bodyguard against fate

Chapter 21 Earth Overcomes Water

After seeing Zhang Hao and Xiao Yu off, Wu Renxing finally wiped the sweat from his brow. He had barely managed to get through it, but it was another near miss! You know, Feng Weida is a lunatic, how come he's not crazy? He remained calm and collected when Xiao Yu said she wanted to break up and when Zhang Hao provoked him so much, but when it came to protecting He Xiuli, he was like a man possessed. Just ask me, what were you thinking back then?

While Feng Wei was alone in the underground parking garage, Wu Renxing asked the question that had been on his mind.

"Mr. Wu, I didn't think much about it at the time. You have shown me great kindness, and Mr. He has treated me like family. What have I, Feng Weida, done to deserve this? I earn a salary higher than a college graduate and drive a luxury car that even Er Gou's father has never driven. I, Feng Weida, can only repay this kindness with my life! Of course, the main responsibility this time lies with me—"

"Didn't Xiaoyu's breakup affect you? And her boyfriend—" Wu Renxing had a head full of unsolved mysteries.

Feng Weida thought for a moment: "I knew it. I definitely didn't do anything that night. Xiaoyu must have had a reason for doing that. She might be short of money, so I helped her out. I've always treated her like a younger sister—"

"This idiot isn't honest either," Wu Renxing thought to himself. "If I hadn't brought Zhang Hao here, he would have already slept with her. Now look what's happened, if he can't be my wife, he'll be my sister. He's more of a scumbag than I am. I guess I underestimated him. I miscalculated!"

That's true. Those "pig butchering scams" target naive young girls, so why would I use that tactic on a divorced man? Pigsy (Zhu Bajie) is easily swayed by any woman, but when it comes to breaking up the group, his first thought is always back to Gao Village, to find Gao Cuilan. Is he really looking for Gao Cuilan? Of course not. If he could go back to heaven, he'd still want to flirt with Chang'e! But whether it's Gao Cuilan or Chang'e, have you ever seen him go crazy for any woman?

Women can go crazy for love, but men only make mistakes for love!

How could Jiang Xue come up with such a terrible idea! Wu Renxing complained inwardly.

When Wu Meng heard her brother tell these stories, she was stunned, as if she had just watched a movie.

"Call me next time something like this happens! This is practically a melodramatic soap opera!"

"Get lost! You're always stirring up trouble," Wu Renxing said irritably. "I'm cutting off Feng Weida's salary this month for neglecting his duties!"

"Brother, that's not right of you. Didn't you ask me to introduce him to someone? Now you're blaming him!" Wu Meng said, standing up for Feng Weida.

"Oh, right, we haven't even held you accountable yet. Look at the kind of people you introduced to them! Your salary has been suspended too!"

Wu Meng never expected to get herself into this mess: "You think you can just stop like that? I'll ask my sister-in-law and see if she'll stop me!"

Wu Mengzhen actually went to He Xiuli to ask.

"What?! I didn't know that!" He Xiuli was unaware that Wu Renxing was going to stop Feng Weida's salary. "Have Renxing come here. What exactly happened?"

After the failed murder attempt at the hospital, Wu Renxing recalled Feng Weida's words and reflected on himself three times a day: Was I too good to Feng Weida? Did I pay him too much? Should I not have provided him with food and lodging? The better I treated him, the more he wanted to repay my kindness, and the more he wanted to repay my kindness, the more desperately he tried to save Xiuli.

After much thought, Wu Renxing believed he had found the complete logical loop. The first thing to do was to sever Feng Weida's good impression of him and turn them into enemies!

But he couldn't tell the truth in front of He Xiuli.

"Xiuli, I'm doing this for your own good."

"For my own good?"

"Look, the first time you embarrassed yourself was because of Feng Weida, but luckily it was a close call and nothing serious happened. This time it's because of him again. As the saying goes, there's a first and a second time, but not a third and a fourth. If we don't teach him a lesson, who knows what kind of trouble he'll cause next time!"

