Chapter 755 A Slap
"Are you willing to break up with that woman for her sake?"
As the last word fell, an undeniable deathly silence enveloped the entire presidential suite.
Xu Chen stood there without saying a word, while Xu Yi, standing next to him, was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan. He was almost ready to speak up for him, but Xu Yi knew in his heart that these words would only be effective if Xu Chen said them himself.
If it were just him saying it, not only would Lu Jinan not believe it, but Nan Chu would also not believe the sincerity of the Xu family's apology!
"Ah Chen, say something!" Xu Yi was getting impatient with his silence. "Answer your father-in-law's question! Don't ruin most of your life for a moment of pleasure! It's not worth it!"
The last sentence was Xu Yi's advice and warning to him, advising him to think carefully before speaking and not to say anything he would regret.
Xu Chen remained silent for a long time before slowly saying, "I'm sorry, Uncle Lu, I don't want to."
"Qingyi is my childhood sweetheart. I have ruined her life and she has lost her fiancé. I can't just abandon her."
His statement, "I can't ignore her," is enough to explain his attitude towards this matter.
To this day, he still believes he did nothing wrong. He was just kind and helped his childhood sweetheart solve her housing problem. What did he do wrong?
At Nan Chu's welcoming banquet, he did that simply because he was angered by Nan Chu's words, which is why he acted so irrationally. There's nothing hard to understand about that, is there?
Why does everyone think he and Wen Qingyi are having an affair? If they were really having an affair, he should have taken her home directly instead of keeping his distance.
After Lu Jinan finished speaking, he didn't say anything. Instead, Xu Yi raised his hand and slapped Xu Chen hard across the face!
A sharp slap echoed throughout the presidential suite, vibrating the eardrums of everyone present.
Lu Jinan smiled faintly, showing no surprise. Xu Chen, however, never expected his father to publicly slap him in this kind of setting!
Xu Chen covered his burning face and asked incredulously, "Dad, you hit me?"
From childhood to adulthood, when has his father ever hit him?
Now, however, he has repeatedly beaten Lu Nanchu in public! Why is that?
What heinous crime has he committed that cannot be redeemed? Why can't we just talk things out instead of humiliating him in this way?!
"Yes! I hit you! I hit you lightly!"
Xu Yi was almost driven mad by his son. His face was flushed with anger, and even the finger he pointed at Xu Chen was trembling slightly: "Xu Chen, you bastard, you have such a good fiancée like Nan Chu, but you insist on protecting this woman?!"
"Have you been bewitched by that woman Wen Qingyi? Or did you take some benefits from her? Otherwise, why would you be speaking up for her like this?"
Most importantly, he brought him here today specifically so that he could properly apologize to Lu Jinan.
As long as he apologized sincerely, and the Lu family hadn't found any evidence of his infidelity, what couldn't be resolved? But what did he do?
They've gone against the grain! They've blocked their own path to the future!
Not only that, but it has also completely blocked the Xu family's future path!
How could he not be furious?
Upon hearing this, Xu Chen's hand, which had been resting on the hem of his clothes, instantly clenched into a fist: "I wasn't bewitched! I didn't receive any benefits from him! Why does everyone have to misunderstand the relationship between her and me? I just helped her with a small favor, so what?!"
"Did I break the law?!"
He didn't make any mistakes, but he had to pay a much higher price and explain himself much more than those who actually made mistakes!
"A small favor? You booked a room for her, and deliberately booked it next to yours, it's practically like you're living together! And you call that no problem?!" Xu Yi didn't believe a word of his explanation: "Xu Chen, I'll ask you one last time, do you want the Xu family or that woman?!"
If he still wants the position of heir to the Xu family, then he'd better cut ties with that woman completely!
If he insists on having that woman and is willing to give up his position as the heir of the Xu family for her, then there's nothing more to say.
He'd rather have another child while he's still young!
It's better than putting up with his temper here!
Xu Chen's answer remained unchanged: "I said I can't ignore Qingyi, and I won't make any choice."
Why should he have to make a choice just because the two of them want him to?
Did they ask for his opinion? They forced him to choose without asking anything.
"Fine, since that's the case, then you can go and marry into the Lu family." In that instant, Xu Yi almost gave up on this son: "From today onwards, you are no longer the second young master of the Xu family, nor the future heir of the Xu family. Everything about the Xu family has nothing to do with you anymore!"
He abandoned his so-called only son.
He always believed that he was a good teacher, at least better than his brother-in-law, Mr. Bo. In addition, with the death of his sister, even though Mr. Bo tried his best to please him, he never wavered.
Looking back now, putting aside everything else, just in terms of educating children, Mr. Bo was far superior to him.
Bo Jinyan's career is now thriving, and he is also managing his family life very well.
Unlike Xu Chen, who hasn't even managed to handle his own family affairs yet, he's already meddling in other people's.
It was a failure, a complete failure.
Xu Chen was stunned by the news and couldn't recover for a long time. After he came to his senses, he was shocked and his knees buckled. He knelt down in front of his father and said, "Dad, you can't do this! If you do this, I will lose everything!"
"Dad, I am the only son of the Xu family, and I am your only son. If you abandon me, then no one will care whether I live or die!"
Most importantly, if he loses everything he has now and really marries into the Lu family, will anyone in the entire wealthy and powerful family still respect him?
All the praise and admiration he once received would turn into contempt and disdain; he didn't want to fall into that situation.
So we absolutely cannot be abandoned; Dad can't do that.
“But people are inherently independent individuals, and I, Xu Yi, have supported you for far too long.” Xu Yi believed he had done nothing to wrong him: “I put you in a high position, granting you wealth and power, and how have you repaid me?”
He abandoned the marriage he had arranged and instead went to be with a woman who had almost nothing...
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