Flash Marriage: He is a Wife-pampering Addict

Chapter 1880: Chapter 1879: Sorrow

“Miss, we’ve arrived.”

The taxi driver’s voice sounded in her ear as the car slowly pulled over to the side of the road.

Jiang Hui was still clutching her phone, unsure where her thoughts had wandered, only regaining her focus upon hearing the taxi driver’s voice.

“Thank you.”

She handed over the change and opened the car door to get out.

The sunset cast its rays from the horizon, instantly enveloping her in a sweltering heat.

She instinctively looked up at the horizon, raising her hand the next second to shield her eyes from the glaring light. It was too cold inside the car just now…

A few minutes later, Jiang Hui arrived at the coffee shop and immediately saw Mo Xiuchen sitting by the window.

Half of his handsome face bathed in the sunset’s heat, filtered by the glass, and the other half was veiled in a faint shadow.

Those profound eyes, as if they could pierce through one’s soul with their sharpness.

The moment she met his gaze, Jiang Hui’s heart trembled abruptly.

She instinctively pressed her lips together, striving to keep herself calm.

“Mo General!”

She came to the table, politely greeted the man leaned against the back of the chair.

Mo Xiuchen glanced at the seat opposite him, signaling her to sit.

Jiang Hui pulled the chair out and sat down, feeling inexplicably tense as Mo Xiuchen’s gaze lingered on her.

Unable to resist, she touched her face, “Mo General, is there something on my face?”

“You know Qi Jianlin?”

Mo Xiuchen responded with another question, his overly direct words giving Jiang Hui no time to prepare her thoughts.

In the next second, Jiang Hui’s face turned ghastly pale.

Her eyes reflected undisguisable panic and astonishment as she looked at Mo Xiuchen.

She suddenly felt a little afraid of Mo Xiuchen in front of her, his demeanor calm and his tone mild, yet he sat there so elegantly.

Jiang Hui felt that the coldness radiating from him was enough to make anyone’s heart tremble.

For a moment, she felt as if she were in a freezing chamber, shivering uncontrollably.

Her mind was clearly a chaos, yet something was crystal clear, Mo Xiuchen’s words from earlier were indeed a warning.

He had long known that she approached him with a purpose.

Perhaps he had been waiting for her to make a move; taking her on this business trip wasn’t because she was special, nor because he appreciated her capability…

Mo Xiuchen stared at her pale face, his voice from his thin lips grew a shade colder, “You don’t need to think about how to deceive me, just honestly tell me why you’re looking for Qi Jianlin.”

“…”

“It’s related to Meng Ke, isn’t it?”

Jiang Hui opened her lips but couldn’t utter a single word.

She realized that Mo Xiuchen knew far more than she imagined.

Mo Xiuchen’s lips curled into a cold arc, Jiang Hui’s body trembled involuntarily as she struggled to call out, “Mo General…”

“You’re curious why I know you were sent by Meng Ke?”

Mo Xiuchen sneered, “From the first time you appeared, I knew there was something wrong with you. Li Shi Yao is Meng Ke’s cousin, and your godfather has a complex relationship with Meng Ke.”

“But why do you believe it’s Meng Ke and not my godfather?”

Jiang Hui looked at Mo Xiuchen in confusion. She was somewhat clever, but for a man with a meticulous mind like Mo Xiuchen, her little wit was nothing special.

What kind of person is Mo Xiuchen, his tragic childhood made him wary of anyone.

He survived in a world of deceit and conspiracies. Having endured the brutal trials of the business world, if he were easily beguiled by Jiang Hui,

he would have been finished by the women Xiao Wenqing sent his way ages ago.

“Although your godfather has unclear dealings with Meng Ke, he holds no grudge against me. Anyone who understands me wouldn’t send a woman to try and beguile me. If he wanted to appease me, he’d only try to please Ranran.”

Everyone knows that aside from Wen Ran, Mo Xiuchen would never fall for another woman.

Those who send women to Mo Xiuchen are clearly brainless.

One doesn’t need to wait for Wen Ran to be angry, Mo Xiuchen would have punished them himself.

“Is it just because I know Li Shi Yao?”

Jiang Hui felt she couldn’t think clearly.

“Of course not, after something happened to Meng Ke, Li Shi Yao couldn’t wait to distance herself from him. She wouldn’t help him.”

“I said before, people who want to appease me would only try to please Ranran, only those who resent me would send someone like you to my side.”

The words ‘send someone like you to my side’ made Jiang Hui feel as if a knife was pierced into her heart; her face turned deathly pale.

Mo Xiuchen said these words with such disdain.

He didn’t see her as anything, even though she resembled his mother, Mo Xiuchen had never given her any special treatment.

“Mo General, I never intended to harm you nor disrupt the feelings between you and Mrs. Mo. The only reason I joined Haochen was because I’ve always admired you.”

Jiang Hui stood up, looking genuinely at Mo Xiuchen.

“What did Qi Jianlin tell you?”

Mo Xiuchen only wanted to know the answer, not wasting words with Jiang Hui.

Originally, he planned to bring Jiang Hui on a business trip, giving her a chance, but it turned out he really did give her a chance.

Meng Ke’s task was to have her meet with the Qi family father and son.

Jiang Hui bit her lip, stiffly saying, “Meng Ke heard some things from Wu Jingfang about something related to Qiao Xiuyun from many years ago. He asked me to go to the Qi family father and son, offer them a sum of money in exchange for the insider knowledge they have.”

Mo Xiuchen’s gaze turned sharply, Jiang Hui, standing there, trembled uncontrollably.

“So, what did he tell you?”

Mo Xiuchen’s long fingers gripped the edge of the coffee cup, tightening inch by inch.

Ah Feng really has quite the mother; he suddenly felt sorry for him.

Having such a mother would be better off without one.

She dared not confront Bai Xiaoxiao herself, yet she divulged those matters to Meng Ke.

Even though she didn’t tell Meng Ke everything, she informed him where to find the insider truth.

Meng Ke would go to great lengths to obtain Bai Xiaoxiao, so how wouldn’t he seek the truth?

And the Qi family father and son, likely have carried resentment against Luo Haofeng for the events of yesteryear.

With money to receive, why wouldn’t he talk?

Jiang Hui feared Mo Xiuchen like this, truly afraid, though Mo Xiuchen always seemed indifferent, his chilling demeanor this time was terrifying.

Her voice stuttered, “Qi… Qi Jianlin said, back then, Wu Jingfang found a group of men to ruin Qiao Xiuyun. And…”

When mentioning this, Jiang Hui didn’t dare continue.

“And what?”

Mo Xiuchen’s voice was as cold as an ice blade.

The fear in Jiang Hui’s heart condensed; she didn’t know, if Mo Xiuchen learned she had already revealed the truth to Meng Ke, how he would deal with her.