The Time-Limited Love and Marriage
Chapter 170

Chapter 170: Chapter 170

Cao Hongcai looked at the young girl crying with tears streaming down her face like rain-hit pear blossoms, feeling incredibly heartbroken. He quickly began to make promises and offer comfort, saying he would definitely use his means to ensure Ling Ye would no longer appear before her.

Lai Xueer, with tears of gratitude, threw herself into Cao Hongcai’s embrace: "Brother Cai, I’m truly fortunate to have met someone like you who understands and knows me so well."

Ling Ye personally witnessed the entire transformation of his former goddess, his heart filled with endless emotion, but he never forgot his purpose for today.

"Cao Hongcai, I came for you, let’s talk alone."

Both Cao Hongcai and Lai Xueer were taken aback.

Cao Hongcai quickly reverted to his arrogant demeanor, warning Ling Ye.

"Poor boy, you’re not qualified to compete with me over women."

Lai Xueer clung tightly to Cao Hongcai, "Brother Cai, don’t go with him! He surely wants to play some dirty tricks again, to ruin the relationship between you and me."

After the incident with Niu Wei last time, Lai Xueer had sworn that if she ever caught another rich suitor, she would never let Ling Ye come to ruin it.

As Cao Hongcai was weighing whether to leave with Ling Ye or not, Ling Ye added:

"I just want to talk to you about the outstanding balance for the Remembering South River cosmetics, if you don’t want tonight’s incident to reach your wife’s ears, it’s best to cooperate."

Cao Hongcai was taken aback, as he indeed had an outstanding balance with Remembering South River.

Only because he learned that the president, Ling Yinan, was a single woman, and seeing that she was powerless against him, did he maliciously default on the payment.

But now this young man was actually using his relationship with Lai Xueer as leverage...

"I’ll talk to you. Let’s go outside," Cao Hongcai said with a stern face.

As Lai Xueer saw Cao Hongcai about to leave with Ling Ye, she became anxious: "Brother Cai, he’s up to no good, please don’t acknowledge him!"

She really didn’t want her sacrifice of her body to come to naught again.

But Cao Hongcai waved his hand and said, "Just wait here."

Cao Hongcai took the lead and walked away.

Ling Ye glanced back at Lai Xueer and said coldly: "Xuexue, take care of yourself!"

Then, he took a step forward, leaving with Cao Hongcai.

"Just a poor boy, don’t think I don’t know you’re psychologically twisted, wanting to destroy me since you can’t have me!"

Lai Xueer cursed at Ling Ye’s retreating figure.

On the other hand, because Ling Ye had shown the photos he had taken earlier and also mentioned Cao Hongcai’s wife’s mobile number, Cao Hongcai had no choice but to admit defeat.

He immediately pulled out his checkbook, wrote down the amount of the balance to Ling Ye, and then signed it.

"I’ve paid the balance, but now you have to delete those photos."

If that tigress at home saw them, the few hairs left on his head would surely be plucked clean.

Ling Ye was very straightforward, taking the check and deleting the photos right in front of Cao Hongcai.

After settling everything, Ling Ye returned to the banquet hall to find Jiang Moxi.

At that moment, Jiang Moxi was standing in the corner, staring into a certain direction, lost in thought.

"What are you looking at so intently? I called you several times and you didn’t respond."

Ling Ye approached Jiang Moxi and followed her gaze to see that the direction she was looking at, a couple was chatting and laughing with a girl about their age.

"It’s nothing, let’s go."

Jiang Moxi came back to her senses at Ling Ye’s call and then withdrew her gaze, leaving the hotel together with him.

Yet, neither of them expected that not long after they left the hotel, several people with ill intentions began walking towards them.

"Moxi, it seems I’ve really dragged you into trouble."

Seeing those people holding long sticks, Ling Ye felt somewhat guilty.

They had just finished collecting a debt, and the moment they left, they ran into trouble; it was hard not to think it was some debtors wanting to get even.

