CEO Vengeful wife

Chapter 16 - Vicious Scheme

Jing Tian had not yet accepted her defeat.

"Brother Su!" She wasted no time to approach Su Liwei, rudely pushing away all the guests in her way who had just insulted her. As long as she could prove that Su Liwei was by her side, nothing was lost. "I’ve missed you so much! How are you back? Did your business in Vietnam end?"

Everyone was startled at the shameless act. Su Liwei just coldly stared at her and without even recognizing her presence, walked away from her towards Jing Lihua. Jing Tian heard the deriding scoffs of those she had just pushed. She was so embarrassed that she couldn’t even breath. Finally, she couldn’t endure any more of mocking looks and rushed out of there to her room upstairs.

"Why didn’t you inform me that you were going to visit your home? I could accompany you"

"I thought you would be busy"

Why could she detect traces of concern in his voice? In her last life, she had asked him to accompany her only to be told off by him.

"You are my wife. I can always make time for you. You should know there is nothing more important than that"

When people witnessed their warm interaction, all their doubts about their relationship vanished. If rumors were true, why would Su Liwei be looking at Jing Lihua like that? The way he talked to her... the coupled surely enjoyed a good relationship.

Jing Lihua couldn’t understand what was happening.

He hated her and it was a fact. Nothing could change it. Her past life was enough for her to learn it by her heart that his hate was real for her; much real than anything else in this world, even though she had no idea about the reason.

But she wasn’t naive.

If he meant to play with her feelings, she wouldn’t get manipulated so easily.

"Mr. Su, we are having the last moments of our show." Qin Jua tactfully put forth her word. "Would you like to say a few words about your new-wed wife?"

Su Liwei looked at Jing Lihua with a warm smile.

She could easily look past his pretense. He could fool Qin Jua, the guests and thousands of viewers but not her. He was a heartless man; a person who didn’t have a shred of affection in his heart for her or anyone else.

"She has all the qualities than any man can desire for in his wife"

And with that line, the three-hour show ended

...

Jing Tian was wreaking havoc in her room and breaking her things.

"That whore! Bitch! I’ll kill her! I’ll kill her!" She screeched. Today was the worst day of her life. "Su Liwei always greeted me first before her! What happened today? Why did he ignore me? What witchcraft that whore used to seduce him?"

"Calm down Jing Tian." He Zongying tried to placate her.

"How can I calm down?" Jing Tian said breaking another vase. "Not only I was humiliated three times, but brother Su also ignored me! What I’m going to do? The show will be streamed multiple times. Everyone’s going to love that bitch! I’ve lost my backing!"

"How about-How about we do what you had suggested earlier? As long as you get back your hold on Su Liwei, everything can be reversed."

Jing Tian stopped suddenly and listened to He Zongying.

...

Zhao Liying left soon after getting a call from her manager. A thunderstorm struck the Beijing city so Jing Lihua decided to stay the night. At the dinner table, her father and her brother had also joined. While Jing Lihua silently ate, her father kept on fawning over Su Liwei praising Jing Tian in front of him from time to time.

"And that time, Jing Tian brought the best price for our winter collection. A few of them were so impressed that they even fought to have her endorse their company’s product...", and he continued to ramble.

Who was he fooling? Jing Tian was a newbie. No one in the company even knew her name. Not to mention, she lacked talent.

Jing Lihua had taken a sip of her tea when she caught Jing Tian stealing a glance of her. She frowned, not quite understanding what was that all about. Jing Tian’s actions had been suspicious. When Jing Lihua pretended to take another sip while keeping her head down, Jing Tian once again looked at her. Jing Tian quickly averting her eyes once Jing Lihua raised her head. But Jing Lihua, being perceptive, observed everything.

Jing Lihua looked into her tea wondering what was it all about.

The color was a bit unusual. Even the smell was odd. She placed the cup down and poured herself a glass of water.

"JieJie, I myself prepared the tea. Why don’t you drink it all? Did you not like the taste?" Jing Tian said. She thought since Jing Lihua was acting nice to her since the morning in front of everyone, she wouldn’t refuse. She made her voice emotional. "I put so much effort into it. If you don’t drink it, all of it will go to waste"

All the guests had left. There was only her family and Su Liwei. Jing Lihua didn’t care to keep her pretense in front of those people.

Since Jing Tian looked so fixed on making her drink, Jing Lihua’s doubt was confirmed. So she outrightly refused.

"Forgive your JieJie. There is something wrong with this tea. The taste is quite odd. After taking just a few sips, I’m having nausea. Sorry, but I can’t stomach anymore. I have to take care of the Tang enterprise. I can’t fall sick. If you are worried about your effort going to waste just drink it yourself. But I doubt you would." Jing Lihua rose. "If you’ll all excuse me"

Without waiting for anyone to say anything, she left the dining table. Everyone was startled. Jing Tian could play her victim card all she wanted. Jing Lihua didn’t care at all. She had already drunk half of the cup. While she climbed up the stairs to her room, she felt slight drowsiness already taking over her. Whatever they put into her tea, it had already started showing its effect.

Somehow she managed to reach her room and locked the door.

"Luckily I didn’t drink the whole cup"

If she had, she would have surely passed out by now. Jing Lihua didn’t know what Jing Tian was planning but she had now to keep her guard up. Jing Lihua couldn’t afford to pass out. So she valiantly fought off the drowsiness.

...

"She didn’t drink the whole cup. Now, what do we do?"

"Don’t fret. The drug is quite powerful. Even half a cup of tea would suffice. Did Su Liwei drank his cup?"

"He did..."

"Then you should hurry up before the effect wears off!"