Zhou Mingyan's face darkened, and Shen Yanxi's expression turned even colder: "Stop making sarcastic remarks. If you hadn't been out fooling around and not coming home to cook, how could Mingyan have gotten hurt?"
Shen Yanxi led Zhou Mingyan to the living room and found the first-aid kit that hadn't been used in a long time. Looking at the layer of dust on it, she realized that she hadn't been injured in a long time.
When He Lingchuan was at home, she never took care of any housework.
Thinking about this, she realized that she had gone a bit too far.
She looked up, about to explain, when she heard He Lingchuan lower his voice and retort, "So, according to you, I should cook for you and be your free nanny?"
"What free nanny? Don't escalate the conflict."
Shen Yanxi knelt on the ground to bandage Zhou Mingyan's wounds, and retorted to He Lingchuan with her head down: "Shouldn't a family help each other? Mingyan has been taking care of the child the whole time, so what's wrong with you cooking? Besides, haven't you been cooking all the time?"
"Who is he related to?"
He Lingchuan leaned against the wall, crossed his arms over his chest, and looked at them with a leisurely air: "From today onwards, I will only cook for my family."
Shen Yanxi looked up when she heard this. He Lingchuan clearly told her, "This family does not include Zhou Mingyan. Tell him to go out to eat, or cook for himself."
Shen Yanxi frowned and remained silent. Only after she finished bandaging Zhou Mingyan's hand wound did she remember to refute He Lingchuan: "Mingyan is also our family. The children like him very much."
"You consider him family?"
He Lingchuan looked surprised, and after saying that, he burst into laughter. He laughed until tears streamed down his face, but he still couldn't stop.
Shen Yanxi was extremely annoyed by his behavior and patiently reminded him, "What's wrong with you now? Can't you be normal for once?"
"The most abnormal person in this family is you, and the second most abnormal person is him."
He Lingchuan put his hands on his hips and circled around the two of them.
He looked Shen Yanxi and Zhou Mingyan up and down, then sneered at them, "How come I never noticed before that you have such a bad memory?"
Shen Yanxi didn't understand what he meant, her eyes filled with confusion.
He Lingchuan stopped in front of her and slowly said, "It seems you really know how this man treated you before."
He went on and on, recounting all of Zhou Mingyan's past actions: "He abandoned you and ran off with your money. Only someone as stupid as you would fall for his tricks again. Do you really think he loves you? Let me tell you, he just hasn't found a better woman, so he came to you. From beginning to end, you've been his backup plan, his second choice."
He Lingchuan grew angrier as he spoke. The woman he cherished so dearly was treating him so poorly. Besides anger, he felt mostly disappointment.
“Chen Yanxi, I always thought you were a woman of principle. Even if you were to go back to an ex, you wouldn’t go back to trash. Now it seems that I was the one who was the most blind. I misjudged you.”
Every word He Lingchuan uttered felt like a sharp blade piercing Shen Yanxi's heart. Shen Yanxi gasped for breath, her raised hand trembling uncontrollably. She pointed at He Lingchuan, but couldn't utter a complete sentence: "You, you said, what did you say?"
"Do I need to repeat myself? Zhou Mingyan is just using you. You've been a clown from beginning to end."
Shen Yanxi staggered, her face flushed red from the shock.
Since Zhou Mingyan returned, Shen Yanxi has not allowed anyone to mention the past. One reason is that she is worried that Zhou Mingyan will think she holds a grudge and leave, and the other is that she still cannot let go of the fact that Zhou Mingyan abandoned her.
But she couldn't give up on Zhou Mingyan. She had been avoiding talking about what had happened in the past, but unexpectedly He Lingchuan brought it up.
"You, you're talking about me, what gives you the right to say that about me?"
Shen Yanxi was panting heavily, her face flushed red.
Her eyes were glistening with tears; she looked incredibly vulnerable.
In the past, He Lingchuan would have been the first person to come and care for her.
Now, He Lingchuan is like a bystander, coldly watching Shen Yanxi, completely ignoring how much pain she is in.
In that instant, Shen Yanxi felt as if she had been abandoned.
Zhou Mingyan held Shen Yanxi's waist with both hands, biting his lower lip tightly. He waited for Shen Yanxi to calm down before speaking: "I had no choice but to leave Xixi back then. I had my reasons. You misunderstood me."
"Don't try to explain to me, I don't want to hear it."
He Lingchuan had no interest in knowing about the love story of this lovesick couple.
He looked disgusted and even took a few steps back: "Now I think you two are a perfect match."
Zhou Mingyan was furious. While trying to calm Shen Yanxi down, he scolded He Lingchuan: "Stop talking. Do you really want to make Xixi angry to death?"
He Lingchuan curled his lips into a mocking smile: "Don't worry, she won't die. After all, she wasn't driven to death by you when you abandoned her, so how could she be driven to death by me now?"
As He Lingchuan spoke, he looked Shen Yanxi up and down: "She just can't accept the fact that you ran away with the money."
He Lingchuan paused for a moment, then continued, "Actually, I admire you quite a bit. You did things so ruthlessly and still had the nerve to come back. I really should learn from your thick skin."
"He Lingchuan, don't go too far. The things that happened before were all misunderstandings. I will find a way to explain to Xixi. Don't even think about trying to sow discord between us."
Zhou Mingyan was ridiculed from head to toe, and he could no longer tolerate it.
Ignoring the person in her arms, she got up and pounced on him.
Zhou Mingyan was physically strong, but his movements were very clumsy. In He Lingchuan's opinion, his punches were slower than those of a child.
He turned his head to dodge Zhou Mingyan's punch.
Before Zhou Mingyan could react, He Lingchuan had already walked up behind him.
"You still want to lay a hand on me? You really won't change your ways."
He Lingchuan's voice rang out behind Zhou Mingyan. He reached out, and just as his fingertips touched Zhou Mingyan's shoulder, he collapsed to the ground.
Facing the stairs, Zhou Mingyan was sure to suffer a head injury if he fell like that. He Lingchuan didn't want to be implicated by him, so he stepped forward and grabbed Zhou Mingyan's wrist to try to pull him back. However, Zhou Mingyan suddenly shook off his hand and fell to the other side.
With a thud, Zhou Mingyan's head hit the floor. He closed his eyes and turned his back to Shen Yanxi.
He Lingchuan was startled by the noise. He peeked out and immediately realized that Zhou Mingyan was faking it.
He snorted coldly, unmoved.
Shen Yanxi was so frightened that she dared not move, her eyes filled with heartache and worry: "Mingyan?"
Her chest still ached a little, and with red eyes, she instructed He Lingchuan, "Go quickly and see what's wrong with Mingyan?"
Shen Yanxi braced herself against her back with one hand as she tried to stand up, threateningly saying, "He Lingchuan, if anything happens to Mingyan, I'll fight you to the death."
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