"No!"
Liu Renzhi didn't give Zhou Chenyu the slightest glimmer of hope.
He pushed Zhou Chenyu away decisively:
"Say one more word, and you won't need to go to the company anymore.
"Now, immediately, fix your appearance and get out.
"Zhou Chenyu, don't try to cause any misunderstandings with my mother."
Zhou Chenyu left crying. As she passed through the living room, her tears fell even harder.
Su Jing saw her and waved Zhou Chenyu over:
"Chenyu, come here, come to Auntie.
"What happened? Did Renzhi bully you?"
Zhou Chenyu cried even more heartbrokenly:
"No, Auntie, it's not that he bullied me, it's my own problem.
"Auntie, do you think I'm really that bad?
"Why won't he ever accept me?"
Su Jing sighed.
After all these years, how could she not see Zhou Chenyu's feelings?
Since high school, she had been following Liu Renzhi around all day.
Whenever a girl appeared around Liu Renzhi, she would act as if facing a formidable enemy, highly tense.
Su Jing had asked Liu Renzhi about it; she figured that since they knew Zhou Chenyu so well, they might as well just be together.
But Liu Renzhi had explicitly told her:
"She is just a sister, and she will always just be a sister."
At that time, Zhou Chenyu had cried just like this.
Su Jing could do nothing but sigh.
Years had passed in the blink of an eye.
Liu Renzhi still held the same attitude, and Zhou Chenyu still liked him.
It was really a headache.
Su Jing didn't know how to comfort Zhou Chenyu either.
She could only say, "Matters of the heart cannot be forced.
"Chenyu, you and Renzhi have known each other for so many years, you know his intentions by now.
"Let it go, don't delay your own life any longer.
"You are almost thirty, you should start thinking about yourself."
Zhou Chenyu wiped her tears with a tissue:
"Auntie, are you saying I'm too old?
"But I'm only thirty. That Lin Wanyi is not only thirty, but she's also divorced and has a child.
"Isn't she older and even less worthy of him?
"Auntie, I just can't accept this."
"What are you talking about?"
Su Jing didn't understand. "What does this have to do with Wanyi?"
Zhou Chenyu thought to herself that Su Jing must not know about Lin Wanyi's wild ambitions yet, and she was going to expose her.
So she said:
"Auntie, that Lin Wanyi had an ulterior motive when she first approached Siyue.
"It was all just to get close to him.
"This time, when she went over there to get a divorce, he dropped all the company's business to go find her.
"Auntie, tell me, an old divorced woman dragging along a burden of a child, what right does she have?
"She is not worthy of him, not worthy at all."
Su Jing had absolutely no idea that Liu Renzhi had gone to Wangjiacun again.
Her heart began to pound.
If it made Liu Renzhi abandon his business to chase after her, she was certain Lin Wanyi must have been in danger.
She stopped paying attention to Zhou Chenyu and went to find Liu Renzhi.
Seeing Su Jing hurry in, Liu Renzhi thought something major had happened:
"Mom, what's wrong?"
Su Jing nervously grabbed his hand:
"Did you go to Wangjiacun a few days ago?
"Did something happen to Wanyi?"
Liu Renzhi quickly comforted her:
"There was a small issue. Wang Hao didn't want the divorce and deliberately made things difficult for her.
"But it's all resolved now. Don't worry, Mom."
Su Jing breathed a sigh of relief. "As long as she's fine, that's good.
"Right now, I just don't want to see anything bad happen to any of you."
As she turned to leave, she suddenly remembered something else:
"Chenyu mentioned you and Wanyi?"
"Mom."
Liu Renzhi interrupted her:
"Don't listen to her nonsense. There is nothing going on between Wanyi and me.
"Don't overthink it."
Su Jing smiled:
"It's okay. Mom just wanted to say that even if there is something between you two, I will support you.
"Renzhi, although Wanyi is divorced, it wasn't her fault.
"Mom won't reject her because of that. But you..."
She took Liu Renzhi's hand again:
"After all these years, haven't you untied the knot in your heart?
"Look at your father and me. We've been married for so many years, and even if we argue at most, it's still pretty good.
"My child, you have to look forward."
Inside the room, Liu Renzhi nodded.
Outside the door, Zhou Chenyu, who had been eavesdropping, clenched her fists.
Why?
Just why?
Why could even Su Jing accept Lin Wanyi?
She was obviously just a divorced older woman.
Why on earth did they all like her so much?
Su Jing talked with Liu Renzhi for a long time before realizing that Liu Siyue hadn't come home yet.
She called her, but no one answered.
Su Jing was worried; after all, Liu Siyue hadn't fully recovered yet.
Liu Renzhi also tried calling, but still, no one answered.
He then sent a message:
[Yueyue, where are you? Why aren't you back for dinner yet?]
A minute later, Liu Siyue replied:
[Brother, I'm eating out with a friend. You guys don't need to wait for me.]
Su Jing's heart settled down.
She thought to herself that she needed to hurry up and find a few suitable young men for Liu Siyue.
Perhaps, with a new romance, her mood would naturally improve.
However, none of them knew that at this moment, Liu Siyue was lying unconscious in Qin Chao's rented apartment.
Qin Chao patted her face:
"Liu Siyue, when I treated you like a princess, you ignored me.
"When I begged you to just look back at me, you ignored me.
"When I was almost beaten to death by your brother, you still wouldn't even spare me a glance.
"Now that you've fallen into my hands, let's see how I deal with you."
He took off Liu Siyue's shirt, his hand slowly reaching toward her waistband.
He had heard everything Zhou Chenyu said.
As he touched Liu Siyue's body, he even felt a sense of disgust.
Damn it.
This damn woman acted like a pure, innocent little flower in front of him.
Who would have thought she was actually involved with several men at the same time...
The more he thought about it, the angrier he got, and his movements became increasingly rough.
Of course, his surveillance camera recorded all of this from start to finish.
Liu Siyue thought she was dead, because she saw Chen Guanshan throwing a basin of cold water at her again.
With a cigarette dangling from his mouth, he said:
"Bitch, still resisting? Do you still dare to resist?
"Let me tell you, listen to me carefully, and I will absolutely dote on you for the rest of your life.
"Otherwise."
Ah!
A sharp, piercing pain spread throughout her entire body.
She suddenly opened her eyes.
She wasn't dead; she had woken up.
She thought what she just experienced was a nightmare, but what she saw upon waking was an even greater nightmare.
Qin Chao was sweating profusely on top of her.
His ugly face overlapped with Chen Guanshan's again and again.
Liu Siyue forcefully pushed him away:
"Get off! Get lost!
"Qin Chao, get the hell away from me!"
Qin Chao not only didn't leave, but he used a rope to tie Liu Siyue's hands together and pinned them above her head.
As he continued moving, he patted Liu Siyue's angry and flushed face:
"Liu Siyue, starting today, I am your man, your rightful man.
"From now on, you will obediently listen to me. If I tell you to go east, you go east; if I tell you to go west, you go west.
"Do you hear me?"
No.
Liu Siyue struggled desperately:
"I don't want this! Qin Chao, we broke up.
"Let me go, or I will call the police! My brother and my parents won't let you get away with this."
"Is that so?"
Qin Chao didn't stop his movements in the slightest.
He even leaned in close to Liu Siyue's ear:
"Liu Siyue, I know exactly why you disappeared during the New Year.
"I also know just how cheap and filthy you are now.
"Liu Siyue, if you don't listen to me, I will tell everyone your secret.
"Think carefully about whether you really want to take things that far."
