"..."
silence.
silence.
Lingchan asked Zhao Xuchang: "Is it because you can't think of how to defend Qi Yingzhou that you don't speak?"
Zhao Xuchang half-paid: "You are right, but Brother Qi saved my life... He is a good man, I will help you persuade him."
"No need," Lingchan leaned forward, leaning her elbows on the fence, holding her face, her white fingers blooming like flowers, "This is my business, it has nothing to do with you."
"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have dragged you into this."
Zhao Xuchang knew that she was talking about running away from home.
He was a little surprised. In his eyes, Lingchan was a spoiled child, and apologizing was simply impossible for her.
Zhao Xuchang turned to look at Lingchan.
She didn't look at Zhao Xuchang, but looked up at the moon.
The lone moon in the sky was reflected in her eyes, and a faint moonlight was flowing.
Zhao Xuchang didn't know why, but felt a little bitter in his mouth.
This innocent and childish princess in the ivory tower has grown up...she is no longer the same as before. He is happy for her growth, but also sad for himself.
Lingchan doesn't need him anymore, she won't look at him again.
Zhao Xuchang took a deep breath and said seriously and cautiously: "It doesn't matter, I forgive you."
Whether he wanted to take advantage of him, sow discord between him and Qi Yingzhou, or just play tricks on him without respect... Zhao Xuchang was not angry.
…
the next day.
In the living room, the rest of the crowd has dispersed. The head of the Huo family is sitting at the head of the long table, with his hands folded and a majestic look on his face.
The first person on his right was Mrs. Huo. She said, "It's time to give an explanation as to what exactly happened."
Next, there was the Jiang family couple, who kept winking at Lingchan.
Lingchan lowered her eyes and pretended not to see it.
The elders have seats, but the younger ones can only stand.
Qi Yingzhou crossed his arms and looked expressionless. He felt that he was the master of suffering, and his eyes swept over Huo Jiuke and Li Huai coldly.
Huo Jiuke still had the gentle smile on his face that he had been cultivated by the Huo family for a long time, and his calm demeanor, which was elegant and calm.
Li Huai's face was expressionless, his head lowered, and his eyes were not looking directly at the owner on the table.
They didn't speak, but their positions intentionally or unintentionally protected Lingchan behind them.
Huo Jiuke had been prepared for a long time. What he said to Li Huai on the beach was all nonsense. Of course, he thought of the possibility of Li Huai being disobedient and wanted to give Li Huai a hard trick.
Li Huai was not nervous either. He was just a servant. Although everyone was an equal society, his future was already gone when Qi Yingzhou kicked him out of the Huo family, and even brought trouble to his family... He It doesn't matter if this broken jar is dropped.
They were about to speak and answer the Huo family leader's questioning, but a voice beat them to it.
"I took the lead."
Lingchan separated the two of them and stepped to the front, "I don't want to get engaged to Qi Yingzhou, but no one is willing to listen to me, so I can only mess up the engagement party in a weird way."
"Chanchan!"
Mrs. Jiang was so angry that she overturned the water glass and could hardly speak. Mr. Jiang quickly stopped talking and said sadly: "It's true that you and Jiuke grew up together, but you can't help him take the blame? "
Huo Jiuke took Lingchan's hand and said, "Chanchan, calm down. It's not your fault, and you shouldn't admit it in the first place."
Li Huai raised his head and said, "I can bear the consequences for what I do."
Lingchan took her hand out, looked at Qi Yingzhou, and repeated, "I don't want to get engaged."
This was the first time that Mr. Huo knew that Ling Chan was unwilling. He was half-shocked, but said, "You have to know that once you say this, you can't take it back. Our Huo family will not want an immature daughter-in-law like you."
"Father!" Qi Yingzhou was anxious and said with an ugly face: "I want Lingchan!"
This was the first time Mr. Huo heard Qi Yingzhou call him father. His biological son was so stubborn that he didn't even change his surname, and he had never called him.
His heart softened only for a moment, and Mr. Huo said in an instant: "You will have more choices in the future."
"Mother..." Qi Yingzhou lowered his voice and looked at Mrs. Huo as if asking for help for the first time.
Mrs. Huo felt terribly distressed, but she still shook her head, "Chanchan, you can't throw our family's face to the ground just because of impulse. The engagement... should end here."
Mr. Huo turned to look at the Jiang family and his wife, with a bad look on his face, "Take your daughter back!"
"Did you make something wrong?" Lingchan narrowed her eyes and said coldly: "It's not just me who is wrong in this matter, but also you!"
"You don't want a flesh-and-blood me, so you lock me in a room and don't allow me to go out..."
Mr. Huo sighed, "Lao Jiang, you should teach your daughter well. How can a girl be kept in solitary confinement when she is so old?"
"I have told Mrs. Huo many times that I am not willing to marry Qi Yingzhou or get engaged, but she will only tell me that Yingzhou loves me very much and that Yingzhou will be good to me... But,"
"I'm not good!"
Lingchan took a deep breath and said, "With my strength, I think it's best for this ridiculous engagement that ignores personal wishes to stop here."
"Chanchan..."
Lingchan ignored her parents calling her and insisted on continuing, "When the wedding ceremony comes, or when I really bear the label of the Huo family, everyone will be even more embarrassed."
"This is the only way I can do it that's good for everyone."
"It's not good for me." Qi Yingzhou's eyes were red and he was about to grab Ling Chan's hand, but Huo Jiuke frowned and stopped him.
"That's it."
Lingchan lowered her eyes and said quietly: "Mom, Dad, let's go home."
What has happened is irreversible.
The Jiang family couple stood up and left.
After sitting in the car, Mrs. Jiang couldn't help it and sighed: "Chanchan... Do you know how much trouble your willfulness will cause to the family?"
"That's all I can do." Lingchan said.
"Since you rejected the engagement, can you accept that there is no cook, no cleaning driver, no gardener, no garden, no villa, only three bedrooms and one living room at home?" Mr. Jiang asked.
"Without the Huo family, you might not even have three bedrooms and one living room," Mrs. Jiang said with a bitter smile: "Without the support of the Huo family, if the company cannot survive, you may not even have a bed in the future, and you will have to sleep in a closet. Using a public restroom and a public bathroom...is that acceptable to you? Can you handle it?"
"No." Lingchan said, "Don't worry. Although there is no Huo family anymore, you still have me? I will run the family company well."
The Jiang family couple was amused by these words.
Mr. Jiang said: "Although you have received the best education since childhood, have you studied it seriously?"
"Chanchan, don't talk nonsense. It's not too late for you to go back to the Huo family and apologize."
I'm updating like crazy! I must finish this little story this month!
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