Chapter 152 - Double-dealing

Chapter 152 Double-dealing

“I’m with you on this!!!”

“Me, too. Why are there so many anti-fans in the studio lately?”

“I think that anchor did the right thing. She just pursued her own happiness and defended her rights.”

“I will take it to the extreme if I lived with a family like that!”

“Right! Who will not have a nervous breakdown with such a family? We need to stand out if we can!”

“But I cannot accept such a scheming anchor!”

“I agree with you. I am disappointed with her performance this time. I am not her fan anymore.”

The system shows that xx left the studio.

“Are you kidding me? He left just like that?”

“I’m a diehard fan of the anchor! I believe in her!”

While spectators raised the roof in the broadcast room, Tang Xia who was broadcasting live while feeling ill knew nothing about it, just laying in bed dazed and with a red face. She opened her mouth to gasp lightly as she found it a little difficult to breathe.

Chu Tiankuo, noticing Tang Xia looking especially unwell, clenched his fist as he watched her pityingly, wishing desperately that he could be sick in her stead.

Chu Tiankuo looked at the time on his cellphone and thought, “It’s nearly time.” Leaving Jiang Yuecheng standing awkwardly on one side, he went to get the medicine and fed it to Tang Xia.

At this time, Jiang Yuecheng was indeed feeling awkward as he stood to one side because he intended to bring Tang Xia home as soon as possible. He didn’t expect Chu Tiankuo to insist on caring for Tang Xia in his own home.

“Is he kidding? She is my wife! How can she stay at someone else’s house? What’s more, that man is my boss!”

Jiang Yuecheng looked at Chu Tiankuo and opened his mouth as if wanting to say something. But Chu Tiankuo didn’t even once look at him.

Chu Tiankuo felt quite irritated when he thought of how Jiang Yuecheng behaved towards Tang Xia. A good thing he was able to control himself.

Otherwise he’d have given Jiang Yuecheng a punch and the latter wouldn’t be standing safe and sound like this!

Noticing Jiang Yuecheng’s expression, Chu Tiankuo knew he wanted to say something. But he paid no heed, even regarding him as an unwanted guest.

Chu Tiankuo froze at the thought. “Unwanted guest? Is it appropriate to describe Jiang Yuecheng as an unwanted guest?” As though he thought of something, Chu Tiankuo looked tenderly at Tang Xia.

Jiang Yuecheng looked at Chu Tiankuo, noticed the expression in his eyes and understood it all at once. He was also a man. He naturally knew what the look in Chu Tiankuo’s eyes meant.

Jiang Yuecheng looked down and puckered his mouth because it never occurred to him that Chu Tiankuo would fall in love with Tang Xia.

Jiang Yuecheng stared at Tang Xia with a dangerous expression, like he was looking at something filthy. “If Tang Xia hadn’t run about like she did, Chu Tiankuo wouldn’t have fallen for her!”

“I’m clearly being cuckolded! And I even can’t even fight back as I’m so unprepared!”

Jiang Yuecheng glared at Tang Xia. “Tang Xia is to blame! No wonder she’s changed so much these days! She is bold enough to sneak out and even talk back at me!”

“Where did she get the courage from? No, maybe it’s this man before me who’s been backing her.”

“Ha-ha, she is just a slut! I don’t believe I cannot handle her! After we leave here, I’ll lock her up. I’ll see how she can hook up with other men and cuckold me if she is not allowed to go out!”

Jiang Yuecheng contemplated.

After Chu Tiankuo fed Tang Xia to take the medicine, he had the towel changed for her several times. Then he touched her forehead and found that it was not as hot as before, indicating that her fever was relieved.

Chu Tiankuo let out a sigh of relief. Then, remembering that Jiang Yuecheng had been standing, ignored, to one side for some time, he raised his head to look at him.

Chu Tiankuo’s sudden stare gave Jiang Yuecheng a thrill of fear. He looked at Chu Tiankuo guiltily, not knowing why he felt that way.

Chu Tiankuo looked so hard at him that Jiang Yuecheng almost believed that his thoughts were known.

Feeling more guilty, he almost couldn’t look him in the eye, and he glanced sideways instead.

