Novel Full Chapter 2266: Chapter 70: Why Did You Kick Me Again?
Chapter 2266: Chapter 70: Why Did You Kick Me Again?
“What nonsense are you spouting?”
Ye Zhan frowned, displeased as he looked at the nonchalant Feng Yize.
“What nonsense am I spouting? This is the first time in all these years that I’ve seen you bring a beauty to dinner. She’s either our sister-in-law or the future sister-in-law.”
Feng Yize rested his chin on one hand, scrutinizing Momo, who maintained a calm demeanor with a serene smile.
“My name is Momo. Actually, you’ve misunderstood. Ye Zhan and I are just acquaintances.”
Momo held onto the corner of the menu with one hand, her small face slightly tilted forward as she met Feng Yize’s inquisitive gaze.
She didn’t feel embarrassed or flustered by his earlier words.
Her smile was gracious and appropriate, with candid eyes and a cheerful tone.
Though she wasn’t very familiar with Ye Zhan, Momo understood that anyone allowed by Ziyi and her parents to stay in the Mo family house would have a decent character.
Moreover, since he had helped her twice, she instinctively trusted Ye Zhan.
And since Feng Yize was Ye Zhan’s buddy, Momo automatically assumed he was a good person too.
“Miss Mo, nice to meet you.”
Feng Yize reached out to shake hands with Momo, then pulled out a chair and sat down, casually gossiping, “I heard from my Second Brother that my Eldest Brother stayed at Miss Mo’s house during his business trip recently?”
“Your Second Brother?”
“Oh, my Second Brother is Tang Jinchen. We’re sworn brothers. Miss Mo, you must not know this, but my Eldest Brother is the most outstanding man in Imperial City. Not only is he handsome, but he’s also intelligent, and most importantly, he’s loyal and not the least bit fickle… ouch!”
Poor Feng Yize was kicked again.
The handsome features on his face crumpled into a frown.
He looked woefully at the culprit, Ye Zhan, “Why did you kick me again?”
He was just trying to help, wasn’t he?
Ye Zhan rarely got this close to a woman and even stayed at her house for several days. Feng Yize thought this girl named Momo was quite good.
“If you keep talking nonsense, I’ll sew your mouth shut.”
Ye Zhan warned in a low voice, his expression more stern than before.
Feng Yize pretended to be scared, “Big Brother, do you know how to use a needle?”
“Try me.”
“I won’t try.”
Feng Yize shook his head vigorously before turning to Momo, “Miss Mo, even though this restaurant isn’t mine, you can order whatever you want today, don’t worry about it. I’ll just put the bill on my Eldest Brother’s account later.”
Momo couldn’t help but twitch her lips, “Wastefulness isn’t really my style.”
“Wow, Miss Mo, you really are in sync with my Eldest Brother. He, living in the military, always says I’m decadent and wasteful.”
“Doesn’t your Eldest Brother have any women interested in him?”
Momo asked Feng Yize with a smiling face.
Sitting across, Ye Zhan instructed the waiter on which dishes to serve, and upon hearing Momo’s words, he shot a glance at Feng Yize, regaining his composure.
Feng Yize frowned, suddenly sitting up straight from leaning against the chair, and seriously defended his Eldest Brother, “How could that be? The women who like my Eldest Brother could circle half of Imperial City. It’s just that my Eldest Brother is too pure-hearted to pay them any attention. Haha, Miss Mo, what do you think of my Eldest Brother?”
“He’s pretty good.”
Momo replied with a smile.
Ye Zhan had helped her twice, and indeed her impression of him was quite positive.
Listening to Momo’s words, Feng Yize felt there was a chance.
He wanted to say more to Momo, but when he caught Ye Zhan’s heavy gaze, he swallowed his words back down.
“Are you looking to become a beggar again?”
Ye Zhan’s remark caused Feng Yize’s expression to change instantly, anger flashing in his brows, “Big Brother, you know about that too?”
“Did you think I wouldn’t know?”
Ye Zhan snorted coldly.
“Third Brother didn’t keep his word. He promised not to tell you and Second Brother.” The outside world wasn’t aware that the four prominent young men in Imperial City were actually four sworn brothers.
They had an exceptionally close bond.
Just the other day, Feng Yize lost a bet to the third-ranked Chu Junming and had to play the most handsome beggar for once.
Ye Zhan raised an eyebrow indifferently, “I not only know you played a beggar, but also that you deceived many young girls.”
“I didn’t deceive them, those young girls were kind-hearted and compassionate.” Feng Yize smugly touched his handsome face.
He almost won completely.
But, there was one he couldn’t deceive.
Remembering something, Feng Yize quickly stood up, saying to Momo, “Miss Mo, I have something to do and can’t have dinner with you and Eldest Brother. Enjoy your meal and maybe next time I’ll properly introduce my Eldest Brother to you…”
Feng Yize almost stumbled at the private room door as he left.
Only because behind him, Ye Zhan explained his previous actions like this, “Yize had a bout of illness when he was young, and it slightly affected his brain. Please don’t mind his gibberish.”
——
Qin Mu somehow learned about Momo’s encounter with Chu Bin at the Imperial City Hotel, where she was pestered by him.
When Ye Zhan sent Momo home, Qin Mu asked Ye Zhan about the situation.
“Uncle Qin, it’s nothing. That Chu Bin doesn’t dare to do anything to Momo.”
“Ah Zhan, thank you.”
Qin Mu looked at Ye Zhan, increasingly feeling that while he and Qingqing might not have a future, a match between him and Momo wouldn’t be too bad either.
A fine young man like this shouldn’t be letting an outsider benefit.
Smiling slightly, he continued, “Momo’s flight back to G City is in the afternoon, Ah Zhan, could you help me take her to the airport?”
“…”
“It’s like this, Qingqing accompanied Grandfather Qin and Granny Qin to the hospital, and all the drivers are occupied at the moment. I initially planned to take Momo to the airport myself. But I just received a call from Granny Qin asking me to head to the hospital.”
“Is Granny Qin not feeling well again?”
“She’s there for an IV drip, and I don’t know why she’s called me over.”
“Then, Uncle Qin you should hurry to the hospital, I’ll take Momo to the airport.”
When Momo came downstairs, Ye Zhan stood up from the sofa and walked over to her, “Uncle Qin has gone to the hospital, I’ll take you to the airport.”
“Huh?”
“Let’s go, I’ll drive you.”
After saying this, Ye Zhan strode ahead out of the villa.
——
Hospital.
In the afternoon, while Qingqing was with Granny Qin getting an IV, she watched the press conference hosted by Shi Xi.
In the quiet hospital room, both Granny Qin and Grandfather Qin looked surprised.
Only Qingqing, with calm and composed eyes, watched Shi Xi’s public apology at the press conference, admitting she’d misunderstood her before.
Ziyi sat next to her, looking stern, with a faint gaze directed at the reporters below. Throughout Shi Xi’s apology, he did not glance up at her once.
Shi Xi’s apology was sincere, and in front of media reporters and the audience, she even confessed her profound affection for Mo Ziye.
However, no one expected that when Shi Xi finished her apology and lovingly glanced at Mo Ziye for comfort.
Mo Ziye’s slender fingers rested on the microphone, and he slowly articulated, “I didn’t expect Shi Xi to be such a petty woman, and for Mo family’s daughter-in-law as well as Haochen’s future company president’s wife, I cannot accept a woman like that. Therefore, I have decided to break up with Shi Xi.”