Quick Transmigration Cannon Fodder's Record of Counterattacks

by Little Merger

Ning Shu had dropped dead. But in a burst of good fortune she became a task-taker in charge of counterattacking for pitiful cannon fodder. Thus, Ning Shu, in one world after another, took all kinds of life roles, encountered all kinds of ‘you’re heartless, you’re ruthless, you’re making trouble for no reason’ people. She encountered all sorts of white lotus flowers, green tea bitch

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Chapter 865: Intermediate Task-taker

Ning Shu added the attribute points to intelligence, luck, and martial arts. Intelligence was very important, and martial arts was equally important.

The stats panel reflected the changes.

Number: 2333

Name: Ning Shu (Primary Task-Taker)

Age: 27

Experience: 250000 (150000)

Soul: 200

Life: 60

Intelligence: 100 (10)

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Charm: 3

Luck: 34 (5)

Mental Strength: 120

Martial Arts: 55 (10)

Faith: 6

Aptitude: 26

Merit: 36

Abilities: Five Rings Shooting Skill, Trashy Combat Skill, Trashy Beginner of Unsurpassable Martial Arts, Rudimentary Business Administration Knowledge

Acquired Titles: Goddess of War, Altruistic Ancestor

Halos: Benevolent Mother of the World (Empress's blessing), Model Worker Sis (Chen Xi's blessing), Chief Halo (Cao's blessing)

After adding the attribute points, Ning Shu opened the system marketplace and first got some fasting pills, antidote pills, water, and medicine. These were all survival essentials.

She recalled how she had been bewitched by 'Song Ning'. Although she had gotten a calmness halo, it wasn't very effective. Ning Shu wanted to get something that would help her resist the allures of the external world.

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She browsed through the marketplace and saw a manual with a heart-clearing chant. The heart-clearing chant had the effect of making a person's heart calm and helping maintain a rational state. Its effect was even better combined with the calmness halo, so Ning Shu didn't even bother to consider it before exchanging for it. She spent 50k points.

The task this time really wore Ning Shu out. Although her soul was no longer flimsy, she still felt very worn out. For the time being, she didn't want to enter the task world, so she pulled out a book from the bookshelf.

This book was very thick and it recorded information on a lot of treasures, like the primal chaos stone and myriad world stone that Ning Shu had encountered. It recorded information on all sorts of strange treasures that made Ning Shu feel like her view of the world was completely being widened.

Ning Shu tried to memorize everything in the book, that way she wouldn't end up missing treasures she encountered. If that happened, she would really puke blood.

While working on her task, she should work on gaining more resources. Forget getting anything like a heart with true love though. With her three points of charm, not even a dog would pay attention to her, much less humans.

Furthermore, she couldn't bring herself to accept slipping away right after she obtained someone's true heart.

She didn't know how much time had passed, but she had finally finished reading the book.

She had a headache, but at the very least, she'd be able to recognize something good with one glance now.

After dawdling in the system space for a good while, she finally felt like doing a task again and she said to 2333, "Let's enter the task world. Is it a man or a woman this time?"

"It's a female entrustor," replied 2333. "Hurry and level up to being an intermediate task-taker, that way you'll be able to see the entrustor first. You'll be able to talk to the entrustor face to face to make certain of the direction of the task."

Ning Shu was taken aback for a moment. "You can see the entrustor before every task?"

"Of course. But right now you don't have this right, and intermediate task-takers can also refuse entrustors. If the remuneration is too low, it's perfectly acceptable to refuse the task. They can also negotiate with the entrustor."

Ning Shu suddenly really wanted to become an intermediate task-take. She asked, "How many points do I need to become an intermediate task-taker?"

"Three million experience points," said 2333.

Ning Shu: …

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Chapter 866: Towards Those Three Million Points

It felt really far out of reach. Three million points? She only had twenty hundred thousand so far, and before each task she'd have to exchange for all sorts of things.

It seemed like she had to start saving a bit and work hard to become stronger until she didn't need to buy those items anymore.

It was only now that Ning Shu truly felt how much like an ant she was. She was probably on the bottom-most level of the pyramid of task-takers. Every single step up would be extremely hard.

"2333, tell the truth. How far do you think I'll be able to go?" asked Ning Shu.

2333 hesitated for a while before saying, "I'll make an evaluation based on your data. Your aptitude isn't very good and compared to other task-takers, you're not as smooth and sly. Your personality isn't flexible enough, and you're also pretty dumb. You probably won't be able to get very far."

Ning Shu: (‵′)︵

He was sure f*cking direct.

The system-sama's unspoken implication was that she wouldn't even be able to reach the level of intermediate task-taker.

Ning Shu shrugged. Although she felt a little disappointed after hearing 2333's words, she soon pulled herself together again. From the start she was someone that had escaped death and now had the chance to experience all sorts of lives. It was already a profit for her to be able to continue living.

Even if one day she actually ended up being exterminated, she was already satisfied with this life.

2333 said that she wasn't sly and flexible enough, but she was stubborn. While she was alive, she would continue to insist on stubbornly being herself. Even if she was only a tool to mend the planes, she still wanted to live happily.

"Let's enter the task," said Ning Shu. Time to strive towards those three million points!

Ning Shu was hit with a wave of dizziness, then she felt herself merging with the body. Before she even opened her eyes, someone suddenly lifted her blanket away. A gust of cold wind got in and caused her to shiver.

"Big Sis Miao, why are you still sleeping? The sun's already so high up." A female voice appeared next to her ear. Based on the sound of it, she didn't seem very old.

Ning Shu wasn't in a very good state so it took her a good while to open her eyes. She paid no attention to the girl in front of her and covered herself with the blanket. It was seriously cold.

"Big Sis Miao, Mom told me to wake you up." When the girl saw that Ning Shu was curled up on the bed, she reached out to pull at Ning Shu's blanket.

"What are you doing?" Ning Shu looked at the girl. She seemed only about eighteen years old and her skin was a little dark. She had white earrings of some kind and was wearing a red down-filled garment which only served to make her face look even darker.

When the girl saw that Ning Shu was looking at her with a stern expression, she felt a little intimidated. She pressed her lips together unhappily. "Big Sis Miao, Mom told you to get up. The village isn't like the city. If you don't wake up, you'll be laughed at."

Ning Shu hadn't received the storyline yet, so she didn't know what was going on. "Go outside first. I'll be up soon."

"People from the city sure are troublesome," muttered the girl. Then she asked, "Big Sis Miao, the pajamas you're wearing are really pretty. Can you lend them to me?"

Ning Shu: …

"Go outside first," said Ning Shu mildly.

The girl thought that Ning Shu had agreed and glanced one last time longingly at the clothes Ning Shu was wearing before heading outside.

Once the girl left, Ning Shu got up from the bed and locked the door. The lock on the door was a very old iron lock and looked like it could easily be knocked off if someone kicked hard from outside.

Ning Shu glanced at the clothes she was wearing, then at the pink slippers she was wearing. They were completely incompatible with the surroundings.

The ground was an uneven mud floor and the surrounding furniture looked very new, but their design were in extremely poor taste. Furthermore, their craftsmanship didn't seem to be that good. She could still smell the lacquer.

There was a brand new 喜 character festively taped onto the wall. The original host was already married.

Ning Shu felt very cold, so she rubbed her hands and curled back up on the bed. She wrapped the blanket around herself to start receiving the storyline.

#comment: 喜 is the character for happiness. It's taped up a lot during festive occasions and for good luck. Lmao, this original host's name though. The first Miao is a surname and also means sprout. The other two miaos are the same character and it means clever/wonderful.

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Chapter 867: A Poor Young Man and a Wealthy Miss

This was simply the story of a poor young man and a miss from a wealthy family.

The original host's name was Miao Miaomiao. She fell in love with a worker at her dad's company and in spite of her parents' opposition, insisted on marrying Zhang Jiasen. Miao Miaomiao was an only child since her mother had lost the ability to have children due to losing too much blood when giving birth to her.

Hence the married couple naturally doted on Miao Miaomiao a lot. Due to this, Miao Miaomiao grew up with a very na?ve personality. One time when she was going to her dad's company, her heel snapped. A man walked over and helped her glue her heel back on, saving her from having to walk around in such an embarrassing state.

Zhang Jiasen was a taciturn and earnest man. He didn't laugh at Miao Miaomiao's predicament and simply helped her.

When Miao Miaomiao saw Zhang Jiasen in his white shirt and noticed that his collar down to his hands were perfectly clean, she felt that he looked very cool.

She snuck a peek at the worker's ID that was on a blue string around his neck and noted down his name.

At that time, she was very excited. After that, she would often visit the company and soon became familiar with Zhang Jiasen.

Zhang Jiasen was the type who didn't talk a lot but gave people the feeling that he could be relied on. After the two of them confirmed their feelings for each other, Zhang Jiasen told Miao Miaomiao about his family situation.

Miao Miaomiao didn't show dislike for the fact that Zhang Jiasen's family situation was complicated and simply felt heartache for Zhang Jiasen for having to support his entire family. He had to take care of his parents and also his younger siblings' educations.

Later, when Zhang Jiasen asked Miao Miaomiao to marry him, Miao Miaomiao had agreed.

However, the Miao family parents refused to agree to it. Allow their beloved daughter to marry that poor brat? And one that had even come from some remote backwoods?

He even had an older sister and a bunch of in-laws. His family was so complicated, and based on Miaomiao's personality, she wouldn't be able to handle these interpersonal relationships.

However, Miao Miaomiao was determined to get married with Zhang Jiasen. The Miao family parents have always been doting towards their daughter, so when they saw that Zhang Jiasen was also pretty talented, they agreed to it. However, the condition was that the first child, regardless of whether it was a daughter or a son, must be named Miao.

In all honesty, what the Miao family parents did was looking down on Zhang Jiasen a little, but Zhang Jiasen had immediately agreed to it.

The Miao family parents even bought a house for the two. The house was very large and costed several millions. Father Miao was going to write Miao Miaomiao's name on the title deed.

However, Miao Miaomiao felt that since they were about to get married and the husband and wife were one, both of their names should go on the deed. Even though Zhang Jiasen had rejected the offer, Miao Miaomiao still insisted on writing his name on the deed.

Thus, the premarital asset became a shared asset. Zhang Jiasen kissed Miao Miaomiao's lips for the first time.

When they were dating, it had always been very courteous. If they were being a little more intimate, they would simply hold hands. The most intimate they had been was when Zhang Jiasen kissed Miao Miaomiao's forehead.

The Miao family parents felt that for better or for worse, this man was going to be their son-in-law. If his position was too low, others would laugh at him, so Zhang Jiasen was first promoted to a section chief, then to a department manager, and now he was the assistant general manager.

He had barely been in the company for three years, so the rate at which he got promoted was like that of riding a rocket.

After the two got married, Zhang Jiasen brought Miao Miaomiao back to his family home. It was only now that Miao Miaomiao truly realized how poor Zhang Jiasen's family was. The house was made of mud and everything was very old. They had to chop wood in order to cook and the air was always filled with flames and smoke. This was something that Miao Miaomiao never would've been able to imagine.

Zhang Jiasen stayed at home for a couple days, then prepared to head back to the city to go back to work. However, he left Miao Miaomiao behind saying that he wanted to have Miao Miaomiao interact with his family more so that they would become closer and that he'd come back for her soon.

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Chapter 868: Honey-soaked Life Turned Tragedy

Miao Miaomiao was thinking that Zhang Jiasen's parents counted as her parents, so she stayed. However, the days here were not pleasant at all. Miao Miaomiao was the miss of a rich family that has always led a pampered life, but Zhang Jiasen's mother, Zhang Jiasen's mother-in-law, had Miao Miaomiao feed the ducks, the pigs, and even go to the field to cut ragweed.

How could Miao Miaomiao possibly know how to do these things? She didn't do them well, so her mother-in-law was always scolding her. Miao Miaomiao was thinking that this was her mother-in-law and Zhang Jiasen's mother, so she was very respectful towards her.

Miao Miaomiao was waiting for Zhang Jiasen to come for her. Even though the Miao family parents called and told her to come back, she didn't.

In the end, Father Miao had to pressure Zhang Jiasen to get him to bring Miao Miaomiao back.

When Miao Miaomiao got back, she worked hard to be a good housewife and learn to take care of Zhang Jiasen.

The situation shifted when Father Miao, due to a stroke, ended up in the hospital. Following that, his condition rapidly worsened and he abruptly passed away, leaving Mother Miao and Miao Miaomiao behind. As the Miao family's son-in-law, Zhang Jiasen naturally acted to stabilize the company. He had to look after the company while looking after this pair of mother and daughter.

In reality, the company was already Zhang Jiasen's. Probably due to being heartbroken, Mother Miao's body became increasingly weak. After a year, she also passed away.

Miao Miaomiao felt like her world collapsed when her parents left her so suddenly and she became even more reliant on Zhang Jiasen. She even became a little bit high-strung.

Zhang Jiasen took Miao Miaomiao to a hospital to get a checkup and the results were that Miao Miaomiao had gotten a mental disorder due to too much stress.

One time, Miao Miaomiao saw that a woman was hugged Zhang Jiasen's arm on the street, so without thinking, she rushed over to demand answers. However, as she was crossing the street, a car hit her and she was sent flying very far away.

The last thing Miao Miaomiao saw was Zhang Jiasen's indifferent expression.

Miao Miaomiao's wishes: She didn't want to be tricked by Zhang Jiasen again. She wanted to protect her father's property and make Zhang Jiasen who originally didn't have anything end up with nothing.

After Ning Shu finished receiving the storyline, her expression was: _

How pure and simple was this girl?

For the first half of her life, Miao Miaomiao lived a life soaked in honey, but the latter half of her life was like a fancy tragedy.

This Zhang Jiasen wasn't an ordinary character.

Fudge, it was seriously cold. Ning Shu wrapped the blanket even more tightly around herself. Very loud banging came from the door. The knocks were so hard dust was falling off the walls.

"Miaomiao, why are you still asleep?" Zhang Jiasen's mother's voice came from outside the door.

As Zhang Jiasen's mother banged on the door, she kept shouting 'Miaomiao!'

"I'm almost ready. I'm getting dressed!" shouted Ning Shu, then she forced herself to lift the blankets away and stand up. If she didn't get up, this mother-in-law would just keep bothering her.

What this mother-in-law liked to do the most was to train this rich daughter-in-law, then boast to others that her son had married the daughter of a rich family and that she had trained this daughter-in-law very well, that this daughter-in-law did whatever she was told.

Other people would look at her with envy every time, which satisfied Zhang Jiasen's mother's vanity.

She couldn't see that Miao Miaomiao respected her. She just believed that she was dominating this rich daughter-in-law.

"Are you ready or not? Why are you still not out?" The mother-in-law started knocking on the door again. The knocks were so hard that Ning Shu felt like she was about to break the door down.

Ning Shu got dressed, then opened the door to see an elderly middle age woman. Her skin was very dark and rough, and her face was so slim that her cheekbones protruded. The corners of her eyes and her forehead were filled with wrinkles.

When the mother-in-law saw what Ning Shu was wearing, she remarked darkly, "What are you dressed so nice for? You still have work to do later. Seriously."

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Chapter 869: Zhang Jiasen's Home

Ning Shu glanced at what she was wearing. The cut of the clothes was form-fitting and the design was very pretty. It really wasn't suitable for wearing while doing things, but all that the original host had were these types of clothing. After all, her family was in the clothing business.

Although the original host was simple, she still had very good taste.

After leaving the room, Ning Shu saw that Zhang Jiasen's father was currently sitting on the steps and smoking a pipe. His trouser legs were rolled up and his feet were bare and covered with mud. It was clear that he had just come back from the field.

Miao Miaomiao's father-in-law has never really spoken with the original host. Whenever he had something to say, he would say it to Zhang Jiasen so they've never really interacted.

Ning Shu walked into the main room. Breakfast was on the table and Ning Shu was a little hungry, so she sat down. When the younger sister Zhang Qingqing walked in, she said, "Dad hasn't sat down yet, so how can you sit down first?"

Ning Shu didn't know that there was this custom so she stood back up. Little Sis Zhang grabbed Ning Shu's arm and said in a spoiled manner, "Big Sis Miao, you said that you were going to give me your pajamas."

Ning Shu looked at Little Sis Zhang. The down-filled garment she was wearing was something the original host had bought. What Little Sis Zhang liked to do the most was to see what good things the original host had, then ask for them. She had gotten bags, clothing, cosmetics, and even crystal hair clips.

Miao Miaomiao was someone who didn't have a sense of what was valuable. To her, money was just a number. Even if it was just a hair clip, the item was usually very expensive.

However, every time Little Sis Zhang asked for something, she would give it to her. Despite this, Little Sis Zhang had never called Miao Miaomiao sister-in-law and just called her Big Sis Miao.

What kind of address was that?

When Little Sis Zhang saw that Ning Shu wasn't speaking, she shook Ning Shu's arm. "Big Sis Miao, can you lend it to me for just a day?"

Ning Shu: …

Although she said just a day, it would be hers from the day onwards.

"Miaomiao, just lend it to Little Sis for a day. I'll have her return it to you when the time comes." Zhang Jiasen's mother carried a plate of salted vegetables in and set it on the table.

Little Sis Zhang curled her lips unhappily without speaking.

Ning Shu said mildly, "Let's talk after breakfast."

Zhang Jiasen's father walked in and sat at the head of the table.

The breakfast was very simple. It was just a couple steamed buckwheat buns, a plate of salted vegetables, and cornmeal gruel. The most interesting part of this was that every person could only eat one steamed bun. Of course, how could Zhang Jiasen's father who was a laborer every be full on just one steamed bun? However, Zhang Jiasen's mother was able to grasp the amount for everyone perfectly.

When Zhang Jiasen left, he had clearly given his mother quite a lot of money to have her improve the family's meals, but the food was still very bad.

Ning Shu felt that Zhang Jiasen's mother couldn't bear to buy good things for her, this outsider, to eat, so she was waiting until she left to spend this money.

In this house, she was an outsider.

Little Sis Zhang had a twin older brother. When it came time to eat, he came out of his room while playing on his phone. He didn't even bother to lift his head or give any greetings.

Speaking of which, this phone was also something that the original host had purchased.

Before coming to Zhang Jiasen's home, the original host had prepared a lot of gifts. Zhang Jiasen had called his family beforehand to ask what they need, then the original host had prepared them one by one.

Ning Shu felt that the original host was dumb just from thinking about it.

She sat down, then Zhang Jiasen's mother ladled a bowl of cornmeal gruel for Ning Shu. Ning Shu looked at the bowl. It didn't seem to have been washed clean and there were black things stuck on it. The chopsticks didn't look clean either.

When she saw that Zhang Jiasen's mother would cough every couple bites and spit, she lost all appetite and ate only the steamed bun. The taste wasn't that good either, it was like dough dumpling.

Ning Shu felt quite disgusted. Her identity was this family's new daughter-in-law. Was there a need for them to treat her this way?

Were they trying to make an initial show of strength?

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Chapter 870: Going Home

She seriously didn't know how the original host endured this. Ning Shu expressed that she couldn't endure it.

When this family faced Miao Miaomiao, they were prideful, but also felt inferior. They all wanted to trample on top of Miao Miaomiao, especially Miao Miaomiao's mother-in-law.

After breakfast, Zhang Jiasen's mother said to Ning Shu, "Go feed the pigs first. I've already fed the birds. After you feed the pigs, go cut the ragweed."

Ning Shu: …

Ning Shu expressed that she didn't have the American time to do these things. She needed to head back to deal with Zhang Jiasen, then these blood-sucking leeches.

Ning Shu nodded towards Zhang Jiasen's mother, then said to Little Sis Zhang, "Didn't you want the pajamas? Come with me to my room to get it."

Little Sis Zhang immediately smiled and went with Ning Shu to the room. When Zhang Jiasen's mother said this, her lips moved but in the end she didn't say anything.

Ning Shu gave Little Sis Zhang the pajamas she had changed out of this morning. Little Sis Zhang stroked the pajamas happily and exclaimed, "This is so comfortable!"

Ning Shu said to Little Sis Zhang, "I'm not feeling very well, can you feed the pigs for me, then go cut the ragweed?"

Little Sis Zhang's facial color immediately became a little bad and she said unhappily, "Mom told you to do those things. That's your work. Since you've married into our family, you should listen to us."

Ning Shu's expression didn't change as she pulled out a very beautiful bottle of perfume and said, "Help me please? I'll give this brand name perfume to you."

Little Sis Zhang hastily snatched the bottle of perfume from Ning Shu's hand and opened it to take a sniff. Then she closed it and held it tightly, clearly not intending to give it back to Ning Shu.

"But Mom said to have you do it." Little Sis Zhang's expression was a little hesitant.

Ning Shu took out another bottle of nail polish. "I'll give you this and also a makeup set. I really cherish these things. If it weren't for the fact that I don't feel well and need your help, I wouldn't be able to bear giving them to you."

"Fine, I'll help you." Little Sis Zhang swept all of these items off and hurried out of Ning Shu's room.

Ning Shu locked the door, then shoved all her clothes and things into her suitcase. There was no way she'd stay here obediently and wait for Zhang Jiasen to come get her.

Leaving your newlywed wife behind in the countryside to head back to work on your own? It was clear that Zhang Jiasen didn't want to stay with Miao Miaomiao.

"Little Sis, why are you the one feeding the pigs? Where's your sister-in-law?" Zhang Jiasen's mother's voice appeared in the yard. Her voice was very loud. She was probably being loud on purpose for Ning Shu to hear.

Little Sis Zhang said, "Big Sis Miao isn't feeling well, so I'm doing it for her. Mom, Big Sis Miao gave me some things to ask me to do it for her."

"People from the city sure are delicate. They look pretty but only know to be lazy," muttered Zhang Jiasen's mother. Probably because Ning Shu had given Little Sis Zhang a lot of things though, she didn't come to cause Ning Shu trouble.

Ning Shu stayed in the house until Zhang Jiasen's parents left to do work and Little Sis Zhang went to go cut the ragweed. The younger brother-in-law was always in his room playing on the phone without doing anything else.

Ning Shu wrote a note, the content being that she was going home and not to look for her. Then she took her suitcase and quietly left. On the village street, she waited until a bus arrived, then bought a ticket and left.

In reality, staying in that house was quite suffocating. Could it be that it had never occurred to Zhang Jiasen that Miao Miaomiao would be scared and unused to an unfamiliar environment?

The car was very jolty. Ning Shu was almost about to throw up from being jolted around. That in addition to the fact that she hadn't really eaten much this morning made her feel very flustered and she had to silently repeat the heart-clearing chant.

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Chapter 871: Zhang Jiasen

After a long bumpy trip, Ning Shu finally reached the bus stop. As she was hauling her luggage off the bus, a man walked over to take the suitcase from her hand.

Ning Shu looked at the man. He was wearing a black woolen cloak with a gray scarf that fell to his knees which made his figure seem even more tall and pin straight.

When Ning Shu saw this man, a surge of emotions that was hard to describe flooded up in her heart. There was pain, hate, disappointment, and frustration.

His looks were fair and attractive, and he looked like a young talent. This was Zhang Jiasen.

Zhang Jiasen's looks were really quite good. If they weren't though, they wouldn't have captivated Miao Miaomiao so much. As he leaned down to take the suitcase, a fresh and clean smell wafted over from his body.

This was a clean man, but his thoughts were unfathomable.

Ning Shu pulled out a smile. "You came to get me."

Zhang Jiasen's gaze swept across Ning Shu's face, then he frowned slightly. His tone contained an almost undetectable trace of rebuke. "Why did you suddenly leave the house? Everyone was looking for you and in the end it was my younger sister that called me. I predicted that you came back so I came here first to get you."

Ning Shu smiled again as she said, "Didn't I leave a note?"

"Mom and Dad can't read, so they wouldn't be able to understand your note. How can you be so willful? Like a little kid." Zhang Jiasen seemed to be speaking dotingly, but he was actually rebuking Ning Shu for being willful.

Ning Shu fixed her hair that was slightly messy from the wind and replied mildly, "The elders can't read, but the little sister can. If it comes to it, there's also the little brother-in-law. Those two can read."

Zhang Jiasen narrowed his eyes slightly as he placed the suitcase in the trunk of the car.

Ning Shu sat in the front passenger seat. As Zhang Jiasen drove, he glanced over at Ning Shu from time to time.

Ning Shu paid no attention to Zhang Jiasen's gaze and just looked outside the car while considering things. She knew from the first moment she saw Zhang Jiasen that he was going to be hard to deal with.

It was no wonder he had ended up getting to the summit of life in the end.

Miao Miaomiao was just a stepping stone for him. He was a man that was ruthless towards himself and others.

Ning Shu inwardly gave a cold laugh.

"Are you not feeling well?" When Zhang Jiasen saw that Ning Shu wasn't speaking, he frowned slightly as he asked, "Where do you not feel well?"

Zhang Jiasen was truly particularly charming when his brows were slightly furrowed. That paired with his low voice made it very easy for people to fall for his charm.

"I'm fine, I just didn't really eat anything during breakfast so I'm hungry," replied Ning Shu.

Zhang Jiasen's expression stiffened for a brief instant, but it soon went back to normal and he said, "The things in the countryside aren't as refined as in the city. You definitely weren't used to them."

Ning Shu nodded. "Yeah, I was constipated the whole time."

Zhang Jiasen: …

The atmosphere instantly fell silent. Ning Shu leaned her head against the seat and closed her eyes. "Head to my family's first. I'm going to nap for a while."

Zhang Jiasen's expression was unreadable as he pressed harder on the gas pedal.

After they got home, Zhang Jiasen stopped the car and turned around to help undo Ning Shu's seat belt. When Ning Shu opened her eyes, she saw that Zhang Jiasen was leaning over her and immediately pushed him. "What are you doing?"

A helpless expression appeared on Zhang Jiasen's face. "We're home. I helped unbuckle your seat belt."

Ning Shu nodded, then pushed open the door and got off the car to walk into the one family courtyard.

Zhang Jiasen caught up with Ning Shu and reached out to take her hand, but Ning Shu reflexively shook it off.

Zhang Jiasen didn't get angry and just furrowed his brows tightly as he looked at Ning Shu. He said in a tone of certainty, "You're angry."

"I'm not." Ning Shu smiled like the original host. "How could I possibly be angry with you?"

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Chapter 872: A Born Actor

Zhang Jiasen still wanted to say something else, but Ning Shu had already walked into the house. Zhang Jiasen had no choice but to follow her.

"Mom." Ning Shu greeted Mother Miao who was arranging flowers in the drawing room. When Mother Miao saw Ning Shu, she was stunned for a moment, then she dropped the flower to walk over to hug Ning Shu before taking a step back to size her up.

"You've gotten thinner, and darker. How did you end up like this?" Mother Miao's tone contained heartache. "You should have come back earlier."

Mother Miao was a middle-aged woman with very good manners who maintained herself well. She looked like she was only in her thirties.

"Mom, I really missed you." Ning Shu hugged Mother Miao tightly. As this body hugged Mother Miao, it started trembling uncontrollably. It was clearly the original host's emotions.

"It's good that you're back. It's good that you're back." Mother Miao immediately called Father Miao. Ning Shu went upstairs first to take a bath. There was no way to shower at all in the countryside. The bathroom was very drafty and showering in the cold weather was asking to freeze to death.

Ning Shu washed up to her heart's content and when she came back out, she saw that Zhang Jiasen was sitting on the sofa and reading a book.

When he saw Ning Shu come out, he set down the book and smiled towards Ning Shu. Zhang Jiasen didn't smile often, so when he smiled, it was actually quite breath-taking.

Ning Shu looked at Zhang Jiasen's smile indifferently, so Zhang Jiasen's frowned slightly. He walked to Ning Shu and reached out to hug her. He placed his chin on her forehead as he stroked her hair and said in a low voice, "Don't be angry anymore. It's not pretty with your face all scrunched up."

"You said you would be back for me, so why didn't you come back for me?" Ning Shu tilted her head up as she asked, "I was waiting in the countryside for you to come back for me the entire time."

Zhang Jiasen sighed in relief and a smile appeared on his face again as he stroked Ning Shu's head. "You're talking about this? It's been a little busy at the company lately. If you hadn't come back, I was planning to go get you in a couple days."

"Haha…" Ning Shu gave Zhang Jiasen a very fake smile.

"Oh you." Zhang Jiasen's expression was very helpless but there was also doting affection mixed in.

This guy was definitely a born actor.

"Miaomiao, you're back? Hurry and come down for Dad to see." Father Miao's voice came from below the stairs.

Ning Shu brushed off Zhang Jiasen's hand, then turned to walk down the stairs. Zhang Jiasen looked down at his hand, his gaze deep and dark, then he clenched his fist.

After a moment, he went downstairs as well.

Ning Shu hugged the chubby Father Miao. Father Miao was a fatty with a middle part hairstyle. It was no wonder he ended up having a stroke in the original storyline.

"Dad, it's about time for you to start dieting. It's not good for your health to be so fat." Ning Shu didn't want Father Miao to pass away so early.

