pjbooks Chapter 51 Bound up in five places, at his mercy
Chapter 51 Bound up in five places, at his mercy
After Wen Tingye finished speaking, the office door opened again, and the bodyguards grabbed two men who were tied up and threw them hard onto the floor.
The man on the ground had a face full of wounds, and his eyes were swollen and purple like walnuts, clearly indicating that he had been severely tortured.
Ning Yao didn't understand what Wen Tingye meant. She didn't know these two men at all. She glanced at him suspiciously, only to see the assistant kick the man on the ground in the buttocks, telling them to explain themselves.
The men, covered in injuries, were kicked by the assistant, causing excruciating pain. They immediately cried out and recounted the whole story.
"We brothers were blinded by greed and just didn't think straight. That's why we threw Miss Ning into the sea. Please, have mercy on us and don't make things difficult for us anymore!"
"At the time, that lady said that Miss Ning would be absolutely fine, that she was just being thrown into the sea to scare her, and that she would arrange for someone to rescue her. Otherwise, even if we had ten lives, we wouldn't dare to kill her!"
Ning Yao understood immediately that these two men were the ones who threw her overboard from the cruise ship. Her heart sank, and her face instantly darkened.
Who on that cruise ship could hate her so much that they wanted her dead? If Wen Tingye hadn't appeared in time, she would already be a corpse on the seabed, for marine life to chew on.
She hadn't avenged her family, the children hadn't been found, and Ai Xiu and Bao Ying still had time to make up for the love they had missed. She was unwilling to give up.
At this moment, Ning Yao felt a chill run down her spine.
"Do you want to know who did it?" Wen Ting looked at Ning Yao's profile, his voice steady and powerful, devoid of any emotion.
Ning Yao snapped out of her daze, looked at Wen Tingye, her brows furrowed tightly, and asked coldly, "Who is it?"
Wen Tingye didn't reply, but simply raised his hand and patted it twice, neither too hard nor too softly.
Another bodyguard pushed open the door and entered, carrying none other than Shen Jiangyuan, the eldest daughter of the Shen family.
Shen Jiangyuan was also bound hand and foot. Unlike the two men, her mouth was covered with white tape, and her makeup was ruined by crying. She was so disheveled that even her own parents wouldn't recognize her.
Ning Yao was filled with astonishment, seemingly not expecting Shen Jiangyuan, this good-for-nothing young lady.
The two had indeed had some disagreements before, but in Ning Yao's opinion, those were just minor squabbles and nothing to do with wanting to kill each other.
Besides, Shen Jiangyuan didn't seem like the kind of person who would be ruthless to this extent at all. Ning Yao looked at Wen Tingye incredulously, her eyes asking:
Did something go wrong?
However, the other party remained calm and showed no intention of responding.
The assistant half-squatted down and peeled off the tape from Shen Jiangyuan's mouth. It was unclear how long the tape had been on, but when it was removed, Shen Jiangyuan's entire face, including her lips, were terribly red, and it looked painful to onlookers.
Shen Jiangyuan, who could speak, began frantically moving her body toward Ning Yao, begging for mercy in a hoarse voice.
"Miss Ning... Sister Ning, I beg you, I was wrong, I shouldn't have targeted you, I shouldn't have hired someone to kill you, please let me go, I promise I'll never do it again! Please, I don't want to die."
Shen Jiangyuan's words implied that she had hired someone to kill Ning Yao.
It was still unbelievable, but Ning Yao couldn't think of anyone else who could it be.
It wasn't until Wen Tingye's men blocked Shen Jiangyuan at the Shen family's door that she realized she had been pushed out by Lian Jiaorui to be a scapegoat.
She once called to question Lian Jiaorui, but all she got was indifferent replies and her family's eagerness to hand her over to deal with Wen Tingye, that ruthless devil.
The Lian family holds a fatal weakness in the Shen family. If she doesn't obey, she might not be able to go back to her family in the future, and might even die a miserable death on the streets!
Just thinking about it terrified Shen Jiangyuan. Her lips trembled, and she instinctively tried to please Ning Yao, hoping that Ning Yao would spare her life.
Ning Yao didn't die, did she? She will definitely forgive herself. Not only did she survive, but she also made progress with Wen Tingye. She is the biggest winner of this charity gala!
Ning Yao looked at Shen Jiangyuan, feeling utterly incredulous.
How could a young girl who has just come of age, who hasn't even graduated from university yet, be so malicious?
"Miss Ning, I, Shen Jiangyuan, am willing to be beaten or scolded. As long as you spare me, I'm willing to do anything you ask!"
"Give me a chance since you're unharmed!"
Ning Yao stopped looking at Shen Jiangyuan; the girl's actions chilled her to the bone. She turned to Wen Tingye, wanting to hear his opinion.
"What are you planning to do with them?"
"I brought you here to do whatever you want with me."
“I’ve had someone send me the location where you fell into the sea. You can do the same to her and throw her into the sea too.” Wen Tingye’s voice was slow and deep, his tone sharp, and he didn’t seem to be joking at all.
Throw it into the sea?
Upon hearing Wen Tingye's words, Shen Jiangyuan turned deathly pale.
When Ning Yao fell into the sea, Wen Tingye, a man who was familiar with swimming, was with her.
But if she falls in, no one will jump into the sea for her, and then she will lose her life.
She's so young, she doesn't want to die!
"No, please don't throw me into the sea, I really know I was wrong..."
Shen Jiangyuan was practically kneeling on the ground and kowtowing to Ning Yao. Her hands and feet were tied, and only her head could move. She frantically slammed her forehead against the floor, as if that would soften Ning Yao and Wen Tingye's hearts and prevent them from throwing her into the sea to feed the sharks.
Ning Yao turned her face away, unwilling to look at Shen Jiangyuan anymore.
Just thinking about it now makes me shudder. What if Wen Tingye hadn't brought the child to meet her back then?
If no one notices that she has been thrown into the sea, she will die a gruesome death, drowning and then her body will be devoured by sharks.
How could Shen Jiangyuan possibly have the audacity to ask for her forgiveness?
Just because she didn't die, does that mean she's not a victim?
Seeing Ning Yao frown and remain silent, her eyes indifferent, Wen Tingye didn't urge her either. He casually placed his hands on his thighs, his fingertips twitching slightly, waiting for Ning Yao to make a decision.
After a long while, Ning Yao slowly spoke, "Send them to the police station and handle it officially."
Ning Yao couldn't bring herself to throw Shen Jiangyuan into the sea and bear the burden she had endured, nor could she pretend nothing had happened.
She's not a saint; people were trying to kill her, and she just smiled and let bygones be bygones.
The best outcome is to handle this officially. Shen Jiangyuan is an adult now, and she has to bear the consequences of her own actions.
"Is it okay?" Ning Yao asked Wen Tingye, her eyes shining with seriousness.
Upon hearing this, Wen Tingye smiled. He stood up and walked to Ning Yao. When he looked down at her, his eyes revealed a hint of appreciation.
"can."