Watch Your Back

Of course, she wouldn't feel bad even if something was to happen to Wang Xiao. She would only be happier. When she saw that Jiang YaGe was trying to get Wang Xiao out of the house, she came out to purposefully add fuel to the fire.

She wasn't worried that Wang Xiao would do anything to hurt her. His pistol was in Jiang YaGe's room, and he was running a high fever; he wouldn't be able to do much even if he had wanted to.

Fang JunRong carefully hid her disgust with a teasing look; she asked Jiang YaGe, "Is that your boyfriend, YaGe? You should have told us that you already have a boyfriend. Your dad said he wanted to introduce some nice men to you."

Jiang YaGe was so nervous that she was sweating. She denied reflexively, "No, no. We are just friends…"

That's right: Jiang YaGe likes Li ShiZe. He looked distant but would only show her his tender side. She only thought of Wang Xiao as a good friend. For the last few days, she had learned Wang Xiao's name and his identity. Nevertheless, Jiang YaGe didn't think that was a big deal, nor would she look at him with prejudice based on his past. Quite the contrary, the fact that he was once a gang member made him more appealing to her.

Fang JunRong's smile deepened, except it was only superficial. "I know you girls are always shy and don't want to admit it."

Jiang YaGe's face was so red that she felt it would burst. She just kept on shaking her head in denial. She didn't want Li ShiZe's mother to consider her an easy woman. That thought flustered her so much that she had forgotten about Wang Xiao, who was still on the floor.

Fang JunRong came down the stairs and asked, "Did something happen to your friend?"

That was when Jiang YaGe finally remembered Wang Xiao and panicked, "He was injured and is running a fever! I am just about to take him to the hospital."

Fang JunRong nodded, "Okay. Let me call the chauffeur and have him take us to the hospital." She hoped heaven would heed her prayer and Wang Xiao would turn into a fool from the high fever. It would be better for society if he became a fool anyway. What she wanted to see was whether Wang Xiao would still be crazy over Jiang YaGe after what she had done to him.

Noticing that Fang JunRong didn't ask any more questions, Jiang YaGe thought she had successfully dodged the bullet and sighed in relief. She was worried about her adopted mother asking why she brought a stranger into the house.

Fang JunRong called the chauffeur over. With the help of the chauffeur, Jiang YaGe was able to shove Wang Xiao inside of the car successfully.

It took about half an hour before they arrived at the closest hospital. After discarding Wang Xiao's disguise, Fang JunRong put on an appropriate look of surprise. "Oh, it was him!"

Wang Xiao's condition wasn't good, and he got ushered into a patient room.

Jiang YaGe turned to Fang JunRong and asked, "Mom, you know him?"

Fang JunRong nodded slightly and spoke casually, "Of course. He's the future son-in-law of the He's."

Jiang YaGe's mouth dropped open, and she couldn't describe the mixture of emotions she was feeling. He was already engaged, but he lied to her. Jiang YaG realized that her complaint was without base. After all, she was just friends with Wang Xiao. A strained smile shakily crossed Jiang YaGe's face, "His fiancée must be a very nice girl."

Fang JunRong thought about He ShuHua and wanted to light a candle for the He's – having such a daughter who'd only had romance in her brain, who would bring down the entire family. "She is a good match for him."

One only had romance in her brain, and the other was ruthless. They would be a match made in heaven had He ShuHua been his real love.

Jiang YaGe lowered her head. She figured that the girl must be of a high status, unlike herself. She couldn't help but feel inadequate. She might be the adopted daughter of the Li's, but she was still a tier below the real ladies.

Capturing all the emotions of Jiang YaGe, Fang JunRong just found it funny. She thought the one that Jiang YaGe liked was her BBQ-pork son. Why did it look like she also has feelings for Wang Xiao? Was that two-timing?

Fang JunRong continued to rave about He ShuHua. She praised her family standing, how pretty she was, and her educational background. Fang JunRong didn't like He ShuHua much, but as long as that would negatively impact Jiang YaGe, she'd be delighted to praise her despite her true feelings toward her.

During this lifetime, Fang JunRong had already given He JianBing a heads-up. The He's were prepared, and it wouldn't be as easy for Wang Xiao to obtain their secrets.

"Say, how come he was over at our place? Did he come looking for you?" Even though Fang JunRong knew the truth, she'd still have to pretend she didn't know anything.

Jiang YaGe faltered and said, "He was injured and came and hid at our place. Perhaps he knew that he'd be safe at our place." She didn't dare let Fang JunRong know that she was the one who brought him back, so she had to make up something.

