The private room of the Japanese tea house was decorated in the style of a room. Although the soundproofing effect was not very good, and the chattering sounds could still be vaguely heard from the next room, the comfortable space made the guests forget to leave.
Shangguan Zituo pulled Hua Menglan out of the beauty studio with a smile. The two of them came to a teahouse not far from the studio.
Hua Menglan looked at Shangguan Zituo coldly," I'm warning you, you better not talk nonsense in front of them, or I'll…" Before she could finish her sentence, Shangguan Zituo had already pulled her into the private room impatiently.
"You won't let me off, right? Can you change your lines? Don't always use these same warning words. I'm tired of hearing them.”Even so, Shangguan Zituo still looked at Hua Menglan with a smile." What would you like to drink?"”
"I'm not thirsty."
Shangguan Zituo shrugged, picked up the pen on the table and ticked a few times on the list before walking to the counter to give it to the lady.
After he sat down, he looked at Hua Menglan happily." Did you break up last time?”This was supposed to be someone else's private matter, but Shangguan Zituo seemed to treat it as his own business and asked without care. However, there was an unfathomable thought behind his smile.
"It's none of your business."
"Of course it has to do with me. You're my woman from now on. I want to know everything about you, including your past, present, and future.”he said with a faint smile.
"I didn't agree to come out with you to listen to your nonsense.”
Self-righteous stinky man!
Did he think that she would be elated by his words? No, then he was gravely mistaken. She, Hua Menglan, was not a woman who was so casual.
"How many boyfriends have you had?"
"If you have the ability, you can check it yourself. I won't tell you.”Hua Menglan raised her chin and looked at him provocatively.
Shangguan Zituo grinned." You're really different. You're so different today.”He could see her impatience, but it was okay. He believed that sincerity could break metal and stone.
Hua Menglan turned her head." Get to the point. Don't waste my time."”
Facing Hua Menglan's indifference, Shangguan Zituo knew that he should stop. He suddenly changed his mischievous smile and said seriously,""I want you to stay away from Shangguan Zifei!”
"It's none of your business who I'm with.”
"As long as it's about you, it's related to me.”
"Hmph, why do you want me to stay away from Shangguan Zifei?”
"He's not a good person!"
"You're not any better." She retorted.
"Being together with Shangguan Zifei will only harm you.”
"You don't have to care about my matters. You just have to tell me who killed my father.”
"I care about your safety."
"Are you going to tell me or not?" As expected, he did not know that he was just trying to lure her out. Then, she would not have to waste any more time.
"Your situation is very dangerous."
"I will protect myself. You don't have to worry about me.”
"Your situation is as dangerous as your father's. Shangguan Zifei is a very scary man.”
"I have my own plans. You don't have to worry about it.”
"Why do you have to reject me? I'm just concerned about you.”
"You don't have to pretend to be kind. Tell me honestly, that dying Shangguan Zituo was you in disguise, right? You're Shangguan Zifei's younger brother!”The image of the fragile Shangguan Zituo suddenly appeared in Hua Menglan's mind.
"Which Shangguan Zituo?"
Hua Menglan glared at him coldly." Don't play dumb with me. You know it very well.”
Shangguan Zituo suddenly burst into laughter." Do you know two Shangguan Zituos?"”His eyes were filled with interest.
"You're clearly the same person, but you're still pretending to be ignorant.”
"I don't know what you're talking about.”
"You know it in your heart."
"It doesn't matter who I am."
"You're just a liar. Do you think I'll believe you?”
Shangguan Zituo's lips curled up slightly." In short, I hope you can stay away from Shangguan Zifei. This is the reason why I asked you out.”
"Why are you slandering your brother like this?”
"I told you that you misunderstood me. The me you saw was not me, and I am not Shangguan Zifei's younger brother.”
Hua Menglan stared at him." Your name and appearance are exactly the same as his. There are not so many coincidences in this world. It doesn't matter if you don't admit it. I don't care anyway.”
"Yes, it doesn't matter who I am. Your safety is the most important.”
"You keep saying that I'm in danger. What exactly is it that I'm in danger because of Shangguan Zifei?”Hua Menglan asked in confusion.
"Shangguan Zifei's ruthlessness is definitely beyond your expectations.”
"Oh…For example?" This man's thoughts were strange and difficult to decipher. Even his words were hard to understand.
"I know you won't believe me no matter what I say.”
Shangguan Zituo was about to try to convince Hua Menglan, but a burst of lively mobile music suddenly sounded. After he picked up the phone, his face became a little solemn.
He didn't say a word and just listened to the other party's voice in silence. After a while, he ended the call with a sharp thumbs up.
