26: Chapter 26 The Insignificant Character in a Pampered Novel 26

Contrary to everyone's expectations, the Liang Family not only didn't call off the engagement, but in order to put the Li Family at ease, they proposed that the two just get married directly, skipping the engagement altogether.

Father Liang spoke eloquently in the media, stating that he recognized Li Yan's ability and character. No matter what happened to Li Yan, he would always be the son-in-law he favored. He also stated that Liang Yiqing had liked Li Yan since she was 16 and would never change her mind because of this accident.

This "sincere" output won a lot of goodwill for the Liang Corporation and the eldest Miss Liang. The public praised Liang Yiqing and Father Liang for being loyal and righteous, and even Liang Yiqing's previous racy photos were rarely mentioned.

This whitewashing campaign suddenly brought the Liang Corporation's reputation back up.

The next day, the eldest Miss Liang arrived at Li Yan's hospital room wearing a high-slit dress, not low-key at all.

Liang Yiqing took off her sunglasses, raised her eyebrows to glance at the lovey-dovey couple on the side. Shedding her usual jealous behavior, she just curled her lips slightly with some disgust and said indifferently to Xu Jiao: "Since you are taking care of Li Yan, I'll leave first."

Just as she was about to leave, as if remembering something, she turned around and instructed Li Yan: "By the way, if my father calls to ask, just say that I followed the arrangements and have been taking good care of you in the ward."

"Stop!" Li Yan shouted, "What do you mean?"

Liang Yiqing looked Li Yan up and down without any scruples. That naked contempt made Li Yan feel both ashamed and angry.

"I am devoted to you and will marry no one but you. The Liang Family is not the kind of heartless group either, so the marriage between the Li and Liang families will naturally continue. But—what about you now makes you worth my love? Your heart is not with me, and even the body I once coveted... tsk tsk... is no longer sound. Never mind, the Liang Family only needs an heir with the Li Family's bloodline anyway. I have enjoyed the Liang Family's resources, so making some sacrifices is justifiable. However, from now on, I won't care if you are with Xu Jiao, Li Jiao, or Wang Jiao, and you don't care about me either. By the way, when you are discharged from the hospital, remember to hurry up and find me to create a child. Once the child is made, I will be liberated."

After saying this, without giving Li Yan and Xu Jiao a chance to curse, she walked out of the hospital room gracefully, stepping on 12-centimeter high heels. At the entrance of the ward, a tall man had been waiting for a long time, and the two left arm in arm intimately.

Liang Yiqing had always been fawning over him. Li Yan had never seen her dare to speak to him like this. He was so angry that he clenched his fists and furiously threw the vase and water glass on the bedside table to the floor.

What on earth did she take him for? A free gigolo?!

"Liang Yiqing, you are a bitch!"

Xu Jiao shrank into a corner in fear, looking at Li Yan timidly. This was already the umpteenth time Li Yan had suddenly flown into a rage and then smashed everything in the room. He looked like a madman who had lost his mind. Xu Jiao felt as if she didn't recognize the person in front of her.

"Come here!" Li Yan suddenly looked in her direction.

"Jiao Jiao, come here!"

Although Xu Jiao was afraid, she didn't dare to disobey him. She carefully moved forward and said softly: "A-Yan..."

Li Yan pulled her into his arms, his grip so strong it felt like he wanted to embed her into his body. Xu Jiao felt the pain but didn't dare to make a sound. She didn't dare to provoke Li Yan again and could only let him hold her.

"Jiao Jiao, don't think about leaving me, otherwise, I don't know what I will do."

Xu Jiao was frightened by the coldness in his tone. When she realized what he meant, the pain in her body intensified. She hurriedly nodded repeatedly and said: "A-Yan, I won't leave. I will stay with you forever."

...

Li Yan's condition was getting worse and worse. He suffered from insomnia all night, got angry at the slightest provocation, and liked to smash things at will. Recently, he had developed a new fetish.

Xu Jiao was physically and mentally exhausted by him. Li Yan's body had almost recovered, but he actually wanted to engage in hanky-panky with her in the hospital room. With people coming and going, Xu Jiao was scared to death, but she couldn't refuse him at all. He seemed to have become much more vigorous in that regard, and every time he kept whispering in her ear, wanting her to give birth to their child.

After it was over, Xu Jiao was always very scared.

In the past, she had fantasized about the crystallization of love between her and A-Yan, but now, she didn't dare to imagine it.

A-Yan seemed to have changed a lot, to the point where she almost didn't recognize him anymore. Moreover, he was still engaged to Liang Yiqing, so what would she be if she gave birth to his child?

She told her worries to Brother Fan, who had come to see her. Although it was hard to say, she really had no one else to confide in now. She just wanted someone to give her some advice. She didn't notice that Fan Zhiang's expression had darkened to the extreme.

"So, what do you want?"

The voice was still as gentle as ever, but Xu Jiao instinctively felt a bit cold. Looking at the familiar Brother Fan, she bit her lip and said: "I hope to be with A-Yan. I love him, but... but the Liang Family insists on breaking us up. What should I do, Brother Fan?"

Fan Zhiang stared at her fixedly. "Are you sure you still want to be with him? Jiao Jiao, he has already lost a leg."

Hearing that Li Yan had lost a leg, Xu Jiao seemed to be greatly stimulated and screamed: "How can you say that? Brother Fan! How can you be so superficial? I love him for who he is. No matter what he becomes, I love him."

