Chapter 334: Chapter 334: No One Can Stop His Determination
"Doesn’t that Jiang Ruyan really like you? Why would she hire people to beat you up?" Gu Jiaojiao muttered to herself, completely baffled.
But Su Shuochi heard his wife’s muttering and gave a wry smile.
"She was never in love with me. She just liked my prospects and status. We’ve barely met a few times, and we’ve hardly exchanged more than a few words."
He suddenly thought of something and asked, "Jiaojiao, do you think she didn’t recognize me? Or maybe she didn’t believe I could walk again, so she hired people to corner me?"
Gu Jiaojiao blinked and voiced her doubts. "She definitely knew your legs were better.
When I was making a name for myself as Divine Doctor Su Gu on the battlefield, she was there too. She knew back then that you’d be able to walk soon.
That’s why she went to Qing City to find you, but you mercilessly sent her away. Then she tried to settle for second best by going after Song Zijin.
That didn’t work out either, so she scurried back to the Imperial City. You wouldn’t even give her the time of day when you were in a wheelchair.
Now that you can walk freely, you’d naturally ignore her even more. That’s probably why she wanted to hire someone to cripple you again.
I have to say, Jiang Ruyan is truly vicious. If she can’t have someone, she won’t let them be happy with anyone else."
After hearing Gu Jiaojiao’s words, Su Shuochi nodded in sudden realization. "Honey, your analysis makes perfect sense."
"I’ve heard about her before. Her father uses the reputation of his older brother and nephew to rake in money everywhere. I heard her family is very wealthy, so she definitely has the means to hire people."
Gu Jiaojiao looked at him with a grin and asked, "Su Shuochi, since you know so much about her, why don’t you try to ’develop’ a relationship with her?"
Su Shuochi quickly shook his head, pledging his loyalty. "I’ve never wanted to ’develop’ anything with anyone, past or future. I only want to grow old with you."
Gu Jiaojiao pouted. "I guess you have some conscience after all. You’re getting better and better at sweet-talking."
Su Shuochi sighed. "Don’t get me wrong. I’m speaking from the heart. Jiaojiao, let’s go to the space..."
Gu Jiaojiao also loved Su Shuochi’s personality. He said whatever was on his mind and never made her guess.
’When you have to keep guessing in a relationship, misunderstandings can easily arise over time.
You think he understands, but he doesn’t. He thinks you understand, but you don’t.
A perfectly good relationship can be fraught with complications just because of all the guessing games.
In the end, the two people in love are the ones who get their hearts broken and their spirits crushed. It’s just ridiculous.
Marriage and love are supposed to be things that bring joy and a sense of happiness.
Why do people have mouths but can’t speak clearly, insisting on playing guessing games that are a total pain in the ass?
If everyone was just frank and direct, wouldn’t both people be happy?’
The more she thought about it, the happier Gu Jiaojiao became. So, she went along with her husband’s wishes. The couple entered the space together, and another night of passion ensued...
But as for Jiang Ruyan, whose motives the couple had been trying to guess, they had gotten it wrong this time.
Jiang Ruyan hadn’t bribed the thugs to beat up Su Shuochi this time. In fact, she hadn’t even recognized him.
Because of his paralysis, Su Shuochi hadn’t been out in the sun for a long time, so his skin was fair. On top of that, he had also been drinking the spiritual spring water.
Both his aura and his appearance had undergone a world-shaking transformation, but Gu Jiaojiao, being with him every day, hadn’t noticed.
Jiang Ruyan was targeting Fu Junyuan. She was dead set on ruining him. Even if she couldn’t get him crippled, she wanted to at least send him to prison.
Ever since she scurried back to the Imperial City from Qing City last time, she had focused all her energy on how to climb the social ladder.
She wasn’t like Sheng Yueyue, who was content to just be a "salted fish." She swore to crush her uncle’s family under her heel.
The Jiang Family was hardly one of the top families in the Imperial City, even though Jiang Ruyan’s uncle, Jiang Ruixiao, held a high-ranking position in the military district.
Additionally, Mr. Jiang’s medical skills were decent, and he had once been called a Divine Doctor in Qing City.
Despite all this, the Jiang Family could only be described as a moderately well-known family in the Imperial City.
Jiang Ruyan’s father used the names of her grandfather and uncle to get by smoothly in the Imperial City, like a fish in water.
As the only girl in the Jiang Family, Jiang Ruyan was doted on by the entire extended family.
Although her uncle and eldest male cousin no longer cared for her, this hadn’t been made public.
Therefore, quite a few young masters from prominent families still pursued Jiang Ruyan. But she was no longer simply looking for someone whose looks were worthy of her.
Now, she only wanted to find a man with more status and position than her uncle. While there were some young men who fit that description, none of them were interested in her. So, Jiang Ruyan set her sights on widowed, middle-aged men who held a higher position than her uncle.
And her aunt’s cousin, Fu Mingyuan, was the target she had chosen. He had been promoted just a few years before his wife died.
Fu Mingyuan was the CEO of a large state-owned enterprise. He was forty-five years old, refined and scholarly in appearance, and wealthy.
The Fu family was quite prestigious in the Imperial City, and Fu Mingyuan himself was a great catch.
Although Fu Mingyuan had two sons and a daughter, and his eldest son, Fu Junyuan, was even two years older than Jiang Ruyan, she didn’t mind at all.
Because he didn’t have a wife. For Jiang Ruyan, this was the perfect choice.
Jiang Ruyan had always been an egoist. She wouldn’t try to steal someone else’s man again; she could get killed doing that.
She was nearly beaten to death when she tried to steal Sheng Yueyue’s man in Qing City. In the end, she got nothing and fled home in a panic.
With her sights set on Fu Mingyuan, Jiang Ruyan deliberately used her aunt’s name to get close to him.
At first, Fu Mingyuan didn’t think anything of it, treating Jiang Ruyan simply as a junior from his cousin’s family.
That was until a cocktail party, where Jiang Ruyan coquettishly begged Fu Mingyuan to take her with him.
That night, Jiang Ruyan wore a purple dress with a string of pearls around her neck, looking absolutely dazzling and captivating.
When Fu Mingyuan appeared at the party with Jiang Ruyan on his arm, they captured the attention of everyone present, which made him feel very proud.
After the party ended, Jiang Ruyan, emboldened by the alcohol, boldly and directly confessed her feelings to Fu Mingyuan, relentlessly teasing and seducing him.
This was hard to resist for Fu Mingyuan, who hadn’t had a wife for several years, and so he gave in to her advances and took her.
Jiang Ruyan was, after all, very young. This gave Fu Mingyuan a taste of something he couldn’t forget, and from then on, he was deeply infatuated with her.
No one could stop his determination to marry Jiang Ruyan, not even his own father.
Just when he had finally gotten past his father’s objections and before he could even celebrate, his own son, Fu Junyuan, stepped forward with his younger siblings to block the marriage.
This made Fu Mingyuan hesitate. After all, he had already had his way with the beauty.
Fu Mingyuan was a gentle and refined middle-aged man, while Jiang Ruyan, at twenty-two, was a young woman who had suffered setbacks and looked a bit haggard.
The two of them actually looked quite compatible together, which greatly satisfied Jiang Ruyan’s vanity.
In the beginning, Jiang Ruyan might have only been interested in his status and wealth. After spending time with him, however,
Jiang Ruyan had also developed genuine feelings. But if her future stepson wanted to stand in her way, then he couldn’t blame her for being ruthless.
