"You, you!" The old lady stood up abruptly. She hadn't been wronged like this in almost thirty years. She was used to being flattered at home and had never been so humiliated.
“Chengcheng,” Wen Qi frowned and pulled Wen Cheng back. Wen Cheng was startled, and then Wen Qi said, “Don’t let her saliva spray on your face, it’s unhygienic.”
"Oh!" Wen Cheng nodded cautiously, standing far away from Brother Qi.
The elderly woman, in her nineties, was aggravated by the anger; her rapid breathing made it seem as if she might collapse at any moment.
Wen Cheng was a little worried. "Brother Qi, should we call an ambulance to take this old woman away now?"
Wen Qi's brows relaxed. "It's okay, there are surveillance cameras here, she can't scam us." Wen Qi didn't finish her sentence. Since she had the energy to come to China and make a scene, her body must have been nourished by various medical devices to be immune to all kinds of poisons. How could she be so easily irritated by such a little mental stress that she would be hospitalized? This is probably mostly an act.
The old woman took a few deep breaths and looked at Wen Cheng and the others again, only to find that they remained unchanged. Her heart sank. She hadn't expected that the opportunity her daughter had fought so hard for, even to the point of death, would be seen as something her son looked down upon.
What has become of this era?
The situation was settled. The old woman, her face pale, couldn't linger any longer and turned to leave.
"Brother Qi, do you need the doorknob wiped?"
"Well, it's not like we can't afford to replace it,"
"Let's replace that chair too,"
"OK."
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The old woman couldn't help but turn around, a last glimmer of light flickering in her withered eyes: "Wen Qi, I've heard that you haven't had a single person by your side all these years. Your personality is just like your grandfather's—cold and ruthless. Hmph, talking about freedom of love and choice, but in the end, you've never had a single person in your heart. You should have known from the beginning how your mother died, right? When you were young and didn't even know how to protect your mother, and now that you're grown up, you're even more of an ingrate."
Wen Qi stared at the old lady with cold eyes, but remained silent.
The old lady smiled dismissively, thinking she was about to turn the tables with her last sentence,
Wen Cheng, who had been standing next to Wen Qi, suddenly grabbed Wen Qi's light blue tie. Wen Qi instinctively looked down, and Wen Cheng tiptoed to kiss Wen Qi's lower lip, leaving a light touch that left the taste of red grapes on Wen Qi's lips.
The old woman froze on the spot as if struck by lightning, her three eyes almost popping out of their sockets. This was something she would never have seen in her old house; the sight was like a hole punched in an old, white sheet of paper, the extremely uneven texture sending a chill down her spine.
"You, you guys! You're brothers!"
Wen Cheng gave her a look that suggested she'd never seen the world before. "Can you call someone your brother if you're not on the same household register? Anyway, the reason I'm targeting you today is because you tried to steal her away in front of her husband's wife. Old lady, you're such a principled person, you should know you shouldn't be eyeing a married man, right? Or did one of your spies fail to make things clear to you when they wrote that letter?" Wen Cheng gripped Wen Qi's tie tightly, her sharp words rolling unreservedly into the old lady's ear.
Wen Cheng's gaze was extremely cold at this moment. People who usually smile a lot usually have a hint of a smile on their face, even if they're not smiling. However, Wen Cheng's indifference, which came from the bottom of her heart, completely suppressed this characteristic. The contrast made the old lady subconsciously take a few steps back.
"You, Wen Qi, after this, don't even think about returning to the Li family!" The old lady said harshly as she turned and opened the door.
A group of bodyguards quickly swarmed over, their demeanor completely different from before.
"Hey, what are you doing? You can't come near the conference room!" Uncle Zhao walked up, and the bodyguards who hadn't dared to say a word just now reached out their hands.
"Hello, is this the police station? I'm reporting someone who openly brought thugs into our office area to try and threaten us," Wen Qi said, pressing the phone to his ear and embellishing the story with a serious expression.
The old woman, her face darkening, snapped at them to leave, "Nothing of the sort happened, we're leaving right away!"
