Ji Yan Chuan's mouth twitched, his tone sarcastic: "You really are honest."
Qiao Chuchu responded with a smile: "Yeah, my greatest strength is honesty, unlike you. Your mom was a mistress who climbed to the top, bringing you into the family, and your dad hid it from his legitimate wife."
Ji Yan Chuan’s expression gradually faded.
Qiao Chuchu’s gaze turned mocking: "You’re the product of moral decay, and you still have the nerve to mock others for lacking morals?"
Ji Yan Chuan raised his hand to strike her!
Qiao Chuchu slapped his hand onto the table!
With a loud bang, the sound startled the waiter, who turned to look.
Qiao Chuchu stood above Ji Yan Chuan, pressing down on him, speaking slowly: "Your father is a stud, an old cucumber, and yet you were fooling around with other women while still engaged. You’re a future rotten cucumber in the making."
Ji Yan Chuan’s breath grew heavy, like an enraged cat, unable to speak from the anger she provoked.
She smiled smugly: "Look around at the others here. Who else is the product of a mistress like you? Do you really think your background is enough to mock me?"
"Get a grip."
"With your dad's behavior, if you were a girl, you wouldn’t be sitting here right now."
Qiao Chuchu straightened up, coldly smiling as she left: "I’m leaving."
Her back was proud, and her inner thoughts screamed: [I’m the charming and cold one, the almost-dead, cultivating the male sidekick, the villainess reborn!]
[Sure enough, the face people put on outside is all self-made!]
[I'm damn good looking!!]
[You mock me for being a pervert? I’ll show you a real pervert! As long as I have no morals, then he’ll never control me!!]
[This round, my verbal sparring won. Ji Yan Chuan will probably be crying in frustration all night long.]
[And me?]
[Ha!]
[I’ve never had a blocked milk duct in my life!]
[Leaving now!]
She strode out through the sensor door, flicking her hair as she walked away, carefree.
Pei Youchuan: "..."
Wei Sheng Wen Zhan: "..."
They hadn’t expected that after Qiao Chuchu simply turned around, she would have so many inner monologues hidden inside.
Pei Youchuan watched Qiao Chuchu’s retreating back, feeling a bit regretful.
If only he had known she was so good with words, he would have had her deliver this show at the Spring Festival Gala.
The two men turned their gaze to Ji Yan Chuan.
Ji Yan Chuan’s face looked like he was about to burst with anger: "Mr. Wei Sheng, I’ve lost my appetite. I’ll leave first."
He stood up to leave.
Pei Youchuan’s heart tightened, and he looked out the window.
Could Ji Yan Chuan be going to cause trouble for Qiao Chuchu?
He still had things to take care of.
Pei Youchuan took a pair of binoculars from his pocket, locking onto Qiao Chuchu’s figure.
Qiao Chuchu walked left.
Ji Yan Chuan walked right.
Ji Yan Chuan had no intention of finding Qiao Chuchu.
He hesitated for three seconds, then decisively stood up to leave but collided with Wei Sheng Wen Zhan’s knowing gaze.
Wei Sheng Wen Zhan, legs crossed and comfortably leaning against the couch, hands in his pockets, smiled and looked at him: "You’re using binoculars to spy on your sister? Nice equipment."
Pei Youchuan’s urgency was immediately replaced by a wave of anger, and he stood frozen in place.
Wei Sheng Wen Zhan broke the silence first: "Do you have something you want to say to me?"
Pei Youchuan raised an eyebrow, "Why do you ask?"
"When I added Qiao Chuchu on WeChat, I saw you." Wei Sheng Wen Zhan took a sip of his coffee, speaking leisurely: "You were glaring at me."
Pei Youchuan’s eyelids twitched, his breath steadying as he casually replied: "It’s unavoidable. My little sister is beautiful and comes from a good family, and with so many bad people around, I’m her brother. I have to keep an eye on every man who gets close to her. If my look offended you, I apologize."
He flashed a grin: "It was intentional."
Wei Sheng Wen Zhan also smiled: "Pei Youchuan, CEO of Beidou Group, your mobile game company is doing great, with impressive revenue both domestically and abroad. You could be called a promising young man."
His eyes softened as he smiled: "But are you crazy? Dare to speak to me like that?"
Pei Youchuan: "?"
Wei Sheng Wen Zhan propped up his chin, sizing him up, the smile fading into coldness: "Even though you’re from the Pei family, I’ve heard of your family’s methods. But I, Wei Sheng Wen Zhan, am not someone to be messed with. You, a young kid, need to show more respect when speaking to me, an elder."
"Otherwise..."
