Jenny hits Allen frustratingly, but it is as if she is hitting cotton. The feeble man has not a single ounce of fighting spirit in him, he is nothing like the man that once said he will become a pirate and conquer the seven seas.
She lets go of his collar and takes a step backwards.
The wind from the river blows off her hat, and her hair flutters in the air. Her hair is messy as her life the moment she turns 18.
"I need you to tell me the truth, about what happened back then."
Allen gazes at Jenny, he says with a deep voice, "You have to not meddle in this incident. I am the cause of it and I will make those people pay."
"What are you planning to do?" Jenny suddenly feels anxious, she frowns deeply, "Wait, you are not planning to go fight the people that deceived you into borrowing money from the loan shark, aren't you? You think that the Jin family crumbled because of those grunts?"
The colour of Allen's face changes, he hesitates, "You… you knew?"
Jenny is about to burst.
You, Mr. Yan, made a bet that you can earn ten million in a month over some mediocre woman and went to the loan shark because you couldn't do it in the end. Everybody knows about it, the woman is really something. Did she ever visit you when you are in prison?"
"This has nothing to do with Sapphire..."
"Are you still hung up on her? Allen, are you dumb?" Jenny glares at him furiously.
"Tell me, why do you think Miss Poole hangs around you even though she is engaged? Think about it, who will benefit most from the fall of the Jin's family?"
Back then, everybody knew about Allen putting a lot of effort in courting the rich girl, Sapphire Poole from the Middle Up Group. The story about the bet he made also spread like wildfire. He was young and naive, he couldn't get the money and hence he had the ingenious idea of borrowing from the loan shark. He couldn't pay the cut-throat interest back afterwards but had no guts to tell the family about it. The loan shark then went directly to Jin's Wine.
Jenny believes that her uncle doesn't have the guts to do something like contaminating the wine in the barrels, but she thinks her uncle must be the key to the problem.
"Will you believe me if I tell you that Sapphire was playing you for a fool from the beginning. The bet you made, the reason you went to jail, they were all her according to her plan. The pure and innocent girl that you couldn't forget is not who you think she is, wake up, Allen! Are three years in jail not enough for you to wake up to the truth?"
"Impossible…"
Allen looks like he lost his soul, Jenny cannot help but feel angry at him. She takes out a small notebook she always keeps with her and writes down an address, she tears a page out and presses it on Allen's chest.
"Take this, Sapphire is throwing her son a birthday party this Saturday at seven-thirty in the evening at ML International Hotel, everybody attending are important people from Xicheng. Go take a look at who's standing next to her, and you'll come to the realization of the truth. You can also go ask her directly if she ever cared about you."
Jenny leaves hurriedly, she grits her teeth and is boiling with anger. She knows that her uncle is not the brightest, but she assumes that he at least will figure out the truth after being in prison for three years, however, nothing has changed.
Sapphire the wench sees right through the Jin's family from the start. Three years ago, Allen and Jenny's father were arrested. Her father was released while awaiting trial, and hence he thought that her uncle was going to be sentenced with all the crimes. He even tried to go to Sapphire and to beg her to see Allen at least once. But she never showed her face, she even sent a servant over just to make snarky comments at Jenny's father.
Daniel is hired by Sapphire to do some makeup at her son's birthday party, he is the one that told Jenny about it and she will not have known otherwise.
Danny has good relationships with these noble women, before working with Jade Pictures, he works as a stylist for the banquet's host. He is skilful and talented, every woman he touches looks so gorgeous that one cannot tear their eyes away. He makes a name for himself and Jade Pictures then scouts him and promises him a high salary.
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