Wen Qi remained expressionless and did not say anything to stop her. The old lady thought he was just trying to scare her. But when she got off the elevator and walked out the door, she heard the sound of police sirens outside.
Several police officers got out of the car. It would never have taken this long to get here from the police station, which meant they had made prior arrangements.
"Stand still, Police Station. At first, I didn't quite believe you when you reported this, but I never thought there would actually be people swaggering around with foreign thugs these days. Old lady, you've got some serious tricks up your sleeve. Come with us." The officer at the head of the group pulled out his badge from his pocket; his unassuming face held a mixture of righteousness and roguishness.
The old lady glanced back at them with a grim expression. Wen Qi and Wen Cheng did not follow; instead, their secretary, Zhao Si, came down with them.
Zhao Si, abandoning his lazy demeanor in the elevator, looked at them warily, then strode up to the police officer. "Officer, it's them. This old lady brought a group of people to our company, and she was acting like she was old and wouldn't let us let these big guys out."
"When did I do that?!" The old lady was so angry she was speechless.
"Alright, I understand. Could someone from your company come to the police station to give a statement?" the policeman said, waving his hand, his eyes clearly showing his exasperation with the old woman.
Zhao Si nodded and followed the large group of people into the car.
"Where did the old lady come from, and what does she want with the Wen family?"
"They're from the US; they just got off the plane and came to our company with their entourage."
"...A transnational case? And such a serious one? Ma'am, how about we arrange for the police station to provide food and lodging for the next couple of days?"
The police drove off, and the farce finally came to a near end.
Wen Cheng and Wen Qi returned to their original office.
"Brother Qi," Wen Cheng turned around to say something, but Wen Qi held her steady. With the accumulation of practice over the years, Wen Qi's kissing skills have achieved a breakthrough. For a moment, the only sounds in the quiet office were the soft sounds of water and panting.
"Brother, Chengcheng! What's wrong, uh," Wen Yunyi muted after opening the door. Watching his usually strict and rigid brother pin Wen Cheng down on the desk and kiss her, the shock of the scene made him wish he could disappear on the spot.
"Why didn't you lock the door?!" Little Green Tea cried out.
The calmest person in the room was Wen Cheng. Apart from the slight dissatisfaction in his eyes, he pulled up Wen Cheng, whose face was flushed, as if nothing had happened.
"Don't you know you need to knock before coming to my office? Don't you remember what I taught you?" Wen Qi's gaze sharpened, and Wen Yunyi's resentment vanished with fear.
Wen Cheng watched as her boyfriend abused his authority as her brother and made Cha Cha leave the room again. Three seconds later, she gently knocked on the door.
Wen Cheng: ......
"There's no need to treat Chacha like that; it would make us older brothers seem too strict."
“A kind elder brother breeds a dissolute younger brother,” Wen Qi replied without changing his expression. “Please come in.”
Wen Yunyi obediently crawled in, "Brother, what did that old woman say to you?" His act completely fell apart!
In the Wen family, Li's maternal grandmother was uniformly referred to as "Old Lady".
A look of emotion crossed Wen Qi's eyes. "It's nothing, it's just that my family is short of money and we're in a hurry to find someone to arrange a marriage."
"Looking for you?!" Wen Yunyi's voice changed in surprise. "How could they be a perfect match?!" It was as if he had heard an absolutely hilarious joke!
Wen Cheng nodded in agreement.
Although Wen Yunyi was not very close to Wen Qi since childhood, his brother’s excellence never needed him to explain it to anyone!
"Are you just going to put up with your partner being set up with by other people?" Wen Yunyi leaned against Wen Cheng with a discerning gaze.
Wen Cheng smiled confidently, "I thoroughly humiliated her!"
Wen Yunyi nodded in satisfaction, quite agreeing with Wen Cheng's way of speaking; the two younger brothers were enjoying a rare moment of harmony.
