Chapter 13

On the other end of the line, as soon as Xiao Ding hung up with Xie Xiaojiang, he immediately called Wei Yuhuan’s number. “Mr. Wei, it’s Xiao Ding from ‘Han Bao’.”

Wei Yuhuan was getting a massage at a private club when he heard Xiao Ding’s voice. He opened his eyes, which had been narrowed, and asked, “Oh? Do you have news about Xie Xiaojiang?”

“Yes, yes,” Xiao Ding fawned, telling Wei Yuhuan in detail about Xie Xiaojiang’s message and how he had immediately called him back. “I relayed everything you asked me to tell him.”

Wei Yuhuan’s mouth curled into a smile as he dismissed the massage therapist who was kneading his shoulders. He picked up his teacup and calmly asked, “What did he say?”

Xiao Ding replied, “He said it’s up to you.”

Wei Yuhuan nearly choked on his tea. “What?”

“He means that you can show the pictures to whoever you want. He doesn’t care,” Xiao Ding explained seriously.

Wei Yuhuan was taken aback by Xie Xiaojiang’s nonchalance. Even though it was only a “threat,” Wei Yuhuan had been thinking about Xie Xiaojiang a lot lately. How could he possibly show those pictures to anyone else? He wouldn’t even show them to Shao Yongyang if asked, let alone those women from “Huanbao”!

But what surprised Wei Yuhuan even more was how Xie Xiaojiang could be so calm. How good was his psychological resilience? Or maybe personal integrity and reputation weren’t important to him at all?

“What about the induction cooker? When will he come to get it?” Wei Yuhuan asked, pursing his lips and cheeks tightly, his face turning red with anger.

“I’m not sure. He said I should keep it for him and he’ll contact me later,” Xiao Ding replied over the phone, as if she could hear Wei Yuhuan’s teeth grinding.

Indeed, Wei Yuhuan was aware of Xie Xiaojiang’s previous record of sneaking into Chunjiang Huajing Estate. He might not even need to contact Xiao Ding again to retrieve his induction cooker; he could probably sneak in and take it back himself.

“Xie… Xiao… Jiang…” Wei Yuhuan muttered the name under his breath, gritting his teeth in anger. This little crab was nowhere near as innocent and cute as he appeared on the surface; he was clearly a sly little fox!

But Wei Yuhuan didn’t want to let this little fox have his way. He whispered to Xiao Ding, “I’ll send someone to your place. You give the induction cooker to me, and my people will give you some money as a reward for providing information about Xie Xiaojiang. If Xie Xiaojiang contacts you again, tell him to ask me directly.”

Xiao Ding: “Oh, oh! Alright! Thank you, boss!”

The next day, Wei Yuhuan’s other personal secretary, Zhang Hua, went to Xiao Ding’s place to ask for Xiaojiang Xie’s phone number and some information about his sister, as requested by Mr. Wei.

Xiaojiang Xie’s sister was named Xie Xiaxi, eight years younger than Xiaojiang, and was currently studying in the ninth grade in their hometown of Suqian City. Xiaojiang would call her once a week on average.

Zhang Hua added, “According to Xiao Ding, when Xiaojiang has free time, he would also review what he learned in high school, such as English. Xiao Ding mentioned this with a slightly mocking tone, as if he looked down on this kind of behavior.”

It was not hard to imagine that people of their social status, studying and reading, were like a toad in a pond craving for swan meat, not fitting in.

However, hearing this sentence, Wei Yuhuan could confirm that Xiaojiang Xie was indeed studying when he was looking at the paper folding at Chunjiang Huajing Garden.

He glanced at Xiaojiang Xie’s phone number and had Zhang Hua call him every day for a while.

At first, the phone was always “out of service area,” and a month later, it was shut down!

Xiaojiang Xie, who was on the run, disappeared into Wei Yuhuan’s world once again.

Thinking about his experience of being played around by the other party, Wei Yuhuan felt unwilling. He became interested and hired a private detective to go to various high schools in Suqian City to look for the girl named “Xie Xiaxi” and investigate their family background while they were at it.

–He didn’t believe he couldn’t find anything to hold the little guy by the wrist, hmph!

A week later, the private detective came back with a detailed report, including Xiaojiang Xie’s family background and life experience.

