Chapter 22 Standoff
A deputy director-general of a ministry was slapped twice by a woman; anyone else would have exploded.
But it just so happens that those two slaps were delivered by Lu Zhenyu.
Duan Yu looked at his long-lost friend, his earlier imposing aura dissipating. "Zhenyu, I just hope she will let Xiaoxi go."
Lu Zhenyu glanced at Duan Xier, who was standing next to her indignantly, and laughed.
"Did she choke Duan Xi'er?"
Feng Manman: "No."
"Did they hold a gun to her head?"
Feng Manman shrugged. "No, not really."
"Are you going to blow up the Duan family's house with a bomb?"
Feng Manman spread her hands helplessly, "Then there's even less."
To outsiders, Feng Manman at this moment looked like a child who had fought a lone battle for half a day, only to suddenly have her parents backing her up halfway through.
As soon as the autumn wind blew, she straightened up and snuggled up next to her sisters, wagging her tail proudly at the two siblings.
So what? She still has people protecting her and favoring her; she's just a spoiled brat.
So what if she's selfish and domineering? What can you do about it?
"whispering sound."
The laughter came at an inopportune moment, and everyone turned to look at the source of the sound.
Shen Jingsi didn't do it on purpose; he simply couldn't resist the two sisters' banter.
He chuckled for a moment, then straightened up, crossed his arms, and gave Lu Zhenyu a meaningful look.
"Isn't that forcing people to drink? Who will pay for it if they drink themselves to death?"
Lu Zhenyu and Feng Manman turned their heads at the same time, and the man even raised an eyebrow provocatively.
It seems they think the water isn't murky enough and want to stir it up.
The love-hate relationship between the young master of the Shen family and the orphaned girl of the Lu family is known to everyone in the capital.
This room now houses the five main characters of love, hate, and grudges from the past in the capital, igniting everyone's burning desire for gossip.
"I'm a little confused. Is Shen Jingsi here to support Duan Xi'er?"
"Are you stupid? That goes without saying."
One abandoned you for wealth and glory, while the other risked his life to save you and helped you rise again.
Anyone in this situation would have to protect those behind them, and everyone felt that was the right thing to do.
The girl scratched her head. "But a white moonlight is still a white moonlight. Even if you hate someone, there must still be feelings involved."
"Then you haven't seen how much favoritism Ren Shenjingsi has shown Duan Xier over the years."
The girl spoke with great detail, "Just the day before yesterday, the international designer's final work, Jade Love, was auctioned off to the Shen family for 70 million because Duan Xi'er liked it, and she's wearing it around her neck now."
Even the perfume that Duan Xier had been using was discontinued by the manufacturer, so the man spent a lot of money to find a designer to restart it for her.
"A person like him, whose net worth is worth more than hundreds of billions, would not be able to spend seventy million lightly."
What I want is that sentiment of 'If you like it, I'll help you get it.'
“Exactly. Look at the way he looks at Lu Zhenyu and Duan Xier now. The difference in their status is obvious.”
The heir of a prestigious family spends a fortune to win a smile from a beautiful woman; what everyone envies is this special favor that no one else receives.
preference.
That's just favoritism.
Lu Zhenyu's smile gradually turned to a chilling coldness as she looked at Shen Jingsi, her tone sarcastic, "Mr. Shen, are you saying this because you feel sorry for your fiancée being bullied?"
Shen Jingsi did not give a clear answer, "What do you mean?"
Lu Zhenyu's action of turning her eyes away conveyed a sense of determination, and she became completely cold.
"If you feel sorry for them, please take them away. I have conjunctivitis; my eyes hurt from watching too many plays."
"Sister Zhenzhen, what makes you say that?" Duan Xi'er stepped forward, as if she had been slandered.
"I have never wronged Sister Zhenzhen. Even though you are Feng Manman's sister, I have always treated you with respect. Yet you have to frame me."
