The Genius Sweetheart of the Abstinent Goblin Boss

Upon hearing this, Jiang Sheng's aura became even heavier, and he tried his best to remain patient in his tone.

"Don't make Dad say it a second time."

Jiang Manxi didn't expect her father to be so tough this time, but this made her want to protect Zeng Yichen even more.

His situation was already so difficult, why did his father have to jump out and make things difficult for him at this time?

Before she could even open her mouth to refute her father again, Zeng Yichen had already stepped forward.

"It's okay, I can easily take a taxi myself. You and Uncle Jiang should go back now."

“But…” Jiang Manxi hadn’t finished speaking when Zeng Yichen smiled and waved at her, then turned and took a few steps forward to bow respectfully to Jiang Sheng again.

"Uncle Jiang, I'll be going now."

Jiang Sheng didn't even glance at him, and coldly replied,

"Young Master Zeng, please stop asking Manxi out in private."

"Dad!! How can you talk like that?" Jiang Manxi couldn't stand it anymore and stepped forward to rebuke him loudly, while she looked at Zeng Yichen uneasily.

A hint of embarrassment flashed across Zeng Yichen's face. He didn't have the courage to respond to Jiang Manxi anymore, and simply nodded in resignation.

"I understand. I'm sorry for the trouble."

After saying that, he walked past Jiang Sheng and his group, left along the road, and planned to hail a taxi a little further away.

"Zeng Yichen!!" Jiang Manxi wanted to chase after him again, but was stopped by Jiang Sheng's bodyguard.

"Get out of my way!" Jiang Manxi struggled angrily.

Seeing her possessed state, Jiang Sheng looked at her with a mixture of disappointment and frustration.

"Take the young lady back."

As he spoke, he turned and walked directly toward his car parked on the side of the road.

Jiang Manxi rarely saw her father so strong and resolute. She turned to look in the direction Zeng Yichen had left, but his figure had already disappeared.

She glared angrily at the two bodyguards in front of her.

"Miss, please don't make things difficult for us." The bodyguard gestured towards the car.

Jiang Manxi bit her lip, knowing that she couldn't resist today, and resignedly walked towards the car.

The bodyguard opened the car door in advance, but saw that Jiang Manxi did not get into the car with Jiang Sheng. Instead, she walked to the car in the back, which was for the bodyguards, opened the door, and got in.

The bodyguard holding the door looked at Jiang Sheng with some embarrassment.

"President Jiang, this..."

Jiang Sheng's expression was also very unpleasant, but in the end he didn't say anything more.

"Let her be, drive."

"Yes!"

The car then started and quickly returned to the Jiang family home.

Lian Yuzhu was halfway through processing the documents when she heard from the maid that the master had brought the young lady back. A hint of doubt flashed across her face, so she put down what she was doing and went downstairs.

Jiang Sheng had just seen a message and left with a grim expression. When asked, he wouldn't say anything, only that he would come back later.

Why did they bring Manxi back?

Did he go and ruin his daughter's date?

Lost in thought, she had already reached the living room when Jiang Sheng happened to walk in with a dark expression.

"What's wrong?" Lian Yuzhu stepped forward and asked.

Immediately, she saw Jiang Manxi standing a short distance behind Jiang Sheng. Her eyes were red, and her small face showed emotion and stubbornness.

"What's wrong with you two?" Lian Yuzhu asked again.

Jiang Manxi didn't want to talk, so she simply bypassed the two of them and planned to go back to her room.

"Hey? Manxi?" Lian Yuzhu tried to call out to her, but she didn't stop.

Seeing this, Jiang Sheng's anger flared even more, and he scolded Jiang Manxi's retreating figure:

"Is this how you treat your mother? Is this how we've taught you since you were little?"

Lian Yuzhu was shocked. She knew that her husband had always doted on their daughter and wished he could give her his life. When had he ever been so harsh on their daughter?

Upon hearing this, Jiang Manxi paused, turned around, and retorted without backing down.

"So, is that how your grandparents taught you to kick someone when they're down?"

"you!!"

Jiang Sheng never expected that his soft and gentle little princess would talk back to him so sharply because of that Zeng family boy.

My heart ached involuntarily.

"Alright, alright!" Seeing this, Lian Yuzhu quickly acted as a peacemaker between the father and daughter. "What's going on between you two? Can't you sit down and talk things out?"

Hearing his wife's voice, Jiang Sheng felt a mixture of anger and resentment.

Do you know who she went to see?

Zeng Yichen! That Zeng Yichen from the Zeng family!

Lian Yuzhu was stunned. She really hadn't expected that her daughter would go to see the Zeng family's children.

When Zeng Nian asked someone to propose a marriage alliance to Lao Jiang, they did consider letting the children get to know each other first. If they liked each other, a marriage alliance wouldn't be a bad thing; if they didn't, they could just be friends. They would never force their children to get married.

But didn't Lao Jiang later say that he didn't like the two kids?

Jiang Sheng got even angrier when the topic came up, and then started yelling at Jiang Manxi:

"Don't you know what kind of situation the Zeng family is in now? Any normal person would know to avoid them like the plague. Are you trying to get close to them because you're afraid of being dragged down by the Zeng family's bad reputation?"

“The Zeng family is the Zeng family! Zeng Yichen is Zeng Yichen! Just because he also has the surname Zeng, does that mean he deserves to die?” Jiang Manxi shouted back indignantly.

"You...!!" Jiang Sheng clutched his chest in anger, feeling as if he had a lump in his throat.

"Old Jiang!" Seeing Jiang Sheng's face turn red with anger, Lian Yuzhu quickly stepped forward to pat his back to calm him down, and then comforted Jiang Manxi:

"Manxi, how can you talk to your father like that?"

Jiang Sheng spoke again.

"Zeng Nian is a serious criminal, Zeng Yan is a heartless man who abandoned his family, and Zeng Yichen is their blood relative! How clean can he be?"

"Tell me! Tell me! They share the same blood, the same genes! What makes you think Zeng Yichen can defy genes and become different?"

Even Lian Yuzhu's eyes showed a hint of helplessness upon hearing this. Seeing her daughter's fair face now turned bluish-purple, she felt extremely distressed.

"Old Jiang, you should talk to the child properly, don't say such harsh things."

Jiang Sheng's voice softened slightly as he said to his wife with obvious helplessness:

"Hey, why would she listen to me? You know what kind of situation the Zeng family is in right now. How can I not be anxious when I see her jumping into a fire pit?"

Jiang Manxi stared blankly at the two of them, unable to calm herself down for a long time. Finally, she suddenly burst out laughing.

But that smile carried a clear hint of mockery.

"I thought my parents were the best parents in the world. They were kind, upright, and of high moral character. They would never force their children to marry for personal gain like other families, and they disdained currying favor with the powerful or belittling the weak."

The Zeng family once wielded immense power, so you instructed me to cultivate relationships with them, which I did. Now, Zeng Yichen is my friend, and I'm simply offering help when a friend is in trouble. But because the Zeng family has fallen, you're now demanding I immediately sever all ties.