Ji Hanchen's dark pupils trembled violently, as if he had been punched in the chest, and felt a suffocating pain.

His mind went blank; he couldn't believe his ears.

After a long pause, he narrowed his dark eyes, gritted his teeth, and asked, "Yunyun, what did you just say?!"

Xu Qingyun sat on the edge of the bed, her voice soft: "Ji Hanchen, I'm saying, let's break up."

Ji Hanchen grabbed her shoulders, his voice hoarse, "Why?! Tell me why you want to break up?!"

Xu Qingyun felt a little pain from being pinched, but her face remained calm and undisturbed. "Ms. Ren promised to inject 10 billion into Ye's Group, plus the shares Ye Xiao gave her before her death, in exchange for our breakup."

"I don't believe it!" Ji Hanchen roared. "You've never cared about those things before, you didn't even want the Ye family before, how could you break up with me over this little bit of money?!"

Xu Qingyun remained calm, saying, "That's because I haven't experienced the allure of wealth and power. Sitting in the CEO's position and looking at the assets I own, I was tempted. I'm just an ordinary person, and I can't escape the temptation."

Ji Hanchen was taken aback at first, then suddenly burst into laughter, "Yunyun, do you think I would believe you? You have never been a greedy person."

Xu Qingyun sighed, "Ji Hanchen, you don't understand me. Compared to love, I feel more secure with money because it will never betray me. I've always been a cold and indifferent person. I've never forced love, and I've always been indifferent to you..."

The word "nothing" was not uttered by Ji Hanchen due to the sudden force he was caught off guard by. His shoulder bones were being squeezed hard by a pair of iron hands, as if they were about to shatter.

Xu Qingyun's face turned pale with pain. "Ji Hanchen, let go."

"Say it again!" Ji Hanchen was shocked and angry. He was about to increase the pressure on her hand, but he suddenly relaxed when he saw the pain on her face.

Like a child who had done something wrong, he asked anxiously, "Yunyun, are you in a lot of pain?"

Xu Qingyun was in a lot of pain. Ji Hanchen had really used all his strength just now. She had never seen him so out of control.

After rubbing her shoulder to ease the pain, Xu Qingyun calmly said, "Ji Hanchen, let's part ways amicably."

"I disagree!" Ji Hanchen gritted his teeth.

"Then tell me, what exactly did the Ji family do to my mother?!" Xu Qingyun's tone suddenly turned cold, and her eyes became sharp.

Her sudden change caught Ji Hanchen off guard. His head went blank, and the color drained from his face instantly.

She found out?!

Ren Anjing told her?!

No, no, no, that's impossible. If Yunyun knew what the Ji family did to Ye Jianjia back then, she would never be so calm.

"Ji Hanchen, tell me the truth you know, or break up with me." Xu Qingyun stared intently at Ji Hanchen.

Ji Hanchen's face turned pale, and he couldn't say a word.

Tell her the real outcome might be worse than breaking up!

Ye Jianjia had already suffered inhuman torture during her sixteen years of imprisonment. If she knew that her abdomen had been forcibly cut open and her unborn child taken away, how much pain would Yunyun have endured?!

Even as an observer, the thought of that scene sent chills down his spine; how much more so for Yunyun?!

He couldn't let Yunyun experience that heart-wrenching feeling.

"Yunyun, please don't force me, okay? Let's not break up. I can give you whatever you want."

Ji Hanchen uttered these words with difficulty, never imagining that he would be so humble.

Xu Qingyun stood up. "Since you've chosen to keep it a secret, then it's time to break up."

After saying that, she picked up her down jacket, put it on, and left with her bag.

Ji Hanchen sat on the bed, as if he had been pushed into an ice cave. He wanted to call out to her, but he couldn't make a sound. He wanted to stop her and hold her tightly, but he couldn't move either.

Why can't he and Yunyun be together?! Why did the Ji family do something so cruel and heartless?!

**

After leaving the room, Xu Qingyun leaned against the doorway, feeling as if a piece of her heart was missing. Because of this incompleteness, her heart ached so much when it beat.

Breaking up wasn't her intention, and those cruel words she just said weren't what she truly meant; she just said some harsh things.

But she could sense Ji Hanchen's painful struggle; if he hadn't actually taken that step, he wouldn't have gotten himself so drunk.

Ren Anjing's words still echoed in her ears. She said that they were sworn enemies, but the only people she cared about in her life were her mother, Ji Hanchen, and her grandfather.

The only thing that could separate them was their mother.

Xu Qingyun was scared. She was afraid that she would find out the truth when she became more and more dependent on Ji Hanchen.

Her mother's life was too difficult, and there were still many mysteries. She believed that there must be a hand manipulating things in the dark behind the scenes.

She always felt that what the mafia wanted was for her and Ji Hanchen to suffer in their love affair. This kind of subtle attack wasn't fatal, but it caused unbearable pain.

So she ran away.

Xu Qingyun leaned against the spot for a very long time before finally finding the strength to support herself.

**

Compared to Xu Qingyun's composure, Ji Hanchen was immersed in pain and unable to extricate himself.

His relationship with Xu Qingyun was one where he fell in love first, and it was intense and unstoppable.

He loved Xu Qingyun to the point that he couldn't live without her, so breaking up with her was like taking his life.

He got dressed and went straight to Ren Anjing's residence, kicking the door open with a "bang".

"President Ji!" Fang Nuo couldn't stop him and was pushed away by Ji Hanchen.

Ren Anjing was packing her things, preparing to head back to Beijing. Ji Hanchen had just kicked the door, which had startled her so much that she shivered.

But outwardly she showed no sign of panic. She glanced coldly at her son, waved her hand, and said to Fang Nuo, "Fang Nuo, you can go now."

Fang Nuo glanced at Ji Hanchen with some unease, "President Ren."

"Get down!" Ren Anjing's voice sharpened. "My own son, do you think he can kill me? If he does, Ji Hanchen will become famous!"

Ji Hanchen clenched his fists, his eyes bloodshot, more terrifying than a red-hot branding iron.

"Ren Anjing, are you satisfied now?! We've broken up! Yunyun and I have broken up!"

Ren Anjing wasn't surprised at all. "She's a smart girl; she knows how to make choices. The conditions I offered were tempting enough. Anyone with a brain would choose to give up love. After all, money and power are more valuable than fleeting romance."

Ji Hanchen slammed his fist on the table. "Don't make her sound like you!"

Snap!

Ren Anjing raised her hand and slapped him, angrily rebuking him: "Ji Hanchen, grow up! I raised you from childhood hoping you would become the heir of the Ji family, not for you to become like this because of a woman."

Ji Hanchen let out a sinister laugh, "You're the one who turned me into this!"

"It wasn't me!" Ren Anjing shouted angrily, grabbing Ji Hanchen's collar with both hands and shaking him violently. "I'm your mother! You have no right to treat me like this!"

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