Chapter 28: Give Her A Profound Lesson
Liancheng retracted her stepping leg.
Liang Chaosu’s tone turned cold, “Don’t you have a lot to say? Stand there, in front of everyone, and explain it clearly, word for word, making sure everyone hears.”
The words were playful and teasing.
The gazes in the private room, already heavy with information, now focused on Liancheng without any pretense.
Scoffing, contemptuous.
Drowning her.
Shen Lichuan stepped forward, shielding her, but was immediately pulled away by Liang Wenfei.
The room fell into deeper silence, the gazes more naked, audacious.
It shifted from looking at a person to a condescending gaze from above, overwhelming, coming from all directions, bloodily inch by inch, stripping away Liancheng’s skin as a human.
It seemed quite laughable; she called Liang Chaosu a dog, and he truly turned her into one.
She struggled to maintain her dignity, and Liang Chaosu easily shattered it in public.
A stiff smile flickered at the corner of Liancheng’s mouth, her hand behind her back clenched until it was numb and twitching.
She had to endure this humiliation; only then could she leave later and have a good life in a vast world.
“Everyone, I am very sorry to take up your valuable time. Here, I sincerely apologize to Miss Liang Wenfei, I’m sorry. I also apologize to Mr. Liang Chaosu. I was wrong. I shouldn’t have had obsessive delusions, nor should I have disrespected Miss Liang Wenfei. I am a dog adopted by the Liang family—”
“Shut up.” Liang Chaosu suddenly stood up, his eyes filled with unconcealed anger, “Is this all you have to say?”
The smile on Liancheng’s lips couldn’t hold.
Still not enough?
She caught sight of Shen Lichuan also standing up and suddenly understood.
“I’m sorry, I was rambling.” Liancheng turned to Shen Lichuan, “Mr. Shen, we had an encounter by mistake before, and everyone was quite unhappy about it.”
“Today, since everyone is present, I sincerely congratulate you, and your fiancée Miss Liang Wenfei, and the child she is carrying. I wish you eternal love and a hundred years of affection. If I have had even the slightest inappropriate or ill intention towards you or your marriage, may I die a terrible death.”
“Don’t say…”
“Enough.”
Two voices spoke at the same time. Liancheng didn’t look at Shen Lichuan, her gaze fixed on Liang Chaosu.
His fists were clenched, his entire body tense, like a bowstring pulled to its extreme.
Ready to unleash piercing ice arrows into her flesh, piercing her chest.
Taking her life.
Liancheng truly couldn’t understand, to what extent did he want her to debase herself.
Crawl on the ground and kowtow to everyone? Or lick Liang Wenfei’s shoes to show she had truly become a dog?
Liang Chaosu pointed at Hu Tiande.
“You stand up. Who spread the rumor that Liancheng was malicious and intended to cause Feifei a miscarriage? Point them out.”
Everyone present froze. Shen Lichuan’s words caught in his throat.
Liancheng, however, was calmer than all of them combined.
She knew they must be confused; weren’t they supposed to beat her, this dog? Why were they suddenly defending her?
It wasn’t defense; it was a tactic to suppress before elevating.
Hu Tiande still had the smug look from earlier.
He remained stunned for a few seconds, then slowly met Liang Chaosu’s gloomy gaze. In that instant, it felt as if thousands of pounds were crushing him, making Hu Tiande gasp for air.
His body sprang up, standing straight, “It… it was…”
He gritted his teeth, “It was me.”
“Yourself?” Liang Chaosu’s voice was razor-sharp, “Is the Hu family so enlightened that they’ve developed clairvoyance and telepathy? Not only do they know what’s happening in my house, know Liancheng is trying to please me and accusing me of not believing her, but they even know the exact words.”
Sweat beaded on Hu Tiande’s forehead.
He didn’t want to appear so spineless in front of Liang Wenfei, but his peripheral vision swept over everyone. The second-generation heirs he usually hung out with avoided his gaze, afraid of being implicated.
Everyone present knew that with Liang Chaosu’s current status, they couldn’t afford to offend him, even if they banded together.
