Zhan Yichen frowned, his mind a mess. What was going on?
How did he end up in bed with Wei Jin? Did they… last night?
But it was impossible. If something like that had happened, he would definitely remember it, yet he had no memory at all.
Wei Jin also woke up at this moment and reached out to hold Zhan Yichen’s arm, only to be dodged by him. She sat up wrapped in the quilt, looking at Zhan Yichen with innocent, pitiful eyes.
“Yichen, why are you like this? I spent last night with you…”
“Don’t spout nonsense. What do you mean ‘spent the night with me’? Nothing happened between us.”
“Then why are we lying in bed like this?” Wei Jin hit the nail on the head.
Zhan Yichen remembered that after dinner yesterday, he was about to leave when a wave of dizziness washed over him. He didn’t know what happened, but when he woke up, he was in a hotel.
He suddenly thought of the drink he had and stared at Wei Jin with wide eyes.
“You drugged me!”
“I don’t deny drugging you, but we did have relations. It’s okay if you don’t want to take responsibility; I won’t force you.”
Wei Jin said it with an air of nonchalance, as if she were merely after Zhan Yichen’s looks.
Zhan Yichen couldn’t help but sneer, “You speak so nobly. If you weren’t trying to force me to take responsibility, would you really just be after my looks?”
He didn’t think he was handsome enough to make someone go to such lengths to be with him.
Wei Jin looked somewhat embarrassed. She hadn’t expected Zhan Yichen to be so blunt and show her no face at all.
She lowered her head, and hot tears trickled down her cheeks, splashing onto the back of her hand like raindrops.
“I really didn’t mean it like that. What else can I say? Should I beg you to take responsibility for me?”
“You shouldn’t have had this idea from the very beginning.”
Zhan Yichen was extremely annoyed. Honestly, he didn’t want to take responsibility for Wei Jin, as he had no intention of marrying another woman from the Wei family.
This Wei Jin seemed even more troublesome than Wei Yumeng.
Wei Jin wiped away the tears from her eyes, “But I really like you.”
“Stop with these high-sounding words. You just want to marry into the Zhan family. You saw Wei Yumeng marry my elder brother and receive favor, and you want to be like her, right?”
Wei Jin cried, her tears flowing like falling pears, “If that’s what you think, then I have nothing more to say.”
She threw off the quilt, got dressed, and ran out crying.
Zhan Yichen’s expression was grim, his brows knitted so tightly they looked like the character ‘chuan’. He regretted agreeing to meet Wei Jin even more now. He shouldn’t have been soft-hearted and tried to repay Wei Yumeng’s kindness in such a way by meeting his sister.
Now look at the mess it had caused.
He left the hotel and returned to the Zhan family. When Wen Yulan saw Zhan Yichen, she hurried forward.
“Yichen, why are you back so late? Where have you been? What are those marks on your neck?”
Wen Yulan reached out to pull open Zhan Yichen’s collar to get a better look, but Zhan Yichen’s pupils contracted sharply, and he bolted towards the bathroom.
He pulled open his collar and looked. Indeed, his neck was covered in red marks. Wen Yulan, being experienced, immediately saw what had happened.
“Where have you been fooling around?”
“I haven’t been anywhere.” Zhan Yichen turned and walked out.
Wen Yulan clearly saw Zhan Yichen’s displeased expression and followed him.
“Explain to me, what exactly is going on?”
“I’m warning you, you can be with women, but don’t get them pregnant. The Zhan family can’t afford that kind of disgrace.”
“That wasn’t my intention!” Zhan Yichen suddenly shouted.
Wen Yulan’s eyes sharpened as she grabbed him, “What exactly happened?”
Zhan Yichen felt stifled and knew that Wen Yulan was the type to get to the bottom of things. He feared he couldn’t hide it even if he wanted to.
So, he told her the whole story.
After listening, Wen Yulan was so angry she almost went to the Wei family directly.
“These people will do anything to marry into our Zhan family. Wei Jin clearly saw Wei Yumeng marry into our family and became jealous, wanting to use Wei Yumeng’s connection to get to you. How could you be so foolish? Wei Yumeng told you to contact her, and you actually met and treated her to dinner.”
Who would refuse what was offered on a platter?
He hadn’t liked Wei Yumeng before, and now, he disliked her even more.
Zhan Yichen frowned, “Mom, don’t blame Wei Yumeng. It has nothing to do with her. She told me earlier that she had added Wei Jin, and if I didn’t want to talk, I could block her. It was me…”
Wen Yulan stared at Zhan Yichen with a strange look when she heard this.
“Have you been poisoned by Wei Yumeng lately? Why are you always defending her?”
“No, I’m just stating facts.” He did have a bit of a spoiled young master’s temper, but he knew right from wrong.
It wasn’t that his opinion of Wei Yumeng had completely changed, but he felt she might not be entirely the person he thought she was.
Wen Yulan, however, issued a strict order.
“I don’t care about your opinions. In any case, it’s best to have as little to do with Wei Yumeng as possible. People’s hearts are unfathomable, and you’re so naive; you might fall into someone else’s trap again someday.”
“I know. But what do we do now?”
He didn’t want to marry Wei Jin.
Wen Yulan also had no intention of letting Zhan Yichen marry another woman from the Wei family. Wei Jin might even be more difficult to handle than Wei Yumeng.
She patted Zhan Yichen’s shoulder, “This kind of thing, your mother is quite skilled at it. Leave it to me.”
Zhan Yichen couldn’t be bothered to manage it anymore. He never wanted any contact with Wei Jin again.
“Fine, fine.”
Wei Yumeng, who had hurried upstairs to get documents, didn’t deliberately eavesdrop. She truly overheard their conversation by accident.
Shocked, she saw Wen Yulan and Zhan Yichen about to leave and quickly and quietly returned to her room.
She sat on the bed, still reeling from their conversation.
So, Wei Jin and Zhan Yichen had slept together. It was obvious Wei Jin must have used some scheme, otherwise, how could Zhan Yichen have…
The next step, if things went as expected, would be a forced marriage.
But if Wen Yulan handled this matter, it would likely take a different turn. For some reason, she suddenly felt curious about what Yin Fang would be like when dealing with Wen Yulan.
Both women had grown up in prominent families and were not simple.
She got her documents and left after confirming Zhan Yichen and Wen Yulan were gone.
At the company, she handed the documents to Zhan Mohan. Zhan Mohan glanced at her with a grave expression and immediately pressed her.
“Yichen and Wei Jin, what’s going on?”
Wei Yumeng blinked in surprise. What was happening? She had only just found out. Could it be that Zhan Mohan had already received the news?
Zhan Mohan saw through her confusion and tossed his phone in front of her.
“Take a look yourself.”
Wei Yumeng picked up the phone and saw a headline on the screen about Wei Jin and Zhan Yichen.
The title read: Zhan Family’s Second Young Master Secretly Meets Wei Family Miss at Hotel, Have They Already Confirmed Their Relationship?
She glanced below and saw that in just one hour, it had been reposted tens of millions of times.
There was no doubt that Wei Jin and her people had leaked this. Their aim was to blow the matter out of proportion.