Chen Wanning's expression darkened slightly. Some things are better left unsaid, but bringing them out into the open is going too far.
“Old Chen, I’m not a child anymore. The major families in Yanjing have their own rules and ways of doing things, but I’m the one who can break free from those rules.” Li Yijin sneered, “Besides, your good-for-nothing grandson wants to marry me? Dream on.”
"Li Yijin, did you say these words yourself, or did your brother teach you to say them?" Chen Wanjia said with a stern face, "If the Chen family hadn't helped your Li family back then, would the Li family still have any standing in Yanjing today?"
"Yes, it's true that you helped us back then, but the Li family has been manipulated by you all these years. Every year, 30% of the profits have been taken by your Chen family. Why are you still not satisfied?" Li Yijin sneered, "Don't bring up what happened back then."
“Our Li family has already paid back what we owed, and my brother has also made it clear to you that I, Li Yijin, will not marry into the Chen family, understand?”
“Little girl, you’re so sharp-tongued, I’m growing to like you more and more.” Chen Wanning stared at Li Yijin for a long time, then suddenly laughed. He sat down under the parasol, stroked a horse that his bodyguard had brought over, and said leisurely, “No matter what, you’ll have to wait for Chen Hao to arrive today.”
"Guards, no one is allowed to leave the horse farm before Chen Hao arrives."
"Yes, Mr. Chen." The bodyguard nodded slightly, then waved his hand, and a group of bodyguards surrounded the area tightly.
"What, is Old Chen planning to bully a child?" Ye Xingchen smiled. He knew that Chen Wanning was pretending to control Li Yijin, but in reality, he was trying to intimidate him.
He was putting on an image of the head of the Chen family, someone who could not be disobeyed, in an attempt to intimidate Ye Xingchen on a spiritual level.
"What's it to you?" Chen Wanning asked as if he had just seen Ye Xingchen.
"You've openly bullied my wife, and I can't even say anything?" Ye Xingchen put his arm around Li Yijin's waist and shielded her behind him.
"Your wife? Heh, she's the daughter-in-law of the Chen family. When did it become your place to speak?" Chen Wanning sneered.
"She doesn't want to marry into the Chen family, are they going to force her?" Cheng Xinrui curled his lip: "That's not fair."
"Kid, who are you?" Chen Wanning glanced at Cheng Xinrui: "Mind your own business, or it won't do you any good."
“My name is Cheng Xinrui, and my father is Cheng Liang,” Cheng Xinrui said coldly.
"So it was you?" Chen Wanning was somewhat surprised. He stared at Cheng Xinrui and snorted, "Your father has been paralyzed for ten years. If something really happens to you, there will be no one to back you up."
"Are you Cheng Liang's son?" Ye Xingchen looked at Cheng Xinrui with a strange expression.
"Yes." Cheng Xinrui nodded.
"Don't worry, even if your dad is paralyzed, if anything really happens, I'll support you," Ye Xingchen said in a deep voice.
Cheng Liang, one of the Five War Gods, is a brother whose back his father could entrust to the enemy on the battlefield.
After his father's tragic death, he was determined to seek justice for him, but ten years ago, his car plunged off a cliff while he was on his way to the border... and he disappeared from then on. Little did anyone know that he was now paralyzed and bedridden.
Cheng Xinrui was stunned for a moment, then looked at Ye Xingchen with a puzzled expression.
"My father is Ye Jinyu, a close friend of your father," Ye Xingchen said in a slightly somber tone.
"I understand." Cheng Xinrui was taken aback, and then his eyes turned a little red.
Ye Xingchen is one of our own. The reason he resents Chen Wanning is because he knows about his father's fall off the cliff, and the Chen family was the mastermind behind it.
Because of Ye Jinyu's death, some people don't want the truth to come to light, and his father has been working tirelessly for Ye Jinyu; some people even wish for his death.
"Chen Wanning, look carefully." Ye Xingchen pointed at Li Yijin and said, "I'm officially telling you today that Li Yijin is my person, Ye Xingchen's person, and she has absolutely no relation to your Chen family."
"If you dare to touch her again, don't blame me for chopping off your hand. Remember this, this warning is only for once. If you do it again, I will chop off your hand."
"Insolence!" Chen Wanning was furious. He was the head of the Chen family, a man of high status. When had he ever been threatened like this?
But Ye Xingchen wasn't buying it at all: "I'm going to be presumptuous today, what can you do about it?"
"Old man, stop thinking about it. I'm already pregnant with my husband's child." Li Yijin rolled her eyes. "Tell your grandson to give up on that idea."
Ye Xingchen was dumbfounded; this girl really dared to say that.
Chen Wanning's blood pressure rose, and he almost couldn't help but swear. Even if he knew Li Yijin was talking nonsense, what would the servants think if his chosen granddaughter-in-law said in front of him that she was pregnant with someone else's child? What would his subordinates think?
"Grandpa, did you call me?" Just then, Chen Hao rushed over and was stunned when he saw Li Yijin and the others. When he saw Ye Xingchen, his eyes revealed a hint of hatred.
"She's here? Look closely, this is the daughter-in-law I've chosen for you." Chen Wanning pointed at Li Yijin, his tone domineering: "I don't care what methods you use, you have to bring her into the Chen family. If you can't even do this, then get out of the Chen family."
"Yes, Grandpa." Chen Hao was startled. The old man had been traumatized by someone else and was now taking it out on himself.
He couldn't help but look at Li Yijin. Before he could finish speaking, Ye Xingchen interrupted, "Try touching her, and I'll chop up your thing and feed it to the dogs."
Chen Hao shuddered again. He had been beaten by Ye Xingchen several times and was now truly traumatized. However, since the old man had already put him in a tough spot, he couldn't back down.
He roared, "Ye Xingchen, stay away from her, or I'll make you regret it!"
"Is this all you ever say, these few threatening phrases?" Ye Xingchen laughed, leaning closer to Chen Hao: "Try saying those words again."
Chen Hao was startled again. When Ye Xingchen got close to him, he instinctively turned and ran, but thinking of the pressure Chen Wanning put on him, he held back.
Staring at Ye Xingchen, he steeled himself and shouted, "Ye Xingchen, stay away from Li Yijin, or I'll kill you."
*Slap...* Without saying a word, Ye Xingchen slapped him across the face.
Chen Hao screamed and was sent flying several meters away by a slap.
He lay on the ground, blood gushing from his mouth and nose, which had just begun to heal.
The slap was quite hard; Chen Hao lay on the ground, seeing stars, and didn't look back for a long time.
Wu Li's expression changed, and he moved his hand to step forward.
Chen Wanning reached out and stopped Wu Li. He looked at everything in the room with a gloomy expression, wanting to see how Chen Hao would deal with it.
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