"Are you nuts?”
Ye Fan stood along the road and looked at this flashily dressed woman as if she was an idiot. He felt that she was really a laughable character.
These people seemed to regard Fan Zhong-Xian as their father and his words as the law.
But Ye Fan was above that.
So he couldn't be bothered with whatever they said.
Ye Fan turned to head home.
"You little punk! Did you think that Xian will let you off just because you avoid him? Just you wait! One of these days, you'll go over obediently to kneel in front of Xian and lick his shoes!" came Xia Yue's disdainful laughter.
"Situ Feng, I thought this Ye Fan was some big shot since he's got the backing of the Shen family. But it seems like he's just a weak fellow after all. He doesn't even have the guts to face Xian. He's really just trash who isn't even as good as one fingernail on Xian."
The laughter behind him slowly faded, but Ye Fan behaved like he hadn't heard anything.
They were just a bunch of clowns, so Ye Fan wasn't bothered by their words.
Ye Fan pushed the door to the house open to find that the living room lights were still on.
Qiu Mu-Cheng was on the sofa and seemed to be waiting for Ye Fan.
Su Qian was also around.
When Ye Fan walked through the door, Su Qian scoffed coldly, turned her face away and ignored him.
The atmosphere in the house seemed a little heavy.
"Mu-Cheng, what's wrong? Who made you angry?" asked Ye Xiao with a laugh in hope of making the atmosphere more relaxed.
Qiu Mu-Cheng didn't reply that question. She looked at Ye Fan and her tone of voice was warm, "Ye Fan, do you know why I was punished by Grandpa to marry you back then?"
Ye Fan was stunned for a while. He didn't know why Qiu Mu-Cheng was bringing this up now.
"At that time, the young master of a well-to-do family tried to molest me, so I used my high heels to kick his lower half and he ended up in hospital. At that time, I felt vindicated and felt that he deserved what he got. But in the end? My grandfather and uncles dragged me to the hospital to apologize. Grandpa wanted me to kneel before that young master to apologize but I refused. I felt that I wasn't in the wrong and he was the one in the wrong, so why should I be the one apologizing?"
"That day in the hospital, Grandpa slapped me and I ran out crying. Later I found out that Grandpa had knelt on my behalf in exchange for the other party's forgiveness.
From then on, I knew that there is no right and wrong in this world, only strong and weak. Compared to those people, the Qiu family was too small and I was nothing but dust. It only took one word from them to destroy everything the Qiu family had, so there was nothing else we could do besides bow to them."
The moon was cold as ice outside the window.
Qiu Mu-Cheng's low and warm voice resounded gently in the room like a cool breeze.
There was also a faint smile on her lips as she spoke.
This smile seemed self-deprecating and helpless at the same time.
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