Chapter 69: Apology

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Chen Feng didn’t know how to respond to Wang Yue’e’s words. From Zhang Jingwen’s perspective, she had reason to hate him, and it was normal for her to want to have him beaten up.

But from his own perspective, Chen Feng also felt very wronged. Although he was somewhat at fault for what happened last time, he didn’t feel he had done anything wrong.

And this time, Zhang Jingwen hiring people to beat him was clearly her fault.

“How about this: first, have her apologize to me personally.”

Chen Feng said in a tone that brooked no argument.

“This… you know she’s furious right now, and she has a stubborn personality. It’s very difficult to get her to apologize. I can apologize to you again solemnly on her behalf. I’m truly sorry.”

Wang Yue’e’s tone could not have been more solemn, but she wasn’t Zhang Jingwen herself, so of course, Chen Feng wouldn’t accept it.

“If she can’t even do that, and you still expect me to forgive her, don’t you think that’s going too far? If she won’t even apologize, how can I forgive her?”

“Mr. Chen, she already knows she was wrong, she’s just being stubborn…”

“Cut the crap. I’ll give her five minutes. If she doesn’t apologize in five minutes, I’ll release the photos. The clock starts now.”

With that, Chen Feng hung up the phone.

Wang Yue’e was so angry she almost smashed her phone.

But there was nothing she could do. The other party had them by the throat, so they had to submit.

She looked at Zhang Jingwen beside her and said helplessly, “You heard him. I think you should just apologize. You were too reckless this time.”

“I just can’t stand it. That damn bastard, he wants me to apologize? In his dreams.”

Zhang Jingwen’s chest heaved with anger.

“Then what do we do? If he really releases the photos… your career will be over,” Wang Yue’e said with a worried expression.

“Let him release them. At worst, we’ll insist they’re fake photos, fake images. We’ll just tough it out until the storm passes.” Zhang Jingwen said with a look of determination.

“Don’t you know that photos can be authenticated? If the photos are released, someone online will definitely be able to tell if they’re real or fake. If it’s confirmed to be real, it will be very difficult for you to make a comeback.”

Zhang Jingwen was suddenly speechless.

She had only just become famous and was finally tasting the sweetness of being a big star. For it to end so abruptly would be too cruel for her.

Wang Yue’e had long since figured out her temper. Seeing this, she pressed on, “Wenwen, he’s only asking for a verbal apology, and it’s not even in person, just over the phone. Just satisfy his request. It’s no big deal. Besides, you hired people to beat him up this time. Strictly speaking, that already constitutes a criminal case. If he reports it and exposes your involvement, it won’t be good for your reputation.”

After pondering for a moment, Zhang Jingwen picked up her phone and made a call.

“Leizi, how did it go?”

“Miss, there was a bit of an accident.”

“What!?”

Two or three minutes later, Zhang Jingwen hung up the phone with a very ugly expression. She said to Wang Yue’e with a blank face, “Call him.”

Wang Yue’e immediately called Chen Feng. At this point, there were only a few seconds left of the five minutes.

“Mr. Chen, Jingwen is willing to apologize to you. She has realized her mistake…”

Before she could finish, Zhang Jingwen snatched the phone from her and said in an icy tone, “I apologize to you. I was wrong.”

Hearing Zhang Jingwen’s cold apology, Chen Feng was naturally displeased. He also said coldly, “Is this your attitude of apology? If so, it’s better not to apologize at all.”

“Then what do you want?” Zhang Jingwen asked with a taut face.

“At least your tone should sound a bit more sincere, more earnest.”

Hearing this, Zhang Jingwen took a few deep breaths, suppressed the anger in her heart, and then put on a sincere tone, “I’m sorry. I apologize to you.”

Only then was Chen Feng somewhat satisfied. It was indeed a rare thing to get this self-important, arrogant big star to apologize voluntarily.

“Alright, we’ll let it go this time, but don’t let it happen again. If there’s a next time, you can just wait for your reputation to be ruined. I’m a man of my word.”

After giving his warning, Chen Feng asked again, “Also, how many people did you send this time? What do they look like?”

Zhang Jingwen frowned, but still answered truthfully, “I don’t know. I just had one of my dad’s subordinates handle it. I don’t know who he called.”

Hearing this, Chen Feng rudely ordered, “Then call him now and ask him exactly how many people he sent to find me and what their characteristics are.”

