Li Jiayuan hadn’t been ho long before she began cooking, waiting for Li Haixiao to co ho for dinner. The dishes Li Jiayuan prepared were all Li Haixiao’s favorites.
In the evening, when Li Haixiao arrived ho, he saw a full table of dishes and Li Jiayuan coming out of the kitchen in an apron, just as Li Haixiao got ho.
"Dad, you’re back, go wash your hands, then co and try the food your daughter made, is it still the sa as before!"
Before she went abroad, Li Jiayuan was a true lady of wealth, just like the princesses and consorts of ancient tis, she never lifted a finger to do manual work. The food she had cooked before was inedible, even her doting dad said it tasted bad.
After washing his hands, Li Haixiao sat at the dining table and began to eat with Li Jiayuan.
"Mmm~, Jiayuan, your cooking skills have improved a lot, it’s worlds apart from the food you used to make. Before, your old dad here was too scared to eat it. I didn’t expect that after you went abroad and ca back, not only have you beco more beautiful, but your cooking skills have improved greatly too, I’m very pleased." After tasting a bite, Li Haixiao asked Li Jiayuan, "By the way, Jiayuan, when you went to the company to find this afternoon, you ntioned that Old Master Zhang wanted to arrange a marriage between you and his son, Zhang Zhentian. What’s this all about?"
"Dad, you should know why Old Master Zhang wants his son to marry , right?"
"Of course, that old man wants his good-for-nothing son to marry you just to boost the stock price of the company, right? And to prevent further damage to the company’s reputation? But he’s dreaming if he thinks he can bypass and go straight to you, expecting to so easily marry off my precious daughter to his worthless son!"
"Dad, this afternoon at the company you also ntioned Old Master Zhang, Zhang Zhentian, and that rcenary woman. Can you explain a little more?"
"Speaking of Xia Jing, you don’t know how much Old Master Zhang detests her. Not long ago, the affair between Zhang Zhentian and Xia Jing caused a huge stir throughout the city, everybody knew about it. Old Master Zhang said that Xia Jing was with Zhang Zhentian only for the assets of Zhang Corporation, and because of her relationship with Zhang Zhentian, the stock price of Zhang Corporation plumted, almost causing Old Master Zhang to kick his son out of the house. He told Zhang Zhentian that if he ever affected the company’s image by associating with Xia Jing again, he would disown him as his son. But Zhang Zhentian did the opposite of what Old Master Zhang said; he was even more brazen, appearing with Xia Jing at the company, which almost gave Old Master Zhang a stroke. Later, I don’t know how Old Master Zhang managed to drive Xia Jing away, but for a while, Zhang Zhentian looked everywhere and couldn’t find her."
Li Jiayuan was quite curious if the person who had co to kill her that day was sent by Xia Jing.
"Dad, you said Xia Jing is a rcenary, right?"
Li Haixiao, seeing his daughter so curious, and also a little curious himself as to why his darling daughter would ask so clearly, naturally didn’t hold back any information.
"That’s right, Xia Jing is indeed a rcenary, and not just any rcenary but the leader of a rcenary Group. Jiayuan, why do you ask these questions?" Li Haixiao curiously looked at his daughter.
"Dad, it’s nothing. By the way, Dad, since Xia Jing is the leader of a rcenary Group, does she have a lot of subordinates? Does she have one nad Xiao Wei?"
Hmm? What’s gotten into Jiayuan today? She’s only been back a few days; how does she know about soone nad Xiao Wei under that woman Xia Jing?
Seeing that her dad hadn’t answered, Li Jiayuan held his arm and shook it back and forth.
"Dad, what’s wrong? Why won’t you answer your daughter? You know, don’t you?"
"That’s right. She indeed has a lot of subordinates, and there is indeed one nad Xiao Wei, who is her trusted aide and deeply trusted by her. Any major task that cos up is entrusted to him."
"Dad, do her subordinates generally call Xia Jing ’Elder Sister Xia’?"
"Eh, Jiayuan, how did you know? Logically, you should not be aware of the internal affairs of the rcenary Group since you only returned not long ago. But how co you know so much about the insides in such a short ti?"
"So it turns out, the person who ca to kill really was sent by Xia Jing."
Li Jiayuan muttered to herself, finally understanding why that day the man kept saying she should never have offended ’Elder Sister Xia’.
Hearing about the assassination, Li Haixiao imdiately grabbed Li Jiayuan’s hand and asked her what happened.
"Jiayuan, clarify for , what ’killing you’? And what do you an ’she sent soone’?"
"Dad, I’ll just tell the truth. The day after Old Master Zhang saw , a man in black ca to kill . He said his na was Xiao Wei. I was quite perplexed at the ti. I had just returned; who could I have possibly offended to the extent that she would stop at nothing to kill ? I asked him why he wanted to kill , and that Xiao Wei kept saying that I shouldn’t have ssed with his Elder Sister Xia. I was baffled—who is Elder Sister Xia? I don’t even know an Elder Sister Xia, so how could I have offended her? Later, for so reason, Xiao Wei didn’t kill ; he just left."
Li Jiayuan recounted the assassination attempt by Xiao Wei to Li Haixiao, and Li Haixiao instantly beca furious. If anger could be asured, you would see his rage soaring right through the roof. He was truly enraged now; even when their company was nearly bankrupt due to sabotage, he had not been this angry. Of course, who could compare to his beloved daughter? The daughter he coddled in his palms for fear of dropping her, the daughter he cherished in his mouth for fear she’d lt, the daughter he couldn’t even bring himself to scold, nearly assassinated...
"Dad, Old Master Zhang begged for Zhentian’s sake to pretend to have an affair with him, then let Xia Jing see it so she would leave of her own accord. Perhaps it’s for this reason that Xia Jing sent Xiao Wei to kill ," Li Jiayuan said with a wry smile.
"Jiayuan, I am quite curious. Xiao Wei followed Xia Jing’s command to kill you, but he didn’t do it in the end. So, how did he explain himself to Xia Jing when he returned?"
"Dad, explain himself? What do you an by that?" Li Jiayuan looked puzzledly at her father.
"Don’t you know? It’s a rule within the rcenary Group that once a superior issues a mission, the person sent to carry it out must complete it, or else they’ll be punished according to the group’s regulations upon return."
"There are such rules? I really didn’t know. What kind of punishnt is it for not completing a mission?"
"If it’s a subordinate deeply trusted by a superior, the punishnt for failure upon return is, at the least, self-amputation of an arm, or in severe cases, suicide."
"Old Master Zhang dared to use you; this isn’t over!" Li Haixiao slamd his fist on the table, breaking it.
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