Chapter 706 Xu Chen Sows Discord
Isn't this just asking for trouble?
Unexpectedly, upon hearing his words, Wen Qingyi immediately raised her head, glared at him angrily, and retorted, "What's it to you? Xu Chen, mind your own business, why are you interfering with me?"
It's one thing for her father to discipline her, but why should Xu Chen also stand up and discipline her?
They're all taking advantage of her downfall to bully her, aren't they?
“It’s no use taking your anger out on me.” Xu Chen wasn’t angry at all. Instead, he said with a half-smile, “Don’t forget, the only person who could speak up for you is dead. You no longer have any reason to control Bo Jinyan.”
Xu Xuyu is the only person in the Bo family who can speak up for Wen Qingyi.
After all, without Bo Jinyan's mother acting as matchmaker, she would never have been engaged to Bo Jinyan.
Wen Qingyi was already on the verge of collapse, and his words only made her angrier, so she slapped him hard across the face!
It was as if she wanted to vent all the anger she had suffered at Gong Lian's hands on him.
Not to mention Xu Chen was stunned, even Grandpa Wen, who had been lecturing her, was stunned by her slap. When he came to his senses, he quickly pulled Wen Qingyi away.
"Yiyi, what are you doing!" Grandpa Wen quickly stepped forward and pulled her away: "Are you crazy? Do you know who he is? Do you think he's like your fiancé, someone you can hit as you please?"
Xu Chen is Xu Yi's only son, and he will inherit the entire Xu family business in the future!
Is she crazy?
Is it not enough to offend Gong Lian? Does she also want to offend Xu Chen, her childhood sweetheart?
Wen Qingyi was now controlled by her emotions and didn't care about the consequences: "I don't care who he is, whatever he said made me feel uncomfortable, so I have to hit him!"
She could tolerate being bullied by Gong Lian and Bo Jinyan, but why did Xu Chen have to join in too?!
She was being lenient by hitting him!
"Wen Qingyi, get this straight, it's Gong Lian who's making you suffer, not me!" Xu Chen raised his hand to touch his cheek, which was red from her slap, and said coldly, "With your tendency to throw tantrums so easily, it's no wonder my cousin doesn't love you."
What man would truly like a woman who can't distinguish right from wrong?
No wonder even Gong Lian, who had always been her devoted follower, didn't want her anymore!
She brought this on herself.
Wen Qingyi seemed to want to throw a tantrum, but was stopped by Grandpa Wen: "Have you made enough of a scene? This is Xiao Chen's room. You're eating and staying here, so what right do you have to hit him?"
He can't tell right from wrong at all, it's infuriating!
"Dad! I'm your daughter! Why are you always siding with outsiders?" Wen Qingyi said resentfully. "I was betrayed by Gong Lian, and you didn't stand up for me. I hit Xu Chen, and you still didn't stand up for me! Am I even your biological daughter?!"
After living together for so many years, it turns out that their own parents are all on the side of outsiders.
He didn't care about her at all.
If her parents hadn't been so cold to her, preventing her from going home, would she have ended up in this situation?
She wouldn't have lost so badly to Sang Ruo!
Grandpa Wen felt she had made a fool of herself: "Alright! We'll talk about it when we get back! Let's go!"
Wen Qingyi was dragged away by Old Master Wen.
Watching her departing figure, Xu Chen still took out his phone and called Bo Jinyan: "Hello, cousin? It's me, Xu Chen."
"What is it?" Bo Jinyan was working on documents with his eyes down, and didn't even look up when he received the call.
Xu Chen cut straight to the point: "Cousin, your ex-fiancée came to me and said that her fiancé, Gong Lian, cheated on her and fell in love with your wife. Did you know about this?"
Although this incident didn't cause much of a stir in their happy married life, it was enough to give them a hard time.
My cousin's wife was already in her second marriage, and with Gong Lian falling in love with Sang Ruo, my cousin must have enough reason to question her.
To everyone's surprise, Bo Jinyan didn't react much after hearing this. Instead, he calmly asked, "So? What's the purpose of your call?"
“I’m calling to tell you that your cousin’s wife isn’t as innocent and kind as you think.”
At least from Xu Chen's perspective, this is how it is: "She wavered between you and Gong Lian, letting Gong Lian fall in love with her little by little, and finally leading to the annulment of the engagement. Doesn't she bear any responsibility for how Gong Lian and Wen Qingyi ended up together?"
He always felt that Sang Ruo should bear at least half the responsibility for Wen Qingyi's ability to work with Gong Lian today.
If she hadn't let Gong Lian fall in love with her little by little, how could Wen Qingyi and Gong Lian have gotten to where they are today?
It was her cousin-in-law who ruined Wen Qingyi's relationship and engagement!
Upon hearing this, Bo Jinyan found it amusing: "Xu Chen, you've only just returned to the country. Do you know how much your cousin-in-law has been involved with Gong Lian and Wen Qingyi? How can you draw such a conclusion so easily? Isn't that a bit biased and arbitrary?"
As her husband, how could he not know what kind of woman Xiaoruo is?
She did a good enough job in her relationship with Gong Lian.
He admitted that if he were in her shoes, he might not have done as well as she had.
So what gives Xu Chen the right to say that about her? Just because he only saw her once at the Bo family banquet?
“I don’t think it’s biased. It’s true that Wen Qingyi’s engagement to Gong Lian was unilaterally dissolved.” Xu Chen spoke up for Wen Qingyi: “Cousin, even if you love your sister-in-law very much, you wouldn’t let Wen Qingyi, who grew up with us, suffer such injustice, would you?”
When it comes to feelings, no matter how strong the relationship is, it can't compare to the bond of childhood sweethearts who grew up together.
He always felt that the woman his cousin married was no ordinary person.
She is far from being as innocent as she appears.
Bo Jinyan laughed out loud at Xu Chen's bias: "Xu Chen, you know I grew up in the Bo family, and I don't have much affection for your Xu family or the Wen family."
"When we were little, before my mother passed away, apart from seeing Wen Qingyi and you during holidays, what kind of childhood sweethearts were we? Besides, the engagement between Wen Qingyi and me was arranged by my mother. Did I agree to it?"
She didn't even ask him at the time; she arranged the marriage privately just because her mother and Wen Qingyi's mother were good friends.
Besides, he was too young at the time, so what does that count for?
“Cousin, that’s just sophistry.” Xu Chen considered himself an observer and saw things clearly: “I was just talking to you about Wen Qingyi’s dissolution of her engagement with Gong Lian. My sister-in-law bears some responsibility. How come you’re making her sound like a pure white lotus?”
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