Take my sister away
In desperation, Zhao Huaian fought back with his fists, but still failed to resolve the crisis.
Just when the sword was about to hit Zhao Huaian's eyebrows, Gu Chengjue took a step forward, transformed the force into his palm, and blocked the sword.
The man's sword-holding hand trembled instantly, and the sword's spirit that was as piercing as a rainbow disappeared at this moment.
Seeing that he was being insulted in public, he glared at Gu Chengjue angrily and said angrily, "Where did you come from, you pretty boy? Why are you meddling in other people's business?"
Su Lin frowned, walked forward and said in a deep voice: "Shu Lan, don't be rude."
Seeing Su Lin coming to persuade him, Jin Shulan lowered the tip of his sword slightly and said harshly: "Who told him to meddle in other people's business! Just let Zhao Huaian go. My sister has been bewitched by him, and you are all accomplices!" As he said this, he became more and more angry, and forced his strength to push the sword towards Gu Chengjue.
Hearing this, Gu Chengjue sneered, and a flash of contempt flashed across his indifferent phoenix eyes.
Song Tiaotiao frowned and carefully examined all the places where Gu Chengjue and Jin Shulan had touched.
But when she saw that Gu Chengjue was unharmed as expected, she let out the anger she had been holding and felt relieved.
Although she knew that Gu Chengjue was difficult to be hurt by others, but in the book, Jin Shulan had been practicing martial arts since he was a child, and the Jin family was good at attacking people secretly, so she couldn't help but feel worried.
Gu Chengjue felt Song Tiaotiao's concerned gaze and smiled slightly.
Then, Jin Shulan took the opportunity to make a small movement, causing his eyes to narrow slightly.
When he turned his head, the gentleness in his eyes disappeared. He only heard a calm voice, saying word by word: "Jin Shulan, don't be ignorant of the danger. If you want to live, be quiet." After speaking, his face was cold and he lightly flicked his fingertips.
The sharp edge of the sword, like the strokes of a brush, slid smoothly through the fur collar worn by Jin Shulan and went straight to his exposed neck.
As the master of the sword, Jin Shulan naturally knew the power of his sword that could cut through iron like mud.
At this moment, he felt the pressure of the sword energy, but he still did not change his stubborn nature. He narrowed his eyes and asked: "Who do you think you are? How dare you talk nonsense to this young master..." Before he finished speaking, he felt a sudden pain in his neck, and an invisible red mark appeared, and red beads oozed out from it.
Jin Shulan's eyes widened, and fear immediately suppressed the lingering anger. He raised his eyes to meet Gu Chengjue's, and said in disbelief, "Are you crazy? Are you serious with me?"
Gu Chengjue narrowed his eyes slightly, his smile not reaching his eyes: "Are you still going to bark?"
Even though he was gritting his teeth in hatred, Jin Shulan remained silent in the face of the overwhelming murderous intent in Gu Chengjue's eyes.
But even though he was rejected so harshly, he still had no intention of leaving.
Everyone continued to bustle around the food stall, following their previously assigned tasks. Outwardly, they all ignored Jin Shulan, but secretly, they all stood united against him. The tense atmosphere had already ruined the warmth of the New Year's dinner reunion.
During this period, Jin Shulan picked up the cloth that Jin Zhenjiao had dropped and put it on his neck to stop the bleeding. The rest of the time, he just held the sword and stood alone in front of the door without saying a word.
Ever since he concluded from everyone's conversation that the pretty boy was Ning Wang's Prince Gu Chengjue, his already bad complexion became even gloomier as if it were soaked in ink.
Now, whenever Zhao Huaian and Gu Chengjue appeared within his sight, he couldn't even stand by and watch. Those eyes, cold and gloomy like a stalking venomous snake, watched their every word and action from the dark corners, as if they were about to bare their fangs and kill them in the next second.
Song Tiaotiao looked at him secretly for a long time.
As the only son of a financial executive, Jin Shulan has always obeyed his father's orders, prioritizing the family's interests. Throughout the book, he frequently trips up Gu Chengjue. While his methods are often despicable, even ridiculous, they're frequent and annoying. And now, with his immediate confrontation, it's hard for Song Tiaotiao to harbor any affection for him.
