Chapter 18 What can you do to me!

The following day, Li Mushi did not appear at the restaurant.

Aunt Zhang said dinner is ready.

Jing Ge politely asked, "Aren't we waiting for your uncle?"

The Li family always waits until everyone is present before starting a meal.

The elders haven't arrived yet, so how can they start eating first?

"He's on a business trip, he left overnight," Zhang Ma said. "He said he's going to Singapore. You guys eat."

Jing Ge: "Okay."

Li Zhan sat opposite him with his arms crossed, his eyes cold and chilling: "Disappointed?"

"..." Jing Ge looked at him, "What disappointment?"

Li Zhan: "Disappointed that you didn't see your uncle?"

Jingge looked at him for a while, not wanting to argue with him, lowered her eyelashes, and focused her attention on the bowl of porridge in front of her.

Li Zhan called out to her, "Jing Ge."

Jingge remained silent.

Li Zhan: "Do you know what kind of conditions the blind date your family picked for your uncle?"

Jingge said softly, "I don't want to know."

"It's best to have self-awareness," Li Zhan said arrogantly. "Someone like you is only good enough for me, understand?"

What is humiliation?

When the Jing family went bankrupt, creditors blocked the door, saying they wanted to use her to pay off their debts and train her to be a "skinny horse" (a euphemism for a prostitute). Jing Ge felt only fear, but never humiliation.

But over the years, she's had enough of what Li Zhan has given her.

Jing Ge suppressed his trembling: "If all men are like you by nature, I can remain unmarried forever."

He strained his jaw muscles with a fierce effort.

“You can spread rumors all you want, just keep them to yourself,” Jing Ge said. “Have you heard of the anchoring effect? ​​You keep bringing it up in front of me, are you trying to remind me that I should like your uncle?”

Li Zhan jumped up, making a noise as he sat up.

"You dare!"

Jing Ge held back until the tip of his nose turned red: "If you mention it again, see if I dare to say it!"

Li Zhan gritted his teeth until they shattered.

Neither of them gave way, staring at each other, the smoke from their confrontation growing thicker and thicker.

Aunt Zhang and Uncle Zhang looked at each other, neither daring to speak.

Li Ying skipped downstairs: "Aunt Zhang, do you have hamburgers for breakfast? I want some more..."

Li Zhan's eyes turned bloodshot, and he roared, "What are you thinking?!"

Li Ying was startled and stopped abruptly.

Jingge grabbed the chopsticks from the table and threw them at him: "If you yell at her again!"

The chopsticks hit him and then fell to the ground.

Li Zhan's breathing was unsteady, his chest heaving. In just a few seconds, he kicked over a chair, turned around, and left through the door.

The restaurant was quiet.

"He..." Li Ying stammered, still shaken, "What's wrong with him?"

Jingge took her hand: "Don't worry about him, were you scared?"

Li Ying: "Sister, I was afraid he would hit you when you hit him just now."

“No,” Jing Ge said expressionlessly, “He doesn’t hit girls.”

Li Ying pouted: "He'll hit me."

Jing Ge: "......"

Zhang Ma couldn't help but expose him: "That's because you broke the handmade ceramic cup that your older sister gave him."

Jingge paused: "Which cup?"

“There was a sunflower and a little red flower on it,” Zhang Ma said. “The young master was reluctant to use it, but Yingying broke it.”

Li Ying felt guilty: "I didn't mean to."

Jing Ge didn't say anything.

She knew the cup was broken.

She also had a fight with Li Zhan.

She complained that he didn't cherish the gift she gave him, while Li Zhan sarcastically remarked that a broken cup wasn't much of a gift.

But that was the only thing Jingge could give him.

She didn't have the money to buy a more expensive gift.

At that time, the Jing family went bankrupt, and poverty and material hardship made her sensitive and unable to accept Li Zhan's statement about "a broken cup".

Because of this, because of his attitude and dismissive words, Jingge felt a chill in his heart.

It hasn't been restored yet.

