Chapter 84 - 84: In Revenge
Zhang Meng still remembered when she asked someone to come to the Jiang Family to be a helper. When she thought back, the Jiang Family treated her quite well. However, because of her original family and childhood, she hated this kind of warmth.
Every time the Jiang family treated her kindly, she felt that they were just giving her pity as if they were superior. She felt that they were just pretending to be friendly. Because in her world, human nature was evil. Everyone was selfish and dark. It was just that some people knew how to disguise themselves.
Just like Xu Yuning. Everyone in Ocean City knew that he had pursued Third Miss Jiang for five years and treated her as his lifeblood.
But so what? She had only moved her lips and seduced him a little, but Xu Yuning was still coaxed into bed by her. She was even pregnant with his child. Therefore, every time she thought of the Jiang family, Zhang Meng’s heart was filled with jealousy and hatred.
Actually, she had someone she liked in the beginning. That was Jiang Youyi’s biological brother, Jiang Nian.
When Zhang Meng was young, the happiest time was sitting in front of the television and watching martial arts dramas. She felt that Jiang Nian was like a friendly young master from a rich family in a martial arts drama.
He was humble and friendly to others. Zhang Meng had never seen him angry. Moreover, he was very good to his subordinates. Be it the housekeeper or the servants, he would smile every time he saw them.
She was a girl who came from the countryside. When she first arrived at the Jiang family, she did not know anything.
Hence, she had done many wrong things. She had accidentally taken Jiang Nian’s cashmere sweater that was worth tens of thousands of yuan and washed it in the washing machine. She had also accidentally broken the out-of-print figurine that Jiang Nian had bought at a high price. At that time, she had been terrified, afraid that the Jiang family would chase her away and deduct her salary.
However, Jiang Nian did not. Not only was he not angry, he even comforted her, telling her that it was alright, there was no need to be afraid. At that time, Zhang Meng looked at Jiang Nian’s back in a daze. She often fantasized about whether the heavens would bless her once and make Jiang Nian fall in love with her.
Although the Jiang Family was not considered a top-notch wealthy family, in terms of character and appearance, Jiang Nian was Zhang Meng’s favorite.
Hence, she gradually developed the idea of seducing Jiang Nian. She began to make use of job opportunities to create all kinds of coincidences.
However, the good times didn’t last long. Not long after, her thoughts were exposed by Jiang Youyi. That night, Mrs. Jiang called her to her room and gave her a thick envelope with three months’ worth of salary, telling her not to come again tomorrow.
She knew that Jiang Youyi must be behind this.
At that time, Jiang Youyi was enjoying Xu Yuning’s crazy and passionate pursuit. It was also at that time that she met Xu Yuning by chance. To be honest, although Xu Yuning was not bad-looking, he was far inferior to Jiang Nian in her eyes.
Later on, she schemed to seduce Xu Yuning just to take revenge on Jiang Youyi. She wanted to see Jiang Youyi in pain, sadness, and despair. She even imagined that Jiang Youyi would kneel in front of her one day and beg her to leave Xu Yuning.
What she did not expect was that as Xu Yuning’s fiancee, Jiang Youyi had been very calm from the beginning to the end. This made her start to wonder if Jiang Youyi liked Xu Yuning or if she was used to his pursuit and was just putting on an act with him.
The memories were still vivid in her mind. Zhang Meng pulled herself out of her thoughts and picked up her phone to call a number.
***
An hour later.
In a teahouse in the suburbs of Ocean City.
“Why did you specifically ask me out? What do you want to say?” Mrs. Xu still looked down on her. To be honest, even though she could tell that Zhang Meng was trying her best to please her and even wanted to reconcile the mother and son, Mrs. Xu still felt that she was not presentable.
“Madam, Yuning hasn’t been angry with you since he got home, has he?”
“Of course. I’m his biological mother. We’re flesh and blood. Even if there’s a misunderstanding, it’s only temporary. You don’t have to worry about this.”
“Yes, you’re right. I overstepped my boundaries.”
“I don’t have time to chat with you here. Just say it.”
Although Mrs. Xu didn’t like Jiang Youyi, based on her years of intuition, she disliked this woman who was flattering her even more. Even though she had always been humble in front of her, she still felt that this was a fox hiding its tail.
“Madam, I saw the invitation list for Miss Li’s birthday banquet online. If Pingping goes, Yuning will accompany her, right?”
“Isn’t that obvious? They invited Yuning anyway.”
“But I saw that Jiang Youyi was on the list. At this time, the people outside are all watching Yuning and Miss Jiang’s every move. Isn’t it inappropriate to let them meet at this time?” Zhang Meng smiled after saying that, as if she was pretending to be relaxed and casual..