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"Takenozumi came to see you again, didn't he?"
With the accommodations and living arrangements settled, Young Master Yan finally got the conversation back to the main topic.
"Yes!" Zhu Qianying gave an affirmative answer to his rhetorical question.
"What are your thoughts on the Zhu family?" Young Master Yan stated his willingness to stand up for her directly.
Zhu Qianying felt powerless and without influence. Five years ago, when she, her mother, and her sister faced the Zhu family, all they could think about was escaping.
Five years later, when facing the Zhu family, she could only hide!
Of course, she also wanted to trample the Zhu family underfoot like ants, and then casually humiliate them with her hands on her hips.
But she knew she didn't have that ability, so she would only keep those thoughts to herself and secretly fantasize about them.
Now, this person has suddenly thrown out bait and made it clear that he is willing to stand up for her and settle everything.
But she always believed that there is no love without a reason, nor is there hatred without a reason.
Trying to use others to deal with the Bamboo family will come at a price.
The price she was facing was far too high for her; she felt it wasn't worth it for the sake of the Zhu family.
Therefore, she preferred to hide.
"I have no interest in them!" Zhu Qianying said calmly.
Yan Shao frowned slightly; her reaction was beyond his expectations.
He has already extended an olive branch, yet she doesn't even have the will to take it?
Doesn't she hate the Zhu family?
Doesn't she want to take revenge?
Doesn't she know that this is not a difficult thing for him?
"Haven't you heard the rumors circulating outside?"
Yan Shao was somewhat doubtful. Did she really think that everything that happened in the Zhu family was just an isolated incident?
"What rumor?" Zhu Qianying feigned ignorance.
Since she didn't want him to stand up for her, what difference did it make whether she had heard those rumors or not?
The Zhu family and Zhu Junwei's current predicament is a consequence of Zhu Junwei and Yi Wei's conspiracy to scheme against Yan Shao. If it had been someone else, they would probably have suffered the same fate.
Therefore, Zhu Qianying did not feel that she had gained much advantage over Yan Shao in this matter.
But now that he has asked so clearly, if she were to ask for it, everything that follows would become something she had to ask for.
Yan Shao gritted his teeth and cursed inwardly, "Would it kill you to say something to me?"
But how could he dare to be so direct with Zhu Qianying right now?
"Zhu Qianying, after how they treated you, don't you want to deal with them severely?" he coaxed gently.
Zhu Qianying answered without hesitation, "No!"
Young Master Yan stared at her, his dark eyes filled with scrutiny.
"Is it that you don't want to, or that you're afraid to think about it?"
Zhu Qianying raised an eyebrow, met his gaze, and asked very seriously, "Is there a difference?"
Yan Shao was extremely frustrated. How long was she going to keep pretending to be stupid in front of him?
"Of course there are. Not wanting to is a matter of willingness, but not daring to think about it is a matter of ability!"
Zhu Qianying smiled, "But to me, it all means the same thing! And the result is the same too!"
Her blatant, overbearing smile snapped the last thread of reason that Yan Shao had left!
"Zhu Qianying, will it kill you to ask me for something? Or will a piece of your flesh fall out?"
He had seen stubborn people and people with backbone, but he had never seen anyone as stubborn and backbone as her!
Zhu Qianying shrugged. "I won't die, and I won't lose a piece of flesh! But why should I ask you for it?"
By the end, Zhu Qianying's tone was full of provocation, and her eyes were overflowing with disdain and contempt!
Young Master Yan exploded!
"Because I'm your husband!" His tone and manner were like water splashing into a pot of boiling oil!
But his surging momentum only earned him a sneer from her.
"So what if you're my husband? Just because you're my husband doesn't mean I should just open my palm and ask you for things."
"Otherwise what?" Young Master Yan felt like his lungs were about to explode with anger!
He truly couldn't understand what she was thinking. She had been bullied to this extent by the Zhu family, yet she didn't even want to fight back?
He had openly laid everything out in front of her and made it clear that she could use it as she pleased without any hesitation.
But she preferred to endure and hide rather than use his power in the slightest!
Whether he was calm or furious, her reaction remained composed and unperturbed.
"I'm sorry, just because you have it doesn't mean I have to have it! Whether it's money or anything else! Just because you have it doesn't mean you can force it on me!"
She used to be entangled with him because of money, and eventually, she developed feelings for him—a complicated and difficult thing to understand.
Now, she doesn't want to get entangled with him because of power. She sees things more clearly than anyone else. She doesn't have anything equal with Yan Shao. She took his power today, and in the end, she can only repay him with affection.
Yan Shao was so angry at her stubbornness that his hands trembled. "Zhu Qianying, have you forgotten? You are my legal wife, Yan Han's wife. You are entitled to half of my property and power. Fine! I'll have my lawyer come over right now and transfer half of my property to you. That way, it won't be forcing you, right?"
He never imagined that one day he would be begging others to share everything he had!
What's most incomprehensible is that he stuffed all that money and power that the world would covet into her hands, and she didn't even bother to look at it!
"Go ahead and try!" Zhu Qianying looked at him coldly.
"You!" Young Master Yan was so angry at her prickly appearance that he couldn't speak.
At this moment, Yan Shao was like fire, while Zhu Qianying was like ice!
He stared at her with wide eyes, while she glanced at him sideways.
The two stood facing off, neither willing to back down, yet neither able to persuade the other!
Time passed second by second. Just when Zhu Qianying thought that this confrontation would last forever, the usually domineering Young Master Yan let out a long sigh!
"Forget it, let's put this aside for now!"
In any case, the Zhu family has suffered heavy losses so far, and it will not be something that can be done in a day or two.
As for the Zhu family, let's be careful and guard against them for now. We'll think about the rest later.
Seeing that he had relented first, Zhu Qianying also withdrew her gaze, turned her head, and looked at the dense forest in the garden. After a while, she turned her gaze back and said with a helpless expression.
"Young Master Yan, we both know the true nature of our relationship. Why keep making a fuss about it?"
Zhu Qianying didn't want to constantly remind Yan Shao that her previous marriage with him was just an agreement.
But he always managed to force her to remind him that the connection between them was only a fragile thread.
This thread cannot withstand deliberate teasing, much less the slightest weight!
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