Zhang Jingwen was very unhappy to hear this, but thinking of what Leizi had said earlier, she could only force down her anger again, grit her teeth, and say “Okay,” before hanging up the phone.

“This is making me so mad! Ahhh!” Zhang Jingwen slammed the sofa several times to vent her anger.

Seeing this, Wang Yue’e quickly comforted her, “Don’t be angry! Don’t be angry! It’s not worth it! You’re an actress, just pretend you were acting just now.”

“Right, I’ll just pretend I was acting,” Zhang Jingwen took a deep breath and nodded.

A few minutes later, Zhang Jingwen’s side called Chen Feng again.

As soon as the call connected, she said directly, “I’ve asked. He sent three people. One is 1.8 meters tall, nicknamed ‘Fire Wolf.’ Another is short and fat, nicknamed ‘Fat Pig.’ And the last one is younger, about twenty-five or twenty-six, nicknamed ‘Fierce Wolf,’ he’s Fire Wolf’s cousin. That’s all. Is that enough?”

Hearing her description, Chen Feng matched it with the three men led by the big gold chain from before. This confirmed that Zhang Jingwen hadn’t lied; those three were indeed sent by her.

But if that was the case, who sent the two men who had been following him twice?

For a moment, Chen Feng really couldn’t figure it out.

“Alright. That’s enough. From now on, it’s best if we just pretend we never knew each other. We’ll stay out of each other’s way,” Chen Feng didn’t want to push her too hard either. Otherwise, if he pushed too hard and it ended in mutual destruction, it wouldn’t be good.

“Hmph, we never knew each other in the first place. It was you who kept shamelessly stalking me.”

“Alright. If I say it was all a misunderstanding now, you definitely won’t believe me. But I still have to say, I really wasn’t stalking you, and I’m not some sasaeng fan of yours. The few chance encounters before, I had to admit I was your sasaeng fan because I was afraid of trouble. But in fact, I’m really not your fan. You’re famous now, but I’ve only watched two or three episodes of your drama ‘Dream of Immortal Fate,’ and that was because my girlfriend dragged me to watch it with her…”

“Is there any point in you saying all this now?” Zhang Jingwen interrupted him. “You don’t need to tell me all this. Anyway, just like you said, I won’t believe it. What I want to say now is, since you’ve already forgiven my mistake this time, then don’t pursue the matter with Fire Wolf and the other two. In any case, you were just scared and didn’t get hurt.”

“That’s a separate issue,” Chen Feng raised an eyebrow and said. “If I run into them next time, I’ll definitely make them pay.”

This time, he could be said to have fled in disarray. Although he was only a little scared, he had completely lost face.

If it were the old Chen Feng, he might have let it go. But now that he had money, his mindset was different.

If he had the chance, he would definitely get his revenge.

“I have no objection to you getting your revenge. What I mean is… if the police come to you for information, you’d better not involve me. Even if you do, I won’t admit it.”

“Why would the police look for me? Did someone call them?”

Chen Feng had been running for his life earlier and had no idea what happened afterward.

“You don’t know?” Zhang Jingwen was surprised.

“Know what?” Chen Feng was equally surprised.

After thinking for a moment, Zhang Jingwen told him roughly what had happened.

After hearing it, Chen Feng was dumbfounded.

He really didn’t know that his spur-of-the-moment action of pushing those two men would lead to such a result.

This matter now involved a criminal case, and it happened on a busy street. The police would definitely get involved, and they would surely find him soon.

This is really something!

He had tried his best to avoid trouble for himself, but it seemed that trouble was still coming for him one after another.

“The one who got hit by the car, how is he now?”

“I don’t know.”

“If he dies, that’s going to be trouble,” Chen Feng said with some worry. Although he felt he was not at fault in this matter, it was still a human life. If he hadn’t pushed the two men as shields, that person probably wouldn’t have been hit by a car.

However, in comparison, the big gold chain nicknamed Fire Wolf was in bigger trouble. Although he was stabbed in the leg, if he hadn’t beaten that person, the subsequent events wouldn’t have happened.

“Yes. If that person dies, it could be troublesome for both you and me. So, if the police question you, there’s no need to involve me. Otherwise, it will only make things more complicated. And it won’t do you any good.”

Zhang Jingwen was worried that Fire Wolf and his men would implicate her, which was why she had suppressed her anger and apologized to Chen Feng.

Although her words were a bit harsh, Chen Feng had to admit that she had a point.

