At six in the evening, Xu Yunzhou returned to that marital home which once carried countless longings, but now only left disgust.
The moment the key was inserted into the keyhole, the door was violently pulled open from the inside.
A figure carrying a fragrant breeze blocked the doorway; it was exactly Su Qianran.
Her willow brows stood on end, her hands on her hips, exactly like a cat whose tail had been stepped on:
"Xu Yunzhou! You still know how to roll back here?!"
Her shrill voice pierced through the corridor,
"Your skills have grown, huh? Sneaking around to sell the house while I'm not here? You even dared to blacklist me? Who gave you the guts!"
Xu Yunzhou ignored her clamor, his gaze sweeping over her calmly as he walked straight into the house.
In the living room, exactly as Shen Jie had said, it was somewhat messy, clearly having just experienced a farce.
"I'm talking to you! Are you deaf?!"Su Qianran chased in with a "clack clack" of her high heels, unreasonably blocking his way again,
"Let me tell you, I own half of this marital home! Don't even think about secretly selling it! Right now, immediately, this instant, take me off the blacklist, and kowtow to admit your mistakes to me! Otherwise, I will never forgive you, much less get the marriage certificate with you!"
Xu Yunzhou finally stopped and slowly turned around.
Those eyes that were once full of gentleness, now their cold line of sight fell on her face, making her feel a chill at the bottom of her heart for no reason.
"Su Qianran, haven't you acted enough yet?"
Su Qianran's breathing stalled, her imposing manner instantly weakening by three parts.
But she immediately raised her pitch while fierce in appearance but faint in heart, trying to cover up her guilty conscience with shrewishness:
"What... what do you mean? Make your words clear! Don't play the devil here! My dad will be here soon, let's see how you explain yourself!"
"Explain?"
Xu Yunzhou seemed to have heard the biggest joke in the world,
"Explain to your mother who is hospitalized with a severe illness? Or explain to that Young Master Chen driving a Ferrari, whose bed you couldn't wait to climb into on the day we were supposed to get our marriage certificate?"
Su Qianran's face instantly turned pale, a trace of panic flashing through her eyes.
"You're talking nonsense! Spitting blood on people!"
She retorted shrilly, her fingers trembling,
"You're incompetent yourself so you can't stand seeing others do well, right? Was it that bitch Zhang Xiaoyu chewing her tongue with you? Speak! Have you been having an affair with her for a long time, teaming up to scheme against me?"
Before her words fell, the door crashed open with a "clang."
Su Qianran's father, Su Dazhuang, and her younger brother, Su Yaoguang, charged in aggressively.
Su Dazhuang's pair of triangular eyes swept across the room, finally landing on Xu Yunzhou. Putting on the airs of an elder, he said in a deep voice:
"What's going on? The sky is going to collapse from your arguing! What matters can't a young couple talk out properly? Do you have to make a scene until all the neighbors are disturbed?"
Su Yaoguang, however, had a face full of smiles, his tone slick:
"Brother-in-law, calm down. If my sister did something wrong, just lecturing her a few words is enough. You can't just casually say things like breaking up! The invitations have been sent out, the hotel is booked. If this falls through, where will our two families put our faces?"
Xu Yunzhou looked at them and smiled:
"Auntie Zhang didn't come, it seems she really is severely ill and bedridden?"
Su Yaoguang's face stiffened, and he immediately stiffened his neck and retorted:
"Brother-in-law, this is uninteresting of you! How can you curse our mom?"
Xu Yunzhou couldn't be bothered with nonsense. He directly took out his phone, clicked open the chat records and eye-burning photos sent by Chen Beichen, and shoved the screen directly in front of the eyes of Su Dazhuang and his son,
Su Dazhuang took a closer look, his old face instantly turning as black as the bottom of a pot.
He abruptly raised his hand—
"Slap!"
A loud slap landed on Su Qianran's face, instantly leaving five red marks.
"Shameless thing! Apologize to Xiao Zhou right now!"
Su Qianran was slapped so hard she saw stars and her ears buzzed. She absolutely never expected that pervert Chen Beichen would actually provoke Xu Yunzhou to satisfy his own thrill of humiliating him.
Fortunately, that pervert hadn't lost his mind enough to actually take bed photos, otherwise there would truly be no room for maneuvering today.
She hardened her heart, covered her face, and cried out:
"Fake! These are all fake! Xu Yunzhou, in order to dump me, you actually teamed up with Chen Beichen to forge these to sIander me! I've never even seen him!"
Xu Yunzhou was simply angered to the point of laughing by her shamelessness, and retorted coldly:
"Oh? Then where were you last night?"
