A gorgeously dressed woman stood behind the screen, looking at Zhao Jiali who was tied to the chair, with her arms folded across her chest, and asked calmly, "Why, you still can't remember?"

Zhao Jiali's cheeks were swollen. She had just come out of the box and was brought here by Manager Yao. She thought she would be received politely, but she was tied up by two tall men as soon as she entered the door!

After that, she was repeatedly asked about the incident three years ago. When she said she didn't know, the woman slapped her. Up to now, she has been slapped more than a dozen times, and one of her back teeth was knocked out.

At this moment, she looked at the woman in front of her, and her whole body trembled uncontrollably. The dozen or so slaps left her with a huge psychological trauma, and she was afraid that the woman's hand would fall on her again if she was not careful.

No one knew what this woman did, but she was very fierce and cruel. Every time she slapped her, one side of her ear would buzz.

But the incident three years ago was so big that she couldn't tell it even if she was beaten to death.

Zhao Jiali clenched her teeth and looked at the woman, "I don't understand what you are saying. Who are you? You are depriving people of their personal freedom. It's against the law!"

The beautiful woman seemed to have heard a joke. She flicked her nails with disdain, blew gently, and glanced at Zhao Jiali casually, "Are you okay? I've already arrested you. Would I be afraid of breaking the law?"

She pinched Zhao Jiali's chin, raised her hand suddenly, and slapped her twice!

Zhao Jiali screamed, "Ah!"

The beautiful woman sneered, "I advise you to confess quickly, otherwise you will lose face."

Zhao Jiali looked at her in horror, "You... who are you? Aren't you even afraid of the Zhou family?"

"The Zhou family is nothing."

The beautiful woman sneered.

Zhao Jiali was really scared now. The other party was not afraid of the Zhou family and dared to lock her up here and attack her in broad daylight. This meant... the other party's status was higher than that of the Zhou family.

But how could someone of such a high status be in charge of that matter?

She was filled with doubt and uncertainty. The fear of the unknown is always the greatest. She was so scared that she almost wet her pants.

The beautiful woman lowered her head and faced her, her lips curled up slightly, cold and arrogant, "Think about it again, what happened that night three years ago?"

Zhao Jiali shook her head numbly.

The beautiful woman sneered and lowered her voice. Her eyes were dangerous, like a cold poisonous insect crawling across a person's skin. "Do you want to die?"

Zhao Jiali trembled with fear, her eyes suddenly rolled back and she fainted.

The beautiful woman slapped her face hard, and seeing that she was really dizzy, she shrugged in boredom.

He turned around and walked out, twisting his waist.

Outside the screen, Fu Zhenchao was still standing in front of the window, his tall figure casting a shadow under the light. Mao Qi handed him the freshly brewed tea. He took it, took a sip, and put it down casually.

He turned around, looked at the beautiful woman, and asked, "Still refusing to confess?"

The beautiful woman gently played with her slightly curly long hair, and walked to his side in a charming manner. She placed her snow-white arms on his shoulders as soft as boneless bones, raised her red lips, and the low-cut suspenders barely covered her soft waist. It was a picture that made any man's blood boil.

"Long time no see, sir, why don't you ask how I am doing?"

Fu Zhenzhuo looked cold, moved her arm away, took a step back, with a warning in his eyes, "Du Xiang, you know I don't like physical contact."

"Tsk, so ruthless." Du Xiang raised her eyes and saw him patting the place she had touched. She felt sad immediately and pouted her lips in dissatisfaction, "Your young lady touched you, and you reacted so strongly?"

"Du Xiang," Fu Zhenzhuo frowned slightly, with a warning flashing in his eyes, "She is my wife, show her some respect."

"I heard you were playing some kind of platonic love, it looks like it's real?" Du Xiang snorted, turned around and walked to the tea chair to sit down, and said sourly, "A married woman, it's amazing that you can eat her, she's not a virgin, is it that serious..."

Before she finished her words, there was a bang, and the tea bowl in her hand was snatched away by the man and thrown to the ground. Fu Zhenzhuo's eyes flashed with restrained anger, "Don't think that you can point fingers at my affairs just because we have that kind of friendship. It's not your turn to criticize my wife."

Du Xiang's face changed slightly, and a hint of sadness flashed across her thickly eyelinered eyes. Her long eyelashes fell, covering up all her emotions. She smiled coquettishly, "Okay, it's just a joke. Why are you so anxious? I know you like her, okay?"

