Chapter 53 Provocation "I hope you will never make your own choices...
"But..." Ling Yi looked into Chu Qingtang's eyes: "You like the Ling Yi who saved you. But he has stayed in your previous life forever."
"What do you think?" Ling Yi carefully considered his words and asked seriously, "Am I still the Ling Yi you like without my memories of my previous life?"
"Just like Ling Yi, who liked Xie Yuyao, also stayed in your previous life forever. In this life, I don't have any feelings for her and will never like her again."
Chu Qingtang was distracted for a moment, but after coming back to her senses, she smiled and said softly, "But, the Chu Qingtang who likes Ling Yi has not changed. Moreover, even without the memory of the previous life, you are still you."
"If you see a girl being kidnapped, you will still go to rescue her. For the people you like and care about, you will still do your best to treat her well, right?"
Ling Yi did not deny it. He was silent for a moment and said, "It's enough if you can tell the difference between him and me."
The tip of the pen tapped lightly on the table. Ling Yi pondered for a moment and said, "The day after tomorrow, the Lin family's daughter will have her 18th birthday party. Can I invite you to accompany me to attend?"
"Hmm? Don't you dislike attending parties?"
A faint light flashed in Ling Yi's eyes: "I'm going to meet Han Chengyu."
"You want to--" Chu Qingtang raised his eyebrows.
"The betrayer—" Ling Yi murmured in a low voice, "How can I not pay the price!"
Chu Qingtang heard this, his eyes were a little complicated, and then he smiled and said: "Then I'm afraid you still have to say hello to the Lin family. With the status of the Han family, you are not qualified to receive an invitation letter from the Lin family."
Ling Yi nodded.
The next day, Han family.
When Han Chengyu returned home, he saw Han Jisheng sitting on the sofa and waving at him.
Han Chengyu walked forward and saw Han Jisheng's face full of smiles, and couldn't help but ask curiously: "What's wrong, Dad?"
Han Jisheng handed over the invitation in his hand: "This is the invitation that the Lin family just sent, take a look."
"The Lin family, the Lin family whose status in the city of A-city is second only to the Chu family and the Xie family?" Han Chengyu took the invitation and asked as he opened it, "Why would the Lin family send an invitation to our family?"
Han Jisheng smiled and said, "This is the coming-of-age birthday party for Lin Mengxue, the daughter of the Lin family. It is actually also a blind date party. The reason why our Han family received the invitation is naturally because you are good enough. Among the third-rate families in City A that have a similar status to our Han family, only our family received the invitation."
Looking at Han Chengyu's face, Han Jisheng nodded with satisfaction.
Although this son is a little indecisive, it is precisely because of this that he is easy to control.
Moreover, this superior appearance inherited all the advantages of him and Ling Siyan, and he was also quite smart, so he was admitted to University A.
If they could arrange a good marriage, the Han family's status in City A would definitely be further enhanced.
"You must perform well at the banquet tomorrow. If you can win the favor of Miss Lin and have the support of the Lin family, the current crisis of the Han family will surely be solved."
Han Chengyu frowned when he heard this: "Dad, what are you talking about! I already have a girlfriend."
Han Jisheng was a little unhappy, but the smile on his face did not change at all. "What are you thinking? I know you have a girlfriend. What I mean is that I want you to build a good relationship with Miss Lin. If you can become her friends, other families will not embarrass our family like they do now for the sake of the Lin family."
Han Jisheng sighed again, "It's all because of Dad's incompetence. Since the last charity dinner, those families have been changing their minds and pressing the Han family step by step. The Han family is now struggling. It's because Dad is not capable enough to solve the current dilemma."
Han Chengyu clenched his fists and shook his head, "Dad, don't say that. I will listen to you and build a good relationship with Miss Lin."
Banquet night.
When Han Chengyu and Su Ranran entered the banquet hall, it was already filled with the sound of toasts.
Han Chengyu took a deep breath and looked around the room. He found that some people were obviously stunned when they saw him, and then walked over.
Surprised, Han Chengyu quickly smiled and prepared to greet them, but he saw these people walk around him and go behind him.
The smile on Han Chengyu's face froze. He turned around and was stunned when he saw someone coming in the door.
"Hey! Aren't these Young Master Ling and Miss Chu? What's the wind that brought you two here today?"
"I heard that Ling Shao passed Shengying's exam with a score close to full marks, and he skipped from the first grade to the second grade. He is truly a young talent!"
"Young Master Ling and Miss Chu standing together are truly a perfect match made in heaven."
Ling Yi and Chu Qingtang stood side by side. After hearing these flattering words, they said lightly, "Thank you."
Then, as if he had just spotted Han Chengyu, he took two steps forward and looked him up and down: "Hey, isn't this my big brother?"
"Long time no see," Ling Yi said in a playful tone, "I hope you are well!"
Han Chengyu looked at his younger brother, who once had little presence at home, with complicated eyes.
Today, Ling Yi was wearing a white suit that outlined his slender figure. He had a cold expression and a calm posture, looking like a noble and peerless young man brought up in an aristocratic family. There was no trace of the gloomy and transparent figure he used to be in the Ling family in J City.
The guests followed Ling Yi's gaze and saw Han Chengyu. Some smart ones quickly guessed Han Chengyu's identity from Ling Yi's call of "brother". They rolled their eyes and pretended to be surprised and asked, "Brother? Young Master Ling, you have a brother? Doesn't the Ling family only have one son?"
"I know this guy. He went to the last charity dinner with the Han family. How come he is Young Master Ling's elder brother?"
Ling Yi slapped his forehead: "Look at my memory, I forgot everything——"
Ling Yi said in a faint voice: "Mom, she doesn't want you anymore."