Feng Manman said, "Duan Xi'er, are you a toilet? You're such a good actress, and you love to pretend to be innocent and pure so that all the men in the world will revolve around you."
Duan Xi'er, "You!"
Seeing that Feng Manman was about to rush forward again, Lu Zhenyu reached out and pulled her behind her.
Looking at Duan Xi'er, she smiled calmly, "I framed you?"
“Isn’t this a frame-up, Sister Zhenzhen? I’ve always treated you like an older sister since I was little. No matter what others say about you, I’ve always believed that you abandoned Asi to marry Zheng Yaozong because of true love. But what you’ve done today has really hurt my heart.”
Duan Xi'er's innocent eyes reddened, and she raised her hand to clutch the clothes in front of her chest, heartbroken.
Feng Manman felt like she was going to vomit. Just as she was about to rush over, Lu Zhenyu pulled her back.
Some battles can only be fought by oneself.
There are some people she will protect with all her might.
Everyone says that the Lu family's orphan is cold and unapproachable, and few people can get close to her heart.
But only Lu Zhenyu knows best that having lost both her parents at a young age, she has very little to hold onto in her life.
Once she gets it, she'll protect it even if it costs her her life.
Feng Manman is.
So when the sisters were kidnapped, out of so many people, only Lu Zhenyu was the first to rush into the hail of bullets, protecting the unconscious girl with her body.
Shen Jing Si Shi.
So even though she knew that marrying Zheng Yaozong would ruin her future, Lu Zhenyu only had ten minutes to grieve before turning away, wiping away her tears, and agreeing to her mother's request.
Feng Manman said she was stupid, that she had been resented by Shen Jingsi for so many years and still had to take the blame for Shen's mother and become a sucker.
But only Lu Zhenyu knew best that it wasn't for anyone else, but for the man she had secretly loved for over twenty years.
If Shen Jingsi dared to risk his life for her and protect her, what is there for Lu Zhenyu not to do?
But that girl who went ahead without hesitation back then probably never imagined that one day she would come back alive.
Even more unexpectedly, the man who used to protect her is now protecting others.
Lu Zhenyu looked down at her wrist, which was being held by Shen Jingsi.
She gave a self-deprecating laugh. "What? Are you afraid I'll slap your fiancée like I slapped Duan Yu?"
Shen Jingsi, unusually serious, said, "Come with me."
Lu Zhenyu: "So I'm leaving so you can bully my friend all you want?"
Shen Jingsi frowned, his breathing noticeably heavier. "You know they've been fighting for over a decade. Let them do whatever they want. Don't you think you owe me something?"
"Ha." Lu Zhenyu chuckled, but her eyes were instantly filled with cold indifference as she pushed his hand away.
"I have no need to explain anything to you, Shen Jingsi. We're even a long time ago."
As Shen Jingsi's face darkened instantly, Duan Xi'er stepped between the two of them.
His imposing posture suggested he was about to speak out for Shen Jingsi.
"Sister Zhenzhen, why do you have to hurt A-Si's heart again? Haven't you hurt him enough over the years?!"
Lu Zhenyu felt that she had laughed more times in the past five years than she had laughed tonight.
Now that things have come to this, she no longer wants to play along with this young lady.
With cold, bloodless lips, Lu Zhenyu took a step forward and, under Duan Xier's righteous and stern scrutiny, bent down and whispered in her ear.
"Little Xi, do I really have to break the unspoken truth from back then at this time, in front of everyone?"
A simple sentence, without saying anything, made Duan Xi'er's face freeze instantly!
Judging from Lu Zhenyu's expression at this moment, her upturned lips were smiling, but her eyes, which were tilted to the side, were as still as a pool of stagnant water.
She's contacting her, and she's already received it.
At this moment, Duan Xi'er desperately wanted to ask the woman in front of her, "What do you know?"
But she dared not, much less could.
Suppressing the tremor in her heart, she swallowed hard and said in a low voice, "Sister Zhenzhen, why are you threatening me with such words? I have always regarded you as my own sister."
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