Fu Zhenzhuo let her go, his eyes still cold, "Don't touch anything related to her, this is my bottom line."

Even though Du Xiang tried her best to cover it up, there was still a hint of weakness on her face, but she quickly fixed it perfectly. She smiled and said, "I know, I know."

Then she changed the subject, "The old witch refuses to speak, what should we do next?"

Fu Zhenzhuo shook his head, "There's nothing we can do. Let's put her back."

Du Xiang was puzzled. "We've already caught her, why bother putting her back? Why not just give her to me? I don't believe I can't open her mouth."

Fu Zhenzhuo glanced at her and said, "Do you think this is happening abroad? We live in a society ruled by law, so be cautious. There is no evidence for all our speculations now. Before we get the evidence, we just need to keep an eye on them and not take any action."

Du Xiang spread his hands in boredom, "Well, you are always like this, so rigid."

"After all, I'm not like you, coming from a place filled with heinous crimes." Fu Zhenzhuo said casually, turning around and walking out, "I should go back."

Du Xiang knew she should keep her mouth shut, but she couldn't help asking, "She also set a time for you to go home every day? Is she so strict?"

Fu Zhen stopped and turned to look at her with a faint expression, "I said, this has nothing to do with you."

As he pushed the door open and left, the charming and bright smile on Du Xiang's face also collapsed.

She casually picked up the cushion beside her and held it in her arms, curling up on the large tea chair, her whole body sank into a deep depression.

She has waited for so many years, and there is still no chance?

I really can't accept this.

At this moment, his men came in and asked how to deal with the woman inside. Du Xiang waved his hand and said, "Find a place without surveillance and throw her in the middle of the road. Whether she will be hit or killed depends on her luck."

"Yes."

After his men dragged the man out, Du Xiang thought more and more that he seemed to have missed something. Suddenly his expression froze. Oh no, he was so busy beating the man that he forgot to warn him.

She quickly got up, ran out on her high heels, and asked her men to throw Zhao Jiali to the ground, "Bring a basin of ice water."

Ice water was brought soon.

"Splash her to wake her up."

The chilling cold water splashed onto Zhao Jiali's face. Zhao Jiali shivered and slowly opened her eyes. Seeing Du Xiang, she shrank back in fear, "You, what do you want to do!"

Du Xiang looked at her with some regret, "I should have killed you, but someone said that this is a society ruled by law, I can't do that, so I can only use courtesy first and then force."

She pulled out a dagger from her waist and poked Zhao Jiali's face with the tip of the knife. Zhao Jiali was so scared that she dared not move, for fear that the dagger would accidentally cut her neck.

Du Xiang's eyes suddenly turned cold, and she warned, "Xu Yansang, I'm protecting you. If you dare to touch her again, I will make sure that you will die. Do you understand?"

Zhao Jiali was stunned and looked at her suspiciously, "Who are you to her?"

Du Xiang sneered, "She is my sister."

The tip of the knife was against Zhao Jiali's aorta. "I can catch you once, and I can catch you a second time. I'll say it again, stay away from my sister in the future. Remember?"

Zhao Jiali nodded quickly, "I remember, I remember!"

Du Xiang winked at his two men and said, "Alright, send them off."

Zhao Jiali panicked and asked quickly, "Where are you sending me?"

The men didn't even give her a chance to continue speaking and quickly dragged her away.

Du Xiang returned to the tea room and sat on the tea chair again, hugging the pillow, exuding a strong emo vibe.

Zhao Jiali was tied up hands and feet and thrown onto the road in front of Zhou's villa.

This was Du Xiang's warning to them, blatant and without any concealment.

When Zhou Muchuan and Zhou Ruotang received the news and rushed back, Zhao Jiali had already been sent back. She had bruises all over her body and her face was swollen beyond recognition. She had changed into a silk home dress. The servant took some ice and wanted to apply cold compress to her, but she hissed in pain and impatiently hit the servant's hand.

"Useless thing! Be gentle!"

The servant slowed down his movements cautiously, but Zhao Jiali was so badly injured, how could it not hurt?

I had no choice but to bite the bullet and help her apply cold compress under Zhao Jiali's murderous gaze.

Money is hard to earn these days and shit is hard to eat. If you want to make money while standing, you are dreaming.

Those of them who worked as servants in the Zhou family had long been accustomed to it.

Zhou Muchuan strode in, and when he saw Zhao Jiali's appearance, his face darkened, "Mom, who did it?"

Zhao Jiali grimaced in pain, angrily ordered the servant to leave, then said coldly, "Xu Yansang did it."