Fang JunRong tightened her lips and said, "Is that what happened? It looks like we're going to need to replace our security guards. They didn't even know that someone had trespassed. Luckily, he wasn't a bad person."

It was only because her daughter wasn't home these past few days that Fang JunRong didn't care that Wang Xiao was there. Plus, she wanted to let Jiang YaGe drag out "treating" Wang Xiao's injury for a few more days. Otherwise, she would have called the cops a long time ago.

After what seemed like forever, the doctor finally finished examining Wang Xiao and came out. The doctor frowned and asked, "Which one of you is his next of kin?"

Jiang YaGe lifted her head. Perhaps because she hadn't had water for a while, her throat felt dry, and her voice was hoarse. "I am a friend of his. How is he doing?" She suddenly felt anxious and worried she'd hear bad news from the doctor. She had been taking good care of his wound these last few days. He should be fine.

The doctor said, "He's not doing too well. You took him here too late…"

Hearing the doctor's words, Fang JunRong wanted to set off fireworks and rejoice.

Karma!

She then looked over at Jiang YaGe. Her lips were pale, and she looked frantic.

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Wang Xiao felt that he had just had a sweet dream. In his dream, Jiang YaGe lay in his arms like water weeds wrapping around him, making his heart beat quickly. The two of them held hands passionately like lovers.

It was so peaceful in the dream that he didn't even want to wake up.

Jiang YaGe wasn't like any other woman that he had met in the past. She seemed fragile but had a tough side to her. They had never met each other before, and he had almost killed her, but she never looked at him with any prejudice. Instead, she had taken good care of him. To him, she was like a beam of sunlight in the dark: warm and bright.

Suddenly, it started raining. The rain fell on Wang Xiao, and he picked up Jiang YaGe's hand to run away with her. The dark sky suddenly cracked open, and glaringly bright light came through without reservation.

Wang Xiao woke up with a shock, the brightness temporarily blinding him. He felt something hot and wet on his face and struggled to open his eyes. When he managed to, he saw Jiang YaGe's reddened eyes. Wang Xiao realized that the wetness on his cheek was her tears.

So there was someone who'd cry for a man who lived in the dark.

Wang Xiao couldn't describe his feelings, except that he felt both aching and softness in his heart. These emotions were unfamiliar to him. Except for Jiang YaGe, he couldn't think about anyone else- until an elegant female voice interrupted them.

"Wang Xiao, are you alright?" Fang JunRong disturbed the moment and felt the two could keep looking at each other forever.

Wang Xiao turned toward the voice and saw Fang JunRong – he had met her at his engagement party with He ShuHua. But how did Fang JunRong look younger than when he last saw her?

Wang Xiao paused for a second and said, "Aunty Fang." He was still amicable with the He's and needed to maintain basic courtesy as a front. But what was Fang JunRong doing there?

Fang JunRong sighed and said, "You are ShuHua's fiancé, and I see you as a nephew. Why didn't you say something sooner if you are injured so we could take you to the hospital? Now you've waited so long that your minor injury has worsened."

Wang Xiao felt a cold weight in his stomach, his head dizzy. "Worsened how?"

His wound has been treated, no? It should be better by now.

Even though he was running a fever, Wang Xiao just thought that he caught a cold. He never thought that it could be an infection from his wound.

Fang JunRong looked at him with pity, "The doctor had examined you. He said that your wound wasn't treated properly and had an infection for days. As the area of infection is pretty big, when you get the operation, they need to remove all the damaged tissue. They might not be able to preserve all of your nerves."

Meaning he might be disabled.

Thinking of that, Fang JunRong wanted to give Jiang YaGe a large red packet. "How horrible. If you were taken to the hospital right after you were injured, you would have recovered by now. Say, who was it that treated you? They didn't even perform basic disinfection; the wrappings were so tightly that it had caused an infection. Luckily, our YaGe found you and took you to the hospital. It would have gotten even worse had you waited even longer."

Wang Xiao almost puked out blood. He instinctively looked over at Jiang YaGe – so she was the one that made his wound worse?

His left arm might be handicapped. All the fondness he felt for Jiang YaGe was gone and would continue to go in the other direction.

His arm! It was all this woman's fault!

He stared viciously at Jiang YaGe. Too bad he didn't have his pistol with him; he would probably just shoot her right now.

Feeling the killing intent and hostility coming from him, Jiang YaGe couldn't help but whimper.