Chapter 97: Abandoned

"Ye Xuan! Don’t make me hate you!" Yang Bingyu was on the verge of a breakdown as she spun around and screamed at him.

The dispute between the three of them quickly drew the attention of passersby on the street. Some recognized Yang Bingyu and the others, pointing at them with faces full of excitement.

"Oh, look! Isn’t that Miss Yang the Elder and her live-in husband? Who is the woman in his arms?"

"She looks a bit familiar... I think that’s Lin Aoxue."

"Damn, it really is her. What’s going on with these three? Yang Bingyu’s husband is holding another woman in the middle of the street?"

"Tsk, tsk, what else could it be? Ye Xuan and Lin Aoxue obviously haven’t made a clean break yet."

Hearing the crowd’s gossip, Yang Bingyu’s face turned deathly pale. She practically begged Ye Xuan, "We can go to the hospital right now. Lin Aoxue will definitely be fine. Ye Xuan, just come with me."

Ye Xuan’s brows were tightly knitted. He could clearly feel that the Lin Aoxue in his arms had reached her absolute limit. He gave Yang Bingyu a deep look before finally saying the words, "I’m sorry."

The onlookers erupted in an uproar when he carried Lin Aoxue into the motel. They looked at Yang Bingyu with eyes full of mockery and ridicule.

"Look, Ye Xuan and Lin Aoxue went into a motel. They’re probably going to rekindle their old flame."

"Isn’t he Yang Bingyu’s fiancé? Why is he still tangled up with Lin Aoxue? Could it be that Yang Bingyu can’t satisfy him?"

"Hahaha, who knows? How could we ordinary folks ever understand the tastes of the rich?"

"Tsk, tsk, tsk. City folks sure know how to play. We can’t compare."

These whispers made Yang Bingyu want the ground to swallow her whole. She bit her lip until it bled, completely oblivious to the pain.

She screamed in her mind, "Lin Aoxue! Why don’t you just die!"

This voice grew louder and clearer in her head. She wanted nothing more than to storm into the motel right then and there, drag Ye Xuan away by force, and leave Lin Aoxue to fend for herself. However, the last shred of her rationality held her back. She cast a resentful glare at the motel’s entrance before angrily getting into her car and driving off.

The news of Ye Xuan and Lin Aoxue rekindling their romance and Yang Bingyu being miserably abandoned soon spread throughout Jianghai City. Yang Bingyu, who was once treated like a goddess, instantly became everyone’s laughingstock.

After returning to the Yang family’s home, Yang Bingyu acted as if she had lost her mind, smashing everything in sight to pieces. From top to bottom, no one in the Yang family dared to step forward and stop her. In all these years, it was their first time seeing her fly into such a massive rage.

Meanwhile, Yang Jie, who was currently in the middle of a steamy romp, received a call from Su Xiaobai.

"Su Xiaobai, why the hell are you calling me?" Yang Jie didn’t even pause his physical exertions as he answered the phone.

Hearing the suggestive noises from the other end of the line, Su Xiaobai sneered inwardly. He thought, "This idiot actually still has the mood for this kind of thing. He probably doesn’t know his days are numbered."

"Yang Jie, Ye Xuan has already rescued Lin Aoxue. Didn’t you know?"

Su Xiaobai’s words made Yang Jie freeze instantly, his towering arousal wilting in a flash.

"How do you know about this!" Terrified, he scrambled out of bed and hastily threw on his clothes with a panicked expression. There shouldn’t have been a fourth person who knew about him arranging the meeting between Lin Aoxue and Xiao Ran. How did Su Xiaobai find out?

"Heh, Yang Jie, you’ve got some nerve. You even dare to scheme against me?" Su Xiaobai chuckled coldly, his voice icy.

"I—I didn’t! It was Young Master Xiao who took a fancy to Lin Aoxue and insisted that I play matchmaker. This matter has absolutely nothing to do with me!" How could Yang Jie dare to admit that he was the one who schemed against Lin Aoxue and set up this entire trap? If Su Xiaobai and Ye Xuan found out that he was the one who orchestrated all of this, then he, Yang Jie, would truly be finished.

"You don’t need to explain yourself to me. I knew about your plan from the very beginning, and I was the one who tipped off Ye Xuan.

"Yang Jie, while Ye Xuan is still too busy to deal with you, you’d better hurry up and enjoy yourself a bit more. Once he frees up his hands, I’m afraid even the King of Heaven won’t be able to save you."

With a loud laugh, Su Xiaobai hung up the phone, leaving an ashen-faced Yang Jie slumped on the floor.

He was finished. This time, he was truly finished.

If Xiao Ran had succeeded, it would have been fine; he would have definitely spared Yang Jie’s life on account of him playing matchmaker. But now that Xiao Ran hadn’t even gotten his way, it’d be a miracle if he didn’t kill Yang Jie himself. Why would he ever save him?

What should he do? What could he do?

Yang Jie was pacing like a cat on hot bricks, completely devoid of any countermeasures. Truly backed into a corner, he had no choice but to return to the Yang family’s home. Now, his only option was to beg Elder Yang to save his life once again.

"Get out! All of you, get out of here!"

As soon as Yang Jie walked through the door, he was nearly brained by a vase hurled by Yang Bingyu. Fortunately, his reflexes were quick. He dodged to the side, and the vase flew past, grazing his ear.

"Has Yang Bingyu lost her mind?" Yang Jie muttered under his breath, his brows furrowing.

"Eldest Young Master, it’s best you don’t provoke the young lady right now. The whole internet is currently spreading the rumor that Ye Xuan abandoned her and is getting back together with Lin Aoxue," a servant quietly warned.

Hearing this, Yang Jie’s eyes darted around as a scheme formed in his mind.

He thought, "The heavens truly aren’t ready for me to die yet!"

Yang Bingyu obviously hated Lin Aoxue and Ye Xuan with a burning passion. If he could persuade Yang Bingyu to take his side, it would be equivalent to obtaining an Immunity Token.

"Sister Bing, what on earth has made you so furious?" Yang Jie asked with a smile, feigning ignorance as he walked up to her.

Seeing that it was Yang Jie, Yang Bingyu’s expression turned even uglier. Without even looking, she grabbed a random object off the table and hurled it at him. "Get out!"

"Sister Bing, if I get out, who’s going to help you get rid of Lin Aoxue?" Yang Jie remained completely unfazed in the face of her fury. Instead, he took a few steps closer, a calculating smile plastered on his face.

Hearing his words, Yang Bingyu visibly paused.

"What do you mean? You were the one who orchestrated the incident with Lin Aoxue?!" Yang Bingyu wasn’t stupid. She immediately connected the dots, and the hatred in her eyes intensified as she glared at him.

If he hadn’t schemed against Lin Aoxue, Ye Xuan wouldn’t have abandoned her in public! She wouldn’t have become the laughingstock of Jianghai City! This was all Yang Jie’s fault!

"Yang Jie! Why don’t you just die! How could you do this! It’s all because of you—because of you, Ye Xuan abandoned me!

"Go to hell! Go to hell!"

By now, Yang Bingyu had gone slightly mad. She roared hysterically as she frantically pelted Yang Jie with everything she could get her hands on.

"This woman is insane!" Yang Jie thought as he hurriedly jumped back a few paces to put some distance between himself and her.

"Yang Bingyu, are you sick in the head? The reason Ye Xuan abandoned you is all because of Lin Aoxue. What does that have to do with me?

"If Lin Aoxue didn’t exist, Ye Xuan would have married you ages ago. Why would he have dragged it out until now?

"Everything I did was for your sake, and for the sake of our Yang family."