"What's the matter?" After listening to the phone call, he was filled with hostility, as if he was a different person. Hua Menglan stared at Shangguan Zituo suspiciously.
"Regarding Shangguan Zifei, I hope that you will have the mentality of being on guard against others and be careful.”His words were concise and comprehensive as he stared at her with a complicated gaze. "I'll come again another day." Without waiting for Hua Menglan's reply, Shangguan Zituo left in a hurry.
What a strange man. He came in a hurry, left in a hurry, disturbed her, and then left immediately. What was his intention? Was it just to persuade her to stay away from Shangguan Zifei?
She was not very clear about Shangguan Zifei's character, but there were indeed rumors in the business world that he was a two-faced person. He not only used his family background to commit crimes, but also involved in many indecent activities. However, these were just rumors and had never been verified, so perhaps someone deliberately slandered him...
In the past few days when she was with Shangguan Zifei, he was not only polite to her, but his eyes were also full of affection. His every move was filled with a refined atmosphere. It was really difficult for her to believe that such a man said that he was two-faced.
It was Shangguan Zituo's identity that made her suspicious. She was almost sure that the Shangguan Zituo she saw was definitely the same person, but why did he slander her brother like this?
No matter what Shangguan Zituo's identity was, in her opinion, he was the one who she had to guard against. Hua Menglan fell into deep thought.
The afterglow of the setting sun shone on a luxurious villa. Under the reflection of the setting sun, the villa looked even more magnificent. However, the atmosphere inside could not be affected. A deep fear enveloped a woman's heart.
Her expression was anxious and uneasy, and her anxious footsteps kept moving.
All of a sudden, there was an ear-piercing sound of brakes. She stopped her anxious footsteps and walked to the door to meet Shangguan Zituo.
" Xiang Yi…" Shangguan Zituo's eyes were filled with pain.
"You're finally back."
The two of them walked into the room together.
"Did he recognize you?"
"With his intelligence, he should have recognized me.”she said fearfully.
Revealing her whereabouts without warning would only invite murder. That inhumane man would definitely not let her off.
He had deliberately schemed to kill her!
Only by killing her would he be able to live a good life without any worries!
This time, he almost found her. How long would she have to live in this kind of fearful life?
"Xiang Yi, listen to me. You must quickly move out of your residence. Otherwise, with his ruthlessness, he will definitely not let you off.”Shangguan Zituo said worriedly.
" Do I have to live a life of escape for the rest of my life? Why don't you just expose his true colors and let everyone know what a cruel and inhumane lunatic he is?”
"I have no evidence."
"I can testify." she said excitedly.
"It's useless, Xiang Yi. He's my biological brother. I understand him. As long as he doesn't show any real evidence, he won't admit it.”Shangguan Zituo sighed.
"Are you going to continue pretending to be a useless man?”
Lu Xiangyi said indignantly.
"If I didn't do this, how could I have gotten the evidence to expose his true colors?”Faced with his brother's ruthlessness, for the sake of the big picture and for his father, he was really heartbroken and troubled.
For the sake of money, Zi Fei could disregard his brotherhood and kill him.
For the sake of money, Zi Fei could disregard the blood ties and be cruel.
Money and wealth were enough to destroy his family, but this family was the result of his father's hard work. He could not let his father's painstaking efforts go to waste.
"You can hide it for a while, but you can't hide it forever. With his intelligence, he will discover your disguise sooner or later.”He could even ruthlessly kill a weak woman. What else did he not dare to do?
Shangguan Zituo cared too much about his family, so he restrained his actions. However, how could he know that Shangguan Zifei hated his existence to the bone? One day, he would definitely be eliminated by Shangguan Zifei.
Although Shangguan Zifei and Shangguan Zituo were half-brothers, Shangguan Qing had doted on Shangguan Zituo since they were young and had devoted himself to nurturing him. In comparison, Shangguan Zifei was not favored, so the dissatisfaction accumulated since young had been suppressed by Shangguan Zifei.
When he grew up, he saw Shangguan Qing transfer all his business to Shangguan Zituo. The ambitious Shangguan Zifei finally let out his accumulated dissatisfaction. He began to scheme to get rid of Shangguan Zituo, completely disregarding their brotherhood, but all of this was unfortunately discovered by Lu Xiangyi.
She used to be Shangguan Zifei's girlfriend, and their relationship had always been very good. However, ever since she discovered Shangguan Zifei's wild ambitions, her world had completely changed overnight.
He had bribed a servant to mix some medicine into Shangguan Zituo's tea every day. The accumulation of the medicine was enough to destroy Shangguan Zituo's body function and he could die at any time.