Ning Shu was suspicious of the cause of the Miao family parents' deaths, especially the death of Mother Miao. How could a person who was perfectly well and alive die just a year after Father Miao passed away?

Furthermore, Miao Miaomiao was also diagnosed to have a mental disorder. Ning Shu suspected that all of this had something to do with Zhang Jiasen.

However, Miao Miaomiao had always been a girl that was very ignorant of the world. The fact that she had been able to realize that she had been tricked by Zhang Jiasen when she died was already not easy.

So there was a need for her to verify things for herself.

"Alright, alright. I'll listen to you." Father Miao rubbed his head as he said this with a smile. When he saw Zhang Jiasen walking down from upstairs, he said, "You're here too."

Zhang Jiasen was very respectful towards Father Miao and greeted him as 'dad.'

Ning Shu took in Zhang Jiasen's behavior silently. Even though Father Miao had always been very dissatisfied with Zhang Jiasen's family circumstances, Zhang Jiasen had never complained about it and was always very respectful towards Father Miao.

This was a man who could endure.

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Chapter 873: Price for Being Willful

Zhang Jiasen was, without question, a phoenix boy. A golden phoenix that flew out from its nest in the mountains, capable of bringing his family hope.

He was intelligent and hardworking. His mentality was incomparably tough and he had an extremely strong sense of responsibility, strong to the point that he felt responsible for the happiness of every single member of the Zhang family. After he reached success, he had supported everyone in his family. Behind the phoenix boy was an entire crowd of family members that he needed to provide for. However, it was clear that he felt no responsibility towards Miao Miaomiao.

The Miao family was simple a springboard to success for him.

Zhang Jiasen could tolerate the Miao family couple looking down on him. He could endure things that ordinary people wouldn't be able to endure, but he silently noted all of this down in his heart.

He was very sensitive, with a lot of pride, but he also had a strong inferiority complex.

Mother Miao felt heartache for her daughter for the hardships she had to endure in the remote valley, so she prepared a lot for dinner and even personally cooked.

As Ning Shu looked at the table full of food, she felt like her saliva was about to crash down. The food seriously hadn't been good in the countryside. It had practically been stomach abuse.

Ning Shu felt very satisfied as she ate the clean and tasty food. The parents continuously got food for her and even Zhang Jiasen got some food for her. As he placed it in her bowl, he said, "Eat some more."

Ning Shu turned to look towards Zhang Jiasen. His gaze was deep and unreadable. She replied with a smile, "Thanks."

But in her heart, she scoffed. If he actually felt heartache for the person, why would he throw her in the countryside and then completely disregard her? He didn't even make a single phone call.

Miao Miaomiao wasn't suited to that kind of life at all. It wasn't like Zhang Jiasen didn't know that Miao Miaomiao had never lived like that before.

Ning Shu stopped eating once she was full. When Zhang Jiasen saw Ning Shu set down her chopsticks, a short while later, he also smoothly set down his chopsticks.

Ning Shu could tell that Zhang Jiasen didn't really have an appetite. He probably felt uncomfortable with the Miao family parents present.

After dinner, Ning Shu sat down on the sofa to watch TV. Zhang Jiasen sat next to Ning Shu and silently accompanied her in watching TV.

This man…

During the entire time, Ning Shu talked with the Miao family parents but completely cold-shouldered Zhang Jiasen. Zhang Jiasen didn't say anything and just stared at Ning Shu. It was impossible to read whether he was angry.

However, Ning Shu was able to experience firsthand how much the Miao family parents doted on her. They basically granted whatever was asked for and cupped her carefully like she was a precious treasure.

Perhaps the Heavens were fair. A person's life couldn't possibly always be this blessed. Zhang Jiasen's appearance ended Miao Miaomiao's happiness and destroyed her life, causing her to lose everything and die at a young age.

Miao Miaomiao had paid the price for the one time she was willful, with losing everything.

During this time, Miao Miaomiao hadn't had a single child. She hadn't even gotten pregnant.

"Mom, I want to stay here and sleep tonight," said Ning Shu to Mother Miao.

"Alright, then just sleep at home," replied Mother Miao without even thinking about it.

Zhang Jiasen wanted to say something, but then hesitated.

"Jiasen, just let Miaomiao stay at home for today," said Mother Miao.

Zhang Jiasen nodded. "Alright, Mom."

Zhang Jiasen was about to head back. He looked towards Ning Shu, so Ning Shu got up to see him out.

As Ning Shu looked at Zhang Jiasen who was walking in front of her, her eyes narrowed slightly.

Zhang Jiasen opened the car door, then looked towards Ning Shu and said with a smile, "I'll come again tomorrow."

As he spoke, he reached out and patted Ning Shu's head. "Wait for me."

"Alright." Ning Shu nodded.

Ning Shu watched until Zhang Jiasen's car disappeared from view before heading back into the house.

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Chapter 874: Isn't the Position of CEO Open?

"You've completely forgotten about your dad now that you have a husband." Father Miao looked towards Ning Shu with an expression of silent complaint.

Ning Shu made her expression serious as she said, "Dad, there's something important that I want to talk to you about."

Father Miao also became serious and he puffed up his chest in a big boss-like manner. "What is it? There's nothing your dad can't resolve for you."

Ning Shu pulled Father Miao into the study and directly said, "Dad, I want to join the company."

Father Miao was a little taken aback. "Why do you suddenly want to join the company?"

Father Miao thought that his daughter wanted to join the company to spend more time with Zhang Jiasen, so he said, "How about I arrange for you to become Zhang Jiasen's secretary?"

Ning Shu: _

"Isn't the position of CEO open right now? I want to be the CEO." Ning Shu's expression was very solemn and earnest.

Father Miao patted Ning Shu's shoulder. "Managing the company is no joke, so stop being willful, ok?"

"I'm serious. I'm taking up that post tomorrow. If I can't do it, I'll step down." Ning Shu grabbed Father Miao's arm and swung it like a child. "Dad, let me try it. I want to manage the company."

"Fine, fine. If you seriously can't do it, just step down." Father Miao was completely agreeing to this half-heartedly. It was clear that he didn't think his daughter had this ability.

The next day, Ning Shu went downstairs dressed in professional attire. When Father Miao saw her, he nodded and said, "Yes, your attitude's not bad."

Ning Shu smiled. For better or for worse, she had been a CEO in the last world she went to, and Gong Luo's company had been several times larger than Father Miao's company.

After breakfast, Ning Shu got on Father Miao's car to start heading towards the company.

"Daughter, don't be nervous. If anything happens, Dad will back you up." Even as Father Miao comforted Ning Shu, more sweat just built up on his forehead and he had to continuously wipe at the sweat.

Ning Shu looked at the big-bellied Father Miao, then took the handkerchief from his hand to help him wipe his sweat. "Dad, starting tomorrow you need to start controlling your diet. I'll have a nutritionist come up with a menu for you. You can't go on like this."

Father Miao didn't know whether to be gratified that his daughter was worried about him, or mournful for the fact that he couldn't even eat peacefully anymore.

When Ning Shu got to the company, she tidied up her clothing and smoothed down her collar before getting out of the car.

She followed behind Father Miao while looking straight ahead.

Father Miao's company wasn't very large. It could only count as a medium-sized company. Not too large, not too small, with steady performance. The company seemed to have reached a bottleneck.

Father Miao notified the heads of each department to come for a meeting, then announced that Ning Shu would take up the position of CEO.

"Miaomiao ah, it's not too late to turn back now," said Father Miao. "Managing a company really is no joke."

Ning Shu looked towards Father Miao earnestly. "Dad, this company's your sweat and blood. I want to carry it on. Even if I don't know how to manage it now, I can learn. There's no way I'll never learn."

Father Miao was stunned for a moment, then his eyes teared up. He used a handkerchief to dab at them as he said, "Very good. Daughter, it's already very good that you have this desire. Let's learn slowly. You'll pick it up sooner or later."

"Zhang Jiasen's quite a talent and you're his wife, so you can have him teach you. However, some things can't be completely handed over," warned Father Miao.

Ning Shu nodded.

People from each department came over one after another. Zhang Jiasen came as well. When Zhang Jiasen saw Ning Shu dressed in a black outfit with her hair tied up, he was a bit taken aback. The current Miao Miaomiao seemed very capable and sharp. It was completely different from her usual sweet and delicate image.

Ning Shu turned to look towards Zhang Jiasen. There was a secretary holding a folder behind him. This secretary was quite pretty and had black glasses.

In the original storyline, it was this woman that had been hugging Zhang Jiasen's arm. Miao Miaomiao had happened to see it, then ended getting hit by a car as she was running across the street and died.

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Chapter 875: Shouldn't Even Dream About It

A superior and a secretary. What kind of special relationship did Zhang Jiasen have with this secretary?

There was a need to investigate.

Zhang Jiasen had ambition to climb upwards, but he still shouldn't have trampled on Miao Miaomiao this way. Miao Miaomiao led a simple life. She didn't know anything and even up to the very moment of her death, she was still very ignorant.

Ning Shu smiled faintly. If Zhang Jiasen fell right back down to having nothing after finally struggling all the way up to success, would he feel so terrible that he ended up with a mental disorder?

Zhang Jiasen narrowed his eyes as he walked to Ning Shu and he asked calmly, "Miaomiao, why are you here?"

Ning Shu met Zhang Jiasen's gaze as she gave a dimpled smile. "I'm going to start working at the company now. I'm going to be working with you every day! Are you happy?"

Astonishment flashed across Zhang Jiasen's face. He scrutinized Ning Shu's face, then something seemed to occur to him and a trace of dark viciousness flashed through his eyes. However, in the blink of an eye, it vanished and a doting smile appeared on his face. "Of course."

Ning Shu smiled as well. "That's great!"

Ning Shu's gaze then landed on the secretary behind Zhang Jiasen. She looked stiff and her expression was a little strange. When she met Ning Shu's gaze, she hastily lowered her eyes.

Zhang Jiasen didn't say anything else and just sat down in his seat. He tapped the table, his side profile cold.

The current Zhang Jiasen already possessed the aura of someone in a high position, the aura of a successful figure. No one was able to ignore him even when he was just sitting there.

Once everyone gathered, Father Miao directly announced, "This is my daughter Miao Miaomiao. From now on, she'll be the CEO."

Everyone looked at each other without speaking.

Zhang Jiasen's hand trembled in shock for a moment, then his sharp gaze swept across Ning Shu's face.

Ning Shu said, "Hello everyone, I'm Miao Miaomiao. Starting today, I'll be your CEO. My goal is to work with everyone to manage the company even more effectively…"

Ning Shu said some high-sounding words. Her position as CEO was already set in stone. Father Miao's company wasn't very large and hadn't floated on the stock market yet, so there was naturally no board of directors.

In plain terms, this company belonged to Father Miao so Father Miao possessed unconditional power over it.

Zhang Jiasen was the first to stand up and clap. He said, "I believe that Miaomiao will definitely do well."

When the others saw Zhang Jiasen clap, they started clapping as well. Ning Shu narrowed her eyes as she took this in. This wasn't very good. She never expected for Zhang Jiasen to have such prestige in the company. Several of the department heads seemed to be faithfully following his lead.

This only served to illustrate Zhang Jiasen's ambition even more. Before, she had been planning to directly get rid of Zhang Jiasen, but from the looks of things now, this would be very risky, especially when she and Zhang Jiasen were husband and wife.

She couldn't drive Zhang Jiasen away. If she did, she would probably end up being overthrown from the position of CEO by Zhang Jiasen.

So her only choice was to slowly trap him. Her gaze swept across the faces of these people slowly before finally stopping on Zhang Jiasen's face. When she met Zhang Jiasen's gaze, she smiled towards him.

Zhang Jiasen also curved his lips in response as he clapped slowly.

Ning Shu's smiled widened even more. Fighting against the Heavens, fighting against fellow opponents, was truly a boundless joy.

After the meeting ended, Zhang Jiasen turned and left the room. The secretary glanced at Ning Shu, then hurried to catch up with Zhang Jiasen.

Ning Shu wasn't worried about what was going on between Zhang Jiasen and the secretary. The most important thing right now was to stabilize her position as the CEO.

Father Miao brought Ning Shu to the CEO's office. Ning Shu stroked her finger across the desk, then said to Father Miao, "Dad, I really like this office. It's mine from now on. Other people shouldn't even dream about it."

Father Miao burst out laughing. He thought Ning Shu was just being willful.

Zhang Jiasen sped up to head back to his office. He was walking very quickly, so his secretary couldn't keep up with him.

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Chapter 876: Flower Vase CEO

The secretary locked the office door, then said to Zhang Jiasen who was sitting on the sofa, "Jiasen, wasn't the chairman leaving the position of CEO open for you? Why is Miao Miaomiao coming to work now? She doesn't even know anything."

Zhang Jiasen rubbed his forehead as he pressed his lips together. "She won't be able to persist with this for long. She's not cut out for it."

The secretary then said, "Maybe she just wants to go to work with you." The secretary's tone contained a bit of jealousy as she said this.

Zhang Jiasen took a deep breath, then said, "You should understand my feelings. You should know what my feelings are for you and what they're like for Miao Miaomiao."

When the secretary saw that Zhang Jiasen wasn't happy, she tried to console him. "Jiasen, it'll be fine. You're the most amazing man I've ever seen."

Zhang Jiasen thought for a moment, then he called his house. The one that picked up was his mom.

Zhang Jiasen directly asked, "Mom, how was Miaomiao doing while she was at home?"

"How else? Like normal, doing what a daughter-in-law should be doing," replied Zhang Jiasen's mother, unconcerned. Her volume was a little loud so even the secretary heard.

When Zhang Jiasen found out that his mother had Miao Miaomiao do all sorts of rough labor and even had her go cut the ragweed, his eyebrows jumped and he couldn't stop himself from saying, "Mom, how could you have her do those things? She can't do them anyways."

Zhang Jiasen's mother immediately raised her voice. "Why can't she do them? As the daughter-in-law, it's only right that she works! Everyone else's daughter-in-law is like this, so what do you mean by she can't do these things? Since she's married you, she's someone of the Zhang family. She's feeling wronged just because of doing a little work? She complained to you?"

Zhang Jiasen rubbed his forehead. When he found out what the family had been eating, he said helplessly, "You and Dad are no longer young, so eat better things. Treat your bodies properly."

Zhang Jiasen's mother immediately laughed. She enjoyed Zhang Jiasen's concern a lot and she told Zhang Jiasen to look after himself as well. In any case, during this entire conversation she never mentioned Miao Miaomiao, this daughter-in-law.

Zhang Jiasen ended the call. At the very least, he knew now why Miao Miaomiao was strangely quiet with him now. She was clearly angry.

The first day of work, Father Miao brought Ning Shu around to get familiar with the situation of each department. He even brought Ning Shu to see the clothes processing factory.

The entire way, Ning Shu was recording nonstop in her notebook. She was able to pinpoint some traces of corrupt activities.

For example, a lot of the material used to make the clothes were wasted and the workers didn't seem to have any work ethnic and were very lazy.

There was a need to set up a regulation system.

Ning Shu was quite sure that Zhang Jiasen had noticed these problems, so why didn't he say anything and just allowed the company to go on like this?

He seemed to be waiting for this company to become entirely his before fixing it up.

In the original storyline, Zhang Jiasen had indeed made the company grow and it even floated on the market. However, at that time Miao Miaomiao had been so out of it that she didn't know about anything.

After walking for an entire day, Ning Shu's legs were a bit sore. For the rest of the day, she checked through all sorts of company material to understand the company's stocking and distribution channels.

She had to understand the company as quickly as possible to protect Father Miao's many years of hard work.

Ning Shu lifted her wrist to check her watch. It was time to get off work, but she decided to stay up late to read through these materials.

At this time, there came knocking from outside. Ning Shu was a little surprised because during this entire day, not a single person had come to the CEO's office. No one had looked for her.

They seem to be treating her as a flower vase.

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Chapter 877: The Most Noble and Pure Love

It was the first time someone had come to her office.

Ning Shu put on a serious expression, then said come in.

The person entered holding a bundle of flowers. The flowers covered his face, but the moment Ning Shu glanced over and saw that he was wearing a suit, she knew who it was.

"For my wife." Zhang Jiasen walked to Ning Shu and handed the bouquet of roses to her.

Ning Shu accepted the roses, then lowered her head slightly to smell them with a faint smile.

Zhang Jiasen looked towards the high pile of documents on the table and his gaze flickered. "You're still looking through the documents? It's time to get off work now."

Ning Shu said, "Yeah, there's a lot I don't really understand so it's taking quite a while."

"Oh right, why did you suddenly bring me flowers?" Ning Shu changed the topic and said with a smile, "I'm starting to feel a little overwhelmed by this doting."

Ning Shu placed the bouquet on the table without looking at it again. Zhang Jiasen asked, "Miaomiao, you don't like them?"

It was Zhang Jiasen's first time giving her flowers. In the past, Miao Miaomiao knew that Zhang Jiasen's family situation wasn't good so she didn't allow him to give her presents. Even if Zhang Jiasen wanted to buy them for her, Miao Miaomiao didn't let him.

When they were dating, Zhang Jiasen was still just an ordinary worker. Most of his salary had to be sent home. Miao Miaomiao felt heartache for Zhang Jiasen, so up until now, the only present Zhang Jiasen had ever given Miao Miaomiao was a wedding ring.

Every time Zhang Jiasen wanted to buy a present, he would do it in front of Miao Miaomiao. Ning Shu inwardly laughed. If he wanted to give a present, couldn't he have secretly bought it, then gifted it? Could it be that Miao Miaomiao would actually return the item?

For better or for worse, Miao Miaomiao was a girl from a wealthy family. She wouldn't be able to do such a thing.

When Zhang Jiasen saw that Ning Shu looked very indifferent, he couldn't help but ask, "Miaomiao, you don't like roses?"

Ning Shu nodded. "I don't like roses, I like tulips. The meaning of tulips in the flower language is the most noble and pure love."

Zhang Jiasen's expression stiffened for a moment. He didn't seem to have caught Ning Shu's implicit meaning. He reached out to take her hand and gazed at her as he said, "You're angry, aren't you?"

Ning Shu tilted her head as she looked at Zhang Jiasen without speaking. She quietly pulled back her hand. Zhang Jiasen's hand was really cold.

"My parents are authentic peasants from the countryside. They used up all their money to support me through college so sometimes they conserve a little too much, to the point they can't bear to eat or wear anything good."

Ning Shu shook her head. "I don't blame them. Honest. When I see how hard their lives are, I realize how blessed I am. That's why I decided to learn to manage the company well."

Ning Shu was purposefully saying this to disgust him.

A sharp light flashed through Zhang Jiasen's eyes for an instant, then he reached out and placed his hand on Ning Shu's shoulder with a smile. "It's time to get off work now. I came to take my wife home."

Ning Shu smiled and picked up her bag. "Alright."

Zhang Jiasen smiled as well.

The two of them looked like a married couple that were deep in love, but both of them were harboring their own thoughts.

Ning Shu and Zhang Jiasen walked side by side. When they got to the main lobby of the company, Ning Shu saw that the secretary wearing the black framed glasses was waiting by the front desk.

Ning Shu carefully sized up this secretary. Could it be that this was Zhang Jiasen's true love? She wasn't even as pretty as Miao Miaomiao.

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Chapter 878: Blank White Sheet

"Director, there's an urgent document that requires your signature," said the secretary to Zhang Jiasen, her voice trembling a little.

Zhang Jiasen pressed his lips together, then quickly walked over and opened the document. He glanced towards the secretary, but the secretary lowered her head without saying anything.

Zhang Jiasen signed the paper. Ning Shu walked over and asked, "What document is it? Let me see? For better or for worse, I'm the company's CEO."

Zhang Jiasen hastily closed the folder and said, "It's actually not that important."

"If it's not that important, why was your secretary in such a rush?" Ning Shu lifted her brows. She had gotten a glance at that paper earlier. The so-called document was just a blank white sheet. Must've been hard for Zhang Jiasen to fake seriousness in signing a completely blank piece of paper.

"Let's go, let's not talk about work after work." Zhang Jiasen took Ning Shu's hand and made to leave.

Ning Shu glanced back to look at that secretary. She was hugging the folder as she stood at the front desk and stared after Zhang Jiasen's back.

Ning Shu turned back around and glanced at Zhang Jiasen as many thoughts flashed through her head.

After getting on the car, Ning Shu directly said, "Let's still go to my parents' place. My suitcase is still there."

Zhang Jiasen pressed his lips together for a moment, then said, "Alright."

When they got there. Mother Miao immediately came to welcome Ning Shu and ask her about everything that happened during the day: was work was hard, did anyone bully her, and all sorts of other questions…

Ning Shu answered each one patiently.

Mother Miao got Ning Shu a bowl of soup and said that this was a nourishing soup she had simmered specially for her, then forced her to drink it.

Mother Miao then got a bowl for Zhang Jiasen. Zhang Jiasen expressed his thanks amiably and after drinking it, even praised that it tasted really good.

It made Mother Miao very happy.

However, Ning Shu could tell that Zhang Jiasen was worrying about something since he was spacing out a lot.

Ning Shu guessed that it was probably about the secretary.

"Zhang Jiasen, I want to stay home for a while. There are some things I need to consult my dad about," said Ning Shu.

After a brief pause, Zhang Jiasen said, "Alright, then I'll head back first."

Ning Shu nodded.

Zhang Jiasen got his coat and left. Ning Shu watched him leave indifferently.

"Why did Jiasen leave? You two are husband and wife, what's wrong with him staying? It's not like you two haven't gotten married?" Mother Miao jabbed Ning Shu's forehead. "Why didn't you have him stay?"

"Oh right, I have something to talk to Jiasen about," said Ning Shu, then she grabbed the keys to head to the garage.

Ning Shu headed out, but it wasn't to look for Zhang Jiasen. It was to visit a detective agency.

Ning Shu directly said to the person in charge at the agency, "I want you to help me investigate the relationship between my husband Zhang Jiasen and his secretary."

Ning Shu slid a photo of Zhang Jiasen in front of the agent. "This is Zhang Jiasen, and this is the down payment."

"Alright, I'll let you know once I have news." The agent took the photo and money.

Ning Shu left the detective agency, then headed to a Chinese pharmacy to get some medicinal ingredients before driving home. As for whether Zhang Jiasen had gone to find the little secretary or not, she really didn't care.

This medicine was for Father Miao. Father Miao was too fat so his cholesterol was very high. He also had high blood pressure so his body was in a very unhealthy state. After the stroke, he never woke up.

When Ning Shu got back, she personally simmered the medicine. Actually, it didn't count as medicine, it was just a medicinal dish. This way she could slowly adjust the state of Father Miao's health.

When Father Miao saw that his daughter had personally made something for him, he was very touched. It was such happiness to be able to eat something his daughter had personally cooked.

"Dad, from now on you have to eat this every day and eat more fruits and vegetables. Drink more water too. Don't eat so lavishly anymore, and especially don't drink wine." Ning Shu counted the things off on the finger. "It's time for you to start paying more attention to your health."

Father Miao laughed heartily. "You really are my sweet little darling. Alright, alright, I'll do as you say."

Father Miao was only around fifty, but in the original storyline he had suddenly gotten a stroke and soon passed away. Furthermore, he hadn't woken up even once after the stroke. The doctor said that Father Miao had severe bleeding in his brain due to multiple burst blood vessels.

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Chapter 879: Secretary Xue

Ning Shu harbored her suspicions towards how Father Miao and Mother Miao had died. If it really was Zhang Jiasen's doing, then he was even more ruthless than she had thought.

There was a need to make a lot of preparations.

After dinner, Ning Shu asked for Father Miao's thoughts on a lot of things and got to know about the people in each department, especially the higher-level personnel.

When Father Miao saw how serious his daughter was about this, he told her everything about the company's employees without holding back and about which people had been with him all this way.

Father Miao had built up this company with his own hands. In his words, it was all he could do to maintain this state. It would be very hard to continue moving upwards. There were some times when he felt like he had the will but not the strength.

When he saw how earnest Ning Shu was, he started considering handing the company over to Ning Shu.

Originally, he was thinking to just let Miaomiao give birth to a child with the surname Miao so that the Miao family would have a descendant that could inherit the family business. However, now that his daughter who had always been clumsy was willing to learn how to manage the company, he felt that teaching his own daughter was much more realistic than looking forward to that child that has yet to show any trace of existence.

Father Miao seemed to want to pass on everything he knew to Ning Shu. His words came out in a continuous flow. He talked about the time when he was first starting the company, when times were hard. Ning Shu's heart ached slightly. This was the original host's emotions. Her father's sweat and blood had been stolen away by Zhang Jiasen.

Zhang Jiasen had not only tricked her, he even stole her dad's company.

Ning Shu didn't know if Zhang Jiasen had approached the original host with this motive from the start or if his ambition had started to grow due to his promotions.

However, based on how Zhang Jiasen coaxed and lied to the original host, Ning Shu felt that he had probably planned all of this out beforehand. Ning Shu was appraising Zhang Jiasen in the most negative way possible.

It was also partly that the original host was dumb. She didn't even know if her own man loved her.

As these thoughts flashed through Ning Shu's mind, she was still working on writing down the important information that Father Miao gave her.

They talked late into the night. When Ning Shu finally returned to her room, it was already midnight. Ning Shu took out her phone and called Zhang Jiasen. Wonder what he was doing right now?

The phone rung for a long while, but then it was hung up on. Ning Shu smiled as she hit redial. It rung for another while before it was hung up on.

Her smile widened as she called again. This time, the other phone was closed.

Ohoho. Ning Shu very integrity-lessly guessed that Zhang Jiasen was currently tumbling with a woman.

Her phone calls had disturbed him.

Early the next morning, the moment Ning Shu got to the company, she headed to Zhang Jiasen's office. Zhang Jiasen was currently discussing something with the secretary. Ning Shu directly asked, "Why did you hang up on me?"

Zhang Jiasen was taken aback. He glanced at the secretary before saying to Ning Shu, "I thought it was just a scam call so I hung up. I was tired after work so I closed the phone to rest properly."

Could it be that there was no caller ID? Ning Shu nodded as she accepted this explanation that had as many holes as Swiss cheese, then looked towards Zhang Jiasen's secretary and said with a smile, "Miss Secretary is looking even more beautiful today."

"Nice lipstick," said Ning Shu with an approving nod, then she said to Zhang Jiasen, "Why don't you introduce your secretary?"

"There's not much to introduce, she's just a secretary. You can just call her Secretary Xue," replied Zhang Jiasen offhandedly.

Ning Shu nodded. When she saw Secretary Xue's facial color dim, she internally smiled.

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Chapter 880: A House in the Tangchen District

"Oh right, Dad said he'll allow me to be fully in charge of the factory so I'll probably have to spend a lot of time in the factory now," said Ning Shu.

When Zhang Jiasen heard this, despite his ability to remain very calm, he still couldn't stop his facial color from changing. The most important part of the company was the factory.

Most of the designers stayed in the factory most of the time. The company's entire life force stemmed from the factory.

So it was also the easiest place for pilfering to occur.

Zhang Jiasen quickly calmed down and said worriedly, "Are you going to be able to handle dealing with such a large factory? You've never managed things like this before, I'm worried you'll get too tired."

"It's fine, Dad will help me," said Ning Shu with a smile. When she saw the trace of gloominess on Zhang Jiasen's face, her smile became even brighter.

Zhang Jiasen's hand clenched into a fist behind his back. He was clenching it so hard, veins protruded on the back of his hand, but he continued to smile as he said, "My little wife sure is amazing. If you need any help, you can come look for me."

"Okay." Ning Shu nodded with a faint smile. Although she felt quite disgusted, there was still a need to maintain a smile.

Ning Shu walked to Secretary Xue and reach out to take off her glasses. It was only after taking them off that she found Secretary Xue had drawn her eye makeup very beautifully. Her black eyes seemed bright and filled with spirit, yet also had a slight dolefulness to them.

Secretary Xue was startled by Ning Shu's action and took a step back. Zhang Jiasen almost wasn't able to stop himself from taking a step forward either and just barely caught himself.

"Secretary Xue is so beautiful, the glasses are blocking your beautiful eyes. You should wear contacts." Ning Shu shoved the glasses back into Secretary Xue's hands and Secretary Xue hastily put them back on as she said, "I'm allergic to contact lenses."

"So it's like that." Ning Shu smiled faintly, then left gracefully.

Secretary Xue sighed in relief once Ning Shu left, then she asked Zhang Jiasen, "Say, don't you think Miao Miaomiao knows something?"

"That's not possible. She doesn't have the brains," said Zhang Jiasen mildly. He glanced at Secretary Xue. "While we're at the company, don't get too close to me."

"Yes, I understand." Secretary Xue bit her lips, looking a little wronged.

"Manman, endure it a little longer. I'm also enduring it," said Zhang Jiasen.

Meanwhile, Ning Shu got a call from the detective agency that they had gotten results.

