Be Careful, Scum Dad! Mommy Is Back!-Chapter 159 - Asuras Arena

Chapter 159: Chapter 159: Asura’s Arena

Chapter 159: Chapter 159: Asura’s Arena

“One is the Crown Prince of Port City, one a king of the underground forces abroad, and another the head of a Jingzhou’s elite family; their distinct personal auras—gracious, sinister, indifferent—collided at this moment.

Yet, the focus of the discussion, Lu Xining, was leisurely eating the noodles Fu Junhang cooked for her, completely indifferent to everything at the door.

Zhou Jiawang also saw the person inside eating noodles, and a touch of sadness passed through his deep blue eyes.

When he came to knock on the door earlier, did she deliberately choose not to open it?

He was no longer the youth of the past and once again felt her deliberate distance which only intensified his obsession with the reason why she left back then.

He had just returned to Port City and had specifically asked his mother what had happened back then.

But Feng Suli still stuck to the original explanation.

All things considered, it seemed as though Lu Xining simply wanted to go back inland. However, Zhou Jiawang didn’t believe that was the only reason. They had gotten along so well during those three years, the best of friends!

His eyes, sharp and perceptive, noticed the bruise medicine in Ji Muye’s hand. Thinking back and forth, he immediately understood.

“Ningning, are you hurt?” he said as he moved to walk inside.

Fu Junhang blocked him, “Mr. Zhou, it’s not appropriate for you to enter a girl’s room so late, is it?”

“Sorry.” Zhou Jiawang stopped in his tracks.

His gaze burned onto Lu Xining inside the room, and all the words he wanted to say were choked back in his heart, causing unbearable anguish.

Fu Junhang, having learned Lu Xining’s tastes, had prepared just the right amount of noodles for her.

After she finished the last sip of soup, feeling warm in her stomach and gradually sleepy, she stood up, carrying the bowl to the door.

She handed the bowl to Fu Junhang, whispering softly, “Go back and rest early.”

Fu Junhang wanted to stay and protect her, but after seeing the expression on her face, he obediently returned to the room next to hers.

But he did not close the door, ready to rush over at any moment.

Now, only Ji Muye and Zhou Jiawang remained at the door; Lu Xining looked at them as if they were strangers.

Her voice was very cold: “Is there something you want?”

Ji Muye’s inherent pride made it impossible for him to repeatedly face her coldness. He placed the bruise medicine on the cabinet at the entrance of the room, said nothing, and returned to the room opposite.

Persistently bothering her was not Ji Muye’s style.

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Only Zhou Jiawang was left at the door.

He was holding a gift that Old Lady Zhou had prepared for Lu Xining.

He had checked it; inside was a very beautiful jade bracelet, with nothing inappropriate.

“Ningning, this is a bracelet that Grandma gave you.”

“Grandma said it was a family heirloom her mother gave to her, more like an amulet, for protection and safety.”

Before him, Lu Xining opened the exquisite gift box. The bracelet lying quietly inside was of very high quality, clearly very valuable.

But Lu Xining was reminded of the past, of how Old Lady Zhou, wearing this bracelet, had wanted to slap her.

She picked up the bracelet and examined it against the light—there was a tiny notch where, in the past, she had nimbly avoided a slap, causing Old Lady Zhou to knock the bracelet against the cabinet and chip an edge.

This was not a gift at all, but clearly a warning: Stay away from Zhou Jiawang or she would make sure Lu Xining suffered.

Old Lady Zhou still considered her that helpless little girl, with no means to resist, didn’t she?

She just wanted to play up the role of a caring grandmother in front of her grandson, right?

Back then, Lu Xining had complied out of respect for Old Lady Zhou, who was her grandmother’s old friend and had indeed allowed her to study.

However, it wasn’t until later that she accidentally learned the truth—that her grandmother had promised a treasured item to Old Lady Zhou, who would then be responsible for her education until university graduation, after which the item would be unconditionally given to Old Lady Zhou.

That was why Old Lady Zhou had come to pick her up so promptly.

The initial kindness was all for that coveted treasure, not because of any old friendship.

Lu Xining looked at the exquisite gift box in Zhou Jiawang’s hands and the warmth in his eyes. She was tempted to evilly reveal everything to him.

But then she thought, what could be more painful than him finding out on his own?”

