Chapter 8 Wang Yuzhen Is Thunderstruck

• “Chen Xi, are you serious? You want me to approach that scrounger?” said Wang Yuzhen in disbelief.
• “Oh, or do you prefer to see Shen Peibai get dragged to court and go bankrupt?” snorted Chen Xi stingingly.
• “Alright, alright, I’ll go... I’ll go now.” Wang Yuzhen buckled up and left hurriedly.
• Wang Yuzhen knew that if Shen Peibai went bankrupt, she would not be able to enjoy her current lifestyle anymore. After all, she had depended solely on Shen Peibai financially.
• As soon as she left the house, she gave Lin Jue a call…
• Lin Jue was in his penthouse office suite atop Jiuzhou Group’s office building. He was now staring down on his mobile phone which was showing Wang Yuzhen’s incoming call. Frowning in resentment, he pressed the reject-call button.
• Several call attempts by Wang Yuzhen were rejected by Lin Jue all the same. After four or five rejected attempts, the caller was still unfazed. There was one incoming call after another rejected one, relentlessly bombarding Lin Jue.
• Lin Jue found it irritating and gave in eventually as he answered the call curtly, “Speak.”
• On the other end, Wang Yuzhen was fuming. She had never been humiliated by Lin Jue like that! But as she thought of the imminent fate of her daughter’s company, she had to suppress her anger.
• “Lin Jue, where are you? I’d like to see you...” She managed to hold in her anger eventually.
• Lin Jue had thought of ignoring Wang Yuzhen, but as he came to recall all the sufferings and humiliations this woman had inflicted upon him, he had another idea. He was not an ever-forgiving saint after all. If Shen Peibai had truly loved him, he would have just taken it all in a stride. He would have borne with it for the sake of his loved one. But no, not only did his ex-wife not loved him, she actually resented his presence. Therefore, there was no reason for him to put up with Wang Yuzhen any longer.
• Haha, looks like someone is playing sycophant now. How much have I done for them over the years and what have I gotten from them in return? What is the point if I had flashed my business card and showed them I was actually the Chairman of Jiuzhou Group? Can true love be traded as such? Oh, and that school-diva secretary, Yin Xuan, does she think I’d ever believe that I’m the person she really loves? Would she make advances on me if she didn’t know I was the Chairman of Jiuzhou Group?
• Lin Jue’s heart grew stone cold as he ran the thoughts over in his head.
• Lin Jue had no idea why Wang Yuzhen was looking to see him. He did not give a fig about it. But he had decided to teach Wang Yuzhen a lesson. So he told Wang Yuzhen on the phone, “Haha, sure! My girlfriend and I are going shopping at The Wanda Plaza. Go look for me there if you want to talk…” Lin Jue then hung up on her without getting a reply.
• I will make her feel sorry for what she’s done!
• He vowed to teach Wang Yuzhen a real lesson this time.
• In fact, Lin Jue had stayed up all night thinking the day before. If only Wang Yuzhen had been nicer to him. If only she had not hurled all the demeaning and humiliating remarks at him or called him names, perhaps Shen Peibai’s attitude toward him would have been different…
• “Yin Xuan, come with me to The Wanda Plaza…” after taking a deep breath to calm himself, he invited Yin Xuan.
• “Sure, Mr. Lin...” replied Yin Xuan with a sweet voice.
• …………
• Going back to Wang Yuzhen, she was now seething with rage after Lin Jue had ended the call abruptly. With a bam, she gave a kick at the trash bin causing it to tumble over. “F*ck! Who the f*ck do you think you are! Just you wait!”
• She was shaking and gritting her teeth at the treatment she had just received from Lin Jue.
• Then, she hopped in a cab and headed for The Wanda Plaza in the city center.
• After she had arrived at her destination and as she was walking toward the entrance, Wang Yuzhen saw a shiny black luxury car pulling over. After the exquisite car stalled, its door flung open and alighted from it was none other than Lin Jue who was clad in well-fitted black suit, looking absolutely glamorous. After him was Yin Xuan, who was dressed in a black strapless flowing long dress, alighting elegantly from the car.
• Wang Yuzhen was utterly shocked to see Lin Jue with his car. What does a piece of junk have to do in a splendid car like this? She was gaping in shock.
• Yin Xuan gently wrapped her arm around Lin Jue’s, pride and happiness displayed across her face. Then, Lin Jue came before Wang Yuzhen and sneered, “It’s nothing you know. I rented it… Hahaha!”
• Lin Jue’s tone was full of disdain and sounded deliberate. And because of the deliberateness, Wang Yuzhen thought that the car probably belonged to Lin Jue.
• Without lingering on with Wang Yuzhen, Lin Jue proceeded into the shopping plaza with Yin Xuan alongside. They were seen headed in the direction of a luxury retail store. When they were in the store, Lin Jue said to Yin Xuan, “Pick anything you like… You have your boyfriend’s indulgence today…”
• “Awwww. Thank you, my dear… Mwah!” Yin Xuan beamed and pulled herself up to kiss Lin Jue on his forehead. Then, she pranced away on a shopping spree.
• Lin Jue had noticed Wang Yuzhen trailing after them into the store. Of course, she witnessed the kissing scene. And before the old woman opened her mouth, he jeered, “Yeah, as you may have guessed, she’s a girlfriend on rent as well… Ha…”
• Then, Yin Xuan doubled back and, in an endearing way, she bit her lips and coquetted with Lin Jue, “Darling, I like all of the stuff in this store… I’m having difficulty choosing…”
• “Hey, Lin Jue...” interjected Wang Yuzhen.
• But Lin Jue waved her off and said, “Whatever you want to talk about, it has to wait.” Lin Jue’s voice was cold and authoritative.
• Then, Lin Jue walked to the cashier counter and flicked out a black gold card inscribed with some dragon pattern and said to the cashier, “I want all apparel and footwear in this store packed…”
• The beautiful sales agent at the counter was stunned as she caught a glimpse of the card that Lin Jue had just shown them. She had been a long-time luxury brand sales agent and she recognized the card instantly. She gathered herself together in no time and then returned a polite smile. “Oh, what a ravishing girlfriend you have, Sir. And she must be so happy to have a boyfriend like you. Haha…”
• “Lin Jue…” Wang Yuzhen tagged along and called out to him again while her eyes were examining the black gold card that Lin Jue had just flicked out at the cashier counter.
• Seeing that Lin Jue had ignored her again, her rage overcame her. She turned to the sales agent and said, “Hey pretty, you’d better take a closer look, in case it was a counterfeit. This guy here is just a loser, a bumpkin at that. It’s impossible he can pay for all this. It costs at least a few grand for any one of these, doesn’t it? Or is it tens of thousands? He’s dirt poor. He doesn’t have any money on him. Call the security guards already!”
• Lin Jue sniffed at her remarks, but he played along, “Ha! yeah, you’re always right... Like you said, this card is fake and I was just trying to show off…”
• As if getting Lin Jue’s undertone, the sales agent gazed at Wang Yuzhen and curved her lips upward. “Hi, Madam… No, this card is not a fake. This was issued by the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China. There are only one hundred of these in Nanjiang City. And the minimum required savings deposit is ten million….”
• Then the sales agent took the card, swiped it on the card machine and showed the machine to Wang Yuzhen, “There you are. Look, transaction cleared. The total payment is 560 Thousand. So, this is a real card…”
• Wang Yuzhen could not help but gaped at that. She was thunderstruck!