"Hey! It's me!" Xiao Jingchen's face was as dark as a storm cloud.
"Jing Chen!" The person on the other end was clearly surprised for a moment, but quickly regained their composure.
"I heard everything you said to Ye Ning!" Xiao Jingchen took a deep breath, trying his best to suppress the anger in his heart.
"There are a few things I need to make clear to you. First of all, I will not go back to the Xiao family. I already made that very clear to you yesterday!" Xiao Jingchen tried his best to remain calm.
“Jingchen, tell me, you’re just young and impetuous right now, temporarily held back by romantic feelings. When you reach my age, you’ll understand that so-called love is all illusory; only status, wealth, and power are eternal. As long as you’re willing to come back, I assure you, you’ll definitely have a share in the Xiao family in the future,” Xiao Zhengyan coaxed patiently.
"I'm not acting on youthful impulse. Whether Ye Ning is good enough for me is my decision, and it has nothing to do with you. I will never love anyone else in this life except Ye Ning, and I don't care about fame, fortune, or power."
If he hadn't wanted to use the Xiao family's resources to better survive in the apocalypse, he wouldn't have contacted them at all.
The Xiao family owes him something he can never repay.
"Finally, please stop trying to manipulate my life, just like you tried to manipulate my father. I will not be your puppet. Please don't disturb my life anymore. This is the last time I'm reminding you, Grandpa!" Xiao Jingchen hung up the phone directly.
Ye Ning stared intently at Xiao Jingchen. Although she had never been to the Xiao family, judging from their methods and actions, the Xiao family was definitely not a simple aristocratic family. Ye Ning was suddenly quite moved that Jingchen was so direct in refusing to return to the Xiao family for her sake.
"Ye Ning, you don't need to answer calls like this anymore. Just leave everything to me." Xiao Jingchen took Ye Ning's hand.
"Also, I'm sorry! I didn't expect him to call you!" Xiao Jingchen lowered his head somewhat awkwardly. He had originally intended to handle this matter secretly.
"Jingchen, it's okay!" Ye Ning comforted her. She had only heard a few unpleasant words. If Xiao Jingchen hadn't come over, she would have definitely retorted to everything.
On one side, Xiao Jingchen and Ye Ning thought everything was over, but on the other side of the Xiao family, undercurrents were surging.
In a luxuriously decorated office, a middle-aged man with a buzz cut and a cold expression stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window.
This person is Xiao Jingchen's uncle, Xiao Zhengyan's second son, Xiao Linran.
"I heard the old man called that brat back?" he said sinisterly.
"According to the information we have, this is the case!" To Xiao Linran's left, an elderly man with gray hair bowed and trembled as he answered.
"Damn old geezer!" He grabbed the pen holder from the table and threw it at his subordinate in front of him.
The pen holder slammed directly into the old man's back. He winced in pain, but dared not utter a sound, knowing that if he made a sound, he would only be met with more punches and kicks.
"Damn it, hateful old man, why doesn't he just die sooner? My brother has been dead for so many years, and he still manages to cause me trouble!"
As Xiao Linran roared, he vented his anger on the indoor furniture.
Fifteen minutes later, after the room had become a complete mess, he finally calmed down.
"Have you found out where that brat is?!"
“We only know he’s in city A in country Z, but we don’t know his exact location yet!” the old man quickly replied.
"Send someone to City A to find his location. I want him dead!" Xiao Linran said with a sinister expression.
"Yes!" The old man respectfully withdrew.
Only after he stepped outside did he breathe a sigh of relief and wipe the cold sweat from his brow.
The subordinates guarding outside the door quickly gathered around with concern, "Uncle Zhou, how are you? Are you alright?"
"It's nothing, just a hit on the head and back, nothing serious! I have a new task assigned, I need to go and make arrangements!" The old man said and hurriedly left.
"Poor Uncle Zhou, he's so old!" The guards at the gate couldn't help but whisper among themselves as they watched the old man's figure hurriedly leave.
"Yes! But he's actually doing alright this time. Last time, Old Liu was in even worse shape; his hand was broken from being kicked. And Little Sun was even worse off; he was directly..."
"Okay, stop right now. We can't say this. If someone hears us, we'll be next."
The two of them immediately fell silent.
In the heart of the Xiao family mansion, Xiao Zhengyan sat wearily in a massage chair.
He really didn't understand what Jing Chen was thinking. She was just a woman; there were countless women in the world. He had been young and impetuous in the past, but he had also given her up without hesitation for the sake of his family.
He took over the Xiao family at the age of twenty-five. At that time, the Xiao family was in a turbulent period, facing pressure from other families and splitting into several factions within the family.
He had only been married for two years at that time, and his wife was his childhood sweetheart.
So many years have passed, and her appearance has long been blurred in his mind, but he still remembers the dimples on her face, how she smiled at him under the rose trellis while supporting her pregnant belly, and how she called his name.
Exhausted from dealing with the situation, in order to rebuild the Xiao family, he chose to marry into a more powerful family, but this meant that he had to abandon his wife.
But she was already seven months pregnant at that time, and he couldn't bear to tell her, so he chose to lie to her, temporarily tricking her into going back to her parents' home and keeping the news a secret.
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