It was unclear whether this shrill voice was to refute others or to affirm her own decision.

"Fine, I hope you don't regret it." Fan Zhiang turned and left.

...

Liang Yiqing had gone missing. She had been lost while being chased by paparazzi while on a date with a male celebrity.

Afterwards, the Liang Family's bodyguards were all dispatched, searching for a whole night, but there was still no news.

Unlike her usual trips abroad, this disappearance was too bizarre. After coming out of the hotel with the male celebrity, they found they were being followed by paparazzi, so the two parted ways. Everyone was focused on the popular male celebrity and ignored Liang Yiqing. By the time Liang Yiqing's car was found parked by the river the next day, the driver had been shot in the head and had long since died. After someone discovered it and called the police, everyone realized that the eldest Miss of the Liang Family had probably been kidnapped, and it looked grim.

The Liang Family waited in trepidation for the kidnapper's call, but three days had passed, and not a single call had come.

The police realized that this might not be a kidnapping, but revenge or murder. Father Liang's hair turned white overnight. He offered a huge reward to find Liang Yiqing, demanding to see her alive or her body if dead.

City A had been gloomy lately. The families of the big shots in City A were not peaceful, and the police in City A were running around busily.

Xu Nian from the criminal investigation team of the sub-bureau, with bloodshot eyes from staying up late, just arrived at the restaurant when he saw someone reaching out to him.

He had grown taller and much stronger, with a spirited buzz cut and a straight back, as if the slacker teenager he knew in the past didn't exist in his memory. Xu Nian was stunned for a moment, then punched him in the chest and laughed: "Good lad, I almost didn't recognize you."

Gu Yunjing raised the corners of his lips, his mood also very good, but when he saw the state of the person in front of him, he was a little puzzled: "Brother Nian, are you very busy lately? Why do you look like this?"

These two were old acquaintances, having lived in the same compound, and could be considered childhood friends. Xu Nian was five years older than Gu Yunjing.

Back then, when Xu Zhao was illegally detained by the Xu Family in the Xu Family's villa, Xu Nian had just graduated from college and had just been assigned to the criminal investigation team of the sub-bureau. Gu Yunjing had sought his help.

Xu Nian was the young police officer who kicked open the door and carried Xu Zhao out of the Xu Family's villa.

And now, Gu Yunjing and Xu Zhao were about to get engaged, so naturally, he came to give him the invitation.

Xu Nian saw the name on the invitation and laughed out loud: "I said you had something going on back then! You insisted on taking the little girl from my hands and sending her to the hospital yourself. So that's how it was."

Gu Yunjing's face flushed a little, and he couldn't refute anything.

He could only change the subject: "Brother Nian, why are you... in this state?"

Xu Nian was also speechless and smiled bitterly, "City A has not been peaceful recently. We have been staying up for three or four nights."

"The Liang Family's business?"

"Not just that." Xu Nian sighed. Some things were hard to say, and they were all just speculation.

"You guys just got back, be careful too." Xu Nian patted his shoulder, "Recently, several big families in City A have been very unlucky. It's a bit eerie."

Speaking of the Xu Family, when they received Xu Zhao's engagement invitation, they exploded.

Was it the Gu Family they knew? The name after the groom was Gu Yunjing! It really was that Gu Family.

The Xu Family had considered many possibilities. They could let Xu Zhao hook up with that second-generation heir of the Zhou Family, or even Cheng Yi would do.

Back when Xu Zhao was a sophomore in high school, they didn't look down on this inconspicuous younger daughter. It was nothing more than raising her up, marrying her off to consolidate the Xu Family's status. But over these years, seeing that Xu Zhao still had contact with Zhou Chi, Cheng Yi, and Gu Yunjing, their minds became active again. This daughter was also raised by them. Although there was some unhappiness, it didn't count for much. She was still a daughter of the Xu Family after all. They could just acknowledge her again, package her up, and send her to marry into the Zhou or Cheng families. If the marriage could go smoothly, the Xu Family wouldn't mind forgiving her for her ingratitude back then.

Father Xu, Mother Xu, and the Xu brothers had never thought that Xu Zhao would refuse. In their view, the Xu Family could re-accept Xu Zhao, and she should be grateful.

Therefore, when the Xu Family saw the name on the invitation, the shock in their hearts was indescribable.

This inconspicuous thing actually climbed up to the unreachable Gu Family.

If they had known... If they had known that Gu Yunjing was so blind and easy to fool, they should have let Jiao Jiao pursue him. With Jiao Jiao's sweetness and gentleness, wouldn't he have been easily captured? Why would she still have to serve that disabled Li Yan now? Liang Yiqing, they didn't even know if she could be found. If Liang Yiqing came back one day, wouldn't Jiao Jiao be stuck in an awkward position? After all, she still held the name of a fiancée, the Xu brothers thought so.

Even Father Xu was thinking, getting engaged to that girl Xu Zhao? His Xu Family was really wronging the Gu Family and Gu Yunjing. Otherwise, on the day of the engagement, he would bring Jiao Jiao along and dress her up well. As long as the man wasn't blind, he should choose Jiao Jiao. As for what would happen to Xu Zhao in the future, it wasn't in his consideration. The Xu Family wouldn't let her go hungry; at most, they would just raise her.