"What?" Zhou Muchuan showed an incredible expression on his face. Xu Yansang? How could it be possible? She was such a gentle person, let alone hitting someone, she couldn't even get angry with others.

Her mother had always bullied her the most, how could she dare to hit her mother?

Zhao Jiali told the story of being kidnapped and threatened with a gloomy face.

Zhou Muchuan frowned more and more, "A woman? Saying Xu Yansang is her sister? She is an only child, how can there be a sister?"

"I don't know where that woman came from, but seeing how confident she is, she must be someone very important." Zhao Jiali spat and said coldly, "I didn't expect that little bitch is so good at flattering. First it was that lawyer Bai, and then it was this woman."

Zhou Muchuan was not as angry as Zhao Jiali. He looked at Zhao Jiali calmly and asked, "Mom, why did you go to see Xu Yansang?"

"I..." Thinking of what her son had said to her before, Zhao Jiali felt a little guilty, "How would I know she would be there? I was just attending the crew's celebration party!"

"The Zhou family has invested in many projects, but I haven't seen you go to any of their banquets. There are good friends of Xu Yansang in that crew. Are you going there for Chen Ranxing?"

Unlike Zhao Jiali, Zhou Muchuan really cared about Xu Yansang at the beginning. He also accompanied her to several gatherings with friends and had some understanding of her friends.

Zhao Jiali did not answer this question, but just looked at Zhou Muchuan and said unhappily, "Muchuan, are you going to break up with your mother for her?"

Zhou Muchuan's eyes flashed with a trace of retreat, and he shook his head, "I didn't."

Zhao Jiali held an ice pack on her face. She was in so much pain that she was irritated. She said, "It's meaningless to say this now. Let's stay away from that woman in the future. Ruotang, do you hear me? Don't mess with Xu Yansang in the future. We can't afford it."

Zhou Ruotang on the side was already stunned with shock.

That woman Xu Yansang? When did she become so powerful?

However, although she was shocked, she had more important things to say now, so she didn't pay much attention to Xu Yansang.

"Mom, brother, you're all here." Zhou Ruotang bit her lip and mustered up the courage to speak, "I don't want to get engaged to Gao Yuan."

Zhao Jiali sat up straight with a grin on her face. "What did you say? How dare you bring this up at this time? You're going to get engaged in two days. If you cancel the engagement at this time, will the Zhou family still be able to survive?"

Zhou Muchuan sat down next to him, holding the Pu'er tea brought by the servant, without saying a word.

Zhou Ruotang is very afraid of him now, especially when he just sits there without saying a word. It makes her feel like she has touched a very dangerous existence, and she gets creepy for a moment.

"He doesn't respect me at all. His eyes are on the top of his head. There's no point in me marrying him!" Zhou Ruotang replied unhappily.

Zhao Jiali was almost mad at her daughter. When Mu Chuan first proposed this marriage, she was unwilling. She explained it to her daughter many times, but she just wouldn't listen!

Now that the time has come and they want to cancel the engagement, will the Gao family suffer in vain? Isn't this just putting the Zhou family on the fire?

She wanted to scold her daughter for being stupid, but after all, she was her own flesh and blood, and she was reluctant to let go. So she looked at Zhou Muchuan expectantly, hoping that Zhou Muchuan could come up with a solution.

Zhou Muchuan sat there, holding a cigarette in his mouth, flicked the lighter and lit it. He took a puff, exhaled a thin puff of smoke, and said without question, "Last month, the Gao family had already started a project cooperation with the Zhou family. Once they withdraw, the Zhou family will suffer a heavy blow, so the engagement cannot be cancelled."

He stood up and walked out, saying as he walked, "Get ready. I'm going to get engaged to Gao Yuan in two days."

Zhou Ruotang's face was as pale as paper.

Zhou Muchuan walked out of the villa gate and smoked half of a cigarette. He took it out of his mouth, held it between his fingertips, and looked down.

He suddenly remembered that Xu Yansang didn't seem to like the smell of cigarettes. When their relationship was best, she had mentioned twice that she hoped he would quit smoking.

At that time, he treated her as an accessory. How could he listen to the advice of an accessory? He didn't even take it seriously. He continued to smoke and even deliberately blew smoke into her face to provoke her.

At that time, I just felt that I had to let her know who was the boss in this family.

Now I suddenly feel that the cigarettes I have been smoking for more than ten years are actually very boring.

He casually threw the half-smoked cigarette in his hand into the grass.

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