New anime chapter 14: Protecting the cub
Jiang Kai didn't rush out. After having the surveillance video backed up, he continued to watch the footage.
He also wanted to see a different side of Xiaoyou.
Xiao You didn't evade Xu Xi's question; he even reached out and took the pinhole camera from the potted green ivy on the table.
He showed the little thing on his fingertip to Xu Xi, "This."
Xu Xi reacted quickly, snatching it away as if he had caught evidence.
Xiao You looked at Xu Xi, whose expression remained calm and unwavering.
Jiang Kai, sitting in the back preparing to watch the live broadcast, was speechless.
He was engrossed in watching it when suddenly it went completely dark.
Jiang Kai borrowed his assistant from his brother, since he himself was a lazy and idle rich second-generation and didn't have an assistant.
However, assistants are usually very good at reading people's expressions, and after seeing Jiang Kai's expression...
The assistant casually switched to the coffee shop's surveillance video.
Jiang Kai smiled with satisfaction when he saw Xiao You's figure reappear on the computer screen. "Your professional skills are quite high."
The assistant smiled and said, "It's nothing."
In the surveillance footage.
Xu Xi slammed his hand on the table in annoyance. "You recorded our conversation! What are you trying to do? Xiao You, are you crazy? Do you want to ruin me?"
Xiao You leaned back in his chair, looking at Xu Xi with innocent eyes, and asked, "Didn't you ruin me too?"
"If I ruin you, will you ruin me too? We're family, how could you do this to me?"
Xiao You glanced out the window, smiled slightly, and asked in a soft voice, "Do you consider me family?"
When did I stop considering you family?
"The people who cheated me out of my money, took advantage of me, and hurt me, also say they consider me family?"
The little temptation is a question that strikes at the very soul.
But this didn't make Xu Xi reflect. Instead, Xu Xi said to Xiao You, "When you betrayed me and went out to sell yourself for money and vanity, didn't I not look down on you? Isn't what I did the same as what you did back then? We were both for profit. Now you've found a sugar daddy and you're living a good life. So, give me some leeway and let me live a good life too. Isn't that wonderful? We came from the same orphanage. We both experienced being bullied, having no money, not having enough to eat or wear, and having to pay tuition like the sky was falling."
Xu Xi's words came from the bottom of his heart.
He grasped Xiaoyou's hand again, as if playing the victim card, "Please don't do this, okay? Xiaoyou, you can bear being ruined, because you can still stand up, Professor Jiang Kai will still help you get back on your feet. Even if he throws money at you, it'll be different for me. If I'm ruined, my whole life is over. Xiaoyou, you wouldn't be so heartless, tell me, right?"
Xiao You looked directly into Xu Xi's eyes and asked, "When I went to sell myself back then, did you think I was just being vain?"
"Isn't that so?"
"You're lying in the hospital, do you know where I got the money for your surgery?"
"Didn't you say it was from an orphanage?"
"No, I sold it to you. I was desperate and had no other choice but to do this because I needed money for your surgery. Afterwards, I lied to you and said that the orphanage paid for it so that you wouldn't feel guilty."
Xu Xi remained silent for only a moment before immediately saying, "So what? Is that your reason for betraying me?"
Yes, how could Xu Xi not know? After the surgery, Xiao You had a sum of money, which he gave to Xu Xi to spend. Xu Xi knew all along that the money was ill-gotten, right?
He just never asked.
Xu Xi simply didn't want to know. He selfishly refused to accept that Xiao You was selling herself for his own sake. He didn't want to feel guilty. He watched Xiao You mingling in that kind of dirty nightclub that he found so filthy.
He then pinned all the blame on Xiaoyou.
In this way, he can also unscrupulously extract the benefits and value that Xiaoyou can bring him.
Xiao You's hands tightened slightly on the table. It was ridiculous that he had only seen the true face of the person who had grown up with him since childhood.
So ugly, so filthy.
Seeing Xu Xi's matter-of-fact attitude, Xiao You couldn't help but retort, "Otherwise what? You don't want to have surgery and be disabled for life? Is that it? Are you that noble, Xu Xi?"
Xu Xi seemed unwilling to discuss this topic further with Xiao You, so he spoke directly to her.
Still in that commanding tone, "Give me the surveillance footage you took, Xiaoyou. We've known each other for so many years, don't go too far."
"Who's so amazing? Aren't you the amazing one?"
Xu Xi almost gritted his teeth, "I can't afford such a price."
"Can I afford it?"
"You have Jiang Kai."
"Does Jiang Kai owe you anything? Or does he owe me? He deserves to spend money on me and clean up my messes. What if Jiang Kai doesn't want me anymore one day? Have you ever thought about me? I also want a future, I also want a career, I also want to live a glorious life in this world without relying on anyone. I've been so cautious, I've never dared to say that I would win the championship, I'm afraid that if I open my mouth, God will take away the little bit of luck that was given to me. Have you ever cared how hard I've worked, how anxious I've been, how cautious I've been all along?"
