They arrived at the Xia family's residence.
Xia Bingqing led Chen Fan in, her face beaming as she said, "Mom, Dad, Chen Fan is here to celebrate your birthday too!"
"He even brought gifts!"
Xia Bingqing, unlike her usual reserved demeanor, was smiling like a blooming flower.
She placed a watch worth tens of thousands and a piece of beautiful jade on the table.
Xia Wenping, as if frozen, neither moved nor spoke.
In this household, Li Shujuan was the one in charge.
Previously, Chen Fan had caused them significant unpleasantness, nearly leading to them severing family ties!
Li Shujuan, with a cold expression, snorted, "Do I care for his worthless gifts?"
Hearing this, Xia Bingqing's delicate eyebrows furrowed. "Mom, haven't I already told you? Without Chen Fan, I wouldn't be where I am today!"
"It's all thanks to Chen Fan that I could smoothly take over the Xia Group!"
Li Shujuan crossed her arms, fixing her gaze on Chen Fan. "Oh… you even dressed up specifically. Do you think putting on glasses makes a pig like Zhu Bajie a university student? Mimicking the elegant lady Dong Shi is disgusting! Xia Bingqing, you're already the CEO of the Xia Group. Being with someone like him is a complete disgrace. I order you to cut all ties with him immediately. As for that engagement, tear it up!"
"What kind of trash wants to enter our Xia family?"
Their eyes met coldly.
Each word was like a blade.
Chen Fan frowned upon hearing this. To be honest, it wasn't for Xia Bingqing that he would even consider setting foot in the Xia family's home. He snorted, "Do you think I care!"
With this utterance,
an atmosphere thick with gunpowder instantly permeated the room.
Xia Bingqing's expression stiffened. She had come today to resolve conflicts, not to fuel them. After Chen Fan spoke, she pinched him and quickly said, "Mom, Chen Fan didn't mean it that way. Please listen to me. Chen Fan is truly exceptional; you have some misunderstanding about him!"
Li Shujuan was furious. "Heh heh… Xia Bingqing, stop talking. Don't try to mediate here. Tell him to get lost immediately!"
"My daughter, Li Shujuan's daughter, will never marry trash like him who lives off women!"
"Tell him to get out!"
"What nonsense! You're an eyesore here?"
Xia Bingqing froze on the spot, not expecting things to escalate to this point. She clenched her fists, her face flushed with anger. In the next moment, she roared indignantly, "Mom, it's your birthday today, which is why I brought Chen Fan back! Is it appropriate for you to speak to him like this? Also, do you even know that if it weren't for him, our entire Xia family would have been ruined? The Yang family from the provincial capital didn't trouble us because of him, do you know that?"
"Why are you scolding him?"
"How can you be so unreasonable!"
"Fine… Since you don't want to resolve this, then we won't!"
Her outburst even surprised Chen Fan.
*Cough!*
She's quarreling with her family because of me?
This…
Chen Fan was rendered speechless. He had to admit, Xia Bingqing was quite spirited.
His eyes lit up, and he looked at her with newfound respect.
Immediately after, Xia Bingqing took Chen Fan's hand and said indignantly, "Since you refuse to accept Chen Fan, then fine. I'm not coming back to this home either. From now on, Xia Bingqing has nothing to do with you!"
"You…"
Li Shujuan was furious. Seeing Xia Bingqing about to drag Chen Fan away, she lunged forward and roared, "Xia Bingqing, you're the general manager of the Xia Group now, and you don't even respect me, your mother?"
"Today, without my permission, you will not leave this place by half a step!"
"I've already asked a matchmaker to find you a blind date, and they'll be here soon!"