Chapter 381 - The Mafia Kings Heart-to-heart Talk With Ruomei
Jiang family's base.
A woman was roughly brought inside and dropped on the floor in front of a regal figure who was seated on his throne with his arm propped at the side.
Fu Renshu, who stood attentively beside Wei, looked up at Shen Yang. "Good job."
Shen Yang nodded. "We sniffed her out, Boss."
"Were there Jiang Shan's men around her location?"
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He shook his head. "We had thoroughly checked the area, but there was nobody guarding her place."
Fu Renshu raised his brow. Ruomei was the only link for them now to dig about Jiang Shan and his schemes. He thought that the old man would be cautious but..
Wei said, "Seems like you aren't very important to him."
Ruomei, whose hands were tied behind her back, violently tried to free herself. "Jiang Wei! What is the meaning of this!? How dare you forcibly bring me here?"
She was acting furious outwardly, but only she knew how panicked she felt. She couldn't believe that Wei found out her location.
Didn't that man assure me that I would be out of Wei's reach!?
Wei said as if reading her mind. "I don't deserve to be the Mafia King if I cannot even find you on my turf."
She froze.
"What do you want from me!? Hah! Are you going to take revenge because I exposed you?" She sneered. "What's wrong? Are you angry that Lixue - sorry, Song Lihua left you?"
No answer.
Wei glanced at Shen Yang. "Free her hands."
He nodded and did as told.
Wei then stood before her. Ruomei got up on her feet, and her jaw clenched as she threw a deadly glare at him.
"Kill me, Jiang Wei. Come on. Go ahead. I don't expect anything less from you," she smiled. "I exposed your well-guarded secret, after all. I don't expect any mercy from a man like you."
But to her shock, Wei bowed his head in front of her.
Ruomei stiffened as if lightning struck her. Even Fu Renshu and Shen Yang were taken aback.
"Boss..?"
After a brief moment of silence, Wei said, "I apologize for hurting you before."
She rapidly blinked her eyes. She wondered if she was hearing things.
"I was selfish, and I only thought about myself. It was my irresponsibility that I agreed to our engagement in a daze, and even more so when I cancelled it on the ceremony night without thinking about the repurcussions. I was at fault. I shouldn't have hurt you like that."
Ruomei shook hard. Her eyes automatically teared up. "The Mafia King is apologizing to me? Am I not someone insignificant to you?"
Wei slowly raised his head and stared at her. "I never thought like that."
"You did! That's why you could heartlessly dump me like that!" She angrily exclaimed. "You made a joke out of me in front of all the guests. Your single 'No' ruined all my efforts to stay by your side. I studied business like crazy so that I wouldn't disappoint you as your wife if you have to rely on me. I groomed myself to become the ideal daughter-in-law of Jiang family! Do you think a sorry is enough to compensate for everything!? For you, everybody is like an ant who you can step on anytime beneath your feet, isn't it?"
"No. I don't treat anybody as ants," Wei tilted his head.
"..."
"I just don't have any particular thoughts about anyone."
Fu Renshu choked hard.
Ruomei looked at him, speechless. "Isn't that what insignificant means!? You don't even think about me or anybody! Doesn't that mean we aren't even worthy?"
Shen Yang cleared his throat.
Wei frowned. "No. I don't particularly think about you. That doesn't mean I think less of you. How does not thinking equate to thinking less of you?"
"Huh?"
The guards were speechless.
Boss's cryptic words are beyond our understanding!
"Treating someone as insignificant means looking down on someone. I never looked down on you or thought less of you. So how am I treating you as someone insignificant?"
Somehow, Ruomei didn't know how to answer that.
"You! Then why would you humiliate me like that!? Why would you break my heart and ignore my feelings?"
Wei pursed his lips. "That wasn't me treating you insignificant. But I cannot return your feelings because I only have feelings for Lihua."
She stiffened.
"I cannot think about anybody else but her," his gaze softened, "She is my whole world. But I admit that I acted harshly on the engagement ceremony night. I was selfish. That's why I am asking for your forgiveness."
Ruomei clenched her fingers hard. Her gaze burned in fury. "Do you think it matters now? I worked so hard for your sake to become a perfect wife, and what did you give me!?
Wei blinked his eyes. "But I never wanted you to do anything for me. I don't need a perfect wife."
She froze.
"I don't particularly think that my wife should know business management or about the Underworld. Those things didn't matter to me and neither do they now. I don't desire perfection. Do you think that I am perfect?" He questioned.
Ruomei was at a loss for words.
How couldn't you!?
"You were every woman's dream for God's sake! You are handsome, smart and intelligent. You handle both - business and Underworld perfectly. You are the Mafia King. How aren't you perfect?"
Wei calmly said, "My position doesn't equate to anything. Being the CEO or Mafia King doesn't mean I am perfect. I have flaws, and I realized this the more I spent time with Lihua. When I lost her, I realized that I was selfish. Whether it was canceling our engagement or erasing Lihua's memories. I cannot understand emotions. That is why I acted so harsh towards you. Because I just couldn't fathom that you would get hurt. I couldn't understand your feelings for me, so I couldn't understand your heartbreak either. How am I perfect then?"
Her lips parted in a small O as she was unable to say anything.
Does that mean everything I did went in vain..?
Ruomei's eyes teared up, and she trembled. "But Old Madam said.."
"That was under Jiang Shan's pressure."
She shook.
Wei tilted his head. "Besides, why were you trying to become what Old Madam said anyway?"
"Then how would I have gotten her approval, you stupid!?" She burst in rage.
The guards sweated hard.
Calling Boss stupid!?
Fu Renshu and Shen Yang couldn't help but cough too.
But Wei wasn't offended at all.
Instead, Wei frowned. "Why would you need her approval? If you marry anyone, the only agreement you need is your partner's. You were supposed to marry me, not Old Madam."
She coughed hard and looked at him in disbelief.
"You shouldn't have even done anything to please me. I love Lihua the way she is. If she changed herself and tried to become someone that my status would prefer, then I wouldn't like it. I don't want her to change at all. And I don't need anybody's permission to marry her either. I was her choice and she was mine.. That's the only thing important."