“By the way, come out with me. I want to buy some things for Uncle Xiang and his family. They’ve gone to a lot of trouble taking care of me and protecting me these past few days.” Zheng Jiayu was genuinely grateful to Captain Xiang and his family.
She had been very happy during the few days she stayed at the Xiang residence, and none of those troublesome people had come looking for her.
“Now?”
Zheng Jiayu took the box back to her room and put it away, then took some money and went out to find Gu Yunting.
When she reached the entrance and saw Gu Yunting, Zheng Jiayu turned around again, took out the letters, walked over to him, and handed them to him.
“Keep these letters with you. They’ll be safest with you.” She trusted the Xiang family, but there was no way to know whether Li Zonglin and the others might lose their minds and come to the Xiang residence looking for trouble.
Gu Yunting tucked the letters safely against his body. “Once we get back to my territory, I’ll give them back to you.”
Zheng Jiayu nodded without saying anything and went directly to the supply and marketing cooperative with Gu Yunting.
At the supply and marketing cooperative, Zheng Jiayu bought quite a few things, all of them necessities for daily life.
After finishing their shopping, Zheng Jiayu and Gu Yunting were preparing to return when they saw Li Jian on the road.
The moment Zheng Jiayu saw Li Jian, her body instantly tensed, and she stared sharply at the man opposite her.
This man was like a poisonous snake, always ready to lunge forward and bite.
Gu Yunting immediately noticed the change in Zheng Jiayu’s emotions and asked quietly, “What’s wrong?”
“The man across from us is Li Zonglin’s son. He’s like a poisonous snake, and I really don’t like him.” Zheng Jiayu quietly told Gu Yunting about Li Jian, including what Li Jian had said before leaving.
Gu Yunting immediately understood why Zheng Jiayu had become so tense the moment she saw this man, as though she had completely transformed into another person.
So this man was from the Li family.
He shifted everything he was carrying into one hand, then reached out with the other and took Zheng Jiayu’s hand, leading her past Li Jian.
Just as they were about to leave, Li Jian suddenly grabbed Zheng Jiayu by the arm and asked darkly, “Who is this man?”
The force of Li Jian’s grip was so strong that Zheng Jiayu could not help frowning. “What does that have to do with you?”
“Zheng Jiayu, don’t forget that you’re my fiancée. How dare you get involved with another man? You’re asking to die.” Ever since Li Zonglin had told him that Zheng Jiayu was his fiancée, Li Jian had already regarded her as his woman. In his mind, she had nothing to do with any of the people around her.
Yet now, his woman had appeared openly in front of him with another man.
Wasn’t that a slap in his face?
Gu Yunting found this man rather amusing. He then released Zheng Jiayu’s hand and placed his hand on Li Jian’s arm, tightening his grip.
Li Jian felt pain in his hand as he held Zheng Jiayu, and under the gazes of the two men, he slowly released her.
“Who exactly are you?”
“My name is Gu Yunting. I’m Zheng Jiayu’s fiancé. I’m the one whose marriage to her was personally arranged by our parents and elders. We have a marriage certificate and an engagement token as proof. And you, what exactly are you? How dare you question her here?”
Li Jian’s eyes widened as he stared at Gu Yunting. “Is what he said true?”
“Of course it’s true. He really is my fiancé, while you are nothing to me.”
“Li Jian, I don’t care what your family has told you, but I have nothing to do with you. I have nothing to do with you now, and I never will, so you’d better stop spouting nonsense here.” Zheng Jiayu had not expected him to say something so disgusting, much less say it right in front of Gu Yunting.
Li Jian stared at Zheng Jiayu darkly before shifting his gaze to Gu Yunting. His voice was hoarse as he said, “You think that bringing a man here will let you escape from me?”
“Even if you’re staying at the Xiang residence, I still won’t let you go. Sooner or later, you’ll be mine.”
“If you break things off with this man now, I can still treat you better. Otherwise…”
Faced with Li Jian’s threat, Gu Yunting stepped in front of Zheng Jiayu.
Standing a full head taller than Li Jian, he exuded an overwhelming sense of pressure.
“Otherwise, what are you going to do to my fiancée?”
Zheng Jiayu stood behind Gu Yunting, feeling an overwhelming sense of security.
Li Jian looked at Gu Yunting and took two steps backward.
“Zheng Jiayu, are you really sure about this? If you do this, you’ll regret it.”
“No. I’d regret it if I didn’t. Go to hell.”
Zheng Jiayu’s refusal to obey him made Li Jian extremely dissatisfied.
If he had known things would turn out this way, he should never have waited until the couple’s funeral was over. He should have acted before then.
That way, there would have been no Gu Yunting involved.
Gu Yunting took Zheng Jiayu’s hand and turned to leave.
Once they were far enough away that Li Jian could no longer see them, Gu Yunting said, “You made the right choice by contacting us.”
With someone like Li Jian, who was as poisonous as a snake, allowing Zheng Jiayu to remain here would eventually give him a chance to scheme against her.
That would be anything but good for them.
Zheng Jiayu’s expression was also extremely grim.
“I understand what you mean. I just feel that Li Jian must have done something. Otherwise, he wouldn’t give off such a sinister feeling, and there’s killing intent in the way he looks at people.” Zheng Jiayu did not spell it out completely, but Gu Yunting understood what she meant.
“I’ll have people investigate Li Jian here. Our men have already gone to buy the tickets, so we’ll leave first thing tomorrow morning.”
Zheng Jiayu nodded and agreed to Gu Yunting’s arrangement.
Meanwhile, after Li Jian returned home, Li Zonglin had not yet gone back to work. Seeing his son return, Li Zonglin walked over and asked, “Weren’t you going to the Xiang residence to find Zheng Jiayu? Why did you come back so quickly?”
It would have been better if Zheng Jiayu had not been mentioned. The moment Li Jian heard her name, his mood turned extremely sour.
“Dad, that bitch Zheng Jiayu actually dared to be all over another man.”
“What? There’s a man with Zheng Jiayu? Who is he?”
“His name seems to be Gu Yunting. He said he’s Zheng Jiayu’s fiancé.”
Li Zonglin immediately understood who this man was.
This was obviously the man Captain Xiang had mentioned.
“He’s probably here to take Zheng Jiayu away. If they leave, we won’t have another chance.”
Li Jian could not possibly let the woman he had set his sights on leave just like that.
So he said to Li Zonglin, “Dad, why don’t we just make our move?”
“Fine. We’ll do it tonight. But make sure the people we hire have nothing to do with us, and make absolutely certain that nothing can be traced back to us.” Li Zonglin reminded him cautiously.
“Don’t worry. The people we find definitely won’t betray us.”
That night, while Zheng Jiayu and the others were sleeping, they suddenly heard noises coming from outside.
Zheng Jiayu was the first to wake up.
The moment she opened the door and stepped outside, she saw Captain Xiang coming out as well.
Hearing the sound of someone picking the lock outside, Captain Xiang quietly walked over to Zheng Jiayu and said, “Go back to your room. No matter what happens, don’t come out. And make sure you hide the letters.”
Zheng Jiayu looked at Captain Xiang worriedly. She was just about to speak when the sounds of a fight suddenly came from outside.