It was quite fast. Ning Shu went to the agreed-on coffee shop and the agent handed her a folder.

Ning Shu opened the folder. There were a lot of photos inside, all of Zhang Jiasen and Secretary Xue. They were all very intimate, either of them holding hands or hugging. However, they were all taken at night so they weren't very clear. Ning Shu said, "Some are pretty blurry."

"It was already pretty hard for us to get these. They barely make any of these intimate gestures during the day." The agent looked towards Ning Shu. "Your husband is very cautious."

Zhang Jiasen's intelligence stemmed from the fact that he harbored a lot of doubt. The only reason she had been able to obtain these things was because Zhang Jiasen currently felt no wariness towards her. He thought that she was just a dumb fool.

Ning Shu noticed the background of the pictures and narrowed her eyes as she said, "This is?"

"That's right, this is the famous Tangchen district. Zhang Jiasen owns a house there. Most of the time, Xue Manman's the one that lives in it," said the agent.

Ning Shu's expression turned slightly cold. Just a single square feet in the Tangchen district costed an excessive amount. She asked, "Whose name is it under?"

"Zhang Jiasen."

Ning Shu's eyes dilated. That house would cost at least five million. Zhang Jiasen had the money to buy such a house?

The money from being an managing director wasn't enough for him to buy such an expensive house.

"Are you certain?" asked Ning Shu. "Can you help me get a copy of the ownership certificate?"

"This is a bit difficult." The agent shook his head.

"Money isn't an issue," said Ning Shu.

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Chapter 881: A Wedding Scam

"I just want to know how many names are on the certificate," said Ning Shu. She was very curious about whether Xue Manman's name was on the certificate or not.

"I'll try to come up with some way to get you a copy of the ownership certificate." The agent accepted Ning Shu's money.

Ning Shu put the photos back into the folder as she said, "Tell me about this Xue Manman's background."

The agent glanced at Ning Shu, then said, "Zhang Jiasen and Xue Manman were dating back when they were in college. After they graduated, they seemed to have broken up. Later, Zhang Jiasen married you and not long after your marriage, Xue Manman became Zhang Jiasen's secretary."

"They seemed to have broken up? That means that the two may not have broken up at all?" Ning Shu said to the agent, "Help me investigate this more."

If there wasn't something suspicious about this, she'd be willing to eat shit. Zhang Jiasen had probably thrown his newlywed wife in the countryside in order to spend time with Xue Manman.

This was a wedding scam. Perhaps Xue Manman also knew about it and was an accomplice.

"Alright. Since I've accepted your money, of course I'll help you get that information," said the agent with a nod.

"Oh right, and look into Xue Manman's family background as well," said Ning Shu expressionlessly.

The agent nodded. "Alright."

"Don't reveal to anyone that I'm investigating Zhang Jiasen and Xue Manman." Ning Shu narrowed her eyes.

"Don't worry. Those of us in this profession also have integrity that we uphold," said the agent reassuringly before leaving with the pile of cash that Ning Shu gave.

Ning Shu took a sip of the extremely bitter coffee, then took the folder to a bank and registered for a safe to keep the folder in.

She and Zhang Jiasen were married. If she kept these things at home, Zhang Jiasen might discover them. These were all evidence of Zhang Jiasen's wrongdoings. With this, Zhang Jiasen would be the wrong-doing party in this marriage.

There was a need to check the company's accounts. Where did Zhang Jiasen get the money to buy a house? Did he secretly transfer money to be under his own name?

He sure couldn't be underestimated.

There was definitely something wrong with the accounts for Zhang Jiasen to be able to get so much money without being discovered.

When she got back to the office, she found that Zhang Jiasen was currently sitting on the sofa and waiting for her. When she saw how immaculately dressed he was, she could barely hold back her urge to stomp on him.

It was so infuriating, but she still had to maintain a slight smile. Ning Shu silently chanted the heart-clearing chant.

Zhang Jiasen walked to Ning Shu. When he saw that Ning Shu's facial color wasn't very good, he asked, "What's wrong? You look like you've been bullied. Tell me and I'll get justice for you."

Ning Shu: Hahaha...

"It's nothing, I'm just a little tired. I visited the factory," said Ning Shu as she rubbed her forehead.

Zhang Jiasen said with a faint smile, "Managing the company isn't something you can pick up in a day or two. Take it slow."

Ning Shu nodded as she contemplated things. It was easiest to pocket money during the importing process. The costs of buttons and needles, length of fabric, and little things like that could easily be tweaked. It was the same with the equipment for making the clothing.

She glanced at Zhang Jiasen. She didn't have any plans to ask him about anything since it would be bad to put him on guard. Furthermore, this company belonged to her dad so if there was anything, she could just directly look for her dad.

It was extremely easy for Father Miao to check the accounts.

"Were you looking for me for something?" asked Ning Shu. She glanced at the talented and reliable looking Zhang Jiasen. This good skin was sure wasted on him since he was a greedy, selfish, heartless, and ruthless man on the inside.

Zhang Jiasen's expression seemed to contain a bit of complaint as he said, "Miaomiao, isn't it about time for you to come home? I'm always alone when I get home. Let's start living our two people world."

Act, just keep acting!

Ning Shu nodded. "I'll head back after a couple days. I need to ask Dad about a few things."

A dark light flashed through Zhang Jiasen's eyes as he asked, "Miaomiao, are you serious about managing the company?"

"Yeah. It's also because I saw your family. I never imagined that some people lived in such poverty. It was only then that I realize my life is really blessed. For the sake of continuing to be blessed, I have to work hard. This bit of suffering doesn't count as anything." Ning Shu pulled up this matter again to disgust Zhang Jiasen.

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Chapter 882: As the CEO...

A trace of displeasure flashed across Zhang Jiasen's face for a brief instant, but then he said in a doting tone, "You're my little princess. Even if you don't do anything, there's me to dote on you so you'll still be able to keep living a blessed life."

Ning Shu: Vomit...

She really wanted to just puke on this man's face. She hadn't expected for Zhang Jiasen to be able to say something like this. He had never said anything like this in the original storyline.

It was clear that he didn't want her to work in the company, especially when she was occupying the position of CEO. On top of that, she was this company's successor, the top choice for succession.

Although she wanted to puke, she still had to maintain a slight smile. Ning Shu smiled towards Zhang Jiasen as she said, "I know you treat me really well."

At this time, there came knocking from the door, then Xue Manman walked in.

When Ning Shu saw Xue Manman, the first thing that came to mind was the fact that she was living in a manor in Tangchen. A secretary was actually living in a house like that. Her relationship with Zhang Jiasen was plainly that she was his mistress, or perhaps what they had was actually love.

"What is it?" asked Ning Shu as she seized Xue Manman up.

Xue Manman looked towards Zhang Jiasen and said, "Director, the sales department head is looking for you to discuss something."

Ning Shu lifted her brows. She was pretty sure there was no such thing. She found that Xue Manman was always showing up when she and Zhang Jiasen were together. Last time she brought a blank paper for him to sign, and this time she was talking about the sales department head.

Ning Shu said with a smile, "It must be something important then. As the CEO, I should also go take a look."

Xue Manman's expression stiffened and a flustered expression flashed across her face.

Ning Shu laughed coldly. As she had expected. It was seriously disgusting.

"You have a lot of documents here already. It'll be fine if I go alone." Zhang Jiasen had glanced at Xue Manman and seen her flustered expression, so he immediately rejected Ning Shu's proposal.

"I should go too. If there's an issue, I can help." Ning Shu got up from her leather chair, but Zhang Jiasen pressed her back onto the chair. "Behave and just look through the documents, alright? Just leave these things for me to handle."

After saying that, Zhang Jiasen quickly walked out of the office. Xue Manman hastily followed him out.

Ning Shu rolled her eyes. She suddenly found that her eyes seriously saw through too much. These two's acting skills were seriously clumsy.

Perhaps it was because she already knew the truth. Now wherever she looked, things were full of holes. It might have also been because they felt she was dumb so they didn't bother to hide in front of her.

In the original storyline, Miao Miaomiao had been a housewife, so she didn't know about the company's situation and hadn't known about the existence of Xue Manman, this secretary.

She only found out about this person's existence right before she died. Speaking of which, Miao Miaomiao's death was very closely linked to Zhang Jiasen and Xue Manman.

Ning Shu even suspected that Zhang Jiasen had purposefully allowed Miao Miaomiao to find out about Xue Manman's existence.

At that time, the Miao family parents had already died, so there was no one left that could oppress Zhang Jiasen. Miao Miaomiao had also been diagnosed with a mental disorder, so even if something happened, no one would suspect anything.

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Chapter 883: Thought It was Some Scam Call

Ning Shu didn't pay any attention to what was going on between Zhang Jiasen and Xue Manman. Right now, she was spending most of her time in the factory. She found that a lot of the cameras were broken. Even with the good cameras, the workers that had been in the factory a while were able to easily avoid the cameras.

It was easy for them to casually take little things like scissors or thread. Although those little things weren't very expensive, with so many people in the factory, if each person took a little, it added up to quite a sum.

Ning Shu expressionlessly got some money from Father Miao and found a professional. After the employees got off work, she had tiny cameras installed in the more important parts of the factory including the warehouse.

Father Miao was curious why Ning Shu didn't get the money from the financial affairs department.

Of course, there was no way Ning Shu would tell him that it was because Zhang Jiasen was keeping an eye on the company. If she took this money from the finance department, Zhang Jiasen would definitely ask what she was doing.

She didn't want Zhang Jiasen to find out about this. Since she was going to be in charge of the factory, she had to take control of the factory.

She had Father Miao check the account books again, focusing on the past two years and the time after Zhang Jiasen was promoted.

The house in Tangchen district had definitely been bought with the money Zhang Jiasen swindled from the company.

When Father Miao saw how eager Ning Shu was about checking the account books, he expressed his disapproval. "There exist no account books that are completely clean. There is some money that I just sent aside. I just think of it as giving these people a little favor. Those who feel guilty will actually work harder, so there's no need to check the accounts."

Ning Shu shook her head as she said, "I'm not looking for small sums, but a large one. I'm just checking a little, so help me, ok Dad?"

Father Miao couldn't bear to crush Ning Shu's enthusiasm, so he had his secretary go get the account books and told the finance department that he just wanted to check the turnover for the last two years.

When Ning Shu saw that Father Miao was willing to help, she sighed in relief. Just thinking of that house in Tangchen made her heart gush blood. It was so much money! That was all blood sucked from the Miao family.

The Miao family company didn't actually make much profit in a year. After covering the manufacturing costs and manpower, there wasn't much left over.

The money that was pilfered was definitely done during the importation of goods. They were purposefully reporting higher prices.

Ning Shu felt even more disgusted with Zhang Jiasen. Not only did he commit marriage scam and have an affair, he was stealing what belonged to others. And on top of that, he fricking felt that he was the pitiful one for having to endure being looked down on by his in-laws.

Ning Shu was currently in the factory's office looking at the clothing that the designers had just designed when she got a phone call from Zhang Jiasen. She hung up without even thinking about it. The phone started ringing again right away, so she hung up again, but it started ringing again.

This time, she leisurely lifted her phone and picked up. "Hello."

Zhang Jiasen's voice came from the phone. "Miaomiao, why did you hang up on me?"

"Oh, that was you calling? I thought it was some scam call and I was busy, so I hung up," replied Ning Shu lightly.

Zhang Jiasen stopped talking about the phone calls and took a deep breath before saying, "Miaomiao, can you come back first? There's something important at home."

"What is it? I'm a bit busy." As Ning Shu spoke, she prepared to hang up.

"Miaomiao, come back first, alright?" Zhang Jiasen's voice was very gentle. Through the phone, it was even more magnetic and charming.

Ning Shu lifted her brows. What was going on now? "I'll head back right away."

The home Zhang Jiasen was talking about was the house that the Miao family parents had bought for them. It was in a pretty high-class neighborhood. Ning Shu drove over.

When she got to the door, she dug out her keys. The moment she opened the door, her eyes were drawn to the muddy shoes that were left haphazardly all over the foyer.

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Chapter 884: I Can Understand That...

The house was also filled with the heavy smell of smoke. When she walked in, she found that the living room was very lively.

The Zhang family parents were sitting on the sofa. Zhang Jiasen's father was smoking a pipe. The ashes fell on the sofa and made a pile of dark ashes.

Zhang Jiasen's mother was eating the fruits on the coffee table and had tossed the skins all over the table. Little Sis Zhang's eyes were darting around and after a few moments, her eyes filled with satisfaction.

As for Little Sis Zhang's twin brother, he had already taken over the computer and was playing energetically.

There were also three strangers that Ning Shu hadn't seen before. They seemed to be a family. The woman was hugging a little girl that looked about three and her husband clearly didn't have any good intentions. He was seizing up the house and he rubbed his hands together from time to time.

Ning Shu: ...

Her eyes dilated as a bad feeling washed over her.

This house was originally pretty big. It was nearly two hundred square meters, but with so many people crammed in, it became very crowded.

"Miaomiao, you're back?" Zhang Jiasen came out from the kitchen and looked towards Ning Shu with a very gentle gaze.

Ning Shu took a deep breath and ended up getting a lungful of smoke, so she started coughing.

"Humph, where did you run off to? As the wife not only are you not staying in the house, you're even making the man cook?" Zhang Jiasen's mother immediately started trying to establish her dominance as the mother-in-law. She was wearing very dark clothing and her skin was pretty much black. She was very out of place in this luxuriously decorated house.

Zhang Jiasen's mother seemed conspicuously unsophisticated, but right now she was straightening her spine and doing her best to show off her status as the mother-in-law.

"Mom." The woman holding a child tugged at Zhang Jiasen's mother before greeting Ning Shu. "Sister-in-law."

"Miaomiao, this is my older sister, Zhang Wenlan," said Zhang Jiasen. Then he pointed at the man next to Zhang Wenlan and said, "This is my sister's husband, Tan Heyu."

Tan Heyu smiled ingratiatingly towards Ning Shu and revealed his yellow teeth as he greeted, "Sister-in-law."

Ning Shu shifted her gaze away. She looked at this huge family, then tilted her head as she looked towards Zhang Jiasen. What was this current situation? It wasn't just the Zhang family, even Zhang Jiasen's older sister's family had come.

Zhang Jiasen reached out and pulled Ning Shu to the balcony. He seemed to be organizing his words. Ning Shu didn't speak, but inwardly she was laughing coldly as she glanced again at the people inside the room. She'd like to see what Zhang Jiasen planned to say.

"Miaomiao, Mom and Dad have come to live with us," said Zhang Jiasen. "Mom and Dad have been working hard their entire lives and never had the chance to enjoy a single blessed day. For the sake of supporting me through college, they sacrificed everything they had, so my younger siblings weren't able to enjoy their childhoods either. My older sister was always trying to help me financially too. Miaomiao, we're an integral whole as husband and wife. My parents are also your parents, so can you understand me?"

I can understand that you're a frickin' bastard. She had never taken a single penny from the Zhang family, so she had no responsibility towards the Zhang family. Right now, Zhang Jiasen was just trying to forcefully pin this responsibility on her using the marriage.

This was just like, before you got married you borrowed a lot of money, and then right after you got married, you wanted this ma'am to help you pay back the debt. Keep dreaming!

Ning Shu was about to explode from anger. Zhang Jiasen seriously treated her as a fool. He seriously believed that she loved him and would listen to him about everything.

He wanted her to support a family this large? And more people like some seventh aunt or eighth uncle might even be joining later on.

Ning Shu inwardly chanted the mind-clearing chant. I'm not angry, I'm not angry at all. Ha. Ha. Ha...

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Chapter 885: Bad Luck in Encounters

Ning Shu looked at the people in the living room. When there was a lot of people, it made the living room seem very messy. In addition, the tobacco Zhang Jiasen's father was smoking made a lot of smoke that lingered in the room.

Zhang Jiasen's mother coughed, then spat right on the clean white floor tiles.

Just thinking about how so many adults and kids were going to be living here in the future and using the shower and toilet made her shudder. Life like that was bound to be disastrous.

It was only right for Zhang Jiasen to repay these people since they raised him. Now that Zhang Jiasen had achieved success and made a name for himself, it was time for him to repay them.

However, Zhang Jiasen was seriously taking the responsibility for everything upon himself. He was even bringing his older sister here. He wanted her to support such a large family with him?

If it was the original host, she might've really ended up attending to this large family.

Even though Ning Shu was devoting chanting the heart-clearing chant, she still felt about to explode from anger. Her opinion of Zhang Jiasen had been updated once again.

This man was unbelievably selfish.

She took a deep breath, then asked, "Could it be that your older sister's entire family also wants to live here?"

Zhang Jiasen reached out and took Ning Shu's hand as he said gently, "My older sister also had a hard life. My brother-in-law isn't the most reliable person and is addicted to gambling, so my sister brought him to the city hoping that he could find a stable job and settle down. My older sister is really good to me. She gave all the money she saved to support me through college, but she had bad luck in encounters. Now that she's here, she can also help with looking after Mom and Dad."

Bad luck in encounters? Ning Shu was almost angered to laughter. Miao Miaomiao should be the one that had bad luck in encounters, to have encountered a wolf like you and lose everything including her own life!

Zhang Jiasen, Zhang Jiasen...

Ning Shu's eyes were very indifferent as she looked at Zhang Jiasen. She shook off his hand and said mildly, "Your older sister treats you well, not me. What does it have to do with me? It's not like I used a single cent from your parents."

Zhang Jiasen was stunned. "Miaomiao, you..."

"We're husband and wife." Zhang Jiasen's expression contained pleading. "They're my parents."

If you really wanted to show filial piety for your parents, why didn't you bring the entire family to your manor in Tangchen district?

Ning Shu didn't speak because she didn't want to say a single word to Zhang Jiasen. He was so disgusting that she could barely stand it.

"Miaomiao, why haven't you gone to make dinner yet?" said Zhang Jiasen's mother as she walked over.

Ning Shu looked at Zhang Jiasen's mother indifferently. What was her confidence based on? Just because Miao Miaomiao was married to her son? She shouldn't forget that the only reason her son got to where he was today was because of the Miao family.

Even if you were going to trample on someone, you should still take a clear look at who the other party was.

"You... What kind of attitude is that?" Zhang Jiasen's mother was frightened slightly by Ning Shu's expression, then she angrily walked over to pull Ning Shu by the elbow but Zhang Jiasen stopped her.

"I'll go cook, wait a bit." Zhang Jiasen pulled Ning Shu into the kitchen, then he just had her watch from the side. He didn't ask for her to do anything.

Ning Shu watched indifferently as Zhang Jiasen skillfully cooked. Speaking of which, Zhang Jiasen had never cooked for Miao Miaomiao during the original storyline. It had always been Miao Miaomiao looking after Zhang Jiasen.

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Chapter 886: It's My House

Miao Miaomiao was a miss from a wealthy family, but for Zhang Jiasen, she had wet her hands to cook and clean. However, Zhang Jiasen never cared.

Zhang Jiasen quickly prepared a full table of food and the houseful of people swarmed the dinner table to sit down, taking up every bit of available space.

Ning Shu didn't even have a place to sit, so she didn't bother to even say anything and picked up her bag to leave. Zhang Jiasen could just do whatever he wanted to. It wouldn't be long before she kicked all of these people out in one go.

As long as Zhang Jiasen, was no longer around, these people wouldn't be able to bounce back up.

When Zhang Jiasen saw that Ning Shu was about to leave, he grabbed her arm. Perhaps he was angry because he grabbed her quite hard. When Ning Shu felt the pain, she directly said, "What are you doing? You're hurting me."

The people at the dinner table all looked over at Ning Shu, so Zhang Jiasen hastily relaxed his grip and said, "It's dinner time, where are you going?"

"Sister-in-law, you can sit here." Zhang Wenlan immediately gave up her seat for Ning Shu to sit. Zhang Jiasen didn't allow for Ning Shu to object and pressed her down onto the seat before sitting down next to her.

Zhang Jiasen reached out beneath the table to take Ning Shu's hand tightly. He was clearly using this manner to force Ning Shu to compromise.

Ning Shu yanked her hand out of Zhang Jiasen's grip and stood up to say to Zhang Wenlan, "You should sit. You have a kid with you."

"It's alright, you should sit, Sister-in-law. I can just eat while standing." Zhang Wenlan hastily waved her hand as she said this, her manner a little inferior.

Zhang Wenlan's husband Tan Heyu seemed to be trying to curry favor as he said, "That's right, she can just eat standing. Sister-in-law, you should sit."

Ning Shu didn't even glance at this man. He was degrading his own wife? This family sure was something.

"You're being so unreasonable over a simple meal. Which family's daughter-in-law is like you?" Zhang Jiasen's mother was very unhappy with Ning Shu and she made her displeasure clear as she tried to establish her absolute dominance in this family.

Ning Shu glanced over at Zhang Jiasen's mother expressionlessly. It wasn't like she was the original host and really thought of her mother-in-law as her actual mother. The original host's sincerity was completely being fed to dogs. These people couldn't see the original host's sincerity at all and took her respect as a matter of course.

Like it was natural for the original host to do things for them.

The term malicious mother-in-law described precisely people like Zhang Jiasen's mother. She was always trying to oppress her daughter-in-law to exert her dominance.

With a mother-in-law that liked to be like this, no matter how much you loved the guy, you couldn't marry him. There were plenty of men in the world. There was no point hoping that the man would help you since there were also plenty of women in the world, but only one mother. If they didn't have you as wife, they could marry another one.

Ning Shu felt like there was actually a pit in Miao Miaomiao's brain, for her to be this incapable of telling good people from bad ones.

In the end though, it was because she had been spoiled too much.

But they were really seriously being too unbridled on her territory. When Ning Shu heard what Zhang Jiasen's mother said, she immediately dropped all pretense of politeness. "My parents had bought this house for me. You guys are staying in my house, so you shouldn't provoke me."

Zhang Jiasen's mother immediately replied, "What do you mean by this is your house? Zhang Jiasen's name is also on this house. How is it just your house?"

Ning Shu smiled faintly. Look, this was the consequence of the original host's impulse action due to love. Now these people could righteously say that this house also belonged to them. Zhang Jiasen didn't put in a single cent, but the property deed had his name on it so this family could validly say that this house was theirs.

Ning Shu glanced meaningfully at Zhang Jiasen. It was clear that he had told his family about the situation of this house. That was the only way these people would know that this house belonged to the Zhang family.

Zhang Jiasen met Ning Shu's gaze. His facial color wasn't very good and there was faint anger on his face. This anger was directed towards Ning Shu. He blamed her for making things awkward for everyone.

"Enough, what are you arguing so much for over a dinner?" Zhang Jiasen's father rapped the marble table with his tobacco pipe. He probably didn't know that the marble didn't have a wooden frame because when a crack formed, his face immediately flushed dark red.

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Chapter 887: In Any Case, the First Child...

"There's so many people here, I'll go buy a bigger table in a bit." Zhang Jiasen helped his father out of this situation, then said, "Right? Miaomiao?"

Ning Shu grimaced slightly and lowered her head, ignoring what Zhang Jiasen said.

A trace of anger flashed across Zhang Jiasen's face but he still said, "Let's eat, let's eat."

The moment Zhang Jiasen said that, everyone reacted like they had been starved for a long time and started shoveling food into their mouths. Even the shy and humble Zhang Wenlan stood by the table and kept getting food for her daughter.

Ning Shu didn't move her chopsticks, so Zhang Jiasen got some food and placed it in her bowl. At this point, she finally started eating it slowly.

Zhang Jiasen's mother already had her mouth covered with oil from the food and at this time, she said to Ning Shu, "From now on, you should stay in the house properly and don't run around outside. Hurry and give birth to a child."

Ning Shu set down her chopsticks and calmly used a napkin to wipe her mouth before saying, "I need to go to work at the company. The matter of giving birth to a child can wait until later."

Zhang Jiasen's mother glowered at Ning Shu sternly. "Women should stay at home and serve the men. What kind of behavior is running about all day? If you don't give birth to a child, could it be that you want the Zhang family to go extinct?"

Ning Shu: ...

It was so infuriating, but she still had to maintain a smile. She smiled maliciously as she said, "In any case, the first child will have Miao as the family name and will be a child of the Miao family, so I can have the child whenever I decide to."

Ning Shu's words stunned everyone at the dinner table. Zhang Jiasen's parents looked at her disapprovingly and Zhang Jiasen's mother shouted angrily, "It's the Zhang family's seed, why should it have the surname Miao?"

"Jiasen, what is this about?" Zhang Jiasen's father directed this question towards Zhang Jiasen.

Ning Shu made a surprised expression. "You didn't know? Back then my dad said that the first child Jiasen and I have must have the surname Miao. Jiasen agreed, which was why we were able to get married."

"Miaomiao," said Zhang Jiasen in a low warning tone.

Ning Shu lifted her wrist and glanced at her watch. "I should get back to work. Enjoy the meal."

Ning Shu got her bag and left. Zhang Jiasen ran after her.

"Miaomiao, Miaomiao, wait." Zhang Jiasen jogged to catch up with Ning Shu. When he saw that she was about to open the car door, he pressed it closed.

Ning Shu looked towards Zhang Jiasen. Zhang Jiasen frowned slightly, then softened his tone. "Miaomiao, don't be angry alright? My parents are from the countryside, so they tend to be more obstinate about certain things. That's why I hadn't dared to tell them about this. In the future if there's something, you should discuss with me first. That way things won't end up as bad as they were today."

Ning Shu was about to explode from anger. You only agreed to Father Miao's demand because you had ulterior motives in the first place, but now he was blaming her for it like he had been forced to do these things. Ning Shu said coldly, "You didn't tell me either that your parents were coming. I was the last to know after they all arrived. Why don't you ever discuss things with me?"

"Miaomiao, you didn't used to be like this." Zhang Jiasen furrowed his brows with a slightly disappointed expression. "You didn't used to be so unreasonable."

Ning Shu: Pfff...

Chapter 888: Not In This Profession

Ning Shu seriously almost puked blood. In the past, it was because Miao Miaomiao was easy to deceive. Now that she was stating some truths, somehow she got labeled as unreasonable?

Ning Shu pushed Zhang Jiasen out of the way, got in the car, then left.

Talking with someone like this was just asking for a pointless headache.

All of this was based on the fact that Zhang Jiasen was currently successful. If Zhang Jiasen lost everything, on what basis would these people be able to continue acting proud and lofty in front of her?

Furthermore, everything the Zhang family currently possessed was given by the Miao family. Without the Miao family, how could Zhang Jiasen have been able to climb up the ladder this quickly?

While relying on someone, they were also trampling on the person.

There were truly much extreme characters in the world.

The Zhang family's attitude towards how all of this was a matter of course was even more of a marvel. Perhaps in their hearts, a daughter-in-law was a lower-class existence.

They felt that no matter how much money Miao Miaomiao had, she was still the Zhang family's daughter-in-law and so it was only right for her to follow the customs and be servile.

Ning Shu chugged a bottle of water, but still wasn't able to calm the fury in her heart. She repeated the heart-clearing chant nonstop.

This big sis has already marched through so many worlds and has seen plenty of extreme marvels. There was no way this big sis will kneel in defeat here. This big sis isn't angry, not angry at all. F*ck, it was so damn infuriating...

At this time, she got a call from the detective agency. The agent said that he had obtained what she asked for.

When Ning Shu got to the coffee shop, she opened the folder first thing and saw the copy of the property deed. The only name on it was Zhang Jiasen.

She smiled coldly. This once again proved how materialistic and selfish Zhang Jiasen was, as well as how overly cautious he was. Even though Xue Manman was his college sweetheart, the property deed still only had his own name.

Xue Manman's position in his heart couldn't compare to his love for money. If he became poor, all that he'd care about was probably money.

Ning Shu put the copy of the property deed away. There were also more photos of Zhang Jiasen and Xue Manman being intimate.

Zhang Jiasen, haha...

"Have you finished looking into Xue Manman's situation?" asked Ning Shu.

The agent nodded. "Yes. Xue Manman is from this city. Her parents work for a state enterprise so she grew up in a stable happy family. There's nothing in particular that stands out about her, but she really likes brand names. Zhang Jiasen bought her quite a lot of brand name things."

Ning Shu scoffed. A vain, spoiled girl that liked money and a selfish, materialistic phoenix boy. They sure were a match.

"I want photos of them that are even more intimate, like photos of them on the bed. If it's a video, that's even better," said Ning Shu.

The agent shrugged. "This is very difficult."

Ning Shu said mildly, "I have faith that you guys will be able to do it. Even someone like me who isn't in this profession can think of a way like pretending to be a cleaning worker and setting up a small camera in the bedroom for a video. How hard can it be?"

The agent: ...

"Alright, but the price..." The agent looked towards Ning Shu.

Ning Shu lifted her brows. "I've given you so much business, give a discount."

She paid the agent, then placed the rest of these items in the safe at the bank.

After a hard day of work, her brain was completely worn out. Zhang Jiasen also had the special ability to anger someone to the point that they couldn't think straight.

