Chapter 204
"There are still three full years left! However, it is unbelievable that Zhou Mufan does not even know where Ruoan's home is, let alone having escorted Ruoan home even once."
"You know, even a bystander like Zhang Kai knew Ruoan's background long ago."
"To be honest, if Zhou Mufan had treated Ruo'an sincerely and given her the love and care she deserved, how could Ruo'an have resolutely chosen to leave him?"
"After all, Ruo An has always been like this. As long as others show her the slightest kindness, she will definitely repay them tenfold, a hundredfold, or even a thousandfold."
"So in the final analysis, Zhou Mufan was not worthy of Ruoan's sincere friendship and good heart from the beginning to the end." At this time, Mu Shen cast his gaze towards everyone in the Zhou family and spoke bluntly without mercy.
Leng Zexi on the side stared at Ruoan silently, his heart full of pity. He really didn't want to see Ruoan bear these false charges.
So he quickly explained: "In fact, Ruoan himself had no idea that he was a member of the Xia family before this."
"The real situation is that right after they broke up, my father-in-law wanted to protect his daughter and couldn't bear to see Ruo'an suffer any grievances or injustice, so he decided to let her go and meet Grandpa Xia."
"If your Zhou family could treat her well at that time, then by then, not only the Xia family, but also me and several other brothers would treat your Zhou family with courtesy."
"If you truly want to protect Ruoan, we will naturally treat you well. But if you want to hurt Ruoan in the slightest, you must first ask us whether we agree or not!" Leng Zexi stared at the person in front of him with a sharp gaze, his voice so cold that it seemed to freeze the air.
He narrowed his eyes slightly, revealing a chilling look in his eyes, and then said: "The person I, Leng Zexi, cherish as a treasure and hold at the top of my heart, cannot be bullied by anyone at will. You must ask for my consent before doing so!"
Having said that, Leng Zexi turned his gaze to Zhou Mufan standing beside him, his eyes full of undisguised contempt and disdain.
Zhou Mufan trembled all over at the sight, but still pretended to be calm and responded: "But it's not my fault that she didn't want Ian to reveal her identity. If we knew her background, we wouldn't do this."
"You blame me, but isn't it the same for her? She let us bully her and didn't even come out to protect Ruoan."
Hearing this, Leng Zexi couldn't help but laugh in anger. He took a step forward, approached Zhou Mufan, and said with gritted teeth: "You really don't know what's good for you! Ruo'an is such a kind and innocent girl, she treats you wholeheartedly, and what about you?"
"Not only is he ungrateful, but he also tramples on her feelings. If you really like someone, how could you bear to let her get hurt even a little bit?"
After a pause, he continued angrily, "Also, you keep saying that you like Ruoan, but why didn't you break up with her earlier? You have to drag her along like this, do you want to tease her like a toy?"
"Don't think I don't know that you never truly loved Ruo'an. Everything is just false!"
"What I regret most is that I acted like a gentleman and let her go when I saw her being with you. If I had known that I would never have let Ruoan be with someone like you even if it meant snatching her away from you." Leng Zexi said angrily.
Leng Zexi looked at him and said, "You planned Ruoan to be with you! You knew that the gangster was going to harm Ruoan, but you just stood there and watched coldly. It was not until Ruoan was extremely frightened that you pretended to help him."
"This despicable and shameless behavior is simply outrageous!" For a moment, everyone echoed and accusations came one after another.
Facing Leng Zexi's rebuke, Zhou Mufan's expression became uglier and uglier, and a layer of fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.
However, he still stubbornly argued: "Nonsense! You guys are just slandering me! I just happened to pass by at that time..."
However, his excuses seemed so weak that no one was willing to believe him.
Leng Zexi had been full of suspicion before and could not believe that such a coincidence could happen.
Therefore, he once again asked Lu Qin to help investigate the surveillance video of the incident.
Unexpectedly, the truth turned out to be just as he expected! Zhou Mufan had done all this deliberately.
However, Zhou Mufan never expected that Leng Zexi could actually see through the mystery. For a moment, he became panic-stricken and even lost the courage to look at Xia Ruoan.
