A secret tryst? Her brotherly love triangle backfired.

Chapter 146 "I said, let's break up,"

—Unless she asks.

Tang Wanwan understood what he meant.

She was somewhat angry.

She certainly has reason to be angry.

Looking at the man in front of her who remained calm and composed, her anger surged exponentially.

Suppressed anger stained his pupils red.

Those beautiful almond-shaped eyes almost brimming with hatred.

Jiang Yanzhi's last bit of luck vanished.

He held her tightly, flustered. "You said you wouldn't hold a grudge against me."

Tang Wanwan broke free of his arms, stared at him intently, and said in a hoarse voice, "...What did Fu Jingbai do to her?"

Jiang Yan had never seen her like this before, and he was so flustered that he couldn't speak.

After a long, stiff silence, he finally moved his lips and said, "I'm sorry."

Sure enough he knew.

Tang Wanwan's heart sank to the bottom. She stood up abruptly and roared, "What exactly did Fu Jingbai do?!"

Jiang Yanzhi could never bring himself to say such a despicable thing.

He mumbled, "It seems they took advantage of Qian Qinglei's father's mistakes and forced her... to be with him."

Mistakes, being forced, being together...

Because she was forced to be with Fu Jingbai, Qian Qinglei broke up with Xu Yang.

Even if Tang Wanwan was naive, she knew that this "being together" was definitely not the simple, equal relationship she had with Jiang Yanzhi.

Her face gradually turned pale.

Jiang Yanzhi couldn't bear it, so he walked up to her and reached out to hug her.

"Do not touch me."

Tang Wanwan turned to the side and spoke slowly and deliberately.

Jiang Yanzhi's hand froze in mid-air before slowly retracting.

The tea room quieted down.

The two stood facing each other, silent.

“I’m sorry,” Jiang Yanzhi said again, “When I found out about this, it was already a done deal, and it was too late to stop it.”

"Is that so?" Tang Wanwan raised her eyes and looked at his face, which she had felt was cold from the first time she saw him.

Indifferent and ruthless, aloof and distant, looking down on you as if from behind a cloud.

In other words, although they have different outward personalities, they are actually the same kind of people inside.

They are absolute and domineering, brooking no dissent.

If a good brother has his eye on a woman, he'll help her pursue her even if she has a boyfriend.

If the other party refuses, they are ungrateful and will naturally be taken by force.

Would he think something was wrong?

Will it stop Fu Jingbai?

What a big joke.

It would be more like stopping her from interfering with her brother's good time.

Bitch!

They're all the same kind of bastards!
Tang Wanwan was trembling with anger.

Jiang Yanzhi frowned and was about to hug her again when Tang Wanwan picked up the cold tea from the table and poured it over his head.

Having never had his face splashed before, Jiang Yanzhi froze on the spot.

Even the indoor air seemed to freeze.

You guys disgust me!

Tang Wanwan casually tossed the empty teacup on the ground and turned to leave.

"Disgusting? What the hell makes me disgusting?"

Jiang Yanzhi caught up with her, grabbed her wrist, and pinned her against the door.

He held her with one hand and wiped his face with the other, both anxious and angry, yet he didn't dare utter a single harsh word to her, much less let her go.

He simply said, "I won't hold it against you if you're angry, but I really only found out after it was already a done deal, and I'm absolutely not lying to you."

It's a done deal...

"What's already a done deal? After he successfully raped her?"

Tang Wanwan's throat was terribly dry. "And before that? Do you dare say you didn't know what Fu Jingbai was planning?" On that day at the driving school, he had revealed that the company Qian Qinglei's father worked for belonged to the Fu family.

He knows Fu Jingbai so well; with his intelligence, how could he not guess his good brother's methods?
But what did he say to her?

Jiang Yanzhi was speechless.

"Why won't you admit it? You're ignoring the fact that my good friend was raped by your brother, and even now that it's a done deal, you still don't think Fu Jingbai did anything wrong."

Tang Wanwan looked at him and slowly forced a smile, "Just like that night in the ancient town, you wouldn't let me disturb your good brother's blatant attempt to steal her away."

Forced rape...

She said such awful things.

Jiang Yanzhi tried to explain.

He wanted to say he didn't.

But under her cold gaze, he couldn't say a word.

He took a deep breath, trying to reason with her, "Then what do you want me to do?"

"I've tried all the advice I could, but Fu Jingbai isn't my subordinate and isn't under my control. What can I do?"

What if it were me?

"……what?"

"What if Fu Jingbai had her eye on me?"

Tang Wanwan said, "I doubt my family can withstand his ruthless methods either. Are you also..."

"No!" Jiang Yanzhi's face was grim. "You're my girlfriend. He wouldn't, and wouldn't dare, force you like that."

But Qian Qinglei is different.

There was absolutely no need for him to make his brother unhappy for the sake of Qian Qinglei.

Just like Fu Jingbai said, it's one thing for him to protect his girlfriend, but it's also unreasonable for him to protect her friends so closely.

Do they really not care about brotherhood at all?

Tang Wanwan understood what he meant.

He certainly has his reasons.

And she couldn't even blame him.

After all, it was only natural for him to side with Fu Jingbai over Qian Qinglei.

In his worldview, he didn't see anything wrong with what Fu Jingbai did.

The reason I'm nervous and apologizing now is simply because she's angry.

He was only afraid that she would get angry.

Instead of blaming themselves for the incident itself.

For the young masters who stand at the top of the pyramid and are born into a high position, plundering a girl is nothing more than a piece of fun that they can easily do.

Tang Wanwan gently closed her eyes. "Both you and Fu Jingbai disgust and terrify me."

Jiang Yanzhi's breath hitched, and his chest felt tight and suffocating.

"Don't talk to me like that,"

Afraid she would run away, he tightened his grip on her wrist. "After finding out about this, I made amends. Fu Jingbai, he..."

"Alright," Tang Wanwan interrupted him, saying calmly, "Let's break up."

……

Jiang Yanzhi paused for a few seconds, then leaned closer and asked, "What did you say?"

Tang Wanwan calmly repeated, "I said, we're breaking up."

At that moment, she didn't even think about the dream, nor about getting back together in the future.

She was determined to cut all ties with the man in front of her.

"Tang Wanwan!"

Another breakup.

Jiang Yanzhi's pupils suddenly contracted, and his face contorted slightly.

"Why do you always break up so easily? In the twenty days we were together, how many times did you bring up breaking up? Do you even remember?"

Every time things don't go well, he threatens to break up.

Their relationship was not worth cherishing in her eyes at all.

It wasn't a treasure she treated with care, but rather trash she was constantly trying to discard.

Jiang Yanzhi's eyes were full of hurt. "I've done everything I could about Qian Qinglei, and I've tried to persuade her as much as I could. I can't just hold a gun to Fu Jingbai's forehead and warn him not to touch Qian Qinglei."

(End of this chapter)