Quick Wear: Cousin, Come to the Bowl Quickly

"Evil creature! Beast! You've read so much that you've gone to the dogs!"

"Snapped!"

Mr. Xu’s slap was so powerful that Xu Yucheng was caught off guard. He staggered back a few steps, seeing stars in front of his eyes. Finally, he could not hold on any longer and fell heavily to the ground with a thud.

He lay on the ground, feeling dizzy, his ears buzzing, his cheeks burning, and a strong smell of rust in his mouth.

But Mr. Xu still felt it was not enough, and kicked him several times. Mrs. Xu, who was screaming, hugged him tightly, and he stopped breathing heavily with a flushed face, but he still kept cursing.

Xu Yucheng, lying on the ground, gasped for a long time before he could barely catch his breath from the buzzing tinnitus.

He struggled to prop up his upper body with his arms, squinting his eyelids which were almost closed due to swelling, and gasping for breath, barely able to focus the confused thoughts in his mind.

Photos? What kind of photos could have instantly sent Commander Lin and his father into such a rage?

Xu Yucheng was breathing heavily and groping on the ground with blurred vision. After a while, his trembling fingertips could no longer control and finally touched the cold piece of cardboard.

He picked it up with great effort, brought it close to his eyes, squinted his eyes, and tried hard to focus on it.

The protagonists of the photo are a man and a woman. The background is a luxuriously decorated and brightly lit hotel room. On the table are exquisite dishes, a bottle of red wine, and a bouquet of blooming roses.

The woman in the photo tilted her head slightly, and the carefully arranged bouquet of flowers on the table just covered most of her face, revealing only a pair of delicate and gentle eyes with a smile.

The man was leaning forward slightly, holding a white napkin in his hand, wiping the corner of the woman's lips gently and carefully.

He had an undisguised doting smile on his face, his eyes focused, and he looked like an affectionate gentleman.

The composition of the photo is a bit tricky and the shooting distance is a bit far, as if it was taken secretly in a corner, so it is not very clear.

But Xu Yucheng recognized the handsome profile with a gentle smile at the first sight - it was him!

The moment he saw the photo clearly, Xu Yucheng felt as if his brain was hit by a heavy hammer, making a buzzing sound.

But in an instant, the last trace of blood color on his face faded away completely, and a cold chill instantly rushed from the soles of his feet to the top of his head. Almost instinctively, he raised his head and looked at Commander Lin above his head.

Commander Lin looked down at him condescendingly, the sneer on his face turning into extreme disgust and contempt.

"I originally thought that you were truly influenced by new Western ideas and had become a 'modern-style person' who pursued free love!"

Commander Lin's voice was icy cold, tinged with a cruel, all-seeing ruthlessness. "Ah! Turns out you're just a sanctimonious, hypocritical, and cunning 'fodder bag'! What's with all the talk of arranged marriages and free love? It's just a high-sounding fig leaf to cover up your fickle and dissolute behavior!"

These words were extremely harsh, and every word was like a knife, piercing Xu Yucheng's heart. He had been so righteous and confident just now, constantly talking about his pursuit of freedom, but now it felt as if he had been stripped naked in public.

Doubt, shame, fear, embarrassment and other emotions were swirling in his mind, making him tremble all over.

His lips moved, trying to defend himself, but his throat felt like it was blocked by a ball of water-soaked cotton, making it difficult for him to breathe and unable to utter a word.

Mrs. Lin, who was standing behind Commander Lin, was originally just confused and uncertain. But now, seeing her husband so furious and Xu Yucheng's miserable appearance as if he had been struck by lightning, she immediately realized that the content of the photo was not simple at all.

She frowned, took a few steps forward, and snatched the photo from Xu Yucheng's trembling hands.

After seeing the contents of the photo clearly, she felt as if she were drenched in ice water. She was stunned for a moment, and then a surge of anger at being deceived and humiliated burned up fiercely, making her tremble all over with anger.

Of course she knew that Xu Yucheng was a man who liked to attract a lot of attention.

The Xu family has many concubines and daughters in the inner house, but they only have a precious son like Xu Yucheng. He grew up surrounded by beauties and beautiful women. Under the influence of his surroundings, it is inevitable that he is frivolous and playful.

But there is no point in stopping his daughter from choosing him and loving him wholeheartedly!

Moreover, with the old-fashioned and strict Mr. Xu putting pressure on them, and the child marriage that the two families had arranged in their early years, they were bound by the rules. So even though Xu Yucheng had a reputation for being a playboy outside, he had never caused any substantial scandal that could really damage the reputation of the two families.

For the sake of her daughter, she turned a blind eye to those minor quarrels.

What's more, Xu Yucheng was indeed born with a very good appearance and a clever and eloquent mouth. He knew best how to make these elderly ladies happy.

When we meet on weekdays, he is polite and speaks soothingly, which always makes her smile.

Therefore, Mrs. Lin naturally treated him like a mother-in-law treats her son-in-law - although she couldn't say that she liked him very much from the bottom of her heart, she was at least 70% to 80% satisfied with him.

Even when Lin Xi occasionally got into a bad temper, she would advise her daughter to control her temper and be more considerate, so that they could live happily after they got married.

But now, looking at the intimate and "sweet-hearted" couple in the photo, especially looking at the well-tailored and high-quality suit Xu Yucheng was wearing in the photo, it was clearly the same suit he wore two days ago when the two families formally discussed the details of the wedding date.

What did this mean? It meant that just after he had agreed to marry Lin Xi as his future son-in-law in the Lin family's living room, in front of both parents, and perhaps even that same night! He actually wore the same suit and went to dinner with another woman, acting so intimately and flirtatiously!

They act one way in front of people and another behind their backs. They pretend to be decent, gentle, respectful and frugal in front of others, but they do such dirty things behind their backs.

How dare such a two-faced, fickle, shameless playboy constantly use "freedom" and "love" as a pretext! He pretended to be oppressed and forced into an arranged marriage, then ran to Lin Xi's birthday party and righteously called off the engagement?!

What does he think of her family Xixi and their Lin family?!

Thinking of this, Mrs. Lin held the photo and pointed at Xu Yucheng who was lying limp on the ground. Her lips trembled for a long time, as if she had countless curse words on her lips, but in the end, they only turned into a sad and angry sneer.

Mrs. Lin said nothing and threw the photo hard at Xu Yucheng. The photo fell lightly to the ground, face up.

This time, no one picked it up. It lay quietly on the cold floor tiles. The "romantic" couple in the luxurious private room, and Xu Yucheng's clear and gentle profile, were finally presented to everyone present without any cover.

The air seemed to freeze, leaving only a suffocating silence.

"Do you really think," Commander Lin's calm voice sounded again after a long time, breaking the suffocating silence in the hall, "that I didn't know you had already returned from France?"

These light words were like a thunderclap exploding over the heads of the Xu family!

Mr. Xu, Mrs. Xu, and even Xu Yucheng, who had just struggled to get up from the ground, all trembled violently, raised their heads abruptly, and looked in unison at Commander Lin, who had an expressionless face but eyes as cold as ice.