Xiaojiang Xie’s father was addicted to gambling and had driven away his mother due to debts in his early years. He also angered his grandfather and didn’t care about his two children since they were young. He only knew to gather with a group of friends to gamble and was a complete scoundrel, rascal, and villain.

Fortunately, evil people have their own day of reckoning. In Xiaojiang Xie’s thirteenth year, this man was chased by loan sharks for debts and jumped into the river to hide. He ended up drowning alive.

Afterward, Xiaojiang Xie and his sister depended on their grandmother for survival and lived in poverty for several years.

It was said that Xiaojiang Xie had excellent grades and even got into a university in the province during the college entrance exam. However, because he couldn’t afford the tuition and had an elderly and a young person in the family with no labor force, he had to give up on studying and went to work.

Initially, Xiaojiang Xie worked at a winery in his hometown, but the salary was not high. In order to support his sister’s education, he came to S City to work with a fellow villager.

…

After reading the information, Wei Yuhuan sighed and remained silent for a long time. Although he had prepared himself psychologically for the fact that Xie Xiaojiang’s family situation was not good, he still felt a bit emotional after learning the truth.

“Ah, it’s true that those who are hateful also have their pitiable aspects,” he thought.

However, as soon as Wei Yuhuan remembered Xie Xiaojiang proudly boasting to him about being raised on alcohol and the kick he had received from him in the past, the sympathy in his heart disappeared without a trace.

But now that he had Xie Xiaoxi’s whereabouts in hand, Wei Yuhuan was in no hurry.

As the saying goes, the best things are the ones you can’t have, and the things you can’t eat are the ones that make you most eager to try.

Wei Yuhuan had not cared so much about a person in a long time, and this kind of hunting behavior always made him excited and nervous. He was quite enjoying it.

This time, he would have to plan patiently and capture that little crab, so that he could not escape and could not show his smug expression again!

Wei Yuhuan had planned to personally go to Suqian after finishing his work and meet Xie Xiaojiang’s sister, Xie Xiaoxi, and have her “incidentally” mention him during her conversation with her brother.

Thinking of this, Wei Yuhuan was a little impatient to know what the little thing’s reaction would be.

However, he was too busy for the next month and had not yet had a chance to act, but Xie Xiaojiang had come to him on his own!

It was two months after the “Bud” incident, when Wei Yuhuan was invited by a business partner to attend a meeting with a company in the C District of S City.

He brought Li Xiuya, Zhang Hua, the manager of the public relations department, and several outstanding employees with him, a group of seven or eight people, and arrived at the entrance of the other party’s company. The general manager, Shen Xuan, personally came down to greet them with his own entourage, and the atmosphere was very warm.

“General Wei! We’ve been waiting for you, welcome!” When Shen Xuan saw Wei Yuhuan, he greeted him warmly and went up to shake hands with him. The two sides shook hands and exchanged pleasantries in the lobby, and the atmosphere was particularly warm.

Shen Xuan was about to invite them upstairs when Wei Yuhuan inexplicably felt that the figure near the front desk was a bit familiar and looked over.

He saw a young woman at the front desk talking to a young man in black clothes and a duck-billed hat. “Can’t you let me take a picture? You’re the most handsome and cute delivery man I’ve ever seen. When I take a picture and post it on Weibo, I guarantee you’ll be on the hot list!” the receptionist begged.

The young man smiled and waved his hand. “No, no.”

“Please, don’t you want to be famous?” the receptionist pleaded.

The young man laughed and said, “What’s the point of being famous? Will people treat me like a monkey? I don’t know anything, I don’t want to be famous.” He carefully checked a bag of more than ten packages, and then said, “Okay, I have to go.”

At the moment when the other person turned around, Wei Yuhuan suddenly stopped.

Although it had been two months and the other person appeared in the C district, which was halfway across the city from “Hanbao,” and was wearing different clothes, Wei Yuhuan could not forget his appearance – the deliveryman was none other than Xie Xiaojiang!

Seeing the other person hurrying away with a backpack on his back, Wei Yuhuan panicked and shouted “Stop!” without caring about the occasion, and chased after him.

“…Mr. Wei?” Li Xiuya and Shen Xuan were surprised and looked at Wei Yuhuan.

Xie Xiaojiang’s reaction was also quick. Hearing the call, he looked back and ran away!

