As soon as Ji Yan got in the car, she was a little breathless from being overwhelmed by the depressing mood.
“What’s that smell?”
Shang Jinshen frowned in disgust at the scent left lingering on Ji Yan’s body.
“I’ve told you just now that it’s a mixture of paint and dog’s blood scent.”
Ji Yan turned around while staring at Shang Jinshen angrily. Anyway, he was not going to give the money to her, so why did she still have to lower her voice in front of him?
Shang Jinshen raised his eyebrows and was about to speak, but Ji Yan’s mobile phone rang.
Ji Yan took out her mobile phone and looked at it. She sighed unconsciously. Shang Jinshen smiled in disdain beside her.
“I’m still trying to find a way. Stop rushing me.”
Ji Yan turned away. She held her phone with one hand and lowered her voice.
“How long have you been holding up this? What’s the point of raising someone useless like you?” On the other side of the phone, Mrs. Ji raised her voice, and her tone was full of impatience.
“If you still can’t handle it, I will go directly to the usury. Well, you go figure it out.”
Ji Yan was so angry that she couldn’t say a word. She directly pressed her phone and looked out of the window at the quickly passing scenery. She looked so sad.
“What’s wrong? Do you feel wronged now?”
Shang Jinshen turned his head and glanced at Ji Yan, “You have never expected this day to come after racking your brains to enter my family, right?”
Ji Yan took a deep breath. She wanted to explain, but she thought that it was pointless. It was because she knew that in Shang Jinshen’s heart, he had always believed that she had used tricks to take Ji Gui’s place.
“Who says I feel wronged?”
Ji Yan raised her head and looked into Shang Jinshen’s eyes stubbornly, “Once I’ve chosen the road to walk on, I’d finish it even if I had to be on my knees.”
“Gutsy!” Shang Jinshen chuckled and looked out of the window, “I didn’t expect you’re willing to suffer and endure hardships because of the 50 million. By the way, where did you hire those extra actors?”
“What?” Ji Yan looked at Shang Jinshen in surprise. He actually thought…
“Do you think that I’ll change my mind if you come up with this kind of pitiful acting in front of me?”
Shang Jinshen turned back and stared at Ji Yan, “I, Shang Jinshen, have never liked women who are good at scheming. Ji Yan, maybe this trick works on my illegitimate brother, but for me, don’t you even think about it.”
Ji Yan looked at Shang Jinshen’s mouth opening and closing. She really wanted to slap him right away.
But he still had the upper hand, “Shang Jinshen, have you been so self-righteous since you were a child?”
Shang Jinshen was a little shocked. Blue veins stood out on his expressionless face. He folded his hands and stared at Ji Yan with his eyes, waiting for his opponent to shoot arrows at the same time.
“Who gave you so much courage?”
Ji Yan smiled with a pale face, “What’s the matter? Did I poke your sore spot? Shang Jinshen, you seem to live a noble life of being pampered and spoiled on the surface, but your soul has been so unworthy that it has been riddled with wounds and holes, right? That’s why you keep attacking others every day to make yourself feel better.”
After Ji Yan finished speaking in one breath, she straightened her back and pretended to be impeccable.
She thought Shang Jinshen would be angry, but he didn’t.
“Stop the car!” Shang Jinshen suddenly ordered.
As soon as the car stopped, Shang Jinshen looked at Ji Yan and pointed to the river outside the window.
“The bridge we are on is only less than ten meters away from the surface of the river below.”
Shang Jinshen said with a hint of playfulness on his face, “If you really have the guts, I can give you a chance.” Shang Jinshen said as he took out the bank card from his pocket.
Ji Yan looked at the bank card and her heart skipped a beat. She was both moved and perturbed.
“Here is the 50 million you want. As long as you dare to jump off the bridge, it’s all yours.”
Shang Jinshen said as he put the bank card in the middle of his and Ji Yan’s seats and then stared at her with a sneer.
“What? You don’t dare, right?” Shang Jinshen looked at Ji Yan and raised his eyebrows, “This is a much better deal than you hiring those extra actors. It’s not only that the risks are similar, but it also saves you from going through those complex acts to inform me.”
Ji Yan grabbed the bank card almost without any hesitation.
“Shang Jinshen, as long as I dare to jump down, it’ll be mine, isn’t it?” Ji Yan raised her hand and confirmed with Shang Jinshen again.
“Mr. Shang, this…”
The assistant couldn’t stand watching it anymore. He turned around and tried to persuade Shang Jinshen, but Shang Jinshen glared back at him.
“Of course, I, Shang Jinshen, will do what I say.”
“Okay, I’ll go!”
Ji Yan took a deep breath as she spoke, then turned around and pulled open the car door.
Shang Jinshen rolled down the window and looked at Ji Yan, who was standing on the bridge, with a complex feeling in his heart, “This silly woman, is money more important than her own life in her heart?”
“Mr. Shang, nothing will go wrong, right?”
The assistant looked at Shang Jinshen and said, “Otherwise, I’d better go persuade Madam Ji Yan.”
“No!” Shang Jinshen looked at Ji Yan’s shivering back and said, “If she really dares to jump down here, maybe I will really look at her differently,” Shang Jinshen said as he opened the car’s door, “Push me down.”
Ji Yan looked at the calm river under the bridge. She thought that since she used to be in the school’s swimming team when she was in college, this height should not be a big deal. However, she also knew that this was not the swimming pool. Sometimes the calmer the river looked, the more danger it would have.
“Moreover, I just got discharged from the hospital, and I haven’t fully recovered yet. If my stamina can’t keep up, there is a possibility of great danger.”
“It’s not too late for you to regret now if you’re afraid.”
Shang Jinshen appeared behind Ji Yan. He glanced at the river under the bridge and said, “It’s a pity that I can’t experience the joy of jumping into the river as a cripple, but it’s also a kind of luck to watch my wife do it on behalf of me.”
Ji Yan leaned against the pillar and looked back desperately at Shang Jinshen. Then, she put on a smile of relief and threw the card directly into Shang Jinshen’s arms.
“Shang, if I’m gone, remember to keep your promise and give the money to my family.”
After that, before Shang Jinshen and his assistant could react, Ji Yan gritted her teeth and closed her eyes. She jumped down, and the wind blew past her ears. She seemed to see the last smile her mother had before she left.
Shang Jinshen caught the card with one hand and subconsciously stretched out his other hand to grab Ji Yan, but it was too late. With a “plop” under the bridge, a huge water splash appeared in Shang Jinshen’s eyes.
“Hurry up! Go down and save her!”
Shang Jinshen’s brows locked together as he roared towards the assistant. The assistant hurriedly agreed. He turned around and ran down the bridge.
The water splashed. It was so cold that one couldn’t help but shiver. Shang Jinshen leaned back on his wheelchair, and blue veins popped out on his forehead from his punch. Ji Yan’s words seemed to have been blown away by the wind and lingered in his ears.