Ning Shu directly transferred all the money in her bank account to another card because the current card was bounded. All the fees for the wedding house's utilities and management fees were all taken from this card's account.

That house was in a high-class neighborhood, so the property management fees were nothing to sneer at. However, Miao Miaomiao was actually the one that paid for all of these things. Zhang Jiasen hadn't put out a single cent for this house.

Not only did Miao Miaomiao's head have a pit, it was the size of a meteor crater. She looked after Zhang Jiasen super well so that Zhang Jiasen could go look after someone else.

Ning Shu would rather feed these things to dogs. At the very least, a dog would wag its tail at people and bark. If it was thrown in the water, it'd make a splash. However, when she gave it to these people, these people just found it a matter of course. They spent her money, lived in her house, and even wanted to treat her as a servant.

When Ning Shu got back home, she first simmered a medicinal dish for Father Miao. She did it personally since she did count as a doctor. For better or for worse, she was the disciple of a godly doctor.

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Chapter 889: You Don't Care About Me At All!

Ning Shu was very worried about Father Miao's health. She didn't want him to end up dying before even reaching the age of sixty like in the original storyline.

The entire Miao family seriously had the fate of short lives, especially Miao Miaomiao. However, it was also because Miao Miaomiao had attracted a wolf into their home which led to the destruction of the Miao family.

Back then, something that Father Miao couldn't take had definitely happened which led to his blood rushing to his head and causing his veins to burst. He had never woken up again after that.

That was why Ning Shu was very concerned about Father Miao's health.

As Father Miao drank the medicinal dish his daughter had simmered, he glanced over and saw that his daughter's facial color didn't seem very good. "What happened? Your face is all scrunched up. Did work not go well, or did you fight with Zhang Jiasen?"

"It's nothing," said Ning Shu. She didn't want to tell Father Miao about the incident with the Zhang family. If Father Miao went to confront the Zhang family, he's probably get a stroke ahead of time due to anger.

Ning Shu changed the topic by asking, "Dad, how is the check of the account books going?"

When this was brought up, Father Miao's expression became as bad as Ning Shu's. He glanced at Ning Shu without saying anything.

Ning Shu could tell that Father Miao had found something, so she asked, "Dad, did you find something?"

"No, it's just small change. There's no need to mind it," said Father Miao as he lowered his head to continue drinking the medicinal soup.

Ning Shu was pretty sure that Father Miao had caught sight of Zhang Jiasen's little tail and he was only staying silent because he was worried about her feelings.

Once she got strong enough evidence of Zhang Jiasen having an affair and placed it in front of Father Miao, Father Miao would naturally start telling her about what he found.

In the end, the reason why Father Miao had his hands tied was because of her. Ning Shu sighed. Due to low intelligence, not only did the original host harm herself, she even harmed others.

Ning Shu felt that there was a need to add more points to her own intelligence.

Things were also because the Miao family parents doted on Miao Miaomiao too much and allowed Miao Miaomiao to grow up with such a naive personality. If Miao Miaomiao encounter a man that truly loved her and liked her personality, she'd live a blessed lifetime, but she ended up being targeting by Zhang Jiasen, this unscrupulous wolf. Her naive personality ended up becoming her fatal weakness.

Zhang Jiasen would trample on this weakness to slowly devour the Miao family piece by piece.

Ning Shu washed up and was just about to sleep when Zhang Jiasen called. The first thing Zhang Jiasen did was coax Ning Shu. "Miaomiao, don't be angry anymore and come home first, alright? Mom and Dad are both waiting for you."

Ning Shu curled up inside her blankets as she replied coldly, "Jiasen, it's already 11pm. It's so cold outside, and so late too. You're not worried that I'll encounter some danger?" Ning Shu threw an unreasonable temper. "You don't love me at all! You don't care about me, you're not even worried about whether or not I'll catch a cold or encounter danger. You don't love me at all!"

Right after that, she shut off the phone. There would definitely be something wrong with her head if she ran back in the cold just to face that house full of unbelievable characters. Miao Miaomiao had truly been too submissive towards Zhang Jiasen for him to be this unconcerned about her.

Zhang Jiasen's facial color was ashen after he was hung up on. Everyone in the house was looking too, so Zhang Jiasen felt pent up anger towards Miao Miaomiao.

He called again, only to find that the other party had shut off their phone. Zhang Jiasen's pupils trembled slightly with shock. He was shocked by Miao Miaomiao's attitude.

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Chapter 890: Can Get an ATM

Even though Zhang Jiasen felt that Miao Miaomiao was dumb, he was still aware that her personality was gentle and soft. This current Miao Miaomiao gave him a bad premonition.

Miao Miaomiao's attitude towards him had changed subtly ever since she had come back from the countryside. Zhang Jiasen felt that the current Miao Miaomiao was a little difficult to deal with.

One of Zhang Jiasen's greatest pride was the fact that he had been able to make Miao Miaomiao, this miss from a wealthy family, fall so wholeheartedly in love with him, but now things were starting to go awry.

Zhang Jiasen rubbed his forehead. He was starting to regret tossing Miao Miaomiao to the countryside. Could it be that the tough days had actually managed to polish Miao Miaomiao's intelligence?

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"Jiasen, when's she coming back? A married woman is staying out late and not returning home? If it was back then, she'd be drowned in a pig cage for not following the customs." Zhang Jiasen's mother was already tired of waiting. It was already near midnight. Back in the countryside, they were always deep asleep by this time.

Zhang Jiasen said, "It's already late, so she said that she'll come back tomorrow. She's staying at her parents' for today."

Zhang Jiasen's mother became even more displeased. "She's still going to her maternal home even though she's married? Once she's in the Zhang family, she belongs only to the Zhang family."

When Zhang Jiasen heard what his mother said, he felt that it was a bit inappropriate. "Mom, Miaomiao is my wife after all, so treat her a little better. She's currently the CEO of the company and she might even inherit the company. There's no benefit to us in ruining our relationship with her."

Zhang Jiasen's mother glowered. "What's a woman managing a company for? Women should stay at home and look after the family. Have her hand you the company. Those things should be left to men. Women should stay at home to have kids and raise kids."

Zhang Jiasen pressed his lips together as he looked at his mother without saying anything.

Zhang Jiasen's father was holding a tobacco pipe. After taking a puff of it, he said to Zhang Jiasen, "Leave your wife's matter alone for now. Find a position for your brother-in-law in the company."

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"That's right, Brother-in-law, find me a job. It's best if it's more chillaxed. You know I can't do heavy labor, it's too tiring," said Tan Heyu casually.

When Zhang Jiasen looked over and saw Tan Heyu's clearly unreliable manner, he furrowed his brows. However, he saw that Zhang Wenlan, who was currently hugging her sleeping child, was looking towards him with hope and pleading in her eyes, he couldn't bear to say no to her so he nodded and said, "Alright, but since he doesn't have any certifications, I can only arrange for him to work in the factory."

"That works." Zhang Jiasen's father rapped his pipe against the table as he approved this. Tan Heyu then asked Zhang Jiasen, "Brother-in-law, can you make me a workshop director?"

Zhang Jiasen's brows tightly furrowed and a trace of baleful anger flashed through his eyes. Tan Heyu was slightly frightened by this and stopped talking.

"Big Bro, can you give me some money? It's my first time in a place like this so I want to go shopping. The clothing in the city really are prettier," said Little Sis Zhang.

Then Little Sis Zhang's eyes whirled with an idea. "Big Bro, no need for your money actually. I'll call Miao Miaomiao tomorrow. That way there'll be someone to pay for things."

Little Sis Zhang's face filled with proud delight. She felt really smart.

However, Zhang Jiasen frowned. If it had been the past Miao Miaomiao, he would've been confident that she would go to act as an atm, but he couldn't be certain about that with the current Miao Miaomiao. Furthermore, she was busy with company affairs every day. She barely had time to even meet with him, so how could she possibly have the time to take Little Sis Zhang shopping?

Zhang Jiasen took some bills out from his wallet and gave it to Little Sis Zhang. "Your sister-in-law has to go to work, so she doesn't have time to go shopping with you. Take this and go buy whatever you like."

Little Sis Zhang accepted the money, but her expression was unhappy. Spending her own brother's money was completely different from spending other people's money. She didn't feel any heartache spending other people's money, especially when it was Miao Miaomiao's. Who asked for her to have so much money?

Zhang Jiasen felt a little vexed, so he went to the balcony to smoke. It only took a little while for the ground to be covered with cigarette butts.

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Chapter 891: Should Make Me a Workshop Director

Early the next morning, Zhang Jiasen took his brother-in-law to the company to look for Ning Shu, only to be told that she had gone to the factory.

Zhang Jiasen wiped at his face, then brought Tan Heyu to the factory.

When Ning Shu heard Zhang Jiasen say that he wanted her to find Tan Heyu a job, she glanced over at Tan Heyu who was currently looking around eagerly with his beady eyes. She inwardly gave a cold laugh.

When Zhang Jiasen saw that Ning Shu wasn't making a sound, he asked, "You can't?"

Ning Shu said with a smile, "Since you're the one that asked, of course I'll arrange a suitable position for Brother-in-law."

When Zhang Jiasen saw Ning Shu smile towards him the same way she used to, his heart settled slightly. He had been worried that she'd still be angry with him and refuse to give him face.

"Then I'll leave it to you to arrange it. Are you going to be back at the company this afternoon? It's been a long time since we've had a meal together alone. We can go to the Western style restaurant you like. I'll make a reservation in a bit?" Zhang Jiasen spoke to Ning Shu gently while leaning over slightly to look Ning Shu in the eyes with a warm expression.

Ning Shu ignored Zhang Jiasen's display of affection and just lifted her wrist to check her watch. She then said, "I probably won't be able to go. I still have something to take care of later. Let's talk about having lunch together some other time."

A trace of displeasure flashed through Zhang Jiasen's eyes. In the past he had been the center of Miao Miaomiao's world, but now all she thought about all day was work.

A helpless expression appeared on Zhang Jiasen's face. "My wife is a workaholic, what do I do? It feels like I've been abandoned."

Ning Shu smiled cooperatively. "Don't worry, there's no way I'd abandon you." No way you get off that easy.

After Zhang Jiasen left, Ning Shu glanced at Tan Heyu who was looking towards her with an ingratiating smile. She directly assigned him to transporting goods, meaning his job was to load the finished products onto the supply trucks.

When Tan Heyu heard what he had to do, his expression filled with disappointment. He had been hoping to be the workshop director, but now he actually had to do physical labor.

"Sister-in-law, we're part of the same family, so can you give me a slightly easier job? At the very least you should make me a workshop director, otherwise my position would make you lose face," said Tan Heyu in an ingratiating way.

Ning Shu: Ha. Ha.

A workshop director? You sure had lofty dreams.

"Although Brother-in-law is part of the family, the company has its rules. If I directly give you the role of workshop director, a lot of people won't be willing to accept this. If you work slowly towards it like this, you'll eventually get promoted and become a workshop director," said Ning Shu expressionlessly.

Tan Heyu rubbed his chin. He felt that his sister-in-law had a point, so he went to start carrying the goods. However, Tan Heyu truly over-evaluated himself. How could a lazy bastard like him who has always enjoyed being attended to without ever having to do anything possibly endure work as hard as this?

Ning Shu glanced over briefly, then turned and left. She had more important things to do. She was going to participate in the clothing design. She had transmigrated into all sorts of worlds varying from all points of the ancient era to the modern era, so she had seen a lot of fashion.

Of course, she didn't have the ability to design, so she just gave the designers some suggestions in order to add some new, fashionable elements.

However, everything that was designed with these hints did end up containing an air of freshness.

Zhang Jiasen left the factory and got back to the company. The moment he entered the office, he saw Xue Manman who was currently bent over watering the plants. Her butt perked up slightly in a very sexy way. Since Xue Manman was wearing a one-step skirt, it made her butt look very round and attractive.

His hand felt a little itchy, but he controlled his impulse. This was the office.

When Xue Manman turned around and saw Zhang Jiasen, a smile appeared on her face, but then she grumbled, "Jiasen, why haven't you been visiting me lately? Were you with Miao Miaomiao?"

Zhang Jiasen sat down on the chair and rubbed his forehead. His exhaustion showed on his face. "No, my parents are here from the countryside. Miao Miaomiao went back to her parent's place."

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Chapter 892: Thought of You as One of Them

Xue Manman was a little surprised. "Aunt and Uncle are here? Should I pay them a visit?"

"There's no need. The more you do, the more tracks we'll end up leaving. It's not really a good idea for you to come to my house with the identity of being my secretary," said Zhang Jiasen. Things were already really messy right now, so he didn't want Xue Manman to get involved.

Xue Manman became a little unhappy. "Why? You can just find a random reason. With how dumb Miao Miaomiao is, she won't notice anything."

"Miao Miaomiao's dumb, but her parents aren't. Be good, alright?" said Zhang Jiasen sternly.

Xue Manman tactically backed off, knowing that she really couldn't go brush up on her sense of existence in front of Zhang Jiasen's parents. When she saw that Zhang Jiasen's facial color was poor, she said, "Come to my place tonight to relax a little?"

Zhang Jiasen didn't say anything. His eyes narrowed as he sank into thought.

When Xue Manman saw Zhang Jiasen like this, she knew that he was thinking about something important. She had been with him since college, so she naturally knew his habits.

However, his side profile while he was deep in thought was seriously mesmerizing.

Zhang Jiasen was feeling a little worn out lately, so after work, he went with Xue Manman to the Tangchen residence and spent about an hour doing some foreplay in the shower before getting to the real action. Afterwards, he ignored Xue Manman's attempts to convince him to stay. After giving her a few comforting words, he pulled up his pants and left.

The current situation was a little off. Zhang Jiasen didn't want to let anyone get information they could use against him. What made him the most uneasy was Miao Miaomiao's attitude.

He had to stabilize his relationship with Miao Miaomiao.

She had been angry and held a grudge against him every since she had come back from the countryside. The current Zhang Jiasen really regretted leaving her in the countryside now. At that time, Xue Manman had been really hurt because he married Miao Miaomiao and he had loved Xue Manman since college.

So he decided to leave Miao Miaomiao in the countryside for the time being so that he could comfort Xue Manman.

He did manage to smooth things over with Xue Manman, but now something was coming up with Miao Miaomiao.

When Zhang Jiasen got to the factory, he saw that Ning Shu was currently in the warehouse checking the fabric, so he quickly snuck over to hug her.

Ning Shu was startled and lifted her leg without hesitation to stomp on the foot of the person behind her. She even used the heel of her shoe to grind down.

Zhang Jiasen groaned softly in pain and shook out his foot.

When Ning Shu turned around and saw that it was Zhang Jiasen, her expression was exaggeratedly shocked. "Jiasen, it's you? Are you alright? Why didn't you say anything? I thought it was some pervert. Is your foot ok?"

Zhang Jiasen's facial muscles were trembling, but his expression was still full of helplessness as he looked towards Ning Shu. "Alright, stop being angry, alright? I know that you suffered a lot at the countryside. It was my bad."

Ning Shu narrowed her eyes. Zhang Jiasen seriously was skilled at being unyielding and yielding as needed. It was just, the moment he got close, Ning Shu smelled the scent of bath soap. He showered in the middle of the afternoon?

Ha. Ha. He went off and did something, and now he was making this expression of doting affection in front of her? He had to constantly go back and forth between two women. Even Ning Shu felt tired on his behalf.

But it wasn't like he was the only one that knew how to act.

Ning Shu shook her head as she looked towards Zhang Jiasen and said, "I'm not angry, I'm just hurt. Your parents don't seem to think of me as part of the family. I thought that your parents had accepted me, that's why we were able to get married, but it seems like that wasn't the case."

Zhang Jiasen explained, "They're people from the countryside so some of their views are different from ours. They don't have any bad intentions. The reason they treated you like that, the reason they didn't try to be polite was because they thought of you as one of them."

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Chapter 893: Definitely Dominated the Ranking

Zhang Jiasen very patiently explained to Ning Shu that the Zhang family was treating her as one of them, as part of the family. That was why they were so direct with their words, why they didn't bother to be polite, why they had her do things, why they liked to nag at her. Although their words were a little unpleasant, it was all for her sake.

Ning Shu: ...

Then please don't treat her like she was one of them. She had no interest in suffering such torment.

Ning Shu grimaced. Zhang Jiasen was completely avoiding the actual topic and trying to focus on side details.

This was clearly the case of a mean mother-in-law trying to torment her daughter-in-law, but when it passed through Zhang Jiasen's mouth, it somehow ended up sounding so pleasant.

Zhang Jiasen's trashiness once again refreshed Ning Shu's knowledge of trashy man. Of all the trashy men she had encountered to date, Zhang Jiasen definitely dominated the ranking of number one.

There was no need to fear trashy men, what really should be feared was when a trashy man gained education. Ning Shu didn't even know how to refute the speech that Zhang Jiasen had given.

When Zhang Jiasen saw that Ning Shu wasn't speaking, he reached out and patted her head. "Don't be angry anymore, alright? It's easy to age if you're angry too much. Come home today, alright?"

Ning Shu's head was lowered. Her eyes whirled, then she shook her head and said, "I can't go back yet. Dad's looking through the account books so I have to help him."

"He's looking through the account books? When did he start? Why did he suddenly decide to check them?" Zhang Jiasen's expression was a little shocked. "Why didn't I know?"

"It's been a couple days. Dad just wants to see how much profit the company has made the last few years," replied Ning Shu offhandedly. "So I have to help too."

"So it's like that." Zhang Jiasen nodded, then said with a smile, "Since you have work to do, then you don't have to head back. I'll send you back. I also have work matters to discuss with Dad."

Ning Shu nodded.

She had told him about the checking of the account books on purpose. After all, she needed to see what he'd get up to.

When she got home and Father Miao saw that she had come back together with Zhang Jiasen, he didn't say anything and treated Zhang Jiasen the same as always.

This confused Ning Shu a little. Could it be that Father Miao hadn't found anything?

In front of the Miao family couple, Zhang Jiasen treated Ning Shu a little more attentively than usual. For example, he was always getting food that Ning Shu liked for her, no, actually it was food that Miao Miaomiao liked.

He was always showing his doting affection towards Ning Shu in little gestures.

Ning Shu accepted Zhang Jiasen's attending with no qualms. Since he was so eager to show his attentiveness, there was no need to reject it. It was all a show anyways.

Zhang Jiasen seemed to feel that this still wasn't enough and wanted to stay for the night.

At this point Ning Shu had objections. He had done dat with Xue Manman earlier, could it be that at night he still wanted to, with her? Ning Shu glanced towards Zhang Jiasen's lower half. Could it take that much exertion?

Zhang Jiasen caught Ning Shu's glance and lifted his handsome brows. His gaze was seductive. It was clear that he thought Ning Shu wanted it.

After showering, Zhang Jiasen lay down on the bed and hugged Ning Shu. "Miaomiao, let's have a child."

Ning Shu smiled and nodded. "Okay."

A smile appeared on Zhang Jiasen's face, but then Ning Shu said, "But if I have a child right now, what about work? And your parents don't agree to the child having the surname Miao. Our families will definitely get into a fight. Jiasen, to tell the truth, I'm really scared of your mom. I don't want a conflict to start between me and your mom because of our child."

Zhang Jiasen's expression filled with surprise when he heard what Ning Shu said. "Who said this to you?" Miao Miaomiao with her brains couldn't possibly think of these things. Zhang Jiasen scratched his hair in vexation.

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Chapter 894: Was Just Getting Water

Getting Miao Miaomiao pregnant was the best way to resolve this deadlock. If Miao Miaomiao was pregnant, she'd naturally stop working.

However, Zhang Jiasen didn't know how to refute Miao Miaomiao's burst of reasonable words. Miao Miaomiao was doing this for the sake of both their families, but this fact just made Zhang Jiasen feel worse.

The part that made him the angriest was that the current Miao Miaomiao was no longer obedient.

Zhang Jiasen's sharp gaze swept across Ning Shu's face inch by inch as he scrutinized her. Then a smile appeared on his lips again. "Regardless of whether the child has the surname Miao or Zhang, it's still our child."

Ning Shu smiled as well. "You're right." Then she yawned, wrapped the blanket around herself, and prepared to sleep.

Zhang Jiasen placed his hand on Ning Shu's arm gently as he asked, "Miaomiao, why did Dad suddenly decide to check the account books? Is there something wrong with the accounts?"

Ning Shu was perfectly wide awake, but she continued acting like she was very sleepy and said with a nasally tone, "Dad just feels like the income of the company has decreased so he wanted to look into it. He suspects that someone's been embezzling."

Zhang Jiasen's eyes narrowed as he said, "With the environment like this and the economic crisis looming, it's already very good that we can turn a profit. A lot of companies have already gone out of business."

"So did Dad find anything?" Zhang Jiasen coaxed Ning Shu. "If there really is someone embezzling, there's no way we can let a leech-like existence like that stay in the company."

Ning Shu yawned as she said, "He's probably found something. He's been really angry lately."

Ning Shu could feel Zhang Jiasen's hand which was on her arm tremble for an instant. Zhang Jiasen then said gently, "If you're sleepy you should just go to sleep."

Ning Shu slowed down her breathing so that it would seem like she was asleep. Not long later, she felt Zhang Jiasen get up. When she opened her eyes, she saw that Zhang Jiasen was smoking on the balcony.

His solitary figure on the balcony was like that of a phantom.

Zhang Jiasen stood on the balcony for a long time, holding a lit cigarette between his fingers. Finally, he went downstairs. Ning Shu followed him downstairs barefoot and heard Zhang Jiasen talking with a woman in the kitchen.

Ning Shu listened carefully to the woman's voice. It seemed to be one of the Miao family's servants that had worked for the Miao family for many years.

Zhang Jiasen and the servant's voices were very quiet so Ning Shu couldn't hear them clearly. Hence she decided to walk directly to the kitchen door to ask, "What are you two doing?"

Zhang Jiasen was completely unperturbed at the sight of Ning Shu. He lifted the cup in his hand and said, "I wanted some water but couldn't find a cup, so I had Aunt Ping help me get one. Why did you come downstairs?"

Ning Shu's gaze swept across Aunt Ping's face and Aunt Ping said, "I woke up to use the restroom and saw the young master looking for something in the kitchen, so I helped him get a cup."

She hadn't even ask anything, so what was this explanation for? Ning Shu nodded like she believed this explanation.

Zhang Jiasen took another sip of water, then asked Ning Shu, "Why are you still awake? And why did you come downstairs without even putting on shoes? It's so cold today, what if you caught a chill?"

"When I woke up you weren't on the bed and there was no one in the bathroom either. I thought you went home." Ning Shu rubbed her eyes drowsily.

Zhang Jiasen drank the rest of the water in the cup. After setting down the cup, he directly lifted Ning Shu in a princess hold with a warm smile. "I'll carry you up. This way your feet won't get cold anymore."

Ning Shu smiled without saying anything and allowed Zhang Jiasen to carry her upstairs. When she glanced back, she saw that Aunt Ping seemed a little flustered as she hurried back to her room.

Ning Shu narrowed her eyes slightly before retrieving her gaze, only to have her eyes drawn to the red mark below Zhang Jiasen's collarbone. It was usually concealed when he was in a buttoned up dress shirt, but pajamas revealed this location.

Ning Shu: Ha. Ha. Ha.

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Chapter 895: Should Still Exercise Moderation

Zhang Jiasen was quite skilled to be able to achieve maintaining the flying red flag at home while still flying a colorful flag outside. However, this was all established on the basis that Miao Miaomiao was simple and easy to trick.

Miao Miaomiao had probably never imagined that Zhang Jiasen would cheat.

She had an inexplicable faith in Zhang Jiasen.

Ning Shu couldn't help but wonder what he had been talking to that servant about in the middle of the night. Could it be that he even had something going on with that servant?

There was a need to pay attention to Aunt Ping.

Zhang Jiasen carried Ning Shu to the bed, lay down, then directly placed Ning Shu's feet on his chest.

Ning Shu was startled and reflexively tried to pull her feet back, but Zhang Jiasen pressed down and kept her feet there. His tone contained doting as he said, "Don't move. Why didn't you wear shoes before going downstairs earlier? I'll help you warm your feet, otherwise you won't be able to sleep well."

Zhang Jiasen's body was very warm. Ning Shu could feel a comfortable warmth spreading to her feet.

She narrowed her eyes. This man seriously was...

It was no wonder that Miao Miaomiao would end up defeated by him.

Hence Ning Shu placed her feet on Zhang Jiasen's chest without any scruples. It was indeed very warm.

Zhang Jiasen chuckled softly, causing his chest to vibrate. Ning Shu asked, "What are you laughing about?"

"Nothing much. I'm just thinking that our future child will definitely be very cute, just like you," said Zhang Jiasen with a smile. His eyes were very gentle and warm underneath the lights.

Ning Shu: _

Instead of properly going to sleep at night, he wanted to play at deepening their feelings? And she even had to hold out and respond to him. It was seriously such a troll.

Ning Shu continued to silently chant the heart-clearing chant. She really wanted to tell Zhang Jiasen that his hickey was in plain sight.

Yet she still had to act like she didn't know anything. It was seriously such a trial.

However, Ning Shu found that there was a benefit to the heart-clearing chant. It was capable of calming a person's emotions and even making the negative feelings that had previously been accumulating in her heart fade away.

Right now, Zhang Jiasen was refusing to sleep and pulling her along to express his deep love towards her. Ning Shu just wanted to kick him.

He was being so enthusiastic, he was definitely after something.

Hence, morning the next day, Ning Shu's facial color wasn't very good since she hadn't slept well. Even Zhang Jiasen's facial color was a little poor.

When Mother Miao saw this, she covered her smile as she said, "Although you guys are healthy and young, you should still exercise moderation."

Ning Shu: _

Zhang Jiasen smiled and glanced over at Ning Shu with amusement as he said, "Got it."

Mother Miao smiled mischievously.

Nothing had happened at all, but with Zhang Jiasen reacting like this, it made it seem like they had done dat last night.

The family of four sat down to have breakfast. Aunt Ping carried breakfast up.

Ning Shu watched Aunt Ping. This servant counted as the highest ranking one in the Miao family and knew the nocks and corners of this place well.

Aunt Ping placed salad and milk in front of Father Miao. It was Ning Shu's idea to have Father Miao have salad in the mornings for the sake of his health.

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Chapter 896: Wasn't Easy for Humans to Finally Evolve

However, she had encountered Aunt Ping with Zhang Jiasen in the kitchen last night and it had even been in the middle of the night. Ning Shu didn't suspect Zhang Jiasen of having some adulterous relationship with Aunt Ping since Aunt Ping was already fifty.

However, she was pretty sure there was some special relationship between them.

Father Miao didn't like eating this grass so he said in a helpless tone to Ning Shu, "It wasn't easy for humans to finally evolve to getting to the top of the food chain, but you're making your dad eat grass every day. Dad wants to eat meat."

Ning Shu shrugged. "Fine. Since you seem so pitiful, I'll let you have meat buns today."

Father Miao immediately pushed aside the salad to start drinking the soy milk and eating the youtiao and meat buns.

Ning Shu said to Aunt Ping, "You can take these down."

Aunt Ping was slightly stunned, then she said, "Yes." Following that, she carried the salad down.

Zhang Jiasen's gaze flickered as he continued to eat silently.

After breakfast, Zhang Jiasen prepared to head to work with Ning Shu. The moment they got into the car, he helped her with her seatbelt in a very gentle manner.

However, Ning Shu said, "I can do it myself, no need for you to go through so much trouble."

"I want to do it for you. I want to be good to you," said Zhang Jiasen as he turned the steering wheel.

Ning Shu was barely able to stop herself from rolling her eyes. Zhang Jiasen's actions weren't out of love, he did it to deceive.

"Miaomiao, did Dad talk to you about how the checking of the accounts are going? His facial color didn't seem that good this morning," asked Zhang Jiasen casually as if just making idle conversation.

Ning Shu replied offhandedly, "Dad said that no matter who it was, they'd be punished severely. However, Dad didn't tell me who it was."

"So it's like this." Zhang Jiasen's expression contained a bit of indignance. "Dad didn't tell you who it was?"

Ning Shu shook her head. "He didn't, but he seemed really angry. It was probably someone Dad had trusted greatly."

Zhang Jiasen's pupils dilated and he pressed his lips together without saying anything more.

When they got to the company, they encountered Xue Manman who was heading to work at the entrance. Ning Shu sized Xue Manman up and her gaze paused on Xue Manman's feet. It was a pair of brand name shoes. Although the style was low-key, Ning Shu was still able to recognize them.

She inwardly laughed. When the time came, she'd make them spit out all of the money they had stolen plus interest.

When Xue Manman saw Zhang Jiasen with Miao Miaomiao, her expression changed slightly and she quickly walked over to greet Zhang Jiasen and Ning Shu. With a professional expression, she said to Zhang Jiasen, "Director, you have a meeting at ten."

Ning Shu asked with a smile, "What meeting is it? I'll participate too. I haven't been to any meetings since joining the company."

