The expected fist did not fall. He Lingchuan looked up and saw a stranger who looked older than him and was probably a passerby.
"Are you alright? Should we go to the hospital?"
He Lingchuan moved his arm to make sure there wasn't too much pain, then smiled and declined his older brother's offer.
He Lingchuan intended to give the money, but his elder brother politely declined. Watching his elder brother leave, a warm feeling welled up in his heart.
He sat in the car for a while and asked Gu Chengze to pull up all the surveillance footage from the surrounding area.
He Lingchuan originally planned to go back later, but Shen Yanxi would definitely ask him if she saw him like this, and he didn't want his family to worry.
Half an hour later, He Lingchuan received a call from Shen Yanxi, who urged him to return home quickly, sounding very anxious.
He Lingchuan didn't have time to ask what had happened and immediately drove back to the villa.
He limped open the door, and the first thing he heard wasn't concern, but a question from Shen Yanxi: "Where have you been? Why did it take you so long? Your sister-in-law has been waiting for you for a long time."
He Lingchuan then noticed his sister-in-law sitting on the sofa, with his mother sitting next to her. The two of them were looking at him, but neither of them noticed the wounds on his body.
"Did my sister-in-law come to see me?"
He Lingchuan looked puzzled. At the last birthday banquet, Shen's eldest sister-in-law had scolded him. Why was she coming to find him again now?
“My daughter needs a tutor, and after thinking it over, I still think you are the most suitable.”
He Lingchuan paused in changing his shoes, then refused without hesitation: "I don't have time."
Sister-in-law Shen stood up abruptly, looking impatient: "Why don't you have time? I think you just don't want to. Xixi, this is your husband, how can he be so incompetent?"
Shen Yanxi blushed, feeling that He Lingchuan had embarrassed her, and coldly rebuked him: "What are you throwing a tantrum for? Mom is still here. Even if you don't give your sister-in-law face, you should at least give Mom face, right?"
"If I don't want to go, then I won't go."
Chen's mother leaned back on the sofa and said these words expressionlessly.
She's clearly on He Lingchuan's side.
Shen Yanxi looked at her with some helplessness: "Mom, why are you siding with outsiders?"
“Ling Chuan is not an outsider. He’s busy with work, and if he doesn’t want to go, he can’t. Does our Shen family not have a tutor?”
Shen's eldest sister-in-law had a cold face. She had never liked He Lingchuan before, and now she liked him even less.
The situation remained deadlocked. Shen Yanxi wanted to force He Lingchuan to compromise, but she didn't dare to contradict her mother. As a result, she was losing face.
Shen Yanxi walked up to He Lingchuan, her tone icy: "Are you going or not?"
"I'm not going."
Shen Yanxi was so angry that her face turned pale. She was about to say something when she suddenly heard the person next to her say, "Xixi, I'll go."
Zhou Mingyan stepped forward and looked at Shen's eldest sister-in-law with a gentle expression: "Mr. He is usually very busy with work and probably doesn't have time. Besides, he also needs time to rest. I'll go instead."
Zhou Mingyan assured Shen's sister-in-law, "I will definitely teach Xixi's niece well."
When Shen's eldest sister-in-law saw that he had taken the initiative to come, she was overjoyed and criticized Zhou Mingyan from head to toe: "Mingyan, I knew I hadn't misjudged you. When Xixi got married before, I felt it was a waste. How could such a good woman marry such an incompetent man? I always thought that you two were the most suitable match."
As she spoke, Sister-in-law Shen pushed Zhou Mingyan toward Shen Yanxi, saying, "Anyway, they're divorced now, so you two can just get together. I'll be your witness, what do you think?"
Zhou Mingyan looked at Shen Yanxi with a happy expression, anticipating her answer.
"What nonsense are you talking about? Even if Xixi divorces Lingchuan, I will not agree to Xixi being with Zhou Mingyan."
This man hurt Xixi so badly before, and now he thinks he can win her back with just a few sweet words? Don't even think about it.
Mother Shen snorted coldly, turning her head away without even glancing at Zhou Mingyan.
Her dislike for Zhou Mingyan was quite obvious. Shen Yanxi looked at her mother helplessly and tried to persuade her: "Mom, you have too many misunderstandings about Mingyan. Actually, you can't blame him for everything that happened back then."
Seeing that Shen Yanxi spoke up for him, Zhou Mingyan quickly interjected, trying to salvage his image: "Aunt Shen, I did have other reasons back then. If you want to hear them, I can..."
“I don’t want to hear it, I just want you to stay away from my daughter.”
As she waved her hand and walked out, Mother Shen didn't forget to pull He Lingchuan along as she left.
She patted He Lingchuan's hand and said softly, "We'll be staying for dinner tonight. If you have any complaints, just tell me."
He Lingchuan looked at the person beside him with some emotion: "I don't feel wronged. Just like what Sister-in-law Shen said, Shen Yanxi and I are already divorced. Who she is with in the future, how many times she gets married, has nothing to do with me."
The moment He Lingchuan finished speaking, he clearly saw that Chen's mother's expression was not quite right. He tactfully did not bring up the matter again and took the initiative to change the subject.
Even into the evening, Chen's mother's complexion remained poor.
Shen Yanxi immediately noticed that her mother was in low spirits and assumed that He Lingchuan had said something. Her expression turned serious: "What did you say to my mother? Why is she unhappy whenever she's with you?"
“I didn’t say anything.”
He Lingchuan responded to Shen Yanxi expressionlessly. After saying this, he lowered his head, ignoring Shen Yanxi's serious and dissatisfied gaze.
The meal was so unappetizing that He Lingchuan felt the atmosphere around him becoming increasingly oppressive, especially from Shen's mother. She had been staring at him the whole time, and He Lingchuan couldn't tell if she was looking at him or at the lovey-dovey Shen Yanxi and Zhou Mingyan.
He felt that if he didn't leave soon, he would be crushed by the oppressive aura emanating from Shen's mother.
He Lingchuan put down his chopsticks and was about to find an excuse to leave when he heard Shen's mother question Shen Yanxi: "Xixi, all night long, you've been putting food on Zhou Mingyan's plate. Why don't you care about Lingchuan at all?"
Shen Yanxi lowered her head and continued to put food into Zhou Mingyan's bowl: "He's not without hands, why can't he pick it up himself?"
"Try saying it again?"
Shen Yanxi raised her head with a cold expression: "Mom, don't care about this person anymore."
Thinking about her mother's attitude towards Zhou Mingyan, she became increasingly dissatisfied: "Mom, are you protecting He Lingchuan so much because you don't want your daughter anymore? We have nothing to do with each other anymore, so why should I still care about him?"
Shen Yanxi glanced at the person beside her and muttered softly, "He doesn't lack women's attention. He'll only be happier without me."
"You bastard."
With a sharp crack, Shen Yanxi's right cheek instantly swelled up. Her mother's eyes flashed as she pointed at He Lingchuan: "Apologize."
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