"Gu Chen, what are you trying to do? Don't do anything reckless!"
Su Yi's voice trembled as he angrily rebuked.
Looking down at Su Qingqing, his own brother, Gu Chen recalled his various misdeeds and felt an urge to kick his head off.
"Gu Chen!" At this moment, Su Zhenbei hurriedly spoke up, "Although my son's words were a bit harsh, that's the truth. Su Qingqing is engaged, and we can't explain your ambiguous relationship to her!"
"A marriage contract?" Gu Chen turned to look at him and said, "How come I didn't know there was a marriage contract?"
Not only Gu Chen, but even Su Qingqing looked astonished, saying, "I... when did I get engaged?"
"Just this short period of time," Su Zhenbei sighed, "Qingqing, although things aren't going well with the Li Family, we still have a few old friends from other families who have come to propose marriage. After all, you're twenty years old now, and you've reached the right age. It's a family-arranged marriage, and there's nothing we can do about it. Besides, we can't refuse the demands they've made."
"I didn't agree!" Su Qingqing's face flushed with anger. The Li Family was gone, and now this fictitious family was coming. Although Su Zhenbei was her father, this was still going too far!
But Su Zhenbei face, "The marriage of children is decided by their parents, especially for people of our status. It's not a game. Do you have to agree or not?"
"Who is the other party?" Gu Chen's voice was icy, as if carrying an overwhelming sense of death.
Under the pressure of Gu Chen's aura, Su Zhenbei's eyebrows twitched involuntarily, but he still managed to force a smile and said, "It's the Qian Family from the Shangjing. Although the Qian Family isn't in Zhou City, they've had business dealings since our grandfather's generation. Since they're interested in my daughter, and it was the older generation of the Qian Family who suggested it, I really can't refuse..."
Hearing Su Zhenbei's explanation, Su Qingqing felt utterly hopeless. After the Li Family incident, Su Qingqing thought her father had given up and would no longer use her as a bargaining chip, but she never expected that things would still be the same!
A pang of pain shot through her heart. Ignoring her father, she looked at Gu Chen and said, "I knew absolutely nothing about this."
"Of course I know you're unaware." Gu Chen gave her a reassuring look, then stepped in front of Su Zhenbei and said coldly, "President Su, do you think I'm stupid, or do you think you're so clever? You're colluding with that Wu Family family to put on a show, trying to make me compromise, right?"
"How... how could this be?" Su Zhenbei forced a smile and said, "Young Master Gu, with your current power, how could I, Su, dare to scheme against you? By the way, Qingqing's mother also knows about this, Chen Lan, don't you think?"
Chen Lan hesitated for a long time before finally nodding under Su Zhenbei's fierce gaze.
Su Zhenbei then continued, "Young Master Gu, actually I haven't completely agreed to this matter yet. If..."
Hehe!
if?
This Su Zhenbei, he really has some nerve!
He used his relationship with Su Qingqing as leverage!
"Screw you!"
Enraged, Gu Chen jumped off the table before Su Zhenbei could finish speaking, and with a loud "smash," he kicked the entire table to pieces!
Wood chips and debris flew through the air. Su Zhenbei and Su Yi both showed expressions of horror, and even Chen Lan was extremely surprised. Only Su Qingqing remained expressionless; perhaps in her heart, despair had overshadowed any emotional fluctuation.
She never expected that her father had invited Gu Chen to dinner with this intention!
Enraged, Gu Chen's face was gloomy and his aura was chilling. This appearance even gave Su Zhenbei the illusion that Gu Chen might actually kill them!
"Su Zhenbei, very well!" Gu Chen stared at him coldly and said, "Originally, out of consideration for Qingqing, I might have been more lenient with you two beasts, father and son. But now, you dare to threaten me! Do you know that what I, Gu Chen, hate most is threats and betrayal!"
"Young Master Gu, you've misunderstood!" Su Zhenbei's expression changed drastically. This didn't seem to be developing according to the script he had in mind at all. Gu Chen wasn't buying it at all and was even more arrogant!
"There's no misunderstanding!" Gu Chen took a deep breath and said, enunciating each word clearly, "You should be grateful that you're Qingqing's father; otherwise, you'd be lying on the ground right now!"
"I..." Su Zhenbei's chest trembled, and he wanted to speak again.
But Gu Chen had no intention of listening to his nonsense anymore, and said coldly, "If you dare to do anything to betray Qingqing or her mother, your Su Family will suffer the same fate as this table!"
Looking at the broken pieces of wood from the dining table, Su Zhenbei and Su Yi exchanged a glance, both seeing fear in each other's eyes.
However, they could no longer explain, because after saying those words, Gu Chen turned around, walked out of the room, and left.
"Qingqing, go after them!" Thinking of the future of their Su Family, Su Zhenbei snapped out of his panic and became extremely anxious.
Su Qingqing glanced at Su Zhenbei and said coldly, "I will go after them, but not for you!"
That gaze was unusually cold, as if he were looking at a complete stranger, which instantly caused a suffocating feeling to spread through Su Zhenbei's chest, causing him excruciating pain.
Gu Chen walked out of the hotel, finally managing to calm himself down.
The phone rang; it was Su Qingqing calling. Gu Chen immediately said, "I know this has nothing to do with you."
Su Qingqing on the other end of the phone breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "Are you... are you alright?"
"I should be the one asking you that," Gu Chen said gently. "I was too impulsive just now and didn't consider your feelings properly. I'm sorry."
"It's alright. I know that if I hadn't been there, you definitely wouldn't have let them off so easily, given your personality. Thank you," Su Qingqing said.
"This father and son have absolutely no affection for you." Gu Chen took a deep breath, a sharp glint in his eyes, and said, "I've already warned them. During this time, focus on your studies and prepare for your graduation exams. If they dare to do anything outrageous again, you must tell me."
"I understand." Su Qingqing's voice held a hint of melancholy as she asked, "Gu Chen, are you really leaving?"
"Yes, I'll be very busy during this time, and I might not even be in Zhou City," Gu Chen said. "You need to take good care of yourself, and don't let your studies fall behind. With your father and brother like this, the best way for you to retaliate is to let your strength speak for itself."
"I know!" Su Qingqing nodded solemnly, then after a long pause, asked, "Will you... will you come back for the exam?"
"I don't know, maybe." Gu Chen pondered for a moment. In fact, graduation exams weren't important to him. After taking revenge on the Zhou Family, the main reason he stayed in Zhou City was, besides waiting for his father's cultivation to improve and for the Shennong Grass, that he also wanted to see his master.
As the time drew closer, the master who had taken him away and rekindled his hope also stirred within him a mixture of trepidation and anticipation.
If that weren't the case, he would probably have to set off for the Shangjing to find the Gu Family.
But sensing Su Qingqing's hopeful anticipation, Gu Chen couldn't bear to hurt her and didn't say anything too harsh.