Chapter 203: Chapter 196: Qiao Jing is the Biological Mother of My Future Child
As soon as Zhan Qipei spoke, the whole scene immediately fell silent.
Qiao Jing’s temples throbbed suddenly, and she cast a speechless look at Zhan Qipei.
You explain if you must, but did you have to be so detailed about it? She didn’t care, but did you not care about your own dignity?
Zhan Nanqing closed her mouth. She felt that if she continued to gape, she would be stuffed to death by the display of affection.
“Are you deliberately defending Qiao Jing?” Cao Rushan said to Zhan Qipei, unconvinced.
“Think what you will, Qiao Jing is my wife, now and in the future… the mother of my child, and I’m laying it out here. If anyone dares to bully her again, don’t blame me for turning heartless!” Zhan Qipei’s sharp gaze swept across Cao Rushan and the Zhan siblings.
The three instantly broke out in cold sweat.
That’s when Zhan Kaiyang arrived.
Upon seeing Zhan Kaiyang, the three, like grabbing a lifesaving straw, quickly began to complain.
“Dad, this Qiao Jing bullied your grandson and even beat them up !”
Zhan Kaiyang had already heard about the situation before his arrival, which is why he hurried over.
Looking at the highly swollen cheeks of the Zhan siblings, his old face became as unsightly as it could be.
The Zhan siblings were his beloved grandsons, his pride. He had cherished them since childhood, and now a country girl had beaten them; how could he not be furious.
At that thought, Zhan Kaiyang glared at Qiao Jing with aged eyes and sharply inquired, “Why did you hit them?”
“They deserved it,” Qiao Jing replied without submissive or arrogance.
Qiao Jing’s fearless demeanor instantly infuriated Zhan Kaiyang, who had long been accustomed to authority.
“Humph! What a temper! Qipei, as her husband, isn’t it your duty to properly discipline her? I think there’s no need to discipline her anymore. Such a person does not deserve to enter my Zhan Family’s door. I don’t know what big brother was thinking, letting this trash marry into my Zhan Family. Just drive her out! And never let her set foot in my Zhan Family’s house again!”
A cold and silent aura suddenly enveloped Zhan Qipei, and everyone realized that Zhan Qipei was angry!
“Second Grandpa, she is my wife, Zhan Qipei’s wife. I won’t tolerate the Zhan siblings bullying her, nor will I allow you to unjustly scold her because you are an elder. Calling her trash? That’s essentially calling me trash as well. Since you look down on us and don’t want us to step foot in your house again. Well then, from today, I—”
Zhan Qipei’s words were not yet complete when he was interrupted by Qiao Jing.
“Zhan Qipei, there’s no need! This is between them and me.” Qiao Jing knew what Zhan Qipei was about to say, and she was about to leave.
As far as the Zhan Family was concerned, she was just a passerby. She didn’t want Zhan Qipei to have any disputes with any relatives of the Zhan Family because of her.
Especially since the person in question was Zhan Qipei’s Second Grandpa.
Zhan Qipei looked at Qiao Jing resolutely, “I’ve said it before, you are my wife, and I will protect you well. Don’t worry, let me handle this matter.”
With that, Zhan Qipei turned to face Zhan Kaiyang again, “I give you two options, either let the Zhan siblings apologize to her, and Second Grandpa, you must apologize to Qiao Jing as well, or I, Zhan Qipei, will never step into this place again!”
Zhan Qipei’s words could truly be described as shocking.
Zhan Qipei’s grandfather and Zhan Kaiyang were brothers, and although they interacted less frequently, both families had never had conflicts and had generally gotten along well.
Now, because of a country girl, things had escalated to this point of rupture, who wouldn’t be shocked?
“Damn it, Qiao Jing!” Su Manhan cursed silently in her heart.
From the start, she hadn’t felt wrong. Qiao Jing was a disaster, a calamity.
Since Qiao Jing entered her door, one misfortune after another occurred. First, she beat her daughter, and later she caused her son to be buried under rubble, almost dying.
Today, on New Year’s Day, they even severed relations with their branch of the family, all because of Qiao Jing.
All of this was because of Qiao Jing.
Qiao Jing furrowed her brows and looked up at Zhan Qipei’s face, which was incredibly serious and resolute.
She had anticipated that he would say such things but, upon hearing them, felt differently.
Mixed with a hint of… palpitations…
Zhan Kaiyang looked at Zhan Qipei with a shocked expression on his stern old face and said coldly, “Qipei, are you serious?”
“Do you think this is something to joke about?” Zhan Qipei replied, standing his ground with a calm and collected gaze.
“All for this country girl?” Zhan Kaiyang clenched his teeth, his wrinkled eyes suppressing a fury about to erupt.
Zhan Qipei narrowed his eyes and, glancing at Qiao Jing by his side, coldly said to Zhan Kaiyang, “She is my wife.”
The atmosphere cooled down, becoming even more tense and explosive.
Zhan Nan and Zhan Bei watched the unyielding standoff between Zhan Qipei and Zhan Kaiyang, their fear growing boundlessly.
They were merely attracted to Qiao Jing’s good looks and figure, thinking they could take advantage of her, but their actions had escalated to this extent.
They had thought that even if they slept with Qiao Jing and Zhan Qipei found out, at most he would scold them.
Little did they know, they hadn’t even touched a hair on Qiao Jing’s head, but were slapped by her instead. Clearly, they were the ones suffering misfortune, yet they were biting back?
What exactly was going on? Could it be that Zhan Qipei truly had feelings for Qiao Jing?
Su Manhan, no longer able to bear it, approached and asked Qiao Jing, “Tell me, did you seduce them first?”
Qiao Jing glanced briefly at Su Manhan and spoke indifferently, “Evidence.”
With just those two words, Su Manhan had to swallow everything she was about to say back down her throat.
Zhan Nanqing pulled Su Manhan aside and said, “Mom, just stay out of this. You didn’t see what happened, and saying this could hurt people.”
Su Manhan sneered, scrutinizing Zhan Nanqing with a suspicious and inquiring gaze.
“I’ve noticed you always speak in favor of Qiao Jing. What’s going on with you? Weren’t you opposed to Qiao Jing marrying your brother even more than me before?”
Zhan Nanqing didn’t know how to respond to Su Manhan’s words at the moment.
Just then, Zhan Yuanshan arrived, assisted by Zhan Ruiting.
As soon as Zhan Kaiyang appeared, Zhan Ruiting had foreseen that this issue would not be easily resolved.
Although Zhan Qipei was the head of the family, Zhan Kaiyang was his grandfather’s generation, making the situation difficult to handle. Thus, he quickly sought Zhan Yuanshan’s help.
“Big brother, you’ve arrived just in time. Your daughter-in-law shamelessly seduced my grandson and then counterattacked by accusing them of bullying her. Your good grandson is wholeheartedly protecting her, even to the point of severing ties with our branch of the family for her sake. What do you think we should do about this?”