Xiao You paused for a moment and then said, "All you ever do is ask me for money, all you ever do is demand benefits from me. You never care whether I live or die. Yet you keep saying we're family. I don't dare to accept family like you, and I can't afford to. From today onwards, we're no longer family. Here, take this back."
Xiao You took out the pull tab from the soda can from her pocket. It was the ring Xu Xi had promised him when he got into university. He also said that he would buy him a ten-carat diamond ring when he made money in the future.
Thinking back on those things, Xiaoyou found them utterly ridiculous.
He was about to leave when Xu Xi grabbed Xiao You's arm with such force that his leg hit the table, knocking off the pull tab of the soda can that Xiao You had once held in her palm with such care. The pull tab fell cheaply to the ground, just like all of Xiao You's feelings for Xu Xi, which now seemed so one-sided and cheap.
Xu Xi didn't care about that promise at all; in fact, he had long forgotten about it.
Xiao You glanced at the pull tab of the soda can that had fallen to the ground and been stepped on by Xu Xi, and the smile on his lips turned somewhat sarcastic at that moment.
Xu Xi squeezed Xiao You's arm tightly, completely disregarding whether Xiao You was in pain.
His eyes held a cold and ruthless glint. "Hand over the surveillance footage."
“Xu Xi, I’m just making public what you’ve done. Why are you so afraid? Since you know it’s wrong, why did you do it in the first place?”
"Smack—"
Xu Xi slapped Xiao You across the face. "Hand over the stuff, or I'll tell the media all about your shameful past."
What shameful past do I have?
Xiao You's face was numb on one side, and he looked at Xu Xi with bloodstains on the corner of his lips.
Xu Xi was sharp and mean, as if he had become a completely different person, so ferocious and terrifying. "If you want me to die, I'll take you with me. I'll tell the media about your childhood in the orphanage, your upbringing, and all the things you don't want others to know about your past. I'll tell the media and Jiang Kai everything. Then you'll see if he still wants you."
"That's because you don't want people to know, because you're afraid. I live an upright life in this world. I grew up in an orphanage, very poor and miserable, with a bad upbringing. I don't think it's something to hide. I'm not a perfect person, but at least I won't harm people like you, or have a twisted mind like you. I've never felt that everything I've experienced since childhood is something shameful."
Seeing that Xiao You seemed truly invincible, Xu Xi gripped her wrist tightly, as if he had gone mad.
"Where is the video? Is it on your phone?"
He was going to steal Xiaoyou's phone.
Suddenly, his wrist was grabbed, and Xu Xi let out a scream of pain.
Jiang Kai's bodyguard grabbed Xu Xi's wrist.
The bodyguard then looked at Jiang Kai.
Jiang Kai walked over, lifted Xiao You's chin, and looked at her face with the slap mark on it. You could imagine the anger in his chest.
He himself wouldn't even hurt someone, yet he let that bastard Xu Xi hit him.
Xu Xi is such trash, he thinks he's something special.
With a gloomy face, Jiang Kai ordered his bodyguard, "Slap him ten times, with some force, don't just slap him like he hasn't eaten."
Some people in the coffee shop were frightened by what they saw and left in a hurry, while others stayed to watch the excitement.
The bodyguard acted swiftly, and Xu Xi's cheeks were slapped until they were red and bleeding. Bloodstains also oozed from the corners of his lips, indicating that he had been beaten badly.
My cheeks swelled up very quickly.
Xu Xi looked at Jiang Kai and said, "I will call the police."
Jiang Kai narrowed his eyes and sneered, "I'll pay your medical expenses. All you want is money, right? Break both of his hands so he won't hurt himself."
The bodyguard did as instructed, and Xu Xi's screams echoed throughout the large coffee shop.
Jiang Kai was still angry, but Xiao You pleaded with him, "Forget it, let's ignore this kind of person and go."
Seeing that Jiang Kai refused to leave.
Xiao You threw herself into Jiang Kai's arms. "The video will be posted online tomorrow. They won't have a good ending. There's no need to get angry over people like that. If you really hurt them, you'll face legal trouble. Let's go, Brother Jiang, let's go."
Xiao You gently coaxed Jiang Kai.
Jiang Kai snorted coldly, then ordered his men to leave Xu Xi behind, and he and Xiao You left.
The truth behind Xiaoyou's withdrawal from the match was revealed the next day.
Li Kai suddenly became a pariah, hated by everyone. Xu Xi was also taken away by the police for investigation due to his serious situation and involvement in kidnapping. The school ultimately decided to expel Xu Xi, a student with bad character.
Jiang Kai was still somewhat dissatisfied, saying, "The championship should have been yours."
After Li Kai was eliminated, the championship was passed on to the next person. Since Xiao You did not participate, the championship could not possibly be his, even though everyone thought he was the champion.
Xiao You hugged Jiang Kai, who touched the pigeon-egg-sized diamond on his hand, looking a little embarrassed. "If I wear this out, won't I get robbed?"
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