"I... I felt scared thinking about getting the marriage certificate, can't I go out alone for some peace and quiet?!"
Su Qianran's voice carried a crying tone as she quibbled with clear logic:
"I... thinking about getting the marriage certificate with you soon and being tied together for a lifetime, my heart felt scared and panicked! I ran out alone wanting some peace and quiet, is that not okay?"
"Everything is because of you! If you hadn't pushed me so hard, would I have run out alone? It's all your fault! You need to apologize!"
Looking at her textbook-level shamelessness, Xu Yunzhou didn't even have the desire to argue anymore.
He couldn't be bothered to mention the matter of the twenty thousand yuan either; this woman could definitely make up another set of excuses.
"Fine, you keep acting. Anyway, we didn't get the certificate. From today on, bridges are bridges and roads are roads. Now, please get the hell out of my house."
Seeing his attitude was so resolute, Su Dazhuang's brows furrowed tightly:
"Xiao Zhou, your words are too hurtful to feelings. Xiao Ran, she... even if she did something wrong, you can't be so unfeeling! She's a girl, she followed you for five years, her youth was consumed on you, and you just break up just like that?"
Su Yaoguang immediately chimed in:
"Right! Breaking up is fine! But this house is a marital home, my sister owns half! It must be split half and half! In addition, you must compensate my sister two hundred thousand for the loss of her youth! My sister slept with you for five years, she can't accompany you for nothing!"
He was rapidly calculating in his heart: Even if housing prices had fallen now, this house could still be sold for at least 1.7 or 1.8 million.
Splitting half and adding two hundred thousand, they could roughly get back around a million, and his own marital home would be settled.
Looking at this family of blood-sucking leeches, Xu Yunzhou only felt nauseated and disgusted.
Sure enough, if you aren't the same kind of people, you don't enter the same family door.
He turned around and walked away.
"I give you three days to pack all your things and get the hell out. If you're still shamelessly staying here after three days, don't blame me for calling the police and suing you for illegal occupation of another's residence."
Seeing him leaving, Su Yaoguang subconsciously wanted to step forward and grab his arm to stop him.
Xu Yunzhou abruptly turned his head back, his eyes like knives:
"Let go. Your current behavior is forcibly trespassing a private residence plus initiating physical assault. I don't mind calling the police immediately. With solid evidence, going in and squatting for three to five years is very easy."
Su Yaoguang was deterred by the ruthlessness in his eyes. He had never seen this usually cowardly "brother-in-law" reveal such a terrifying side.
He resentfully let go of his hand, squeezing out an ugly smile on his face:
"Brother-in-law... look at you, what kind of words are these, we... we are family no matter what..."
"Family?"
Xu Yunzhou sneered,
"I'm not worthy of climbing so high."
After saying that, he walked straight away, thoroughly leaving this pile of rotten mud behind him.
He had more important things to do right now—finding his parents to ask clearly about that earth-shattering mystery regarding Lin Ruoxuan!
As soon as the door closed, Su Dazhuang's face instantly turned gloomy, looking at Su Qianran:
"That guy named Chen Beichen... is his family really rich?"
Su Qianran nodded repeatedly, her tone carrying flattery and eagerness:
"Rich! Extremely rich! His family opened several large companies, has over a dozen houses, and even several sports cars! He's definitely not something a loser like Xu Yunzhou, who emptied his family's savings and still has to carry decades of loans, can compare to!"
Hearing this, Su Yaoguang's eyes instantly lit up, excitedly rubbing his hands:
"Then that's great! Having this new brother-in-law is even better! Sister, you have to seize this!"
Su Dazhuang narrowed his eyes, calculating, and issued an instruction:
"Mhm. Find a time to bring him back for a look, we need to have a good chat with him."
As he spoke, he looked around this exquisitely decorated house again, a trace of ruthlessness flashing in his eyes,
"As for this house... we can't let that brat Xu Yunzhou off so cheaply. Isn't your new boyfriend rich and powerful? He definitely has a way to make him obediently spit this house out to us."
Su Qianran gripped her phone tightly. Thinking of Chen Beichen's attitude, she really felt uncertain in her heart.
But thinking of Xu Yunzhou, a cold light flashed in her eyes:
Xu Yunzhou, you want to dump me and find a new love? No way! If you don't come back and beg me, I absolutely won't let you have a good time either!
(TL: For those of you that don't like this kind of ex-girlfriend/second generation plot don't worry, it's not that important. The focus of the story remains on the "Goddess Nurturing" game and it's heroines development(Both "in-game" as well as "outside of the game"). This whole ex-girlfriend/second generation is but a minor plot point in the grand scheme of things.)