The blood on He Lingchuan's forehead slowly congealed, and the people around him gasped in surprise, but no one dared to step forward to stop the troublemakers.
He Lingchuan raised his hand to wipe the blood from his face. As soon as he opened his eyes, he heard a young girl speaking in front of him: "You pretty boy, we don't welcome you in our family. You're shameless and indecent."
"Xiaoya, don't talk nonsense."
The adults around her grabbed the little girl's hand, trying to take her away, but Xiaoya struggled and ran to He Lingchuan. She raised her head proudly and shouted, "My mom told me that you only know how to spend my aunt's money. If you weren't so pretty, my aunt wouldn't be with you."
"Xiaoya, shut up."
Before He Lingchuan could speak, he caught a glimpse of a woman walking up beside him. Judging from her figure and clothing, this woman should be Xiaoya's mother. Just by looking at her face, one could sense how cunning and mean she was.
He Lingchuan narrowed his eyes: "Did you tell her that I only know how to spend Chen Yanxi's money?"
"She's young and speaks without thinking, don't take it to heart."
The woman spread her arms to block Xiaoya's way and glared at He Lingchuan. She had never attended family banquets before, and this was the first time He Lingchuan had met her. She hadn't expected things to turn out so unpleasant.
"She's a child, aren't you?"
He Lingchuan stepped off the stage and walked towards the woman. Just as he was about to approach Xiaoya and her mother, Shen Yanxi stopped him with her outstretched hand: "He Lingchuan, why are you arguing with a child?"
Shen Yanxi gave the woman a wink, and the woman immediately picked up Xiaoya and left He Lingchuan. By the time He Lingchuan looked up, the two of them had already disappeared.
Shen Yanxi pressed the gauze against He Lingchuan's wound and tried to smooth things over for Xiaoya and her mother: "Xiaoya didn't say those things on purpose. She just imitated what she heard. Don't take it to heart. You're a grown woman. Are you going to hit her?"
"How could I possibly argue with a child?"
He Lingchuan took the gauze from her hand and pushed away Shen Yanxi's hand that was trying to bandage him: "I'm only going to settle accounts with the adults."
He was about to leave after he finished speaking when Shen Yanxi grabbed his wrist: "Don't go too far. I'll apologize to you if necessary."
"I don't need your apology. They violated my right to reputation. Unless you want to make a big deal out of this, get both of them out here."
"What's with all this talk about reputation? We're all family, why bring this up?"
Shen Yanxi frowned, feeling utterly humiliated by He Lingchuan's relentless attitude.
She was about to persuade He Lingchuan when she heard her sister-in-law say sarcastically from the side, "What, are you trying to extort us?"
Xiaoya's mother, who had already left, suddenly appeared in front of He Lingchuan and Shen Yanxi, while the child was nowhere to be found.
I guess she just settled the child in and couldn't wait to come over and argue with He Lingchuan.
"If you're not guilty, why are you so angry? You even prey on children. You vicious man, calling you a gigolo is an understatement."
Shen Yanxi stepped between her and He Lingchuan, and whispered a reminder: "Sister-in-law, stop talking."
"Why won't you say anything? What did I do wrong? He did it on purpose."
The sister-in-law grabbed Shen Yanxi's sleeve and shouted relentlessly, "Don't be fooled by his injury. It's all an act. His wound has definitely healed long ago. He's just pretending to be in pain to scare you."
"Then let's go to the hospital."
Since she's said that, why not go to the hospital for a checkup and see how serious it really is?
"It'll be good to let the doctor check if I'm faking it, but before that, I'm going to call the police. I don't believe you can get away with intentionally injuring someone."
He Lingchuan initially didn't intend to argue with them.
In his view, this was his last time attending the banquet, and there was no need to make a big deal out of it.
If it weren't for Shen Yanxi's sister-in-law constantly harassing and insulting him, he wouldn't have made such a big fuss.
"He Lingchuan, you may not be ashamed, but I am! Besides, these are my family members. Do you really want to send them to jail?"
"You brought this on yourselves."
He Lingchuan shook off Shen Yanxi's hand and took out his phone to call the police.
Only then did the sister-in-law realize she was scared. She stepped forward, grabbed He Lingchuan's wrist, and looked down at him: "You just want money, right? I'll give it to you."
He Lingchuan raised his chin, wanting to see just how capable she really was.
With so many people staring at her, Sister-in-law Shen's face turned somewhat unpleasant.
She had originally planned to let things slide, but she hadn't expected to run into a tough opponent.
She had her assistant bring 100,000 yuan and threw it on He Lingchuan's shoulder: "Is this enough? I advise you to know when to stop and not go too far."
He Lingchuan rolled his eyes, glanced at it hastily, and took a few steps back.
Without any support from her hands, Sister-in-law Shen stumbled and almost fell to the ground.
"What are you doing? Are you deliberately getting back at me? Let me tell you, 100,000 yuan isn't enough to settle things with you? You really think you're something special now."
"You think you can get rid of me with 100,000?"
He Lingchuan pointed to the wound on his head: "Look at this wound, would 100,000 be enough?"
Sister-in-law Shen's face instantly darkened, and she burst out cursing, "You still say you didn't extort us? Shen Yanxi, look at the man you found, even 100,000 yuan can't get rid of him."
He Lingchuan listened to him shouting and yelling, but his expression remained unchanged.
In contrast, Shen Yanxi's expression was much more interesting than his.
She pulled He Lingchuan to her side and asked him in a voice only the two of them could hear, "What exactly are you trying to do? This is Mom's banquet. Are you going to make a scene before you're satisfied?"
"If your sister-in-law doesn't care, why should I?"
He Lingchuan shook off Shen Yanxi's hand, his tone icy: "I was injured and humiliated by your family, and this is your attitude towards solving problems?"
Isn't Shen Yanxi very capable? Isn't she very generous?
Why do you become so petty when it comes to me? He Lingchuan snorted coldly, indicating that this matter was not over.
He has a good temper, but that doesn't mean he can let these people bully him at will.
Shen's sister-in-law was about to curse He Lingchuan when she was interrupted by a sharp voice from the crowd.
She lowered her head and dared not utter a sound, like a mouse seeing a cat.
"I think you guys have really gone too far. You even dare to bully people in front of me."
Just as Chen's mother finished exchanging pleasantries with the guests, she heard a commotion over here. When she asked what was going on, she learned that they had beaten He Lingchuan so badly that his head was bleeding.
She stood beside He Lingchuan and angrily rebuked them: "I think your manners have been eaten by dogs. How could you do such a thing at my banquet? You have completely disgraced the Shen family."
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