But the truth is—
"Jiro?" She raised her tear-streaked face in confusion, her eyes filled with obvious panic.
"What about Jiro? After being expelled from the Takahashi family, he might lose everything, or he might be used as a pawn in a business partnership, and then marry a woman he doesn't love and have children... who knows?" At this point, to force out Mina's true feelings, he had used a bit of intimidation. He knew that perhaps he didn't care about the Takahashi family, but Jiro did. So as long as he was there, he would never let that day come true.
"No, no! No... no..."
Minako finally burst into tears. She threw herself into Fang Weiyang's arms and wailed with astonishing force, her delicate hands clutching his clothes as she desperately pleaded, "Don't...don't do this to Jiro, don't...don't be so cruel...don't..."
"Silly girl, you still say you don't love him!" Fang Weiyang patted her head affectionately, a genuine smile appearing on his lips. "Actually, there's something I think I should tell you."
He leaned down and whispered something in Minako's ear, which immediately stopped her uncontrollable crying, leaving even the bystanders in awe.
"Liar!" Minako's big, red eyes widened in disbelief as she denied it, but her eyes widened again when she saw Fang Weiyang's serious expression.
"Could it be... true?" She bit her lower lip, her voice trembling noticeably.
Fang Weiyang nodded vigorously in assurance.
Then she slowly lowered her head, but soon, when she raised it again, her beautiful face was filled with obvious anger. "Bastard!"
What?!
After waiting for so long, all I got were these two words?! Feng Zi frowned in dissatisfaction.
“Minako, you’re swearing—” Fang Weiyang, on the contrary, was quite adaptable and even teased her with a smile.
Suppressing her overly excited emotions, Minako blushed and walked up to Fengzi, suddenly giving her a deep 90-degree bow.
“You…” Feng Zi was stunned and didn’t know what to do. She turned to Fang Weiyang for help, but he acted like he didn’t care, which made her grit her teeth in anger.
“My willfulness these past few days has caused you a lot of inconvenience, sister-in-law, please forgive me!” Minako looked at her sincerely, as if she would bow down and not rise if she did not forgive her.
"No...it's okay..." Uh, wait, what did she call her sister-in-law again? "I'm not your sister-in-law...uh, I mean, I'm not his..."
"Are you going to abandon me?" Fang Weiyang suddenly leaned close to her with a look of utter disillusionment.
Startled by the sudden magnification of his handsome face, she instinctively took a step back and stammered, "I didn't..."
"That's good."
Ignoring what she was trying to say, he casually hooked her in his arms and pulled her close. Call him despicable, call him ruthless, the important thing is getting his wife. Hehehe, his wife is his, and the baby is his too!
"Cough cough... Hideki-nii-san..."
He himself didn't realize how lawless he was. On the contrary, Minako, who was standing next to him, pursed her lips, chuckled and blushed. Judging from Hideki's previous coldness and ruthlessness, he was willing to sacrifice so much for his sister-in-law. He must love her terribly!
Moreover, the men of the Takahashi family have always been ruthless and unscrupulous in pursuing what they want, and even if this sister-in-law wanted to escape, it would probably be too late.
She glared fiercely at Fang Weiyang and, taking advantage of her excellent "positional location," delivered a powerful elbow strike to him. Feng Zi then smiled amicably at Minako in front of her, ignoring the grimaces and strange cries from the person behind her. She pulled Minako aside and exclaimed in admiration.
"You are so beautiful! I really hope I can have a baby as beautiful as you in the future."
“You… thank you.” Having never met such an open and honest woman, Minako stammered, realizing in her words why Hideki-nii had fallen in love with her. With immense ease, she looked up at her idol of twenty years, feeling her heart break free from its old shackles, soaring lightly towards the clouds she had long yearned for…
The brother and sister looked at each other and smiled, and all past grievances were wiped away in that smile.
“Brother Hideki, I’ve decided to go back to Japan as soon as possible. Even though that bastard kept it from me for so long, but…” A blush crept onto her determined face. “I want to be by his side. No matter what, he won’t be left with nothing.”
After a two-second silence, Fang Weiyang walked to his desk, quickly wrote down a phone number on a notepad, and then turned to hand it to Minako. "If you have any difficulties, just call me here. I'll do my best. And have a safe trip."
She nodded slightly, bowed gracefully again, then turned and walked lightly but firmly toward her own future.
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"Oh dear, I've been slacking off for so long, I need to get back to work now, otherwise it'll all pile up..."
After Minako disappeared from sight, Kaze immediately broke free from his clutches, muttered to herself with a professional expression, and strode out with her shapely, long legs.
Helplessly, he chased after her and embraced her warm and fragrant body once more. Fang Weiyang pretended to be calm as if facing his execution, and said casually, "If you want to know something, just ask."
To his surprise, the beauty in his arms shook her head readily and said with an innocent smile, "I know all that!"
"You knew?" Fang Weiyang stared at her in surprise, his mind racing as he considered who might have betrayed him. Was it Zhuo, or Pei? Either was possible; both of them had a history of abandoning their partners once they found someone else…
“It’s not what you think,” she said seriously, revealing his thoughts while still smiling sweetly. “I was just guessing.”
"You guessed?"
"Yes, it's just a so-called 'family feud.' Your family adopted Minako, and as she grew older, she secretly fell in love with your younger brother. But the villain in the story wanted to marry her off to you, and later, you accidentally had a relationship with her. Then, because of your guilty conscience, you ran away from home. She could only keep telling herself that the person she loved was you and kept looking for you, and so... umm, that's how it is."
"That's it?" Fang Weiyang almost fainted. Good heavens! She had guessed the truth of their ten-year feud in a single sentence. Was he too stupid, or was she too clever?
"What else do you want?" Her smile vanished abruptly, and she glared at him fiercely. Still feeling she couldn't vent her anger, she stomped hard on his right foot. "You bastard, you have a daughter with your wife, and you still dare to cheat on me, making me and the baby the other woman! You damned scoundrel, you sissy, you filthy homosexual..."
Seeing her escalating her rant, Fang Weiyang, who had been clutching his leg and wailing, quickly hopped forward on one foot to explain, "It's not what you think. Liuli is actually..."
Seeing that he still wouldn't admit it, Fengzi became even angrier, and angrily kicked him in the right leg again, "You still dare to lie to me? I don't believe you, you stinking bastard, you rotten..."
"Liuli is not my daughter!" he roared angrily.
"Still lying... uh, what did you say?" Feng Zi, who was originally in the middle of a heated argument, suddenly froze like a statue.
"Liuli is not my daughter." He clutched his foot in pain, gritting his teeth as he reiterated, "Damn it, she really hit me hard!"
"Oh—" Her arrogance vanished instantly.
"Help me across!"