Ch48 Brother Jie, I'll Never Dare Again
"Brother Jie!"
Seeing so many people trying to drive her away, Li Xiaoya could only pin her hopes on Liu Jie, praying they'd follow her.
At the same time, resentment swelled within her.
Didn't these women want to kick her out simply because they feared her beauty?
Afraid she'd steal their men? But clearly, it was their own ugliness and lack of skill that failed to capture a man's heart.
Why were they jealous of her here? What a bunch of hateful, venomous women.
Liu Jie was ruthless; he only wanted to survive.
If he followed Li Xiaoya away, how would he find food?
Besides, this was someone who dared to make him a cuckold.
As long as he survived, there would be plenty of women later.
"I agree to kick them both out," Liu Jie declared.
Li Xiaoya heard this and instantly grew displeased.
"Liu Jie, how dare you kick me out? How could you do this to my parents?"
"If you dare kick me out, you'll never get your hands on the Meng family's assets."
Liu Jie wasn't swayed by her threats anymore.
Besides, before Li Xiaoya arrived in M City, Meng Ci had been like a mangy dog, constantly trailing after him.
Back then, Liu Jie had taken plenty of favors from Meng Ci.
If Li Xiaoya hadn't later resorted to all sorts of seduction tactics, he might have ended up with Meng Ci instead.
If not for Li Xiaoya constantly hinting that she could get her hands on the Meng family's assets, why would he have been with her?
Now it seemed Li Xiaoya was inferior to Meng Ci in every way.
Given how Meng Ci usually fawned over him, in this
torrential downpour, the grueling task of finding food wouldn't have fallen to him.
Liu Jie grew angrier the more he thought about it.
Now, shedding those rose-colored glasses, he saw Li Xiaoya for what she truly was: a manipulative schemer.
She claimed not to want to interfere with his relationship with Meng Ci, yet the moment something came up, she'd call him for help. One minute distant, the next clinging to him, constantly calling him "Brother."
Her tactics were truly masterful.
Li Xiaoya noticed Liu Jie's gaze growing increasingly hostile. Though she didn't know what had changed, her only focus now was clinging to Liu Jie.
"Brother Jie, I really can't leave you!"
"I already lost my mom and dad. If you leave me too-"
"I'll have no one left to rely on! Brother Jie, how could you do that?"
With that, Li Xiaoya rushed over and wrapped her arms around Liu Jie's waist.
Liu Jie shoved her down without mercy, then brushed off the spot where she'd touched him with obvious disgust.
"Stay away from me. From today on, we're nothing."
"Liu Jie, how can you be so heartless?" Li Xiaoya gritted her teeth, tears stinging her eyes red.
"Don't forget-I know you killed that..."
Li Xiaoya was about to blurt out that Liu Jie had killed that fat guy.
But Liu Jie knew exactly what she was going to say and cut her off.
"Then you better not forget about Auntie either."
Both of them had witnessed the other commit murder, and neither wanted this secret exposed.
Not wanting to go to jail, Li Xiaoya dared not threaten Liu Jie with the fat guy's death anymore.
Wu Shuyao also agreed to kick He Xian out, but first made him sign a divorce agreement.
Both signed and sealed it, waiting only for the downpour to end before going to collect their divorce certificate.
"Shuyao, I've always treated you so well. How can you bear to kick me out?"
"Shuyao, I'll never do this again!"
But Wu Shuyao paid no heed to his pleas.
Once a man cheats, there will be a second time.
After both Li Xiaoya and He Xian were kicked out, Li Xiaoya had hoped they could stick together for warmth.
Instead, He Xian pinned her to the ground and beat her mercilessly.
"You seduced me! You seduced me!"
"Damn it, haven't you ever seen a man before!"
He Xian then brutally abused Li Xiaoya right outside the doors of 1605 and 1606.
"Brother Jie, save me!"
"I'll never do it again, Brother Jie!"
Li Xiaoya kept pleading for Liu Jie's help, but received no response whatsoever.
Who would have thought Liu Jie could be so heartless?
Inside the room, Wu Shuyao raised an eyebrow, glancing at Liu Jie who still had the leisure to sip his tea.
"What? Hearing those agonizing screams outside doesn't make you feel a shred of pity?"
Liu Jie snorted coldly. "Pity? She caused me so much suffering before."
"Now she's made me wear the green hat. If I felt sorry for her, I'd be the one with issues."
At that moment, Liu Jie's mind was consumed with scheming how to get his hands on Meng Ci.
Then all the food stockpiled in his room would be his, wouldn't it?
As for Li Xiaoya outside, she was the very reason he'd fallen into disgrace.
He was being generous not beating her himself.
"Tsk tsk tsk!" Wu Shuyao shook her head with a sigh, a cigarette dangling between her fingers as she puffed smoke.
"Men are just heartless."
Wu Shuyao's family was considered wealthy in M City, though they were no match for the Meng family upstairs.
She'd heard whispers about the relationship between Liu Jie, Li Xiaoya, and Meng Ci.
So when they joined Zhang Mingtian's group, Wu Shuyao didn't object.
She just wanted to see what these two were made of-how they'd managed to wrap that Young Master Meng around their little finger.
Now that she'd witnessed it firsthand, she realized the rumors were completely off the mark.
Even Young Master Meng wasn't the useless fool he was made out to be.
At just eighteen, he seemed to thrive in this abnormal downpour, living more comfortably than she did at twenty-six.
Truly enviable.
As for Li Xiaoya hooking up with He Xian, Wu Shuyao had noticed it long ago.
He Xian was merely a tool she used to resist her family's control over her marriage.
He just happened to be eager to curry favor with her. Decent-looking, average background-perfectly fitting Wu Shuyao's criteria for a tool.
Now that he'd been tainted, so be it. She'd just find another.
After settling the matter with He Xian and Li Xiaoya, the group set out again to search for food.
Zhang Mingtian and a man from another family went out. The other family's man had a slight cold and couldn't join.
Liu Jie joined them.
With the current circumstances, only these three were fit for the task.
Wu Shuyao unexpectedly volunteered, insisting she could accompany them on the foraging trip.
Zhang Mingtian didn't look down on women, but he believed men should lead the charge in such harsh weather.
Yet Wu Shuyao persisted, and Zhang Mingtian relented.
As the four headed out, He Xian leaned against the stairwell on the sixteenth floor, his eyes fixed expectantly on Wu Shuyao.
"Shuyao, Shuyao, are you going out to find food?"
"Just stay behind! I can go in your place!"
He Xian knelt on the floor and suddenly wrapped his arms around Wu Shuyao's legs.
Recalling the incident outside the door moments ago, Wu Shuyao felt a wave of nausea.
She kicked him away with disgust.
"Get lost."
"If you dare show your face to me again, you know what I'm capable of."
Recalling Wu Shuyao's past methods, He Xian scrambled backward.