Knowing the truth today feels like a cruel twist of fate.

The resentment and misunderstandings have deepened to the point that they cannot be erased, and explanations cannot resolve them.

But if there really are a lot of misunderstandings, Jing Ge doesn't want to keep arguing with him. She should calmly sit down and have a proper talk with Li Zhan.

She didn't want her future marriage to be a disaster.

Upon arriving at the company, Amanda was so busy she was practically running around: "The factory can't deliver a batch of goods before the new year. You come with me on this business trip. They'll work on it while we inspect it, and then we'll load it into containers and ship it directly from there."

Jing Ge: "What about sourcing goods and visiting customers?"

“Do this if you have the capacity, otherwise let someone else do it,” Amanda dialed the intercom and instructed, “Anna, these things are yours.”

After making the arrangements, Amanda glanced at the time: "Your flight is at noon. Go home and pack some things. Keep a small suitcase in the office from now on. We'll meet at the airport."

Jingge knew the gravity of the situation: "Okay."

As Jingge passed Anna's workstation, he heard the sound of a folder hitting the desk, and a colleague whispering comfortingly, "I told you to delegate, not to do it yourself..."

"I'm just annoyed!" Anna said. "She just dumps all the work she doesn't do on me?"

Just then, a colleague saw Jing Ge and quickly coughed to remind him.

Jingge knew that the "she" Anna was referring to was not Amanda, but himself.

The resentment had already taken root, and appeasement and reconciliation were futile; her only option was to strive to climb higher to ensure she wouldn't be dragged down.

This business trip will probably last a long time, and I don't know when I'll be back. After packing his things, Jing Ge saw that he still had time, so he asked Uncle Zhang to go to the university where Li Zhan was.

On the way, she sent Li Zhan a message: [Do you have time?]

Ten minutes later, Li Zhancai replied: 【What?】

Jing Ge: [Let's talk.]

Li Zhan replied with a voice message, his tone lazy: "Okay, you seem to have a lot of time."

Jingge completely ignored the sarcasm in his tone.

Speaking with barbs and sarcasm has become his norm over the years.

However, when Uncle Zhang drove the car to the university gate, Jing Ge saw through the car window that Li Zhan was talking to the girl next to him while smoking a cigarette.

The girl was the one who borrowed his car last time.

The two were very intimate.

Li Zhan seemed to glance at the car, then bent down slightly and picked up a strand of the girl's hair with his fingertips.

From that distance, Jingge saw the bright and radiant girl blushing like a sunset.

Uncle Zhang nervously glanced at the passenger seat, wanting to say something, but dared not utter a word.

Jing Ge looked away and said softly, "Uncle Zhang, should I not have come? Did I disturb his love life?"

"...No, how could that be?" Uncle Zhang said cautiously, "It was probably just something I did on a whim..."

Uncle Zhang couldn't continue.

Jing Ge lowered his eyelashes: "Let's go."

There's nothing more to discuss.

She wants to repair the relationship and start over.

Li Zhan might not be willing.

He kept expressing his disgust for the marriage, his disgust at being bound by it, and his disgust at her as the person he was betrothed to.

Uncle Zhang sighed inwardly, but the car didn't stop; it slowly drove away.

Jing Ge kept his eyes down and didn't see it.

But Uncle Zhang saw it through the left rearview mirror. Seeing that the car hadn't stopped, Li Zhan suddenly stopped, as if in disbelief, and took a few steps toward the car.

The girl followed him and tried to grab his clothes, but he slapped her off.

Then Jing Ge's phone rang.

It is a fierce battle.

He questioned her about what she meant, asking if she was playing him for a fool.

Jing Ge's tears fell, but her voice remained calm and steady: "Find someone you truly love, then come to my house to break off the engagement, and I will cooperate."

"...Jing Ge, you're dreaming!" Li Zhan was furious. "I'm going to date you while keeping you on my toes. I'll play around before and after marriage. What can you do about it? What can the Jing family do to me?"