Zhang Jiasen replied offhandedly, "It's not an important meeting, it's just about the sales. Don't you have to head to the factory?"

"Oh right, I need to head to the factory now." Ning Shu nodded, then turned and left.

"Don't make anything up anymore. Otherwise we'll eventually let something slip." Once Ning Shu left, Zhang Jiasen turned towards Xue Manman with a slightly disapproving frown.

Xue Manman bit her lips and lowered her head slightly, seeming to feel a bit wronged. Zhang Jiasen pushed open the office doors and Xue Manman followed him in.

"Pay more attention. I don't want to fail on the verge of success, so be more careful in front of Miao Miaomiao, otherwise she'll eventually discover something." Zhang Jiasen rubbed his forehead. "MMZ has been looking into the account books lately. I can't visit you anymore."

"The finance department actually didn't notify me that Miao Zhi was looking into the account books." Zhang Jiasen's expression was a little dark.

When Xue Manman heard that the account books were being checked, a flustered expression flashed across her face and she hastily asked, "Do you think they'll find information on you?"

"What are making a fuss about? What have I done? Why would they find information on me?" Zhang Jiasen glanced at Xue Manman coldly.

Xue Manman finally caught herself and took a deep breath. When she saw how unperturbed Zhang Jiasen was, her heart which was pounding in trepidation gradually calmed down as well. No matter what it was, Zhang Jiasen would definitely be able to deal with it.

The moment Ning Shu got to the factory, she was told that the newest designs had been stolen. A designer said with intense remorse, "I forgot to put the designs into the safe when I left and left it on the table. In the end, the moment I woke up and came this morning, they were gone."

This latest batch of spring designs was the fruits of hard labor. They were the results of Ning Shu and the entire design department's hard work. She had been planning to make a big splash with the newest spring designs, but now the designs had disappeared.

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Chapter 897: Stealing Classified Business Secrets

The moment Ning Shu heard that the designs had disappeared, her first reaction was that those designs were now ruined no matter where the designs had ended up.

The designs were stolen. It was definitely something that the competition had done.

Ning Shu slowly swept her gaze across these designers' faces.

Then she went to check the security cameras. To her surprise, the person who stole the designs was actually Zhang Jiasen's brother-in-law, Tan Heyu.

When Tan Heyu got to the factory, he boasted everywhere that Ning Shu was his sister-in-law and that his brother-in-law was Zhang Jiasen.

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In the security footage, Zhang Jiasen had come to the designers' office. The security had tried to stop him, but Zhang Jiasen threatened to fire him, saying that this factory belonged to his sister-in-law.

After he got into the office, he started rummaging around the office. When he saw the designs on the table, he shoved it into his pockets and ran.

Ning Shu: ...

She directly fired the designer that had left the designs on the table. That designer reacted with astonishment and asked, "Why? What right do you have to fire me?"

"Due to your carelessness, you've caused the company to suffer such huge losses. Do you think you can still stay in the company?"

Indignance appeared on the designer's face. She took off her job tag and threw it on the ground. "I have no interest in staying in a company that has no sense of right and wrong!"

The designer turned to leave, but Ning Shu said coldly, "Wait a minute. You can't leave just like this. I've already called the police. You're suspected of stealing classified business secrets."

When she checked the security footage, she got the feeling that this designer had done things on purpose. She had purposefully left the designs on the table for Tan Heyu to steal.

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The designer's face filled with indignance like she was wrongly accused. "I didn't steal it! How can you accuse me of stealing the designs!?"

"You're slandering me even though you don't have any proof." The designer pulled out her phone to call Zhang Jiasen. "You've only just come to the company. You don't know me at all."

Ning Shu's expression was very indifferent and she just watched as the designer called Zhang Jiasen.

Half an hour later, Zhang Jiasen rushed in. After getting to know the situation and checking the security footage, he asked Ning Shu, "When were these cameras installed?"

Ning Shu smiled coldly. "This isn't the time to be concerned about the cameras, right? Your brother-in-law stole the designs and there's the issue of this designer too."

Zhang Jiasen tightly furrowed his brows in a troubled manner.

"Director, I didn't steal the designs! I've been in the company for so many years. There's no reason for me to steal the designs. You can blame me for being careless, but you can't pin the crime of stealing on me. Reputation is important for designers. If I become known as a thief, which company would still dare to hire me?" The designer said indignantly, "Why I would do something like this to ruin my own future?"

Meanwhile, Tan Heyu had also been escorted in by the guards. He was still swearing even as the security guards pulled him in.

"Tan Heyu." Zhang Jiasen looked at Tan Heyu coldly. "You seriously don't change."

Zhang Jiasen yanked Tan Heyu by the collar to the computer so that he could see the security footage.

The moment Tan Heyu saw the footage, he immediately started pleading for mercy. "Someone came to me and told me to look for paper that have drawings of clothes on them. He gave me twenty thousand. That's more than what I would earn doing hard work for months."

"You damned bastard!" Zhang Jiasen punched Tan Heyu and Tan Heyu cried out in pain as he fell to the ground.

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Chapter 898: Must Be Swift and Decisive

Ning Shu took in Zhang Jiasen's actions indifferently. When Zhang Jiasen saw Ning Shu like this, he lifted Tan Heyu by his collar and punched him again several times.

Finally, he rubbed his forehead in exasperation as he said to Ning Shu, "Miaomiao, I'm sorry. He was prone to stealing back in the countryside, but we thought that he would change for the better once he got to the city. We never thought that it would end up causing such a huge issue."

"Even killing him isn't severe enough of a punishment. The most important thing right now is to redesign the spring styles. We shouldn't let this matter get known either. If the workers find out that we lost the designs and that they might lose their job, it'd cause panic," said Zhang Jiasen in a lowered voice. "We have to deal with the most important matters first."

Ning Shu looked at Zhang Jiasen as all sorts of thoughts flashed through her mind.

For a moment, she got the feeling that Zhang Jiasen had been behind all of this.

"Who was the person that gave you money?" Ning Shu turned towards Tan Heyu who was grimacing in pain. Tan Heyu said, "I don't know him." He only recognized money.

The sound of police sirens came from outside. When Zhang Jiasen heard, he looked towards Ning Shu in shock. "You called the police?"

Ning Shu laughed coldly. "Since he did something wrong, it's only right for him to be punished. Jiasen, could it be that you want to get your brother-in-law out of this?"

Zhang Jiasen stared at Ning Shu in shock. "Miaomiao, how did you become like this?"

Ning Shu's expression was cold. "Dad said so. If I want to manage the company, I had to be decisive and swift. That's the only way to keep the people below obedient."

When the police came in, Ning Shu directly had them arrest Tan Heyu. This time, Tan Heyu really got scared and sniveled as tears streamed down his face. He shouted towards Ning Shu and Zhang Jiasen, "Brother-in-law, I made a mistake! I'm sorry, please save me! I don't want to go to jail!"

Ning Shu acted like she was extremely angry and just remained silent with a cold expression on her face. Zhang Jiasen's expression filled with helplessness. "Forget it. It is about time for him to learn a lesson."

Tan Heyu was dragged into the police car and the siren gradually faded into the distance. However, the atmosphere in the office remained stifling.

Ning Shu looked towards the female designer. "Starting today, you're fired by the company and will never be hired again."

The designer bit her lips, then glanced at Zhang Jiasen before turning and leaving.

Zhang Jiasen sighed, then reached out to rub Ning Shu's head. "Don't be angry anymore. The most important thing now is to remedy things."

Ning Shu grinned towards Zhang Jiasen. "The new designs will be done really soon."

Zhang Jiasen's pupils dilated slightly, but he sighed in relief as he said, "That's good."

The matter was dealt with, but Zhang Jiasen didn't immediately leave and instead, stayed behind to comfort Ning Shu.

Ning Shu narrowed her eyes as she thought about things. This incident was way too much of a coincidence. The competition had managed to pick out Tan Heyu who had a history of stealing out of everyone in the company.

When Zhang Jiasen saw that Ning Shu seemed deep in thought, he asked, "What are you thinking about?"

"It's nothing. You can head back, I can still hold up," said Ning Shu.

Zhang Jiasen hugged Ning Shu and gently consoled her. "Miaomiao, this is what managing a company is like. All sorts of things can abruptly happen. Miaomiao, you have a gentle personality so it'll definitely be hard for you to deal with these things. Don't push yourself too much, I'll feel heartache. In my heart, I wish for you to live a happy and blessed life without having to do so much and endure so much."

Ning Shu replied offhandedly, "Let's see how things go a while longer."

"If it's too hard, just tell me. I can help you with everything." Zhang Jiasen kissed Ning Shu's hair, causing goosebumps to rise all over her body.

Zhang Jiasen then patted Ning Shu's shoulder before leaving.

Ning Shu looked at Zhang Jiasen's back. Why did it feel like his back figure was filled with self-content due to achievement?

What if it was really like what she was thinking? For the sake of causing her trouble, Zhang Jiasen was willing to sacrifice even his own brother-in-law?

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Chapter 899: This is What You Wanted

Since the designs had been stolen, there was no choice but to redesign them. They had to hurry with the designs. It's almost time for the spring collections to be released, so if they didn't hurry, the factory wouldn't be able to put out any goods.

This matter wasn't simply just on a normal level of troublesome.

Ning Shu rubbed her forehead. The elements from before couldn't be used anymore. She was pretty sure that those designs had already fallen into someone else's hands.

The designers had to work overtime to start making new designs. Ning Shu also pretty much didn't sleep at all as she supervised the designing process. She didn't specialize in design though, so if she gave too many ideas, it'd only interfere with the designers.

So she would only occasionally suggest an idea or element before letting the designers develop the idea on their own.

Ning Shu noisily gulped down a cup of coffee, then rubbed her dark eye circles. At this time, she got a call from the detective agency.

When she got to the cafe and saw coffee, she felt a little thirsty so she directly gulped down the cup of coffee.

The agent: {Gulp gulp}...

"What did you manage to get this time?" asked Ning Shu.

The agent pushed his laptop towards Ning Shu, then clicked on replay. Ning Shu looked at the screen and saw that two naked white bodies were entangled. Zhang Jiasen's expression was filled with enjoyment and was charmingly sexy, while Xue Manman's expression was filled with pleasure.

They were wound around each other like snakes. Ning Shu found the sight of it very disgusting. She checked the timestamp on the video. As she expected, it was that afternoon. He had been together with Xue Manman that afternoon, yet at night he actually said that he wanted to have a child with her.

Ha. Ha. Ha.

Ning Shu watched the video indifferently. Soon, rather embarrassing sounds started coming from the video.

The cafe was on the quiet side, so this abrupt, high-pitched shameful sound made everyone look towards Ning Shu.

Ning Shu immediately slammed the laptop closed.

With this, victory was pretty much in her grasp.

The agent pulled out the USB and handed it to Ning Shu. "This is what you wanted."

Ning Shu took the USB and nodded. "Yes, it's good."

She then made several copies of the content on the USB before placing the USB in the bank vault.

After a while of accumulation, Ning Shu found that she was starting to get more and more evidence. She was accumulating them like a little squirrel hoarding away pine cones.

However, this wasn't the time to bring up a divorce. It would work better to break out everything all at once.

When Ning Shu got back to the factory, the moment she entered the office, she heard a scream that sounded like the wail of a ghost. After walking in, she found that Zhang Jiasen's mother was sitting on the ground and slapping on the floor as she shouted, "What a heartless wretch! How could there exist such a vicious daughter-in-law? She even sent her own brother-in-law to jail!"

A lot of workers were gathered around Zhang Jiasen's mother and whispering.

Zhang Jiasen's mother wasn't the only one here. There was also Zhang Jiasen's older sister, Zhang Wenlan who was currently weeping. Meanwhile, Zhang Jiasen's father was sitting on a chair, his face ashen.

When Zhang Jiasen's mother saw Ning Shu walk in, she immediately threw herself towards Ning Shu. "You black-hearted thing! Why did you send your brother-in-law to jail!?"

"Sister-in-law, I'm begging you, please let Tan Heyu come back." Zhang Wenlan directly knelt to Ning Shu. "No matter how many flaws he has, he's still my husband. If he ends up in jail, what am I and my daughter supposed to do?"

"Daughter-in-law, this counts as a family issue, how can you blow it up so much? If there's an issue, it should be resolved at home. Family scandals shouldn't be aired out in public. Your actions have caused the Zhang family to lose a lot of face." Zhang Jiasen's father had an honest looking face and the expression on it was now stern. His current aura was quite similar to Zhang Jiasen's.

It was the absolute dignity of the master of the house.

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Chapter 900: Shouldn't Air Family Scandals In Public

Ning Shu had encountered the Zhang family's accusations the moment she walked in, but she remained calm and first had the surrounding workers head back to work. After closing the office door, she asked mildly, "What are you guys doing here?"

"Sister-in-law, please don't send the child's father to jail. How are my daughter and I supposed to live without him?" Zhang Wenlan beseeched Ning Shu while crying like the skies were collapsing.

Ning Shu calmly took a sip of coffee. They wouldn't be able to live without him? They should be able to live even better without a man like this that doesn't even support the family. They couldn't separate from men? They couldn't live without a man?

This was the great sorrow of women. No matter how much of a bastard the man was, a woman still wouldn't be able to leave him because she didn't have the confidence and courage to live for herself. Ning Shu looked at the pitiful Zhang Wenlan. However, all pitiful people also harbor points that were hateful.

Zhang Wenlan was already so petty and low that she was barely more than dirt.

This world always harbored so much malice towards women.

"Miao Miaomiao, if you don't get your brother-in-law out, I won't let you off!" Zhang Jiasen's mother gnashed her teeth as she said, "You're a complete disgrace! How could you do something like this? You sent your own family to prison!"

"Do you know what Tan Heyu did? He stole the company's designs and sold them for money. He's caused the company at least a million dollars in loss," said Ning Shu expressionlessly.

Zhang Jiasen's father said, "Even if that's the case, you should've talked to the family instead of doing this and causing everyone to know about the Zhang family's scandal. Your actions show no consideration for your husband."

Ning Shu smiled as she said, "Jiasen also agreed to this. If you have an issue, go look for Jiasen."

"There's no way that Jiasen would do this. It's definitely because you insisted on it." Zhang Jiasen's mother pointed her finger right at Ning Shu, almost jabbing her in the nose.

"Leave. I need to work. If there's something, we'll talk about it back at the house," said Ning Shu coldly.

However, Zhang Jiasen's mother refused to leave and insisted for Ning Shu to get her son-in-law out. Ning Shu was losing her patience, so she directly had security kick them out.

So Zhang Jiasen's mother just started shouting at the entrance of the factory, cursing about how horrible her heartless daughter-in-law was.

Meanwhile Zhang Wenlan just knelt at the entrance and wept.

They continued to do this for several days. Ning Shu knew that Zhang Jiasen's mother was trying to make her yield by leveraging public opinion.

However, Ning Shu wasn't concerned at all. All the workers in this factory relied on the Miao family for their rice bowls. Could it be that they would offend their employer just for some people that they didn't even know?

Zhang Jiasen hadn't shown his face a single time during the entire incident. All he did give Ning Shu a call saying that he apologized on behalf of his mom, that his mom was just too worried about his brother-in-law, and that he would do his best to dissuade his mom and such lies.

However, Zhang Jiasen's mother continued to arrive at the factory's entrance right on time like she was an employee to wail like the world was ending.

In contrast to Zhang Jiasen's mother who was making a loud, unreasonable scene, Zhang Wenlan took the weak route and just knelt while weeping silently. Sometimes she even brought her daughter to kneel with her.

Ning Shu didn't know whether to laugh or cry in reaction to this. However, she continued to ignore them. If they wanted to raise a ruckus, just let them.

Moreover, Zhang Jiasen was clearly allowing this to continue on purpose. Based on his ability, there was no way he wouldn't be able to dissuade his mom or get Tan Heyu out himself.

He was purposefully having his mother and sister make her lose face in front of the worker to damage her prestige.

Ning Shu just laughed coldly and continued to ignore these people. If you paid attention to these types of people, they would only become more extreme.

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Chapter 901: To Those You Hate

After nonstop work, the designs were finally finished and the factory could finally start producing the spring designs.

Father Miao had also found out by now about what Zhang Jiasen's mother. The moment Ning Shu got home, Father Miao looked over with heartache and asked, "Why didn't you tell us about this? That family's seriously full of bastards."

"If we had known that those people were like this, there was no way we would have allowed you to marry into that family." Mother Miao was also infuriated.

Father Miao's facial color worsened even more. He was so angry that his face was slightly purple. The moment Ning Shu saw, she had a bad feeling and hastily tried to calm him down.

He looked like he was about to get high blood pressure due to anger. Ning Shu hastily shouted to Mother Miao, "Mom, hurry and get a needle."

Mother Miao could also see that something was off with Father Miao so she quickly got Ning Shu a needle. Ning Shu directly inserted the needle in Father Miao's purlicue. When she pulled it out, a stream of blood spurted out.

After this blood was released, Father Miao's blood pressure finally stopped increasing and his facial color wasn't as purple anymore.

Mother Miao was alarmed. "Dear, how are you feeling?"

Father Miao was very dizzy and he breathed heavily as he lay on the sofa. Ning Shu massaged Father Miao's hand.

Mother Miao got a damp towel to wipe Father Miao's face. She had tears in her eyes.

Ning Shu furrowed her brows. She had been busy with the designs during this past period of time and was mentally and physically exhausted. She got home very late each night, so she had Mother Miao make all of Father Miao's food.

It was a while before Father Miao recovered enough to speak and he said weakly, "People sure become useless once they get old."

"Dad, have you been eating the medicinal dishes that I told you to eat?" asked Ning Shu.

"He did. I watched to make sure he ate it every day," said Mother Miao.

Ning Shu narrowed her eyes slightly as she said, "Dad, trust me. I can handle this, so don't worry about it."

Father Miao gave a gratified smile. "Dad has no regrets even passing away in this moment after seeing how strong you are now."

Ning Shu: ...

Ning Shu gave Father Miao a massage as she mulled over things. Father Miao looked towards Ning Shu like he had something to say but then stopped himself.

"Dad, if you have something to say, just say it."

After a moment of hesitation, Father Miao asked, "Miaomiao, do you love Zhang Jiasen a lot? To the point that he's the only one you'll accept in this lifetime?"

Ning Shu laughed. "There's no one that will die without someone else."

Father Miao's facial color finally improved slightly after hearing this and he said to Ning Shu, "It's late. You should go to bed. Dad's fine."

Ning Shu nodded, then said to Father Miao, "Dad, look after your health properly alright? I can live without Zhang Jiasen, but I can't without you."

Father Miao laughed as he patted Ning Shu's back. "My dear daughter."

Ning Shu showered, then lay down on the bed and called Zhang Jiasen. The moment it connected, she said, "Zhang Jiasen, let's get divorced."

"Miaomiao, what's wrong?" Zhang Jiasen's voice carried a faint contained tremble, giving people the impression that he was very shocked and hurt.

Ning Shu crossed her legs and started digging at her other ear with her pinky as she replied mildly, "I never realized how much your parents dislike me. Your mother causes a ruckus at the factory every day and curses for me to go die. Don't say that it's because she thinks of me as part of the family again. If she thought of me as part of the family, would she curse at me like that? She says that black-hearted people like me will be struck down by lighting. This is something you say to those you hate."

"It's only now that I realize marriage is something between two families. My dad almost got high blood pressure from anger." Ning Shu said directly, "So we should get divorced."

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Chapter 902: You're Being Really Annoying

"Is, is Dad alright?" Zhang Jiasen hastily asked. "Is he in the hospital?"

Ning Shu rolled her eyes. "No, fortunately he pulled through."

Zhang Jiasen exhaled in relief, then he repeatedly said, "It's good that he's fine. What a relief."

"Let's get divorced. Zhang Jiasen, I'm serious," said Ning Shu coldly."

Zhang Jiasen hastily said, "Miaomiao, don't be like this. I'm begging you. I apologize on my parents' behalf. They're just too worried about Brother-in-law."

"Yeah, I know. That's why I finally saw how much your mother disliked me. Enough, I'm hanging up. I need to sleep." Ning Shu powered off her phone.

The next day, when she got to the factory, Zhang Jiasen's mother and older sister were nowhere in sight. After getting used to the funeral-like wailing, this sudden quiet actually felt a little unnatural.

See? The moment she brought up divorce, Zhang Jiasen immediately retracted his claws. Based on his capability, he definitely had ways to calm down his family, but he hadn't bothered.

When Ning Shu stepped inside the office, she was suddenly hugged by someone and the strong smell of smoke enveloped her. She wanted to push Zhang Jiasen away, but Zhang Jiasen just hugged her more tightly. His voice was hoarse as he cried, "Miaomiao."

Ning Shu pushed Zhang Jiasen away. Zhang Jiasen looked a little stunned. He seemed to have been up all night as his eyes were bloodshot and he had a bit of a stubble. The shirt he was wearing was very wrinkled.

"Miaomiao, don't be willful, alright?" Zhang Jiasen's expression was filled with pain. "How can you reject our feelings just like this?"

What feelings? Ning Shu really wanted to spit in Zhang Jiasen's face.

She looked at him indifferently as she said, "Jiasen, can you wait until I finish my work before talking about this? Don't you know that I'm really tired? Your family makes me even more tired."

"We should both take some time to calm down." Ning Shu ignored Zhang Jiasen's expression of pain.

Since Zhang Jiasen was here, she didn't feel like working anymore so she directly turned to leave. Zhang Jiasen went to catch up with Ning Shu and grabbed her arm. "Miaomiao, don't treat me like this. You don't actually mean it when you say divorce, right? You're just angry?"

Ning Shu shook off Zhang Jiasen's hand. "I already said that we should take some time to calm down. You're being really annoying. I'm already going stressed because of your mom, are you going to push me into a corner too?"

A trace of darkness flashed through Zhang Jiasen's eyes. He pressed his lips together, then said, "Alright, alright. Miaomiao, don't be angry."

Zhang Jiasen took a deep breath, then said, "I'll send you back."

Ning Shu shook her head. She drove to the bank to take the things out from the safe. It was time to let Father Miao know about these things so that they could work together to deal with Zhang Jiasen, this heartless wolf.

When Ning Shu got back home, she went to the kitchen to get a glass of water, only to see that Aunt Ping was putting something in the simmering medical dish.

"What are you doing?" Ning Shu grabbed Aunt Ping's arm and yanked her aside to prevent her from breaking the jar and destroying the evidence.

Aunt Ping was startled by Ning Shu. It was clear that she hadn't expected her to suddenly come back and she tried to struggle free from Ning Shu's grip.

Ning Shu directly pulled Aunt Ping to the living room. Aunt Ping's face was pale with fear. "Miss, what are you doing? Let me go!"

"What's going on?" Mother Miao came downstairs. Ning Shu said with a cold expression, "Mom, call the police. Aunt Ping was poisoning the medicinal dish."

"Madame, I didn't!" Aunt Ping hastily shook her head.

Mother Miao was astonished. "How's that possible? Aunt Ping has been with the Miao family for so many years."

Ning Shu had the other two servants keep a hold on Aunt Ping, then went to the kitchen to get the jar. She said to Mother Miao, "I'm going to take this to the hospital to get a lab test done. Don't let her go before I come back."

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Chapter 903: Who Would Benefit?

Ning Shu blamed herself a little. She had been busy with the designs so she hadn't paid much attention to Father Miao. After Tan Heyu had stolen the designs, she had become even more overwhelmed with work.

Ning Shu headed to the hospital to get a lab test done on the medicinal dish to check if the added substance was poisonous.

She sat down on a chair in the corridor to wait for the results.

The fact that Aunt Ping had added this only to Father Miao's medicinal dish showed clearly that she had been targeting Father Miao. Ning Shu took a deep breath, then started to consider things.

If something happened to Father Miao, who would benefit?

Regardless of whether she was taking into consideration long-term benefits or short-term benefits, the answer was still Zhang Jiasen. Father Miao had been looking into the account books. If something happened to him, the matter with the accounts would be dropped without a sound and for the period following, the company would probably be held up by Zhang Jiasen.

This was pretty similar to the development in the original storyline. This meant that Zhang Jiasen definitely had something to do with Father Miao's death in the original storyline.

The deaths of the entire Miao family had probably been Zhang Jiasen's doing.

What a ruthless and malicious wolf.

The lab results showed that the added substance wasn't poison, but something called diclofenac. It was used to treat pain and inflammatory diseases, but long-term usage would inhibit the blood flow in veins and increase fluid retention, causing blood pressure to rise.

There was quite a lot of it in the medicinal dish as well. Father Miao was susceptible to high pressure from the start, so after eating something like this which interfered with blood flow, if he got angry and his blood started pumping faster, his blood pressure would increase and it would be easy for it to cause a stroke.

And the cause of it wouldn't be discoverable.

It was no wonder Father Miao seemed so strange that day.

Ning Shu pressed her lips together. How could there exist such a malicious person in the world?

Ning Shu had the doctor print her the form, then drove home. Father Miao and Mother Miao were in the living room waiting for her, so she told them the results of the test.

"Why did you do this?" Mother Miao pointed at Aunt Ping. "How can you be so malicious? You were trying to commit murder!"

Father Miao rubbed his chest with an expression of lingering fear, then he looked towards Aunt Ping sternly and gave a cold laugh. "We sure raised something. Aunt Ping, I even paid for your son's college tuition, but this is how you repay me?"

Aunt Ping's face was deathly pale and she bit her lips hard without saying anything. Ning Shu said faintly, "There's nothing to talk about with someone as ungrateful as this. Call the police, they can investigate."

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Chapter 904: Aunt Ping's Been Arrested

When Aunt Ping heard what Ning Shu said, she trembled in shock. "Sorry, I didn't mean to do it. I didn't mean to!"

She kept apologizing nonstop, but she refused to reveal why she did it.

So Ning Shu called the police and they soon arrived. Ning Shu informed them of what happened and Aunt Ping was arrested. However, even at this point, Aunt Ping still refused to confess.

After what happened with Aunt Ping, Mother Miao became suspicious of and on guard against the other servants. She didn't allow these servants to get close to the kitchen anymore and started to handle even buying groceries personally.

Ning Shu took out the pieces of evidence she had previously kept at the bank and handed them to Father Miao. "Dad, I want to get divorced with Zhang Jiasen, but we can't let him off so easily. This incident with Aunt Ping definitely has something to do with him. There's also the issue of the designs being stolen.

When Father Miao saw these pieces of evidence, and especially after he saw what was in the USB, his face turned purple with anger. Ning Shu hastily rubbed his back to help him breathe. "Dad, don't be angry anymore. At the very least, we've already discovered him."

"White-eyed wolf that just can't be satisfied," growled Father Miao angrily. His brows were furrowed sternly. For better or for worse, Father Miao was also someone who had climbed to his current position step by step. It only took a little bit of consideration for Father Miao to figure out what Zhang Jiasen had been planning.

Ning Shu already had a plan. If she directly brought up divorce, Zhang Jiasen would probably bring up dividing their assets and she couldn't allow that. Her goal was to make sure that Zhang Jiasen lost everything and would never be able to reverse his situation in this lifetime.

A grand mansion, success, and a respectable status. Zhang Jiasen didn't have any of these, so he was working hard to obtain them. However, she would make each of these things forever out of his reach.

"Divorce, you two must get divorced!" Mother Miao slapped the table. "We can't let things go like this."

"Mom, I know. Don't worry," said Ning Shu calmly.

She went to the police station to see Aunt Ping. If she could get an oral confession from Aunt Ping that pointed to Zhang Jiasen, then not only would Zhang Jiasen be guilty of the crime of embezzling, he would also be guilty of incitement.

Ning Shu dared to use Miao Miaomiao's head to bet that this incident was definitely related to Zhang Jiasen.

When she got to the police station, she ended up encountering Zhang Jiasen. What did he come to the police station for?

Ning Shu walked towards him and asked, "Why are you here?"

Zhang Jiasen's gaze was very gentle as he looked towards Ning Shu. "I'm here to check on Brother-in-law."

"Haa..." Zhang Jiasen didn't know what to say, so he just sighed and rubbed his forehead. Then he said, "No matter what, we have to teach Brother-in-law a bit of a lesson this time, otherwise he'll cause even worse of mess next time."

Ning Shu declined to comment. Could it be that this wasn't a big mess? That stealing designs doesn't count as a big issue?

Tan Heyu was clearly bad to the core.

Zhang Jiasen then asked Ning Shu, "Why are you here?"

Ning Shu replied mildly, "Aunt Ping added poison to Dad's medicinal dish, so she's been arrested."

Zhang Jiasen's pupils dilated and he seemed quite shocked. "Poison? No way, right?"

Ning Shu's gaze swept across Zhang Jiasen's face. There was only shock and confusion on his face. There was no trace of him being flustered.

"We'll find out sooner or later why she did this," replied Ning Shu as she walked past Zhang Jiasen to head inside.

