novelraw Chapter 0179 The Wife-Protecting Maniac is Online
Chapter 0179 The Wife-Protecting Maniac is Online
Limitless Building, top-floor conference room.
The atmosphere was oppressive.
Jiang Ci sat in the main seat, listening to the report on the overseas mergers and acquisitions.
Half an hour ago, Jiang's father made an urgent phone call, forcibly summoning him from the old house back to the company on the grounds that "a fatal flaw has appeared in the merger and acquisition case, and the investors demand an immediate confrontation."
On the large screen, the data kept changing.
Jiang Ci stared at the complicated terms and conditions, his brows furrowing deeper and deeper.
wrong.
This so-called "fatal flaw" is actually a trivial detail.
My father has been in the business world for decades; there's no way he couldn't see through such a small problem and insist that I rush back.
unless……
This is a diversionary tactic.
"Buzz—"
My personal phone, which was on the table, vibrated.
Jiang Ci unlocked it quickly.
It was a WeChat message sent by Uncle Fu, the housekeeper of the old house.
[Young Master, the Chairman didn't go to the company. Madam left the Young Mistress alone in the back garden; it's been almost half an hour.]
"Snapped!"
The pen in Jiang Ci's hand was instantly broken.
He suddenly stood up.
The boss's chair behind me was pushed away with tremendous force, hitting the wall with a dull thud.
"General Manager Jiang?"
The executive who was giving the report was startled and stopped abruptly.
The meeting has been cancelled.
Jiang Ci didn't even grab his coat and strode straight out.
His face was so gloomy it could drip water, and his whole body exuded undisguised violence and panic.
He should have thought of that sooner.
How could his parents let Wen Ning off so easily based on a prenuptial agreement he unilaterally drafted?
They sent him away so they could deal with her alone.
He knew better than anyone the methods those wealthy families used to force people to leave.
They used money to bribe, verbal attacks, and pressure from their families.
She already felt indebted to him; if her mother said a few more harsh words, would she...?
Another departure without saying goodbye?
"Get the car ready! Let's go to the underground parking garage!"
Jiang Ci roared at his assistant outside the door, his voice trembling.
……
The Maybach sped through the streets of City A.
He ran two red lights.
Twenty minutes later.
The screeching sound of brakes echoed outside the Jiang family's old house.
Before the car had even come to a complete stop, Jiang Ci had already pushed open the car door and rushed out.
He strode across the front yard and through the corridor.
The leather shoes made a rapid and disorderly sound as they stepped on the bluestone slabs.
"Aci?"
Jiang's father was walking out of the front hall when he saw his son's murderous look and frowned.
"Weren't you in a meeting at the company? Why are you back so soon?"
Jiang Ci completely ignored his father.
He pushed open the moon gate leading to the back garden.
Under the wisteria trellis.
Wen Ning and Jiang's mother were sitting face to face.
Jiang Ci's gaze instantly locked onto the trash can on the table.
Inside, lay several pieces of torn-up check remnants.
His pupils suddenly contracted.
Reason completely collapsed in that instant.
"Ningning!"
He strode over and, without the slightest hesitation, pulled Wen Ning up from the rattan chair.
Pull hard.
He shielded her completely against his broad back.
He was like a ferocious beast whose scales had been touched.
His muscles were tense, and he stared at his mother with a wary and fierce look.
Even his father, who arrived later, was included in his hostile circle.
"What did you say to her?"
Jiang Ci's voice was terribly hoarse, revealing a ruthless and desperate nature.
"Did you try to force her to leave with money again?"
Jiang's mother was quite angry at her son's guarded attitude, as if he were a thief.
The slight disturbance I felt from Wen Ning earlier was instantly ignited by this brat's attitude.
"What kind of attitude is that?"
Jiang's mother stood up, her face turning cold.
"Can't I chat with her? What, am I supposed to eat her?"
"Aci! How dare you!"
Jiang's father also walked into the flower stand and scolded him sternly.
"Is that how you talk to your elders? You've forgotten all manners for the sake of a woman?"
"rule?"
Jiang Ci gave a cold laugh.
He held Wen Ning tightly behind him, gripping her wrist with such force that his hand trembled slightly.
"If you have any complaints or rules, come at me."
He stared at his parents, speaking slowly and deliberately, each word ringing with conviction.
"Don't go looking for her behind my back."
"What happened back then was my own choice. This time, I begged her to come back to me."
"It has absolutely nothing to do with her!"
Wen Ning was protected behind him.
Looking at his upright yet slightly trembling back.
"Jiang Ci, please don't do this..."
She reached out and tugged at his sleeve, trying to explain that Jiang's mother hadn't made things difficult for her.
"Mom didn't force me, you've misunderstood..."
"Shut up."
Jiang Ci didn't turn around, but scolded her in a low voice.
