Why would you touch and tidy my clothes?
And imply things about me?
Jiang Nan Fang was immediately displeased.
"What do I like to do when I'm drunk?"
Zhan Bei Jue raised an eyebrow but didn't elaborate, leaving the implication clear.
Jiang Nan Fang was truly enraged by his obnoxious behavior.
Bringing up that incident time and again, would it ever end?
She shot him a glare and turned to leave.
Zhan Bei Jue couldn't help but smirk and followed her.
The bar was bustling, packed at this hour.
He was afraid that in the crowd, someone might deliberately brush against her, taking advantage.
Zhan Bei Jue spread his arms to shield her on both sides, blocking everyone for her.
Jiang Nan Fang found him utterly tiresome.
Doubting she had framed him while shamelessly trying to be attentive.
A personality split.
Finally exiting the bar, Jiang Nan Fang directly hailed a taxi.
Zhan Bei Jue reached out and stopped her. "Get in my car."
"Stay away from me. Don't you know I'm a cunning woman? Aren't you afraid of accidentally falling into my trap again and being framed?"
"Have you ever framed me?"
"Aren't you suspecting me of causing everything your company is facing now?"
Jiang Nan Fang sneered. "So you're clinging to me today because you want to search my place for evidence?"
Zhan Bei Jue felt utterly wronged.
He had never thought that.
"Did Zhou Jin Bei tell you?"
Just as she suspected.
She became even more convinced of his intentions.
"What's the difference between Zhou Jin Bei telling you and you deliberately telling me through her? You two are cousins, so her intentions are yours."
"If you suspect me, investigate directly. Zhan Bei Jue, you have money and power, why bother playing these word games with an insignificant person like me?"
Zhan Bei Jue looked sincere.
"She is she, and I am me. Don't use her words to accuse me."
"I really don't suspect you. I simply want to take you home. Let's go."
Jiang Nan Fang wouldn't believe him.
Offering help without reason meant ulterior motives.
Dodging the hand he offered, she took a step back.
"Speak plainly. What do you want?"
"Don't play these games with me, or I'll have to turn hostile!"
Zhan Bei Jue maintained the same expression.
"I'm just worried about your safety and want to take you home. Don't force me to carry you."
"...Did you forget what you said earlier? You said you wouldn't bother me anymore. Are you a person of your word?"
Zhan Bei Jue was exasperated by her.
"We've interacted before, don't you know what kind of person I am? Why are you guarding me like a thief?"
"Are you feeling guilty for avoiding me like this, Jiang Nan Fang?"
"You have feelings for me and are afraid you can't control yourself when you're drunk..."
Under Zhan Bei Jue's persistent insistence, Jiang Nan Fang reluctantly got into his car.
However, she kept her head turned to look out the window, refusing to speak to him.
As if being in the same car was something that would ruin her mood.
Zhan Bei Jue sighed inwardly.
Zhou Jin Bei had said something quite right.
Useless. He was truly becoming more and more useless.
Arriving at the residential complex, before the driver had even fully stopped the car, Jiang Nan Fang yanked the door open and rushed out.
Let alone thanking him, she didn't even spare him a glance.
Watching her sprint away, Zhan Bei Jue decided he would settle the score with Zhou Jin Bei properly at home.
"You're back? Why so late? Where did you go?"
"Didn't you say you were busy with work? How do you have time to go out for so long? You smell of alcohol, have you been drinking?"
As the door opened, Zhou Jin Bei, like a nosy housekeeper, began interrogating Zhan Bei Jue as soon as he entered.
But before she could finish, he grabbed her pajama collar and lifted her up.
"What are you doing? Have I offended you somewhere? Why are you so rough? Where are you taking me?"
Zhan Bei Jue remained silent, dragging her all the way outside.
He put her down and pushed her back forcefully.
Zhou Jin Bei almost fell onto the ground.
Scared, she put one hand on the wall and the other on her stomach.
She looked at Zhan Bei Jue as if he were crazy.
"What's wrong? Speak up, what did I do to offend you? Are you drunk and acting out?"
"Shut your foul mouth, Zhou Jin Bei! One day, you'll die because of that tongue of yours!"
Zhan Bei Jue pointed at her furiously.
"What did you say to Jiang Nan Fang behind my back again? You're courting death."
"I've warned you many times not to mention her! You don't listen? Don't blame me for being ruthless, get out!"
Zhou Jin Bei looked baffled and hurt.
Her second brother actually spoke to her like that?
For his ex-wife, who was divorced and unrelated, he told her to get out?
"What did I say about her? So you went drinking with her? Have you two reconciled? Did she whisper sweet nothings into your ear?"
"Do you think she's like you, with a mouth that's only used for talking nonsense? You're brainless."
"Get out, get out, get out. Go wherever you want, just don't bother me here. Your voice even irritates me!"
With that, Zhan Bei Jue turned and walked inside indifferently, reaching to close the door.
Zhou Jin Bei quickly ran to the doorway and stuck a foot inside.
"Explain yourself, what exactly did I say about her? On such a late night, you're kicking out a pregnant woman! Aren't you human?"
Zhan Bei Jue scoffed. "I'm not human, go find Jiang Si Cheng!"
"..."
After all, she was living under someone else's roof.
Zhou Jin Bei couldn't contend with him and had nowhere else to go, so she had to back down.
"Alright, alright, I'm sorry, I admit I was wrong. I shouldn't have spoken nonsense in front of your ex-wife. I apologize."
"Second Brother, please, for the sake of the child, don't kick me out."
Zhan Bei Jue was truly exasperated by her mouth.
Love, hate, infatuation, and obsession all stemmed from it.
She could say anything.
One moment he hated her to the bone, and the next, she sounded so pitiful that he couldn't bear it.
"Zhou Jin Bei, not everyone is suited to be a parent. If you're truly not ready and still intend to remain a simple-minded organism."
"I suggest you shouldn't keep the child."
Zhou Jin Bei, clearly accustomed to his criticism, paid no mind to his words.
Seeing that he wasn't kicking her out anymore, she quickly pushed the door open and walked in.
She sat down on the sofa, cradling her stomach with a pillow.
"Just because I said one sentence to your ex-wife, I'm a simple-minded animal. Fine, she's more advanced, more amazing than me, I admit it."
"I know I was wrong. I'll go apologize to her tomorrow, alright?"
Whether she apologized or not, Zhan Bei Jue had said what he needed to say and had nothing more to say to her.
He walked towards the bathroom, but Zhou Jin Bei shamelessly followed him.
"You still haven't answered my question."
"Where did you go today? How do you know Jiang Si Cheng? What did you say to him?"
Zhan Bei Jue reached the bathroom door. Seeing her intention to follow him in, he turned and looked at her coldly.
"What do you want me to tell him?"
"Ask him to come back, not to leave you? At least not to leave you for the sake of the child?"