But the secret competition was at a stalemate for a long time. Seeing that the food was almost ready, Song Tiaotiao didn't want to spoil everyone's appetite, so he walked up to Jin Shulan and asked, "Mr. Jin, what brings you to my restaurant today?"
Before coming here, Jin Shulan had heard that Song Tiaotiao and Jin Zhenjiao were close friends, and now that he had seen it with his own eyes, he looked at her with less hostility: "I want to take my sister away."
Su Lin, who had been secretly watching his movements, heaved a long sigh upon hearing this, and stepped forward to pat him on the shoulder: "Shu Lan, tonight, you should go back to the master's house alone."
Jin Shulan's face was gloomy. He said, "I won't stop until you take her away."
Seeing him like this, Song Tiaotiao explained: "Since Sister Zhenjiao came to Songbai Village, she hasn't just been indulging in love. Under her leadership, many of the Jin family's shops have turned losses into profits and revived them. Her business talent has flourished here, and we can all see it with our own eyes..."
Hearing this, Jin Shulan raised his eyes and sneered, "My Jin family is very wealthy, how could we be short of this little money? Since you are willing to call her sister, how can you bear to see her suffer here?" At this point, he saw Gu Chengjue gradually moving closer to Song Tiaotiao, and changed the subject, "I understand, you and that kid from the Gu family were so affectionate just now, I'm afraid you are two people who can't get out of bed, both of you are full of evil intentions!"
Listening to Jin Shulan's indiscriminate attack, Song Tiaotiao felt choked up in her throat and her eyes turned slightly red with embarrassment.
She was about to engage in a verbal exchange with the villain in the book, but before she could reply, Su Lin shouted angrily, "Jin Shulan, you are twenty-four years old now, there should be some limits to your reckless behavior! Is it the family tradition of your Jin family to publicize family affairs? Besides, Miss Song is Mr. Chao's sister-in-law, not someone you can afford to offend!" He lowered his voice at the end of the sentence so that only the three of them could hear it.
Upon hearing this, Jin Shulan remained calm on the surface, but secretly felt that he was unlucky.
After a while, he looked around at the crowd, and finally chose a time when there were the least people around. He pursed his lips tightly and bowed to Song Tiaotiao, "Miss Song, I am sorry for offending you. Please forgive me."
Everyone looked at Jin Shulan, whose style had suddenly changed, but smiled without saying a word.
They were used to seeing the Jin family changing with the times, so it seemed that nothing the Jin family did now would be unexpected to them.
Jin Shulan glanced down at the different expressions on everyone's faces. Feeling embarrassed, he could only comfort himself in his heart that this was a wise move.
But Song Tiao Tiao thought to herself, how could a person who is not afraid of death be afraid of her, a sister-in-law who was fabricated out of thin air?
Song Tiaotiao glanced at Su Lin and saw him nod slightly at her. Feeling guilty, she accepted the title of adopted sister and said calmly, "Since you are Sister Zhenjiao's brother, I have no reason to be unforgiving. But when do you want to leave?"
Hearing Song Tiaotiao's order to expel the guest, Jin Shulan did not move an inch and said unwillingly: "Miss Song, this is our private matter, please do not interfere. I must take Zhenjiao with me on this trip. She is always with a servant in an ambiguous relationship, and her reputation will inevitably be tarnished by him." At the end of his words, his suppressed emotions surged up again, and his tone became more and more excited.
Seeing that he had attracted Zhao Huaian's attention, Jin Shulan gave him a fierce look without any hesitation.
Zhao Huaian clenched his fists and walked forward.
These words were particularly harsh to Jin Zhenjiao's ears.
She gently held Zhao Huaian's palm, walked up from behind him, pulled Jin Shulan to the corner of the room, and confronted him: "Jin Shulan! How dare you talk like that! Huaian grew up with us since childhood. The Jin family can be what it is today because of Uncle Zhao's advice. If Uncle Zhao hadn't worked so hard for the Jin family, how could the family fall into poverty and cause Huaian to seek refuge with the Jin family? When we were young, he saved you and me from a flood. With all the past events, has your conscience been eaten by a dog? "
Hearing this, Jin Shulan's blood boiled, and he laughed in anger, "Conscience has no place in my heart! Speaking of conscience, I'd like to ask about your conscience? You are clearly my sister, but you are wholeheartedly siding with Zhao Huaian, an outsider. But who are you to Zhao Huaian? Are you his childhood sweetheart?"
