Zhou Jinbei finished speaking, and Jiang Sicheng burst into laughter as if he had heard a great joke.
After laughing, he raised his eyebrows.
“What? Want to threaten me with your cousin Zhan Beijue again? I’m so scared!”
“Even borrowing a tiger’s prestige has its limits, Zhou Jinbei. Do you think I’m stupid? Don’t think I don’t know he left Nan Cheng a long time ago!”
“Perhaps he’s already dead in some unknown corner abroad. Zhan Beijue? Zhan Wuhun would be more like it.”
“Are you planning to have his soul deal with me?”
With that, his eyes sharpened, and he raised his hand to slap Zhou Jinbei.
Zhan Beijue appeared at the door, standing tall with his two daughters in his arms.
“Beibei.”
Zhou Jinbei turned her head and, seeing her support had arrived, hurried over.
“Second Brother!”
Rumor had it he hadn’t been in the country for a long time, as if something had happened.
How did he suddenly reappear?
She had said so many bad things about him just now; she didn’t know how much he had heard.
Seeing the suddenly appearing Zhan Beijue with a solemn and stern expression, Jiang Sicheng’s face instantly turned ashen.
“Mr. Zhan…”
“You go first. Daddy will find you later.”
Zhan Beijue put down his two daughters and gestured for Jiang Nan Fang to take the children upstairs.
Although Jiang Nan Fang didn’t know Jiang Sicheng, she had heard him say a few arrogant words at the door and had already figured out his identity.
She knew that the Jiang and Zhou families had caused a huge scene at the hospital because of Zhou Jinbei’s miscarriage.
So, without a second thought, she knew what Zhan Beijue was about to do.
“Let’s go. Lead the way.”
She nudged Zhou Jinbei.
As everyone dispersed, Jiang Sicheng looked at the silent Zhan Beijue, trembling more and more in his heart.
“Mr. Zhan, what I said just now wasn’t directed at you. I didn’t mean anything by it, it was just a joke with Jinbei…”
“Where is your restroom?”
Zhan Beijue ignored him, took two steps forward, and looked at the cashier behind the counter.
The cashier quickly pointed him in the direction of the restroom.
Then Zhan Beijue turned around, and without a word, grabbed Jiang Sicheng by the collar and dragged him into the restroom like a chick.
He threw the man onto the floor and placed a foot on his chest.
“I heard I haven’t appeared in Nan Cheng for a long time and have died in some corner abroad. Who told you that?”
Jiang Sicheng was almost scared to death by his demeanor.
“Mr. Zhan, please don’t be angry. Listen to me, I really meant no harm. It was just a joke just now…”
Zhan Beijue looked down at him and increased the pressure of his foot slightly.
“Are you deliberately avoiding the question or are you looking for death? I asked you who told you those things.”
“No, I didn’t hear it from anyone. I was just joking, Mr. Zhan…”
“What? Do you think I’m too gentle?”
Zhan Beijue bent his back, resting his left elbow on his knee, and pressed his body weight down, stomping on his chest again.
“Jiang Sicheng, I’m asking you one last time, who told you?”
Jiang Sicheng, in great pain, cupped Zhan Beijue’s foot with his hand, feeling extremely wronged.
“I really didn’t hear it from anyone! Mr. Zhan, please believe me!”
“Fine, since you’re so unwilling to say, there’s no use keeping this tongue. I’ll pull it out for you.”
He suddenly reached down, grabbed his jaw, and pried his mouth open.
Although they were both men, the difference in strength was extraordinary. Jiang Sicheng knew he was no match for him and screamed in fear.
“No! Be merciful, Mr. Zhan! Listen to me!”
“I really don’t know who told me. I forgot. I heard it incidentally while drinking at a bar.”
“Which bar? When?”
“I really don’t remember. I go to bars almost every night. It was a long time ago.”
Such a cowardly fellow who only knew how to bully women, and he wanted to beat Zhou Jinbei until she fell to the ground unable to get up?
Zhan Beijue let go of him, wiped his fingers on the clothes on his chest, and kicked his arm.
“Don’t let me see you again. Get lost.”
Everyone went to the private room to sit down, and soon, Lu Qingxu arrived.
After greeting each other, seeing that the usually lively and cheerful Zhou Jinbei was dejected, he joked with her.
“Why the long face? Who upset our Miss Zhou?”
“It’s rare for you to treat me to a meal. My mouth is softened by your treat, so tell me, I’ll help you deal with him.”
She was happy to see her second brother today, but she was disgusted by her ex-husband.
Ever since the big scene at the hospital last time, her parents were extremely disappointed in Zhou Jinbei, and she hadn’t gone home to beg for their forgiveness yet.
Thinking about this string of events made her annoyed.
And then looking at Lu Qingxu, he didn’t have to be forced by his official father to be a civil servant, nor did he have to inherit the family business.
He didn’t have to speak eloquently every day to solve customers’ problems like his brother, nor did he have to be an employee.
Every day was filled with wine and song, and his income was substantial even when he lay down.
It was truly a case of comparing oneself to others leading to despair.
“Forget it. Help me vent? I’ve known you for so long, and besides that mouth, I’ve never seen you be reliable. What time do you work tonight?”
“You’re already rushing me to work before we’ve even eaten. What’s the hurry? Do you have such a big opinion of me?”
Lu Qingxu laughed.
“Seeing you so unhappy, how about I don’t go tonight and stay to keep you company?”
“Keep me company?” Zhou Jinbei sneered.
“Rest your kidneys. Although you don’t earn little money, drinking and staying up late every day, even eight kidneys wouldn’t be enough. I don’t dare use you.”
Jiang Nan Fang is here! Four clueless little babies are here!
How could she say such things?
Lu Qingxu pretended to be serious.
“What are you talking about? I do legitimate work. Don’t talk nonsense in front of the children.”
“You think I don’t know anything? You do legitimate work? Fine! Legitimate!”
Lu Qingxu laughed again.
“You girl, your mouth is so sharp, it’s a waste not to work in public relations with me.”
Zhou Jinbei raised her eyebrows: “Really? Since you think I’m good, then spend a lot of money to poach me.”
“You know how short of money I am. I guarantee a sure catch.”
Lu Qingxu was just saying it; he didn’t dare to have such a troublemaker around him every day.
Seeing that she was serious, he quickly tried to mend the situation.
“It’s not that I don’t want to. Even a rabbit doesn’t eat the grass near its burrow. Miss Jiang needs you right now, how could I have the nerve to ask?”
“Alright, alright, stop crying poor. At worst, I won’t let you pay today. I’ll treat you, okay?”
“You should have said so earlier. Then I’ll order a few more dishes and two more bottles of wine.”
“Hey, you girl, you really don’t stand on ceremony with me.”
“What’s there to be formal about? We’ve known each other for so many years, who doesn’t know who? In your brother’s words, we’re all family! How can I treat you as an outsider?”
Lu Qingxu burst into laughter.
“Since we’re family, why don’t you stop paying rent to the landlord? I happen to need a girlfriend right now, why don’t you come and live with me?”
Zhou Jinbei gave a self-deprecating laugh.
“You’re really not picky. You still dare to want me even though I’m divorced?”
“What’s the big deal? There are plenty of divorced people. If you go by your feudal thinking, do those people not live anymore? I don’t mind you.”