bodyguard against fate

Chapter 12 Weakling

A day earlier, Wu Renxing came to the finance office looking for Wu Meng.

"Has Feng Weida received his bonus?"

"He hasn't collected all the invoices yet!"

"I'll pay for the invoice, you just give him the money."

"Why does he deserve such a high bonus? Why don't you give me a reward too?"

"He saved your sister-in-law, can you compare?"

"What's wrong with your sister-in-law?"

Looking at his younger sister, Wu Renxing suddenly remembered that Wu Meng didn't have a boyfriend yet.

"Never mind your sister-in-law, let's talk about you first. Still single?"

"You know me, I'd rather have nothing than something bad."

"Let me introduce you to someone..."

"Not interested!"

"Don't say no yet, take a look at this!"

Wu Renxing showed Wu Meng a video of Feng Weida being slapped so hard by the top-ranked fan that his face was covered in bruises.

"Who is this person? Why are they hitting someone?"

Wu Renxing embellished Feng Weida's bumpy love history.

"In short, his wife cheated on him and is pregnant with another man's child. This adulterer even beat him up a couple of days ago. Isn't this like someone defecating on your neck? I can't swallow this!"

"So Feng Weida is in such a miserable state—"

Wu Meng suddenly felt a little regretful. She had been cold and sarcastic to Feng Weida these past two days and hadn't given him a kind look. She never expected that this seemingly strong man actually had a broken heart.

"Do you think this bonus should be given?"

"It should be given!"

"Not only will I give you something, but I'll also give you a task."

"What?"

"Don't you have a lot of girlfriends? Introduce him to someone, let his ex-wife have a good look. Feng Weida isn't unwanted; the younger and prettier the better, preferably someone who outshines his ex-wife!"

"Don't worry, brother, leave this to me!"

On the day Feng Weida gave Wu Meng the movie tickets, Wu Meng suddenly remembered that she might as well take this opportunity to introduce her best friend Xiao Yu to Feng Weida. Unexpectedly, Xiao Yu was late, and Chen Ergou pulled this stunt, which made her so angry that she didn't even get to see the movie.

I kindly introduced a potential partner to Feng Weida, but he betrayed me. It's true what they say, "Every pitiful person has something hateful about them." Wu Mengxin thought to herself, "Dog meat can't be served at a banquet."

Since handing the factory over to his daughter, He Yong has rarely returned. When he first started the garment factory, he was in his prime; now, nearing sixty, although 59 is now considered middle-aged, his ambition has faded. He's worked hard his whole life, while others enjoy a peaceful old age with many children and grandchildren. Looking back, his wife passed away early, he has only one daughter, no sons. His daughter missed her prime childbearing years due to her career, and now it's too late for her to have children; he doesn't even have a grandson.

According to estimates by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, approximately 25 to 30 billion eggs are produced globally every day, requiring about 60 to 70 billion hens to complete this task. Without external intervention, the natural birth rate of roosters and hens is roughly equal, meaning that 60 to 70 billion roosters are hatched globally each year! However, around 70 billion young roosters are killed globally each year because breeding doesn't require that many roosters; keeping only a small number is sufficient. Other roosters not only waste feed but also fight each other for mating rights when they grow up. Therefore, most young roosters die within 14 days of birth! The result of roosters having no value is that they are ground into powder, bones and skin, to make feed.

"Dad, what do you want to say?" He Xiuli asked.

"I'm just a newborn rooster," He Yong said, "and I have no offspring!"

In his view, a man without offspring has basically lost his value in life. Two generations later, no one will remember you. The billions of dollars you have worked hard for your whole life and risked your life to earn will eventually benefit outsiders. So why bother working hard?

"With modern medicine, women can give birth at fifty." He Xiuli understood what her father meant. It wasn't that she hadn't tried, but she just couldn't get pregnant. However, she was only 35, far from the age for sterilization.

"How many fifty-year-old women have you seen give birth?" He Yong had always suspected Wu Renxing's problem. "Is Wu Renxing impotent?"

"Renxing also had a check-up, and the doctor said he had low sperm count."

"Low sperm count? I'd say he's a weakling!" From the very beginning, He Yong was dissatisfied with his daughter marrying such a useless son-in-law. He couldn't eat anything properly and was good for nothing. Over the years, if it weren't for Wu Renxing's meddling, the He family's assets would have reached 20 million. "If it doesn't work out, divorce him and find someone else!"

"dad--"

He Xiuli and Wu Renxing were childhood sweethearts, eloping when they were twenty. However, their parents strongly opposed the marriage, firstly because Wu Renxing's family was poor and their social standing was unsuitable, and secondly because Wu Renxing was uneducated and incompetent. To facilitate the marriage, He Xiuli secretly gave Wu Renxing a sock factory and helped him connect with clients to improve his business. Seeing Wu Renxing achieve some success and reform, He Yong finally relented. It was during those years that He Xiuli's health deteriorated. Of course, He Yong's agreement to let Wu Renxing marry into the family came with a harsh condition: Wu Renxing and He Xiuli's first son had to bear the surname He, essentially giving him away to the He family. Wu Renxing didn't care; whatever the surname, he was still his son. He could always change the surname back to Wu when his son had another son, since He Yong would be gone by then.

Thus, this marriage was full of calculations from the very beginning.

He Xiuli had also regretted it. The filter of her youth could not withstand the high-definition reproduction of time. Although she had doubted Wu Renxing's ability and intelligence, she never doubted his character. He Xiuli thought that Wu Renxing was just unlucky in business, so he might as well not do anything else, just be her assistant, close the door and study for a baby. Every day she would feed him oysters, sea cucumbers, stir-fried eggs with chives, stewed mutton with wolfberries, and even braised loach and stewed sea dog kidneys, changing the dishes in different ways. She was sure that she could cure his oligospermia.

"My daughter's all grown up now, I can't control her anymore. I'm just afraid that in the future, you won't even have anyone close to you..." He Yong sighed. "Like this time, thankfully you came back safely, otherwise, I would have fought that Wu guy to the death!"

"This was an accident, it has nothing to do with Renxing—"

"How can it be okay? Wasn't it the driver who lost you?"

"You mean Xiao Feng? It was just a coincidence that day..."

"I heard this driver is your bodyguard, what's going on?"

He Xiuli was afraid that her father would worry, so she hadn't told him that she was being followed late at night. Now she couldn't hide it anymore and had to tell the truth.

"Is that so?"

He Yong's reaction was exactly what He Xiuli had expected.

"Dad, it's nothing. Maybe someone just drank too much. So much time has passed, and everything's fine now. I think Renxing is worrying unnecessarily."

"Impossible, it's not that simple—"

He Yong had a feeling that He Xiuli's two accidents were no coincidence!

Why not earlier, not later, but now of all times?

Why does it fail once, fail twice...? Will it fail a third time?

"See, I knew it. If I told you, this would happen," He Xiuli comforted her father. "Then I won't dare to tell you anything anymore."

"Xiaoli, better safe than sorry. As the saying goes, it's not the thief you should fear, but the one who's eyeing you."

"Okay, I know—"