Zhang Jiasen turned around to follow after Ning Shu. "Miaomiao, I'll go with you."

"No need, and only one visitor's allowed." Ning Shu walked faster to leave.

Zhang Jiasen's gaze was slightly strange as he stared after this woman's back. He pressed his lips together, then loosened his collar a little.

Ning Shu walked into the police station and looked through the barred window at Aunt Ping who was in prison garbs. Not much time had passed, but Aunt Ping looked much older. She was no longer a capable and experienced servant of the Miao family. Her expression was panicked and filled with despair.

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Chapter 905: I Never Wanted to Hurt Anyone

Ning Shu picked up the phone. Aunt Ping hesitated for a moment, then she sat down on the other side of the thick glass and picked up the phone. "Miss."

"Talk, who told you to do this?" Ning Shu got straight to the point. The fact that Aunt Ping did something like this meant that she had definitely been offered something that made it worth the risk.

This was a murder crime.

Aunt Ping covered the phone and shook her head without speaking.

"You should think things through properly. What you've done is an attempt of murder. You added poison to my dad's food. This is intentional murder." Ning Shu's gaze was very stern as she looked at Aunt Ping.

Did the Miao family not treat Aunt Ping well? Had they ever been severe with Aunt Ping?

Never, but Aunt Ping had still been able to do something like this. Human greed was just this insatiable.

Aunt Ping's facial color became even paler, making her seem very dispirited. "I never wanted to hurt anyone."

"But what you hurt my dad," said Ning Shu coldly. "You should think things through properly. Your son is about to graduate, but he has a murderer as a mother. What kind of prospects do you think your son will still have left then? Your son will resent you forever."

Aunt Ping's facial color was deathly pale and her entire body was trembling slightly. It was clear that her son was her weak spot. She started imploring Ning Shu, "This matter has nothing to do with my son! Please, don't hurt my son!"

Aunt Ping cared about her son a lot. When she heard Ning Shu bring up her son, she started pleading desperately and saying that this matter had nothing to do with her son so please don't hurt him.

Ning Shu took in Aunt Ping's warm, caring mother manner with a cold expression. She just found it funny. What right did Aunt Ping have to ask something of others?

"You ask me not to hurt your son, but have you ever considered how your actions were hurting my dad? What if something actually happened to my dad? You ask me not to hurt your family, but you were hurting my family."

Ning Shu really disliked the way Aunt Ping acted, like she was in the right just because she was weaker, like other people were all bad people. Even though she was clearly the one harming others.

Ning Shu said coldly, "I remember that your son's about to graduate. I'll make it so that he can no longer stay in this city, unless you tell me who it was that told you to do this?"

Aunt Ping's tears streamed down her face, making her aged face seemed even more filled with despair. However, Ning Shu didn't feel the slightest bit of sympathy.

Aunt Ping hadn't been mentioned in the original storyline. Someone who's worked in the Miao family for so many years was evidently a very insignificant person in the storyline. Who would've imagined that she was actually the one behind Father Miao's death?

The original host had no idea of any of this, which was why Ning Shu's attention had been completely focused on Zhang Jiasen when she entered this world.

If she hadn't caught Zhang Jiasen talking about something with Aunt Ping that night and caught Aunt Ping adding that drug to the medicinal dish, she never would've known. This also answered some of the questions she had been wondering about.

Zhang Jiasen had people inside the Miao family.

Ning Shu knew that Aunt Ping had been carrying this out for Zhang Jiasen. Right now, she needed Aunt Ping's oral confession.

Aunt Ping pressed her lips tightly together without speaking. The only words she would say were, "I've let down the master and madame. I'm so sorry."

She had tried to hurt others for her own selfish desires, so what purpose did apologizing now serve? Ning Shu narrowed her eyes as she scrutinized Aunt Ping.

What kind of enticing terms would make Aunt Ping so determined not to confess things?

"I've never wanted to hurt the master, really!" After this entire exchange, this was still all that Aunt Ping would say.

Ning Shu just laughed coldly.

Zhang Jiasen had been waiting in front of the police station for a long time, but Ning Shu still hadn't come out. The sun had already set. Zhang Jiasen's gaze was unnaturally dark and cold as he stared at the doors.

His fists tightened, then loosened, then tightened and loosened again. There was an edgy aura around him.

When Ning Shu stepped out of the police station and saw that Zhang Jiasen was still waiting at the door, she didn't say anything.

"Miaomiao, what exactly is going on? Why would Aunt Ping poison Dad? Did she tell you?" Zhang Jiasen hastily walked over to ask Ning Shu this.

Ning Shu glanced at Zhang Jiasen with an angry expression and said in a vexed tone, "She seriously refuses to say anything!"

The moment Zhang Jiasen heard that Aunt Ping hadn't said anything, his expression relaxed slightly and he consoled Ning Shu, "The truth will eventually come to light. There's no need to be so worried. It's fortunate that Father-in-law is alright."

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Chapter 906: Build a Villa in the Countryside?

"It's seriously unbelievable. Jiasen, say, why? Mom and Dad have never hurt her and they gave her a job. Even if we don't hope for her to recognize grace and repay it, how can she be this cruel and unscrupulous? People like this deserve to go to hell after they die," said Ning Shu angrily as she looked at Zhang Jiasen.

Zhang Jiasen's facial color didn't change in the slightest upon hearing these curses and he just softened his voice to console Ning Shu, "Alright, don't be angry anymore, alright? It'd be bad if you ruin your own health from anger. The truth will eventually be revealed."

Ning Shu took in Zhang Jiasen's unperturbed manner. She was clearly cursing at him indirectly, but he was still acting so magnanimous. This man truly had a very stable mental state. For the sake of achieving his goal, he was willing to resort to any means.

Miao Miaomiao sure died unjustly.

"Miaomiao, it's been a long time since you've come home. Come back tonight?" asked Zhang Jiasen.

Ning Shu's expression stiffened. "What would I go back for? Your mom's going to yell at me again and your sister will kneel to me like I'm some bad person."

Zhang Jiasen's expression was filled with helplessness. He reached out to rub Ning Shu's head, then sighed like he had made an extremely large compromise. He said to Ning Shu, "Miaomiao, I've already discussed things with my parents and convinced them to go back to the countryside. The house in the countryside is seriously too old and broken down though, so I was thinking that I'd save up some money over the next two years to build them a new, clean home. Miaomiao, what do you think?"

Ning Shu's first thought was that Zhang Jiasen wanted to transfer his assets. Build a house?

Was he planning to build a villa in the countryside?

Ning Shu didn't show much of a reaction and just blinked as she asked, "Did Father-in-law and Mother-in-law agree to this?"

Zhang Jiasen sighed as he said, "Actually, they can't really adjust to life in the city either. It's just that Brother-in-law is still being detained. Once he's out, they'll head back."

Ning Shu's eyelids trembled slightly when she finally figured out all the implicit meanings of this. Zhang Jiasen was seriously able to achieve several goals in one go.

Sending his parents back would first serve to console her and also serve to justifying building a new house for his parents. Based on how dumb 'Miao Miaomiao' was, she might even scoop out money to help. Furthermore, to get his Brother-in-law out, to get Tan Heyu out, it would definitely cost money. The question was, who would be the one to put out this money?

Zhang Jiasen's parents had probably pressured him quite a lot to get Tan Heyu out.

This person seriously schemed against her nonstop.

Zhang Jiasen asked, "Miaomiao, what do you think?"

Ning Shu said with a smile, "Whatever makes you happy. Brother-in-law seems to have been sentenced to half a year of detention. That's not too long."

"It's just half a year, having Mother-in-law and Father-in-law live here for half a year isn't a huge issue. After all, once they go back to the countryside, we would barely be able to see them." Ning Shu said in an understanding manner, "Jiasen, don't worry and just let them stay for a while longer."

She lifted her wrist to glance at her watch, then said to Zhang Jiasen who was a little taken aback, "I need to head back. Dad's health isn't very good so for the time being, he needs to get regular checkups at the hospital. Help out more with the company's affairs. For the time being, I won't be going home."

After Ning Shu said that, she pulled open the car door, got inside, and drove off without waiting for Zhang Jiasen's reply.

Zhang Jiasen stared at the car that was already speeding off into the distance, then flung his arm hard in exasperation. He stomped on a cluster of flowers, his expression dark.

How did Miao Miaomiao become like this?

Something was off. Zhang Jiasen stared at the doors of the police station. Did Aunt Ping say something? But if she really had said something, this shouldn't be Miao Miaomiao's reaction.

Based on Miao Miaomiao's personality, there was no way she'd be able to keep anything secret. If she really knew something, she definitely would've thrown a ruckus.

Zhang Jiasen was very frustrated. Originally he wanted to go see Xue Manman, but the current situation was very sensitive. His heart felt very high strung. He couldn't let anything go wrong during this time.

Zhang Jiasen walked into the police station, planning to see Aunt Ping, but was told that visiting hours were already over for the day.

The series of setbacks infuriated Zhang Jiasen, but he maintained a calm and indifferent expression. The only signs of his displeasure were the darkness in his eyes and the coldness he gave off.

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Chapter 907: Why Didn't You Pay the Utility Bills?

Since Zhang Jiasen was in a bad mood, he headed to a bar to drink and was very drunk by the time he headed home. The house was pitch-black with no lights on, so he ended up bumping into something while walking in and all his pent-up anger immediately exploded.

"What's going on? Why didn't you turn on the lights?" asked Zhang Jiasen coldly.

"Where did you run off to? The electricity and water went out, but we couldn't find you the entire day. Were you trying to starve us to death?" Zhang Jiasen's mother's voice seemed conspicuously high in this darkness.

"If it weren't for the fact that Lil' Sis knew how to order takeout, your dad and I would've already starved to death."

When Zhang Jiasen heard what his mother said, a feeling of helplessness surged up in his heart. He used his phone as a flashlight to head into the kitchen to find candles. After lighting them, he saw that the entire family was sitting on the sofa.

"Jiasen, I saw that everyone else still had electricity. Why is our house the only one that doesn't?" Zhang Jiasen's mother was very angry. "How can they not give us electricity?"

"Big Bro, when will the electricity come back? I was in the middle of playing games when the electricity suddenly went out," said Lil' Sis Zhang's twin older brother.

"Jiasen, about your brother-in-law's matter..." Zhang Wenlan looked towards Zhang Jiasen with a forlorn expression.

Zhang Jiasen had drunk quite a lot, so the sound of all these chattering voices caused him to feel very irritated.

He picked up his phone and directly called Ning Shu. The first sentence out of his mouth was, "Miaomiao, why didn't you pay the utility bills?"

Ning Shu who had just picked up the phone: ...

It wasn't like she was the one living in the house, why would she pay the utility bills? And how in the world could he say this without feeling any shame?

In such a righteous manner too. Ning Shu smiled slightly. Even getting angry felt like she was wasting energy.

"I'm busy with the company's matter and I'm not living at home, how could I possibly remember something as trivial as the utility bills? It's late so I'm hanging up, I need to sleep. You can just pay the bills." Ning Shu yawned, then hung up.

When Zhang Jiasen heard the disconnected tone, it felt like lava was bubbling up in his chest and on the brink of erupting out.

He was so angry that his chest visibly rose and fell with his breathing. Due to the alcohol, his brain felt heavy and dizzy. He lifted his phone and angrily threw it to the ground as he shouted between gritted teeth, "Miao Miaomiao!"

The dark growl and the sinister expression on his face was made even more scary by the illumination of the candles.

Everyone in the room was startled by Zhang Jiasen. Zhang Jiasen's dad stood up and looked at Zhang Jiasen as he asked, "What's wrong?"

"Why did you smash the phone? You think phones don't cost money?" grumbled Zhang Jiasen's mother as she looked towards the broken phone on the ground with heartache.

"Go back to your room to sleep, what are you hanging around here and grumbling for?" snarled Zhang Jiasen's father towards Zhang Jiasen's mother.

Zhang Jiasen's mother looked very unwilling, but she didn't dare to go against Zhang Jiasen's father who was the head of this family, so she turned and headed back into her room.

The only ones left in the living room now was the father and son. Zhang Jiasen's father asked, "What happened?"

After venting some anger, Zhang Jiasen's emotions had also settled somewhat. "It's nothing. I can handle it."

Zhang Jiasen's father nodded, his eyes filled with trust in Zhang Jiasen. This son was the Zhang family's pride. Zhang Jiasen had a strong sense of what he wanted ever since he was little and had always been able to deal with his own problems.

No issues ever arose from him. His intelligence was clear from a young age. He had always managed to make the people that bullied him suffer in silence.

That was why Zhang Jiasen's father had put in so much effort in raising Zhang Jiasen. As of now, Zhang Jiasen had already become the most amazing person in the village.

Due to Zhang Jiasen, Zhang Jiasen's father was very respected in the village. A lot of people would even personally visit to ask him for help.

Zhang Jiasen's father belonged to the category of people who, since they couldn't fly themselves, they focused all their energy in laying eggs and making their next generation fly. This was the scheming method of people from the countryside.

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Chapter 908: Past of Poverty

Zhang Jiasen's father didn't say anything else and just headed inside to sleep. Zhang Jiasen went to the balcony and lit a cigarette.

He gazed at the glorious city that was ablaze with light. Every inch of this soil was a thick wad of money.

After graduating from college, he had no way of surviving in this city. He had no hopes of buying a house in this city in this lifetime, no way to establish roots here.

He was a college student from the countryside. Everyone who mentioned him would give a thumbs up. That praise and pressure forced him to work hard to survive here. Even if it called for sacrifices, it was worth it.

He had achieved success, so he had to protect his own success. He would break through anything that stood in his way to continue on ahead.

He'd use money and status to cast his success in stone, to wipe away his past of poverty.

Zhang Jiasen put out the cigarette, his expression cold.

Early morning the next day, the first thing Ning Shu did was head to the college to find Aunt Ping's son. Aunt Ping's son didn't seem aware that something had happened to his mom. When he came down from his dorm, he still looked very sleepy.

Ning Shu looked at Aunt Ping's son. He seemed like an ordinary college student.

She brought him to the police station. Aunt Ping's son didn't understand why this pretty woman was bringing him to the station since he hadn't done anything to break the law.

The moment she got to the station, she encountered Zhang Jiasen.

This early? Ning Shu narrowed her eyes as she looked at Zhang Jiasen.

Zhang Jiasen was also startled to see Ning Shu as he was stepping out. When he saw the inexperienced boy standing next to Ning Shu, a trace of displeasure flashed through his eyes. It was clear that he was very unhappy to see his wife with another man.

Ning Shu asked, "Why are you here?"

Zhang Jiasen glanced at Aunt Ping's son, then looked towards Ning Shu with a gentle gaze, "I came to visit Aunt Ping. I wanted to ask her why she did this and convince her to confess."

Ning Shu: ...

"Who is this?" Zhang Jiasen towered over Aunt Ping's son, giving off a very strong aura. In front of Zhang Jiasen, Aunt Ping's son was like a little chick facing a tiger.

Aunt Ping's son looked ill at ease. When he heard this man talk about an 'Aunt Ping,' he became even more uneasy.

This man's imposing aura made him feel even more flustered and unnerved.

Ning Shu said, "This is Aunt Ping's son. I brought him here to visit his mom."

Zhang Jiasen abruptly looked towards Ning Shu. "Why did you bring Aunt Ping's son here?"

"Is there something wrong with a mother wanting to see her own son?" replied Ning Shu, then she brushed past him to head into the police station.

Aunt Ping's son's face was completely pale. He couldn't believe that his mother had been arrested.

Zhang Jiasen's face also had a trace of panic as he followed Ning Shu in.

"Didn't you already visit her?" asked Ning Shu.

Zhang Jiasen said with a smile, "Since we've already bumped into each other, let's head back together later. Miaomiao, let's have lunch together later. It's been such a long time since we've had a meal together. There's no need to go home, it'll just be us two."

Such a tender caring manner. This was the mask Zhang Jiasen had used to conceal his scheming heart.

He found a stage and put on a play, and Miao Miaomiao was Zhang Jiasen's partner in this play.

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Chapter 909: Might Not Manage the Company Anymore

When Aunt Ping saw her son, she started bawling. The mother and son spoke through the phone, seperated by the thick glass. Aunt Ping's son never imagined that his mother would end up a murderer.

What was he supposed to do? What was his mom supposed to do? What was this family supposed to do? Would he still be able to attend college? What would happen once his classmates found out that his mom was a murderer?

Too many thoughts rushed through his head. "Mom, why did you do this?"

Aunt Ping just sobbed. She still refused to say anything.

Ning Shu glanced towards the side at Zhang Jiasen. He was truly skilled.

However, even a corpse's mouth can be pried open, so a living person will spill sooner or later.

Ning Shu turned and left. Zhang Jiasen followed Ning Shu out of the station.

Ning Shu suddenly turned around and said to Zhang Jiasen, "Jiasen, I might not manage the company anymore."

Zhang Jiasen was a little shocked. This woman had seemed so full of drive just a moment ago, why was she suddenly giving up now?

He narrowed his eyes and leaned over slightly to meet Ning Shu's gaze. "What's wrong? Why is my little wife suddenly so dispirited?"

Ning Shu: Blergh...

"I'm just tired. I feel like I'm not cut out for this at all. Dad's health isn't good, so I want to stay home to look after him. The company's matters are seriously too exhausting."

Zhang Jiasen chuckled. His laugh seemed to vibrate from deep within his throat, it was low and sexy. "This is also good. Then we can have a cute child."

Ning Shu ignored the part about the child and said, "I want to give you the position of the company's CEO. I can't do it, so you should do it."

Zhang Jiasen's eyes widened in shock for a moment, but he quickly reacted and stroked Ning Shu's head in a doting manner. "The position of CEO is really important. How can you give it to someone else just like this?"

Zhang Jiasen reached out and took Ning Shu's hand. Ning Shu could feel that his hand was trembling slightly, but he was still saying, "You silly girl. Why are you always doing things so rashly?"

He clearly wanted it a lot, yet he was still putting on a show. His body was way more honest than his mouth. He was so excited that his entire body was trembling.

Ning Shu said, "I'm serious about this. You should just get ready to become the CEO."

When she saw the delight flash through Zhang Jiasen's eyes, she inwardly gave a cold laugh.

"Are you serious about this?" Zhang Jiasen said helplessly, "Work isn't playing house. How can you decide just like this?"

"This company belongs to my family, so why can't I?" replied Ning Shu in an overbearing manner.

Zhang Jiasen was very happy after obtaining Ning Shu's guarantee, so he became even more eagerly attentive towards her. He'd walk her to and fro from work, and after hearing her say that she liked tulips, he'd give her one every morning.

If Ning Shu liked staying with her parents, then she could stay with her parents. Zhang Jiasen never brought up having Ning Shu go home again and Zhang Jiasen's mother never appeared in front of Ning Shu again either.

Zhang Jiasen clearly knew that his wife didn't like his mom, so he didn't allow his mom to hover around in front of Ning Shu anymore either.

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Chapter 910: Dream was Coming True

The reason why Zhang Jiasen's mother could afford to be so overbearing was because she gave birth to a capable son like Zhang Jiasen. She would have to rely on Zhang Jiasen for the rest of her lifetime, so she did whatever Zhang Jiasen said.

Ning Shu suddenly felt strong admiration for Zhang Jiasen. This man was seriously capable of bowing and standing tall as needed. For the sake of success, he gritted his teeth and endured so much that blood filled his mouth.

Zhang Jiasen had succeeded in the end, but due to his petty and scheming nature, he didn't gain the magnanimous aura of those truly successful in life.

The only reason Zhang Jiasen was doing these things was clearly because he wanted to take over the position of CEO as soon as possible.

Whenever the Miao family parents saw this bastard acting so eagerly attentive in front of their daughter, they wanted to explode from anger. They couldn't stop thinking about the scene they saw on the USB, when Zhang Jiasen was trembling with another woman.

If it weren't for Ning Shu stopping them, Father Miao would've already throttled Zhang Jiasen to death.

However, since Ning Shu didn't want them to get involved, Father Miao just pretended that he didn't know anything. On one hand, it was out of consideration for his daughter, on the other hand, there was a sort of humor in watching this bastard white-eyed wolf act so considerate and loving towards his daughter. It was like watching a fool.

The Miao family parents no longer thought of Zhang Jiasen as their son-in-law.

Alright Ning Shu had promised to let Zhang Jiasen become the CEO, she still made no move to retire from her position. This infuriated Zhang Jiasen. Even if this was a carrot that had been tossed to the ground in front of him, he insisted on obtaining it.

Becoming the CEO had always been his goal.

Ning Shu was naturally able to see Zhang Jiasen's impatience. From time to time, she could see the unconcealable darkness and resentment in Zhang Jiasen's gaze as he looked at her.

Meanwhile, Ning Shu had also obtained what she had been after, which was that the designs Zhang Jiasen's brother-in-law had stolen had been found.

It was the intern secretary that Ning Shu had arranged to follow Xue Manman who found them. They had been shredded by the paper shredder and it had taken Ning Shu quite a while to put the paper strips back together.

As expected, these things were in Zhang Jiasen's possession. As for Xue Manman, she didn't have the ability to carry out something like this. She was nothing but a Chinese dodder that lived by relying on a man.

Zhang Jiasen ah...

He actually threw his own brother-in-law into this. How cold must his heart be? Perhaps it was also because Tan Heyu was too much of a bastard, so Zhang Jiasen was taking advantage of this chance to teach him a lesson?

In any case, Zhang Jiasen's schemes truly ran deep.

At this point, Ning Shu was rather grateful that she hadn't directly had a falling out with Zhang Jiasen and had chosen to secretly collect evidence on Zhang Jiasen's wrongdoings.

If she had tried to confront Zhang Jiasen directly, she probably wouldn't be able to win against him and he'd probably end up taking more away from the Miao family.

The grand residence and the house belonged to Zhang Jiasen. With these present, Zhang Jiasen already had enough to stand independently.

Ning Shu gave a long exhale. It was just that putting on this act with Zhang Jiasen was seriously disgusting.

Perhaps this was also what Zhang Jiasen felt. He was disgusted with her, but still had to act like he was so in love with her.

Ning Shu expressed that her heart felt exhausted.

However, she still did keep her promise to make Zhang Jiasen the CEO.

She drafted up a date for Zhang Jiasen to take over the position of CEO.

Zhang Jiasen thought that the day he would become CEO was still so far away that it was out of reach, but all of a sudden his dream was coming true. It was such a shock that his usual calmness was swept away. He happily kissed Ning Shu on the forehead. "Wife, you're the best!"

Ning Shu forced her lips into a twisted smile. "It's nothing." Then she smoothly turned away slightly to wipe her forehead so that the saliva wouldn't cause ringworm.

Zhang Jiasen seemed to finally calm down. If the Miao family really had found anything, Miao

Zhi wouldn't have allowed him to become the CEO.

Although it was a little troublesome that Aunt Ping was in jail, he was still confident that he could stabilize the situation.

Ning Shu didn't know what other tricks Zhang Jiasen had up his sleeve. What information did Zhang Jiasen have on Aunt Ping to make her so unwilling to confess even when facing the crime of being a murderer?

Zhang Jiasen seemed to excel at using other people's weak spots to achieve his own goal.

Ning Shu's goal was to make Zhang Jiasen lose everything, to charge him with so many crimes that he'd never be able to reverse his situation in this lifetime.

Zhang Jiasen wanted to stand out among his peers and achieve success, so she'd crush all his paths to success.

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Chapter 911: Why Did You Become a Secretary?

The moment Xue Manman walked in, she saw Zhang Jiasen kissing Miao Miaomiao on the forehead. Her face immediately went pale. It felt like blades were tearing her heart apart a she stared at Zhang Jiasen blankly.

When Zhang Jiasen saw Xue Manman rush into the office rashly with such a pained expression, he became irritated. Was she purposefully trying to increase Miao Miaomiao's suspicions? He'd soon be able to sit on the seat of the CEO, he couldn't allow anything to go wrong.

Zhang Jiasen was very displeased with Xue Manman's behavior. He felt that she didn't really have a clear sense of the situation anymore.

When Ning Shu turned around and saw Xue Manman's betrayed expression, she felt like her awkwardness cancer was about to flare up.

Could she please be a little less obvious? She was being so obvious that it was hard to even feign not seeing this.

Ning Shu's gaze settled on Xue Manman's earlobe. She was wearing a pair of very exquisite earrings that had tiny little diamonds inlaid. The earrings sparkled with gentle light as Xue Manman moved.

"Secretary Xue's earrings are quite nice. It's Tiffany's latest, right?" asked Ning Shu with a smile. Her gaze then shifted to Xue Manman's feet. "And these shoes are Ferragamo. Secretary Xue must come from a very good family. Why did you decide to become a secretary?"

Xue Manman touched her earring in a fluster, then she saw the cold expression on Zhang Jiasen's face. She knew that Zhang Jiasen was angry, so she hastily said, "These aren't real. They're counterfeits."

Ning Shu smiled faintly without speaking. Did they think she couldn't differentiate between what was real and what was not?

"They're real, so why say that they're counterfeits?" Ning Shu slowly walked to Xue Manman, causing Xue Manman to back away in a fluster.

Ning Shu covered her mouth and laughed. Xue Manman was acting like she would do something to her.

"Secretary Xue, you seem really scared of me?" She was being this timid.

"N... No," stammered Xue Manman as she looked towards Zhang Jiasen for help.

Zhang Jiasen waved Xue Manman off to have her hurry and leave, but Ning Shu then said, "Your secretary's definitely here to talk to you about something, so I'll leave first."

"Alright. Be careful on the way back," said Zhang Jiasen gently towards Ning Shu. As Xue Manman watched from the side, she bit her lips so hard they were about to bleed.

The moment Ning Shu stepped out the door, the gentleness on Zhang Jiasen's face immediately disappeared. He looked towards Xue Manman coldly, "In the future, don't wear these things when you're at the company. Miao Miaomiao is the daughter of a rich family. She's familiar with all these brands. I don't want any issues to arise in such an important moment. At the very least, I don't want Miao Miaomiao to find out about our relationship before I become the CEO."

Xue Manman pressed her lips together with a hurt expression. "I can't help but be hurt whenever I see you treating Miao Miaomiao so well. Could it be that you've really fallen in love with Miao Miaomiao and wanted to be together with her for real now?"

When Zhang Jiasen heard what Xue Manman said, he was taken aback for a moment. In all honesty, Miao Miaomiao was a naive and kind girl. She had never lacked anything and was someone that had grown up soaked in honey.

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Chapter 912: We'll Have a Wonderful Family

Meanwhile, Zhang Jiasen was someone who had grown up soaking in bitterness. He had crawled on the thorny path full of brambles towards success. In the depths of his heart, he was envious of Miao Miaomiao. In front of Miao Miaomiao who was completely pure, he seemed much more stained by the world. His heart contained too many complicated things.

Even if he liked Xue Manman, it was only because he and Xue Manman were the same type of people.

Miao Miaomiao was so beautiful that it incited the desire to destroy that beauty. And in the end, Zhang Jiasen had dragged Miao Miaomiao into hell and made her lose everything she had.

"You've really fallen in love with Miao Miaomiao?" When Xue Manman saw that Zhang Jiasen wasn't speaking, she thought that this was silent confirmation. Tears spun in her eyes. She tilted her head back to try to force her tears back, but they still fell.

Zhang Jiasen sighed, then he wiped away the tears on Xue Manman's face and said gently, "There's nothing like that. I don't like Miao Miaomiao, I like girls like you. I can tell you with certainty that I've never liked Miao Miaomiao."

Xue Manman smiled through her tears when she heard this. Her gaze gentle and filled with love. "I don't care about having a status, I only want to be together with you."

"I know." Zhang Jiasen took a deep breath.

Zhang Jiasen's appointment to CEO would occur a couple days later. Ning Shu would be the one to announce Zhang Jiasen's appointment as CEO in front of the company's superiors.

In the office, Ning Shu sat on the sofa as she watched Zhang Jiasen slowly button up his shirt sleeves, then put on his suit.

It was like an emperor donning the dragon robe before ascending the throne.

Zhang Jiasen was in glowing spirits today. There was a bit of pomade in his hair which made him look very sharp and stern. His entire body emitted the aura of an elite.

It was very captivating.

The current Zhang Jiasen had already taken the first step towards success.

When Zhang Jiasen saw Ning Shu looking at him, he asked, "Is this outfit alright?"

Ning Shu got up and fixed Zhang Jiasen's necktie. "Very good."

Zhang Jiasen took Ning Shu's hand and said, "I'm really happy right now. I feel like this is the most blessed moment of my life."

"Miaomiao, we'll continue to live a blessed life. We'll have our own children, and on the weekends, we'll go to the park and watch our children play. We'll have a wonderful family." Zhang Jiasen smiled happily like he was imagining the scene of that life.

His tone became more and more sincere. "I want to hold your hand even as our hairs turn white with age."

Ning Shu: ...

Was he pretending that she was Xue Manman?

Even as our hairs turned white with age?

You probably frickin' just want to do that with Xue Manman.

