“Nannan!” Xu Yun called out.
A second’s load of laughter filled Jiang Nanshu’s eyes, she turned her head, her voice was gentle, “What’s wrong, Sister Xu Yun?”
Xu Yun was still not at ease, she walked up, took Jiang Nanshu’s hand, and in a soft voice reminded her, “Your release this time was because the head got you out through the back door. He repeatedly assured that you wouldn’t hurt anyone again, and that you’re mentally stable. Plus, you’ve been inside for nearly half a year. Besides the beginning, you’ve behaved well ordinarily, and after examination, your mental health is sound. Nannan, don’t get caught again. Next time, you’ll have to wait a full two years before they let you out.”
“If someone provokes you, try to endure it if you can. If you really can’t hold back, at least be gentler in your actions, understand? Take good care of yourself.”
Xu Yun prattled on with a great deal more.
Jiang Nanshu found it a bit amusing.
She really could compete with Xu Xi; no wonder they’re sisters.
Always there, chattering away in her ear as if she was afraid Nanshu wouldn’t take it in.
“Mhm, mhm, I won’t fight or cause trouble when I get out. I’ll get along well with others,” Jiang Nanshu’s apricot eyes shone with sincerity.
Xu Yun was still skeptical, “Fine, come here if you need anything. I’m always around.”
Carrying a black suitcase containing a few pieces of clothing, and a bag of shortbread cookies given by Xu Yun, Jiang Nanshu waved goodbye and left.
She rounded a corner up ahead, where a luxury car stopped in front of her.
The car door opened and a handsome young man got out; upon seeing Jiang Nanshu, he immediately burst into tears. “Wuuu, Boss, you’re finally out. I almost thought you were gone for good.”
Jiang Nanshu simply stared at Xun Wu, a thug she had rescued on a whim, who persisted in following her. She eventually took him on as her subordinate; they’ve been with each other for almost five years now.
Tears were falling from his eyes as if they cost him nothing.
A grown man, crying as if his father had died, his tearful, pitiable eyes fixed on her.
Jiang Nanshu used to find men who cried annoying; if she was hurt, he’d cry. If she was too busy to eat, he’d bring her food and cry. Even if she simply tripped while walking, he’d cry too!
Whenever Xun Wu cried, Jiang Nanshu would definitely scold him, but now… inexplicably, her thoughts drifted to Lu Qingyan.
Previously, she hadn’t noticed that he had a penchant for crying too.
So do all men love to cry?
Xun Wu noticed Jiang Nanshu staring at him.
His fair, delicate face turned bright red. Angrily, he wiped his tears away with his hand. “What are you looking at? Can’t a person have an emotional release? Wuuu, Boss, all your gold reserves have been robbed by that bastard Zhou Yanbai. He is out to completely annihilate you! Where will you live now?”
Jiang Nanshu tossed her bag into Xun Wu’s arms, and he clumsily caught it.
“Don’t worry, I have plenty of money.”
Xun Wu: “…”
Before she was locked up, indeed, she had some money; adding it all together, five hundred million.
Now, she didn’t have a single penny.
As he thought about it, he started to shed tears again. “It’s my fault, all my fault for being useless. I didn’t protect your nest egg; I might as well be dead.”
Jiang Nanshu suppressed her impatience and said with a smile, “Start driving now, or I’ll be forced to slap you right here on the street.”
“Oh.”
Rubbing his eyes, Xun Wu obediently took the driver’s seat.
Jiang Nanshu sat in the back.
Carefully considering her next steps.
Since she became an adult, she’d been openly and secretly fighting with Zhou Yanxu for years. She had lost her advantage now, but she was still the lawful heiress acknowledged by Zhou Yanxu himself. As long as she was alive, the money was hers, even if Zhou Yanbai used the excuse of acting as the manager, he had to cough it up obediently.
It’s just that it might be quite difficult for her to get back there alive.
“Zzt.”
Lost in thought.
Xun Wu slammed on the brakes, and Jiang Nanshu, propelled by inertia, bounced up before being violently pulled back by her seatbelt.
“Boss, we’re surrounded.”
Xun Wu’s voice was heavy, his expression serious.
Looking at the blockage in front of them, several motorcycles stopped, and a group of thugs holding sticks, baring their teeth, approached them.
The leader was a burly security guard with bandages still wrapped around his forehead.
His exposed arms were muscly.
His sinister gaze fixed on Jiang Nanshu inside the car.
“Damn it, I only took a month’s leave, and you fucking ran out. You’d at least have a chance to live if you stayed in the mental hospital, but coming out here is seeking death. Smash the car! Drag her out.”
The opposition was numerous and strong.
Even if Jiang Nanshu was formidable, she couldn’t fight so many.
“Drive, just smash through them,” Jiang Nanshu instructed calmly.
Xun Wu’s fair face cracked a smile: “Alright, boss, hold tight, we’re off~”
Jiang Nanshu: “…”
She really wanted to sew this guy’s mouth shut.
The car charged out fiercely.
The burly security guard leaped to the side in fright, and the group scattered in all directions, not daring to block.
What a joke, charging now would only get them flung away!
In the past, if Jiang Nanshu encountered an ambush, she would fight directly, but now she fled!
The burly security guard was shaken.
Watching the luxury car leaving only a trail of exhaust, he cursed furiously.
The next second his phone rang, and he answered with an ugly expression: “Hello, boss, she got away, I think she’s heading to Port City next, what should we do?”
“Don’t let her leave Beijing by half a step? Might as well kill her and dump her in the mountains to end it once and for all. There’s a path to heaven, yet she refuses, and hell has no entrance, but she barges in. Don’t worry, boss, I’ll get this done for sure. She has no manpower or money now, she can’t escape.”
The burly security guard hung up the call, squinting dangerously as he ordered, “Monitor her movements. The current Jiang Nanshu is nothing but an empty shell. I bet that car she’s driving is also rented just for show.”
“If she dares to leave Beijing, take her life.”
…
Elsewhere.
Xun Wu dropped Jiang Nanshu off at the entrance of an ancient-style courtyard before getting back into the car: “Boss, this car is rented, five thousand yuan an hour! I need to return it. Also, you should stay in this house for a few more days.”
As he spoke, he began to cry: “Wuwuwu, my poor boss, this is so tragic. You’re going to be a vagrant. You’re so young; no one would give you money, right? Not even begging is an option for you, how come you have it so rough?”
Jiang Nanshu: “…”
She kicked the car directly: “Get lost! You go beg, your whole family goes begging!”
Who knew Xun Wu would cry even harder: “Be gentle! If the paint’s scratched, I’ll have to pay hundreds of thousands.”
Seeing Jiang Nanshu raise her foot again, he accelerated off.
Jiang Nanshu felt relieved; thankfully, she had experienced life in another world, which made her less vicious than before.
Otherwise, that kick wouldn’t have been on the car but on Xun Wu himself.
She turned and walked into the familiar courtyard behind her.
She had lived here for nearly ten years, but now the once lively courtyard was desolate, with only her remaining.
“Meow~”
Behind the door, a cat’s head popped out.