But he was still a step slow. Wei Yuhuan stepped forward and twisted his arm behind his back, asking viciously, “Do you remember who I am?”

Xie Xiaojiang struggled desperately, but couldn’t open his eyes. Wei Yuhuan, as if he had taken a dose of steroids, held him tightly.

Xie Xiaojiang’s face was full of fear, knowing that he couldn’t escape this time, and hurriedly pleaded, “Big brother, sir, boss, I know I was wrong, ah, it hurts, it hurts…”

Wei Yuhuan: “…”

Shen Xuan and others also came up: “Mr. Wei, what’s going on? Who is this person?”

Wei Yuhuan sneered and gave Xie Xiaojiang a false accusation: “A thief.”

Immediately, no one sympathized with this young man with a baby face, and they all cast disdainful glances at him.

Xie Xiaojiang opened his mouth, wanting to argue, but Wei Yuhuan tightened his grip, making him unable to say more.

A hero doesn’t suffer the immediate loss. Xie Xiaojiang cried out in pain, and didn’t dare to say anything more.

Shen Xuan laughed: “Did this thief steal Mr. Wei’s money before? It’s such a coincidence that Mr. Wei met him in our company. Haha, Mr. Wei’s reflexes are really good. We didn’t even react just now!”

Everyone also echoed: “Yes, yes! Mr. Wei’s reflexes are so fast!”

Shen Xuan asked again: “So how do we solve this now? Should we ask the front desk to call the police and temporarily hand the person over to our company’s security guard for safekeeping?”

How could Wei Yuhuan hand Xie Xiaojiang over to the police?

He shook his head with a smile: “It’s a personal grudge, it happened a long time ago, there’s no point in calling the police. I’ll deal with it myself.”

Shen Xuan: “Uh, how do you deal with it?”

Wei Yuhuan asked the driver to go to the basement and bring the car over. Meanwhile, Xie Xiaojiang, who was under his control, pleaded for mercy: “Boss, I really know I was wrong. Please forgive me! I still have packages to deliver, I…”

“Shut up!” Wei Yuhuan grabbed him and, when no one was paying attention, slapped his buttocks with his palm, sneering: “Forgive you? Dream on! Behave yourself!”

Xie Xiaojiang: “…”

Then, Wei Yuhuan took the key to his electric scooter from him, removed the cap with the delivery company logo on his head, and threw them both to Zhang Hua. “Help him deliver the remaining packages and tell the delivery company owner that this person won’t work for them anymore.”

Zhang Hua: “…”

When Wei Yuhuan gave these instructions, his grip on Xie Xiaojiang’s arm relaxed a bit. Xie Xiaojiang took advantage of the opportunity and tried to escape again!

Wei Yuhuan was keeping a close eye on him and wouldn’t let him get away again. Seeing that Xie Xiaojiang still had that idea, Wei Yuhuan became ruthless and punched him in the abdomen.

It’s not that Wei Yuhuan didn’t have sympathy for the weak, but this guy was just too cunning, and Wei Yuhuan had to use the most brutal means to deal with him.

The human stomach has always been fragile, and it wasn’t much better than the part that Wei Yuhuan was kicked in before.

After being punched, Xie Xiaojiang let out a cry and collapsed.

Wei Yuhuan leaned in close to his ear and whispered in a low voice: “Don’t blame me for not warning you. You can continue to run if you don’t care about your sister, Xie Xiaoxi.”

Xie Xiaojiang’s whole body stiffened, and he could hardly believe what he was hearing! He looked at Wei Yuhuan, who had a fierce look in his eyes, with anger and panic of his own.

When the driver arrived at the company’s entrance, Wei Yuhuan pushed Xie Xiaojiang out and locked him in the car, with the driver watching him the whole time. Then, he straightened his sleeves, and went upstairs with Shen Xuan to attend a meeting.

Xie Xiaojiang held his stomach and huddled in the car, pulling on the door handle, but the door wouldn’t budge.

Why did that guy named Wei know about Xie Xiaoxi? Did Ding tell him? But what did he mean by that threat? Was Xie Xiaoxi in danger?

Xie Xiaojiang looked through the car window, watching the man in a suit disappear deep into the lobby, feeling a chill run down his spine.

This time, he was really scared.