15 – The Cannon Fodder Female Supporting Role of the Aristocratic Family Fifteen
Gu Yunze didn’t want to leave, yet couldn’t think of a reason to stay.
Reluctantly, he said, “Alright, goodbye!”
Jiang Huai turned around, opened the door, and went inside without saying another word to him.
Staring at the closed door, Gu Yunze’s entire demeanor turned icy. His dark, profound eyes flickered with an obsessive light—why was Huai Huai being so cold to him?
His thin lips pressed together slightly as a determined gleam shot from his eyes. One day, she would be his.
Gu Yunze turned and left, his tall figure inexplicably tinged with loneliness.
…
Lin Xiaoxiao had been getting along passionately with Leng Huiyan every afternoon after school, completely forgetting what her mother had asked her to do over the phone. In her heart, she considered it a trivial matter, something insignificant for her family’s conglomerate.
So she didn’t take it to heart.
It wasn’t until she returned home past 11 p.m. that night and saw Liang Yingyue sitting on the sofa in a white nightgown, her head bandaged, that Lin Xiaoxiao was stunned and shocked.
Lin Xiaoxiao quickly put down her expensive bag, walked over, sat beside her mother, and grabbed her hand anxiously. “Mom, what happened to your head?”
The mention of it made Yang Yingyue angry, though she had also benefited from the misfortune. Just sitting in that car with two vehicles of bodyguards following behind had felt truly different.
She never expected Xiaochen to have done so well over the years, traveling with bodyguards.
Liang Yingyue snapped back to reality and said fiercely, “It was that wretched girl Jiang Huai who hit me with a cup at the stairwell. I don’t know why she’s become so vicious now—it’s like she’s a completely different person! And she’s fooling around with some man; that guy even kicked me!”
Even now, remembering Jiang Huai’s glare sent chills down Liang Yingyue’s spine.
Lin Xiaoxiao frowned, shocked. “What? That bitch! Where did she hurt you?”
The last two times, it really did seem like she had changed—sharp-tongued and quick-witted. A man? Could it be that man who encouraged her? Lin Xiaoxiao thought hatefully.
“It’s just a minor concussion. Your dad didn’t even come to see me, so I checked myself out.”
Lin Xiaoxiao was puzzled. “Why didn’t Dad come to see you?” Her eyes shifted. “I remember there’s surveillance at the stairwell, right? We can use that to make sure she can’t stay at the academy!”
Liang Yingyue’s expression was calm, a sarcastic smile curling at the corner of her lips. “He’s too busy with the company to care about me now. As for the surveillance, there should be some.”
Not only that, but Lin Shangyu had even dared to yell at her!
It was only then that Lin Xiaoxiao remembered her mother mentioning something to her the day before yesterday, asking her to speak with Huiyan.
Feeling somewhat guilty, she said, “Mom, um… is the company’s situation really that serious?”
Her mind was already scheming about how to use the surveillance footage to ruin Jiang Huai’s reputation!
Liang Yingyue’s expression turned complicated. “Extremely serious. In the business world, if you show even a slight weakness, rival companies will seize the chance to kick you when you’re down, dragging you into the abyss before you know it. Besides, Leng Junyan has warned many people; no one is helping him. When the wall collapses, everyone pushes…”
Hearing how serious it was, Lin Xiaoxiao quickly took out her phone, about to call Huiyan. But Liang Yingyue, seeing her phone screen, pressed her hand down. “Xiaoxiao, wait.”
Lin Xiaoxiao didn’t understand and looked up at Liang Yingyue in confusion. “Mom?”Liang Yingyue was momentarily at a loss for words. After a moment’s thought, she said, “Your father should be able to handle this. Let’s not trouble Huiyan, otherwise you’ll always feel inferior after marrying into their family.”
She lowered her head slightly, her emotions complicated.
Lin Xiaoxiao thought it over and agreed. If her mother said it wasn’t serious, it should be fine. “Alright then!”
Lin Xiaoxiao opened her phone to check the surveillance footage, only to discover the situation was completely different from what her mother had described. “Mom, why did you lie to me? It was clearly you who hit Jiang Huai…”
Liang Yingyue had no idea what her daughter was talking about. She snatched the phone and watched the surveillance video, shocked to find it completely contradicted what she had experienced.
“What’s going on? I clearly missed Jiang Huai and ended up getting hit by her instead! How did it become me hitting her and then hurting myself?”
Liang Yingyue’s face darkened like ink. Did this mean she had to swallow this unfair treatment silently?
“Xiaoxiao, delete this surveillance footage immediately! Who knows what’s going on? That bitch Jiang Huai must have hired someone to alter it! If your father sees this, he’ll think I framed that slut!”
Lin Xiaoxiao had thought she could get some scandalous material on that woman. She’d disliked Jiang Huai for a long time, but this turned out to be a false alarm.
Pouting with displeasure, she deleted the video.
Liang Yingyue decided not to tell Lin Xiaoxiao the full story for now. She wondered how her brother was handling things…
…
It wasn’t until two days later, when Lin Shangyu finally had a moment to spare, that he saw the message from Jiang Huai among the flood of information – a message that ignited towering rage within him.
During these two days, Jiang Huai had spent all her time outside of classes buried in the library, diligently studying medical knowledge.
Her immense Mental Strength allowed her to read numerous medical texts, consolidating the knowledge inherited from the original body’s memories.
Discovering some excellent foreign medical texts, she also studied English, keeping her daily schedule packed tight.
Gu Yunze wanted to intercept her but couldn’t – Jiang Huai always managed to avoid him and return to her hotel.
Leng Junyan stopped targeting Lin Pharmaceuticals since things had developed sufficiently.
However, Lin Shangyu found himself in turmoil again when his brother-in-law suddenly disappeared, leaving a massive financial gap in the company’s accounts.
By the time he saw the anonymous message informing him that his brother-in-law had been embezzling company funds, it was already too late.
Before Lin Shangyu could confront his wife, his eldest daughter’s charming, pure, and captivating face flashed through his mind. Now he could only try if this would work.
Jiang Huai received a call from her scumbag father. Hadn’t he been busy dealing with the company’s mess these past few days?
The message she sent him should have been enough to make him and Liang Yingyue turn on each other.
Why did he still have time to contact her?
Little did she expect that Lin Shangyu had set his sights on her.
“Hello, what do you want?”
Jiang Huai was in her hotel room, legs crossed lazily on the sofa, her expression calm and voice devoid of any emotion, as if speaking to a stranger.
Lin Shangyu felt complicated, but with the company facing a major crisis, as his daughter, she should make sacrifices for him, shouldn’t she?
Putting on a paternal tone, he said, “Huai Huai, Dad didn’t mean to yell at you last time. It’s only eight now – would you like to join me for some late-night snacks? I’d like to chat with you!”Jiang Huai felt a wave of nausea. The original owner might have been deeply moved upon hearing this, but unfortunately, she wasn’t. “We have nothing to talk about. If there’s anything, you can just say it over the phone! Oh, and you don’t need to pay for Grandma’s medical expenses anymore. I’ll take care of it from now on!”
Lin Shangyu swallowed the words he had prepared, unable to voice them. He continued to persuade her, “Dad’s company is going through a bit of a rough patch right now. I just thought we could go out and relax together!”