If he doesn't act like an elder in front of Zheng Minghuai, he'll act like a father in front of Cui Ziqi.
Cui Ziqi smiled, a smile that was both mocking and full of hostility.
He was arrogant and disrespectful: "Does he really think he's the father?"
"..."
Cui Jiyang's face visibly darkened.
Xia Wan noticed that his face was very tense, and the corners of his eyes twitched slightly.
He must have been furious; he never expected Cui Ziqi to embarrass him in public.
“Ziqi, it’s one thing to be willful at home, but is this a place for you to act recklessly? I know you’re still blaming me for letting your mother down, but that accident caused your mother to leave overnight without even telling me about your existence. I want to make amends, but I don’t know where to begin!”
"Ziqi, for your mother's sake, stop going against your father. It's wrong of you to hurt people. Please apologize to Young Master Zheng, okay?"
Cui Jiyang lowered his voice, seemingly pleading with Cui Ziqi.
In reality, they were threatening Cui Ziqi's mother.
Only if he obediently complies will he hand over the things left behind by Cui Ziqi's mother to Cui Ziqi.
This is also why Cui Ziqi continued to obey Cui Jiyang despite suffering all kinds of humiliation in the Cui family.
But to others, these words came across as the image of a loving father humbling himself to plead with his son.
Cui Ziqi became that willful and unfilial son!
Xia Wan could clearly feel the chill emanating from the person next to her.
Even the hand holding her tightened its grip, and she felt a slight pain.
In the past, it was one thing, as Cui Ziqi didn't care about his reputation and allowed his family to smear him at will.
But now that she's here, she won't allow anyone to misunderstand Cui Ziqi in the slightest!
Xia Wan chuckled softly, her melodious voice, like the tinkling of silver bells, reaching Cui Ziqi's ears.
The next second, the girl took his stiff arm, and her fresh and sweet voice reached his ears.
“Yes, Xiao Cui, your mother wouldn’t want to see you like this either.” She looked at Cui Jiyang. “Right, Mr. Cui?”
Cui Ziqi dislikes it when others mention his mother.
But when he heard the word 'mother' from Xia Wan's mouth, he felt no displeasure whatsoever.
He turned his head to look at the girl and smiled, but although she was smiling, her gaze toward Cui Jiyang was cold.
It seems like she's threatening Cui Jiyang?
Did he use his mother to threaten Cui Jiyang?
Why?
Cui Jiyang had someone investigate Xia Wan in the afternoon, and the results showed that...
Xia Wan has lived in the Xia family since childhood and has never left Lincheng. After her mother passed away three years ago, she began to pursue Zheng Minghuai relentlessly.
She had never had any contact with the Cui family.
I had only met Cui Ziqi a few days ago.
How did she find out about Cui Ziqi's mother?
Could it be that Cui Ziqi told her?
That doesn't make sense. Even Cui Ziqi doesn't know his mother's true identity!
Cui Jiyang gripped the dragon head on his cane tightly with both hands. The bulging eyes on the black dragon head were fierce, just like the emotions hidden in Cui Jiyang's eyes.
Xia Wan was the only unexpected thing in all his plans!
No one knew that Xia Wan at this moment was a person with a different soul and a god-like perspective.
Xia Wan looked coldly at Cui Jiyang, "Since Mr. Cui feels guilty towards Cui Ziqi and his mother, please understand what happened before making him apologize."
After she finished speaking, she looked at Zheng Minghuai, who was watching the show from the side.
"Young Master Zheng, the day Cui Ziqi hurt you, you asked me to go to the foot massage parlor to wash your feet, right?"
Zheng Minghuai looked somewhat embarrassed.
Having a wealthy young lady come to a foot massage parlor to wash his feet is certainly not something a cultured man would do.
He was a well-known playboy in Lincheng, and when he frequented brothels, he was always gentlemanly and generous to every woman.
He harbored extreme hostility towards Xia Wan, who had been pursuing him all along.
Perhaps Xia Wan was too enthusiastic, which annoyed him at one point. Starting three years ago, he intentionally or unintentionally made Xia Wan his personal servant, or more accurately, his personal toy.
He deliberately asked her to bring him an umbrella while he was riding a horse on the mountain in the rain. By the time she arrived, he had already left in his car.
He deliberately put his arm around a woman's slender waist at the dinner table to provoke Xia Wan, and allowed his brothers to make inappropriate jokes about her.
He deliberately sought stimulation, using various means to gradually trample on Xia Wan's self-esteem.
...
He only harbored such malicious thoughts towards Xia Wan.
What I once hated, I now realize, is it not also a kind of special thing?
It was only special to Xia Wan.
She was indeed different in his heart.
Zheng Minghuai tacitly agreed, and Xia Wan continued, "Cui Ziqi hurt you simply because he couldn't stand what you were doing. He's too kind and didn't want to see me sink into the abyss."
Xia Wan spoke these words with deep sorrow and indignation.
Zheng Minghuai and Cui Jiyang were both speechless.
Even Cui Ziqi herself thought it was outrageous, kind?
He turned his head to look at Xia Wan, his gaze suddenly meeting her deep, affectionate eyes.
“I met him once 15 years ago, and he rescued me from the abyss 15 years later. It was then that I realized my true feelings and fell deeply in love with him.”
"Cough cough..."
Xia Wan's sudden confession caused Cui Ziqi to choke on his saliva, and he covered his mouth and coughed softly.
The blush on her face and behind her ears was hard to tell whether it was from holding back or from embarrassment.
Xia Wan patted his chest to help him catch his breath, and he tried to pull away but she held him down firmly.
Xia Wan looked at Cui Jiyang, "In your eyes, Young Master Zheng may be a refined and intellectual gentleman, but for me, he is a three-year shadow. So, even if he stood up for his future wife and hurt someone, was Cui Ziqi wrong?"
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