COLD CEO AND ARROGANT WIFE, VOLUME 4 - Season 7 Episode 80

Mu Chenyan raised the metal rod and struck at Ruan Meilin who shuddered in fear. But right before the rod could touch her, Mu Chenyan stopped. Thinking of something, she dropped the metal rod. She pulled the leather strap that tied her to the chair and struck the leather strap right at her kneecaps.

As soon as Ruan Meilin was hit on her kneecap, it felt like every single bone in her leg trembled, jolting up a striking pain. It hurt so much that she screamed out as her tears fell down relentlessly.

Anna continued to follow Mu Chenyan’s movement without blinking. She could see that more than anger, Mu Chenyan was scared. She couldn’t help smiling to herself. The Mu Chenyan she first met in her life was a fearless devil. She feared nothing, not even death could scare her. But that same woman was now scared. And her weakness was the girl she raised.

She could tell that Mu Chenyan’s heart wasn’t really at ease even after seeing that Raelle was fine. The possibility that something could have happened to Raelle was scaring her and that was triggering the ruthlessness she had been burying deep inside of her.

The angel Yanyan who raised Raelle Xiang was a demon in reality. People who know her would say she was cruel and ruthless. But Anna would disagree. If it wasn’t because of Mu Chenyan’s kindness, Anna would have lost everything. In fact, all the people who followed her from the mercenary teams were all those who owed Mu Chenyan one thing or another. They were all indebted to her kindness.

And when she actually offered that kindness to them, she had asked for nothing in return.

It was years later she came to find them and asked for only one thing, ‘Loyalty!’

And the irony was, she didn’t want them to be loyal to her. She wanted all of them to be loyal to Raelle and only Raelle. Even if they owed Mu Chenyan their lives, they still had to serve their loyalty to Raelle till their last breath.

To be honest, Anna was in disbelief when she heard about Mu Chenyan’s condition back then. She couldn’t believe it was the same person whom she feared and admired. But the reality was, that every dragon has a reverse scale. This one also did. It was just unexpected for every one of them to see who this reverse scale was.

“Tie her up to the ceiling,” ordered Mu Chenyan in an emotionless voice.

While they were arranging the things to tie Ruan Meilin up to the ceiling, Mu Chenyan came to crouch down before her and took her tab from another subordinate. She smiled eerily at Ruan Meilin as she said, “Our family’s son-in-law has prepared a gift for you.” With that, she played the news on her tablet.

Ruan Meilin’s red, blurred eyes couldn’t see the screen clearly but she could hear the announcer’s voice saying, “Today, the income tax department raided the Ruan Constructions and arrested their CEO for tax invasions. The Ruan Constructions new project at the 8th Avenue is also being inspected since it’s reported that the material used in the project is cheap which can endanger the people’s lives.” The announcer continued to speak but Ruan Meilin couldn’t hear anything else.

She shook her head. “No! Xian Ge can’t do this!” she spoke in her hoarse voice that didn’t sound pleasant at all. “He won’t punish innocent people for my mistakes.”

Mu Chenyan patted her face as she told her, “If you think Shui Xian is a nice person, you’re mistaken. Do you think I chose him as our family’s son-in-law just for his pretty face? Well, that was one of the reasons but the reason was that I knew what he was capable of. Nice? He only looks like a gentleman. No, he is a gentleman to people he loves. But to the rest, he can be your worst nightmare. He is just good at deceiving people with his handsome face.” She shook her head and added, “Did you really think you or your family won’t suffer for what you did? If he can help your family reach where they are, he can destroy that family as well. That saves me the trouble. And who said those people are innocent? Maybe they didn’t influence your decision to attempt murder but that doesn’t mean they are nice people. And we are following the law. They’ll get what they deserve. Along with you.”

“Everything is prepared, Mistress!”

“Pull up!” said Mu Chenyan.

And then Ruan Meilin tied from her feet was pulled up from the ground. A glass water tank was brought to the room and placed right under Ruan Meilin. Since Mu Chenyan wasn’t allowed to leave any wounds on Ruan Meilin, she had plenty of ways to inflict pain and torture the person who killed her Raelle’s baby.

“Please, forgive me!” Ruan Meilin shouted. “I had lost my mind for a moment. Please, spare my life!”

“Who said we are after your life?” retorted Mu Chenyan. “Don’t worry. I’ll make sure you live a very long life.” But her words weren’t reassuring. It only scared Ruan Meilin even more who was hung upside down and the blood was rushing to her brain.

“Drop!” said Mu Chenyan and Ruan Meilin fell from a high point to the tank filled with cold water.

Like a desperate person, she flailed her hands trying to save herself but the water was trying to rush into her airways and making it impossible for her to survive. However, right before she could suffocate to death, she was pulled up.

Sympathy? What was that? Mu Chenyan knew better than being kind to your enemy was being cruel to yourself. It’s not like Ruan Meilin had shown any mercy when she decided to drop that heavy flower pot on Raelle. Even if that was an impulse. Who cares?

Impulse is the real devil. One should always be prepared for the consequences of it.