I Am My Own Substitute Wife Novel - Chapter 4
Chapter 4: Where are you Taking my Woman?
Translator: Lonelytree
“Brother, no one can bully us anymore. I’ll protect you!”
“No, Sheng Er, they are not what they seem.” Even though Jing Yanchen had the intellect of a 3-year-old, he knew to protect his little sister. “Don’t worry about me. Go!”
Jiang Niansheng was confused. Who were ‘they’ her brother was talking about?
Footsteps came from behind them.
“Uncle?”
Liao Peng looked at her in surprise. “Why are you here? Aren’t you someone’s mistress already?”
Jiang Niansheng was about to explain when Jiang Yangchen stood before her. He looked at Liao Peng warily. “Sheng Er, don’t be afraid. Your brother is here, so the bad guys can’t hurt you. You need to run when you have the chance!”
“Brother, the bad guy is our uncle?”
“Yes! Liao Peng found people to disguise as debt collectors to chase me to death so that he can be the only inheritor of the Jiang family…”
“Niansheng,” Liao Peng interrupted, “The doctor said your brother is crazy. You’re not going to believe the words of a retard, right?”
Jiang Yangchen’s face turned red with anxiety when he heard that. “Sheng Er, you have to believe me!”
Jiang Niansheng definitely believed her brother. But she couldn’t act rashly.
She patted her brother’s hand to appease him. Then she turned around to smile. “Uncle, how have you been recently?”
“Not bad.” Liao Peng sized Jiang Niansheng up. She had grown into a beautiful woman, and an evil idea appeared in his mind. “Niansheng, how about we have a meal together to catch up?”
“Sure, but I need to share a word with my brother first. Uncle, can you wait for me outside?”
Liao Peng nodded. In his eyes, Jiang Niansheng was no threat to him.
“Brother.” Jiang Niansheng held his hand. “Leave everything to me. You need to focus on your recovery.”
If there were a conspiracy behind their parents’ bankruptcy, she would do anything to find the truth so that their parents could rest in peace.
Jiang Yangchen said, “Sheng Er, someone is acting behind Liao Peng. I heard him on the phone.”
“What did he say?”
“Erm…” Jiang Yangchen scratched his head and recalled, “He said something about the Sheng family.”
‘The Sheng Family?! This is related to the Sheng family too?’
“Niansheng, are you done?” Liao Peng knocked on the door and urged, “I’ve booked us a restaurant.”
“Coming, Uncle.”
Jiang Niansheng didn’t have the time to think, and she followed Liao Peng to the restaurant. When she arrived, she was greeted by several other middle-aged men and Liao Peng’s son, Liao Zhi.
Jiang Niansheng immediately sensed something was wrong!
“Dear directors, this is my niece.” Liao Peng made the introduction, “Please take good care of her.”
Jiang Niansheng smiled politely.
She remained vigilant the entire time. She did not eat a single bite of food or drink anything. But as she got up to leave, her vision blurred. She fell to the ground weakly.
Liao Zhi caught her. “Dad, you’re amazing. She didn’t even see it coming.”
“She’s still too young to compete with me. Quick, send her to CEO Zhao’s room.”
Inside the hotel room, there was a faint fragrance in the air. The smell made her throat dry and her body weak… There was something wrong with the aroma! She had miscalculated!
Jiang Niansheng lay on the bed, her hands and feet tied.
A rough voice accompanied the smell of alcohol. “Beauty, I’m here. I will take good care of you.”
“Let me go!” Jiang Niansheng looked at the bald and fat CEO Zhao and felt her stomach churn. “Don’t come any closer!”
CEO Zhao rubbed his hands excitedly. “Liao Peng has given you to me, so stop resisting.”
‘I knew Liao Peng was behind this. I have to investigate this uncle further!’
CEO Zhao massaged her snow-white shoulders. Jiang Niansheng knew she had been drugged. Since she couldn’t escape by force, she had to outsmart the man!
“CEO Zhao.” Jiang Niansheng said in a soft voice, “I want to serve you, but how can I do that with my limbs all tied up?”
“You’re right, but if this is some kind of trick…”
“CEO Zhao, you’re funny. You can subdue me with a single finger. What can I do?”
CEO Zhao untied the rope. Jiang Niansheng immediately kicked CEO Zhao on his balls and ran out of the room.
CEO Zhao screamed. “You bitch. My people are all over this place. Let’s see how you’re going to escape!”
Just as she was about to be captured, the next room door opened with a creak.
An imposing man walked out. The handmade tailored pants hugged his powerful legs. His leather shoes were spotless, and the buttons on his shirt reflected the light.
Jiang Niansheng grabbed the man for help. “Please help…”
“Let’s see you run some more!” A panting CEO Zhao caught up to her. “Jiang Niansheng, I’m going to make you pay!”
The man frowned when he heard the name. “Why are you here?”
Jiang Niansheng was stunned too. She raised her head and met Sheng Hanye’s deep eyes.
Jiang Niansheng felt so ashamed.
It had been a few days since they met. She did not wish to reappear before him like this. She knew some martial arts, but she was entrapped. She did not want to appear so useless before him!
CEO Zhao’s subordinate said impatiently. “Who are you to interfere in our master’s business…” CEO Zhao kicked the man. “Are you blind? How can you not know CEO Sheng? You’re fired!”
Then, CEO Zhao smiled obsequiously and said, “CEO Sheng, please forgive me. I’ll take this woman away immediately.”
“Take her away?” Sheng Hanye asked coldly. “Where are you taking my woman?”
CEO Zhao was dumbfounded. ‘This girl is CEO Sheng’s woman? Liao Peng didn’t say that!’
“CEO Sheng…”
The man uttered coolly. “Get lost!”
CEO Zhao scrambled away.
Sheng Hanye bent down and wrapped his arms around Jiang Niansheng’s slender waist. “Mrs. Sheng, do you have to give me such big surprises every time I see you?”
“I swear this was an accident…”
He narrowed his eyes at her. “Jiang Niansheng, why are you always in trouble when I see you?”
“I was set up!” Jiang Niansheng countered, “Or else, I could take them down with one hand.”
He leaned in to whisper in her ears. “You are now my wife, and you have to act like one. I told you on the first day. Understand?”
“Yes…”
Sheng Hanye let go of her and turned to walk to the elevator. “Send Madam back.”
Wei Lian replied, “Yes, CEO Sheng.”
“Wait!” Jiang Niansheng called after him. “I have something to ask you.”
Sheng Hanye stopped in his tracks. “Ask.”
“Do you know anything about the bankruptcy of the Jiang family?”
“No.” With that, Sheng Hanye quickly disappeared from Jiang Niansheng’s line of sight.
She bit her lower lip, her heart full of doubts.
‘Sheng Hanye would see it as beneath him to lie to me. So he was probably telling the truth. Does this mean my brother is wrong? Or another member of the Sheng family who did this? Or Sheng Hanye didn’t dare to admit the truth?’
…
When Wei Lian heard about the Jiang family, something flashed in his mind. He took out his tablet and looked through it. He found a top-secret document sent to the CEO Secretary’s Office. “The Jiang family is in the way of Sheng Shi Group’s acquisition. Should we eradicate them?”
The bottom was Sheng Hanye’s autograph and a big yes.
