"What, you're not convinced?"

Lin Yixin looked at Li Ziqing provocatively, raising her chin like a proud white swan.

"Brother Ming said he will marry me. It won't be long before I marry into the Zhao family openly and become a Zhao family daughter-in-law. And you? You're just a rat running across the street, hunted by the five great families!"

Hearing this, Chen Xiao realized that the man in front of him was a member of the Zhao family.

He wondered what his relationship with Zhao Hongyuan was, and Chen Xiao couldn't help but find it amusing.

Zhao Hongyuan of the Zhao family, Li Cun and Li Xun of the Li family, and Song Anbang of the Song family had all died in his hands.

But these three families didn't even seem to want to seek revenge on him.

What five great families of the imperial city? Just a bunch of worthless fellows, with only a reputation to their name.

"Lin Yixin, don't be too smug. Do you believe that if I just crook my finger, your Brother Ming will fall head over heels for me again?"

Li Ziqing said with a teasing look on her face.

Lin Yixin was taken aback, because she knew that this possibility wasn't out of the question.

After all, from the moment Brother Ming entered, his eyes had been locked on Li Ziqing, never leaving her for a second, clearly still having feelings for her.

"You bitch..."

Lin Yixin's teeth itched with anger. Usually, this was the kind of thing people said to insult her.

But in front of Li Ziqing, she immediately felt that her level was much lower.

"Hmph, Li Ziqing, don't be too confident!"

The young man surnamed Zhao snorted. "I, Zhao Hongming, have long seen through your venomous nature and will never be fooled a second time!"

So the young man surnamed Zhao was called Zhao Hongming.

And after hearing Zhao Hongming's words, Lin Yixin breathed a sigh of relief.

Her eyes were red with emotion, and her voice was dry: "Brother Ming..."

Li Ziqing naturally didn't care; she was just deliberately trying to scare Lin Yixin.

Besides, when it came down to it, she really couldn't bring herself to seduce Zhao Hongming…

That was Su Su’s job!

"Look at how scared you are. I was just teasing you. Who cares about a madman? Only you would treat him like a treasure!"

Li Ziqing said with a snort.

Madman?

Chen Xiao was slightly startled when he heard this. Could it be that this Zhao Hongming was the madman from the one mad, one dead, and one seriously injured incident back then?

In fact, that was the case. As soon as Li Ziqing mentioned the word "madman," Zhao Hongming's expression changed drastically.

"Li Ziqing, I'm warning you, don't talk nonsense!"

Zhao Hongming pointed at Li Ziqing and shouted loudly, a hint of fear in his blustering tone.

"Hmph, Li Ziqing, Brother Ming is doing perfectly fine, so don't slander him. I won't believe your words at all... They all say that Brother Ming was so in love with you back then that he went crazy. If you ask me, I think you're mostly the one who spread the story, trying to flatter yourself!"

Lin Yixin said with a roll of her eyes. From her expression, it was clear that she really thought so.

But she didn't notice that Zhao Hongming beside her had already begun to tremble slightly, as if he was extremely afraid of something.

"Well, what you said is at least half right. I don't think Zhao Hongming really went crazy either."

Li Ziqing actually agreed with Lin Yixin's statement, which even Lin Yixin herself didn't expect.

"But you were only half right. The news about Zhao Hongming going crazy wasn't spread by me. It was Zhao Hongming's family who spread the word far and wide."

"What? How is that possible?"

Lin Yixin frowned tightly, retorting, "Li Ziqing, do you think I would believe such a thing? Why would the Zhao family do that?"

As the saying goes, don't wash your dirty linen in public. If Zhao Hongming went crazy, then the Zhao family would definitely try to cover up the fact, how could they spread the word?

What's more, Zhao Hongming wasn't crazy at all!

"That's because..."

Li Ziqing paused, looking at Zhao Hongming with a playful expression. "Can I talk about this?"

"Li Ziqing, shut your mouth! If you dare to say a word, I will definitely kill you today!"

A murderous intent flickered in Zhao Hongming's eyes.

He threatened Li Ziqing like this, obviously because Li Ziqing had some dirt on him, and he was trying his best to prevent Li Ziqing from saying it.

Even Chen Xiao was a little curious about what kind of dirt Li Ziqing had on Zhao Hongming.

"Okay, I promise you, I won't say a word."

Hearing Li Ziqing's words, Zhao Hongming breathed a sigh of relief.

But before he could completely relax, he heard Li Ziqing continue, "Because what I'm going to say is everything!"

Zhao Hongming's expression changed again, and Li Ziqing quickly revealed the truth of the matter.

"Because Zhao Hongming got together with his own mother. In order to cover up the truth, the Zhao family said that I drove him crazy."

A very short sentence, but it was like a thunderbolt, blasting everyone in the coffee shop into smithereens.

Lin Yixin blinked blankly, as if she hadn't fully digested the meaning of the sentence.

In fact, her reaction was nothing to Zhao Hongming...

What Zhao Hongming cared about was that the group of people he had brought had heard these words.

Once these people knew, it would be like the whole world knew.

Unless he killed them all, it would definitely become their after-dinner conversation, a topic for boasting and chatting.

Zhao Hongming obviously didn't have the ability to kill them all. He still needed the strength of these people to deal with Li Ziqing!

"Li Ziqing, I'm going to kill you today!"

Zhao Hongming walked towards Li Ziqing with a dark face, full of anger.

At this time, Chen Xiao stood up, twisting his neck and moving his wrists a few times.

"If you don't want to die, then don't..."

Zhao Hongming was still threatening Chen Xiao, but Chen Xiao slapped him in the face, sending him flying.

Bang—

Zhao Hongming, who was sent flying, crashed into a coffee table, smashing the solid wood table to pieces.

"What are you still doing, go, kill them for me!"

Zhao Hongming didn't care about the pain in his body and loudly ordered the thugs he had brought.

Only then did the thugs wake up as if from a dream. They were still immersed in the explosive news that Li Ziqing had just dropped.

Gossip is gossip, work is work, and they still had to listen to the boss.

A dozen thugs immediately surrounded Chen Xiao and Li Ziqing menacingly, creating a sense of oppression.

A triumphant smile finally appeared on Lin Yixin's face.

Although Zhao Hongming's behavior was a bit... well, for someone like Lin Yixin, whose moral standards weren't very high, it wasn't a big deal.

As long as she successfully married into the Zhao family, then she could completely pretend that it didn't happen.

Moreover, if Zhao Hongming went back on his word and didn't marry her, then she could even use this matter to blackmail Zhao Hongming.

Lin Yixin's abacus was clicking loudly in her mind, but when she looked up, her eyes went straight...