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"Oh, President, then does he have a relationship with you?"

Xiang Changge acted as if she didn't know what a "President" was, only chasing Chu Keke with her questions.

"Relationship?" Chu Keke thought blankly, "Him, me, him, we... I suppose we are in contact." Chu Keke replied in a small voice.

Xiang Changge: "In contact? Meaning you haven't confirmed the relationship?"

The distraught Chu Keke was now both afraid of Shangguan Min's retaliation and worried about Xiang Changge, so when asked these things, she forgot to be shy and blurted it all out.

"We've known each other for over half a year. You could say we're flirting, but we haven't officially confirmed a relationship."

"Then do you like him?"

As soon as Xiang Changge said this, the other two men present held their breath, waiting for Chu Keke's answer.

"I..."

She definitely liked him a little. During this time, her emotions had been swayed by his actions.

But, the difference in status between them was so vast; even if she liked him, what could come of it?

And—thinking of that text message, Chu Keke lowered her eyes: "I did before, but now, now I don't..."

"Keke!"

Shangguan Min, who had been beaten until his face looked like a pig's head, suddenly shouted Chu Keke's name. As if he knew what she was about to say, he wailed in agony: "Don't listen to her, you can't not like me!"

Xiang Changge pulled the half-eaten burger she hadn't finished from her pocket and shoved it, wrapper and all, into Shangguan Min's mouth: "Be quiet."

Shangguan Min: "Mmph mmph mmph mmph!"

Xiang Changge, who didn't even need to guess what he was saying, replied: "I don't know who you are. If you have business, go talk to my boss."

Shangguan Min: "Mmph mmph mmph?"

Xiang Changge looked at the man who was like a puddle of mud, a mocking curve appearing on her lips: "Who is my boss? If I say it, I'm afraid it might scare you to death."

Shangguan Min: "?"

In this City A, who would dare go against him, Shangguan Min?

Just wait. Once she said her boss's name, he would make sure both she and her boss learned what it meant to pay the price.

Watching the man who refused to give up until he saw the coffin, Xiang Changge crossed her arms with composure, squinted at him, and slowly gave the answer: "Yu Qing, do you know her?"

Upon hearing that name clearly, a flash of shock crossed Shangguan Min's eyes, which were swollen to mere slits.

Perhaps because he was too stunned, he didn't just stop talking; he even forgot to take the burger out of his mouth.

With the noise gone, Xiang Changge turned around, patted Chu Keke on the shoulder, and continued to enlighten the ignorant girl.

"In other words, you haven't clearly defined the relationship, yet he already treats you as his property. He saw you interacting with someone else and got angry enough to come over and beat people up, right?"

Chu Keke nodded blankly, as if that was exactly how it was.

"Then that's his problem. Some men have an inexplicable sense of possessiveness over other people's things, as if the whole world has to cater to them."

"This behavior of his is called stringing you along. He won't give you a title, but he won't let you leave either. This is the classic case of eating from the bowl while looking at the pot."

"Why would he do that? Either giving you a title would affect his ability to fish for others, or in reality, he is already married with a family."

At this point, Xiang Changge sneered and glanced at Shangguan Min, making him break out in a cold sweat.

"There is nothing more abundant in this world than people."

"Why waste time on someone who isn't sincere or honest? Trash belongs with trash. You keeping him company is just wronging yourself."

Xiang Changge stroked Chu Keke's slightly messy hair: "Don't internalize the conflict. If you want to know something, ask clearly. When the other party can't give you an answer, that is an answer in itself."

"Don't be afraid. City A doesn't belong to the Shangguan family."

Xiang Changge didn't avoid Shangguan Min at all when she said this, as if she were afraid he wouldn't hear her. She said it right in front of him to Chu Keke, which could truly be called killing the heart after killing the person.

Chu Keke listened with tears in her eyes, while Shangguan Min could only be angry but dared not speak.

He desperately wanted to shout at Xiang Changge not to sow discord or slander him, but the name "Yu Qing" she had just uttered truly had the power to restrain him.

Yu Qing?

Her boss is Yu Qing?

Then who exactly is she, and what does she know?

Author's Note: Note: It's just a novel, say no to violence.

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Young Miss: Why aren't you back yet? Does this young miss have to come find you herself? [Clown] [Clown]

Chapter 25: The Cutest Puppy in the World...

Keke called her Steward Xiang, could it be... is she the new steward of the Yu Family?

Shangguan Min thought rapidly in his heart.

