking down every single day. But as tpassed, I thought it would all pass." "But, but..." "But you never thought that the child didn't die?" Shen Zhixian looked down at the person on the ground. "He wasn't dead to begin with. I..." Du Jinglan endured the trembling in her teeth, "I couldn't bring myself to do that, to really... Let nature take its course, and whatever happens to him afterward would depend on his fate. I never thought that, heh-" "This kid actually ended up with Jiang Yanting again. If back then..." Du Jinglan looked at the person before her, her expression tinged with a touch of madness, "none of this would have happened now." Shen Zhixian clenched his fists tightly, his heart aching at the thought of such a small child being discarded so carelessly by her.

"When Jiangjiang was born, he was already in poor health. You abandoned him, which is essentially sending him to his death. How is that any different from intentional murder?" "What do you wantto do!" Du Jinglan suddenly rose from the ground, trembling like a leaf, her eyes fixed on Shen Zhixian, gone was her usual grace.

Dressed in black and struck a few times, she looked like a vengeful ghost...

She abruptly closed her eyes and began to scream, "Even if it was me, what do you all want? It was I who did it, I who had people take him away, I who left him behind, it was all me, what if I did it?" Du Jinglan's life had been free of wrongdoing, but this single deed terrorized her for years, torturing her daily, especially recently.

She was terrified! Her voice was sharp and piercing, causing discomfort to anyone's eardrums.

The whole guest room fell into dead silence, only Du Jinglan, like a ghost, murmuring threats lowly.

"For money? Afraid I'd return to claim a share of the inheritance, you wantedto die on the operating table, ideally leaving not a single survivor, is that not so?" Seeing her madness, Shen Zhixian somehow beccalm. "I don't know what's going on with the old lady. With her dying breath, she wanted to find you, and the family, persistently, really searched for you for so many years..." Du Jinglan sneered.

"I thought, surely they won't find you, after so many years... But who would have thought..." The Xie Family searched for many years to no avail; everyone thought it very unlikely they would find her. Unexpectedly, in the end, Shen Zhixian appeared.

"It's still about money, isn't it? I always felt that people in the Xie Family weren't so vulgar, something that you can't bring to life or take with you in death..." Shen Zhixian chuckled, "But I never expected that there really are people who would risk everything for such a thing, not even sparing human lives." "We're both parents; you should understand how I feel. These children were originally mine, and then someone just popped up, trying to take everything from me." "What have you done for the Xie Family over the years? What have you given? The entire Xie Group grew and thrived through the efforts of Yongqi and Xie Duo, so why should you show up and seize half of it?" "Tell me, if it were you, would you be willing to accept that?" Shen Zhixian clenched his teeth, "I think you've gone mad..."

"I have indeed gone mad. The old master wanted to compensate you, saying the Xie Family owed you. Fine, it's no trouble to help look after you, to care for your children, but why sacrifice my children's interests for it? Why!" "Just because you have a drop of Xie Family's blood running through you?" Du Jinglan was unwilling to accept this, the softness on her face vanished without a trace, replaced by a chilling, vengeful coldness-an insanity borne from having no escape.

"Even your father, back in the day, never contributed a bit of effort for the Xie Family, for the Xie Group. The i only thing in his heart was love, and that's what led him to an early grave.

I don't understand why, after he died, they would bring you back?" "At my age, it doesn't matter what I go through, but I can't stand to see my children suffer at all, so tell me..." "Why do you deserve it!" Du Jinglan seemed intent on venting out years of pent-up resentment, appearing wildly maniacal.

Just then, footsteps cfrom outside. Tang Wan moved Jiang Jinsang's wheelchair to clear the corridor, and soon after, the people from the Xie Family appeared in the guest room.

The leader, with white beard and hair, having spent a few days in bed, seemed leaner, the sockets of his eyes were deeply sunken, yet his gaze remained pointed and intense.

It was none other than- The old master of the Xie Family, who should have been lying in the hospital!