Normally, after being away for so long, the first night back home should be spent properly with the old man.
However, Zhan Bei Jue couldn't bear to keep Lu Ming Zhe waiting any longer, so when dinner time arrived, he took his family out.
Jiang Nan Fang was driving again.
The two daughters seemed unable to walk, sitting on his lap the entire time, hugging his neck.
Each held one side of his face, as if their daddy was their exclusive property, chattering incessantly, asking all sorts of questions, and talking to him.
The two sons had lost the novelty of being affectionate with Zhan Bei Jue, huddled together, heads bowed, engrossed in their electronic devices.
With the back seat so lively, Jiang Nan Fang felt like a chauffeur.
"Tiantian, Ge'er, aren't you two going too far?"
"Do you not want Mommy anymore now that you've seen Daddy? Talking to him and being affectionate with him all the time, can you bear to see me all alone?"
Ge'er appeased her perfunctorily.
"We haven't seen Daddy in so long, we miss him and want to be close to him for a while longer, Mommy don't be jealous."
"We'll be affectionate with you too in a couple of days when Daddy goes on his business trip."
Tiantian also chimed in, "Exactly. I finally have a daddy, and he's so handsome, I just want to be close to him more."
"Mommy, didn't you promise to have more babies for us? When are you going to have them?"
"Once the little brothers and sisters are born, we'll have new toys and won't cling to Daddy anymore. Hurry up and have them."
Jiang Nan Fang was truly exasperated by them.
Knowing that Zhan Bei Jue was bringing the children, Zhou Jin Bei chose a private dining restaurant for the gathering.
Lu Ming Zhe hadn't arrived yet, and she was confirming the menu with the waitress at the front desk.
After a few minutes' delay, she was in a great mood and about to head upstairs.
A man and a woman walked towards her.
The woman was smiling charmingly, leaning against the man. They walked as if they had no eyes, bumping into her.
Zhou Jin Bei tried to dodge but couldn't, and the three collided.
It was a trivial matter, and it didn't hurt, so she didn't intend to make a fuss.
However, the other party became aggressive.
"Oh, what are you doing? Don't you watch where you're going? You bumped into my stomach!"
The woman pushed her.
Zhou Jin Bei stumbled but regained her balance, her anger flaring.
Just as she was about to argue, she caught sight of the man beside the woman.
He looked so familiar. Wasn't it her ex-husband, Jiang Si Cheng?
This fake man, who only liked men, was actually holding a woman?
Jiang Si Cheng clearly recognized her too.
Their eyes met, and his eyebrows shot up. With a playful expression, he pushed her again.
"I was wondering who was so careless, turns out it's my ex-wife, my little darling!"
"Still as reckless as ever, no wonder you couldn't keep a child. You stayed in the hospital for so long, and you still haven't learned your lesson?"
The divorce and the miscarriage had caused a huge rift between the Zhou and Jiang families.
Zhou Jin Bei and Jiang Si Cheng had obviously become sworn enemies.
She had wanted to never see him again, but Nan Cheng was too small.
What bad luck. To run into such a scumbag while going out for a meal!
"Are your hands itching? You bumped into me without watching where you were going, and you have the nerve to push me? Do you think you're the only ones with hands?"
Zhou Jin Bei was not one to be bullied.
Although she was outnumbered, she wouldn't lose the momentum!
After scolding them, she quickly extended her hands and shoved them both hard.
"Get out of the way! I don't like talking to dogs! Who the hell are you calling your ex-wife? Who knows a dog! Humph!"
She sidestepped them and started to leave.
Jiang Si Cheng grabbed her arm.
"Spouting such foul language, who the hell are you talking to? Are you getting too big for your britches, Zhou Jin Bei?"
This was endless.
You push me, I push you, we owe each other nothing, why are you looking at me like that?
Zhou Jin Bei stopped, first glancing at the hand gripping her arm, then shifting her gaze back to Jiang Si Cheng's face, her expression cold.
"I'll give you two seconds to take your hand off. Otherwise, I'll make you regret being named Jiang."
"Didn't you say you didn't know me? Now you know my name? And you're giving me two seconds to take my hand off? What if I don't?"
"Oh, not only will I not take it off, I'll touch it a few more times. What can you do to me?"
Saying that, he reached out and pinched Zhou Jin Bei's face twice.
She had never met such a despicable man!
Zhou Jin Bei gritted her teeth, slapped his hand away, and sneered.
"Broke up with your boyfriend? Is this your new fling? Or a new wife you tricked?"
"Did you tell her about your sexual orientation? How much money did you get this time? You have to pretend to be happy even when you can't perform with a woman, you're something else."
"What can I do to you? Nothing. But I can tell everyone what I know and make you famous."
"Mr. Jiang, I assume you don't mind everyone knowing what you're really like?"
Zhou Jin Bei thought she had caught him in a vulnerable spot and could at least make him wary of her in public.
Unexpectedly, Jiang Si Cheng was utterly shameless.
"Spreading rumors? Slandering me? Zhou Jin Bei, don't tell me you still have feelings for me?"
"Trying to get my attention this way and come back to me? Let me tell you, dream on."
"That's right, this is my new girlfriend, and we're getting married soon. And she's pregnant too."
"If you want to know if I can perform, ask her."
The woman beside him chuckled, looking smug.
"So you weren't lying to me, A Cheng? You're really not interested in this woman. You two were married, but you never touched her!"
"Why would I lie to you? My parents made me marry her, I don't like her at all. Do you believe me now?"
"That's hilarious. I've never heard anything so funny. Married someone, got pregnant, and the man never touched her, hahahaha!"
The two of them seemed to be discussing something glorious, becoming more animated as they spoke, even laughing heartily as if no one else were present.
Zhou Jin Bei, unable to stand seeing someone gloat, furiously slapped the woman across the face.
"Who do you think you are to laugh at me?"
"Do you think you're any better than me? You're just a breeding machine! Pregnant, are you? Think you're so great? Let's see what happens after the baby is born!"
"If he can still perform for you, I'll write my surname backward!"
Caught off guard by the slap, the woman was furious.
She stomped her foot, clutching her face as if about to cry, and glared at Jiang Si Cheng.
"You! She..."
"I don't care! You have to get revenge for me! Hit her back, beat her to death, A Cheng!"
Jiang Si Cheng was also enraged.
"You caused so much trouble before to upset me, but because you're a woman, I didn't want to lay hands on you. You're ungrateful!"
"You dare lay hands on my wife? Zhou Jin Bei, believe it or not, I'll beat you until you're spitting teeth!"
"Just you? Oh, I'm so scared."
Zhou Jin Bei looked at him, neither subservient nor arrogant.
"I'm standing right here today, not moving an inch. If you dare to hit me, and you don't break an arm, I'll take your surname."