Overnight Hit: Vicious Stepmother and Genius Son -
Chapter 575 - 572 Dad is here!
Chapter 575: Chapter 572 Dad is here!
Before his words even fell, Xiao Yi’s fist had already smashed into Lu Wen’s face, "You have the nerve to show up."
Lu Wen stumbled backward several steps, his cheek ablaze with pain, quickly swelling and reddening.
Xiao Yi had no intention of letting him off easily, his fist continued hurtling towards Lu Wen.
Song Jinze had no desire to intervene in this scene; he took Ye Zhenzhen by the hand and walked into the manor.
"Are we just leaving like this?" Ye Zhenzhen looked back.
Song Jinze wrapped his arm around her shoulder, smiling as he asked, "Hmm?"
"Aren’t you afraid something will happen?"
Ye Zhenzhen thought that the Lu siblings were up to no good.
"Lu Wen wouldn’t dare fight back, this is just the beginning. The Lu family has been too cunning lately and needs a lesson; otherwise, any Tom, Dick, or Harry will think they can strut up to you and start squawking."
Ye Zhenzhen sensed something from his casual tone. He might be referring to Lu Sangning’s visit to the set yesterday to confront her and Xiao Chen.
She said no more.
They were all adults. If Lu Sangning dared to act, then she had to be ready to face the consequences.
Suddenly, a thought flashed through her mind, and she blurted out, "What if it really had been your drink that night, what would have happened?"
Song Jinze paused in his steps, turning to look at her seriously, "Trust me, there’s no ’what if’."
Ye Zhenzhen met his gaze, steady and serious, a faint smile curling on her lips.
Somehow, he always gave her a solid sense of security.
It was as if he always knew about the things happening around her, even when she said nothing.
Meanwhile, no matter how Xiao Yi hit him, Lu Wen did not fight back. Lu Sangning hurried forward and raised her hand to block her brother.
"Xiao Yi, stop hitting my brother. This has nothing to do with him, I prepared that drink."
"You prepared it?"
Xiao Yi sneered, a derisive curve at his lips, his eyes as if wrapped with sharp blades, his tone cold as he said, "Who do you think you are? Don’t think I won’t hit a woman, get lost!"
Confronted with Xiao Yi’s dark and contemptuous gaze, Lu Sangning involuntarily shrank her arms.
Lu Wen brushed away the blood at the corner of his mouth and pushed Li Sangning aside, "Ningning, go apologize to Mrs. Song."
Lu Sangning’s gaze followed the distant figure of Ye Zhenzhen; she bit her lower lip and stepped aside.
She couldn’t bring herself to chase after Ye Zhenzhen and apologize. The day before, Ye Zhenzhen had slapped her, and now she was being asked to apologize, for what reason.
Xiao Yi’s eyes were filled with disgust and severity, "Apologize? Spare me the nausea."
Ever since he drank that spiked glass of alcohol, he and Lu Wen were no longer friends, irrespective of whether it was Lu Wen or Lu Sangning who did it.
Growing up together since childhood, and now they could stoop to such despicable methods. They were unworthy of standing before him and Song Jinze.
Lu Wen watched Xiao Yi’s departing back, sighing.
Then he took Lu Sangning, preparing to follow, wrongs committed required an apology, regardless.
However, as soon as Xiao Yi stepped through the front gate, the siblings were stopped by the security guards at the door, who were unmoved by their pleas, neither conceding nor allowing them entry.
Lu Wen used his phone to call Song Jinze, only to find he had been blocked, and so it was the same with calling Xiao Yi.
"Brother, what’s happening?"
"What’s happening?" Lu Wen looked at her as if she were an idiot, "Lu Sangning, you’ve managed to offend two masters at once. Don’t bother coming home with me tonight. I’m afraid dad would put a bullet in you. Just fend for yourself here."
"This is no longer something that can be resolved with an apology!"
Lu Sangning’s face turned pale in an instant, and it was clear she had always been unaware of the severity of the matter...
*
Ye Zhenzhen found Xiao Chen and Bai Lingshan under the persimmon tree behind the manor’s mountainside.
One big and one small, they stood under the tree looking up at the persimmons hanging from the branches, sighing deeply.
"This tree is too tall, and our tools are too short. What should we do?"
Bai Lingshan, casting her eyes downward, looked at Song Yuchen, "Why don’t we go pick strawberries instead?"
Song Yuchen shook his head, "Sister Shanshan, you like my Uncle Xiao Yi, don’t you? You know, he really likes to eat persimmons. Just wait, I’ll climb up and help you pick some."
Sister Shanshan had promised to help keep an eye on Shen Yibo, so he would also help Sister Shanshan chase Uncle Xiao Yi.
"Ah?" Bai Lingshan looked at the cute little guy and hurriedly waved her hands, "Better not. What if you fall? How would I explain it to your parents? Let me climb up and pick them."
"How can you climb a tree wearing a skirt? I should do it. When Grandpa took me fishing previously, I often climbed trees for fun."
While they were talking, Song Yuchen had already started climbing up the tree, hugging the trunk.
From a distance, Ye Zhenzhen quickened her pace when she saw this scene, "Song Yuchen! Come down, this tree is too tall!"
Song Yuchen turned his head, and upon seeing Ye Zhenzhen, he pouted towards Bai Lingshan and said regretfully, "Ah... it looks like I can’t help you for now..."
The arrival of his mother meant that his father would come looking for him too, and if his father saw him climbing a tree again, he might get a beating.
Bai Lingshan suddenly felt a bit guilty. Just as she was about to explain, she saw Ye Zhenzhen point to a nearby tree, "Climb that one next to it, that tree is easier to climb."
Bai Lingshan: ...
Song Yuchen looked surprised; he thought his mother had come back to stop him from climbing trees.
"Mom, you’re not angry that I’m climbing a tree?"
"Why should I be angry? I can join you."
In Ye Zhenzhen’s view, this was a very good exercise, and with her there, she could ensure the child’s safety.
"Really?" It took a moment for Song Yuchen’s little brain to catch up, "Mom, do you mean you’re going to climb that tree with me and pick persimmons?"
"Of course."
The tree had thick branches and plenty of limbs, making it easy to climb.
Ye Zhenzhen was wearing a short down jacket and pants today, which made it easy to climb such a tree. After she climbed up, she reached out to Xiao Chen, "Come on, let me pull you up."
The little guy smiled happily and stretched out his hand, trying hard to climb up.
Ye Zhenzhen held him on a branch to sit down, "You sit here, and I’ll hand down the persimmons I pick from this section to you, then you can give them to Sister Shanshan, okay?"
"Okay!"
Bai Lingshan, watching the happy mother and son, couldn’t help but take out her phone to take photos of them.
"Mom, didn’t Dad and Uncle Xiao Yi come over?"
Ye Zhenzhen passed a persimmon down to Xiao Chen and replied, "No, they are discussing business."
When Song Yuchen heard this answer, the little worry he had just had dissipated, and as he turned to toss the persimmon to Bai Lingshan, he saw two tall figures approaching from a distance.
"Mom, Dad is coming!"
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