Zhou Jiawang also saw the flaw and was somewhat surprised, “I didn’t know it was damaged. In that case, I’ll send you a better one another day.”

Lu Xining put the bracelet back in the box with some disgust, and candidly said, “Zhou Jiawang, this bracelet isn’t a gift, it’s a warning.”

Zhou Jiawang’s mouth corners dropped, “What do you mean?”

Lu Xining, “The literal meaning, your grandmother doesn’t like you being in contact with me, so please keep your distance from me in the future.”

“Ningning?” He wanted to ask more, but the door in front of him had already closed.

Zhou Jiawang looked at the fine wooden gift box in his hand, hurried back to his room, and called his good friend Zhong Heyang, who was best at investigating things and had many private detectives in secret.

Ever since Zhong Heyang received his first call, he had arranged for people to investigate past events.

But after all, more than a decade had passed, and some things were not so easy to investigate, being traced only through the mouths of some servants who had left the Zhou family back then.

Even so, he was shocked by some of the facts.

“Awang, you’d better be mentally prepared.” Zhong Heyang’s voice was soft, yet it stirred up huge waves in Zhou Jiawang’s heart.

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Back inside the room.

Lu Xining’s face immediately turned cold.

Meanwhile, in the room across from her, Ji Muye had also obtained the truth about the incidents Lu Xining had experienced in Port City years ago.

Old Lady Zhou’s adoption of her old friend’s granddaughter, treating her like her own granddaughter, and giving her the same benefits as her own grandsons was a hot topic in Port City back then.

By adopting Lu Xining, she had gained a good reputation.

The money spent on Lu Xining was a mere trifle for the Zhou family, the wealthiest in Port City.

But for Lu Xining at the time, it was an astronomical sum.

The once-rich young lady of the Lu family, even though bankrupt, had not lost the pride in her heart, but the three years in Port City had turned her into a different person.

Ma Sai looked at Ji Muye’s increasingly grim expression and silently bowed his head; he had already been shocked by the content of this information when he received it.

This old woman actually demanded an underage girl to repay the money spent on her, and the most disgusting part was that she only spent a few million but demanded Lu Xining to return it tenfold, almost ten million!

That was even more outrageous than usury.

Those extracurricular interests that she studied with Zhou Jiawang, horseback riding, golf… and those dresses she had never worn, Old Lady Zhou had converted them all into cash for Lu Xining to repay.

Before kicking her out, she even made her sign an IOU!

“Zhou, Ni, Juan!”

The name came from Ji Muye’s mouth, filled with hatred intense enough to crush her into dust.

He finally knew where the lifelessness in Lu Xining’s eyes came from the first time he saw her.

Ji Muye said coldly, “Notify Wang Snake to throw the goods at those Zhou family docks into the sea, and find people to block the Zhou family docks!”

He remembered that besides Zhou Jiawang’s father, Zhou Ni Juan had a daughter, Zhou Ziyue, who married into the Qiao family in Jingzhou.

Ji Muye had heard from his aunt that Zhou Ziyue was not having an easy time in the Qiao family; her husband Qiao An had enough mistresses to form a football team, and there had been fatalities on several occasions.

“Send Qiao An’s illegitimate child, who is being raised overseas, to Zhou Ziyue.”

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Zhou Jiawang’s father, Zhou Zhenqing, and his mother Feng Suli, had always been known as a match made in heaven in Port City.

Everyone in Port City knew that Zhou Zhenqing almost broke ties with his family for his impoverished girlfriend Feng Suli, his father nearly disowned him from the family tree; it was Zhou Ni Juan who mediated between her husband and son, and only then was Feng Suli able to marry into the Zhou family.

But as far as Ji Muye knew, the affection between Zhou Zhenqing and Feng Suli had long since been shattered, and he kept a woman outside who resembled his wife.

He put down the red wine glass in his hand and continued, “Send the news of Zhou Zhenqing’s affair to Zhou Jiawang and Feng Suli.”

Ji Muye sneered; he wanted to see whether Zhou Jiawang would choose to help his father hide it or help his mother.

Ma Sai left to arrange for people to handle it.

Only the sound of wine being poured into a glass remained in the room.

Ji Muye sat on the sofa, gazing out at the night sky, his pupils deep, and downed the red wine in his glass in one go.

He was about to go back to his bedroom to rest when he heard a regular knocking at the door.