"Please," Xu Ao said with a grim face, motioning for Chen Jinzhao to get in the car.
Chen Jinzhao's expression remained unchanged as he calmly entered the vehicle. This only made Xu Ao's face grow darker, making them appear more like Chen Jinzhao's chauffeurs.
He's so arrogant!
He hoped Chen Jinzhao would still be this arrogant when he faced Lord Hong.
Two black sedans drove away, one after the other.
Yu Mengzhi stood at the entrance of the building, her beautiful eyes filled with worry.
No!
She had to do something.
She couldn't just watch Chen Jinzhao walk to his death.
After sending all the injured to the hospital, Yu Mengzhi called her grandfather, wanting to ask him what was going on.
Yu Lingxiao calmly asked, "Why are you calling me?"
"Grandpa, did you make a private agreement with Hong Fulong?" Yu Mengzhi suppressed her anger, not expecting the grandfather she admired to do such a thing.
And targeting Chen Jinzhao, no less.
Yu Lingxiao replied unhurriedly, "Mengzhi, you're tired and confused. Hong Fulong and I are not the same kind of people, so how could I possibly make any agreement with him?"
As for whether there was or wasn't, only Yu Lingxiao knew.
Yu Mengzhi was desperate and said, "Grandpa, can you help Chen Jinzhao? He was taken away by Hong Fulong's men, and I'm afraid Hong Fulong will kill him."
On the other end of the line.
There was a deathly silence.
Clearly.
Yu Lingxiao didn't want to hear Chen Jinzhao's name, especially from Yu Mengzhi's mouth.
"I can't control Hong Fulong," his tone grew cold.
Yu Mengzhi wanted to say more, but Yu Lingxiao said sternly, "I do have a way. If you do as I say, I can guarantee Chen Jinzhao will be perfectly fine."
"Even—"
"He can enjoy wealth and status for the rest of his life."
"What way?" Yu Mengzhi instinctively asked.
Yu Lingxiao smiled faintly, "Marry Qin Fengwu and become the young madam of the Qin family."
Yu Mengzhi was shocked by her grandfather's proposed solution. She was extremely disappointed upon hearing his words, and the accumulated negative emotions in her chest erupted at that moment.
"Grandpa!"
"Can you stop mentioning Qin Fengwu? I told you, I won't marry him. My boyfriend is Chen Jinzhao."
"I, I love Chen Jinzhao!"
Yu Lingxiao was even more surprised that this girl would argue with him for an outsider. He angrily said, "Mengzhi, I think you're infatuated. Chen Jinzhao is just a security guard; how can he be worthy of you? Qin Fengwu comes from a noble family, holds immense power, and is expected to become the emperor in the future. What's so wrong with marrying him?"
"Don't think of us as nagging; this is for your own good."
Yu Mengzhi couldn't stand her grandfather's nagging any longer. For the first time, she interrupted him, "Enough! I'm an adult. Don't I know whether this decision is for me or for the Yu family? Did you ever ask what I liked, or did you ever respect my thoughts? You've always made decisions for me since I was little, calling it 'for your own good'!"
"I understand your intentions!"
"You just want me to live a respectable life without any rebellion, don't you? That way, I'll be qualified to catch the eye of that person from the Qin family."
"Are you bullying me because you think I don't understand?"
Yu Lingxiao was stunned.
This girl dared to defy his will!
After a brief moment of bewilderment, a fierce rage ignited in Yu Lingxiao's chest.
In the Yu family.
He was the sky, he was the earth!
He was the master!
No one could defy his will, not even Yu Mengzhi, whom he doted on the most.
Moreover.
Yu Lingxiao's anger stemmed more from Yu Mengzhi exposing his flaws.
Revealing the ugly side of his humanity to the light!
How could he tolerate that?
Yu Lingxiao coldly reprimanded, "So many people wish they had this opportunity, yet you don't appreciate what you have. Since childhood, you've gotten whatever you wanted. If you weren't born into the Yu family, could you have had such a respectable life? Since you've said this much, I'll be clear with you today: you can fool around with Chen Jinzhao; I can't stop you."
"But you will ultimately marry Qin Fengwu!"
"This is not something you or I can control. You know better than I do what kind of existence the Qin family is."
"If you don't want to cause Chen Jinzhao's death, then break off all contact with him!"
Yu Mengzhi couldn't bear to listen any longer and unceremoniously hung up on Yu Lingxiao.
She stood by the roadside, took a deep breath, glanced back at the building, then at the designer clothes she was wearing, and a bitter smile appeared on her face.
Yu Lingxiao was right about one thing.
Everything she possessed came from the Yu family's generosity.
Leaving the Yu family.
She might truly be nothing.
But—
Yu Mengzhi truly hated having her life dictated.
She thought of Qin Fengwu and the Qin family, which had flourished for five dynasties behind him, and felt like a caged bird, unable to escape the bonds of fate no matter how hard she flapped her wings.
How tragic.
How could Chen Jinzhao compete with Qin Fengwu?
Yu Mengzhi felt a deep pessimism about her future. Perhaps, as Yu Lingxiao said, no matter what happened, she would eventually marry Qin Fengwu.
Then...
Why not enjoy herself in the present?
As for Yu Lingxiao's words about causing Chen Jinzhao's death, Yu Mengzhi didn't take them to heart. She murmured, "Chen Jinzhao is not someone who fears trouble. If he were truly killed by Qin Fengwu, then I would accompany him in death."
The reason she had feelings for Chen Jinzhao was that she felt, in a certain sense, they were the same kind of people.
"Chen Jinzhao should be fine," she reassured herself.
The immediate task was to go to the market, buy groceries, then go to Chen Jinzhao's place and wait for him to come home to cook.
Meanwhile.
The two black sedans slowly drove into the manor's gate.
The gate opened, and after the cars entered, it quickly closed. Chen Jinzhao knew these events were unfolding but remained calm.
Before long.
Dozens of henchmen rushed up and surrounded the car Chen Jinzhao was in. Then Xu Ao shouted at Chen Jinzhao, "We're here, get out of the car! I tolerated not getting angry at you earlier, but now that you're at Lord Hong's manor, I have nothing to hide."
Xu Ao was seething with anger and wanted to vent it on Chen Jinzhao.
Before he could say another word, Chen Jinzhao kicked the car door open and stepped out, looking around.
Huh?
The scale of this manor is not much different from the Yu family's.
Quite grand!
Chen Jinzhao shifted his gaze, then looked at Xu Ao.
The latter's neck jerked back, and the anger that filled him was instantly doused as if by a bucket of water. He deflated and dared not shout anymore.
It wasn't for any other reason but that he was intimidated by Chen Jinzhao.
A kick that could send a car door flying—if that kick landed on him, wouldn't he die on the spot?
Chen Jinzhao took a step forward, and Xu Ao retreated ten steps.
"Lead the way."