As soon as they returned to the room, Chu Lian’s anger surged once more, and with a punch on the table, he said fiercely, "That Li Fuyou is so despicable, this is revenge for my handling of Dongfeng Restaurant."
His eyes were dark and frightening. Then he asked, "Right, how is Dongfeng Restaurant being affected now?"
He had been busy with his sister’s affairs during this period and hadn’t asked about the restaurant, so he didn’t know the current situation there.
"Well, my lord, there hasn’t been any action against Dongfeng Restaurant," said Wang Xiangxiang, her voice tinged with embarrassment.
"Impossible. When I left, I clearly had many strategies in place. Could Dongfeng Restaurant really hold out for so long?" Chu Lian was puzzled. The strength of Dongfeng Restaurant shouldn’t be so great that it could withstand the continuous pressure. Though it might not collapse immediately, it should have suffered significant damage.
"Well, I asked Acheng to stop attacking Dongfeng Restaurant," murmured Wang Xiangxiang, her head lowered.
Chu Lian looked at Wang Xiangxiang with confusion. Why would she do that?
Seeing Wang Xiangxiang’s troubled look, Xiaoxiao spoke on her behalf, "Brother-in-law, you can’t blame my sister for this. It’s all because Li Fuyou is too despicable. He must have threatened her with this matter."
"What? He dared to threaten you?" Rage filled Chu Lian’s eyes. Li Fuyou had actually threatened her while he was away; how had she endured this past month?
Wang Xiangxiang bit her lip and said, "Yes, he threatened that if I didn’t stop undermining Dongfeng Restaurant, he would reveal that incident of me being drugged and losing my virtue. I was scared, so I ordered Acheng to stop."
Hearing this, Chu Lian felt heartbroken. He then comforted her, "My wife, don’t blame yourself for this. It’s all because I didn’t consider everything thoroughly."
Indeed, he hadn’t thought this through; he shouldn’t have fought a gentleman’s battle.
Feeling somewhat afraid, Wang Xiangxiang clutched Chu Lian’s arm and asked anxiously, "My lord, my parents know about this incident now, can they still accept me?"
"Don’t worry, didn’t you have a good talk with my parents this morning? They can accept you. Besides, you haven’t followed anyone else; the child in your belly is mine."
Yet, Wang Xiangxiang remained worried, "But can they bear being laughed at?"
If this matter were to be exposed, she wasn’t concerned about being ridiculed herself, she was worried that the Chu Family would be shamed, becoming the butt of people’s jokes, unable to lift their heads.
"Don’t worry, they’ve been laughed at before too. There were even people who used to say I was fond of ’the love of the dragon and the sun’, did I? And yet, haven’t I married a wife?"
With a snort, Wang Xiangxiang was amused by Chu Lian’s talk of the ’love of the dragon and the sun’, "Stop talking."
"Alright, don’t worry, I’ll take care of this," said Chu Lian, patting Wang Xiangxiang’s head as he continued to console her.
Watching the interaction between the two, Xiaoxiao thought that Chu Lian was truly good to Wang Xiangxiang, even mentioning the ’love of the dragon and the sun’ to comfort her.
"Brother-in-law, what do you plan to do about this incident?" Yang Ming asked, seeing that Wang Xiangxiang’s mood had stabilized.
In Chu Lian’s eyes flashed a hint of ferocity, "Fight fire with fire."
Xiaoxiao instantly understood what Chu Lian meant by that. To deal with a villain, one must use villainous tactics, since the other side had gone too far, they couldn’t afford to be too gentlemanly.
Seeing that it was getting late, Yang Ming and Xiaoxiao decided to hurry back to Yang Family Village, as the family was waiting for their news.