Every word Yan Yincheng said was like a violent gale, stirring up towering waves on the once - calm lake.
Pei Mingyuan never expected that Yan Yincheng was the father of her two children, the very man he had been jealous of, the one who had gotten engaged to her before him.
As for Yan Zhen, he stared at the man standing in front of him in disbelief. This man, only three years older than him, was his uncle with half the same blood, yet he had always been like an insurmountable mountain suppressing him.
It was him? How could it be him? It was impossible! Moreover, they even had children, two of them!
No, it was absolutely impossible!
"You! You ruined my Xiaoxi!" Yan Zhen lunged forward and punched Yan Yincheng in the face. Yan Yincheng was knocked to the ground. There was a clear fist mark on his face, and blood oozed from the corner of his lips. Yan Zhen grabbed his collar, his eyes bloodshot, and shouted hysterically, "It's you! It's actually you!"
Wei Shu, who had been hiding in the dark, didn't expect the situation to get out of control. He secretly cursed and quickly signaled the bodyguards to separate the uncle and nephew.
The scene of the nephew beating his uncle was so absurd that Xu Zixi couldn't help laughing. However, although she was smiling, her heart ached terribly.
"I finally understand now. All that talk about the engagement, about only being able to inherit the family business after having children, and about giving the two children the right of inheritance, were just lies fabricated to take the two children away from me. And I was so stupid to believe them."
"Yan Yincheng, do you think I'm just a toy in your hands, something you can knead and play with however you like?"
"I didn't!" Yan Yincheng opened his mouth, his voice hoarse as he replied weakly, "I never thought like that."
Xu Zixi walked towards him until she stood right in front of him. She raised her hand and slapped him hard.
"Yan Yincheng, do you know what kind of men I hate the most? First, scumbags who are useless but only know how to bully women. Second, heartless men who use their fiancées when they're useful and discard them mercilessly when they're not. Third, liars who are irresponsible, dare not take on their responsibilities, and are full of lies. And you just happen to meet all three criteria."
Yan Yincheng struggled and called out, "Zixi—"
"That slap just now was for my past self. This boring game is over, Mr. Yan." Xu Zixi interrupted him sharply, "Don't be so affectionate. We're just strangers."
She took off the diamond ring from her finger and threw it forcefully. There was only a flash of light in the air, and then the sound of something falling into the water came. Yan Yincheng's heart was stabbed by that sound, and he felt unbearable pain.
But the pain didn't stop there.
"I'll never give the children to you, because you're not worthy of being a father."
After she said that, she looked at Yan Zhen and said, "Yan Zhen, I forgive you for breaking off the engagement with me in public back then. Because compared to you, there are even more despicable scoundrels in this world."
Yan Zhen was overjoyed and was about to say something to her, but she turned around and walked up to Pei Mingyuan and asked, "Pei Mingyuan, do you like me?"
Pei Mingyuan came back to his senses from this extremely chaotic relationship. After a moment's hesitation, he then said, "Yes."
"Would you like to be my boyfriend?" Xu Zixi asked.
Seeing the glistening tears in her eyes and her unsteady expression, Pei Mingyuan immediately said, "It would be my great honor!"
Yan Zhen shouted, "No, I don't agree!"
Pei Weiwei, who had been hiding in the dark eavesdropping, also jumped out and said, "I don't agree!"
But no one at the scene paid any attention to them. Xu Zixi said to Pei Mingyuan, "Now, take me away."
After saying that, she turned around and strode away with Pei Mingyuan.
"Xiaoxi!" Yan Zhen was extremely anxious and immediately wanted to chase after them, but was blocked by Yan Yincheng's bodyguards.
Yan Zhen turned around and glared at Yan Yincheng with blood - red eyes. "Uncle, what do you mean?"
Yan Yincheng touched the torn corner of his lips and said, "This isn't a place for you. Get back to Fengcheng."
"If I'm not supposed to be here, are you?" Yan Zhen shouted hysterically. "If it weren't for you back then, Xiaoxi and I would have been married long ago!"
Yan Yincheng said coldly, "Don't make yourself sound like a noble and great lover. If you really cared about her, why did you break off the engagement with her in front of all the city's celebrities at your birthday party back then, making her the laughingstock of everyone? Just because she was no longer 'perfect'?"
Yan Zhen roared, "I had no choice!"
"And getting engaged to Yuan Ya'er was also out of necessity?" Yan Yincheng retorted. "I remember it was you who actively asked to get engaged to Yuan Ya'er. You even said that Yuan Ya'er was your ideal wife."
Yan Zhen was speechless. "I—"
"I hope you remember that your wife is only Yuan Ya'er, and Zixi will always be my woman." After Yan Yincheng said that, he said to Wei Shu,
"You personally send him back to Fengcheng and take him directly to the chairman. If he runs away on the way, you know the consequences."
Wei Shu replied, "Yes, Third Master!"
Yan Zhen was grabbed by two bodyguards by his arms and dragged out. He shouted triumphantly at the gloomy - faced man,
"Sending me back to Fengcheng won't do any good. Didn't you hear what Xiaoxi said? She forgave me! She hates you! She hates you, the despicable scoundrel!"
In the night, the so - called "despicable scoundrel" jumped into the fountain without hesitation and bent down to search for the discarded ring.
The roar of the motorcycle drowned out all the noisy sounds around. The wild wind blew Xu Zixi's clothes and long hair. The feeling of speeding on the busy street made her tremble all over. She still hadn't fully overcome the fear of death from her previous life, but she needed this kind of unrestrained venting. It seemed that the speed and the howling wind could fill the void in her heart.
The black - red Ducati took her across most of Haicheng and sent her back to the magnificent and beautiful villa in the south of the city. When she got off the motorcycle, her legs were so weak that she almost fell. Pei Mingyuan quickly reached out to hold her arm, but she reflexively waved him away.
She took a step back and lowered her head. "Sorry, President Pei." She didn't specify what she was sorry for, but Pei Mingyuan understood.
"But I'm serious." Pei Mingyuan said seriously. "Zixi, can't you give me a chance to really be your boyfriend?"
"I'm not in the mood to start any relationship right now. Sorry." Xu Zixi refused.
Pei Mingyuan lowered his head disappointedly. He knew she was using him, but he wasn't angry at all. His heart was filled with nothing but pity and compassion for her. At the same time, he was a little jealous. He was jealous that Yan Yincheng had possessed her before him, jealous that they had two children, and jealous that just when he had started to fall for her, the man surnamed Yan had already established a closer relationship with her.
He always felt that he was one step too late.
However, now that they had fallen out, didn't it mean that his chance had come?
"Can't I just have the title of your boyfriend?" Pei Mingyuan asked. "With me around, I can at least help you avoid some unnecessary entanglements. I think you don't want to see him for a while, right?"
Xu Zixi knew he was right, but she couldn't deceive herself by using a man she didn't like at all. Otherwise, how was she any different from that man?
She insisted, "Sorry."