Transmigrated as the Chongxi Wife of a Critically Ill Young Lady - Chapter 54

Chapter 54

If Cen Xia came forward to clarify, she would inevitably have to turn against her parents as Jiwanching’s wife, and she might even be accused of being an unfilial daughter. Jiwanching was dead set against putting her in such an awkward position. Throughout the entire meeting, she had a cold face and didn’t make a single gesture.

When the meeting ended, a few executives tried to argue again, but she pursed her lips, looking unyielding.

There was nothing they could do, so everyone dejectedly went back to work.

Because it was a critical time, some of the higher-ups were inevitably dissatisfied and complained privately.

“I really don’t know what General Manager Ji is thinking. It’s such a simple thing!”

“What can she be thinking? Just that we need to work overtime!”

“A poor working stiff meets a domineering CEO. Sigh, it’s tough!”

…

When Tang Shaoyun came in, everyone was still grumbling. He cleared his throat and said in a cold voice, “Don’t you all have work to do? Stop your whining!”

Because they were all employees of Zhicheng themselves, they would vent their dissatisfaction to each other. If it were a Ji Corporation morning meeting, Jiwanching’s autocratic move today would have certainly caused dissatisfaction among the uncles and elders.

After leaving the video conference, Jiwanching kept her brows locked in a frown. She worked on her computer alone, not paying attention to Cen Xia or the files that others sent in the group.

Cen Xia secretly messaged Tang Shaoyun: “Brother Tang, please help me contact the media. Sister and I will give an interview this afternoon.”

Tang Shaoyun was surprised by the message: “Did Miss agree?”

Cen Xia replied: “I will convince her.”

Tang Shaoyun didn’t dare to act on his own and replied: “Let’s stick to Miss’s plan.”

Cen Xia sent a string of ellipses, thinking, this guy looks impressive, but in reality, he’s a wimp. If only he had a third of Dr. Yan’s courage, it would be great.

Due to stress and a persistent high fever, Jiwanching was so dizzy that she couldn’t see the words on the computer screen. Her hands paused on the keyboard. She closed her eyes, trying to alleviate the dizziness in her head. Suddenly, a hand reached out from behind her and covered her eyes.

In the complete darkness, she smelled the sweet fragrance of gardenias.

Before she could react, her body was gently pulled back.

Jiwanching’s head tilted slightly, and two soft petals landed on her lips. Then, someone’s nimble tongue explored her mouth, wantonly taking away her only breath.

When the exploration was over, she was gasping for air, slumping weakly in her chair, tears spilling from the corners of her eyes one by one.

Cen Xia looked at her, once again cupping her face. She gently kissed her nose and slowly moved up to kiss her eyes and brow bone…

As Jiwanching was surrounded by such love, the more heartbroken she felt. She couldn’t give her the best, yet she had selfishly taken the best person for herself. For a few moments, she wondered what would have happened if there hadn’t been that wedding.

Lost in thought, she felt a sharp bite on her ear. The force wasn’t light, and the pain made her shudder.

She looked up and saw Cen Xia’s lychee-shaped eyes widened, glaring at her angrily.

Their eyes met. Jiwanching was stunned for a few seconds. She tried to speak, but no sound came out. She then pouted and started to cry.

She couldn’t control her emotions. Her thin body trembled slightly, and her eye makeup quickly smeared, making her look like a little kitten.

Cen Xia didn’t try to comfort her. She just watched her cry silently.

Jiwanching felt even more miserable. She started to sniffle and sob, “Useless… can’t… protect… can’t protect…”

Cen Xia controlled herself, keeping her face cold and ignoring her.

After crying for a while, she felt so dizzy. She forced herself to look up at Cen Xia. Seeing her still standing there impassively, her heart ached. After a while, she tentatively reached out, took Cen Xia’s hand, and guided it to her face, using it to wipe her own tears.

This was how she always comforted her.

Cen Xia pulled her hand back and put it behind her back, but she kept one hand in front.

