Calling off the engagement

Cheng Yang's cheek was bruised purple from the beating, even split and bleeding, yet he still made no attempt to dodge.

A few people who couldn't bear to watch stepped forward to intervene, only for Cheng An to lash out indiscriminately, shouting that a father had every right to beat his son. Who dared interfere again?

Cheng An's eyes were bloodshot, his whole body trembling. He had clearly lost all reason.

Drunks and lunatics were the two kinds of people best left alone. Cheng An had clearly gone off the deep end, and no one wanted to provoke a madman like him again.

Why get dragged into that mess?

At those words, Cheng Yang suddenly lifted his head and stared straight at Cheng An, then curled his lips. "Haven't you eaten?"

The young man's disheveled black hair covered his eyes, but his icy gaze showed through the gaps. When he curled his lips in a smile, his gums were bloody. It was chilling.

Cheng An's hand paused, cowed by that look.

"Heh..." Cheng Yang's laugh at that moment only added fuel to the fire. Cheng An struck even harder.

"I'll beat you to death today!"

It was as though the person standing before Cheng An wasn't his son, but his sworn enemy. He swung his fist viciously, bringing it down hard.

The scene of the man abusing the woman in the earlier video played out before their eyes.

One punch!

Two punches!

Three punches!

Cheng An had lost all reason, his eyes fixed in a blank stare. Even after Cheng Yang collapsed on the floor, barely conscious, he didn't stop.

If the violence in the surveillance footage had enraged them from behind a screen, what was happening before them felt like a demon had crawled out of hell and seized everyone by the throat.

Violence took tangible form before their eyes, and everyone was furious at the sight.

A husband shouldn't be an assailant, and a father certainly shouldn't be like this.

Cheng An was a hypocrite who craved other people's approval and respect, yet was rotten and vile inside.

He looked at Cheng Yang lying on the floor without a flicker of emotion, his gaze almost terrifyingly cold. He grabbed a nearby chair and prepared to smash it down on the unconscious Cheng Yang!

If no one stops him now, something terrible will happen!

Ning Shile pulled free of Zheng Ye's hand and ran over.

Everyone closed their eyes.

Fortunately, the scene they imagined never came.

Cheng An raised the chair above his head, only to find he couldn't move. Irritated, he turned around and met a pair of calm, dark eyes.

At some point, Zheng Ye had appeared behind Cheng An. He was tall, even half a head taller than Cheng An, and looked utterly harmless with his eyes lowered. Now, however, one hand clamped around Cheng An's wrist, powerful and unyielding.

A slight increase in pressure was enough to make Cheng An cry out in pain.

"Let—let go!" Cheng An tried to struggle, but he had no idea where Zheng Ye got his strength. He couldn't budge an inch. "Let go! I'm disciplining my own fucking son! Who are you to interfere?!"

Zheng Ye said nothing. He merely raised an eyebrow and tightened his grip.

Cheng An's screams grew more wretched, like a pig being slaughtered. He howled nonstop. "Fucking let go! You're Zheng Ye, right? Don't think I'm afraid of your Zheng Family!"

"I've got nothing left to lose anyway. If you don't let go, don't blame me for—ah!"

Before he could finish, Zheng Ye lost interest in listening. He turned his wrist downward, twisting Cheng An's arm into a bizarre position.

Cheng An could no longer hold the chair he had raised and simply let it fall.

Zheng Ye caught it effortlessly and set it down steadily.

Watching Zheng Ye's movements, Ning Shile couldn't help marveling.

As expected of the vicious villain! That presence! That strength! That gaze! Yes, yes, yes! Asia's number one villain!

Zheng Ye: "..."

I can hear you!

"Fucking let go! Did you hear me? Fuck!" Cheng An raged helplessly. "He screwed over his own father! I have every right to discipline him!"

"What do you mean, every right?" Ning Shile couldn't listen anymore. He walked over to Zheng Ye and pointed accusingly. "Hitting people is wrong, especially your wife and child. Have you no shame?"

"And who the hell are you?" Cheng An looked Ning Shile up and down, undisguised contempt and disgust in his eyes. Since when did he have any right to speak here?

"Who I am is none of your fucking business," Ning Shile continued, still pointing. "You're a grown man who cheats on his wife and abuses her, and now you're beating your own child in public. Are you even human?"

Exactly!

Are you even human?!

Everyone below the stage nodded!

Comments flew across the livestream.

"Exactly! Who's this guy? He's saying everything we're thinking!"

"Cheng An is utterly shameless!! Arrest that bastard!"

"Thank goodness these two guys showed up and saved my breasts from all that rage! Thank you, Breast Avengers!!"

"So who are these two Breast Avengers?"

"Zheng Ye and his wife."

"Zheng Ye? The Zheng Family's guy who was in a vegetative state? Holy shit, how is he so hot? Now that's a face worthy of a domineering CEO!"

"What!? These two Breast Avengers are a couple!!"

"He's my child! I gave him his life!" Cheng An said. "So what if I hit him? Even if I beat him to death, it's none of your business!"

"How are you even more unreasonable than my high school math teacher?" Ning Shile was speechless. "Can you stop bringing up his time as an embryo? If embryos could think, Cheng Yang wouldn't have wanted a father like you."

"You!" Cheng An glared furiously, but after spluttering "you" for ages, he still couldn't get anything else out.