Author's Note:
Good night~
Chapter 151 A Huge Uproar
The news of the renowned Li family matriarch being arrested spread like wildfire within a day, causing genuine astonishment. For those in the industry, this was even more explosive than scandals involving some major celebrities.
The Li family's influence from decades ago has not yet dissipated, but two scandals have tarnished it considerably, as if pulling them from the clouds back to the earth, forcing everyone to re-examine them.
If even one member of the Li family were still in the country, the old lady wouldn't have been detained for a whole day without anyone bailing her out. Those outside were anxious to get in, while those inside were shouting to get out.
Wenqi Company's shared phone line was bombarded with calls.
Even after I blocked them, new calls kept coming in, and the argument went on all morning.
After Wen Qi finished his meeting, he saw Zhao Si and Xiao Zhang, who had been sent to provide support, busy looking for phone numbers, hanging up on any unfamiliar calls.
Zhao Si was alright, but Xiao Zhang had never seen anything like this before; he was sweating profusely from answering the phone in the freezing cold.
Wen Qi walked over, took out scissors from the pen holder, and cut the telephone cord with swift and clean movements, as if he had planned it all along.
"Did you record the screen? Give it to the police and say that the Li family made threatening phone calls to us."
"Then, forced by circumstances, I cut the phone line." Zhao Si chimed in, earning an approving look from Wen Qi.
Xiao Zhang was deeply shocked by the mouths of these two people.
I inwardly applauded their shamelessness.
At noon, Wen Qi ordered two seafood rice bowls. While her boyfriend was enjoying his meal across the street, he finally called from overseas.
Wen Cheng craned her neck, looking on expectantly. Wen Qi immediately turned on speakerphone and casually pushed Wen Cheng's head back.
He instructed, "Eat."
Wen Cheng obediently took a big bite.
"Wen Qi! Grandma is your maternal grandmother, is this how you treat her?!"
Author's Note:
Good night~
Something came up today, will update tomorrow.
Chapter 152 Growth
Of all the seafood, Wen Cheng's favorite is shrimp. With the increase in her own production value, the biggest change for Wen Cheng is that there are more varieties of shrimp available to eat, but her love for it remains unchanged. Wen Qi naturally put the lobster from his bowl into Wen Cheng's bowl, saying as he did so:
"What maternal grandmother? Did I acknowledge that? Your family name is Li and mine is Wen. When did I start forcing you to acknowledge my ancestry?"
Wen Cheng was giving her boyfriend a huge thumbs-up with her eyes.
The other person was stunned for several seconds before reacting. "You! Your mother is my aunt! What else are you but my grandmother's nephew? My grandmother is so old, and you actually sent her to the police station! What are you up to?!"
Still stupid. Wen Qi and Wen Qi looked at each other at the same time, understanding the speechlessness in each other's eyes.
"Instead of arguing with me, you should find a lawyer as soon as possible. After all, the old lady has been living in a feudal family for too long. Does she really think it's okay to bring six foreign mercenary bodyguards back to China to make a show of things?"
"...Is there a problem with bringing bodyguards back to China?"
Wen Qi hung up the phone decisively, stating that he did not want to communicate with outlaws.
"The youngest grandson of the Li family, he doesn't get involved in the Li family's business much. He was spoiled by the old lady since he was a child. He's not a bad person, just a bit stupid." Wen Qi appeared calm and collected when he was talking to them, but he knew exactly where everyone's bottom line was.
"Brother Qi," Wen Cheng finished the last bite of rice and looked up to ask seriously, "Are you hiding something from me? Besides the fact that the Li family initially refused to accept you back home, is there anything else?" Wen Cheng asked cautiously, trying her best to make her tone sound less offensive.
"Is this why you bought a lot of groceries the day before yesterday, but then weren't in the mood to cook yesterday?" Wen Qi wasn't angry; instead, he gave a precise example.
Wen Cheng stared at him expectantly, her silence a sign of agreement.
A hint of pain flashed in Wen Qi's eyes, which he quickly concealed with a deliberate breath. "Fine, I'll tell you,"
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