Chapter 187 Who is the bodyguard?

These words landed loudly on the ground, successfully making the restaurant quiet for a few moments.

He Tingzhou raised his eyebrows slightly and said nothing.

"This is a feud between you and me, and has nothing to do with the Shen family. Forget about the land in the south of the city, and don't think about the Shen family anymore. I am not a tool for you to make money."

"What land?" Grandpa Song raised his eyebrows.

Shuang Xu cast a cold gaze over Cui Ning: "I never knew I was so valuable in your eyes. You really think highly of me."

Grandpa Song asked in a stern voice: "Have you negotiated with the Shen family? I told you that I don't agree with this matter. You are so brave. Who allowed you to make the decision without my knowledge?"

Song Leyan was frightened and dared not speak.

Cui Ning was silent for a moment, put down the chopsticks in his hand, and his solemn face showed no expression: "Her heart is not in our family, you can't keep her even if you force her."

"It's not your turn to interrupt!"

His angry scolding made Cui Ning's face turn cold: "Am I not a member of your Song family? Why can't I interfere in the affairs of the Song family? When I married Song Mianzhi, you didn't tell me that he had a daughter outside. At first I disagreed to bring her back. Did you respect my opinion? Now that she is hooking up with the He family, you treat her like a treasure. Do you still have a happy face? What's the point of doing more now? If you had known this would happen, you would have taken care of her when Mianzhi and I were abroad. Now you don't have to shame yourself and ask her to be your granddaughter."

"Shut up!"

Pah! A fierce slap hit her in the face. Grandpa Song slapped her so hard that red fingerprints quickly appeared on half of Cui Ning's face.

"Mom!" Song Leyan was anxious and shouted at Grandpa Song, "Why did you hit my mom?"

Master Song was furious: "Go back to your room!"

"You got angry and hit someone. What did my mother say was wrong? She doesn't care about you at all, but you still insist on trying to please her. I'm ashamed for you!"

"That's enough!" Song Mianzhi finally frowned in the face of this farce, "Le Yan, take your mother back to the room."

Song Leyan snorted and took Cui Ning's arm: "Mom, let's go."

Cui Ning wiped away the tears that were sliding down her face gracefully and stood up: "Pack your things, we're going back to your grandfather's house."

After the two left, the noisy restaurant became quiet and silence floated in the air like a silent mockery.

Shuang Xu never thought that one day he would see such a wonderful play.

In the face of differences in interests, it turns out that even family members will become alienated.

One loves power more than his granddaughter, and the other loves his daughter more than the status of the Song family.

For a moment, Shuang Xu envied Song Leyan, at least her mother would never abandon her no matter what.

"How scary." He Tingzhou sighed, too weak to take care of himself, "Baby, protect me."

“……”Who is the bodyguard?

She said to Song Mianzhi: "You should solve your own problems. I have said everything I want to say."

Song Mianzhi asked: "Since you are not going to move to the Shen family, and there is no benefit for you to set up an independent household, what is the point of you insisting on doing this?"

"It means not to be your tool. Being born as your Song Mianzhi's daughter was not my own choice, and I have never received anything from your Song family. You treat me like a piece of trash, and you want to use me to exchange for power and wealth. There is no such good deal in the world."

"No one treats you as a tool." Song Mianzhi really didn't like her choice of words. "The land issue was your aunt's decision. You don't have to make a fuss about it. You misunderstood your grandfather's intentions. There was a lot of talk about you and Tingzhou. He wanted to arrange the marriage for your reputation."

Shuang Xu looked at him quietly for a moment, looking at this face that was over 40 years old but still had the same charm. Song Mianzhi's gentle appearance always gave people a refined impression.

"In fact, you are the most selfish person." Shuang Xu showed a mocking expression, "You are a vested interest. You do nothing, but it does not mean that you are really noble. Grandpa plans for you, Aunt Cui bears the blame for you, and you are perfectly invisible and be your noble Director Song. They all have their own calculations, but I despise you the most."

Song Mianzhi frowned.

Shuang Xu once longed for his love and was sad because of the difference between his attitude towards Song Leyan and herself, but now she suddenly felt relieved.

Grandpa Song scolded: "How do you talk to your father?"

Shuang Xu said: "He is not my father. He is just the source of half of my chromosomes in biology, that's all."

"Whether you admit it or not, he is still your father. Forget about setting up your own household!"

"I am an adult and have the right and freedom to decide my own household registration. Even if you disagree, I will go through the formalities."

Master Song finally took off his mask of gentleness and said coldly, "I want to see who in Yancheng dares to do this for you if I, Song Chengren, don't allow it!"

Shuang Xu pursed his lips.

As long as the Song family gave a heads up, her procedures would be impossible to complete.

No one wants to take the risk of offending the Song family.

He Tingzhou said in a rather unexpected tone: "So Yancheng's surname is Song. This is the first time I've heard of it. He's so powerful. How about you kill the guy above and then you go up?"

"..." How dare he say such words? Grandpa Song's face changed. "Don't misinterpret my words. I can still make the decision about my own family affairs. If she, an unmarried girl, sets up a household on her own, it will allow outsiders to stab us in the back. We can't let such a scandal happen in our Song family."

"Really?" He Tingzhou said nonchalantly, "Then Director Song Mianzhi of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs colluded with Zheng Hongyi, a member of the Political and Legal Committee, to frame Secretary Shen Changyuan for taking bribes. When they failed, they used his adopted daughter to extort money and illegally demanded land in the south of the city. Isn't this scandal exciting enough?"

Shuang Xu suddenly stared at Song Mianzhi, his voice trembling with disbelief: "You colluded with Zheng Zuye's father to frame my godfather?"

Song Mianzhi said: "Do you believe everything he says?"

Since He Tingzhou knew about this, he naturally found some clues, but he curled his lips and said sarcastically: "Do you think she believes me or you?"

Shuang Xu felt like he was struck by lightning.

Her chest heaved uncontrollably, her nails digging into her palms from clenching them too tightly.

Thinking back to how Song Mianzhi had said righteously when he refused to help, it was even more ironic.

"Song Mianzhi, you are such a hypocrite!"

Perhaps because he felt guilty, Mr. Song looked extremely unhappy, but he did not refute.

He Tingzhou pulled Shuang Xu's hand over, spread out her fingers one by one, rubbed the finger marks on her palm, put his hand on it, and held hers.

His black eyes were filled with coldness, and he had lost the patience to deal with them: "Two scandals, pick one yourself. If you have difficulty making choices, you can choose both."

Song Mianzhi's face was cold: "Are you threatening me?"

He Tingzhou smiled slightly: "I said, I am her bodyguard today."