After a chill ran down his spine, he angrily rebuked Ouyang Chengyi, "Ouyang Chengyi, if you keep spouting nonsense in front of me, don't blame me for having you kicked out."

Feeling wronged after being scolded by him for no reason, Ouyang Chengyi pouted.

Li Jingchen said calmly, "I don't remember him having a girlfriend named Song Nuan. Where did you hear that?"

Ouyang Chengyi was able to be pampered by the four major families from childhood, not only because she was the only girl, but also for an even more important reason—

They are particularly good at reading people's expressions and moods.

Her arrogance was acceptable in the large family because she was sweet-talking and good at coaxing people. So, although her occasional tantrums were a headache, people were happy to spoil her.

As long as the red line isn't crossed, everyone is willing to tolerate any bad temper.

She is very good at navigating this line, and her unerring judgment makes her very confident in it.

For example, if An Sze is angry with her right now, but Li Jingchen asks this question, it proves that he also wants to know the situation. Isn't that supporting her?

Would An Sze dare to be fierce to her, or to Li Jingchen?

These twists and turns were quickly understood by Ouyang Chengyi.

She gave An Sze a coquettish snort, got up, and moved to the seat next to Li Jingchen, but she was still afraid of him and didn't dare to get too close.

“Brother Jingchen, it was Brother Size who admitted it himself.”

An Sze-tse was completely wronged.

Fortunately, he explained the whole story to Li Jingchen after the banquet that day, otherwise he would have been beaten up.

Li Jingchen wasn't in a good mood either.

Looking at Ouyang Chengyi, his voice was somewhat cold: "So?"

"Even if she is my girlfriend, what business is it of yours? Cheng Yi, even your brother has no right to interfere in my affairs. Please recognize your place."

Compared to Ansze's usual tactics for dealing with women, this was a rather mild statement.

But Ouyang Chengyi had never suffered such humiliation before.

Everyone knows she likes An Sze, and An Sze himself knows it too. Even though he knows she likes him and that hearing these words will hurt her, he still says it without any restraint.

Tears welled up in her eyes, but she stubbornly bit her lip to keep them from falling.

"If I weren't worried about you getting scammed, I wouldn't care about your mess!"

"Song Nuan is clearly married. She cheated on you, and you're the other woman, do you know that? Of all the people you like, why did you have to become the other woman of a married person? I think you're crazy."

"I don't know how good your bedroom skills are that you're so infatuated with me!"

"Smack—"

The file slammed onto the marble table with a loud, awe-inspiring sound, abruptly interrupting her accusation.

"That's enough." Not to mention Li Jingchen, even An Sze couldn't stand it anymore, his face as dark as ink. "Zhou Jing sent you to a top 3 university abroad, and all you've learned is how to slander people?"

He rarely gets angry and is usually the one with the best temper.

Ouyang Chengyi was genuinely frightened by his outburst at this moment, even more so than during the banquet.

I was clearly doing this for his own good, so why did he get angry at me?

Did she say something wrong?

Ouyang Chengyi suppressed the urge to burst into tears and looked at Li Jingchen pleadingly, "Brother Jingchen..."

"Don't call me."

The man on the sofa sat with a noble and elegant posture, but the coldness in his eyes was no less than that in Ansze.

He didn't even look at Ouyang Chengyi; his cold and indifferent tone was enough to make Ouyang Chengyi tremble from the bottom of her heart.

He said in a very calm tone, "Cheng Yi, you have no manners at all."

Ouyang Chengyi knew that he was angry.

She stared blankly at the two of them, her shoes seemingly glued to the ground, unable to move.

An Sze-ze was angry, after all, Song Nuan was his girlfriend, but why was Li Jing-chen also on Song Nuan's side?

She's the younger sister they watched grow up!

A tender sprout called jealousy grew wildly and took root in her heart. She had never hated a woman so much, and at this moment she wished that she could disappear from the world.

Seeing her on the verge of tears, An Szeze knew he had spoken too harshly.

But I don't regret it at all.

If saying a few harsh words can teach her a lesson, even if it makes her resentful, it doesn't matter. It would be even better if it could sever her messy thoughts about me.

"You stay here, I'll have Zhou Jing come and pick you up."

"No, I can go back by myself." She threw down those words in a huff and ran away.

Don't think she doesn't know. Calling Ouyang Zhoujing to pick her up was a pretense; her real intention was to teach her a lesson in front of Ouyang Zhoujing.

Ouyang Chengyi didn't want to cause trouble for her brother.

Even if they felt wronged and angry, they would still run away without looking back and disappear in an instant.

Finally, there was some peace and quiet.

An Sze's head was buzzing, and he couldn't even look at the documents anymore. "You know, every year when Cheng Yi comes back, she always gives me a hard time, and this year is even more outrageous."

"Who told you to provoke her?"

"When did I provoke her? When she was little, none of you played with her, you just left her out in the cold. I was the only one who felt sorry for her and played with her, and now it's my fault?"

An Sze-tse is even more wronged than Dou E.

He said irritably, "To be honest, it's your fault. If you had just admitted Song Nuan's identity earlier, would I have had to take the blame for you? Now I'm the male homewrecker."

"I don't know who was so talkative as to tell her about Song Nuan's marriage."

Li Jingchen lowered his eyes and continued reviewing the project documents as usual, responding to his complaints in a lukewarm manner, "She's not divorced yet, it's not good for anyone to go public with it."

An Sze: "..."

He's a buffer zone, mainly playing a buffering role?

"By the way, Song Nuan asked me where we were going to eat tonight. Did you ask her out in my name again?"

He signed his name; the handwriting was elegant and powerful, with a graceful finish.

The man gave a faint "hmm," and said, "You should ask her out, otherwise she probably doesn't want to see me right now."

An Sze rolled his eyes, his long fingers nimbly tapping the keyboard on his phone screen. After receiving Song Nuan's reply, he gave Li Jingchen an OK sign.

"I'll send you the location, you go there yourself, I'm busy."

"I never intended for you to go."

"..."

After dropping Xu Yiran off at home, Song Nuan drove to the meeting place, a rather ordinary Chinese restaurant with an unremarkable storefront and decor.

The waiter led her to the private room.

Upon opening the door, they only saw Lu Ziyang; An Szeze was nowhere to be seen.

She instantly understood the purpose of the dinner party.

He casually pulled out a stool, which was right in front of Lu Ziyang. Although the view was straight, the table was a large round table, and the two of them were quite far apart.

He got up and moved to a seat closer to the door.

"An Si-ze isn't coming?"

How could Lu Ziyang not know that she was asking a question she already knew the answer to?

This woman rarely has the same little thoughts as other women, but once she does, they are almost always written on her face and are easily read.

At least he can see through it at a glance.

He chuckled inwardly as he lowered his gaze to peel shrimp for her, a chuckle so subtle and secretive that, in Song Nuan's eyes, he actually looked pitiful and ingratiating.

Then, with that same face, she said, "He didn't come; I begged him to help me arrange for you to come out."