Her Imperfection for Wifehood - Chapter 42.2

Chapter 42.2

Outside the Wei family home, there were also many reporters, even more than those outside the An house, with a significant crowd of both Chinese and foreigners.

An Jing parked her car on the curve. She saw Wei Zhengqing and Madam Wei walking out of the main gate, followed by Wei Yinxia and Kahn.

A crowd of reporters surged towards them.

At that moment, Madam Wei grabbed Wei Yinxia’s ear and pulled, shouting something…

Seeing her beloved being humiliated, An Jing disregarded the reporters and onlookers, honked her car horn, and stepped on the accelerator, driving right up to them. After getting out of the car, she saw that both of Wei Yinxia’s cheeks were already red and swollen.

Seeing that the newcomer was An Jing, the reporters became ecstatic and immediately shifted their focus, swarming towards her.

“Boss Jing, what is your purpose for coming to the Wei house?”

“Boss Jing, between you and your brother, who is the one who is secretly engaged to Wei Yinxia?”

“Boss Jing, your brother has already offered the betrothal gift. What do you and Miss Wei Yinxia plan to do? Will you elope with her?”

“Boss Jing, you’ve kept yourself clean and avoided men for so many years. Is it because you like women?”

“Boss Jing, is Wei Yinxia the first woman you’ve ever liked?”

“Boss Jing, was your insistence on preventing An Xi from getting engaged to Wei Yinxia because you liked Wei Yinxia?”

“Boss Jing, is the news report true? Do you have anything you want to explain to everyone?”

The barrage of questions from the reporters ignited An Jing’s fury.

“Enough! All of you, shut the hell up!” She roared, pulling out the pistol from her waist and raising it high. “Get out of here!”

“A-Jing!”

Wei Yinxia also shouted, “No! Don’t shoot!”

This was the concession.

If she fired that gun, regardless of whether she hit anyone, the police would immediately arrest her.

The slightly better outcome would be imprisonment, followed by the family paying a huge sum to settle the matter. The worst outcome would be—being shot dead on the spot.

An Jing certainly knew what Wei Yinxia knew. She wouldn’t act recklessly in the concession unless absolutely necessary.

The noise immediately subsided. She lowered the gun, strode quickly to Wei Yinxia, and grabbed her wrist: “Come with me.”

Wei Yinxia’s other arm, however, was grabbed by Kahn: “Boss Jing, it was your brother who offered the betrothal gift. If Miss Wei Yinxia is to leave, shouldn’t she leave with Young Master An Xi?”

An Jing ignored Kahn. She looked only at Wei Yinxia and said earnestly: “Yinyin, we… you have already signed the marriage certificate with An Xi. You are the Young Madam of our An family. The Wei family no longer has the right to restrict your personal freedom. Come with me. Everything I said before still stands. An Xi also…”

“Boss Jing.”

Wei Zhengqing spoke, “I did accept Young Master Xi’s betrothal gift. If it were truly Young Master Xi marrying her, I would even provide a dowry. But you are intruding on my home today, saying you want to take my daughter away. Such scandalous behavior, I cannot condone.”

The photos of An Jing and Wei Yinxia were constantly being taken by people Kahn arranged to follow and secretly photograph. He was only responsible for informing Kahn of the time and location of their private meetings.

After receiving the check yesterday, he had been thinking about how to withdraw himself, so he immediately went to the bank to cash it and deposited the 100,000 into Zhengqing Department Store’s account, fearing any complications.

That night, Kahn angrily came to his door.

He said he would ruin the reputation of the An siblings and ensure the An Corporation could never hold its head high in Shanghai again.

“Boss Jing is a well-known figure in our Shanghai. I never expected everyone to misjudge her.”

Madam Wei said, and then fiercely poked Wei Yinxia’s head, scornfully cursing, “You low-class girl, are you blind or just foolish? To be played with by a woman! You’ve completely disgraced the Wei family’s ancestors! Why are you still alive? You should just kill yourself.”

She was called back from her eldest daughter’s home by Wei Zhengqing last night specifically to cooperate in performing this major scene today.

They had anticipated that An Jing would come.

“Madam Wei speaks so viciously. Aren’t you afraid of getting canker sores?” An Jing slapped Madam Wei’s hand away in disgust and glared at her fiercely. “If you want to die, go die yourself. Yinyin is our An family’s…”

“Boss Jing!” This emotionless cry came from the pale-faced Wei Yinxia.

An Jing looked at her: “Yinyin?”

Her response was Wei Yinxia slowly struggling free from her hand, saying expressionlessly: “Please have some self-respect, Boss Jing.”

Self-respect again.

As An Jing momentarily lost her composure, Wei Zhengqing falsely interjected: “Boss Jing, let me be clear. I have no objection to my daughter marrying any man who can afford the betrothal gift. If Young Master Xi is still willing to officially marry her and welcome her into his home after knowing about the scandal between the two of you, he is welcome to come and pick her up with the marriage certificate at any time. If Young Master Xi regrets it and refuses to marry her, that is your family’s problem. I will not return the betrothal gift. In short, I would rather marry her off to a beggar in the shanty town than let her elope with you!”