He grinned, the expression both relaxed and dangerous: "I’ll deal with your sister—"
Pei Youchuan grabbed him by the neck and slammed him into the couch!
"Don’t you dare think about my sister!" Pei Youchuan, like a tiger ready to strike, grabbed his throat tightly: "She’s not someone you can touch!!"
The waiter hurried over to stop them but didn’t dare touch a VIP: "Sir, please don’t do this! Please be friendly!"
Pei Youchuan broke free of the waiter’s attempts, grabbing Wei Sheng Wen Zhan by the collar and growling: "Wei Sheng Wen Zhan, I don’t care who you are, we’re all men. I can tell, you’re twenty years older than her! Stay away from her!"
Wei Sheng Wen Zhan, unfazed, grinned: "What’s the rush? I wasn’t talking about myself. I don’t waste time on romantic matters. I’m just helping my brother make a connection."
Pei Youchuan froze.
Wei Sheng Wen Zhan winked: "You know, my younger brother, Wei Sheng Huai Ling, is one year younger than Qiao Chuchu."
He smiled confidently: "My brother fell for her at first sight. He wants to marry her."
Pei Youchuan’s mind went blank: "I won’t agree to that!"
Wei Sheng Wen Zhan calmly asked: "You won’t agree because my brother is deaf and not fully healthy, or because you wouldn’t agree to any man?"
Pei Youchuan: "?"
Wei Sheng Wen Zhan leaned back, his eyes narrowing like poisonous claws: "Qiao Chuchu just said, whenever she thinks about you two being with someone else, she gets angry. But I don’t think she’s really angry. If she were, she’d act like you."
Pei Youchuan’s killing intent flared up, his fist clenched, ready to explode in a frenzy.
Wei Sheng Wen Zhan smiled even wider, his tone full of amusement: "You say you’re watching the men around your sister, but deep down, you’re pushing away all intruders. The clash between your rationality and desires is the spice of a boring life."
"I can now understand what Qiao Chuchu meant by that."
Wei Sheng Wen Zhan grinned at him: "On the surface, you’re a brother, but in secret, you’re a man."
Pei Youchuan’s blood drained from his face, yet he gritted his teeth like a lion guarding his territory: "Stop talking nonsense. If you harm her, I’ll take you down with me. No matter who you are, Wei Sheng Wen Zhan, we both only have one life!"
Wei Sheng Wen Zhan, confused: "Why do you think I would hurt her?"
Qiao Chuchu calls him "son," and he’s never shown any dissatisfaction.
He’s already been indulgent enough.
Pei Youchuan sneered: "Everyone who doesn’t fit your Wei Sheng family’s ideals disappears, should I keep going?"
Wei Sheng Wen Zhan’s smile vanished, his gaze sweeping the surrounding waiters.
The waiters quickly scattered, pretending they hadn’t heard.
Wei Sheng Wen Zhan sighed, still perplexed: "You say the Pei family is so big and prosperous, yet there are only a few of you left. What happened to everyone else?"
Pei Youchuan squinted, not answering.
Wei Sheng Wen Zhan smiled again: "Don’t worry, I won’t do anything to Qiao Chuchu. She’s important to me."
Pei Youchuan: "?"
He picked up the fork on the table.
Wei Sheng Wen Zhan raised an eyebrow, completely unperturbed: "With such strong possessiveness and still maintaining decorum, if I were you, I would have already scheduled a date for myself."
Pei Youchuan’s eyelid twitched in disgust: "Don’t think our family is like yours."
Wei Sheng Wen Zhan wasn’t angry: "Then would you like to know what’s truly perverted?"
Suddenly, he lunged at him!
Pei Youchuan was about to strike back, but Wei Sheng Wen Zhan’s hand slid forcefully across his fork!
Blood splattered all over them!
Pei Youchuan staggered back, stunned, looking at Wei Sheng Wen Zhan holding his hand.
Blood poured from the major artery.
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Wei Sheng Wen Zhan didn’t even flinch, pulling out his phone and calling Qiao Chuchu.
Pei Youchuan’s face changed, trying to grab the phone: "Don’t call!"
Just then, Qiao Chuchu answered, looking at her phone: "What’s wrong, Mr. Wei Sheng?"
Wei Sheng Wen Zhan, holding the phone, had a drop of blood on the corner of his eye. He raised his hand weakly, showing her the blood pouring from his wrist.
"Can you come to the suite? Your brother hurt me."
Qiao Chuchu: "!"
She looked away in shock, seeing Pei Youchuan’s figure behind Wei Sheng Wen Zhan.
He was still holding a blood-stained fork, looking helpless as he met her gaze: "Qiao Chuchu..."
Qiao Chuchu: "..."