The previous steward of the Yu Family was indeed getting on in years, and he had been on a business trip recently. Between the company and his rivals, he had been overwhelmed. Even when Chu Keke hadn't paid him any mind for days, he couldn't spare the focus to deal with it, only planning to find her once he returned—let alone anything related to Yu Qing.

Perhaps, during the time he had been away on business, too many things had happened that he was unaware of.

Since this person was Yu Qing's housekeeper, and she already knew about him and Chu Keke, what about Yu Qing? Would Yu Qing know as well?

Thinking of this, Shangguan Min's eyes flashed with a trace of sorrow as he watched Chu Keke, who was standing obediently before the inexplicably appeared woman, listening to her ramble on about nonsense.

He truly loved Chu Keke; she was in his heart, and he would give his life for her, but... Yu Qing, she was like his own younger sister.

She was frail and sickly, her health was poor, and her mental state was also deeply concerning. Before he had made all the necessary preparations, he simply could not bring himself to tell her that he had fallen for someone else and wanted to call off their engagement.

If she couldn't accept it and something happened to her because of him, he would never forgive himself for the rest of his life.

Chu Keke was a good girl; she would surely understand his difficult position.

Wait for me, Keke. Once I have arranged everything, I will make sure you can stand by my side openly and announce to the whole world that you are the true love of my life.

After finishing her lecture to Chu Keke, Xiang Changge glanced at the two lumps still lying on the ground.

Shangguan Min was trash, worth two slaps, and this so-called second male lead was also trash, so he deserved two slaps as well.

"You can't win a fight, yet you only know how to wallow in secret sorrow and grief. Is this some kind of performative personality disorder? If you can't help, why not call the police?"

Xiang Changge swept her gaze indiscriminately across everyone present, directing this remark at Wei Quan.

In the original story, after Wei Quan was beaten up, he could only watch helplessly as Shangguan Min forcibly kissed Chu Keke on the street and then shoved her into a car to take her away.

As for him, he just stood there in the rain, nursing his injuries and his shattered heart as he went home.

Xiang Changge's reaction after reading that part: "?"

No, you just let that violent maniac take her away like that? You got beaten up, and not only did you not call the police, but you didn't even call them for Chu Keke?

What if the other party was a pervert who took Chu Keke away to torture and dismember her?

Xiang Changge didn't understand, Xiang Changge felt a bit stifled, and Xiang Changge took another look at Wei Quan, who still couldn't get up from the ground, giving her assessment: "Useless trash."

Instantly, the expression on Wei Quan's face, which already looked like a painter's palette, became even more volatile.

"You!"

The young man was both angry and annoyed, especially since he was being insulted in front of the girl he liked. His rage flared up instantly, and he gritted his teeth, glaring at Xiang Changge as if he wanted to rush over and fight her too.

Xiang Changge put on a look of surprise: "Oh my, you didn't seem angry when you were getting beaten up, but now that I've said a few home truths, you've suddenly found your strength?"

So, he could be beaten by Shangguan Min, but he couldn't be scolded by her, right?

If she weren't worried about having to pay for damages, Xiang Changge would have loved to give him a sound thrashing as well.

"Call an ambulance, and you can report this to the police while you're at it."

Having perfectly resolved a plot point and confirmed that neither Shangguan Min nor Wei Quan had the strength left to follow the script, Xiang Changge said this to Chu Keke.

After saying that, she didn't intend to stay behind to clean up the mess and turned to walk back.

If she didn't leave now, it would be too late—it was about to rain!

Sure enough, just two steps after she turned around, a loud crack of thunder exploded overhead, followed by raindrops the size of beans.

Xiang Changge moved quickly, finally making it back to the car before she was soaked to the bone.

Sitting in the car, wiping the rainwater from her hair with a tissue, Xiang Changge looked at the dense rain and mist outside the window and sighed: "As expected, a pitch-black rainy night, a sorrowful lover, tsk, quite the atmosphere."

The system chimed in with its own lament: "A pitch-black night, torrential rain, setting the sorrowful emotional tone of the story, highlighting the protagonist's lonely thoughts and feelings, parenthesis, sadly lights a cigarette, parenthesis ends."

Xiang Changge: "...What are you being sad about?" And it was even "vaping."

The system sighed again: "Even though you beat up the male lead and he might not come after you for damages, you wasted two hours here. Tongtong's precious time to spend with baby Yu Qing has been cut short by two hours. Tongtong is very sad."