Chapter 104 The Feud Between Three Men
Du Ruoxia was so embarrassed for the old lady that she had dug out a three-bedroom apartment for her. Even in this state, she still had to lick her boots.
"Get out of the way!" Song Shifeng said coldly, his brows furrowed.
Seeing that Yang Zeyan was about to reprimand him, Dean Liu quickly stepped forward and pulled Old Lady Zhao back.
"Grandma Zhao, please go back and look after the children. We have important business to attend to, not to see Section Chief Zhao!"
Grandma Zhao was momentarily surprised by what Dean Liu said, and then a look of annoyance appeared on her face.
Grandma Zhao stepped aside to clear a path, and stood there with a conflicted expression as she watched Yang Zeyan and Du Ruoxia leave. When she saw Du Ruoxia, she showed a look of shock.
"You, it's you!"
Yang Zeyan turned around when he heard the sound, and frowned when he saw the unpleasant look on Old Lady Zhao's face.
"No, it's nothing." Old Mrs. Zhao turned her face away, not daring to look at Du Ruoxia.
Du Ruoxia smiled without saying a word and walked forward, while Chen Yiwen and the other person behind her also noticed that something was wrong.
Chen Yiwen asked Du Ruoxia, "Did you run into someone you know?"
Du Ruoxia nodded and said calmly, "Yes, it's a case of enemies meeting on a narrow road, not friends."
Chen Yiwen and Chen Yizhou glanced back at Grandma Zhao, who was so frightened that she immediately ran away.
Upon arriving at Dean Liu's office, Yang Zeyan and Song Shifeng reached an agreement and sat down like lords.
Du Ruoxia was speechless; these two had suddenly lost all sense of manners.
The Chen siblings didn't mind and sat down opposite him. "Brother Shifeng, let's talk this out. We've all grown up together and are familiar with each other. We can just talk things out."
Song Shifeng said coldly, "Heh, who knows him!"
Chen Yiwen's face stiffened. She looked at her brother, whose expression wasn't much better. She looked at Du Ruoxia pleadingly.
Du Ruoxia's breath hitched. It was truly speechless that such trouble had come to her.
"What's the relationship between the three of you? Can someone tell me?" Du Ruoxia asked helplessly.
Chen Yiwen wanted to explain, but seeing Yang Zeyan, whose name she couldn't recall, she simply pushed her brother.
Song Shifeng and Yang Zeyan watched Chen Yizhou with great interest, wanting to see what tricks this man could pull.
Chen Yizhou looked resistant, but under the watchful eyes of Yang Zeyan and the other man, he didn't back down and met their gaze directly.
“We’re just people who grew up together in the same courtyard, we’re not really related,” Chen Yizhou replied in a muffled tone.
Du Ruoxia then looked at Yang Zeyan beside her and asked the same question. Yang Zeyan didn't want to answer, but he was afraid that his wife would be deceived, so he could only patiently speak up.
It turns out that Chen Yizhou, Yang Zeyan, and Song Shifeng all grew up in the same courtyard, and the three had a fairly good relationship, even agreeing to serve the country together.
As time went by, their goals drew closer. Yang Zeyan went to the army, Song Shifeng went into administration, and only Chen Yizhou went abroad without saying a word.
This infuriated the two of them. They wanted to confront the person in charge, but they couldn't find anyone at all.
Yang Zeyan got into an argument with Chen Yizhou and Song Shifeng. One said that since their goals were different, there was no need to force it, but the other said that Chen Yizhou was not being fair.
It was half a month later when they finally got Chen Yizhou's contact number. By then, Yang Zeyan and Song Shifeng's relationship had reached a freezing point because of his situation.
Later, when Chen Yizhou returned to China, he looked for the two of them, but they were turned away.
Chen Yizhou wasn't without temper either, and he lost his temper a few times, which led to a breakdown in the relationship between the three of them.
Du Ruoxia sighed helplessly. These weren't buddies at all; they were just hotheads!
"How many years has this happened?" Du Ruoxia asked the three of them.
Yang Zeyan said in a deep voice, "Three years."
Du Ruoxia gave an awkward smile. While others change partners during a cold war, these people treat the cold war as an enemy!
"This little thing happened so long ago, is it really necessary for you to be so bothered by it?" Du Ruoxia glared at the two men, annoyed.
Chen Yiwen looked at Du Ruoxia gratefully, unaware that Yang Zeyan and Song Shifeng were staring sharply at Chen Yizhou.
Chen Yizhou shrank his neck. "It's not just that. There's something else."
Du Ruoxia looked up in confusion, waiting for Chen Yizhou to continue, but Chen Yizhou looked embarrassed and didn't dare to speak.
"You dare not say I'll help you?" Song Shifeng said coldly.
Yang Zeyan held Du Ruoxia's hand and stroked it a few times, diverting most of Du Ruoxia's attention.
"I took their things and left without saying goodbye," Chen Yizhou said in a low voice.
Chen Yiwen stared at her brother in shock, never imagining that he could do such a thing!
"What did you take?" Chen Yiwen asked, closing her eyes.
Du Ruoxia also sensed that what he had taken was not simple; otherwise, Yang Zeyan and Song Shifeng wouldn't have been so angry.
"They're not very important, just two decorative items, the kind that are a bit old." Chen Yizhou's voice was so soft it was almost inaudible.
"What? It's been a while? How long?" Chen Yiwen asked, holding her breath.
Chen Yizhou covered his face, not daring to look at Yang Zeyan. He immediately changed his attitude, "I've already apologized to you about that. I really just wanted to touch it at the time."
"Then it went abroad and got into the hands of foreigners, right?" Song Shifeng said through gritted teeth.
"No, it wasn't that. The situation was special at the time, so I gave it away. Later, I wanted to give it to you at a discount, but you wouldn't agree," Chen Yizhou said awkwardly.
Du Ruoxia finally understood where the contradiction lay. It turned out that Chen Yizhou was in the wrong, so it seemed he didn't deserve it.
"You, you're really going to drive me crazy!" Chen Yiwen immediately started hitting her.
Du Ruoxia sighed and pretended not to see it; there was no point in trying to persuade her about this anymore!
"Brother Shifeng, go ahead and hit me, I won't stop you!" Chen Yiwen said, standing up with her hands on her hips.
Song Shifeng and Yang Zeyan exchanged a glance and nodded. Suddenly, the two of them stood up and walked towards Chen Yizhou.
"You, Yang Zeyan, what do you want to do!" Chen Yizhou asked fearfully.
Yang Zeyan remained silent, and Song Shifeng also kept quiet. They simply walked around the table from the opposite side and stood in front of Chen Yizhou.
"Hey, you guys can't do this! It's just two items, is it really that big of a deal?" Chen Yizhou said hesitantly.
Chen Yiwen couldn't help but roll her eyes at her brother; he really deserved to have such a stupid mouth.
Du Ruoxia shook her head helplessly. She thought Chen Yizhou wasn't an unreliable person, but she didn't expect him to have such a personality.
Yang Zeyan didn't beat Chen Yizhou in front of Du Ruoxia; the two of them dragged Chen Yizhou out.
Chen Yiwen and Du Ruoxia exchanged a glance and said awkwardly, "My brother isn't usually like this."
However, Chen Yiwen herself felt that her words were too far-fetched, so she simply looked away.
Du Ruoxia smiled and said, "I understand. Everyone has their youthful impetuosity at some point."
The two fell silent. Chen Yiwen was very unhappy. She had finally met a girlfriend she liked and was looking forward to becoming family with Du Ruoxia, but fate had other plans.
"Yiwen, are those items going to be lost?" Du Ruoxia asked Chen Yiwen.
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