"You're going out again? Where to? To find that vixen?"
Madam Zhan was so infuriated by her unfilial son that she clutched her chest in distress.
"Zhan Beijue, you, you, you! If you dare to step out of this house today, I'll disown you! If you dare to break off the engagement with Beibei, I'll die for you to see!"
"You've completely disgraced the Zhan family! What a misfortune! You're so smart, how could you have fallen for that vixen!"
"She's not suitable for the Zhan family, nor is she suitable for you! Being with her will only bring more harm than good, how many times do I have to say it!"
Madam Zhan had high blood pressure. The doctor had warned her not to get angry, or she could suffer a stroke at any moment.
Zhan Beijue wasn't afraid of being disowned, but he couldn't bear to upset her to death, so he could only sit there obediently.
"Fine. Then I won't go out tonight. If scolding me will make you feel better, scold me all you want. But I will not go through with the engagement."
"You!"
"Wuu... Aunt Zhou..."
Madam Zhan rolled her eyes, stepping back two paces in anger, feigning difficulty in breathing, while Gong Beibei cried uncontrollably.
It was the first time the household had been so chaotic since her father's death.
Naturally, no one had the appetite for dinner.
When the two children returned from school, only Zhan Beijue was in the living room.
Having not seen their handsome daddy for two days, Jing Tian hopped over and sat on his lap.
"Daddy, you're back! I missed you so much, did you miss me?"
"What's going on? Didn't I tell you two to follow Jiang Nanfang? Why are you back?"
"Where did these clothes and backpacks come from? Did something happen to Jiang Nanfang, and she sent you back?"
Zhan Beijue was confused when he suddenly saw the children in school uniforms with their backpacks.
Upon hearing his words, the two children immediately understood what was happening.
Jiang Nanfang had returned to Nancheng from prison, and she was now with another set of twins.
Disaster! Their act was about to be exposed. They wondered if it was okay to tell Daddy the truth now. They had to hurry upstairs and send a message to Mommy.
Jing Yu was the first to react: "Um, I haven't finished my homework yet. I'm going up to do it. Daddy, please sit here first."
"I'm going up too. I haven't finished my homework either. Goodbye, Daddy."
Jing Tian, afraid to explain, could only follow her brother.
Watching the backs of the two children as they fled, Zhan Beijue felt increasingly suspicious.
That damned Jiang Nanfang! When she didn't have her children, she tried every way to snatch them and deceive them.
Now that she had them, she... He just felt something was wrong.
He followed them upstairs, and in the room, the two children were holding their tablets.
Zhan Beijue deliberately tried to trick them.
"Do you want to see Mommy? I'll take you to see her. We'll have dinner together outside tonight, and you can order whatever you want."
The two children were overjoyed. They hadn't seen their mommy for a long time, and now they could finally see her.
However, they pretended to be calm on the surface.
"But I haven't finished my homework yet."
"Isn't this little bit of homework a piece of cake for you? What, you don't want to go?"
"We want to! We want to!" They immediately jumped up. "Do we need to change clothes before we go out?"
"No need. It's just Mommy, she's seen you in all sorts of states. Let's go as we are, right now."
"Yay, that's great! Let's go have dinner with Mommy!"
Upstairs, Madam Zhan and Gong Beibei were heartbroken over the broken engagement.
And now he was going to take the children to find Jiang Nanfang?
What was all this?
Zhang Ma, who was secretly listening to Zhan Beijue's movements outside, hurried to report to Madam Zhan.
"He actually dares to leave? It seems he really doesn't take my words seriously anymore."
"Beibei, Auntie can't control him anymore. It's up to you now."
The two children skipped ahead, with Zhan Beijue following behind.
As the father and his children were going downstairs, Zhang Ma stumbled down from upstairs.
"Young Master, Young Master! It's bad, Young Master!"
Zhan Beijue stopped and frowned at her: "What is it? Why are you in such a panic?"
"It's bad, something's happened, you should go upstairs quickly! Miss Gong, she... she..."
It seemed something serious had happened, judging by Zhang Ma's bewildered state.
"You two, don't go yet. Wait for me here."
Zhan Beijue turned and ran upstairs.
As soon as he reached the corner of the third-floor staircase, he heard his mother's anxious voice coming from Gong Beibei's room.
"Beibei, wake up, Beibei! Don't scare Auntie, why are you so foolish? You're so young, how could you do something so reckless?"
"Don't scare Auntie, wake up, Beibei!"
Zhan Beijue rushed in.
On the floor, Gong Beibei lay unconscious in her mother's arms.
Her wrist lay on the ground, and beneath it was a patch of bright red.
Had she cut her wrist because he wanted to break off the engagement?
Seeing him enter, Madam Zhan opened her mouth and cursed.
"What are you standing there for? Hurry up and drive her to the hospital!"
"You scoundrel, you know Beibei is an only child! If anything happens to her today, how can we explain it to the Gong family? Hurry!"
They sped to the hospital. As Gong Beibei was being taken into the emergency room, Uncle Gong heard the news and came looking for them.
"What's going on? My colleagues said Beibei is hospitalized?"
Actually, Gong Beibei had told her father in advance.
Madam Zhan looked embarrassed. Zhan Beijue, however, was calm and greeted him.
"Uncle Gong, long time no see."
Uncle Gong was very serious.
"What's going on, Jue? Beibei has been living at your house since she returned from abroad. Haven't you two been in frequent contact lately, even planning to get engaged?"
"How could she have an accident at this time? Has she encountered any difficulties?"
Since the truth couldn't be hidden anyway, it was better to tell it sooner or later.
Zhan Beijue stated directly: "Indeed, we've encountered some difficulties. I'm sorry, Uncle Gong, I cannot get engaged to Beibei."
Uncle Gong was indeed furious, just like his mother.
He stared at him for ten seconds, then gritted his teeth and cursed.
"As expected, you're Zhan Qingyan's son, with the same temperament! A playboy!"
"If you don't like Beibei, why didn't you say so earlier? The news is already out, announced to the world, and now you're saying this. Our pure, innocent girl, where will she put her face?"
"And me!" He slapped his own face, "I'm an old man, and my colleagues are all waiting to attend the wedding banquet. Where will you make me put my face?"
"Don't think that just because the Gong family is down, we don't dare to confront you! Zhan Beijue, you've gone too far!"
Zhan Beijue knew he was in the wrong and accepted whatever criticism, lowering his head in silence.
Seeing him being cursed so fiercely, Madam Zhan, feeling sorry for her son, came out to mediate.
"Brother Gong, please don't be angry yet. The matter hasn't reached the point of no return. Don't rush to scold him."
"Perhaps there's some misunderstanding between the two of them, and he said that out of impulse. I'll go back and persuade him..."
"No need, Mother. Beibei and I don't have any misunderstandings, and I'm not saying this out of impulse."
Who knew Zhan Beijue would be so ungrateful.
"You don't need to persuade me. If you want to scold me, then scold me. I absolutely will not go through with this engagement."