Jiwanching tried to grab it. Cen Xia dodged her. Jiwanching, enduring the dizziness, leaned forward and grabbed her fingertips, almost falling out of her wheelchair.

Cen Xia quickly held her and pushed her back into the chair, ready to pull her hand away.

Jiwanching held her hand with both of her own, hugging it tightly.

Cen Xia tried to pull it out but couldn’t, so she gave up.

Jiwanching looked up at her, biting her lip. Her eyes were misty and blurred.

Cen Xia looked away.

Jiwanching took her hand, placed it on her own chest, and looked up, showing her vulnerability. “Xia… Xiaxia, it hurts… it hurts…”

Cen Xia said, “Sister, you’re so capable. It doesn’t hurt!”

Jiwanching cried, repeating, “It hurts…”

Cen Xia couldn’t take it anymore. She leaned forward and wrapped her arms around Jiwanching, stroking her head and scolding her like a mother would a child. “Do you know you were wrong now?”

Jiwanching sniffled hard, sobbing as she choked out, “I… was… wrong…”

Cen Xia asked, “What did you do wrong?”

Jiwanching sobbed even harder. She listed her wrongdoings word by word.

“Put… pressure… on myself.”

“Sulked… in silence.”

“Over… thinking.”

“Getting… distracted… when Xiaxia… kissed me.”

When she got to the last one, Cen Xia couldn’t hold back and let out a laugh.

Jiwanching was so sad. She squeezed her face into Cen Xia’s abdomen, smearing all her tears and makeup on her skirt. She made a low “Wuwuwu” sound, like a little kitten full of grievances.

Cen Xia cleared her throat and asked with a feigned air of seriousness, “Are you going to do it again?”

Jiwanching sobbed like a child who couldn’t be comforted. She said with a wronged expression, “I… won’t… do it again.”

Cen Xia hugged her for a while, then gently pushed her away.

Jiwanching nervously reached out again, only to see Cen Xia take a phone from the table and hand it to her, scolding her like a child. “Send a message to Brother Tang and tell him to contact the media as soon as possible. We’ll give an interview this afternoon.”

Jiwanching hesitated for a moment, took the phone, held it with both hands, and slowly poked at the screen one word at a time, looking like she was being threatened with a knife to her throat.

Cen Xia glanced at the words on the screen out of the corner of her eye, a slight smile on her lips.

After sending the message, Jiwanching handed the phone back with her eyelashes wet with tears.

Cen Xia took the phone, leaned in, and carefully examined the message. She nodded. Then, she opened the camera, snapped a photo of Jiwanching’s tear-stained face, and showed it to her in the photo album. “Am I ugly?”

Jiwanching bit her lip, reached for the phone, wanting to delete the photo.

Cen Xia lifted her arm and looked at her. “What are you doing?”

Jiwanching didn’t say anything. She stared at the phone in her hand. She raised her hand, ready to grab it, but she didn’t have much strength. Her arm fell weakly onto the wheelchair.

Cen Xia said, “If you don’t behave from now on, I’ll send this to your colleagues and let them see their great CEO crying.”

Jiwanching was so angry and wronged that tears rolled down her face.

Cen Xia reached out to wipe them with her thumb, but her hand was suddenly grabbed.

Jiwanching pulled her hand over to her mouth and bit it hard, leaving a few very deep teeth marks.

Cen Xia looked at the red bite marks and said lightly, “Is General Manager Ji a dog?”

Jiwanching didn’t say anything. She pulled her hand back and bit it again.

Cen Xia’s lips curved in a place where Jiwanching couldn’t see. She asked in a cold tone, “Still biting?”

Jiwanching ignored her. She pulled her fingers and bit them one by one, leaving her own teeth marks and saliva.

Cen Xia’s fingertips felt numb. After half a second, she threw down her phone, lifted Jiwanching out of the wheelchair, carried her to the bed, and walked straight toward it…

…

In the afternoon, in front of the Zhicheng Technology building, Jiwanching sat in a wheelchair in a white dress, holding Cen Xia’s hand. The two were surrounded by the media.