Zheng Ye couldn't be bothered listening to his nonsense. He twisted his arm behind his back and pinned him to the floor, then held him down with one foot while waiting for the police.

Before long, the police and an ambulance arrived together. Cheng An was taken away for questioning, while the female secretary and Cheng Yang were carried into the ambulance.

The launch ceremony ended with a bombshell scandal.

Follow-up reports and the second half of the video on the USB drive were posted online, causing an uproar and heated discussion.

Zheng Ye and Ning Shile, the "Breast Avengers" couple, also briefly dominated the trending charts for several days.

Cheng An had been arrested on suspicion of abuse and intentional assault. Further investigation would have to wait until Cheng Yang was discharged from the hospital and could cooperate.

The Zheng Family's share prices soared because of the incident. Delighted, Zheng Father and Zheng Mother showered Ning Shile with another cash bonus.

With money in his hand and a bank card in his pocket, Ning Shile browsed cars at the dealership. His life of lounging around and waiting to die seemed to have found a new purpose.

He didn't know why, either. Maybe good deeds really did get rewarded~

After Ning Shile had lived with the Zheng Family for over two months, Zheng Mother finally made a move.

"Lele, have Little Ye take you home tomorrow so we can discuss your marriage," Zheng Mother told Ning Shile while enjoying a private spa treatment in the living room.

Ning Shile set down his fruit dessert and hurriedly replied, "Of course, Auntie."

They must be calling off the engagement.

What a shame. Auntie is so nice. After spending all this time together, I've really grown fond of her.

Calling off the engagement?

Ning Shile's unabashed praise in his thoughts warmed Zheng Mother's heart, but also left her puzzled. She hadn't said anything about calling off the engagement.

It was just that Zheng Ye had been bedridden at the time, so the two families' engagement banquet had been far too simple. Now that Zheng Ye was awake, both families needed to arrange a proper wedding.

Shile was such a good boy. He deserved the best.

She had told Zheng Ye about it, and he had no objections. He had even said he would visit the Ning Family when he had time.

He had more or less finished dealing with the company's affairs over the past two days, so he should be able to come home tonight.

Zheng Mother was just about to reassure Ning Shile when she heard him sigh beside her. Still, Zheng Ye should meet Su Jinyu tonight, right?

It makes sense that he'd call off our engagement.

Su Jinyu?

Who was Su Jinyu?

Zheng Mother was bewildered.

Zheng Ye falls in love with Su Jinyu at first sight, loses his heart at their second meeting, and by the third, he's completely lost his mind and refuses to marry anyone else!

As the bottom protagonist, Su Jinyu naturally has all his stats maxed out: high emotional intelligence, good looks, and a great figure.

And the key is! He and Zheng Ye have history from childhood. Su Jinyu was being bullied, and Zheng Ye fought off ten people single-handedly to rescue him! Back then, Su Jinyu even gave Zheng Ye a little hand-folded paper star and said he'd marry him someday!

Apparently, Zheng Ye still has that star? Help! The main villain's pure-love storyline is so shippable!!

Really?

Zheng Mother searched her memories carefully. Hadn't she seen a star in Zheng Ye's bedside drawer?

But so what? The childhood friend beats the newcomer? As far as Zheng Mother was concerned, Shile was the only daughter-in-law she would acknowledge!

Ning Shile sat cross-legged on the sofa, picked up his fruit dessert again, and stuffed his cheeks.

Unfortunately, Zheng Ye was the only one who took those childhood words seriously.

Zheng Ye is hopelessly in love with Su Jinyu, while Su Jinyu is hopelessly in love with the top protagonist, Chu Ran.

As a rising star, the Chu Corporation dares to challenge the long-established Zheng Corporation, going head-to-head with it in the Apocalypse Project!

To help Chu Ran, Su Jinyu flatters and deceives Zheng Ye into giving him a job at the Zheng Corporation as his secretary. Relying on Zheng Ye's love, he does whatever he pleases, even stealing the fruits of Zheng Ye's work and giving them to Chu Ran.

Just like that, the Zheng Corporation loses.

That incident also undermines the Zheng Corporation's standing, and the Imperial Capital's business world officially undergoes a reshuffle.

"What?!" Zheng Mother couldn't help shouting. She slapped the table and sprang to her feet, startling Ning Shile so badly that his bowl of fruit dessert nearly slipped from his hands and wobbled several times in his lap.

The young woman giving Zheng Mother her spa treatment was startled too and hurriedly apologized. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry! I didn't mean to. Did I hurt you?"

The young woman was on the verge of tears, apologizing over and over. "It's all my fault, it's all my fault. I'm sorry, Mrs. Zheng, I'm sorry..."

"It's all right, dear. It's not your fault. I just remembered something," Zheng Mother reassured the young woman, then took out her phone and called Zheng Ye.

The moment the call connected, Zheng Mother ordered, "Come home from the office right this instant!"

Zheng Ye was in a meeting and couldn't talk freely, so he lowered his voice and answered briefly, "I can't right now."

"If you don't come home now, don't ever come home again!" Zheng Mother snapped, then abruptly hung up!

Su Jin-fish, Su Jin-cat, whatever!

I won't allow it!

Zheng Mother was so angry that even the sheet mask on her face had shifted crooked.

Love-addled fools were such a turnoff!