There was indeed no need to involve her in this matter. Otherwise, it would only result in mutual harm, with no benefit to him.

But Chen Feng couldn’t help but feel angry. He already had a terminal illness. In the time he had left, he just wanted to live out his remaining days peacefully, freely, and happily.

But now, because of this woman’s momentary anger, he was implicated in a case that could potentially involve a human life.

“It’s true there’s no benefit in exposing you. But damn it, if you hadn’t sent people to beat me up, would things have turned out this way? When the time comes, I might even face a lawsuit. Let me tell you first, if I get sued, the first thing I’ll do is expose you.”

Zhang Jingwen immediately said with some panic, “Don’t be impulsive. Exposing me won’t do you any good at all. Don’t worry, if you really get sued, I’ll definitely hire the best lawyer to defend you.”

“Who cares! You’d better pray that person wasn’t killed by the car. Otherwise, even if I don’t expose you, those three might.”

“They don’t know it was me.”

“Are you stupid? They don’t know you, but they know the person who hired them, and that person definitely knows you.”

“That person will absolutely not expose me,” Zhang Jingwen said with a confident tone.

“Don’t be too confident. If it involves a homicide case, will he still take the fall himself?”

“…You don’t need to worry about it. Just take care of yourself. As long as you don’t involve me, then the previous matter… we’ll call it even.”

Zhang Jingwen said the last words through gritted teeth.

“We’ll see. I don’t know what will happen next. Anyway, I’ve said what I needed to say. That’s it.”

With that, Chen Feng hung up the phone directly.

Zhang Jingwen bit her lip, her whole body trembling with anger.

Chen Feng was just that detestable! He made her so angry she could hardly bear it.

Chen Feng’s side immediately started walking back.

Before long, he saw a crowd gathered and discussing where he had fled from earlier. He walked closer, listened for a while, and watched for a bit. It confirmed what Zhang Jingwen had said.

At the scene of the car accident, there were still bloodstains on the ground.

Chen Feng’s mood instantly soured. His mood was already suppressed because of his terminal illness, and now he had to deal with this kind of thing.

He returned home in a gloomy mood and waited specifically for the police to notify him to assist in the investigation.

But a day passed, and he didn’t receive a visit from the police, nor a phone call.

The next morning, at around eight o’clock, he had just woken up and was lying in bed looking at his phone when he received a call from Wang Yue’e.

“That person is out of danger. Fire Wolf’s side has already turned themselves in to the police. Under normal circumstances, they should receive a light sentence. As for the person’s medical expenses, Fire Wolf’s side will pay a few tens of thousands out of humanitarianism. We’ve consulted a lawyer. The car accident has little to do with Fire Wolf, and even less to do with you. So, you’ll be fine.”

Hearing her explanation, Chen Feng let out a sigh of relief. It was best not to be involved in a homicide case.

“Okay. I understand.”

Chen Feng had wanted to say thank you, but in the end, he didn’t.

And Wang Yue’e on the other end was also very direct, hanging up the phone immediately.

This gave Chen Feng a taste of what it was like to be hung up on “without warning.” Really now.

However, since the other party had specifically called to give him this good news, he wouldn’t hold it against her.

With one less thing to worry about, Chen Feng’s mood improved. He immediately got up to wash.

He went downstairs to make breakfast—six poached eggs boiled in water with brown sugar. After eating, he felt comfortable all over.

At this moment, he seemed to have forgotten about the tumor in his head. And the tumor didn’t seem to have any side effects on him now. The dizziness, nausea, vomiting, and loss of appetite that he used to have had all disappeared since the divorce.

He sat in the living room and watched TV for a while, mainly the news.

After watching the news, he picked up his phone and sent a WeChat message to Xiao Ya, asking about the property deed.

Not long after, Xiao Ya replied that the property deed had been processed, and he could go pick it up anytime.

So, Chen Feng said he would go right away.

Soon, Chen Feng drove to the property transaction center, met up with Xiao Ya, and smoothly received the property deed.

Then, the two of them drove to Red Villa Bay together. With Xiao Ya’s help, Chen Feng quickly completed the relevant procedures at the property management office and could move in at any time.

With the matter settled and a villa he had once dreamed of in his hands, Chen Feng’s mood improved even more.

Thus, Chen Feng generously invited Xiao Ya to a big meal.

Xiao Ya only hesitated for a moment before agreeing.

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