“Miss Cen, you and Miss Jiwanching seem so in love, but a while ago, your parents said you were forced into this marriage. As the person involved, can you tell us what the situation is?”

Although Jiwanching was prepared, the hand she was holding couldn’t help but tighten when the reporter asked the question.

Cen Xia rarely faced so many cameras. She was composed and calm, and her expression was well-managed. She first smiled politely, then lowered her eyes, which were filled with a love and affection she couldn’t hide.

She lowered her head and kissed Jiwanching’s cheek, then slowly straightened up, her gaze firm as she looked at the cameras and the crowd.

“Jiwanching is my wife, the person I want to be with for the rest of my life. Similarly, I am the person she holds in her hands and cherishes in her heart. There was no ‘force’ in our love. Marrying her is the greatest fortune of my life.”

Although these words were for the media, a warm current flowed into Jiwanching’s heart.

“If that’s the case, why did your parents say that the Ji Corporation used force? And why did you take medication to commit suicide before the marriage?”

Cen Xia smiled mockingly and asked in return.

“If it were as they said, wouldn’t normal parents do everything they could to protect their child from such an unreasonable marriage, even if it meant losing their entire family fortune? Then why, right after I stepped into the Ji family’s home, did they sign a cooperation agreement with the Ji Corporation couple?”

“It would be easy to find out who has been supporting the tourism project in the suburbs that developed so quickly within a year.”

“As for why I took medication before the marriage, at first, before I met Jiwanching, I wasn’t willing to get married. But they kept pressuring me to achieve their goal. I was desperate at the time. I thought that since my parents didn’t want me, they wanted to marry me off to a strange woman. I couldn’t bear the pain in my heart, so I took the pills.”

She paused for a few seconds, tilted her head up, and continued: “I thought my parents would change their minds, but after I was rescued, they still forced me to get married. They even found people to watch over me. Later, I had no choice, so I married her.”

The reporter asked, “Then how did you fall in love with Jiwanching? Or rather, why did your parents turn on the Ji Corporation and slander them?”

When asked how she fell in love, Cen Xia’s eyes were filled with the light of happiness.

She said, “Because Jiwanching was very good to me. When I first went to the Ji family’s mansion, I was all alone and was often gossiped about by their family’s nanny. At that time, Wanqing was in a very bad state and was being monitored by her father and stepmother. But to protect me, she didn’t hesitate to offend her stepmother, fired the nanny who had worked for their family for many years, and even carried a heavy burden of slander for a while.”

“The first time we went to a pet store, we were ambushed by bad people. She didn’t even think about it and blocked me. Wanqing is sick, but she is very kind. At that time, I felt that this girl was better to me than my own parents. I wanted to be with her and protect her. Even if people called me a ‘lucky wife,’ I was willing.”

Then, she changed her tone, and the gentle light in her eyes instantly became cold.

“As for why my parents turned on the Ji Corporation and slandered them, I think it’s probably because they feel that the Ji Corporation couple has fallen, and they can’t get any benefits from me anymore. So they slandered Wanqing, wanted me back, and then went to find some other Li or Wang family to make a profit!”

The reporters didn’t expect her to be so direct.

Cen Xia’s gaze was firm. She concluded, “In my heart, they are not worthy of being called parents. From now on, my only family is Jiwanching.”

This was her first time facing the camera. She wasn’t as formal as other celebrities, but she was very sincere. Every word she said was full of love and appreciation for Jiwanching, making it feel even more real than if it had been carefully edited.

Afterward, a few naive reporters asked about the rumors between Cen Xia and Jiang He.

Cen Xia was very candid: “Jiang He and I were elementary and middle school classmates. She went abroad when she was very young, so there’s no such relationship as they claim. Regarding this matter, the Jiang family has already filed a lawsuit. After this, I will also, as Jiwanching’s wife, sue my parents and those who started these rumors. I will make them face the punishment they deserve, no matter the cost.”

Her position was clear, and her attitude was firm. The reporters asked a few more questions and then stopped.

Less than half an hour after the interview ended, Weibo exploded.

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