The Villain's Wife

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"President Manoban?" Yang Jing said, almost convinced that he had been talking to a lunatic.

"I want Yang Lina," Jennie said after a few seconds. "Tell your grandfather not to intervene."

"Yes, that's what we've already agreed upon. However, my father and mother are a different matter. My father is in the military while my mother used to be a military nurse, but I'm sure you are already aware of that," Yang Jing said.

"I am," Jennie answered. "I am not a very forgiving person, Mr. Yang. That is something that I can assure you."

"Are you saying that you will still touch the Yang Family?"

"No. I will not ruin the lives of your family. I am not that evil," Jennie said as she drummed her fingers on the table. "However, that does not mean that my husband is as... kind-hearted as I am."

Yang Jing immediately squinted at Jennie, wondering what type of scheme she was cooking up now. "President Manoban..."

"Don't worry, I won't let him touch your precious family." Jennie rose from her seat and turned her back on Yang Jing. "But this will mean that you will owe me something." Jennie crossed her arms over her chest, her gaze still on the floor to ceiling windows in front of her. "From now on, the Yang Family will owe me something."

Instantly, Yang Jing's expression changed. "We don't owe you anything!"

"Lisa can frame your uncle and grandfather for crimes that they did not commit," Jennie said. "Without them and Yang Sen... the Yang Family will slowly crumble."

"My husband tends to overreact when it comes to me, Mr. Yang... Who knows what he will do to get back at your family. After all, it was your father who helped cover up my mother's murder," Jennie reminded him. "I'll give you five minutes to think about it."

"You..." Yang Jing was speechless. While he had been cautious after realizing that he'd accidentally revealed details of the murder of Jennie's mother, he still did not expect this move from her. Owe her? Wouldn't this mean that the Yang Family would be under her command?

Now that he thought about it, his grandfather had been warning him not to engage in any deals with Jennie as she was extremely cunning. Last night, Yang Jing wasn't able to stop himself from talking back to his grandfather. For him, it's not that Jennie is smart, it's simply that they made the wrong assumptions because of Yang Lina's lies. Her tactics were simple, and any military tactician would eventually notice them as long as they knew every aspect of the story.

However, his grandfather still warned him about Jennie's unpredictability. Dismissively, he just laughed at the old man's words. How could a woman beat a military officer when it comes to strategy? All night, he had been thinking about Jennie's ways and concluded that she just got lucky as Lina and Zeng panicked when she attacked them. This wouldn't work if she had been in front of military men who had been dealing with cunning individuals all of their lives.

"Mr. Yang, all my life I have been underestimated by almost everyone I've ever encountered," Jennie's sudden words woke him up from his stupor. "Be it when I was a child or when I became a businesswoman. This is a man's world, they say," Jennie slowly turned around and walked towards her table. "In the business world, women tend to work harder than men just to prove that we are capable."

"Your point?" he asked.

"Simple. Stop trying to analyze me. You will fail." Seeing Yang Jing narrowing his eyes at her, Jennie continued, "I can read you like a book, Mr. Yang. From the moment you walked into my office, I knew that you underestimate women. I know how you underestimate me."