His tone was fierce, but he gripped her hand even tighter.
He thought she was compromising.
He raised his head and looked directly at his furious parents.
A resolute determination, like burning one's boats, ignited in his eyes.
"I'm putting my words here today."
"She is my legal wife, the only Mrs. Jiang I have ever truly recognized in my life."
"If this family can't accept her."
"If you insist on using those methods to force her away."
Jiang Ci took a deep breath.
His voice was cold and hard, like iron.
"After that, I won't go back to the old house."
"Just pretend you don't have a son like me."
Dead silence.
In the garden, even the sound of the wind seemed to have stopped.
Jiang's father looked at him in disbelief.
He was so angry that his fingers were trembling.
"What...what did you say? You're going to turn against your parents who gave you life and raised you for a woman?!"
"They're even abandoning their home?!"
Jiang's mother clutched her chest, her eyes instantly reddening.
"Aci, are you crazy?"
"We are your biological parents! Would we harm you?"
"Do you even know how she treated you back then? Have you forgotten what you looked like lying in the ICU?!"
Faced with her parents' accusations and heartache.
Jiang Ci's shoulders slumped down slowly.
That sharp, aggressive spirit transformed into a profound sense of powerlessness and despair in the face of his mother's tears.
How could he forget?
He remembers it better than anyone else.
"Dad, Mom."
Jiang Ci's voice suddenly softened.
His voice became extremely hoarse, carrying a heart-wrenching pain.
"You all saw how I spent those three years."
He looked at his parents.
A layer of blood-red water welled up in his eyes.
"You all think that time has healed me."
"You think that just because I founded Limitless and became its CEO, I've made it through."
He shook his head, a smile that looked more like a grimace tugging at the corners of his mouth.
"no."
"For those three years, I lived like a walking corpse. I didn't even dare to close my eyes when I slept, because all I could see when I did was her."
"I relied on painkillers to get through every night when I had a stomach hemorrhage."
"She saved me from where I am now."
Jiang Ci reached behind her and pulled Wen Ning forward.
He pulled her tightly into his arms.
"If it weren't for her..."
"I'm already useless."
"I died in that despair three years ago on that rainy night."
He looked at his shocked parents.
They abandoned all dignity, pride, and pretense.
He laid bare his most fatal weakness before them.
"She's not a menace."
"She is my life."
"This is not an exaggeration."
"It's true."
Jiang Ci's tears finally slid down her cheeks.
It hit Wen Ning's hand. Scalding hot.
"So, I'm begging you."
His voice choked with emotion, yet remained resolute.
"Don't force her to leave."
"If she leaves again."
"I really... can't go on living."
in the garden.
It was completely quiet.
Jiang's father lowered his hand, which had been raised in mid-air, in dejection.
He looked at his son, who was practically begging them for their love.
Is this still the same ruthless and cold-blooded CEO Jiang who is decisive and cold-blooded in the business world?
He was just a pitiful man who was afraid of losing.
Jiang's mother was in tears.
She was still angry about her son's earlier arguing.
But I heard the line, "She is my life."
All the anger turned into heart-wrenching pain.
She looked at Wen Ning, who was being held tightly in Jiang Ci's arms.
Wen Ning also cried.
She didn't flinch, but instead hugged Jiang Ci tightly, stroking his back with one hand.
that moment.
Jiang's mother suddenly understood.
She finally understood why Jiang Ci dared to entrust his entire fortune to this girl.
And now I finally understand why Wen Ning didn't even blink when faced with a check for ten million.
Between them.
It's no longer about mutual indebtedness or who's marrying above their station.
They are two pieces of a puzzle, fitting together perfectly.
Whoever leaves whom will be shattered to pieces.
Jiang's mother sighed.
She took out a handkerchief and wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes.
"Alright."
Jiang's mother glared at Jiang Ci with annoyance.
Although his tone still carried a hint of elder authority, the cold defensiveness had completely dissipated.
"Look at you, so pathetic. Like a hedgehog with its quills sticking up."
"When did I say I was going to force her to leave?"
"I even offered her the black tea on the table, what are you yelling about here for?"
Jiang Ci was stunned.
He glanced at his mother, then looked down at Wen Ning in his arms.
Wen Ning nodded at him with red eyes and a hint of helplessness.
"Mom really didn't make things difficult for me."
"We had a pretty good chat just now."
Jiang Ci's body stiffened for a moment.
Then, the nerve that had been stretched to its limit finally snapped open.
The exhaustion from surviving such a disaster almost made him lose his balance.
Jiang's father looked at his son like this.
He snorted coldly.
"a shame."
But as he turned and walked toward the study with his hands behind his back, a hint of relief flashed in Jiang's father's eyes.
That's it.
Since it's medicine for the son.
Let's keep it then.
As long as he can live well, that's better than anything else.