Flash Marriage: He is a Wife-pampering Addict

Chapter 554: Lesson 553

Jiang Liu instinctively turned around and looked up. His face changed color as he saw several local ruffians approaching him with iron rods in hand. Before he had a chance to react, they had already reached him, raising their iron rods and aiming at him.

“Who are you?”

Jiang Liu raised his briefcase to block the incoming iron rods, dodged to the side, and at the same time, he raised his other hand, catching one of the iron rods that was smashing towards him. A fierce light burst out of his dark, cold eyes.

“If you want to know, I will tell you after we teach you a lesson.”

The leading man sneered, then shouted loudly, “Brothers, hit him hard.”

The previously peaceful night in an instant turned into a chaotic battlefield. Although Jiang Liu was a man who could fight and had been involved in plenty of fights during his wasteful past, the ten-odd men who came tonight were not pushovers.

They were ruffians from G City, who had come to discipline Jiang Liu tonight for a hefty pay.

Facing ten opponents alone, Jiang Liu initially managed to dodge their attacks and even countered, injuring two of them. However, it didn’t take long for his strength to flag. In the darkness, with poor visibility, he was caught off guard and hit on the back with a rod.

The opponents were all husky men, naturally powerful. The hit hurt so much that he groaned, gritting his teeth, he harshly asked, “Who are you? I haven’t provoked you…”

During the fight, they had moved away from the front of his office to somewhere tens of meters away. Even though people saw them, no one intervened or called the police, as a result, the fight continued.

“If you want to know, then stop resisting!”

The leading man looked at Jiang Liu with sneering contempt. As his words fell, another rod was ruthlessly aimed at his head. Two other men by his side also swung their iron rods at Jiang Liu. Simultaneously, from behind him, two other rods were smashed towards him.

…

In a certain apartment far from the city center, a gentle and warm light illuminated the slender and graceful figure on the sofa, casting a soft glow on the delicate face of the woman.

She was half-lying on the sofa, one hand resting on the sofa’s armrest, the other holding the remote control on her lap.

A commercial was playing on the LCD screen, but she had dozed off while waiting.

Suddenly, a crisp cellphone ringtone woke her up. Her thick, long eyelashes fluttered as she slowly opened her eyes. With sleepy eyes, she lightly rubbed her eyes before picking up the vibrating phone on the coffee table.

“Ah Liu, why aren’t you home yet?”

Shen Yuting’s sleepy and languid voice echoed softly in the room. As her gaze landed on the time displayed on the LCD screen, she noticed that it was already half-past eleven.

The last time she called, it was only ten o’clock, and he said he was off work and would be home soon.

But she had been waiting for a long time and he never came. Today, she spent the whole day in the operating room and was too exhausted. Instead, she had fallen asleep.

“Yuting, I didn’t get a chance to tell you, but after we spoke on the phone, my manager suddenly called me and asked me to go on a business trip with him. Something unexpected happened in City B, it will probably take three to five days before I can go back.”

Jiang Liu’s voice came through the phone, full of apology. Shen Yuting was stunned, the sleepiness in her eyes disappeared as she sat upright on the sofa, blinking her eyes in surprise, she asked, “Why would they send you on a business trip in the middle of the night?”

“It’s an emergency, there’s no other way.”

Jiang Liu’s tone sounded more apologetic.

Shen Yuting glanced at the kitchen where she had kept his late-night snack warm, feeling a bit regretful. However, considering that he was doing this for work, she couldn’t blame him. She then smiled faintly and softly said,

“Since it’s an emergency, I can’t blame you. However, you left in such a hurry, without even bringing a change of clothes. When you get there, I doubt you’ll have time to go shopping.”

If he said it was urgent, then he definitely wouldn’t have time to buy anything once he got there.

“I’ll figure something out, this is not a big deal. While I’m not here, don’t come over.”

“Okay, sure!”

Shen Yuting responded with a smile. Apart from a hint of apology in Jiang Liu’s voice, she found nothing abnormal. She genuinely believed he had a business trip and had no doubts at all.

**

At that moment, Jiang Liu was lying in a hospital room.

After finishing his conversation with Shen Yuting, he put his phone away and stared at the ceiling with his narrow, cold eyes, wondering who could have attacked him.

Those men didn’t reveal who had ordered them to teach him a lesson.

However, he couldn’t allow himself to be beaten for no reason. He reviewed his behavior over the past months, he had been behaving appropriately, working diligently, and dating peacefully without offending anyone.

Was it someone he had offended previously? Or someone he didn’t know? Earlier, he had some street fights, but the people from that time wouldn’t be trouble him without reason. As he went over the possibilities, his mind suddenly flashed upon a certain face. Could it be her?

**

In the master bedroom, on the second floor of a suburban villa, Wen Ran lay alone on the spacious and soft bed, her clear watery eyes staring blankly at the decorative pattern on the ceiling.

The spacious room was empty except for her.

Half an hour ago, Mo Xiuchen had left the master bedroom to go to the guest room.

The thought of hearing his cold yet anguished voice swearing, “if I ever touch you without your consent, let me, Mo Xiuchen, be struck down by lightning and die a terrible death!” had brought tears to her eyes again.

Something seemed to be lodged in her heart, suffocating her and driving her to the brink of despair.

She pressed her hands tightly against her chest. How could she have let him make such a lethal vow? Why didn’t she stop him then? The more she thought about it, the more she wished she could strangle herself.

He not only made a lethal vow, but he also dropped a harsh sentence: if she dared to leave him, he would do as she wished and sleep with different women every day on the same bed where he had spent countless nights with her before…

Every word, every sentence, was like a knife stabbing her heart, the pain was so intense that it was hard for her to breathe.

She didn’t want to admit it, but she couldn’t deny either. She couldn’t stand him being with other women, let alone the thought of him bringing a different woman to this bed every day and sleeping with her.

The moment he said those words, she felt dizzy and her face lost all color.

She raised her hand, gently wiping the tears that had fallen. She felt lost, helpless, sorrowful. Various emotions engulfed her like a net, leaving her trapped in its clutches.

She had no idea what to do.