Ha. Ha. Ha.

Please stop being so disgusting.

Ning Shu gave a very fake smile and said mildly, "Of course we'll be together until old age."

Zhang Jiasen said insistently, "Miaomiao, I'm serious. I'm sincere about this."

He seriously didn't give up. It was enough already that he acted it out once, was there a need to keep repeating it?

Ning Shu laughed, then lifted her wrist to check her watch. "The meeting is about to start."

"Miaomiao..." Zhang Jiasen still wanted to say something, but when he saw how uninterested Ning Shu looked, he swallowed his words back.

Zhang Jiasen seemed a little nervous, but he was about to obtain what he had always wanted after all, so it was to be expected. He kept pacing back and forth in the office.

Ning Shu just drank water calmly. Her attitude was completely different from that of Zhang Jiasen who was trying his hardest to suppress his excitement and anxiousness.

"Director, the heads of each department have already arrived." Xue Manman pushed open the door and walked in.

Ning Shu sized Xue Manman up and found that she wasn't wearing brand names anymore. She was now wearing ordinary earrings and her shoes were no longer brand names either.

She had gotten rid of all the brand names on her in one sweep. Ning Shu said with a smile, "Secretary Xue, the brooch you were wearing last time was really nice. Why aren't you wearing it anymore?"

Secretary Xue's face turned pale, but she quickly replied in a calm manner, "I borrowed that from a friend, so I already gave it back."

Ning Shu nodded with an expression of realization.

"You should head to the meeting first. We'll be there soon." Zhang Jiasen spoke to help Secretary Xue out of this situation.

Xue Manman hastily went outside.

Ning Shu scoffed. Such behavior.

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Chapter 913: I Want to Give You a Present

When Zhang Jiasen saw that Ning Shu was paying a lot of attention to the brand names that Xue Manman was wearing, he couldn't help but suspect that she had found out about something.

"Actually, Secretary Xue comes from a pretty good family, so it's normal for her to have some name brands," said Zhang Jiasen.

"Miaomiao, I want to give you a present." Zhang Jiasen took a jewelry box out from his drawer, then opened it. Inside was a diamond necklace.

The craftsmanship was very intricate. Zhang Jiasen said warmly, "I had bought this specially for you."

Ning Shu replied mildly, "You're the one who's becoming CEO, why are you giving me a present?"

"Miaomiao, I used half this year's salary to buy this for you. Last time you were saying that Secretary Xue was wearing a lot of name brands, so this time I also brought a name brand for you." Zhang Jiasen looked towards Ning Shu with a gentle expression. "Miaomiao, do you like it?"

Ning Shu looked at the diamond necklace. It was the type that went with formal attire for dinner parties. It was too much to wear during everyday situations.

This wasn't the style that Miao Miaomiao liked at all, so Ning Shu didn't believe in the slightest that Zhang Jiasen had actually bought this specially for her.

He had probably gotten it for Xue Manman but now he was giving it to her.

"Want me to put it on for you?" asked Zhang Jiasen.

"No need." Ning Shu shook her head and closed the box before setting it on the table.

Ning Shu's insipid attitude made Zhang Jiasen feel very defeated. If it had been Xue Manman who received this gift, she definitely would've been very happy.

Miao Miaomiao's attitude made Zhang Jiasen very unhappy. He felt that he never had any value in front of Miao Miaomiao, because Miao Miaomiao already possessed everything. It was easy for her to obtain whatever she wanted.

She didn't care about things like these at all.

Ning Shu saw Zhang Jiasen's hurt expression, but she didn't care in the slightest.

Hurt?

Who was he acting for?

Ning Shu walked into the conference room after Zhang Jiasen. She didn't bother with any extraneous words and directly got to the point. "From now on, Zhang Jiasen will be the company's CEO. He will have full power over the company and its development direction."

Father Miao hadn't shown up today under the pretext that he wasn't feeling well. Everyone present just looked at each other. They couldn't tell if Ning Shu was serious or just playing around.

"There's no need to doubt this. From now on, I will take on the position of CEO. I hope to work together with everyone from now on to make this company even stronger," said Zhang Jiasen.

When the others heard what Zhang Jiasen said, they started applauding to welcome him.

Ning Shu took this in quietly. The atmosphere was much more lively compared to when she became CEO. It was clear that these people approved of Zhang Jiasen more over having her, this woman, as CEO.

However, Ning Shu wasn't angry. She had to protect this company and get rid of some of the vermin that were currently in the company. How could Zhang Jiasen have laundered enough money to buy a mansion in two years if he didn't have collaborators or people beneath him supporting him?

Zhang Jiasen gave an impassioned speech and ended the meeting on a festive note.

Zhang Jiasen was still a little apprehensive earlier, but now he felt much more relieved. He had become the company's CEO. The next step was to make the company fall fully into his grasp so that the chairman would become a mere figurehead.

Ning Shu just quietly took in Zhang Jiasen's delighted expression. Soon, soon...

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Chapter 914: Miao Miaomiao is Only a Chess Piece

When Ning Shu and Zhang Jiasen got back to the office, they opened the door to find that Xue Manman was currently holding a jewelry box. It was the one that Ning Shu had placed on the table earlier.

When Xue Manman saw that Ning Shu and Zhang Jiasen had come back, she hastily closed the box and placed it back onto the table.

"I... I saw that this box was on the table, so I was curious and took a look," explained Xue Manman hastily. Then she asked Ning Shu, "Is this your necklace?"

Ning Shu glanced at Zhang Jiasen, then purposefully said, "It's a gift from Jiasen."

Xue Manman's facial color immediately changed and she hastily look towards Zhang Jiasen for confirmation. However, Zhang Jiasen ignored her gaze.

Ning Shu picked up the jewelry box and said to Zhang Jiasen, "I'm going with Dad to his checkup, so please look after the company."

"Alright, be careful," said Zhang Jiasen gently. He even opened the door for Ning Shu and exhorted again, "Take care on the road."

Ning Shu said to Xue Manman, "Secretary Xue, I'll be leaving."

"Take care." Xue Manman's voice was trembling.

Ning Shu saw that Xue Manman's face was deathly pale, but there was still a smile on her face. She found it very refreshing to see how much in pain Xue Manman was.

The moment Ning Shu left, Xue Manman's expression collapsed. When she saw how well Zhang Jiasen treated Miao Miaomiao, a panicked feeling arose in her heart. And Zhang Jiasen had even given Miao Miaomiao the necklace he was supposed to give her.

"Jiasen." Xue Manman's eyes contained water-like light as she looked towards Zhang Jiasen with insuppressible passion.

Zhang Jiasen was originally still quite happy due to this promotion, but when he saw Xue Manman's weeping expression, he rubbed his temples in slight annoyance. "I'm giving this one to Miao Miaomiao first. I'll buy another one tomorrow."

Xue Manman shook her head as she said, "I don't care about the necklace. The only reason I wanted this necklace was because I wanted to attend dinner parties with you and stand next to you as an equal. What I care about is your attitude towards Miao Miaomiao. Why do you treat her so well?"

When Zhang Jiasen heard Xue Manman's questions, a trace of dark impatience appeared on his face. "I've always treated Miao Miaomiao well. You knew that this was just an act. You've never said anything about it before, so why do you keep bringing it up now? Miao Miaomiao is only a chess piece."

"I could still endure it in the past, but now whenever I see you treating Miao Miaomiao well, I'd feel sad and envious. I envy the fact that Miao Miaomiao can stand next to you and be openly by your side. Meanwhile, all I can do is watch the man I like treating someone else well as someone else's husband."

Xue Manman was so hurt that her body was trembling slightly.

Zhang Jiasen sighed, then said firmly, "You have to trust me. I have no feelings for Miao Miaomiao. Once I gain complete control of the Miao family, let's get married."

When Xue Manman heard this promise from Zhang Jiasen, a trace of dejection flashed through her heart. How long would she have to wait?

Xue Manman reached out and hugged Zhang Jiasen's waist. "I just want to stay by your side. Jiasen, I'll die without you."

This was the office. Zhang Jiasen had always been avoiding having any intimate gestures with Xue Manman in public places, but her tears wet his shirt. It caused his heart to soften slightly, so he didn't push her away.

This was the reason Zhang Jiasen liked Xue Manman. From Xue Manman, he could feel the value of his own existence. Xue Manman adored him, worshiped him, and loved him. It wasn't like when he was facing Miao Miaomiao. The halo around Miao Miaomiao was so strong that it was hard to breathe in her presence.

Zhang Jiasen was a man that believed in male chauvinism, but these last couple years in the company, everyone said that he had only managed to get where he was now through living off of his woman. He remembered all of these words clearly.

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Chapter 915: Just Handing Everything to Him

Zhang Jiasen understood starkly that he was just a poor kid from the countryside. In this colossal city, he had neither capital nor connections. Even if he struggled for a lifetime in this city, he still wouldn't be able to set down roots.

Without these external material conditions, things like love were just a joke. Zhang Jiasen could only take an unconventional gambit and pay the price necessary so that he could continue living in this city.

His family's hopes and expectations, his own desire for success. All of these reasons drove Zhang Jiasen to make use of his advantages. Once he obtained a cornerstone, he would be able to stomp on the cornerstone to climb even higher.

He married a woman that could cut twenty years off his struggle.

Even if the people in the company said that he was living off a woman, he endured it. There would come a day when he would be able to wash away this humiliation.

Zhang Jiasen hugged Xue Manman. With these external material conditions in place, he would be able to love her better.

Ning Shu who no longer had the job of CEO just spent her time going with Father Miao to the hospital for checkups and simmering soups for Father Miao. She seemed completely like a housewife.

When Father Miao saw how carefree and at leisure Ning Shu was, he said in slight disappointment, "Girl, what exactly are you doing? Could it be that you can't bear to let go of that kid? You even gave him the position of CEO. You're seriously just giving everything to him, aren't you?"

Ning Shu was holding a pair of scissors. With a snip, she snipped off a lily's leaf. She asked Mother Miao, "Mom, is cutting it like this okay?"

Mother Miao glanced over, then nodded. "Miaomiao, how exactly do you feel about Zhang Jiasen? He cheated on you and even laundered money from the company. He tricked our entire family."

"Mom, I know what I'm doing, so just let me handle it. Dad, you can take over if it turns out that I can't handle it." Ning Shu leisurely inserted the lily into the flower vase.

When Father Miao saw Ning Shu like this, he laughed. "Very good! As expected, a tiger fathers no weak daughters."

"Then what about Zhang Jiasen's secretary?" Mother Miao looked towards Ning Shu. "Should we chase her out of the company?"

Ning Shu shook her head with a smile. "It's fine, just let her stay in the company. It wouldn't be good to chase her out."

Ning Shu already had a plan, and this plan needed Xue Manman.

She would make them vomit everything they ate from the Miao family back out.

Ning Shu would occasionally go visit the company and every time, Zhang Jiasen was always very busy. If he wasn't busy with signing documents, he was busy with meetings and passing judgements with a kingly air.

The gloomy aura that used to hover around Zhang Jiasen was gone. His entire body emitted strong self-confidence.

It seemed that his aura had become even stronger. The current Zhang Jiasen was practically emitting charm. Even Xue Manman's gaze became filled with much more admiration and undying devotion. This was the attractiveness of a successful man.

It was probably due to the fact that she hadn't been in the company lately, because Xue Manman was starting to wear brand names again. The most noticeable was the scarf around her neck.

This Xue Manman sure wasn't at just an ordinary level of vain. Even if she was at work, she was still adding these things to her outfit.

Ha. Ha. Ha. Perhaps these things would soon deal Xue Manman a fatal blow.

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Chapter 916: Let's Have a Child Together

When Zhang Jiasen saw that Ning Shu was here, he set down what he was working on and had Xue Manman leave. Xue Manman hesitated for a moment, then turned to leave.

"Miaomiao, why are you here?" asked Zhang Jiasen.

Ning Shu said, "I just came to visit you. You seem really busy."

"I just took over these duties so it's a little busy." Zhang Jiasen took Ning Shu's hand. "Sorry, I've been busy lately that I've neglected you. Once I get more familiar with this work, let's have a child together."

Shatter.

A porcelain cup had fallen to the ground and shattered. When Ning Shu turned around and looked, she saw that Xue Manman was currently carrying coffee in, but the coffee cup had fallen to the ground.

It was clear that she had dropped the coffee due to the shock from hearing Zhang Jiasen talk about having a child with Miao Miaomiao.

When Zhang Jiasen saw this, his facial color worsened. Xue Manman bit her lips as she bent down to pick up the shattered pieces of the cup. Her face was extremely pale like she had suffered a huge blow.

"Enough, just have a janitor clean this up." Zhang Jiasen saw that Xue Manman couldn't control her emotions at all, so he quickly had her leave.

Ning Shu said with a smile, "It's fine, isn't just a broken cup?" Watching these scenes was sure refreshing.

Especially since it was Zhang Jiasen who was hurting Xue Manman.

Ning Shu glanced at Xue Manman who was kneeling on the floor picking up the porcelain pieces. She didn't seem to have heard Zhang Jiasen telling her to leave and just continued to kneel on the floor.

"Ah." Xue Manman ended up cutting her finger due to being distracted. A bead of blood immediately emerged on her finger.

Zhang Jiasen took a deep breath, then said sternly, "Get out. Have the janitor come clean this up."

Xue Manman was stunned when Zhang Jiasen shouted at her. Her suppressed emotions ended up bursting out and her tears overflowed as the blood from her finger dripped onto the ground.

Ning Shu's eyes were practically shining. Oh my, how melodramatic. Love it.

It was Zhang Jiasen's problem to worry about. He had to keep coming and going between two women, so it was only right for him to get tired out.

"You're too fierce. Look, you scared the little lady so much that she's crying." Ning Shu glanced towards Xue Manman.

Xue Manman was nothing close to a little lady. When Zhang Jiasen heard Ning Shu say that Xue Manman was a little lady, he felt weirded out. It was making him sound like he was in a relationship with a much younger woman.

"Then I'm leaving first." As Ning Shu walked past Xue Manman, she said, "You should treat that wound. It'd be bad if you bleed onto the scarf. Your scarf seems quite expensive after all."

Xue Manman stiffened, then her tears started flowing even harder.

Ning Shu left carefreely. Zhang Jiasen closed the office door, then took Xue Manman's bleeding hand. "This wound needs to be treated."

"I don't need you to care." Xue Manman shook off Zhang Jiasen's hand with a hurt expression. "You're about to have a child with Miao Miaomiao, but what about when I wanted a child? Why won't you have a child with me?"

Zhang Jiasen always used condoms whenever he was with her.

Zhang Jiasen's expression instantly turned cold. "We had agreed on this back then. We can't have a child before our relationship is made public."

Zhang Jiasen had no desire to have a child out of wedlock. It would affect his prestige in the company.

At the very least, he couldn't allow anything like this to happen before he got divorced with Miao Miaomiao.

"But you want to have a child with Miao Miaomiao." When Xue Manman saw the cold expression on Zhang Jiasen's face, she became even more hurt.

Zhang Jiasen rubbed his forehead as he said with a helpless tone, "Can't you tell that I'm just saying that for show? How could I possibly have a child with her?"

"You should resign. If you continue staying in the company with your emotions showing like this, people will notice something sooner or later." In all honestly, Zhang Jiasen was getting a little fed up with Xue Manman doing things based on emotions all the time.

If it was back home or in a very private place, he would've still been able to restrain his temper to comfort Xue Manman, but this was a public place where anyone could come in at any moment.

They could be exposed at any moment.

Zhang Jiasen knew better than anyone how hard it had been to get to this point, so he couldn't allow for any mistakes. The current irrational Xue Manman was just like a ticking bomb.

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Chapter 917: A Love Based on Benefits

Zhang Jiasen wanted Xue Manman to behave and stay in the mansion at Tangchen. She could go shopping if she was bored, he didn't really mind as long as she wasn't in the company raising suspicions.

When Xue Manman heard that Zhang Jiasen wanted her to resign, she immediately started panicking. No matter what, she had to stay by Zhang Jiasen's side. She had to hold on to this outstanding man.

A lot of cute and delicate young girls that had just graduated had entered the company recently. Xue Manman knew that she was no longer young. She was already twenty-eight, so she naturally couldn't compete with those youthful girls.

Her only advantage was that she had a pure romance with Zhang Jiasen back when they were in college.

"I like this job. Jiasen, don't worry, I'll be careful." Xue Manman couldn't be bothered to feel wronged anymore. She hastily guaranteed that she would control her emotions and even whined childishly to get him to agree.

Finally, Zhang Jiasen nodded.

When Ning Shu who had walked back to the office heard their exchange, she started laughing.

Zhang Jiasen and Xue Manman were both people who were never content, like snakes that tried to swallow an elephant. Zhang Jiasen wanted to nibble away until he devoured the whole of the Miao family. Meanwhile, Xue Manman was no longer content with being Zhang Jiasen's mistress and wanted to stand openly by his side.

They were all selfish people.

Ning Shu felt pretty speechless. Miao Miaomiao sincerely loved Zhang Jiasen, but Zhang Jiasen hadn't cared at all and liked Xue Manman. Xue Manman's love was built on the material part of their relationship. If Zhang Jiasen didn't have his current position, there was no way that Xue Manman would choose Zhang Jiasen.

Perhaps it was because Zhang Jiasen felt that love that contained demands and mutual benefit was an insurance for stability.

However, a love based on benefits would ultimately crumble due to interest in benefits.

Ning Shu felt that it was about time to make her move.

She went to the police station to visit Aunt Ping. During this time, Aunt Ping had become a lot skinner and her collar bones protruded sharply. She didn't seem to be doing well and there was a lot more white in her hair.

Her eyes were filled with worry and despair.

Ning Shu didn't pity her at all. In the original storyline, Aunt Ping had succeeded. Although she didn't know what benefits Zhang Jiasen had offered Aunt Ping, since she had chosen this road, it was only right for her to suffer the consequences of being discovered.

"You're still not willing to say?" Ning Shu sat down opposite Aunt Ping to look at her through the bulletproof glass.

Aunt Ping's mouth moved slightly, but she didn't speak. She seemed a little out of it. It was clear that the interrogations had worn her out both mentally and physically.

"Don't forget your son. Your son has already been expelled from college because of you. Although the Miao family is quite insignificant in this city, it'd still be easy enough to deal with your son," said Ning Shu mildly.

Aunt Ping's skinny face contorted slightly as her eyes filled with fear. She stood up excitedly and begged Ning Shu, "Miss, please, I'm begging you! This matter has nothing to do with my son! Please, don't do anything to my son."

"Then confess! Why did you add poison to my dad's food?" asked Ning Shu.

She should put herself in someone else's shoes. Aunt Ping begged for her son to be spared, but she had hurt Miao Miaomiao's father. She had hurt Miao Miaomiao's family.

How could she not feel any shame begging another person?

Aunt Ping shook her head. "I can't tell. I really can't tell."

"I gave you a chance, you were the one that didn't take it." Ning Shu stood up. "Take care, I won't be coming again. Actually, I don't care about your testimony at all."

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Chapter 918: It Was About Time

It wasn't like she had to have Aunt Ping's testimony. If Aunt Ping insisted on taking all the blame for the crime upon herself and shielding Zhang Jiasen, then it was fine. In any case, Aunt Ping had to pay the price for what she did.

When Aunt Ping saw that Ning Shu was about to leave, she hastily called out to her. "Miss, wait! I can tell you, but you must agree to one condition."

"If you want to talk then talk, if you don't just forget it. As for your condition, I won't agree to it. You don't have the right to be negotiating with me. Even if you don't confess, there'll still be evidence. Furthermore, you're a murderer. Because of you, your son was also implicated. His studies and work opportunities were ruined because of you."

And she still wanted to gain a condition? She sure had nice dreams.

Aunt Ping sobbed heart-wrenchingly, but Ning Shu turned and left without looking back.

After leaving the police station, she took a deep breath.

Women had to cherish themselves properly. They couldn't change who their parents were, but what they could do was make sure that the rest of their lives wasn't entrusted to someone that wasn't trustworthy.

After getting married, a woman would have to face the husband's family, give birth to children, and do housework. They'd also have to look after their mother-in-law and father-in-law, and call people that have never fed them a day in their lives mom and dad.

If at this time the person you encounter was an unscrupulous man, then those days would be like hell. After getting divorced in heartbreak, would the woman still be able to uphold her own ideals and not entrust herself to another carelessly again?

Ning Shu was very satisfied with her current lifestyle. Even if she was on a solitary path, even if she was just a spiritual body, she could still live very freely.

In every world she encountered different people, different parents, and different friends.

Every woman was capable of living a brilliant life even without a man.

And men like Zhang Jiasen deserved to be destroyed.

She had already been in this world for quite a while, and she had also gathered up enough evidence, so it was about time to make a move.

It had already been half a month since Zhang Jiasen had been assigned the position of CEO and he was getting better with the work. As he overlooked the city from the office, he felt very content with his achievements.

With one look, I shall see all the smaller mountains down below.

The current Zhang Jiasen felt like he was an ancient era monarch that had been crowned.

Success was inevitable for him.

Zhang Jiasen looked towards Xue Manman who was sorting out the documents. Status, money, and women. Those were a man's lifetime goals, and he would soon obtain them.

"CEO, there's another conference in fifteen minutes," said Xue Manman.

Zhang Jiasen smiled faintly. "I got it."

Xue Manman looked towards Zhang Jiasen who gave off a confident air. The current Zhang Jiasen was no longer gloomy like in the past. He gave off a confident aura as if everything was in his grasp. Every time Xue Manman saw him like this, her heart would start beating wildly.

She loved this man even more now.

Zhang Jiasen fixed his clothes, then pushed open the office door to head to the conference room.

The heads of each department were already present and were all waiting for Zhang Jiasen. Zhang Jiasen very much enjoyed this sensation of being the center of attention.

In the past, he had sat beside one of the department heads as a subordinate, but now, all of them were his subordinates.

Zhang Jiasen leisurely walked into the room. Just as he was about to speak, the office doors were abruptly pushed open with a 'bang'! Following that, several people walked in.

Zhang Jiasen's expression turned stern as he said coldly, "Which department do you guys belong to? Don't you know that we're currently in a meeting?"

"Police." The person at the very front pulled out a badge and an arrest order. "You must be Zhang Jiasen? You're under arrest."

Zhang Jiasen's face filled with shock, then he said coldly, "What law have I broken for you guys to arrest me? If you want to arrest me, show evidence. Police can't just arrest whoever they like."

"You've embezzled and accepted bribes. Someone reported you and there's already definite evidence." The leading police officer said, "Arrest him."

Zhang Jiasen's heart trembled. He wanted to say something, but handcuffs had already been snapped on him.

The handcuffs were very cold. It caused his heart to also chill. His body started trembling uncontrollably.

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Chapter 919: Zhang Jiasen Was Back?

Embezzled and accepted bribes?

What was going on? Why would something like this happen?

Zhang Jiasen's first thought was that Xue Manman had betrayed him. Xue Manman was the only one that knew about these things.

Zhang Jiasen was escorted out of the office. On the way, he encountered people looking at him with all sorts of stares. It felt like execution to him.

Just a few minutes ago, he had still been the omnipotent CEO, but now he was about to go to jail.

When Xue Manman, who was hiding at the side, saw this, she was so frightened that her face turned completely pale. She got her bag and hastily rushed back to Tangchen. The first thing she did was get out a suitcase and sweep all the makeup and jewelry on the table into the suitcase.

Then she opened the closet to stuff all the clothes into the suitcase. When she seriously couldn't fit anything else anymore, she found another case and put her shoes, the shower gel from the restroom, and everything in it.

On one hand, she was eliminating the traces of her having lived in this house. On the other hand, these things were all very expensive so Xue Manman treasured them a lot.

Xue Manman's heart was beating very quickly. She recalled the scene of Zhang Jiasen being taken away and had to try hard to make herself calm down. It was fine, it would definitely be alright.

Zhang Jiasen was amazing, and there was also Miao Miaomiao. Miao Miaomiao loved Zhang Jiasen so much, so she'd definitely get him out.

There was the Miao family behind Zhang Jiasen. As long as the Miao family didn't pursue this matter, Zhang Jiasen would be fine.

Xue Manman couldn't figure out how things got exposed. She was extremely scared that she would be implicated.

Just as Xue Manman was pulling the suitcases towards the door, there came the sound of the door unlocking.

Xue Manman's heart jumped. The only people that had keys to this house was her and Zhang Jiasen. Could it be that Zhang Jiasen was back?

The door opened and several men came in. When they saw Xue Manman, they directly said, "You must be Xue Manman. You're suspected of helping cover up a crime and participating in money laundering. You don't have the right to take a single item from this house."

Xue Manman had clearly known that Zhang Jiasen was embezzling from the company, but she didn't report it to the police and had helped cover things up for Zhang Jiasen. She used the money that Zhang Jiasen had illegally obtained to buy things and jewelry to help Zhang Jiasen shift his assets. Hence, she was guilty of money laundering as well.

When Xue Manman heard this, she started shaking her head in a panic. "I didn't! I didn't commit any crimes."

"Right now, according to legal proceedings, the stolen goods must be returned. You can't take the things from this house. Also, you're under arrest," said the police.

The police reached out to take Xue Manman's luggage. Xue Manman held the suitcase tightly as she said, "These things belong to me! Why can't I take my things?"

"Everything in this house will be going under inspection." When the leading police officer saw Xue Manman being like this, he said to the others, "Cuff her and put the items back in the house for the people from court to inspect."

Xue Manman was escorted onto a police car. She was so scared that tears overflowed. However, to the police, she was just a criminal. No matter how pitifully she cried, no one would feel any sympathy for her.

Xue Manman was brought to a detention center and faced criminal detention.

She was very scared. After this incident, what would she do for the rest of her life? And her relationship with Zhang Jiasen was going to be exposed as well.

Things had happened too suddenly, so Xue Manman was extremely scared. What exactly was she supposed to do? How did the police find the house in Tangchen?

As Ning Shu was simmering the medicinal dish at home, Father Miao got a phone call from one of the company secretaries. When he found out that Zhang Jiasen had been taken by the police, he said to Ning Shu, "Isn't it bad to make things this big? It's probably not good for the company's image."

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Chapter 920: You Have to Help Me!

However, Ning Shu didn't mind at all. "Dad, could it be that you want to deal with it privately? People like Zhang Jiasen, even if he loses the Miao family as a nest, he'd still be able to go somewhere else and start again."

What Ning Shu wanted was to have Zhang Jiasen's crimes set in stone so that they would follow him for an entire lifetime. What company would ever dare to hire Zhang Jiasen again when he had a criminal record of such largescale embezzling? He was a worker who dared to steal from the company and the hard work of others.

Furthermore, the crime of money laundering was only the first wave. There was more waiting for Zhang Jiasen.

Father Miao nodded only now. "That's right, we can't let him off so easily. I hadn't agreed to you marrying him from the start. If I had been firmer, this wouldn't have happened."

Ning Shu ladled the medicinal soup out and handed it to Father Miao. "At that time, my eyes had been blinded by dog shit."

Father Miao: ...

The mention of dog shit made Father Miao completely lose his appetite.

Ning Shu didn't go visit Zhang Jiasen and just went to the company to take charge of the situation. The company was complete disorder, so Ning Shu took up the position of CEO once again to start stabilizing the company.

This time, without Zhang Jiasen causing trouble, she had to make sure to take full control of the company.

At work, Ning Shu got a phone call from an unfamiliar number. The moment she answered, she heard Zhang Jiasen's voice.

"Miaomiao, it's me. I'll make things short. I didn't embezzle money, you have to help me!" Zhang Jiasen sounded very tired and his voice was trembling slightly. However, in general it was still quite calm.

"..." She laughed silently. Help you!?

"Miaomiao, can you hear me? I don't have much time for a call, you have to help me! Tell Father-in-law to help me!" said Zhang Jiasen urgently.

A voice came from the other side. "Time's up, no more calls."

"Miaomiao, I love you! You... Beep beep"

The call was ended before Zhang Jiasen could finish his words.

Ning Shu stared at the phone, then shrugged. Did he really expect her to help just because he said 'I love you'?

He sure dreamed big.

The current Zhang Jiasen probably didn't know that Xue Manman had already been arrested. If he knew, he wouldn't have called her so confidently to tell her to help him.

She wondered how Zhang Jiasen was feeling right now after falling from the position of CEO?

He had fallen from heaven to hell, and might even be facing a long prison sentence. Wonder if he'd be able to hold up?

He had been within sight of success, but narrowly missed it.

How painful must it be? How frustrating?

Right now she was busy with the company's matters, so how could she have time to go save Zhang Jiasen? No matter how crafty Zhang Jiasen was, he wouldn't be able to escape with irrefutable evidence present.

Ning Shu fired quite a few people from the finance department. They had been the ones that had concealed the money laundering. The Miao family owned this company, but they had been loyal towards Zhang Jiasen.

After firing them, Ning Shu put the talents she had previously scouted in the finance department.

