Chapter 169 Guarantee
"Our family cannot afford the Long family's revenge."
Zhong Jinghao, who had been silent the whole time, now spoke directly and pointed out the problem. "Let's not talk about whether Lu Chenran will marry Cousin Mengxuan in the end. If the Long family finds out about Lu Chenran and Cousin Mengxuan, we will face the Long family's revenge."
Although they had never met in person, they had heard about the Long family's style. The Long family had always been protective of their shortcomings, and Long Jiarui was the youngest daughter of the Long family and was very much loved.
Now that Zhong Mengxuan and Lu Chenran are involved with each other, if the people of the Long family knew, how could they remain indifferent!
The strength of the Long family is definitely not comparable to that of the Zhong family.
"So what?" Zhong Mengxuan said nonchalantly, "As long as I can marry Chen Ran, our Zhong family will be relatives of the Lu family. Then we won't have to worry about the Long family at all."
"Fool." Old Madam Zhong said mercilessly, "If Lu Chenran really wanted to marry you, he wouldn't have gotten involved with you while we were still engaged. It's obvious that he's just playing around with you. Zhong Mengxuan, you don't really think you're such a beauty that everyone will bow down to you, do you?"
Such powerful words made Zhong Mengxuan's face turn pale and blue, and she opened her mouth but didn't know how to refute.
"And you, stop dreaming about becoming Lu Chenran's father-in-law." Old Master Zhong looked at Zhong Mingyu without any mercy, "Your daughter doesn't have the ability to marry into the Lu family."
Just one sentence made Zhong Mingyu and Zhong Mengxuan's faces turn gloomy.
On the other hand, although Zhong Minghao and Zheng Siling's expressions didn't show anything, one could clearly see from their eyes that they were gloating at the moment.
They had originally thought that Zhong Mengxuan would be very proud of marrying into the Lu family. Unexpectedly, it turned out that the Lu family's eldest son already had a fiancée, a member of the Long family, a family their Zhong family could never compare to. And most importantly, Zhong Mengxuan turned out to be nothing more than a mistress.
Zhong Mengxuan was very dissatisfied. She didn't think she was inferior in any way. "Grandpa, I am your granddaughter. Why are you hitting me like this? What am I inferior to? Why do you think I can't marry Lu Chenran?"
She never thought she was inferior to Long Jiarui. Moreover, if Lu Chenran really liked Long Jiarui, why would he be with her?
Since Lu Chenran likes her, she has the chance to marry Lu Chenran, right?
"Zhong Mengxuan, I really can't control what you want to do." Mr. Zhong's tone was so cold that it could almost freeze. "However, if you continue to be stubborn and want to be with Lu Chenran, then get out of the Zhong family!"
"grandfather!"
"dad!"
Zhong Mengxuan and Zhong Mingyu exclaimed at the same time. They had never expected that the old man would say such cruel words.
"Zhong Mengxuan, as long as you leave the Zhong family, your affairs will have nothing to do with our Zhong family." Old Master Zhong continued indifferently, "But you can rest assured that even if you marry Lu Chenran in the future, our Zhong family will not get involved."
Zhong Mengxuan couldn't believe her ears. "Grandpa, how could you treat me like this? I'm your granddaughter."
"From the moment you stopped caring about the survival of our Zhong family, you no longer have the right to question me like this." Old Master Zhong's sharp eyes fell on Zhong Mengxuan. "If you want to climb up the social ladder, fine. But don't use our Zhong family as a bargaining chip. We can't afford to gamble."
Hearing such heartless words, Zhong Mengxuan wanted to say something. However, before she could open her mouth, Zhong Mingyu pulled her hand.
When she saw her father shaking his head at her, Zhong Mengxuan didn't say anything else.
Zhong Mingyu looked at Old Man Zhong and assured him, "Dad, don't worry. Meng Xuan knows she was wrong. She promised not to get involved with Lu Chenran again."
Hearing Zhong Mingyu's assurance, Old Master Zhong nodded in satisfaction. He then looked around before continuing, "What I'm saying today is not just for Zhong Mengxuan, but for you as well."
"It's fine if you want to climb up the social ladder. But no matter what you do, don't put our Zhong family in danger. Otherwise, no matter who it is, I will not tolerate it."
Everyone quickly responded. Only Zhong Mengxuan remained silent, her eyes filled with resentment.
After leaving the study, everyone returned to their own rooms. However, because of what happened tonight, I'm afraid no one will be able to truly sleep tonight.
If there is anyone who is not affected, it is probably only Zhong Nian Yao.
However, although she was not affected by this incident, Lu Yichen's behavior today made her feel a little confused. She felt that she still needed to calm down.
However, someone clearly didn't want her to have an easy time. Before she even entered her room, Zhong Mengxuan called out to her from behind, "Zhong Nianyao, stop right there."
Zhong Nian Yao really didn't want to pay any attention to Zhong Mengxuan, so she turned a deaf ear to her, reached out her hand, opened the door, and walked straight in.
Seeing that Zhong Nian Yao completely ignored her, Zhong Mengxuan became anxious. She squeezed in just before Zhong Nian Yao was about to close the door.
Seeing Zhong Mengxuan suddenly squeeze into her room, Zhong Nianyao's eyes darkened, and she said unhappily, "This is my room. I need to rest now. Please go out!"
"Zhong Nianyao, it's you, right?"
When Zhong Mengxuan looked at Zhong Nianyao, her eyes were filled with hatred, and she gritted her teeth when she spoke, "You were the one who told Grandpa and the others about Lu Chenran and me, right?"
She had no intention of having a secret relationship with Lu Chenran, but she also didn't plan to let anyone know so early. After all, although she and Lu Chenran already had a substantial relationship, their relationship wasn't stable yet, so she planned to wait until she could convince Lu Chenran to marry her before making it public.
Of course, she didn't know that Lu Chenran had a fiancée. If she knew, she might have changed her target.
However, now that she was with Lu Chenran, there was no way to change her target, so she could only continue on this path. However, now that her grandfather knew about it and had issued such an ultimatum, she hated the person who had informed her.
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