"Although it's all because of him, there are extenuating circumstances—"

He Xiuli thought that Feng Weida's first encounter with his ex-wife was an accident. The second time, she had intended to kindly introduce him to a potential partner, but instead, she rubbed salt into his wounds. Besides, it was Zhang Hao who made the mistake, and it had nothing to do with Feng Weida. If Feng Weida hadn't stood up for her, she might not be here anymore. She had been planning to reward Feng Weida these past two days, so why was Wu Renxing being punished instead?

"I suspect he's destined to harm you," Wu Renxing finally dropped his trump card. He knew He Xiuli's biggest weakness was her belief in Buddhism and karma. "I've calculated his birth chart; he's an earth element person, and you're a water element person. Earth controls water."

"This... can't be..."

Despite her reluctance to believe it, He Xiuli was also somewhat skeptical.

"Otherwise, why would so many things happen as soon as he arrives?"

Looking back, He Xiuli realized that before Feng Weida arrived, life was peaceful and the country was safe. But as soon as he came, everything changed drastically, and she became the protagonist of a horror movie. Fortunately, He Xiuli wasn't a foolish ruler; it was a fact that Feng Weida had saved her twice, and one shouldn't repay kindness with enmity.

"Don't deduct my salary. At most, I'll withhold my bonus for now. I'll think about it some more."

He Xiuli set the tone for this matter, and Wu Renxing didn't say anything more. He had figured it out and wasn't afraid that He Xiuli would fire Feng Weida, which would give Feng Weida even more reason to retaliate. However, he had played too risky a game. If it weren't for Zhang Hao, he would have been in serious trouble. It seemed that next time, a single insurance policy wouldn't be enough, and he would need a double insurance policy. Even if he failed, he couldn't let He Xiuli doubt him.

Pah, pah, pah! I haven't even started yet, why am I already thinking about failure? It's all because of this Feng Weida!

"Dad, why have we been having so many problems lately? Is it because of something?" He Xiuli asked He Yong during dinner.

He Yong's fracture was not serious, and he was discharged from the hospital in a couple of days. He doesn't usually live with his daughter and son-in-law, but these past few days, He Xiuli has been taking time off work to visit her father in order to take care of him. Cooking is out of the question; the time and energy spent buying groceries, preparing them, cooking, and washing dishes every day would be enough to take up an adult's labor capacity. So, they simply hired a housekeeper to cook for him.

"It can't be him, it can't be him," He Yong said, denying himself as he ate.

"Dad, who are you talking about?"

He Yong sighed: "When I was young, I offended someone. He wanted to kill me back then, when you were still young..."

"You mean...that person?" He Xiuli asked.

"Don't you think these things don't seem like coincidences?" He Yong asked.

"It's not a coincidence?" He Xiuli was startled and dared not think too deeply about it.

If it's not a coincidence, then it must be premeditated murder. Could someone really want to kill me?

"From the moment you said you were being followed, I suspected someone was sabotaging you. Look, you had two incidents, and I was pushed down the stairs—all within less than half a month. What a coincidence!"

"Could it really be that he's come back for revenge—"

"Was this Xiao Feng someone Wu Renxing found?"

"right."

"Fire him. Dad will pay for two new bodyguards for you."

"Dad, this isn't about who pays; isn't it inappropriate to do it this way?"

"What's wrong with him? If it weren't for him, would so much trouble have happened?"

"That's true, but he did save my life after all—"

How much do you know about him?

"Who?"

"Little Feng."

"Not much, he doesn't seem to talk much usually—"

He Yong was silent for a moment, then said, "Listen to me on this. It's settled then. I'll look for someone first, and once I find someone in a couple of days, you can give him a long leave so he doesn't have to come back!"

He Yong spoke with absolute certainty, leaving He Xiuli no room for rebuttal.