Threaten her
"Is there anything to eat?"
Zuo Xiao's gaze fell on the azure Ru kiln teapot. She hadn't eaten breakfast and was ravenous. This bastard had chosen lunchtime to meet her, not even calling a restaurant. Was he deliberately torturing her?
There was no response from the other side. The waiter said, "Ma'am, we have Chinese refreshments here. Would you like two servings?"
"Well, anything to fill my stomach. Thank you."
After the waiter left, she leaned back, resting her slender arms on the wooden armrests, which were stiff and uncomfortable. She adjusted her sitting position and raised an eyebrow. "Drinking tea on an empty stomach in the middle of the day? I thought, as a businessman, you'd at least understand hospitality etiquette better than me."
Seeing her nonchalant appearance, Zhuang Yu'an once again felt that she was really wasting the good appearance given by her parents.
Although she was wearing a strangely loose linen top, her hair was tied up in a messy, two-day-unwashed style, and she was sitting languidly, it had to be said that she was still very beautiful. Her lively eyes and eyebrows alone brightened up the quiet, if somewhat dull, space.
He frowned and said coldly: "I'm not here to entertain you."
"Tsk!" Zuo Xiao scoffed. "I thought it was a Hongmen Banquet, but it turns out there's not even a banquet. Why don't you just meet on the main street? Wouldn't that save you money?"
Zhuang Yu'an didn't have the patience to argue with her. He took a sip of tea and said in a deep voice, "What exactly do you want to do to Jinghao?"
Less than a month had passed since their first face-to-face encounter in the coffee shop, and Zuo Xiao still hadn't forgotten his opening remarks. She grasped the small teacup, gently stroking it with her fingertips.
After a while, he said sarcastically, "It was your sister who approached me first. Isn't that clear to you? Why not ask her what she wants to do to me?"
Zhuang Yu'an frowned even more deeply, and said patiently, "It's true that she approached you first, but the negative impact you've had on her physically and mentally far outweighs the offense she initially inflicted on you. Is it your pleasure to lead an innocent girl astray and ruin her once peaceful and smooth life?"
He stared into her eyes, trying to find the answer he so eagerly sought. No matter how deep a person's thoughts were, they couldn't be completely hidden. And this was especially true when she was only 25 years old, a girl who could always reveal her true emotions and attitudes through a glance or a subtle expression.
At this moment, he saw anger, disdain, sarcasm, and even a hint of sadness in her eyes. But in the blink of an eye, she put all these emotions away and spoke calmly.
"So I have this ability?" She laughed lightly. "If I had known earlier, I should have founded a cult and led 80 million followers to take over the White House. Then I could even make you Vice President."
Zhuang Yu'an was hurt by her pretense of indifference: she had no intention of communicating openly and honestly, and if he continued to tolerate her rambling like this, they would never reach any conclusion.
At this moment, there was a knock on the door of the private room. The waiter brought snacks and fruit, and refilled the tea before leaving.
The two fell silent at the same time. Zuo Xiao grabbed the desserts on the plate. She ate four of the delicate pastries in one gulp, then peeled a lychee and popped it into her mouth. The sweet and refreshing taste made her feel a little better.
She had long known that Zhuang Yu'an was prejudiced against her and inexplicably hostile. The most likely reason behind this was that he was a perverted sister-con who saw her as a threat to steal her sister.
Alas, Heaven can bear witness to the immense injustice she endured! Even if she did intend to lead Zhuang Jinghao astray, it was only to allow her to experience more flavors of life and try more ways to be happy.
But this perverted brother made her out like a cult leader, saying she was leading an innocent girl astray and ruining her life... Come on! She'd always been sunny and cheerful, not some dark-minded pervert! Besides, she wasn't a lesbian, so how could she "steal" his sister?
If we continue to tolerate his confusing conversation, it will be a waste of time for both parties no matter how long we talk.
Zuo Xiao clapped his hands, brushed off the snack residue on his fingers, took a few more sips of tea, and said, "I suggest you stop dwelling on my feelings for your sister. It's just some heart-wrenching talk, meaningless. Let's talk about something more practical."
Realistic? Zhuang Yu'an thought: Is she going to ask for a price?
Well, if it can be solved with money, he won’t have to worry about it again and again.
He nodded slightly: "You say."
Zuo Xiao raised her eyes, looked at him with a complicated expression, and said, "For your own selfish desires, you prevent your sister from enjoying the love and sex that a normal woman should enjoy. Don't you think you are very selfish and dirty?"
Instantly, something in Zhuang Yu'an's head exploded, and his thoughts went blank. When he came to his senses, rage and blood surged through his body.
Zuo Xiao was shocked to see his face quickly turn red and his eyes filled with anger.
Her fingers unconsciously clutched the hem of her dress as she forced herself to remain calm. "I was right, you perverted sister-con! You just want to lock your sister away by your side, so you've done everything in your power to prevent her from experiencing the outside world, from falling in love, and even from reading romance novels, fearing her mind will open up and you'll no longer be able to control her! That's why you see me as a threat, and you're blaming me for leading her astray. Humph, it's clearly you who built a cage and treated your own sister like a canary..."
