Hearing that the old man finally relented, the big stone in Xia Sanghuan's heart finally landed.
In this way, for at least a long time, her elder brother would no longer be burdened with those excessive demands from their parents.
Her father could also temporarily calm down.
In the days approaching the Chinese New Year, the girl lived a rather comfortable life.
After all, both the matter of her thesis and that of Fu Kai had been resolved.
So she took a rare few days of relaxation.
But Leng Chuanjin didn't have it as easy as her.
Both Leng Wanqing and Xia Anying were not easy to deal with. Coupled with his younger sister's spoilt nature, one moment she was laughing and chatting merrily with Xia Anying, and the next moment they would fall out.
He was so harassed that most of the time he locked himself in his study and let Uncle Wang try his best to fend them off.
He checked the time and called Yun Ye.
"Have you got the approval?"
The call was quickly answered, and he could even hear the sound of construction coming from the receiver.
"Mr. Leng, we've got it."
Yun Ye was on the phone while directing the site.
"Can you finish the work within the stipulated time?"
Leng Chuanjin opened a file named after Xia Sanghuan on his computer.
It contained all the different plans he had come up with when preparing a surprise for the girl.
Although none of them had been selected, he still kept them for future needs.
"If we work overtime these two days, we should be able to finish it."
Yun Ye looked at the design drawings and replied.
"Then I'll have to trouble you all."
The man pondered for a moment and faintly heard some complaining sounds from the phone.
"I'll pay a reward that will make everyone happy."
He said to Yun Ye while typing on the accounting sheet on his computer.
Buying people off with money was not a reliable method, but at least it could make those temporary workers willingly work for him in the short term.
As a businessman, he certainly knew what they really wanted.
...
"Are you sure?"
Xia Anying was hiding in a corner of the bedroom, talking on the phone.
Although the sound - insulation in the Leng family's house was very good, she still lowered her voice as if she had done something wrong.
"Otherwise?"
The person on the other end of the phone replied impatiently.
"This is your only chance to act."
"If you keep hesitating like this, both of us will end up dead!"
After saying that, the other side hung up the phone, leaving her no chance to refute.
She lowered her head and looked at the package in her arms.
This was sent to her by Chen Jiayuan's man early this morning.
The advantage of living with Leng Chuanjin was that it was easier to plant spies in the Leng family than for others.
She put her phone back in her pocket and stood there in a daze, holding the package.
She had already opened it and checked this morning. Without a doubt, it was a pack of poison.
It was not the same poison that had been used on Leng Chuanjin before. It was a new type developed by Chen Jiayuan's men. Once ingested, the person would die immediately.
Moreover, the powder would dissolve immediately when put into water, and after the poisoned person died, the poison would decompose in his blood, ensuring that the forensic doctor wouldn't be able to detect it immediately.
Xia Anying didn't know if his order this time was a well - thought - out one or if he was just "acting in desperation".
After all, with his usually calm personality, he would never ask her to use such a low - level method to harm Leng Chuanjin.
But... why was the effect of this poison so powerful?
The spy who met her this morning even told her that this medicine was developed overnight and there were not many samples, so she should make good use of it.
It was obvious that he was extremely eager to kill Leng Chuanjin.
Why?
Before she could figure it out, the maid called out to her outside the door.
"Miss Xia, please come down for dinner."
Then the maid walked downstairs, not caring at all whether she would go down to eat or not.
Hearing the voice, she hurriedly pushed the package under the bed, then stood up from the ground and patted the dust off her skirt.
She walked slowly towards the dining room.
Although she had made full mental preparations, when she saw Leng Chuanjin and Leng Wanqing, her heart still couldn't help but pound.
By the time she sat down at the table, her heartbeat was almost deafening to herself.
Her breathing became rapid, afraid that the other two would hear it.
However, Leng Chuanjin was just looking at the newspaper expressionlessly, and Leng Wanqing was focusing all her attention on her newly - bought jewelry.
The three of them finished the meal silently as usual. The Leng siblings were going to take a nap, while Xia Anying proposed to go out.
She looked at the man hopefully, hoping that he would arrange a car for her.
However, he just nodded, not even willing to say a simple "hmm" to her.
Watching the man's departing back, she couldn't help but feel a bit disappointed.
Why could he arrange every aspect of Xia Sanghuan's life, but not even say a word to her?
That stinky girl must have given Brother Chuanjin some kind of magic potion behind everyone's back.
After all, Xia Sanghuan liked to tinker with all kinds of strange flowers and plants. Who knew if she had some unknown secret recipe in her hand.
Seeing that Leng Chuanjin ignored her, she had to pick up her bag and walked out of the door under the butler's gaze, which seemed to wish she would never come back.
It was very cold outside. She couldn't help but wrap the scarf around her neck tighter. Suddenly, she felt so miserable.
She had no house, no car, no savings, and had to live in the shadow of her younger sister every day.
It was her family that had adopted Xia Sanghuan. Why did she have to live such a hard life every day?
She hailed a taxi while thinking in her heart.
She completely forgot about the kindness of the Fu family.
Although the Fu family was wealthy, they wouldn't let their children spend money recklessly.
But Xia Anying didn't know how to be thrifty. The Fu family didn't want to treat her badly, so her living expenses were almost as much as those of Fu Moning and Fu Youqing every month.
You should know that the two sisters of the Fu family already had their own jobs, while she was just a student without any source of income.
It was precisely these thoughts of hers that led her into Chen Jiayuan's trap and forced her onto the wrong path.
After getting in the car, she told the driver a rather remote location.
When she arrived at the destination, she walked into the somewhat shabby pharmacy.
"I want 'that'."
She whispered to the clerk and then mouthed the word.
The clerk immediately understood what she meant and turned into the small door behind him.
After a while, he came out again, holding a small box in his hand.
Looking at the excited expression on his face, Xia Anying knew that this would be a considerable expense.
But for the sake of her plan...
She gritted her teeth and bought the medicine in the box.
When she got home, she found that the Leng siblings had quarreled again.
Leng Wanqing was sitting on the sofa sulking, looking as if she had just cried.