But Xia Ruoan was completely unaware of this at the time. In her simple mind, she always believed that it was just a coincidence - Zhou Mufan happened to pass by and saw her being bullied, so he came to her aid.
"So, he stepped forward to rescue me, and then insisted that I be with him. All of this was carefully planned and arranged by him?"
Xia Ruoan opened her eyes wide as if she had just woken up from a dream, and an indescribable bitter smile appeared on her face.
"Yes, he was hiding in that inconspicuous corner and watching you gradually fall into the abyss of despair and helplessness. He only showed up when you were on the verge of a mental breakdown."
"In this way, he has accomplished the so-called 'life-saving grace' and forced you to become his girlfriend." Leng Zexi nodded solemnly, his eyes full of pity for Xia Ruoan.
When Xia Ruoan heard this, he understood everything.
She glared at Zhou Mufan with her eyes wide open, her voice trembling slightly with anger: "Zhou Mufan, didn't I make it clear enough at the beginning? I said that as long as you don't like it anymore, you can break up with me anytime, anywhere!"
"Why do you have to use such despicable means to disgust me? Having been in love with you is the thing I regret most in my life!"
"Not only you, but also your whole family's disgusting sense of superiority is intolerable to me!"
"To be honest, I really want to ask you in person, what exactly are you missing that makes you so obsessed with this illusory feeling?"
"Could it be that because you don't have the real capital, you have to pretend to be high and mighty?"
Xia Ruo'an took a deep breath and calmed down his excitement a little, but he still looked at them coldly and continued to question: "Zhou Mufan, we have all started our own families and careers now, why do we have to keep digging up those old stories?"
"Let the past be the past forever! Besides, for me, there are no good memories between us that are worth recalling."
"When I wanted to be with you, I asked myself that I had never done anything to let you down. On the contrary, you have brought me nothing but endless pain and hurt from the beginning to the end!"
"Zhou Mufan! I don't owe you anything anymore! You helped me, and I took care of you for three whole years!"
"The account between us is now completely settled!" Xia Ruoan looked at the man in front of him with a firm gaze, and secretly vowed in his heart to make a break with the past.
She took a deep breath and continued, "And Madam Zhou, the reason why I was so tolerant of you before was simply because you are Zhou Mufan's mother."
"But now, in my eyes, you have nothing to do with me! So, please don't point that finger at me again in the future!"
"Even if they want to teach me a lesson, it should be my biological parents who should do it. It's not your turn to point fingers here!"
At this point, Xia Ruo'an couldn't help but sneer: "Besides, the Qing Dynasty has been gone for so many years! Don't expect me to learn those so-called 'three obediences and four virtues', 'female rules' and other old customs! After I came to your Zhou family, I never felt like a guest, but more like a hardworking nanny, responsible for the three meals a day of the whole family."
"It's as if your whole family will starve to death without me! I even wanted to ask, before I came to your Zhou family, did you all rely on practicing Taoism and fasting to survive?
I didn’t even need to eat! Now that I think about it, it’s really ridiculous!”
"Either the servants were busy with something important and couldn't leave, but why did they have to be busy on the day I came to visit?
What made me feel even more chilled and disappointed was that Zhou Mufan never said a word to defend or comfort me from beginning to end, as if all this was normal and natural to him!"
Xia Ruoan's mind was as clear as a mirror. The only reason she chose to endure silently was simply for Zhou Mufan's sake.
"Zhou Mufan, your family dares to treat me like this. In the final analysis, isn't it because you don't care about me at all?" The more Xia Ruoan thought about it, the angrier he became.
"I've really been enlightened today! Look at your so-called good upbringing in the Zhou family. You haven't even officially married the girl yet, but you've already ordered her to do the work of a nanny!
Madam Zhou, is your son planning to get married or find a nanny? "Mother Leng finally couldn't hold back her anger and started to accuse her indignantly.
"And that Xia Meihui, do you also order her around like this? I'm afraid the truth is exactly the opposite!"
"You treated her like a bodhisattva, but who would have thought that in the end you would discover that the girl you had raised for so many years was actually a fake - a fake daughter!" Mother Leng mocked mercilessly.
Seeing Mrs. Zhou's face becoming more and more ugly, she felt so relieved.
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