The marriage certificate.

Yes, she and she clearly had a marriage certificate, but she didn’t even dare to take it out in public.

A marriage certificate between two women would only be called preposterous, absurd. No one would recognize their marriage.

It was a good thing, a good thing that she hadn’t signed it last night. She would let An Xi come to pick her up.

Kahn on the side continued to fan the flames: “Boss Wei, perhaps not a beggar. If Young Master Xi won’t marry her, there’s always me. Second Miss is beautiful and graceful. Marrying her off to a dirty beggar would be a great waste! Our country has an open-minded philosophy. I don’t care if the Second Miss is a virgin or not. However, the betrothal gift might not be worth that much money, ha ha ha ha!”

Last night when he came to the Wei house, he took out his anger over the burned factory on Wei Yinxia, whipping her more than ten times with a belt.

He only stopped when Wei Zhengqing personally knocked on the door.

Wei Yinxia bit her lip, her eyes full of sorrow. She stared at An Jing and said word by word: “Boss Jing, you heard him. How much more humiliated do you want to see me? Do you want to watch me die with your own eyes?”

An Jing wanted to say, Don’t be afraid, I’m here.

But the words wouldn’t come out.

The rumors among the common people could kill without a trace, especially since she was now completely isolated.

Wei Yinxia suddenly pulled out her hairpin and held it against her throat, saying to An Jing and Wei Zhengqing: “If I die, will all this end? You can go on being Boss Jing, and he can go on being Boss Wei.”

She only wanted An Jing to leave quickly. Every minute An Jing stayed here increased the danger and caused her more pain.

“Yinyin, don’t!” An Jing was scared.

She who had never feared gunfights was genuinely terrified this time.

That wooden hairpin was one she had personally given to Yinyin. How could she allow it to become a weapon to harm Yinyin? How could she allow herself to harm Yinyin?

Whether it was a temporary measure or an act, leaving the scene now was the best thing for Yinyin.

“I understand.”

An Jing turned around and laughed loudly, saying to the reporters: “It’s just a secretly taken photo. It doesn’t prove anything. I was drunk that day. An Xi brought Second Miss Wei to pick me up, and unfortunately, I, being drunk, mistook her for a girl from the nightclub and forcibly kissed her. Who am I? I’m the head of the An Corporation, Boss Jing, who is indiscriminate about gender. What’s wrong with kissing a woman? I’ve kissed countless girls in the nightclubs. Stop dwelling on this trivial gossip. Instead of staking out here for gossip, you should be more concerned about foreign guys whose factories are about to close down but are still putting on a brave face, trying to steal my brother’s wife.”

Kahn was no pushover. He threw bait to the sensationalist reporters, countering: “Boss Jing is right. In this huge Shanghai, there is an endless stream of gossip and news flying around every day. Instead of worrying about whose factory is closing, perhaps you should be concerned about the political stance of the An family’s Young Master. Let’s see if the An family, while claiming to be a national enterprise, is genuinely serving the country and the people, or secretly engaging in shady activities, pretending to be honest while selling something rotten.”

An Jing turned back and grabbed Kahn’s collar: “Bastard, what do you mean?”

Kahn didn’t resist. He even waved his bodyguards off, smiling playfully: “The literal meaning. Boss Jing is a genuine Chinese person. Your Chinese can’t be worse than mine, can it?”

“If you dare to touch An Xi, I will make sure you die without a burial place.” She came here alone today, hoping to draw all the focus and blame onto herself.

“One is a beloved brother, and the other is a beloved woman. Can Boss Jing handle both?” Kahn leaned closer to An Jing and whispered, “Guess what I did at the Wei house last night? Second Miss’s body is much softer than my wife’s…”

An Jing was completely enraged by Kahn’s repeated provocations and his vile insults toward Wei Yinxia. She threw a punch: “Die!”

One bodyguard shielded Kahn, and several others engaged An Jing in a fight. The scene was chaotic.

An Jing was just recovering from a serious illness, and her body was not as strong as before. Furthermore, the foreign thugs were all well-trained and as strong as oxen. An Jing was quickly overpowered.

“A-Jing!” Wei Yinxia, crying, was restrained by Kahn.

“Second Miss, there’s no turning back. Look closely, who is the winner.” Kahn pinched Wei Yinxia’s chin, forcing her to watch An Jing being beaten severely.

“I beg you, stop hitting her.” Wei Yinxia cried out, “I’ll agree to anything you want. I beg you, I beg you.”

“You beg me?” Kahn’s hand roamed Wei Yinxia’s face. “I hit you so hard last night, and you wouldn’t beg for mercy. For her, for a woman, you beg me?”

“Kahn, let her go! Let her go!” An Jing roared, trying to rush over to protect Wei Yinxia, but she was surrounded and attacked by the bodyguards from both sides.

“Miss!”

“Sister!”

Fortunately, An Xi and Lu Cheng, who had driven after An Jing, finally arrived. They jumped out of the car and joined the “battle.”

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