When she found out about this, she ran to question Shangguan Zifei, but she didn't expect that on the surface, he looked regretful, but in private, he bribed a killer and entered her house in the name of a robber to rape and then kill her. Fortunately, she escaped.
After escaping from her residence, she immediately ran to Shangguan Zituo's residence and told him about Shangguan Zifei's evil deeds, but Shangguan Zituo's reaction was that he did not believe her at all...
"Xiangyi, did you quarrel with big brother, that's why you said such impulsive words?”Shangguan Zituo didn't believe Lu Xiangyi's words at all. He just thought that it was a couple quarreling.
"I didn't…"
"No matter who is right or wrong, you know Eldest Brother's personality very well. As long as you act coquettishly with him, he will definitely soften his heart.”
"Zituo, you have to believe me. I'm not joking!”
"How can I believe such a ridiculous thing?”This little couple was actually joking with him. They were really too much! He wanted to see what tricks they were playing.
"It's not funny, it's the truth.”Lu Xiangyi was anxious to convince him.
"It must be you and big brother who want to tease me, right?”
"Zituo, sometimes people are really bullied when they are too nice. He doesn't even care about brotherhood. Why are you so kind?”
"I still don't believe it. You must be joking.”
"Everything I said is the truth. Zifei really wants to harm you. He doesn't treat you as a brother at all.”
"I don't believe it. Big brother isn't such a person.”He frowned and his expression was very solemn.
"I'm his girlfriend. He even wants to kill me. What else doesn't he dare to do?”
Shangguan Zifei's behavior really chilled her heart, so she ran to warn Shangguan Zituo without caring about anything. Who knew that he didn't appreciate it and thought that she was joking.
"This, this might just be a coincidence. That robber…I think it's better if I call the police first and let the police investigate this matter. Perhaps…"
"You still don't believe me!”
"Xiang Yi, how do you want me to believe that? You know that my relationship with big brother is very good. We have always talked about everything.”Shangguan Zituo shook his head, refusing to accept this ridiculous statement.
"Your kindness will only harm you.”Lu Xiangyi said helplessly.
Shangguan Zituo frowned." Did you really quarrel with Eldest Brother?”
"He's really a two-faced person. You must never believe him again!”
"Even if you quarrel with Big Brother, I won't allow you to slander him.”It seemed that the couple had really quarreled. Otherwise, Xiang Yi would not be so agitated.
"Why would I make up a lie and ask for trouble? Why would I come all the way here to look for you?”
"Xiangyi…"
"If you don't believe me…your servant will make you a cup of tea every day. You can secretly take that cup of tea for testing and find out if I'm lying.”
She remembered that Shangguan Zituo still didn't believe her when she was testifying against him. It wasn't until the test results came out that his heart began to waver.
" I can't believe that my big brother would treat me like this…"
Shangguan Zituo's anguished roar still echoed in Lu Xiangyi's ears.
She still remembered how heartbroken Shangguan Zituo was at that time…
"You're wrong. We've been living in peace for the past few years. As long as I don't compete with him for the family property, he won't do anything to me.”He really did not want to see disappointment and pain in his father's eyes.
"Your concession will only make him push his luck.”Lu Xiangyi persuaded Shangguan Zituo again.
His concession would only make the ambitious Shangguan Zifei more unscrupulous.
"For my father, I have no choice but to do this. As long as my concession can suppress his ambition, I don't care about anything. After all, money is just a worldly possession to me.”
If she hadn't told him, Shangguan Zituo might have died long ago.
He didn't expect his brother to be such a ruthless person. In order to fight for his father's career, he actually ruthlessly attacked him, completely disregarding their brotherhood!
"But I don't want to continue living like this. He will definitely find me. Instead of letting him kill me, it's better for me to expose his true colors earlier.”
"Now is not the time."
"I think you're stalling for time. You can't face this fact at all. You're running away!”
"I didn't."
"You have, so you have been unwilling to take action and refused to expose Shangguan Zifei's ambition. One day, you will be killed by him. Your womanly kindness will only harm you.”
" Xiangyi, I understand how you feel, but he is my brother after all. I can't do something that will make my father's heart ache…" He was also in a difficult position, so as long as he could be a medicine jar for a day, he would be a medicine jar for a day.
"But I really don't want to live like this anymore!”She did not want to live in this endless nightmare anymore.
"I've already given up the company. If he really wants to get rid of me, he should be taking action soon.”He hoped that such a thing would not happen. "You can stay here for the time being. I'll send someone to protect your safety.”
"What do you plan to do now?"
"Sigh…I hope my concession will help him regain his conscience.”Shangguan Zituo sighed faintly.
Lu Xiangyi also felt a little disappointed when she heard this.# Daguan Review Passed: Daguan Time:1024201810:45AM
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