Hearing this, Zhao Huaian clenched his fists repeatedly, and his chest rose and fell like a drum.
The words that had been hidden in my heart for many years seemed to have broken free like a wild horse, and I couldn't suppress the urge to blurt them out.
However, when he saw the glittering gold threads and treasures on Jin Shulan's clothes, he finally stopped talking and lowered his eyes.
Seeing him like this, Jin Zhenjiao's eyes flickered slightly: "You know the friendship between us very well, so don't ask questions that knowingly sow discord between us."
Seeing an opportunity to press his advantage, Jin Shulan raised the corners of his mouth. "My poor silly sister, just hearing that he was short of money in this remote mountain area, she abandoned her reputation and family and fled secretly, and then risked being found by me, running around for him. But what can Zhao Huaian give you? He won't even make a promise, let alone marry you in a formal way, with three matchmakers and six betrothals? He bewitched you, but did nothing. He brought you, a precious young lady, by his side every day, just to bring you to suffer with him in this desolate mountain village?"
Jin Zhenjiao hesitated several times to speak, thinking of all the times she had been rejected by Zhao Huaian in the past. She lowered her eyes, which had always been shining, and fell into a brief silence.
Seeing her like this, Zhao Huaian felt an indescribable pain in his heart.
Even Gu Chengjue, who was listening in, had his eyes dimmed slightly.
Seeing that he was in control of the situation, Jin Shulan asked, "If Zhao Huaian really liked you, how could he have the heart to treat you like this?"
Jin Zhenjiao closed her eyes, covered her ears and said nothing.
Zhao Huaian's eyes lingered on Jin Zhenjiao's painful look.
In a moment, the defense line in his heart that he had been enduring and restraining for many years was finally shattered by the sadness caused by love.
After Jin Shulan smiled triumphantly, Zhao Huaian said in a deep voice, "Jin Shulan."
Jin Shulan raised his eyebrows slightly: "You finally don't want to be a wooden man anymore?"
Zhao Huaian's eyes were stern as he stared at Jin Shulan. "Since childhood, my father arranged a marriage between Zhenjiao and me with the Jin family. Later, my family fell on hard times, and your Jin family wanted to cancel the engagement with my Zhao family. I didn't want Zhenjiao to suffer with me, so I didn't stop them. However, the marriage certificate has been established and has not been destroyed. Zhenjiao and I are also in love. Our relationship is not just childhood sweethearts, but engaged husband and wife."
At this point, he noticed Jin Zhenjiao looking at him with sparkling eyes. He placed his hand on Jin Zhenjiao's palm, his tone becoming more resolute: "Although my Zhao family is in decline, we still retain the skills that once made us as famous as the Jin family. Although I, Zhao Huaian, have no fame or wealth, I can still protect my beloved. The three matchmakers and six betrothals, a formal marriage, has long been in my plan."
At this point, his eyes flickered as he looked at Jin Zhenjiao, whose eyes were slightly red, and he said firmly, "And Jin Zhenjiao is the only one for me, Zhao Huaian, in this life."
Through the sparkling light in their eyes, the two held hands and smiled at each other.
Seeing all his efforts in vain, Jin Shulan sneered repeatedly and clapped his hands in approval, "Jin Zhenjiao, since you're determined, just give it a try and you'll know. As my biological sister, I won't kill you. However, you've been used to being a lady of luxury, and it's time to wake up. When everything in the Jin family has nothing to do with you, you'll know which is more important, the family's interests or your own friendships. From today on, I will inform all the shop owners of the Jin family to cut off your financial resources and prevent you from being assigned to other positions until you change your mind!"
After saying this, Jin Shulan glanced at Song Tiaotiao, who was frowning, and bowed: "I will take my leave now. Goodbye!"
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