Wen Yulan watched anxiously, "What's wrong with you, child? What's going on? Just say it. Even if you tell the truth, can this woman eat you?"
Wei Yumeng saw Zhan Yichen's guilt.
"Of course he's afraid to tell the truth because I never seduced him. He deliberately pretended to be intimate with me when he saw Young Master Zhan coming over, just to sow discord between me and him."
Wei Yumeng sneered, her eyes full of contempt for Zhan Yichen.
She had thought he was a man who would take responsibility when he had reprimanded her so righteously earlier. She hadn't expected him to be afraid to speak the truth in front of Wen Yulan.
It was hard to believe that they were born of the same father, yet Zhan Mohan was upright and open, while Zhan Yichen didn't even dare to admit what he had done.
Wen Yulan became even more anxious after hearing Wei Yumeng's words.
"Say something."
"I... I really didn't have anything happen with her."
Wen Yulan was so angry she almost fainted. If Sister Li hadn't quickly supported her, an ambulance would have been called.
Seeing Wen Yulan like that, Zhan Yichen pointed at Wei Yumeng.
"Even if you didn't seduce me, haven't you seduced other men outside?"
"That's your brother's business. You're meddling too much."
Wei Yumeng couldn't have taken that slap for nothing. She couldn't offend Wen Yulan, so why couldn't she vent her anger on Zhan Yichen?
Zhan Yichen was rendered speechless by Wei Yumeng's retort and didn't know what to say for a moment.
Sister Li said, "I'll help Madam back to her room to rest. Second Young Master, you should talk to her properly."
He had embarrassed Madam Wen in front of so many people.
This Second Young Master was truly something...
After Wen Yulan left, Wei Yumeng couldn't even be bothered to look at Zhan Yichen again. She turned to leave. She didn't even want an apology from someone like him.
Zhan Yichen, however, walked up indignantly, "Wei Yumeng, was it necessary to make things so awkward just now?"
Wei Yumeng let out a cold laugh, her gaze devoid of any warmth.
"Awkward? So Young Master Zhan knows what the word 'awkward' means? Did I cause the situation to develop like this, or did you?"
If he hadn't made a scene in the backyard, Wen Yulan wouldn't have come up and judged her so arbitrarily, nor would she have slapped her without question.
She hadn't asked him to apologize, yet Zhan Yichen was still being aggressive.
Zhan Yichen's face grew uglier. "A shameless woman like you dares to talk about awkwardness? If Grandpa hadn't said that you could help my brother stand up again, why would we have let you in?"
"Yes, I can't help your brother stand up again. Then why don't you convince Grandpa Zhan to let me divorce your brother?"
"Fine, don't think I wouldn't dare, just..."
"Yichen, have you caused enough trouble?"
A deep, clear voice echoed from upstairs.
Wei Yumeng and Zhan Yichen both looked up simultaneously. Zhan Mohan's dark pupils seemed to be veiled by a thick fog, unfathomably deep.
Zhan Yichen had always feared and obeyed Zhan Mohan since he was a child. Upon hearing Zhan Mohan's voice, he immediately became like a well-behaved child and stood still, not making a sound.
Zhan Mohan looked down at Wei Yumeng and said,
"You go back to your room."
"Yes." Wei Yumeng didn't want to waste any more time with Zhan Yichen. She went upstairs.
Then they both disappeared down the corridor. Zhan Yichen watched the direction they left, his eyes filled with unwillingness.
He would definitely find a way to catch this woman, to make her leave his elder brother.
Wei Yumeng returned to her room, her cheeks still red and swollen, her eyes also red. She hadn't wanted to appear too fragile in front of Wen Yulan and Zhan Yichen earlier, but now, she could hardly hold back.
What kind of bad luck had she stumbled into? She had just fought with someone at the company yesterday, and now she had been slapped by Wen Yulan.
"Feeling wronged?"
Zhan Mohan's voice held no discernible emotion.
