Beg Me to Remarry
Chapter 435: Regretting the Past

Chapter 435: Chapter 435: Regretting the Past

Fu Han tilted her head and laughed, her beautiful eyes squinting slightly like a lazy fox, soft as her voice, "A proposal, huh? Guess I could check that out."

Many people are like this, yearning for things they’ve never had with an indescribable longing.

In their pursuit of the light, they come ever closer to it.

Since Fu Han had arrived at the Square, this was the first time she stepped out of their little shack to watch a proposal ceremony.

...

A City’s First Hospital Inpatient Department, Xia Ning’s ward.

This was a deluxe ward with the amenities of a private room, living room, kitchen, and bathroom, providing ample comfort; if one wished, one could even do grocery shopping and cook here.

Whether by coincidence or not, the ward Xia Ning occupied this time happened to be the same one that Fu Han previously stayed in, and it was the only ward among all the deluxe rooms in the First Hospital that was decorated in a cozy pink.

Less than twenty-four hours after Xia Ning was out of the Operating Room, she was still connected to some devices, with things like an EKG machine on her bedside table.

The lines displayed in a Z-shape, regular, signifying her condition was stable.

Now, Xia Ning’s bed was propped up, and she sat halfway up, her large eyes staring out the window, seemingly lost in thought.

Xia Cheng sat on a single-seat sofa not far away, legs crossed.

Xia Guoxiong, who was staying in another building, also arrived here and, at the moment, paced the room like a beast on the verge of bursting.

After pacing for what must have been the tenth time, he stopped and his triangular eyes focused on Xia Cheng and Xia Ning, the siblings, "Well, aren’t you two something? Grown some wings and keeping secrets from your father, have you?"

Xia Ning shifted her gaze from outside the window and whispered an explanation, "It’s not like that, Dad. Weren’t you recuperating at the time? We didn’t tell you to avoid worrying you, and look, we’re fine now."

Seeing someone else speak up and, wishing not to be the one to draw fire, Xia Cheng immediately pursed his lips and stayed silent.

Indeed, Xia Guoxiong’s fury grew rather than diminished, almost pointing his finger directly at Xia Ning’s forehead; "Do you think this is a trivial matter? If you had told me in advance, would we have let such a good opportunity go to waste like this?"

Already weak from her blood loss, Xia Ning felt even more aggrieved under Xia Guoxiong’s scolding and started speaking again, "But, Dad, I think our plan was very good, ’killing three birds with one stone’—keeping He Xing here, saving five million, and making me He Xing’s life-saving benefactor."

Xia Guoxiong glared fiercely at Xia Ning, his gaze as sharp as one would give to a sworn enemy, "Had you informed me earlier, I could have made the situation even more favorable for us."

"Dad, what would you have done?" Xia Cheng’s curiosity finally peaked; as one of the planners, he was pleased with the outcome and disagreed with Xia Guoxiong’s comment.

Xia Guoxiong stroked his chin, speaking with a cruel tone, "That old man has always been a thorn in our side. You should have seized the chance to do him in."

"But He Xing would be heartbroken," Xia Ning murmured, her voice so soft it was like a buzzing mosquito.

Xia Guoxiong glared at her abruptly, "But the old man was set on marrying Fu Han to He Xing, and you naively saved him?"

A light appeared in Xia Ning’s mind, and a wave of regret washed over her.

She fantasized in her head, imagining if her men, after saving Elder He, had directly finished him off and then waited in a warehouse with his body for He Xing to come and rescue him; and when her men made their move, Xia Ning would throw herself in the way without a second thought.

Naturally, she would get injured, just as they predicted, not life-threatening, but a blood bag concealed under her clothes, and as the dagger left her body, it would stray slightly, bursting the bag, making the injury look far more serious.

What followed would be much simpler. Xia Cheng had already bribed the doctor performing Xia Ning’s surgery. In reality, her surgery was completed long ago, but they portrayed it as critical, life-threatening.

To deepen He Xing’s guilt towards Xia Ning, she was taken to the ICU, but she only lay there for a few hours before the doctor went out to tell He Xing she was out of danger.

The result was that now He Xing was utterly at Xia Ning’s beck and call, and she was quite satisfied with this alone.

But hearing Xia Guoxiong now, Xia Ning began to hesitate, feeling a twinge of regret that she had been too soft-hearted.

Xia Ning didn’t like Elder He in the slightest. She considered the old man senile for wanting Fu Han to marry He Xing, utterly lacking in vision.

Fu Han had nothing but her looks, couldn’t help He Xing in business; she was willful and prone to anger, causing He Xing’s mood to sour as well.

The more Xia Ning thought about it, the angrier she became, and the more she felt she should have been harsher. With Qin Nuan as the scapegoat, even if Elder He lost his life, no one would suspect Xia Ning.

Meanwhile, Xia Guoxiong droned on, but Xia Ning couldn’t register a single word. She looked up at Xia Guoxiong with a pleading and fervent gaze, "Dad, the old man is still in the hospital, don’t we have connections there? Can’t you think of something?"

"Do you think the doctors will do anything for money?" Xia Guoxiong looked at his daughter as if she were a fool, speaking with utter derision, "Human life is precious, once discovered, it’s a life for a life. You think a bit of money will settle it?"

Xia Ning was taken aback and felt very indignant, but she didn’t know how to argue and could only sulk. As a result, her wound hurt even more, making her somewhat regret not instructing the hitman to be gentler. She had no idea when she would recover.

...

He Group, General Manager’s Office.

Holding a tablet in his hand, Liang Tao stood in front of He Xing’s desk, "General He, the investigation results are in—Huangpu Group won that project, but they’re unable to operate it independently, so they’re subcontracting part of the business. The subcontractor is..."

"Let me guess who got subcontracted," He Xing lifted his face slightly, calmly interrupting Liang Tao.

His face, illuminated by the computer screen’s light, looked faintly luminous, as if a divine being had revealed his true face from behind the clouds, "Was it the Xia Group that took on the project as a subcontractor?"