"It’s okay, I actually wanted to fight to vent a little," Jiang Moxi looked at those people, her beautiful eyes undisturbed.

But those men were stunned by the sight of Jiang Moxi’s face.

"This girl is so beautiful, it’s the first time in my life I’ve seen such a beauty."

"Her beauty can wait; let’s capture her first and have some fun."

"But didn’t Mr. Cao say to just grab that guy’s phone? I’m afraid of him taking action..."

"What’s there to fear? The one surnamed Cao fools around with young girls every day, it’s not like he’s paying for us to have a bit of fun with one."

The men were not only using obscene language but their gazes towards Jiang Moxi were also blatantly lewd.

Someone even tried to touch Jiang Moxi’s face, but before they could, they were beaten up by Ling Ye.

Someone else wanted to take down Ling Ye first, but they were kicked away by Jiang Moxi.

"Wow, quite the feisty one!"

"Damn it, dare to hit me, I’ll be the first one to take care of you later."

"Kill that damn brat first!"

The gang cursed and swarmed over.

Jiang Moxi and Ling Ye immediately sprang into action...

By the time everything was over, a few people were lying around haphazardly on the ground.

Ling Ye was stepping on one of their heads, asking Jiang Moxi, "Feel better after the fight?"

"Not too bad." Jiang Moxi was eyeing the motorcycles parked to one side.

Seeing this, Ling Ye asked, "Do you like these bikes?"

Jiang Moxi said, "Not particularly, but my bike has been having issues recently; I’m considering getting a new one."

"Which one do you like? I’ll buy it for you," offered Ling Ye.

Jiang Moxi had helped him recoup so much in final payments, giving her a motorcycle as a thank-you seemed appropriate.

However, Jiang Moxi said, "No need to spend money, I think this one is quite nice."

Jiang Moxi pointed at one of the motorcycles with a gemstone blue body.

The few men on the ground: "..."

So she not only beat them up but also wanted to take their bikes?

Where’s the conscience?

"Hand over the keys to this bike," Jiang Moxi demanded.

But the men lying on the ground began to feign death.

Their mission was to teach the youngster a lesson. As a result, they ended up being schooled themselves, getting beaten black and blue. If their bikes were taken as well, where would they put their faces?

Seeing that none of them moved, Jiang Moxi knew what they were thinking.

So, she kicked one of them several times ferociously, causing him to howl in pain, and they quickly conceded.

"Stop it, we’ll give you the bike keys."

Subsequently, the bike keys were quickly handed over to Jiang Moxi.

Jiang Moxi took the keys, deftly mounted the bike, and rode off into the night with Ling Ye...

The ones who had been beaten and had their bike stolen were just getting up from the ground when they suddenly heard a cold and thin male voice.

"Did you guys get beaten up?"

Looking toward the voice, they saw a tall and erect man standing against the light.

They couldn’t make out his expression, only faintly seeing that his features were distinctly Western.

"Yes, beaten up. That woman even took our bike..."

The men seemed like they wanted to shift the blame.

Si Lin listened and then smirked, "That was too lenient."

"What do you mean?"

Confused, they watched Si Lin light a cigarette and say to his bodyguards behind him, "Clean them up a bit more, I don’t want to see them too intact."

Si Lin had been trying hard to ignore Jiang Moxi’s presence after discovering she was at the charity dinner.

But in the end, he couldn’t successfully rid himself of Jiang Moxi’s disturbance, especially after seeing her and Ling Ye leaving one after the other. He followed them out and witnessed this scene.

He kept telling himself that Jiang Moxi had it coming.

Who told her to have beaten him, Si Lin, like that before, and ignored his feelings?

Yet, at this moment, he realized he truly couldn’t stand to see Jiang Moxi being bullied.

Once Si Lin spoke out, the bodyguards began to make their move.

The thugs and ruffians were naturally no match for them and were soon screaming miserably.

The commotion alarmed the nearby residents, and the police quickly arrived.

Thus, Si Lin was taken away in a police car for fighting and brawling.