She also fired many of the managers. They all had dealings with Zhang Jiasen.

They had mutually beneficial relationships.

In reality, a lot of people felt that the Miao family would eventually become Zhang Jiasen's. The Miao family had no son to inherit the company, and their only daughter had married Zhang Jiasen.

So naturally, Zhang Jiasen would inherit the company. In that case, it was natural to choose to support Zhang Jiasen over the Miao family in order to curry favor with the future head of the company.

It seemed that Zhang Jiasen had considered things at length before picking Miao Miaomiao as his target. It wasn't enough to just be the daughter of a rich family, it had been important that she was the daughter of a rich family and possessed inheritance rights.

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Chapter 921: Another Zhang Family Ruckus

Everyone wanted success. If Zhang Jiasen had been able to treat Miao Miaomiao sincerely, perhaps this would have been a marriage filled with happiness.

However, Zhang Jiasen just made use of Miao Miaomiao and hurt her. He even stole everything that she had.

He was the one hurting others, so why did he still feel wronged and feel like he didn't have dignity?

Back then, he was the one that had made this choice. He was the one that had wanted to marry Miao Miaomiao. However, he was behaving like someone had forced him to this, that the Miao family had forced him to abandon his dignity to marry Miao Miaomiao.

For his little bit of dignity, his little bit of male chauvinism mindset, he completely destroyed Miao Miaomiao's happy life. The Miao Miaomiao who didn't have anything naturally wouldn't have that suffocating halo anymore.

No one would ever say that he got to where he did by relying on a woman again. After obtaining success, Zhang Jiasen had forcefully washed away the past he considered humiliating.

People like this were psychopaths.

Zhang Jiasen had called to ask for Ning Shu's help, but Ning Shu forgot about it by the next second. She was busy with work every day. Everything else could wait once she gained control of the company.

However, Zhang Jiasen called pretty much every day to ask Ning Shu to think of some way. At first, he spoke to Ning Shu very warmly, but as time passed and Ning Shu kept responding with a half-hearted attitude, Zhang Jiasen's tone became filled with impatience.

Zhang Jiasen directly told Ning Shu to get him out of here, but Ning Shu continued brushing him off. A few days later, Zhang Jiasen's tone became humble again. He kept saying nonstop, Miaomiao, I love you, you have to help me.

Zhang Jiasen knew that the only ones who could save him now was the Miao family, namely, Father Miao who had a lot of connections. He was relying on Miao Miaomiao's love for him.

Right now, Xue Manman's love couldn't save Zhang Jiasen. He could only rely on Miao Miaomiao's love.

Ning Shu found it very ironic.

A man like Zhang Jiasen was seriously the misfortune of women. Anyone with brains should get as far away as they could away from this man.

Ning Shu agreed verbally. There was still a month until Zhang Jiasen would be brought to court. During this month, the police department had to gather evidence and then appeal the case. The moment this case was brought to court, Zhang Jiasen's criminal charge would be set in stone. There would be an inerasable stain on his record and he would even have to go to jail.

That was why Zhang Jiasen wanted Ning Shu to get him out before the court session in order to make the incident as small as possible.

However, if she could kill him, she definitely wouldn't leave him alive. Get him out? How was that possible? Ning Shu laughed coldly.

Zhang Jiasen called asking Ning Shu to come to the police station to see him. He said that there were some things he wanted to say to her face to face. There was limited time for phone calls and he couldn't say things clearly. Moreover, some things were completely different over the phone compared to in person.

Zhang Jiasen was trying to rely on Miao Miaomiao's love for him. He knew her heart would soften when she saw how bad of a state he was in.

Ning Shu just laughed. She walked to the window and saw that Zhang Jiasen's family was currently making a ruckus at the company entrance.

Zhang Jiasen's mother was using her usual way of making scene. She was sitting at the doors and wailing like the sky was falling. However, she was crying with much more heartache compared to when Tan Heyu was arrested. Zhang Jiasen was her flesh and blood after all.

Zhang Jiasen's mother wasn't the only one here. The entire family was here. Little Sis Zhang and her brother, and Zhang Wenlan was here holding her daughter.

Zhang Wenlan just cried silently. Tears streamed down her cheeks as she hugged her daughter.

In all honestly, Ning Shu very much disliked Zhang Wenlan. She was always acting so weak and always weeping in front of her child. Had she never considered that she would perhaps leave her child a trauma?

She was always making herself look to be suffering so much. Just the sight of her made people feel unpleasant.

What Zhang Jiasen's mother liked to do the most was slander Ning Shu with all her might. She sat on the ground, slapping the ground and yelling that her daughter-in-law was completely heartless, that she sent her own husband and brother-in-law to jail, that she was trying to get all the men in her in-laws family in jail.

People came and went in front of the company entrance and all of them stared at the Zhang family, especially when they heard Zhang Jiasen's mother curse about this company's CEO. It made for good gossip.

Ning Shu had the secretary call the family inside. Zhang Jiasen's mother's method was to hurt oneself to hurt others, but in all honesty, this method was nothing to Ning Shu.

However, she had an idea she wanted to try.

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Chapter 922: Taking Money From One's Own House

The family was brought to a meeting room. Ning Shu entered just in time to see Zhang Jiasen's mother wipe her nose, then fling the snot onto the wall before wiping her hand off on her shoe.

Ning Shu: ...

When the Zhang family saw Ning Shu walked in, their faces turned slightly paler. Even Little Sis Zhang knew the severity of this situation. Without her older brother, she wouldn't have money to buy things. There were too many good things in the city, but they cost a lot of money.

Little Sis Zhang asked Ning Shu, "Big Sis Miao, why did Big Brother get arrested?"

Ning Shu replied mildly, "He embezzled money from the company and was reported."

"What do you mean by embezzle money from the company? You and Jiasen are married, so you're of the same family. This company also counts as belonging to Jiasen. How can taking money from one's own house be called embezzling?" said Zhang Jiasen's father coldly.

"This isn't embezzling at all. Daughter-in-law, this isn't time for us to be squabbling. What's more important right now is to get Jiasen out." Compared to Zhang Jiasen's mother who was wailing like the sky was falling and blaming Ning Shu, Zhang Jiasen's father's attitude was conspicuously better.

Back then when Tan Heyu was locked up, Zhang Jiasen's father had asked her to get him out with an attitude like he was giving a command, but his current attitude was much more amiable.

It was clear that in Zhang Jiasen's father's opinion, Zhang Jiasen was the one most important to the family. It was also possible that Zhang Jiasen's mother was playing bad cop and he was playing good cop.

Ning Shu didn't care what these people were planning though. She just said, "I really don't know what to do. Jiasen is my husband, so of course I want to get him out."

"But this is going to cost a lot of money." Ning Shu twisted her hands anxiously. "I don't know how much it'll cost. There's no limit at all."

"Then why don't you spend the money? Doesn't your family have a lot of money?" said Zhang Jiasen's mother directly.

The other members of the Zhang family didn't say anything when they heard what Zhang Jiasen's mother said. It was clear that they thought the same.

Ning Shu narrowed her eyes. She had always felt that Zhang Jiasen's mother didn't really have any upbringing. She always said whatever she thought.

However, the use of Zhang Jiasen's mother was that she could be used to probe other people's bottom lines and give Zhang Jiasen's father a sense of how far to go.

For example, right now Zhang Jiasen's mother had directly said for the Miao family to put out money to get Zhang Jiasen out. These words were direct and hard to accept, but they were the words that Zhang Jiasen's father wanted to say but could not say.

This family already had a fixed way of survival, and they were purposefully maintaining this status.

"Daughter-in-law, Jiasen's still suffering in the detention center, so we should get him out first before we talk about anything else. There's nothing more important than the person." When Zhang Jiasen's father saw that Ning Shu wasn't saying anything, he sighed, then said, "Once Jiasen's out, you guys should just live together well. If the first child must have the surname Miao, then let it have the surname Miao. In any case, it'll still be the child of both families."

Right now, Zhang Jiasen's father was trying to negotiate with Ning Shu.

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Chapter 923: So Now Hold up Half the Sky

He was saying that he would allow the first child to have the surname Miao, but Ning Shu expressed that she didn't even want Zhang Jiasen, this person, so would she have a child with Zhang Jiasen?

Why did the Zhang family feel that she insisted on having Zhang Jiasen? Without the halo the Miao family gave Zhang Jiasen, Zhang Jiasen was worthless. He had no money and his moral quality was trash.

However, for some reason the Zhang family seemed to feel that she should be faithful unto death no matter what Zhang Jiasen was like.

Ning Shu expressed that it was ridiculous. It almost felt like she had gone back in time to the ancient era where women had to follow the Confucian moral injunctions. Even though times were changing, some ways of thinking were still very deeply rooted. In some places, women couldn't even eat at the dinner table.

No matter the age, people were always trying to put thick stocks and chain on women. Modern women didn't necessarily live more happy lives than the women of the ancient era.

Women nowadays needed to give birth to children, raise children, take care of the household, and manage work.

Didn't they say that women could hold up half the sky? So now hold up half the sky.

When Zhang Jiasen's mother heard that the child was going to have the surname Miao, her facial color worsened and her lips moved slightly, but she didn't voice any opposition. It was clear that she didn't dare to challenge Zhang Jiasen's father's authority as head of the family.

The entire Zhang family looked towards Ning Shu, clearly waiting for her answer.

Ning Shu was about to explode from anger. What the hell was this? She had to spend money to get Zhang Jiasen out, then be pregnant for ten months, endure the pain of childbirth, and just allowing the child to have her surname of Miao was some great grace?

What the f*ck?

Ning Shu took a deep breath, then said, "That works, but the company doesn't have much money. There's not enough money, so no matter what, you guys have to contribute some money as well."

"How could we possibly have money? We don't have money," snapped Zhang Jiasen's mother.

Ning Shu said mildly, "Then there's nothing I can do either. Due to the designs being stolen last time, the factory couldn't start making new products, but we still had to pay the workers' wages. The company doesn't have much money left. This bit of money isn't enough to save Jiasen."

"I want to get him out too, but the conditions don't allow for it." Ning Shu spread her hands helplessly. "If it comes to it, we'll just have to let Jiasen spend a couple years in jail."

Zhang Jiasen's mother glowered as she pointed at Ning Shu angrily. "You damned heartless bitch! Who talks about their husband this way!? How can Jiasen go to jail!?"

Ning Shu looked at Zhang Jiasen's mother. She was even skinner than before and her cheek bones perturbed sharply, causing her eyes to look even more sunken in. Her hair was whiter as well. Even though she was speaking angrily to Ning Shu, her lack of confidence and fear could still be felt.

Zhang Jiasen's mother was someone who simply made threatening gestures to bluff.

Ning Shu paid no attention to Zhang Jiasen's mother who was making a ruckus. Zhang Jiasen's mother was a woman, but she insisted on protecting the idea of male dominance and even asked her daughter and daughter-in-law to view men as most important.

She especially demanded that Ning Shu, this daughter-in-law, viewed her son as the center of the world. If she could be servile and bow and scrape to curry favor, that was even better.

Ning Shu was made simply speechless by this unbelievable way of thinking.

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Chapter 924: Embezzled Near Eight Million

Zhang Jiasen's mother actually didn't really have any speaking rights in the family. Zhang Jiasen's father possessed all of the decision-making power. Zhang Jiasen who had grown up in this environment was someone that believed strongly in male dominance.

No matter how well Miao Miaomiao treated Zhang Jiasen and didn't look down on his background, Zhang Jiasen still felt that his dignity was being insulted and denied everything about Miao Miaomiao.

"Daughter-in-law, our family really doesn't have money. We can only take out a hundred thousand at most," said Zhang Jiasen's fahter.

A hundred thousand? It seems that Zhang Jiasen really had sent quite a lot to the Zhang family over these last two years.

Furthermore, Ning Shu was sure that ten thousand wasn't all that Zhang Jiasen's father could pull out.

She shook her head and said, "How could ten thousand possibly be enough? Zhang Jiasen embezzled near eight million. This matter won't be easy to solve. However, if this sum could be patched up, then this matter will definitely be dropped."

"Eight million? How could our family possibly have eight million? Big Sis Miao, your family has so much money, can't you just take out this bit?" The moment Little Sis Zhang heard that it was eight million, she almost jumped up. Even if they were all sold, they wouldn't be able to gather this much money.

"Dad, what if we just let Big Brother..." Little Sis Zhang didn't even finish her words before Zhang Jiasen's father looked towards her sternly. "That's your older brother. No matter what, we have to get him out."

It was clear that Little Sis Zhang wanted to let her brother stay in jail for a couple years to make up for the eight million.

Actually, that was actually a pretty good trade. There were few people that would be able to earn eight million in a few years.

Ning Shu just sat at the side and listened without a word.

Zhang Jiasen's father said firmly to Ning Shu, "No matter what, we have to save him. How about this? In the future, a boy can also have your surname of Miao. The first child will also have the surname of Miao. That'll be two children with the surname of Miao."

Jesus, from the sound of this, they wanted her to have more than two children. Since two children were going to have the surname Miao, there would definitely be a child with the surname of Zhang.

My god. Ning Shu wiped at her cold sweat.

Ning Shu found it incredulous that this was what they were using as negotiation terms. She could have children without Zhang Jiasen. She could just go to a sperm warehouse and choose the best quality sperm. The child she gave birth to would then belong one hundred percent to herself. Would she still need their 'grace'?

Ning Shu grinned. "How about this? Doesn't the family still have a house? Let's sell this house, and I'll figure out a way to get the rest of the sum? How's that?"

What Ning Shu meant was to have Father Miao sell Miao Miaomiao and Zhang Jiasen's wedding house.

"This won't do." Zhang Jiasen's father directedly rejected this idea. The house was the foundation of a family. Even if they sold all the pots and pans, they couldn't sell the house. Wasn't that telling others that this family couldn't survive anymore?

Although Zhang Jiasen's father was from the countryside, there were still some things he was very clear on. He knew that it was very hard to obtain one's own house in the city.

Ning Shu said mildly, "But we need money right now. Once there's more cash, we can buy a new house."

Zhang Jiasen's father furrowed his brows tightly as he sucked on his pipe. The entire room was filled with the stifling smell of smoke.

In the end, Zhang Jiasen's father still made the decision to sell the house.

Ning Shu smiled faintly.

A buyer soon came for the house, but the price was very low. The house that had originally costed over two million with the decor and furniture added on was sold for just a million.

A million was quite far away from eight million, but Zhang Jiasen's father still decided to sell it so that Ning Shu could fill in for the rest of the money. She was the one that said she would figure out the rest after all.

The house was soon sold, but after a change of hands, it fell back into Ning Shu's possession. This time the property only had Miao Miaomiao's name and not Zhang Jiasen's.

This house no longer counted as a shared asset.

The mansion had also been seized, so Zhang Jiasen had lost everything he had been working towards these past two years. He already had nothing left, and he even had to face a prison sentence.

Ning Shu tucked the property certificate away with a faint smile.

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Chapter 925: Don't Worry, I'll Help You

The house had been sold, so the Zhang family naturally couldn't stay in the house anymore. Zhang Jiasen's mother saw that the house had a lot of furniture and wanted to carry them all away.

However, Zhang Jiasen's father berated her and said that these things no longer belonged to them. Moreover, where would they even put these things?

Zhang Jiasen's mother's eyes were red with heartache and her facial muscles trembled from pain. These things all belonged to her son.

The Zhang family rented out a house in a small neighborhood to wait until Zhang Jiasen's matter was resolved before heading back to the countryside.

During this time, Zhang Jiasen's father's back had become much more hunched over. As the head of the family, he bore a lot of pressure, especially since something like this had happened with the son he was most proud of. When the Zhang family returned to the village, they would have to face the villagers' side glances and remarks.

How did things end up like this?

The day before the court session, Ning Shu went to the police station to visit Zhang Jiasen. This time, she almost didn't recognize him.

Zhang Jiasen was wearing prisoner garments. His stubble was unkept and he had become much skinner. His eyes were bloodshot and his hair that used to be combed back in perfect order was now hanging over his forehead messily, almost covering his eyes.

The current Zhang Jiasen looked very gloomy and fretful, like a trapped beast.

When Zhang Jiasen saw Miao Miaomiao, he was very stirred up, which made his eyes become even more bloodshot. "Miaomiao, why did you come only now?"

"After you were arrested, the company fell into disarray. I went to stabilize the situation." Ning Shu asked Zhang Jiasen, "How have you been?"

Zhang Jiasen rubbed his forehead. He wanted to reach out and take Ning Shu's hand, but they were separated by the bulletproof glass. Zhang Jiasen looked at Ning Shu gently, "Miaomiao, I can explain things to you. As for the house in Tangchen, I bought it because I wanted to give you a home. I had that house built for you."

Ning Shu: ...

"Miaomiao, you have to believe me." Zhang Jiasen did his best to suppress the restless beast inside his heart.

As of now, Miaomiao was the only one that could save him.

Ning Shu looked towards Zhang Jiasen with a wronged expression. "But Secretary Xue was the one living in the house in Tangchen. Did you really buy that house for me? It only had your name on it."

Zhang Jiasen's brows furrowed and his eyes turned completely red as he stared at Ning Shu. "Was this your dad's idea? Your dad had been looking into the account books recently."

This past month, Zhang Jiasen had been thinking over things repeatedly, and the conclusion he came to was that it was Miao Miaomiao's father, Miao Zhi, who sent him in here. Furthermore, based on the police's attitude, it was clear that they had concrete evidence on him.

Miao Zhi had been behind all of this. Perhaps Miao Miaomiao had also known about it, but Zhang Jiasen was betting on Miao Miaomiao's feelings for him. However, it was clear that these feelings couldn't be counted on.

"Miaomiao, I..." Zhang Jiasen wanted to come up with an explanation, but he didn't know what to say.

"Miaomiao, please believe me," said Zhang Jiasen weakly.

Ning Shu said with a smile, "Don't worry, I'll help you."

Joy flashed across Zhang Jiasen's face, then Ning Shu said, "I sold our wedding home to raise money to help you."

The joy on Zhang Jiasen's face instantly stiffened, then he furrowed his brows. "Miaomiao, how could you sell the house? That's our wedding home."

Zhang Jiasen's lips trembled. His face was ashen as he stared at Ning Shu. Suddenly, he smiled bitterly. "Miao Miaomiao, you did this on purpose?"

"What do you mean? Father-in-law had also agreed to selling the house," replied Ning Shu in a surprised tone.

All the energy seemed to have been drained from Zhang Jiasen's body. He truly had nothing left.

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Chapter 926: Watching a Mime

Everything he had worked so hard to obtain were gone. He had completely lost the footing he had in this city. His gaze flickered. Not so long ago, he had still been the awe-inspiring CEO in the company, but now he didn't have a single thing left.

It felt like his heart had been dropped into boiling oil, the pain stung and burned. Zhang Jiasen looked at the woman in front of him. "How much did the house sell for?"

Ning Shu found it funny. Even in this situation, this was what Zhang Jiasen was concerned about. Ning Shu extended one finger. Zhang Jiasen stared at her finger as his face paled, then he abruptly slapped the table. "My name is also on this house. You sold the house without even letting me know! Miao Miaomiao, you did this on purpose! You did all of this on purpose!"

It was a house in such a good district. The house that should've sold for three million had now been sold at the price of bok choy, at one third of its actual price.

Ning Shu shrugged. "I really did want to save you."

"Save me?" Zhang Jiasen laughed coldly. The Miao family wasn't poor to the point that they had to sell the house. It was definitely Miao Zhi taking advantage of this chance to take away the assets in his possession.

Zhang Jiasen was so angry that he lost his balance slightly, so he sat back down. His eyes had become even more bloodshot. As he took in the indifferent expression on Miao Miaomiao's face, his heart filled with even more fear and he repeatedly said, "Miaomiao, I really do love you. Once I get out, I'll explain all of this to you from the beginning."

Explain? There was no need. Ning Shu didn't speak and just looked at Zhang Jiasen. Zhang Jiasen became even more stirred up. If it weren't for the bulletproof glass, he probably would've already thrown himself at her. He now looked a little deranged. He slapped on the glass with his hands as he opened and closed his mouth rapidly. Ning Shu had hung up so she couldn't really hear what he was saying.

Since Zhang Jiasen was too stirred up, he was dragged away by the people in the detention center. He resisted violently and kept staring at Ning Shu, shouting towards her. However, she couldn't hear any of what he was trying to say through the glass.

It felt like she was watching a mime.

Zhang Jiasen was dragged down in the end. His eyes were now practically the color of blood, especially when he saw that Ning Shu was calm and untouched. His expression filled with despair and resentment. His gaze was filled with bitter resentment as he glared at Ning Shu.

Ning Shu expressed that she felt very happy to see this. She felt relieved seeing how much pain and torment he was going through.

Ning Shu then went to visit Xue Manman, but she didn't meet with Xue Manman. She just talked to the police officer that had question Xue Manman and found out that Xue Manman's brand name makeup, clothes, shoes, perfumes, and such things had added up to over a million.

This was all blood sucked from the Miao family. All of these totaled up meant that these past two years after Zhang Jiasen's initial promotion, he had embezzled over ten million.

He had been serious about trying to leech all of the Miao family wealth.

Zhang Jiasen wasn't the only one that had to go to jail, Xue Manman also faced criminal detention. Furthermore, her belongings would no longer belong to her since they were stolen property.

She said so before after all, she would make them spit out everything they had ever eaten.

They had been digging away at the meat of the Miao family, then ridiculing Miao Miaomiao for being dumb.

Did the Miao family deserve to be treated like this just because they had money? Did they feel like they were robbing the rich to help the poor? Helping carry out judgement for the Heavens?

Ning Shu wouldn't let Zhang Jiasen off, nor would she let Xue Manman off. Zhang Jiasen's actions were vile, but Xue Manman's were just as disgusting.

Perhaps after Miao Miaomiao died, Xue Manman and Zhang Jiasen had been able to be together openly. Perhaps just as Zhang Jiasen said, they had adorable kids and sat together in the garden watching their children play as a happy family.

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Chapter 927: A Witness Testimony

The next day was the court session, so Ning Shu got to the courthouse early in the morning.

For better or for worse, this was a case of a company's CEO embezzling over a ten million, so it attracted reporters from some tabloid newspapers.

This had been Ning Shu's goal. A director embezzling was different from the CEO embezzling. The person that was actually steering half the entire company was actually embezzling from the company. The impact was much larger. Furthermore, it would serve to make Zhang Jiasen, who had just become complacent due to content with his achievements, to be abruptly thrown in jail and have his wicked conducts exposed in front of everyone.

Today's show would definitely be very interesting.

Ning Shu wasn't the only one that had come, the entire Zhang family had come as well. Even Little Sis Zhang's web addict twin brother had come as well. The entire Zhang family looked towards Ning Shu darkly.

Ning Shu expressed that she didn't care at all and just found herself a seat in the spectator area. The Zhang family sat far away from Ning Shu, clearly not wanting to sit with her.

Soon, Zhang Jiasen was escorted to the defendant stand by the police in prisoner uniform with handcuffs on.

The Zhang family were very stirred up to see Zhang Jiasen. When Zhang Jiasen's mother saw her son being treated like this, she bit her cheeks so hard her facial muscles trembled.

Zhang Jiasen's father had a stern expression on his face. He reached towards his waist only to find that he hadn't brought his tobacco pipe.

Meanwhile, Zhang Jiasen didn't seem to be in a good state. His head was lowered and hair concealed his eyes.

The snapping and flashing of the cameras made him lower his head even more.

Ning Shu looked at the current Zhang Jiasen. His entire body carried a desolate and gloomy aura.

The procuratorate accused Zhang Jiasen of several crimes, then it was up to the jury and judge to pass judgement on Jiasen's crimes.

The fact that Zhang Jiasen had committed crimes was already set in stone, but there was still a need to go through the process and put out all sorts of evidence.

From start to end, Zhang Jiasen didn't say a single world. He barely seemed present. Perhaps he wasn't interested in his fate anymore.

He gave off a very gloomy calm air.

Even Ning Shu couldn't figure out what he was thinking.

Although they were only going through the motions, there was still a need for witness testimony. When Zhang Jiasen heard that a witness was going up, his body moved slightly.

A witness? Who would this witness be? Ning Shu was also pretty curious.

The police escorted Xue Manman up. When Ning Shu saw Xue Manman, she suddenly smiled. Was Xue Manman planning to be a witness? She wanted to testify against Zhang Jiasen?

Ohohoho, so this was the love between Zhang Jiasen and Xue Manman.

When Zhang Jiasen turned around and saw Xue Manman, he was stunned. It was clear that he was very shocked by Xue Manman's appearance. His facial muscles trembled as he stared straight at Xue Manman.

Xue Manman looked very nervous. When she saw Zhang Jiasen's dark gaze, she quickly looked away. Her body trembled slightly.

She knew that her actions let Zhang Jiasen down, but she had to do this to ease her sentence. She was a girl, she couldn't go to jail. After going to jail, she would already be thirty. Who would want a woman who's been to jail? What was she supposed to do for the rest of her life?

It had also been a hard internal struggle for her. She hadn't wanted to betray Zhang Jiasen, but at this point, there was no future for them anymore. There was no way they could be together anymore.

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Chapter 928: I'm Zhang Jiasen's Mistress

Zhang Jiasen would still have Miao Miaomiao to help him, but what about her? Her parents found her a disgrace and even now, refused to see her. She no longer had any choices left.

Xue Manman had already made her decision, but when facing Zhang Jiasen, she still felt scared and ashamed, especially when she saw how wretched of a state he was in.

However, though she felt ashamed, seeing him like this also made her more certain of her opinion.

She took a deep breath, then said, "Judge, I can testify that Zhang Jiasen had used his position in the company to embezzle a lot of money. He brought at low prices but reported higher prices. Some factories we bought supplies from even gave him money. His account book is in the safe in the Tangchen residence."

"How do you know about these things?" asked the judge.

Xue Manman bit her lips, then took a deep breath before saying, "I'm Zhang Jiasen's mistress, so he tells me about a lot of things."

Flash flash...

The reporters were furiously pressing their cameras. This sort of sex scandal was much more interesting than a simple embezzlement case. His own mistress had testified against him. This falling out situation would make for an explosive story.

In any case, Xue Manman had said everything she could think of in one burst, causing Zhang Jiasen to explode with fury.

He moved so fast to Xue Manman that everyone was too stunned to react. He clutched Xue Manman by the neck and shouted, "Xue Manman, you actually dared to betray me!? You slut!"

Xue Manman's face was purple from being choked by Zhang Jiasen. She struggled, trying to pry off Zhang Jiasen's hands.

The police hastily went over to pull Zhang Jiasen away, but Zhang Jiasen refused to let go of Xue Manman's neck. Xue Manman's eyes were already rolling back from lack of oxygen.

Zhang Jiasen's fingers were bent so hard they seemed to pierce into Xue Manman's neck.

The police saw that things were bad, so they took out a stun gun and used it on Zhang Jiasen. Zhang Jiasen's entire body trembled from the electric shock and his grip on Xue Manman loosened.

Xue Manman fell to the ground and grasped for breath, then coughed hard. Zhang Jiasen's gaze was filled with resentment and hatred as he looked at Xue Manman. Even as he was dragged away from the police, he still tried to kick Xue Manman.

Xue Manman lay on the ground, coughing so hard that tears and snivel covered her face.

"Quiet down, quiet down." The judge knocked his hammer against the desk, then had the police bring Xue Manman out of the room.

Ning Shu took this in quietly. See? A relationship bound by benefits would eventually break due to benefits. Zhang Jiasen and Xue Manman each had their own selfishness. Even husband and wife in the face of great catastrophe may each go their own ways.

So when it was Zhang Jiasen and Xue Manman with their unsecure relationship, the outcome was expected.

Oh my, this was so perfect, so refreshing.

This was the kind of show she loved. In the past they were still hugging each other passionately, but they had instantly turned against each other despite all those promises of being loyal to the end.

Ning Shu didn't find it surprising at all that Xue Manman made this choice. Xue Manman and Zhang Jiasen were both very selfish people. Whenever anything happened, the first thing they would think of were themselves.

This was very normal. All people were selfish, but these two took it to the extreme.

Ning Shu looked towards Zhang Jiasen. His face was filled with even more defeat. After being hit by the stun gun, he seemed even more decadent and weak.

"That damned bitch, heartless wretch! She actually dared to treat Jiasen this way!?" Zhang Jiasen's mother who was sitting in the spectator area cursed Xue Manman nonstop. She felt severe heartache for Zhang Jiasen. If it weren't for Zhang Jiasen's father pulling her back, she would've already run to the defendant's stand.

The entire Zhang family looked pale. Zhang Jiasen's father looked towards Ning Shu. It was clear that he wanted Ning Shu to save Zhang Jiasen.

Zhang Jiasen's current situation was very bad. He had been accused by his own mistress.

Zhang Jiasen's father wiped at his face, his facial color ashen. Inwardly, he was blaming Zhang Jiasen for not being able to control his own crotch and causing this issue.

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