Once Upon A One Night Stand

Chapter 173

In North Villas, gloominess had descended over the house after Li Han and Shu Tian had left.

Jiang Chujing did not know about Li Han's hospitalization, neither did Li Wei. So ever since he and Shu

Tian had left the villa, Jiang Chujing had lost contact with him. She'd been waiting for his call for a week

and felt desperate and distressed at last.

Had he forgotten about her because of that woman named Shu Tian? Had he forgotten his promise to

her and her parents?

A fierce light flashed across Jiang Chujing's eyes. She gritted her teeth when she thought of Shu Tian

and deemed her a coquette who should be blamed for everything.

Jiang Chujing had felt threatened since the day she'd met Shu Tian in person. With a healthy, rosy

face, she was even more beautiful than she was in the photo. Jiang Chujing had been green with envy

when Li Han held her in his arms.

He belonged with her, not Shu Tian.

In Jiang Chujing's eyes, Shu Tian was the other woman whom she was dying to tear into pieces.

To her annoyance, Jiang Mengyao called her almost every other day at this point and Jiang Chujing

flared up on the call at last. "What's wrong with you? I told you, I reach out to you, not the other way

round, remember?"

"What do you mean? I helped you and got myself into trouble. Now you leave me in the lurch. People

are searching for me, and..."

"I know," Jiang Chujing interrupted her impatiently, "I've given you a solution."

Jiang Mengyao laughed hysterically. "Do you mean getting holed in some remote countryside?"

Jiang Chujing took a deep breath to calm herself down. Jiang Mengyao was still of use to her.

She regained composure and said, "This is a special time. If you don't hide, you will be arrested by the

police and everything you did will be in vain!"

"How long do I have to hide?" Jiang Mengyao shouted at her phone on the crest of a hill in desolate

suburbs. Withered weeds reaching her waist surrounded her. She looked like a lonely ghost wandering

in the wilderness. "There must be an end. I can't wait like this forever." All text © NôvelD(r)a'ma.Org.

"Calm down." For fear that Jiang Mengyao did any impulsive things to ruin her plan, Jiang Chujing

soothed in a soft voice, "It won't be long. As long as the police can't find you, we're at halfway mark.

You can be free once the dust settles."

Hearing Jiang Chujing's promise, Jiang Mengyao wrapped the musty coat around herself and warned,

"Okay, I'll trust you one last time. Remember, we sink or swim together. If you put me through hell, I'll

drag you down with me."

Malice crept over Jiang Chujing's face but she answered smoothly, "Don't worry. I won't leave you

twisting in the wind. Wait for my call."

After hanging up, Jiang Chujing turned off her phone and spun to lock it in the drawer. Unexpectedly,

she saw Li Wei staring at her in the doorway.

She almost jumped. Patting her chest, she snapped, "What are you doing there?"

Li Wei looked at him with a complicated expression and remained silent.

Jiang Chujing had a bad feeling and walked to him after locking her phone in the drawer. "You heard

what I said?"

Li Wei's expression changed slightly. "Why are you doing this?"

Everyone knew that she loved Li Han to distraction, so why was she doing this?

Perceiving the fleeting disgust in his eyes, Jiang Chujing immediately started fake crying and said

pitifully, "I don't mean it but I'm out of options."

"Why do you hurt the person the man you love loves? You can't be with him so you don't allow him to

be with his beloved one?" Li Wei asked incredulously. What Jiang Chujing and Jiang Mengyao were

doing was too much in his eyes.

Because of his harsh words, tears fell down Jiang Chujing's face like rivers.

"I don't intend to ruin him. I just don't want him to lose everything for a woman." Jiang Chujing didn't

sound repentant at all as if she was the victim. "I thought you understood me, but you despise me

too..."

She cried woefully. "Is it all my fault? Did I do something wrong?"

Li Wei felt bad to see her like that. All that she'd done wrong was falling for a man who didn't love her.

"Li Wei, am I despicable to you now because I've colluded with Jiang Mengyao against Shu Tian?"

Jiang Chujing acted like a drunk woman who could finally say what was in her heart with Dutch

courage.

He'd shown disapproval to what she was doing so she might as well deprecate herself before he hated

her. It would probably change his mind.

Li Wei really did not understand why Jiang Chujing did that. It could lead to serious consequences.

But...

She sobbed so sadly. Li Wei thought maybe she was a good girl who just got her judgment warped by

love.

He walked to Jiang Chujing and said, "Mr. Li treats you very well and takes you as his family. I've never

seen him care for anyone like this. Even if it's not love, it's enough, isn't it?"

She could stay by his side in another way.

Jiang Chujing only wanted to laugh at him. She suppressed the disdain inside and shook her head

miserably. "You don't understand. It's hard to take back the heart once it's given."

"But if Mr. Li finds out what you did, he will be really disappointed."

Hearing this, Jiang Chujing stiffened and looked at him wistfully. She asked with a look as fragile as the

dew on a pedal, "Will you tell him?"

Li Wei did not answer her immediately. He was hesitating.

Jiang Chujing stared at him nervously, afraid of missing any subtle expression on his face. When she

saw the hesitation in his eyes, she reached out and grabbed his hands.

Instead of begging for mercy, she lowered her head and let her tears drop on the back of the man's

hand. Seeing his finger trembling, she said under her breath, "I want to have someone to rely on. It was

harrowing to stay in the hospital abroad alone in the past years. I don't want to do this, but Li Han is the

only one left in my world. I can't lose him too..."

Li Wei almost melted in her tears and his heart softened. He felt an urge to hold the woman in his arms.

"You can trust me. If you want, you can rely on me."

Jiang Chujing fought back the disgust and looked up in surprise. "Really?"

She looked glad as if she finally had somebody on her side.

Li Wei looked at her tear-stained face and nodded. "Yes."

"Then can you promise me not to tell anyone about it?" She just wanted to seal Li Wei's lips.

Li Wei owed a deep debt of gratitude to Li Han just as Li Had did to Jiang Chujing's parents. Li Wei

pursed his lips and said, "As long as you don't do anything to harm Mr. Li, yes."

Jiang Chujing cracked a smile, dewy-eyed, and then threw herself into Li Wei's arms despite herself.

She didn't wrap her arms tightly around Li Wei but it was enough to make him willing to do anything for

her.

Out of his sight, she wiped off the fragile look and took on a triumphant smile. "Thank you, Li Wei," she

said.

Li Wei could never imagine that those tender words would be the beginning of all his misfortunes.

When he realized it, it would be too late.