Xiang Ciyuan pulled Xiang Jingyi along, while Xiang Nanzhi, with tears in her eyes, said, "Shen Shixun, as long as you admit your mistake and promise not to do it again, I will forgive you."
She made herself very clear.
"Zhizhi, don't you have any dignity?"
"Big brother, I don't care about my dignity anymore, please don't hit him." After saying that, she touched the man's face again. "Shen Shixun, just this once, I will only forgive you this once."
The man suddenly laughed, a shadow falling over his eyes. "Xiang Nanzhi, who cares about your charity?"
She still believes that he betrayed her.
"What the hell did you say? Say it again if you dare!" Xiang Jingyi couldn't help but swear.
Shen Shixun gritted his teeth and got up from the ground, grabbing a chair and about to smash it at him. He lifted the chair up and pulled Nanzhi's arm, showing no intention of stopping.
The man concentrated all his strength in his hands, his eyes fixed on nothing else, shouting, "Hold him down! Hold him down!"
Xiang Nanzhi stamped her feet in frustration. By the time the bodyguard arrived, the chair had already flown away. Overwhelmed with anxiety, she quickly grabbed a glass of red wine from the side.
Thud—
Red wine splashed everywhere. Shen Shixun didn't move, but he felt a lot of red liquid flowing down his head. He didn't know if it was red wine or blood.
"I've already said I forgive you, what more do you want?"
Xiang Nanzhi was also frightened and quickly took a few steps back. Looking at the shards on the ground, Shen Shixun reached out and wiped the shards and red wine off his forehead. Some of the shards had gotten into his flesh.
"I don't need your forgiveness."
He did nothing wrong, so why should he be forgiven?
Did you think about me when you did these things? Did you think about the children?
Xiang Ciyuan pulled Xiang Jingyi aside to dodge, and the flying chair didn't hit Xiang Jingyi. But when they saw Xiang Nanzhi throwing red wine at Shen Shixun, the whole world went silent.
Xiang Nanzhi's voice trembled as she spoke, "Shen Shixun, I'll pretend nothing happened. I won't pursue Chen Moli anymore. Anyone from the mine who dares to talk about it will be fired."
"I won't make a fuss anymore, and I don't need you to admit your mistake. I forgive you."
"I didn't do it."
"Okay, I believe you didn't do it. Stop arguing, let's all stop arguing."
Xiang Nanzhi was sobbing uncontrollably, and she was so frightened that her legs went weak and she could barely stand up. Shen Shixun's hands were stained with red wine and blood, and he had been injured in several places by Xiang Jingyi, with bruises on his face.
He held Xiang Nanzhi, preventing her from falling, but he kept his head down and didn't look at her, only seeing the mess and fragments on the ground.
Xiang Zhengyi, who had remained silent, sat in his previous seat, slowly rose, and spoke in a calm yet authoritative tone.
"Have you all had enough? Are you done making a scene?"
Xiang Jingyi calmed down and, seeing Xiang Zhengyi stand up, quickly bowed his head, "Dad..."
"They've all revealed their true colors?"
Xiang Jingyi is usually composed, but at this moment he's like a madman, far from being composed.
Xiang Nan is known for his pride, yet he was able to set aside his dignity for this matter...
"Shen Shixun, I'm not making trouble anymore, let's all stop making trouble."
“Dad, I forgive him. Everyone has forgotten about it.”
“Zhizhi…”
"Big brother, you don't need to say anything, Shen Shixun, are you in pain...?"
The wound was still bleeding, so Ma Xiaorong quickly grabbed the first-aid kit and Xiang Nanzhi got him some cotton. She was in a flurry of activity and was about to touch him with the cotton when Shen Shixun took a step back.
"No need to trouble you, Miss Xiang. How can your hands do these things?"
“Shen Shixun…”
Her hand froze in mid-air. The man sneered, took off his coat, pulled a card from his pocket, and threw it on the table. "Here you go."
"I'm giving it all back to you..."
Once Shen Shixun left the Xiang family, he was penniless, and no one in the Xiang family could stop him.
He left all his belongings here; in this ancient city, he'll probably be so poor he'll have to sleep on the streets.
Xiang Nanzhi had told Shen Shixun to get lost, but when Shen Shixun actually left, Xiang Nanzhi realized that what she said was just an angry outburst, and that she hoped Shen Shixun would coax her.
She never thought about breaking up with him, and even after learning that he was having an affair with Chen Moli, her first thought was not to break up with him.
"Shen Shixun, you stop right there, Shen Shixun!"
The Xiang family's bodyguards are not good at speaking politely; they resort to violence when they stop people, while Shen Shixun is not incapable of using violence.
If he dares to lay a hand on Xiang Jing today, he will likely lay a hand on the rest of the Xiang family. He is a ticking time bomb, ready to explode at any moment.
She was so angry that she fainted on the spot. Shen Shixun only glanced back at her before leaving the Xiang family without hesitation.
So many people have been kind to her, so many people have spoiled her, she doesn't need another one.
——
The doctor examined Xiang Nanzhi and determined that there was nothing seriously wrong. He then wrote out a recipe, and Ma Xiaorong immediately instructed the kitchen to prepare the food.
In the study, Xiang Ciyuan and Xiang Jingyi stood in front of Xiang Zhengyi.
Xiang Ciyuan, who is usually hot-tempered and impulsive, didn't even get a scratch, while Xiang Jingyi was covered in bruises, something that had never happened before.
"Isn't it shameful?"
“He bullied Zhizhi, what’s so shameful about teaching him a lesson?”
“Big brother, Dad…” Xiang Ciyuan cleared his throat, “This all happened so suddenly, I have a feeling something’s fishy going on.”
"This happened not long after Li Luchuan returned. Don't you think it's a coincidence?"
Xiang Nanzhi and Li Luchuan had a very good relationship in the early days, but probably no one really took it to heart.
After all these years, Xiang Nanzhi is married now, and Li Luchuan is the heir to the Li Ran Group. At most, he can only treat Xiang Nanzhi as a friend.
But Shen Shixun was different. He was the liaison arranged by the Xiang family to work with Li Ran on that project.
He was also the first person to discover that the Li Ran Group had secretly approached Master Zhou to buy land.
Before the Xiang family could even figure out how to stop Li Luchuan and Zhou Erye from signing the land purchase contract, trouble arose on Shen Shixun's side...
Li Luchuan is not a person with honorable methods, but even if this scheme was not set up for Xiang Nanzhi, it was still set up for Li Ran's benefit.
"All the evidence points to Shen Shixun betraying Zhizhi, and you're still defending him?"
“Brother, I’m not defending him. Shen Shixun was the first to know that Li Luchuan was buying land from Master Zhou. He came to you personally to tell you. Before we could find a solution, Shen Shixun got into trouble. It’s very likely that he plotted to kick Shen Shixun out of the game.”
"Would Li Luchuan be wary of him?"
It sounds ridiculous. He's just a poor boy who has nothing. Everything he has comes from the Xiang family. Only Xiang Nanzhi likes him. Outsiders are willing to give him some face. What is he without the Xiang family?
"Brother, don't disbelieve me."
"You mean, Li Luchuan is putting all his effort into dealing with this nobody."
Xiang Ciyuan laughed, "Is he a nobody? He's President Shen now, managing that mine on behalf of the Xiang family. He has the authority."
"Shen Shih-hsun said that Chen Mo-li came to the mine looking for me. He knew I liked to go to Sheng Ting, so he was able to invite her into the house."
"You think you're right to be a womanizer..."
Xiang Ciyuan was speechless. "Dad, I was just playing around. I've never been serious with those women."
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