Chapter 348: The Hatred of the Snatched Eye
When Bai Xinyue first walked in, Su Li thought she was seeing things, or maybe that she was dreaming.
But that... wasn’t the case.
It really was Bai Xinyue.
Su Li heard every word Bai Xinyue said, but she didn’t react.
Bai Xinyue might have thought Su Li was scared or stunned, but in reality, she was just processing and restraining herself.
In her past life, a few years from now, Bai Xinyue had gotten into an accident while street racing.
She had hit someone, leaving them paralyzed for life, but ultimately settled the matter with money.
Bai Xinyue herself was also injured. After treatment, everything was fine except for one thing: she had unexpectedly gone blind in her left eye.
Given the kind of person Bai Xinyue was, how could she possibly accept being blind in one eye?
When Zhao Wenming happened to learn that the Bai Family was searching for a suitable cornea for Bai Xinyue, he committed it to memory.
After a chance encounter with Su Li, he set his sights on her.
At first, to avoid trouble and to trick Su Li, he didn’t say a single word of truth. He described Bai Xinyue as a child who had lost her sight in both eyes in a childhood accident, claiming that she could see again only if Su Li donated her cornea.
Su Li didn’t believe Zhao Wenming and refused. Later, Zhao Wenming decided to just plot against her and take it by force.
Later, by using Su Li’s cornea, he managed to get close to Bai Xinyue and the Bai Family, rising through the ranks and amassing a fortune.
Su Li was left blind in her left eye, and her cornea ended up in Bai Xinyue’s.
Su Li only learned this truth later, after Zhao Wenming’s downfall and imprisonment, which also implicated the Bai Family.
Su Li had seen Bai Xinyue’s face and eyes once, and she remembered them with perfect clarity.
In this life, years ahead of schedule, they had met like this.
Compared to a few years in the future, Bai Xinyue looked much younger now, but her face was still the same.
Su Li recognized her at a glance, not to mention that she had even introduced herself.
Bai Xinyue... To think they’d meet just like this.
And as Wu Sheng’s "fiancée," no less...
’What kind of ill-fated connection is this?’
The complexity of Su Li’s emotions was beyond words.
Su Li was surprised, her heart in turmoil, but Bai Xinyue was just as surprised.
How could she not be?
Su Li had actually refused her, so tactlessly refused her!
Bai Xinyue dropped her polite, harmless facade. She turned and walked back to her original spot.
Raising a hand to motion the hesitant Lawyer Yan aside, Bai Xinyue smiled faintly, looking at Su Li with amusement.
"Do you have any idea what your words mean?"
Su Li reined in her turbulent thoughts, closed her eyes for a moment, and nodded.
"I do."
Bai Xinyue shrugged, let out a breath, and asked Su Li with feigned sincerity.
"On your own?"
Su Li smiled and answered just as sincerely, "Just me."
Bai Xinyue looked down and smoothed out her skirt. "It seems I made a mistake coming here today."
Su Li nodded. "Yes, you made a mistake. You underestimated me, and you underestimated Wu Sheng even more."
Su Li let out a breath. "I don’t know what Ye Xilan told you, but I have to tell you, Wu Sheng is not some prize for you to claim, nor is he someone you can manipulate as you please."
"No matter what you discussed with the Yang Family and Ye Xilan, whatever deal you made, Wu Sheng will not accept it."
’What on earth gave them so much confidence? To think they were helping Wu Sheng, to think he’d be eternally grateful when he got out and just let them order him around?’
Bai Xinyue understood Su Li’s unspoken words.
Her eyes narrowed dangerously. "I’m doing this for his own good. Why wouldn’t he accept it?"
Bai Xinyue straightened her hair. "There’s no point in talking if we can’t see eye to eye. Since we haven’t reached an agreement, I won’t say any more. I hope you don’t regret this."
Su Li smiled. "I’ll return that last sentence to you, Miss Bai."
Whether she herself would regret it, Su Li didn’t know for sure. But Bai Xinyue was here, wishfully running around and making deals for Wu Sheng. Given how Wu Sheng would react after he got out, Bai Xinyue would definitely be the one to regret it.
Bai Xinyue’s expression faltered, and it took her a long moment to force a smile back onto her face.
She pointed to herself. "I, Bai Xinyue, have never known the meaning of the word ’regret’."
"I am Bai Xinyue, after all."
She was Bai Xinyue, the young miss of the Bai Family. Who could possibly refuse someone she had set her sights on?
Yes, Wu Sheng was arrogant—so arrogant he wouldn’t even give her a proper look.
But it was precisely because of his arrogance that she saw him in a different light.
Wu Sheng had rejected her before, but Bai Xinyue paid it no mind.
After all, she was an expert at playing hard to get.
After experiencing something like this and seeing her power—the power of the Bai Family—she refused to believe Wu Sheng could still play hard to get, that he could still reject her.
’Wu Sheng will be mine!’
Who could possibly refuse someone she, Bai Xinyue, had set her sights on?
Bai Xinyue raised her chin with a smile. "My apologies. This unpleasantness is due to my not knowing you beforehand, Miss Su. I was too reckless."
She gave Su Li a slight nod, lowering her brow in a gesture of apology.
"I’ll take my leave now. Goodbye."
Su Li nodded slightly. "Goodbye."
Smiling, Bai Xinyue clicked away in her high heels, her face tilted slightly upward, her hips swaying gracefully as she left.
Lawyer Yan followed respectfully behind her.
Li Hongqin was completely dumbfounded.
"She... she could still smile at the end."
Su Li snapped out of her daze and let out a wry laugh. "Why wouldn’t she be able to smile? People like her... that’s just how they are."
Su Li had heard people comment on Bai Xinyue before.
Polite to everyone on the surface, but in reality, she cared for no one.
There were very, very few people who could earn a place in the hearts of those born with a silver spoon in their mouths.
Compared to when she first arrived, Su Li had now caught her eye, but she hadn’t captured her heart.
Why would she be unable to smile over someone she didn’t care about?
In Bai Xinyue’s eyes, Su Li’s choice was simply foolish and completely incomprehensible.
Just as Su Li had thought, after Bai Xinyue left the hospital building and got into the car that Lawyer Yan had respectfully opened for her, she turned her head to look at him.
"Submit the case for review by the end of today."
’If Su Li won’t play along, then I’ll just bypass her. It’s that simple.’
This was all part of her agreement with the Yang Family. If they stopped going after the real Yang Jiu, Wu Sheng would be safe.
Lawyer Yan bowed deeply. "Yes, I’ll get right on it."
Only after seeing Bai Xinyue nod did Lawyer Yan carefully close the car door, bowing and waiting for the car to drive away.
He didn’t straighten up until the car was out of sight.
He glanced back at the hospital building, loosened his collar, and scoffed. "Doesn’t know what’s good for her. So many people are begging for my help, and she turns me down. Fine by me. I didn’t want to deal with someone like you anyway."
The words had barely left his mouth when a black car pulled up in front of him. The driver quickly got out and opened the car door for Lawyer Yan.
The driver respectfully helped Lawyer Yan into the car, carefully closed the door, and then hurried back to the driver’s seat.
The two cars drove off, one after the other.
Just as Bai Xinyue had ordered, with the push from the Bai and Yang Families, the case with ’Yang Jiu’ identified as the suspect was quickly submitted.
However... after it was submitted, things didn’t quite go according to their plan.
Mr. Zhang had been running around on this case for days since it was reported. His efforts weren’t for nothing, and he wasn’t someone who could be fooled just because a random person showed up to confess.
Likewise, Wu Sheng, Su Li, and even Tang Yuanxiao were not about to just sit back and wait for disaster.