Wenwen looked at Ji Yunyang, who was once again trying to curry favor with her, and gave a sarcastic smile. After all these days, did this man still not know Zhili's situation? Couldn't he at least contact her once?

Walking up to Ji Yunyang, she asked directly, "Are you planning to cancel your engagement with Zhili and pursue me instead?"

Ji Yunyang smiled with delight: "Wenwen, you've finally realized how I feel?"

She glanced at the flowers in Ji Yunyang's hand: "As far as I know, the engagement hasn't been canceled yet, right? Does Zhili know about this?"

Ji Yunyang hurriedly explained to her, "My parents have already taken care of the engagement. Zhili and I never had any romantic feelings for each other, so you don't need to worry about having any conflicts with Zhili."

Song Wenwen chuckled again: "Ji Yunyang, aren't you taking yourself too seriously?"

Ji Yunyang was taken aback: "What?"

"I mean, why should I accept your advances just because you're pursuing me? And you tell me not to worry about the conflict with Zhili? Do you think you're some kind of hot commodity that we sisters have to fight over?"

Her sudden change in attitude caught Ji Yunyang off guard, and he was so shocked that he didn't know how to react.

"Ji Yunyang, I will never like you, so please don't bother me again."

"You must be angry with me, right? You must be worried that Zhili will get hurt, right? Wenwen, you didn't refuse when I gave it to you before, so why did you put Zhili in the way of us? If you're worried that Zhili will get hurt, we can make it up to her in other ways later. Wenwen, please don't say things in anger."

"First, I'm not saying this out of anger. Second, I didn't refuse what you gave me before because I didn't have time to waste with you, and also because of Zhili, I didn't want the relationship to become too strained. Third, Zhili doesn't need your compensation. Since your Ji family has already decided to annul the engagement, please resolve this as soon as possible, instead of dragging it out and looking for something better. Fourth, and lastly, I don't like you, and I will never accept you no matter what."

"I don't believe you. You must be lying to me. You must be afraid that Zhili will never find a better fiancé after leaving me, so you're pushing me out."

His expression was absolutely certain. Song Wenwen couldn't understand it, so how could she explain it to him?

"Don't be so confident. Zhili and I won't be able to find better men if we leave you. Besides, who says we have to find men? Why do you define the ultimate goal of female success as marrying a good man? Isn't that ridiculous?"

This is what Song Wenwen finds most objectionable. What, can't a woman live without a man?

Ji Yunyang looked hurt. He was good-looking, and to be honest, this sad and aggrieved look was indeed an advantage in the eyes of others.

"Wenwen, I know I shouldn't be narcissistic, but I think I'm pretty good in this industry. If we get together, I promise I'll treat you well and won't mess around like they do."

Song Wenwen laughed in exasperation: "This is the first time I've realized that you can't understand human language, and you have no intention of continuing the conversation. Ji Yunyang, it's your business what you want to do, but please remember, don't cause me any trouble."

"I will have my parents handle the marriage with Zhili as soon as possible, Wenwen. I won't let you be affected by rumors."

Hearing him still making promises, Song Wenwen felt it was a waste of time to even turn around. Let him guess whatever he wants; there's still no result. He'll soon realize how ridiculous his words and actions are.

Ji Yunyang looked lost in thought, but he didn't think he had done anything wrong. He attributed Wenwen's rejection to his lack of effort and vowed to show Wenwen his determination.

So, at his urging, the Ji couple went to the Cheng family to break off the engagement, and Yu Peiyan rushed to Cheng Zhili's room.

"Did you secretly contact Song Wenwen and the others again? Do you know why the Ji family came here today? They're here to break off the engagement!"

With her arm being held tightly, Cheng Zhili frowned slightly. She wasn't surprised at all that the Ji family had broken off the engagement. The Ji family were business people, so why would they continue a business that was clearly losing money?

But Yu Peiyan clearly didn't think it was because she and her husband were incompetent. Instead, she blamed Zhili: "If you weren't incompetent, if you knew how to win a man's heart, why would they bring this up at this juncture? Do you know that the Ji family breaking off the engagement means withdrawing from the cooperation? Do you know how much this will affect the Cheng family?"

Zhili, feeling the pain from being caught, calmly retorted, "Mom, back then, when you arranged my engagement, it brought benefits to the family, didn't it?"

What?

Yu Peiyan was taken aback. Her daughter was actually talking to her about these things?

“It’s not that I don’t understand anything. The Ji family’s annulment of the engagement has nothing to do with me and Ji Yunyang. It’s because the cooperation between our two families has collapsed. It’s no use blaming me.”

"If you're not to blame, who is? If you could hold onto Ji Yunyang's heart, he would definitely stop his parents' actions." Yu Peiyan roared like a madwoman.

Cheng Zhili sighed and said, "Then why don't you say that if you and Dad manage the cooperative project well, even if Ji Yunyang wants to break off the engagement, the cooperation between the two families will not be interrupted?"

Yu Peiyan was speechless after being rebuked, but as proud as he was, he naturally wouldn't admit his mistake. He just said sarcastically, "Fine, you've grown up, you've got a temper, you know how to talk back to your mother. Did your own mother give you the courage? You want to leave the Cheng family and go back to your own mother? If I had known you were an ingrate, I shouldn't have put so much effort into raising you. I would have preferred raising a dog."

Recently, Cheng Zhili has been hearing these words more and more frequently. No matter how many times she hears them, she feels very upset. She can't even understand what her existence means to her mother.

"Mom, you don't need to try to provoke me anymore. It's useless. The Ji family won't change their minds because of me, and I won't go to Song Mama to make her fall into the trap. Everything has its ups and downs. Why don't you try to accept it? The essence of this matter is that you and Dad didn't manage Cheng's well. The family is not short of money. Why don't you hand Cheng's over to someone else to manage and enjoy life with your money? Why fight to the death over this matter?"

"Slap!" Another slap landed, and Yu Peiyan said in a sharp voice, "What do you know? Living an ordinary life? Are you even speaking human language? I, Yu Peiyan, have never been laughed at since I was born."

Cheng Zhili covered her face, her tone indifferent: "Now that things are like this, aren't people laughing at us all the time?"

"You unfilial daughter..." Yu Peiyan was so angry that she dared not face Cheng Zhili's truth.

She felt that her family's opportunities were lacking. She believed that as long as she could attract more investment and have another chance, she would definitely succeed, lead the Cheng family back to its former glory, and become an upper-class member of the industry once again.