Han Chengyu's face changed slightly, and he wanted to refute, but Ling Siyan's cold and emotionless eyes appeared before him, and he was speechless.
Seeing this, Ling Yi glanced at him, walked around Han Chengyu and entered the banquet hall.
"Han Chengyu, how is it? I asked someone to serve you green tea with white lotus petals. Does it taste good?"
In a corner of the banquet hall, Ling Yi put one hand in his pocket, and his eyes moved from the wine glass in Han Chengyu's hand to Han Chengyu's face, with a playful look in his eyes.
"It was you who asked someone to deliver the invitation to the Han family." Looking at Ling Yi's expression at this moment, Han Chengyu understood.
Ling Yi nodded: "It's me."
"What do you want to do?" Han Chengyu said expressionlessly.
Ling Yi held the goblet to his lips. Chu Qingtang reached out and covered the rim of the cup: "Ling Yi, you are not an adult yet. Aunt Ling doesn't allow you to drink. Drink this." Chu Qingtang handed him a glass of juice.
"Okay!" Ling Yi obediently took the juice and took a sip before looking at Han Chengyu and answering his previous question: "I wanted to come and see you, do you regret it?"
"Before, you were so high and mighty that you probably never took me seriously!" Ling Yi took another sip of juice and waved the mouth of the goblet towards the crowd outside: "But now, do you know how outsiders call me?"
"The prince of City A! And she—" Ling Yi put his hand on Chu Qingtang's shoulder: "The real little princess of City A, and the one chosen by the Ling family for me, my fiancée."
"And you guys—" Ling Yi smiled faintly, and gently pointed the goblet at the two of them: "Who knows you?"
Han Chengyu clenched his fists at his sides.
"Even the ticket to this banquet, something that you Han family can't even reach on tiptoe, is just a matter of a word from me."
Su Ranran held Han Chengyu's arm, her face full of indignation: "Ling Yi, no matter what, Chengyu is still your elder brother, how can you humiliate him like this?"
Ling Yi's dark eyes moved slightly, his gaze fell on Su Ranran for a moment, then returned to Han Chengyu, and said in a light tone: "Is this the woman you choose even if it means betraying your mother who gave birth to you and raised you for eighteen years?"
"Compared to Qingtang, one is mud and the other is cloud, just like-" Ling Yi said softly: "You and me now."
"But I still want to thank you for giving me such a good mother and the status of heir to the Ling Group." Ling Yi gently raised the cup in his hand: "Cheers to you."
"I hope you will never regret your choice." After saying that, Ling Yi drank the juice in the glass.
He turned his head and looked at Chu Qingtang: "Let's go."
Chu Qingtang smiled and replied, "Okay." Before turning around and leaving, he glanced at Han Chengyu and the others with a mocking and contemptuous look.
Su Ranran looked at the two people leaving hand in hand with a dark look in her eyes.
"Host, please note that the target's favorability is -10, and the current favorability is 51. Please work hard to improve the favorability and complete the strategy mission."
The mechanical sound in her mind made Su Ranran's expression freeze, and she turned her head to look at Han Chengyu in disbelief.
"I noticed that you didn't look very well these past two days. You looked much more haggard. What's wrong? Did you not sleep well last night?"
Bai Shuxing scooped a bowl of fish soup and asked Moyi who was standing beside him while drinking.
Mo Yi lowered his eyes and replied: "Thank you for your concern, young master. I'm fine."
"Oh!" Bai Shuxing responded nonchalantly, pointing to a seat diagonally opposite him, "Let's sit down and eat together."
"No, young master, I'll wait until you finish eating."
"Then have a bowl of soup to nourish yourself." As he said that, Bai Shuxing scooped another bowl and handed it to Moyi.
Moyi glanced at the bowl in Bai Shuxing's palm, thinking that it was scooped by Bai Shuxing himself, and couldn't bear to refuse.
As soon as I took it and put it to my mouth, a feeling of nausea rushed from my stomach to my throat.
Moy quickly took two steps back, covered his mouth, and retched twice.
Bai Shuxing stared at Mo Yi for a while, the smile on his face faded, until his face was expressionless: "Are you pregnant?"
Mo Yi was startled when she heard this. She thought about the time of her menstrual period last month and realized that her period was delayed by almost half a month. She couldn't help but change her expression slightly.
Seeing that there was still something that Bai Shuxing didn't understand, he sneered and said, "Go and fight! I'll give you half a month off, so you can have a good rest."
Turning back, he picked up the fish soup and drank it while complaining, "I told you to take medicine before, but you didn't listen. Otherwise, why bother with so much trouble? It might even leave sequelae."
"Young Master." Mo Yi put his hand on his abdomen, looked at Bai Shuxing's profile, and asked softly: "Can I keep this child?"
"No." Bai Shuxing's voice was without any hesitation or delay.
Moyi bent his knees and knocked them on the ground with two dull thuds. "Moyi, please, Master, let me keep this child."
Bai Shuxing put down the bowl, turned slightly, stretched out his hand to hold Mo Yi's chin, and raised a mocking arc at the corner of his mouth: "Stay? What can you use to keep him? Have you forgotten who you are?"
"You have a baby in your belly. Do you think you can't die fast enough?" Bai Shuxing tightened his grip. "Do you want me to give you a ride? Hmm?"
Mo Yi looked back into Bai Shuxing's eyes and said nothing.
Bai Shuxing let go of his hand, stared at the clear fingerprints on Mo Yi's chin for a second, and turned his eyes away: "Either abort the child or get out, and never appear in front of me again."
After saying that, he picked up his chopsticks and continued eating without looking at Mo Yi again.
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