Wei Yumeng looked up at him briefly. "If it were you, wouldn't you feel wronged? Even if I couldn't find a man, I wouldn't stoop to your second brother."
"Mm, that's true."
He found that statement rather pleasant to hear.
Wei Yumeng felt something was strange about his words. "Are you praising me or demeaning me?"
"That's up to your own interpretation."
She sniffled and walked to Zhan Mohan's side, her slender fingers carefully holding the hem of his shirt.
"Mr. Zhan, can... can you help me with something?"
"You want me to help you get revenge on Yichen?" He raised an eyebrow teasingly, not entirely surprised. Women sometimes had a vengeful streak, after all.
However, was this request a bit too difficult for him?
Wei Yumeng wasn't foolish enough for that. "It's not about that. I want you to help me with something regarding Wei Jin. You've always refused to believe that Zhan Lin wasn't hit by me. But if I can make Wei Jin speak the truth, then can't it prove my innocence?"
"What do you want to do?"
"Stage a kidnapping, and then I'll force Wei Jin to tell the truth."
She thought, since Zhan Yichen was targeting her so fiercely because of this matter, if she could make Wei Jin reveal the truth and prove she wasn't the one who harmed them, then Zhan Yichen wouldn't hate her so much anymore.
Zhan Mohan sneered, completely disagreeing with Wei Yumeng's plan.
"Wei Yumeng, how do I know it's not a scheme between you and Wei Jin? You want to live a comfortable life in the Zhan family, and then you'll scheme with Wei Jin. Perhaps you'll even deceive me."
After hearing Zhan Mohan's suspicion, Wei Yumeng was almost speechless.
"Have you been cheated too many times?"
Why did he suspect everything was a conspiracy?
Zhan Mohan coldly refused, "This matter has nothing to do with me. You figure it out yourself."
Wei Yumeng found his serious expression a little creepy.
"If you're not helping, you're not helping, but you don't have to be so fierce."
Saying that, she turned to leave.
Zhan Mohan gave Fang Xun a look, and Fang Xun quickly stepped forward.
"Madam, you still have injuries on your face. Please take this medicine and treat them."
Wei Yumeng paused, then subconsciously looked at Zhan Mohan. He turned his face away. In the end, she still took it.
"Thank you, Fang Xun."
After Wei Yumeng left, Fang Xun turned to ask Zhan Mohan.
"Mr. Zhan, why didn't you help Madam?"
"Why should I help her? You know what she said is true. Have you found out what I asked you to investigate?"
"I'm still investigating, but there does seem to be a problem."
Zhan Mohan's dark eyes narrowed. "What do you mean?"
"I went to check on Wei Jin at the time and found that she had also appeared in that location, but the surveillance footage was missing."
"Meaning someone deliberately hid the clues."
His dark pupils were veiled by a thick fog, unfathomably deep.
Fang Xun guessed, "That seems to be the case. Further investigation is needed."
"Then continue investigating. This time, we must get to the bottom of it."
"Okay. Mr. Zhan, if it's proven that Madam didn't harm you and the young master, will the two of you... be together?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Fang Xun saw his expression suddenly change. His dark eyes were as still and deep as an unfathomable abyss.
"Why would I be with her?"
He didn't like her.
Fang Xun mumbled with his head lowered, "Then why do you always help her behind her back?"
If this wasn't called liking someone, he really didn't know what was.
Zhan Mohan's dark eyes swept over Fang Xun, reflecting a dangerous glint. His thick eyebrows pressed down heavily, and his thin lips coldly uttered a few words.
"Stop talking nonsense!"
Fang Xun dared not say anything more. Mr. Zhan's thoughts were truly unfathomable. Sometimes, what seemed like affection wasn't necessarily true affection.
After all, when their Mr. Zhan was ruthless, he didn't care about anything.
But just because Zhan Mohan didn't help Wei Yumeng didn't mean she would let it go. She could find her own way. It was just a matter of forcing Wei Jin to tell the truth, wasn't that simple?
Just as she was about to proceed with this, Xin Ran's parents came looking for her...