Chapter Seventy-Eight
The woman in the lead gave Xia Yan a fawning smile, pretending nothing had happened, and was about to leave when the boy stopped her.
His eyes were devoid of warmth, his expression like the calm before a storm.
"What were you saying in there?" Xia Yan's tone was calm and even, yet it sounded particularly frightening.
"Didn't you say anything?" The girl in the lead continued to play dumb. Seeing Jiang You rush in, she asked her, "Did I say anything inside just now?"
Jiang You was taken aback. Seeing Xia Yan's murderous expression, he quickly shook his head: "No, Xia Yan, they didn't say anything."
"I'm asking you a question, what the hell are you spouting to her?" Xia Yan took a few steps forward, furious. Then, remembering something, she turned around, pulled Jiang You out, and shut the bathroom door behind her.
Inside, the boy's eyelashes drooped as he searched for something. He saw a broom in the corner and walked over with his long legs.
The women were terrified, their faces turning pale. The woman in the lead spoke in a sharp, distorted voice: "I didn't say anything, I really didn't say anything. I just said you two weren't a good match, and that was it."
You two are not a good match? Having stepped squarely on Xia Yan's landmine, his face turned even more ashen: "What the hell do you think you are, daring to interfere in my affairs?"
"I'm so sorry, I was wrong, I'm so sorry, I had a sharp tongue..."
It's said that women love to compare themselves to others, comparing bags, clothes, and shoes. But men go too far in comparing themselves to others, comparing cars, women, wealth, and power.
Men enjoy watching women fight over each other and engage in petty squabbles. They never imagined that just a few words from them would lead to such protectiveness of the seemingly insignificant Jiang You.
"Xia Yan, come out!" Jiang You kept banging on the door, tears streaming down his face.
She was said to be very angry, but not to the point of hitting someone.
Especially when Xia Yan casually mentioned that he would take responsibility if someone died, a chill ran through him, and he panicked and didn't know what to do.
"Xia..." The door suddenly opened, and Jiang You hurriedly poked her head out. She saw that the women's makeup was so bad that they had turned into panda eyes, but they were all fine, and she breathed a heavy sigh of relief.
Meanwhile, the rich kids who received Xia Yan's message rushed over.
Seeing his woman's disheveled appearance, Chen Liang looked at Xia Yan and cautiously asked, "What happened?"
"Go ask them yourselves. Let me make this clear: this isn't over. And as for the company, if you can't even manage your own female companions, I don't think you're very capable. There's no need to cooperate with you anymore."
The usually dignified and gentle Xia Yan lost his temper in front of outsiders for the first time. The rich second-generation were all stunned. Then, when they heard that it had affected their cooperation, they immediately came to their senses and wanted to plead for him, but the young master Xia had already pulled Jiang You away.
Finding an empty room, the boy pulled the girl onto his lap and gently licked away the tears on her face: "Why are you crying?"
Jiang You wiped his face with his sleeve with a slight look of disgust.
Xia Yan reached out and pinched her cheek fiercely: "You dislike me? Where... um..."
The girl blushed instantly and covered his mouth. Xia Yan's beautiful eyes were full of mischievous charm as he licked her palm with the tip of his tongue: "You still haven't told me why you're crying?"
It felt itchy and numb, like a dog, always licking people. Jiang You pulled his hand back as if he had been electrocuted, clenched his fist, and pursed his lips: "That Xia Yan, they were just gossiping, there's no need to target them."
Xia Yan rested his head on the girl's shoulder and said lazily, "To be honest, this is the first time I've seen someone with such a kind heart. Even when others are bullying you, you're still speaking up for them."
If it were someone else, with him backing them up, they would have slapped him long ago, instead of wasting so much time talking.
His kind-hearted wife is like a steamed bun; anyone can pinch her and take a bite.
If you clearly don't like her, just shut her up. Even if you don't dare, don't you know to call me over?
Jiang You's fingers tightened. Apart from the words "ugly monster," were they not telling the truth? She really didn't feel anything, nor did she feel bullied.
Moreover, she felt guilty for suppressing those women because of this, and she felt like a naive and manipulative woman.
The girl's head was down, she was playing with her hands, and she didn't say a word. This made Xia Yan's anger dissipate instantly.
What can we do? From now on, we can only keep a close eye on it, keep it on our belts, and take it with us wherever we go.
He sighed and said helplessly, "Just check if their family has evaded taxes or committed any illegal or unethical acts. If not, let's just let it go. If they have, then it's not like I'm deliberately targeting them."
After saying that, he raised his eyebrows, shook his leg, and teased the girl with great interest: "How was it, little bodhisattva? Are you satisfied with what I did?"
Jiang You was satisfied: "Don't call me Bodhisattva."
"Alright, little bodhisattva."
"......"
On the other side, at a drinking party, the women were hot and the men were pretty. They danced closely, drank while kneeling, sat on the table with their legs spread, and danced to the music. It was a scene of glitz and glamour, extravagance and debauchery, with no taboos.
Shen Yi'an sat lazily in the middle, his eyes unusually bewitching, a roguish smile playing on his lips as he teased the beauty in his arms, causing her to burst into silvery laughter.
"Young Master An, did you know that Xia Yan is also here, and he brought a female companion?"
Upon hearing that the idiot had brought a woman, Shen Yi'an raised an eyebrow. The black round earring on his left ear added to his dashing appearance. He asked in surprise, "The one who was loading the cargo brought a woman?"
Neither of the Xia brothers were good people; they were both masters of pretense, pretending to be harmless.
The two families were old friends, and his family often compared him to the Xia brothers. He had disliked them since he was a child.
Who can be more pretentious than them?
Seeing that he was interested, the younger brother quickly said, "Not only that, he also got really angry over that woman."
"Really? What does the girl look like?"
Shen Yi'an became completely interested, his devilish face full of excitement, "I thought he would really end up alone, tch, he still fell for a woman."
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