The Zhou Residence.
After finishing her meal, Zhou Fengya had tea with the old man in the living room.
Usually, only Zhou Zheng lived here. This place held a special significance for him.
"Grandfather, now that the Heavenly King has returned to the capital, do you think there will be new trends emerging?"
Although the old man had retired, he was still very well-informed. If she could learn anything from him, it would be very important to her.
Zhou Zheng pondered for a moment. "There shouldn't be any trends for now. Even if there are changes, they will be matters among the higher-ups, so there's nothing to say for now. Trends are products of the overall environment. This is just a normal power transition, nothing to warrant a trend."
Zhou Fengya said nothing, clearly dissatisfied with the answer, but she couldn't say much more. She just shook her head slightly.
"Grandfather, drink more black tea. It's good for your stomach."
Zhou Fengya refilled the old man's cup of black tea, feigning a spoiled sweetness to please him.
Zhou Zheng rolled his eyes impatiently and said, "If you stir me up less, I might live a few more days."
Zhou Fengya pursed her lips and remained silent.
Just then, there was a knock on the door.
Zhou Fengya went to open the door. Facing her was Ye Longlin, with his hands clasped behind his back. A young man beside him was holding an umbrella for him. As she opened the door, she saw the young man beside him retracting the umbrella.
"Ye Longlin! It's you, you good-for-nothing!"
Zhou Fengya's face gradually turned grim. Whether out of guilt or dislike, she directly rebuked, "You're not welcome in my house. Get lost as far away as you can."
"Bang!"
After speaking, she directly slammed the door shut.
"Who is it?"
The old man, being advanced in years, was a bit hard of hearing. This was one of the reasons they didn't want to live here.
Zhou Zheng was over eighty years old. Having a healthy body now was already good. Moreover, he only had this one problem of being hard of hearing.
"No one, they had the wrong address."
As soon as she finished speaking, the knocking on the door resumed.
Zhou Fengya realized that if they didn't open the door today, they might knock all night. Taking a deep breath, she opened the door.
"What exactly do you want?"
Zhou Fengya said impatiently, her voice nearing a growl.
Ye Longlin stood at the door with his hands behind his back, his gaze cold, looking at her silently.
Zhou Fengya's hair stood on end under his gaze, feeling a chill down her spine.
"Ye Longlin?"
"Xiao Ya, why are you still blocking the doorway?"
"Are you looking for me for something?"
Ye Longlin shook his head slightly. "I'm not looking for you."
Zhou Zheng was also stunned. If not for him, then who was he looking for?
Seeing the other's gaze, his own fell upon Zhou Fengya, and he frowned slightly. Could he be looking for his granddaughter?
Zhou Zheng flicked his finger and took out his phone, sending a message to notify his son to come over.
Zhou Fengya suddenly had a bad feeling. Could it be that the truth had been revealed and she had been exposed?
But that shouldn't be the case. How could such a good-for-nothing make Young Master Zheng bow down? She must be overthinking it.
Besides, this was their home. She really didn't believe he would dare to cause trouble here.
With this thought, Zhou Fengya felt more confident, a playful smile appearing on her lips. "Ye Longlin, our house doesn't welcome you. Go back where you came from!"
Ye Longlin turned his head, his icy eyes looking at her, filled with coldness.
"This has nothing to do with you, Zhou Zheng. Stand aside and watch."
After speaking, he strode directly in front of Zhou Fengya, grabbed her long hair, and smashed her directly onto the tea set!
The Wujin stone tea tray, due to the immense force, broke into two pieces right in the middle!
Blood flowed from her forehead.
"Slap, slap!"
As if still not appeased, Ye Longlin lifted her up and slapped her hard twice.
"Does it hurt?"
Ye Longlin asked with a cold smile.
Zhou Fengya had never been treated like this before. The intense pain brought tears to her eyes. Blood from her forehead flowed down her nose bridge, making her look like a vengeful spirit.
She glared at him ferociously, her face filled with resentment.
Her status?
The daughter of the Zhou family patriarch, Zhou Zheng's granddaughter, destined her to have an extraordinary status.
At the same time, she was the dream goddess of countless men.
But today, in front of her own grandfather, being slapped and hitting her head like this, such a profound humiliation, she wished she could kill Ye Longlin to appease her hatred.
"If I don't kill you today, then I'm not surnamed Zhou!"
Zhou Fengya, in her disheveled state, her face contorted, said resentfully, tears streaming down her face.
Ye Longlin looked down, raised his palm, and delivered another slap to her face. This slap left half of her face bloody and mangled.
"Stop! Ye Longlin, you dare to commit violence in my house. Do you know what crime that is? Do you want to die?"
Zhou Zheng, who had only reacted after a while, roared angrily, his gaze filled with darkness.
After all, he was one of the retired civil officials and had a certain influence. Now, in his own home, his granddaughter was beaten into this state by the other party. How could he not be angry?
Ning Qi strode in at this moment and sneered, "Zhou Zheng, don't you know what your granddaughter did?"
Zhou Zheng turned to look at Ning Qi, startled. "Executive Director Ning, why are you here too? What did this scoundrel do to make you personally come over?"
Ning Qi sneered coldly, "Ask her yourself."
"What wrong have I done? I just couldn't bear to see that girl suffer following Ye Longlin, so I introduced her to Young Master Zheng. With the Zheng family's vast resources, isn't that better than following Ye Longlin?"
"I was trying to secure her happiness. As women ourselves, what good can come of following a good-for-nothing like Ye Longlin except suffering?"
Ye Longlin put his hands in his pockets and said faintly, "And also accepting a ten-million-yuan referral fee?"
Zhou Fengya: "......"
"Zheng Qi is on his way."
He said slowly, stating a fact.
But Zhou Fengya didn't believe this statement at all.
Who was Zheng Qi?
He was the young master of the Zheng family!
Only a fool would believe such a statement.
"Also, don't use your limited intelligence to measure my capabilities."
Zhou Zheng, watching from the side, had understood the whole story. He sighed, this was no different from human trafficking.
However, his granddaughter was being humiliated by Ye Longlin like this, and Zhou Zheng couldn't just stand by. Taking a deep breath, he said, "Ye Longlin, he has already been punished. Let this matter end here."
"Xiao Ya, apologize quickly."
This was thanks to Ning Qi being present. If Ye Longlin had come alone, perhaps no one would have known what an apology was.
Ye Longlin looked indifferent. "I want him dead."