Liu Qianqian's chin trembled slightly, and her eyes reddened. She was deeply hurt, yet her tone was devoid of any emotion.

"Friends?!"

Yang Xiu laughed loudly. "His name is Chen Zheng, right? You say you're friends, but I don't believe a word of it!"

Liu Qianqian took a deep breath. "Whether you believe it or not, we are just friends. Besides, my affairs have nothing to do with you. What right do you have to interfere?!"

Her lack of hysterics or emotional fluctuations was a sign of true disdain.

In fact, Yang Xiu was also quite pitiful. He was abandoned by his parents as a child. If Liu Qianqian's parents hadn't taken him in, he might have starved to death in his village. Liu Qianqian's parents provided for him and supported him through school. Despite the great pressure on the family, they never treated him unfairly.

Yang Xiu was sensible, too. He not only excelled in his studies but also helped with chores from time to time. Liu Qianqian's parents were very fond of him.

Later, both Liu Qianqian and Yang Xiu were accepted into Yun City University. They also helped ease the family's financial burden by working part-time.

But after stepping into the wider world, Liu Qianqian felt that Yang Xiu had changed completely. He had become extremely insecure and overly sensitive. He even started to treat her like his personal property!

Ever since they were young, Liu Qianqian had only seen him as a brother and had never considered anything more. Now, she no longer wanted to call him her brother. In front of others, she only ever referred to him as her friend, all in an effort to draw a clear line between them.

But Yang Xiu didn't see it that way. The moment he saw Liu Qianqian interacting with another man, he would storm over and cause a scene, even getting into fights. As a result, Liu Qianqian didn't have a single male friend.

Initially, Liu Qianqian had hoped he would change. But today, she had completely lost all hope in him. She now found him utterly detestable.

"HA! So you admit it! Telling me not to interfere with your affairs—isn't that an admission?!" Yang Xiu continued to shout hysterically.

Liu Qianqian glared at him but said nothing, remaining seated.

Yang Xiu laughed savagely. "Fine! I get it now!"

"Liu Qianqian, I'll have you know I've already passed the interview with Xingsheng Group. Before long, I'll be the assistant to a project manager!

"I'm telling you, I will climb the ladder step by step. It won't be long before I'm a rich man!

"Aren't you a gold-digger, Liu Qianqian? I'm about to be rich. Are you regretting it now?!"

Without giving Liu Qianqian a chance to speak, he pressed on, "I was originally going to work hard to repay the Liu Family. But after how you've treated me, forget repayment. You'll be lucky if I don't take revenge on you!

"Let me tell you something, Liu Qianqian! Rich men only like you for your youth and beauty. Once they get tired of you, they'll dump you, and you'll be left with nothing!"

Before Yang Xiu could finish, Liu Qianqian snapped. She shot to her feet and yelled, "You want to take revenge on our family?!

"When you were abandoned by your parents, it was my parents who took you in! They raised you for over a decade! They scrimped and saved every day to send you to school and put food on the table, and now you want to take revenge on them? Has your conscience been eaten by a dog?!"

The outburst seemed to drain all her strength. She sank back into her chair, covered her face, and began to sob.

She truly felt her parents had wasted their kindness on such an ingrate!

"HA!" Yang Xiu roared with laughter. "I never asked them to pay for my education!

"Let me make this perfectly clear, Liu Qianqian. As of this moment, I have absolutely nothing to do with your family!"

Having said that, he laughed maniacally, as if he had finally vented all the pent-up emotion in his heart.

"What an ingrate," Chen Zheng finally couldn't help but say. "It would've been better to raise a piece of char siu than to raise you!"

As soon as the words left his mouth, the system's voice echoed in his mind.

DING! Congratulations to the host for triggering a choice mission!

[Option One: An ingrate that everyone on the street wants to beat! Punish this conscienceless wretch and make him get out of Yun City! Reward: The school beauty's admiration, Liu Qianqian's favorability increased by thirty!]

[Option Two: What's it to me? I'm not the one who raised this char siu! Ignore the matter and leave immediately! Reward: A mystery in your pants, producing a large amount of strange ooze!]

Chen Zheng: "..."

He couldn't even be bothered to comment.

Without hesitation, he chose option one.

At that moment, Yang Xiu whirled to face Chen Zheng, his eyes glaring like a wolf's. "Say that again, I dare you!"

Chen Zheng sneered, and his entire demeanor shifted. He suddenly exuded the immense pressure of a general seasoned by decades on ancient battlefields.

Yang Xiu was instantly cowed, unable to even meet Chen Zheng's gaze.

"I'll say it again. You're an ingrate. Their family raised you for over a decade, and you repay them with hatred? In all my life, I've never heard of such a thing.

"And the main reason is that their daughter doesn't want to be with you!

"What a joke. They took you in, which makes you Liu Qianqian's brother. Wanting to be with your own sister... you're just sick!

"A true scumbag!"

Chen Zheng's voice was calm, yet each word was a sharp sword piercing straight through Yang Xiu's heart.

By now, everyone in the food stall was watching the drama unfold. They all agreed that Yang Xiu was a worthless piece of trash.

Yang Xiu gritted his teeth and stubbornly retorted, "You don't know anything, so shut your damn mouth!"

"I've been working part-time for years and have already paid back all the money to their family. I don't owe them a single thing!"

Chen Zheng snickered. "You don't owe them?

"Do you really think you only owed them money? Don't be ridiculous. They saved your life!"

Yes! A child abandoned by his parents and left in a village, even with food and shelter, would never have had the chance to go to college. It was no exaggeration to say that Liu Qianqian's family had changed his destiny.

These words left Yang Xiu speechless. He stood there, choked, unable to utter a single word in response for a long time.

Chen Zheng looked at him and continued, "Any company that hires a scumbag like you is destined for a bad end. No matter how much they train you, you'll always be an ingrate!"

Although Yang Xiu was too choked up to speak, he continued to glare venomously at Chen Zheng. After a long moment, he finally managed to spit out, "When I'm rich, I'll make sure you can't survive in Yun City!

"I'll make you pay for what you said today!

"Then, I'll have you kneeling before me, begging for my forgiveness!"

Hearing this, Chen Zheng sneered. He simply took out his phone and dialed Wei Zixuan's number.

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