“Of course not alone. You came to me for them, didn’t you? I’ll bring them back to you now.”
With that, he carried a delicate small wooden box from behind and handed it to Jiang Nan Fang.
She knew what was inside without looking.
It had been over two months. Although the children were gone, as a fact, Jiang Nan Fang had been deceiving herself, refusing to believe it without seeing this.
At this very moment, seeing him hand over the box, she instantly clutched her face, sobbing with grief and rage.
“I didn’t come for this! Don’t give me this! I want my children! I want my Tian Tian, I want my Jing Yu! Zhan Bei Jue, give them back to me!”
Zhan Bei Jue looked at her, so agitated she was almost deranged, and felt an inexpressible heartache.
He was so afraid she would faint, so eager to pull her into his arms, but…
“It’s come to this, and it’s not what I intended. Besides, dwelling on it now is meaningless. Jiang Nan Fang, we’re both adults and must learn to accept reality.”
He walked inside and placed the box on the coffee table.
“Regarding the children, consider it my debt to you. Therefore, I won’t hold you accountable for anything you do today. But this is a one-time thing.”
“You’re right. Our paths are different, and we can’t help each other. Since there are no longer any ties between us, it’s best we never see each other again.”
He says that so nicely, but two living, breathing little lives are just gone like this. Does he think I can easily let it go?
Did chopping up some of your torn clothes and burning down a few of your dilapidated houses settle our score?
Jiang Nan Fang looked up, her eyes teary and her face contorted, staring at him.
“Impossible, Zhan Bei Jue. Until you return my living children, I will never let you off!”
“Indeed, our paths are different and we shouldn’t scheme together, but who asked you to provoke my children?”
“If you don’t return my children, I’ll be like a dog-skin plaster stuck to you for life. I’ll make sure you never have a good day. Try me if you don’t believe me!”
Zhan Bei Jue clearly hadn’t expected her to say something like this.
Looking at her fierce and desperate gaze, he paused for two seconds and looked away.
“Rui Rui and Ge’er are also your children. Don’t you think about them when you treat me like this?”
How dare he mention Rui Rui and Ge’er!
Jiang Nan Fang let out a bitter laugh, “Can I even think of them?”
“With a powerful father like you, who can transfer them to another school with a word, and erase their traces with a word. Even if I wanted to think of them, would you give me the chance?”
True.
Zhan Bei Jue had already moved the children abroad. Without his permission, Jiang Nan Fang would never find them in this lifetime.
Her current reaction wasn’t excessive.
“Regardless, I want to advise you, Jiang Nan Fang, you are no match for me. Don’t try to provoke me.”
“Without our children and the ties of being ex-spouses, if I decide to be ruthless, you won’t be able to handle it.”
“Heh, so I didn’t die at your hands before because you showed mercy to me out of consideration for our children and our past marriage?”
Jiang Nan Fang scoffed.
“You think too highly of yourself, Zhan Bei Jue. How do you know I haven’t been showing mercy to you, out of consideration for our children and our past marriage?”
Zhan Bei Jue was rendered speechless by her retort and stared at her coldly.
“So, you really intend to entangle with me until the end?”
“That’s right! From now on, whether you’re working, walking, eating, drinking, or sleeping, be careful.”
“You never know when I might suddenly appear before you to take your life!”
“I hope you have the ability.” Zhan Bei Jue really didn’t know how to continue this conversation and turned to leave.
“In any case, I’ve already warned you of the consequences. I don’t have time to waste on you, I’m leaving.”
He had only been there for about two minutes.
Looking at the small box he left behind, Jiang Nan Fang had to admit that her recently replenished energy bar had been depleted by half.
The two little lives she had doted on with half her life and strength for six years had now become these two small boxes.
What a tragic human drama.
And he still had the nerve to be busy?
Busy with what?
Busy earning money to spend on his future children?
Staring at the box for over ten seconds.
Jiang Nan Fang, who had initially intended not to kill him directly for the sake of Ge’er and Rui Rui, changed her mind.
Driven by madness, she grabbed the car keys, closed the door, and rushed towards the elevator, following his footsteps.
As the elevator doors closed, the numbers rapidly descended.
Jiang Nan Fang, unable to wait for the next elevator, turned and ran towards the stairwell.
Zhan Bei Jue had just entered the parking lot downstairs, got into his car, and turned the vehicle around. Jiang Nan Fang also caught up to the parking lot.
With a few quick maneuvers, she turned the car around and chased after Zhan Bei Jue, speeding out.
Zhan Bei Jue saw a black Mercedes without a license plate rapidly approaching him in the rearview mirror. Guessing it was Jiang Nan Fang, he accelerated.
However, Jiang Nan Fang seemed determined to risk her life, chasing him as fast as she could. In less than half a minute, they were on the crowded main road.
Having just lost her children, she was now disoriented. Zhan Bei Jue didn’t want to play along with her madness.
Skillfully overtaking the vehicles ahead, he dodged her.
Jiang Nan Fang pursued relentlessly, weaving through the numerous cars, causing widespread indignation on the road and a cacophony of honking horns.
They continued their chase and evasion for two blocks, and finally, a red light appeared ahead.
Zhan Bei Jue stopped, betting that she still had a shred of rationality left.
However, he underestimated Jiang Nan Fang’s pain.
As if she hadn’t seen the red light, she violently rammed into him.
With a loud crash, Zhan Bei Jue, along with his car, was thrown to the other side of the road by her impact.
Fortunately, no cars were passing by at the time, otherwise, he would have been severely injured, if not killed.
Traffic police were on duty at the intersection. Upon discovering the car accident, they hurried over.
Zhan Bei Jue saw from the rearview mirror that Jiang Nan Fang had no intention of stopping and was coming straight at him again. He quickly opened the car door and got out.
Fortunately, the traffic police had also seen it and blocked him before anything else happened.
They blew their whistles at Jiang Nan Fang while signaling her to stop.
If not for the fear of harming innocent lives, Jiang Nan Fang truly wanted to step on the accelerator right then and finish off Zhan Bei Jue.
Finally, reason triumphed over madness. The moment the front of her car brushed against the traffic police’s pants, she stopped.
The traffic police were furious, banging on the car window and calling for Jiang Nan Fang to get out, asking what was going on.
Did she have a license? Could she drive? Had she been drinking? How could she drive like that?
Jiang Nan Fang got out, prepared to be lectured by the traffic police and then settle the matter with a fine.
However, when she stepped out, Zhan Bei Jue said to the traffic police.
“No need to investigate. I know her, we are friends.”
“This car she’s driving is mine. The brakes are a bit faulty. I asked her to help me drive it to the 4S shop for repairs. I didn’t expect problems to arise midway.”
“I apologize for the trouble our improper operation has caused your work.”