"Shut up!" Zhuang Yu'an growled, his patience reaching its limit. Like an enraged lion, his fierce gaze locked on the reckless and provocative human before him, as if he were about to leap up and tear her apart in the next second.
Zuo Xiao fell silent. She was merely arrogant, not stupid; she knew when to stop. They were now in a confined space. If this man, on the verge of losing control, truly unleashed his bestial nature, she doubted she could defeat him.
After a long silence, the man's expression softened slightly, as if his sanity was gradually returning. Zuo Xiao moistened his dry throat with tea and continued, "Now you know what it's like to have your heart betrayed, right? You ignore the facts and maliciously speculate on my motives. How would you feel if I did the same to you?"
Zhuang Yu'an clenched his fists, his expression forbearing. After a moment, he said, "Okay, let's talk about the facts. Where did you take Jinghao last night? What did you do?"
"She went to a nightclub and drank a lot of wine." Zuo Xiao laughed heartily, "She was so happy. She said she hadn't been this happy in a long, long time!" Suddenly remembering something, he took out his mobile phone from his bag and quickly opened the photo album.
"Look at her, she's smiling so happily!"
Zhuang Yu'an stared at the screen, his eyelids twitching slightly. As Zuo Xiao's finger swiped across it, images of his sister indulging in the nightclub assaulted his retina, finally freezing on a scene where she, Zuo Xiao, and a man were face to face. His sister, stuck in the middle, her face flushed and dazed, prickled his nerves.
Zuo Xiao was quick-witted and quick-handed. When Zhuang Yu'an reached out to grab the phone, he suddenly pulled back and stuffed the phone under his butt.
"Zhuang Jinghao is already 18 and can go to nightclubs," she said nonchalantly. "Besides, we just drank and danced, nothing else. To protect her, I even brought a bodyguard!"
Seeing the man opposite her so angry that his eyelids twitched and the corners of his mouth tightened, she said proudly in her heart: "Second provocation, success!"
After the provocation, it's time to retract. Just like tuning a guitar string, it needs to be tight, but not too tight; it needs to be loosened appropriately. Otherwise, your fingers won't be able to bear it, the pitch won't be accurate, and the guitar will easily become deformed.
Zuo Xiao frowned and said, "Don't you think that although your sister appears lively and cheerful on the surface, there's actually a part of her heart that's always suppressed?"
Zhuang Yu'an was slightly startled, then frowned and said, "No."
Zuo Xiao shook his head and said seriously, "At her age, she's never experienced love. Her libido hasn't been released for a long time, and she has to bear the omnipresent and heavy weight of her brother's love—I'm talking about family love, don't let your imagination run wild. Over time, she's accumulated a lot of pressure, but she has no experience in dealing with it, and she may not even realize it. So, I took her out to play to help her decompress and relax."
"Nonsense!" Zhuang Yu'an retorted. "You're confusing right and wrong to justify your irresponsible behavior! Bringing an inexperienced girl into a smoky and filthy entertainment venue—are you helping her relieve stress? You're inciting depravity!"
"That's just your mean-spirited mind." Zuo Xiao raised his eyebrows. "What good will it do me to let her fall? Why would I bother? I... I have to take care of her when she's drunk, and I have to be personally attacked by unreasonable family members like you. I'm not even tired of that!"
Zhuang Yu'an pierced through her with a cold gaze and said in a cold voice, "Some malice doesn't require a reason, nor does it require any tangible reward. Perhaps you want to assimilate her and make her fall with you. Or perhaps you simply enjoy the dark pleasure of seeing beautiful things destroyed."
"Tsk tsk, you really are perverted..." Zuo Xiao said with narrowed eyes, "I didn't expect such a dark setting. You look so great and upright, but it turns out your head is full of dark and perverted thoughts!"
"You've been making personal attacks from the beginning..." Zhuang Yu'an couldn't stand it any longer and reminded her, "Please stick to the facts and stop using insulting words to defame my character and reputation."
Zuo Xiao looked at his serious expression and suddenly felt that this man was very boring. He had wanted to continue provoking him for a while, but now he completely lost interest and said lazily, "Then I have said everything I want to say. There is nothing more to talk to you about. What about you? Have you said everything you wanted to say? I have to go to work this afternoon!"
Zhuang Yu'an had wanted to confront her directly: What were your real intentions behind that sinister "coming-of-age gift" for your sister? You're willing to flatter and even sell your body for a job—are you not ashamed? Do you have no sense of shame at all? But now it seemed there was no point asking. She was just talking, turning black into white, and even trying to turn the tables, labeling him a pervert... Faced with such a shameless and unreasonable woman, he was helpless.
But as an older brother, he must give a stern warning to anyone who attempts to harm his sister and issue her an ultimatum. This is also the main reason why he asked her to come here today.
"Zuo Xiao, I'm warning you one last time: Don't make the same mistake again." His eyes flashed with a cold light. "Stay away from Jing Hao. Otherwise... I won't mind letting you see just how shady a person who's been forced into a corner can be."
Zuo Xiao was furious. She had clearly done nothing wrong, so what right did this man have to judge her and even threaten her?! She wanted to see what filthy things this seemingly righteous man could do when he dropped his veneer!
She took out her cell phone from under her buttocks and put it in her bag. Then she stood up and said with a smile:
"I'll wait and see."
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