Suddenly, Chu Tiankuo said, “Tang Xia’s fever has subsided. You can take her home now! ” Chu Tiankuo gave Jiang Yuecheng a somewhat complex look that the latter became apprehensive.

Not taking his eyes from Jiang Yuecheng, Chu Tiankuo said coldly, “Remember! Tang Xia is a very important friend of mine. Make sure you take good care of her when you go home, understand?”

Jiang Yuecheng’s reaction was immediate. In spite of himself, he nodded while looking at Chu Tiankuo.

“Yes, of course I will take good care of her. Don’t worry!” Jiang Yuecheng promised readily.

“One more thing.” Chu Tiankuo looked at Jiang Yuecheng coldly and said, “I know it’s not my business, but remember, as a staff of our company, be careful how you lead your personal life. Don’t be so decadent.”

Jiang Yuecheng’s face turned a deep red at Chu Tiankuo’s words. In embarrassment and with his head at an angle, he said, “Okay.”

In spite of what he said, Jiang Yuecheng began to resent Tang Xia. The way he saw it, Chu Tiankuo reprimanded him because Tang Xia spoke ill of him behind his back.

“I’ll deal with you when we get home! See if you dare rat on me to my boss again!”

Jiang Yuecheng thought, and unable to help himself, he glanced a few times at Tang Xia.

Not seeing Jiang Yuecheng’s look of pure malevolence, Chu Tiankuo somewhat approved of his obedient and cooperative attitude.

“He is just a cad who bullies the weak and fears the strong. After what I said to him, he wouldn’t dare treat Tang Xia badly again. He would at least behave better, I guess.” Chu Tiankuo thought to himself.

Jiang Yuecheng then took Tang Xia away. After they left, Chu Tiankuo felt so uneasy that he couldn’t fall asleep at all, tossing about in bed for a long time.

Jiang Yuecheng, who gave a show of utmost concern towards Tang Xia in front of Chu Tiankuo, showed his true colors as soon as they left his house. He roughly dragged Tang Xia to the car and threw her in the backseat.

He went to the driver’s seat and loudly slammed the car door with an expression of rage. Grasping the steering wheel, he felt as if his veins were bulging under his skin.

He kept looking savagely at Tang Xia through the rearview mirror as she lay in the backseat.

Then, as if something occurred to him, his face turned red and he gave a gasp. His stare at Tang Xia was as poisonous as a viper, which would make people tremble with fear.

As Jiang Yuecheng was about to drive off, Tang Xia seemed to awaken in a daze. She kept mumbling, “Water, so thirsty. I need water.”

Jiang Yuecheng’s agitation worsened after listening to Tang Xia asking for water.

He opened the door again and dragged Tang Xia out violently, pushing her to the ground. He leaned against the car door and looked at her as if watching something amusing.

The dazed and defenceless Tang Xia was thrown into a puddle of water.

It was still raining at this time. Though not heavy, the drizzle was enough to soak her through. Tang Xia’s body, already feverish, quickly began to quiver.

Lying in the puddle, Tang Xia’s body shook unceasingly. Feeling the cold, she hugged herself while her hair and clothes were drenched with rain and clung to her body, which made her utterly miserable.

Tang Xia raised her head and looked at Jiang Yuecheng quite innocently. At this moment, however, Jiang Yuecheng couldn’t see all these. All he thought about was that Tang Xia spoke ill of him to Chu Tiankuo, humiliating him before his boss, and so on.

The very thought of this made Jiang Yuecheng hate this woman in front of him.

Standing to one side, Jiang Yuecheng looked at the pitiful Tang Xia and with a sneer, he said in a cold voice, “Didn’t you ask for water? Hurry up and drink it! You slut! Get sick and sneak out if you want, but why keep going to my boss?”

“What do you mean by this? Do you have a secret relationship with him? Tell me now or I won’t have compassion on you like Chu Tiankuo.”

Although Tang Xia heard Jiang Yuecheng’s words, she was in such a daze that she could not refute. Besides, her body ached and she was feeling dizzy, which made her feel wretched.

Tang Xia could only cry out, “No, I didn’t! I didn’t say anything…”

However, Jiang Yuecheng did not believe what Tang Xia said at all.

He got close to her and kicked her viciously in the belly. Then he said, “Get lost! We divorce!”