Chapter 45: 045 Indulgent Night Chapter 45: 045 Indulgent Night âWhat good are you if you canât even do this?â Xia Ningâs voice rose by eight degrees, and if her adversary were beside her, she likely would have wanted to kill them on the spot.
There was a moment of silence on the phone, then the shrill voice rose again, âLady Xia, just give me one more chance, and I promise I will kill her for you.â
âFor me?â Xia Ning sneered incessantly, âYour face has been exposed. Do you think you still have a chance to get close to her?â
After finishing her words, Xia Ning still felt unsatisfied. She coldly said, âLeave City A as fast as you can, and donât ever call me again.â
âWhat about the moneyâ¦â
âIâll send it to you,â Xia Ning said before hanging up the phone directly.
Although she had a beautiful face, at that moment, she exuded a chilling aura, malicious like a demon from hell.
Frustrated, she paced around the room, smashing several expensive vasesâone after the other. After spending so much money, all they did was injure someone and send them to the hospital; how could she stand for that?
The more Xia Ning thought about it, the angrier she got. As she reached for her phone to make a call, Xia Cheng suddenly came in, his delicate face flushed with rage, âXiaoning, what on earth did you do?â
âI didnât do anything,â Xia Ning replied stubbornly, but she turned her head away, feeling guilty.
âI just got a message that you transferred five million. What is this all about?â Xia Cheng slammed the table several times, âIf you wonât tell me, fine. Iâll just tell dad the truth when he asks.â
Xia Ning wasnât scared of Xia Cheng, but she was very afraid of Xia Guoxiong.
No longer daring to conceal the truth, she confessed everything about how she had sought out an assassin from the underworld and arranged for someone to follow Fu Han, leaving nothing out.
Shaking with anger, Xia Cheng pointed his finger almost against Xia Ningâs forehead, âWhy do I even bother with you? Youâre blatantly hiring an assassin; are you so desperate for people not to realize youâre the mastermind? Even if you really wanted to get rid of Fu Han, you shouldnât have dealt with it personally. Moreover, you shouldnât have paid the full amount since the assassin didnât complete the job. Do you think our familyâs money just gets washed up by the tide?â
The more he spoke, the more agitated he became. Xia Ning initially listened obediently, but as he continued, she felt her anger boiling, âYou all talk so high and mighty, claiming you will seek revenge for me. Yet, all you do is chase girls all day, and dad only cares about his business. Has anyone ever cared about me?â
After speaking her piece, Xia Ning burst into tears and ran out.
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In the swaying nightclub, bodies twirled on the dancefloor like snakes, glistening under the glaring lightsâred, green, blue, yellowâfaces of every color in a grotesque dance.
In the center of the dancefloor, a woman in a silver sequined spaghetti strap dress danced beside a pole. Her short skirt barely covered her hips, revealing her smooth straight legs; her waist-length hair swung and hid her cheeks with every move.
Countless men surrounded her, and even the thunderous music couldnât drown out their whistles. Undoubtedly, this pole dancer was the center of attention.
After a high-difficulty move suspended in mid-air, the woman in the silver dress slid down the pole.
Immediately, a group of men crowded around her, each holding a glass, âLady, let me buy you a drink.â
The woman flipped her hair, revealing a beautiful face that was none other than Xia Ning who had stormed off from home not long before.
She looked around tipsily and grabbed a cocktail from someoneâs hand, gulping it down in one go.
The man whose drink she took grinned obscenely and followed Xia Ning as she headed off the dancefloor, his hand mischievously sliding along her waist.
As Xia Ning was stepping down, the moment she felt the wandering hand, she didnât say a word and directly smashed the cocktail glass on the manâs head.
The glass shattered against his forehead, spilling everywhere, and blood started to seep from the manâs wound.
âBitch, you donât know whatâs good for you!â The man, now provoked, raised his hand to slap Xia Ning.
But Xia Ning wasnât to be trifled with either, she still had the broken glass in her hand and met his palm with it.
A palm, no matter how tough, is no match for the sharp edge of broken glass. The manâs screams rivalled those of a pig being slaughtered, and in his rage, he caught Xia Ningâs hair and flung her to the ground, prompting a full-on brawl.
The bar erupted into chaos.
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About half an hour later, bloodied Xia Ning was rushed to the nearest hospital, which just so happened to be where Fu Han was.
It was Yang Kaitai, the sole heir to an electronics empire, who had brought Xia Ning. He had seen her at a dance a few years back, and after that brief encounter, he furiously pursued her.
But Xia Ningâs heart belonged solely to He Xing, a fact widely known as an open secret among the upper-class society of Xia Country. Yang Kaitaiâs fervent courtship seemed doomed to waste.
Yet Yang Kaitai, born with a silver spoon, had always had his way, womanizing since his teenage years, never once faced rejection.
Facing the indifferent Xia Ning, he seemed to have developed true feelings, persistently losing and yet continuing the pursuit, always finding ways to ask Xia Ning out, appearing at every public event she attended.
Today, when Xia Ning went to vent at the nightclub, it just so happened that one of Yang Kaitaiâs hedonistic friends spotted her. Upon receiving the news, Yang Kaitai hurried over, arriving just in time to see a man assaulting Xia Ning.
He immediately called over a group and beat the offender until his face was swollen like a pigâs head. Then, he personally drove the beauty to the hospital to treat her wounds.
It was a stroke of luck, a hero saving the lady; he would have been a fool not to cherish it.
Xia Ning, drunkenly, let Yang Kaitai help her into the Emergency Room.
Yang Kaitai wasnât exactly a gentleman. Taking advantage of Xia Ningâs helpless state in her skimpy attire, he not only held her but also touched where he shouldnât have. He felt quite smug with himself, thinking todayâs events were well worth it.
Although Xia Ning seemed covered in blood, most of it came from the man she had encountered. She only had minor external injuries on her shoulder and wrist that, once bandaged, would allow her to be discharged.
But Yang Kaitai wanted to show off in front of the beauty. He pulled some strings to get Xia Ning a deluxe ward, under the pretense of letting her rest properly.
Apart from being white everywhere, the deluxe ward was not much different from a hotel, with a private restroom, a set of sofas, and a single bed for the companion.
Not sure how much she had drunk, Xia Ning, with the help of a nurse, took a bath and then directly climbed into bed, falling into a deep sleep.
She wore a loose striped hospital gown that revealed a large expanse of her fair neck and the faint outline of Butterfly Valley on her back.
Yang Kaitai was initially lying on the sofa watching videos of glamorous women when suddenly, as if struck by an idea, his eyes lit up. He tossed aside his phone and pounced towards Xia Ning.
In a daze, Xia Ning felt someone caressing her. She rolled over, instinctively wrapping her arms around the personâs neck, and murmured, âBrother He Xing, donât leave me.â