nausea!

Xu Xinghe felt utterly disgusted!

But her body just wouldn't cooperate!

She was careless; she never expected that someone with Li Xingzhou's personality would do something like this.

Li Xingzhou hugged her again, his gaze inadvertently sweeping over their surroundings.

Jiang Linchuan must have seen it, right?

He did see it.

It's crystal clear.

The act of kissing seemed to be etched into his mind, replaying itself over and over again.

Jiang Linchuan snapped back to his senses, his chest heaving violently, each breath burning with pain, and bloodshot veins spreading across his eyes.

"See? Xu Xinghe doesn't like you at all!" Wang Zhizhi appeared beside him unnoticed, her voice sharp and sarcastic. "She was stringing you along while she was hugging and cuddling with Li Xingzhou. You don't actually think she came to you because she wanted to be with you, do you? Actually, it was just because she couldn't see Li Xingzhou back then. Now that she has, you're just a second choice. Otherwise, why wouldn't she break free?"

"By the way, I've always wanted to tell you that Xu Xinghe has liked Li Xingzhou for many years, and it was love at first sight when they first met. As for you, she has only ever felt disgust for you!"

"Isn't what she's done to you, what she's said to you, and the letters she's written to you over the years enough to prove this point? Jiang Linchuan, where do you get the confidence to think she would really fall in love with you?"

"Jiang Linchuan, you're a joke, a complete joke! If I were you, I would never be with such a fickle woman!"

"Shut up!" Jiang Linchuan turned his head sharply, his scarlet eyes fixed on Wang Zhizhi, the murderous aura around him almost devouring people!

Wang Zhizhi shuddered, but didn't back down. Instead, she continued to mock, "What? Did I say something wrong? Look at her now, how tightly she's hugging Li Xingzhou! She's probably secretly overjoyed..."

Before she could finish speaking, Jiang Linchuan stepped forward and grabbed her by the neck with his large hand. "I told you to shut up! You have no right to point fingers here!"

Wang Zhizhi's face flushed red, but she stubbornly met his gaze. There was no fear in her eyes, only a twisted pleasure. "You... even at a time like this, you're still siding with Xu Xinghe and Jiang Linchuan. You're a hopeless idiot!"

Jiang Linchuan suddenly released his grip and turned to leave.

Yes, he's an idiot for believing what Xu Xinghe said.

It's not too late to turn back now!

Wang Zhizhi fell to the ground, clutching her neck and gasping for breath in pain. A burning pain shot through her throat. She didn't know when, but she had bitten her tongue, and her mouth was full of the taste of blood.

She watched Jiang Linchuan's retreating figure, then suddenly laughed silently, tears mingling with the blood in her mouth as they streamed down her face.

How wonderful... She finally saw Jiang Linchuan in pain!

In her past life, she was abandoned, hated, and suffered in agony.

Why should Jiang Linchuan be able to be happy in this life?

That's how it should be!

He deserves to experience this heart-wrenching pain!

He should suffer endless pain, just like I did in my past life!

Wang Zhizhi knew Jiang Linchuan too well. He was a flawed person, rigid, dull, and clueless about social interactions. He always showed only his cold and self-possessed side, and even when he was in pain, he would only silently digest it himself.

This kind of person may never fall in love with anyone in their entire life.

But once you fall in love, it's for life!

Wang Zhizhi lay on the ground, laughing harder and harder until she finally couldn't hold back and started coughing violently.

The noise was so loud that it startled Xu Xinghe.

She tried to struggle, but her body was too weak.

Li Xingzhou recognized Wang Zhizhi's voice but remained calm, continuing to whisper in her ear, "Xinghe, I really like you, and you like me too. Wouldn't it be better if we were together? As for Jiang Linchuan, I can help you with that."

"You're dreaming!" Xu Xinghe wanted nothing more than to devour him alive!

That disgusting bastard!

"I don't like you at all, let me go!"

“I can see that you hate me a lot right now.” Li Xingzhou raised his hand and gently brushed a stray hair behind her ear. “But the more you act like this, the more I like you. You’re probably thinking about how to get rid of me, how to get rid of me, right?”

Xu Xinghe's heart skipped a beat.

That's exactly what she thought.

She had been thinking about how to deal with Li Xingzhou and get rid of him.

Not only should we drive him away, we should also ruin his reputation!

Li Xingzhou was still smiling, but that smile was unsettling no matter how you looked at it. "Then go ahead and do it, see if you can do it. But... your three adopted brothers have something on you that you can use against them, do I?"

Xu Mingli and his two companions were not on guard against Xu Xinghe, and each of them had their own flaws.

Xu Mingli was greedy.

Hsu Ming-hsin is lustful.

Xu Mingyi was reckless.

But what evidence does Li Xingzhou have against him?

Whether in Shanghai or Heilongjiang Province, he was always clean and honest, and people around him liked him very much.

Moreover, he was smarter than the three brothers and was wary of them.

The only one who can be used as a starting point is Wang Zhizhi...

Li Xingzhou seemed to have guessed what Xu Xinghe was thinking and said calmly, "Wang Zhizhi is dispensable to me. I can throw her away at any time without affecting me. Everything I've said since I came to Heilongjiang Province is true. I said Wang Zhizhi is my cousin because I'm sworn brothers with one of her brothers. I also said that her parents helped me and were kind to me."

He hugged Xu Xinghe even tighter. "I had already made all the arrangements before I came here. And I'm confident that even if Wang Zhizhi reveals what happened between us, no one will believe her. Everyone will only believe me. Xinghe, you can't get rid of me."

Xu Xinghe felt cold all over.

How could she forget about that bastard Li Xingzhou as soon as she was reborn?

The main reason is that he really didn't reappear in her previous life, so she didn't have much of a sense of vigilance.

Now she realized that the most terrifying people were never those three brothers. Compared to Li Xingzhou, those three were simply hopelessly stupid!

"What exactly do you want?!"

"I don't want anything, I just want to be with you."

"I think you want the Xu family's assets!" Xu Xinghe felt that his body was slowly recovering a bit, at least speaking was no longer so difficult, and his voice was a little louder.

Li Xingzhou didn't hide anything. "Yes, I did want the Xu family's assets at first, I'm not lying to you, but I never intended to hurt you. I just wanted to marry you, give you the status of a wife, and I would take good care of you and let you live the same life as before. As for the Xu family's assets, I only need them now, and I will return them to you later."

But that's all.

As for love, there was none.

Li Xingzhou never thought he would fall in love with anyone; at most, he would just be interested in someone.

A beautiful appearance, a good figure, and a good family background are all things that interest him.

And these are all stepping stones for his future.

He was confident that he could amass as much wealth as the Xu family through his own abilities.

Now he needs a stepping stone, and what Xu Xinghe has in his hand is that stepping stone!