Chapter 1399
Unrequited Love 53
Chapter 1399 Unrequited Love 53
Inside the coffee shop, looking at the three brothers sitting opposite her, Xu Yanzhen stirred her coffee: "Did you need something from me?"
Li Jiajun spoke first, carefully looking Xu Yanzhen up and down: "We've not seen you for so many years. Seeing that you're doing well, we're relieved."
Xu Yanzhen gave a slight smile: "Just say what you want to say."
Li Jiahao could no longer hold back: "Did you instruct Zhou Jinxu to cause trouble for the family? You came to our Li family when you were six years old. All these years you've eaten our food, lived in our house, and worn our clothes. Is this how you repay us?"
Xu Yanzhen remained calm and simply glanced at Li Jiahao: "I haven't taken anything from the Li family since I was fourteen. After I started working, I paid back all the money the Li family spent on me, with interest."
Even though Li Jiahao is already a father of three, he still has a short temper. He jumped to his feet: "You think this is even? Let me tell you, it's not that easy..."
"What else?" Xu Yanzhen calmly looked up at him: "Lock me in the basement of your older brother's villa again?"
Li Jiahao never expected that after so many years, Xu Yanzhen would dare to talk back to him. He immediately raised his right hand: "I think you've been waiting to be taught a lesson all these years..."
Before his hand could even fall, Li Jiajun and Li Jialiang stopped him. Li Jialiang said repeatedly, "Why are you so angry? We're all family, can't we talk things out?"
"Yanzhen, Jiahao has always had this temper. He wasn't doing it on you, so don't take it to heart."
"It's your boyfriend, President Zhou. He's caused a lot of trouble for the family in the past two weeks. Two projects have already fallen through because of this, and one of them is the one your third brother has been working on. He's really worried about it."
Xu Yanzhen watched as the two brothers, one playing the good cop and the other the bad cop, remained silent from beginning to end.
Only when all three of them felt somewhat embarrassed did she speak: "I genuinely didn't know that Jinxu was causing trouble for the Li family before. Now that I know, I'm only happy about it, so how could I possibly persuade him to stop?"
The three Li brothers were taken aback by her reaction.
Li Jiajun quickly regained his composure: "Even if you resent us, your mother lives in the Li family. If the Li family falls, it will have a huge impact on her. Don't you care about her?"
"When she wronged me to please you, she never considered my feelings."
Xu Yanzhen said softly, "When she abandoned me and my father to curry favor with your father, she didn't think about me, nor did she think about whether she would become a stain on my life."
"She has enjoyed many more years of good life than others, it's time for her to suffer a bit."
Even Song Shuyue's efforts were ineffective, so the three knew they had returned empty-handed. Li Jiahao glared at Xu Yanzhen: "Don't be so smug. Someone like you, who's practically an orphan, how long can Zhou Jinxu's interest last?"
"Wait until he gets tired of you, then see if you'll still have a good life."
"Then you don't need to worry," a steady voice rang out from the coffee shop entrance, and Zhou Jinxu strode in. He carefully looked Xu Yanzhen over, making sure she was fine in every way, before he felt relieved.
"You seem to care a lot about my relationship with Yan Yan. It seems the Li family has been too idle lately."
Did Li Jiajun anticipate Zhou Jinxu's arrival so quickly? Did he plant a surveillance device on Xu Yanzhen? Also, what did he mean by those words?
"President Zhou, no matter what, Yanzhen has lived in our Li family for eight years..." One can't hit a smiling person, so Li Jiajun forced a smile and started to get closer to her.
Zhou Jinxu raised his eyelids slightly: "Your so-called life is just stuffing her room with all sorts of rats, insects, and snakes?" "Or locking her in the basement of your villa and making her suffer from claustrophobia?"
"Or perhaps you'll incite your henchmen to bully and oppress her?"
Li Jiahao was immediately deflated. He had indeed done all of these things, and Zhou Jinxu even knew about them?
Xu Yanzhen took Zhou Jinxu's arm and said, "He knows everything about me. I'll say it again: if he's targeting your family's company, I'll just be happy. Someone is standing up for me, and I'll only thank him."
Li Jiajun knows when to soften his stance: "Back then, everyone was immature and would subconsciously take their anger out on others. Now that we're older, we realize that you're actually innocent."
Xu Yanzhen was not easily fooled by these few sweet words. She said softly, "So what? You apologized and know you were wrong, so I have to forgive you? Why should I be your punching bag?"
"Should I just say 'it's okay' after you casually offer an 'sorry'?"
Li Jiahao said gruffly, "If it weren't for your mother, would my parents have gotten divorced?"
Xu Yanzhen felt a pang of pain in her heart: "Then you have to ask your father. If he is determined, no matter how capable Song Shuyue is, can he divorce your mother?"
"Instead of blaming your cheating father, you take your anger out on an innocent person. Do you think you're some kind of good person? You're nothing but a bully who picks on the weak and fears the strong, and you don't dare to really break ties with your father."
“Let’s go back. Don’t come looking for me again.” Xu Yanzhen really didn’t want to see them: “I thought we had reached a consensus that we had no relationship after I moved out of the Li family home.”
Zhou Jinxu picked up her bag: "Let's go."
As he passed the three of them, he said softly, "Don't come looking for Yanzhen again. If I find out you've come looking for her again, I'll make you pay."
As soon as she got in the car, Xu Yanzhen slumped into the back seat. She took a deep breath and said, "Seeing them is more tiring than teaching all day."
Zhou Jinxu massaged her back: "They won't dare to come again next time."
"Yan Yan, I'm so glad you told me right away when you were in trouble."
Xu Yanzhen leaned against him: "Didn't we agree before? No matter what happens, we will face it together and be honest with each other."
Zhou Jinxu chuckled softly: "Yes, we should always be this honest."
"Yan Yan, let's get married as soon as possible."
Xu Yanzhen looked up: "You said last time that you were going to prepare a proper proposal ceremony, and this is your proposal?"
Zhou Jinxu stroked her back: "Of course not. The proposal ceremony is being prepared. I'm just expressing my feelings. I hope I can protect you legitimately, so that others know you're mine and no one can bully you anymore."
Xu Yanzhen felt a pang of sadness at his words. "Who bullied me? Didn't I handle it very well?"
When she saw the three Li brothers again this time, she really felt that she had handled it very well. She was neither flustered nor afraid, which proved that she had truly emerged from the shadow of these people.