It wasn’t that the Liang family was so powerful that their combined families couldn’t resist. If it reached that level, it would be better, as the country would intervene to settle it.
What they feared was the damage to their own interests. Over the past four years, Liang Chaosu had been expanding into the Northern Market and consolidating alliances within Nan Province, using benefits to weave a large net of investment, cooperation, and suppression for their families.
For businessmen, money is king. If they offended this money daddy, their real father would definitely disown them and take a pound of flesh.
“No. It was…” Hu Tiande was also afraid of his family being suppressed. He stole a glance at Liang Wenfei.
Liang Wenfei didn’t look at him, her gaze darting between Shen Lichuan and Liang Chaosu.
Her deeply beloved fiancé’s gaze was fixed on Liancheng; he couldn’t forget the past, and Liang Wenfei knew this all too well.
But now, her closest brother was suddenly helping Liancheng.
No, this wasn’t the first time he had shown favoritism.
Starting with his strange gaze last week, he would scold her for insulting Liancheng and force her to apologize.
Although Mother Liang always told her that her brother was acting for her own good.
A voice in Liang Wenfei’s heart always told her: her brother was acting strangely; he had developed other feelings for Liancheng.
“No need to ask, I had him spread the rumor.” Liang Wenfei stared at Liang Chaosu, “But wasn’t this tacitly approved by you, brother?”
“When did I tacitly approve?”
“After the medical examination on Wednesday, when we returned home, did you forget, brother?”
Liang Chaosu’s already gloomy face became even colder.
“That day was about discussing your wedding date. What did I tacitly approve?”
Liang Wenfei’s hand on her leg suddenly clenched.
She looked at Liang Chaosu, then turned her head, her gaze filled with suspicion and danger, piercing Liancheng sharply.
Liancheng was expressionless, but inside, she felt like a bucket that had sunk to the bottom, swaying, lifting a little.
Liang Chaosu had lied to her, but he would never lie to Liang Wenfei. What was he trying to achieve with this performance?
And Liang Wenfei’s gaze… Liancheng’s eyelids twitched, and she subconsciously tried to catch and discern it.
But before she could get a good look, Shen Lichuan suddenly laughed out loud.
Liang Wenfei turned her head to look at him, Liancheng frowned and followed her gaze.
She saw that Shen Lichuan’s eyes were a murky gray, with something indescribable in them.
Silent, firm, gloomy… ineffable.
“No wonder my mother often tells me to learn from Vice Chairman Liang in how to conduct myself. I am indeed ashamed of my inferiority.”
Shen Lichuan’s tone was truly thought-provoking.
It left everyone present utterly confused, itching to ask, but intimidated by Liang Chaosu, not a single person spoke.
Only Liang Wenfei asked, “What do you mean? Lichuan, what are you talking about?”
“Don’t you all understand yet?”
Shen Lichuan stared at Liang Chaosu, meeting his dark, intimidating gaze, unfazed, and spoke eloquently.
“No matter how much Vice Chairman Liang dislikes Liancheng’s unruliness, he wouldn’t want to spread her bad reputation and implicate Feifei. After all, gossip is gossip; if one party is rotten, the other is also tainted by discussion. Feifei is carrying a child, a pregnant woman living amidst others’ whispers; how could Vice Chairman Liang, such a good brother, tolerate this?”
“Moreover, Liancheng’s posture today was too low. If word got out… outsiders naturally sympathize with the weaker party, and who knows what they would think of Feifei then? That’s why Vice Chairman Liang is unhappy.”
Liang Wenfei suddenly understood.
The voice in her heart quieted down, but it was still there. She couldn’t help but ask, “Is that so? Brother?”
Liancheng let out a cold laugh.
Liang Chaosu’s efforts as a brother were truly heartbreaking, going to such lengths that even she wavered for a moment. But it turned out it was still for Liang Wenfei.
What was even more ridiculous was that despite Liang Chaosu doing so much, Liang Wenfei still harbored doubts.
As expected, the one who is loved is fearless; she, who could not obtain it, felt calm but was still restless.
Liancheng noted this lesson.
