Reborn with the ability to read minds, I became a heartthrob.

Zhou Liwan frowned, not understanding what the other party was trying to say: "What do you mean? What do you want from me today?"

Lifang quickly stood up and patted the dust off his knees.

“Miss Zhou, please do us a favor and put in a good word for us with your uncle. Our Zhang and Li families started from scratch and worked hard for decades to get to where we are today. If our ancestral legacy is destroyed in our hands, we really won’t be able to go back to our families.”

Is it related to my uncle?

But no matter how many times she asked, the two of them were always vague and wouldn't get to the point. Zhou Liwan still didn't know what had happened.

"I'm finding it really exhausting to talk to you two. Talk to me if you want, or I'm off to work. Oh, I forgot to tell you, I'm working at the police station now. If you keep causing trouble here, you're all coming back to the station with me!"

Li Fang seemed to have finally made up his mind, clapped his hands and said loudly, "This is what happened. In the last two days, the Jiang family suddenly attacked our two families, cutting off all our orders and business dealings. We are about to have to spend a lot of money on bank loans, workers' wages, and factory rent. Isn't this just pushing us to the brink of death?"

Zhou Liwan knew that Jiang Shi wouldn't do this without a reason, so she stared silently into the eyes of the two people in front of her.

[It's just a few words spoken to him behind his back, what a petty attitude!]

Is it really worth going to such lengths to destroy yourself over a few jokes?

A few words?

Zhou Liwan then realized that the two people in front of her looked very familiar. After thinking for a while, she suddenly realized that they were the ones who had secretly spoken ill of Shen Nanzhou at the Rainforest Pavilion during the charity gala a few days ago.

I thought my uncle hadn't heard it, but now I see he heard it all.

No wonder you were so angry.

My uncle was abandoned when he was a child. If it weren't for my maternal grandfather taking him in, he probably would have died long ago.

He had longed to see his family since he was a child, but when he was a teenager, he was told that the entire upper-class circle knew that he was the illegitimate son of a porn star.

He was instantly mocked and cursed.

Even though he had struggled his way to the top of the mountain, that incident was still a thorn in his side.

It is also a scar that cannot be touched.

These two people reopened his wounds and kept rubbing salt into them. If it were him, he wouldn't have let them off the hook either.

Now they not only don't know what they did wrong, but they're also coming to me for help—that's just wishful thinking.

Zhou Liwan's face darkened as she rebuked, "Then think about whether you've done anything unforgivable! If you have, just go and apologize. Why come to me? How do you know I'll help you?"

This cold and unapproachable attitude instantly annoyed Zhang Qiang, who was already feeling overwhelmed by the pressure he had been under lately.

Enraged by the little girl's sarcastic remark, he burst into a tirade: "All I did was talk about his slutty mother! She's just a woman who abandoned him, why are you going to kill us over this!"

Zhou Liwan stared intently at the two men in front of her, her voice cold: "Stop making excuses for yourselves. I can't listen to this anymore. In the end, it's all because you can't control your mouths. I never thought that two grown men could be more gossipy than the old woman at the village entrance! Spreading rumors behind people's backs!"

Seeing Zhou Liwan's unfriendly attitude, the two knew that it wouldn't work with her, so they stopped pretending.

Zhang Qiang roared, "Did we say anything wrong? We were just stating the facts. I have to say Shen Nanzhou is really despicable. He was clearly dumped by that slut, yet he's still defending her like this. We're just speaking up for him, aren't we? How can he repay kindness with enmity and be unable to distinguish right from wrong!"

Zhou Liwan was almost laughing in anger.

"You are utterly shameless! How could you say such things! My uncle, despite all he has been through, still protects his family without resentment because he knows how to be grateful and that one cannot have it all. He is content with having us as his family, but he would never allow two beasts to insult his birth mother like this!"

Enraged by Zhou Liwan's words, the two men's faces contorted with rage as they cursed viciously, "Well, you slut, we're only begging you today to give you face, and you really think you're something special!"

"Whether I'm bad or not is none of your business. On the contrary, I can see that you two are truly despicable. Fools like you don't even need my uncle to lift a finger; you'll perish on your own!"

Li Fang's eyes were bloodshot. He had never been insulted like this before, and he lunged forward, ready to fight.

Zhou Liwan instinctively shrank back, but instead of receiving an angry punch, she was greeted by a familiar, refreshing scent of snow-capped pine.

The man held Zhou Liwan tightly in his arms, and with a swift movement, he dislocated Li Fang's shoulder.

The man wailed in pain as a large group of bodyguards filed in and quickly dragged the two men out.

Zhou Liwan looked at Shen Nanzhou with surprise and delight: "Uncle, what brings you here!"

Shen Nanzhou didn't speak, he just stared at Zhou Liwan. He had been outside the whole time.

For some reason, when he heard those two bastards cursing him in front of Zhou Liwan, he was curious to know what the girl in front of him would say.

He had waited so long, hoping to see if the girl would feel disgusted with him after learning the truth, or if she would come to ask him about what happened back then.

But she didn't do any of that; just like before, her eyes still lit up when she saw him.

Zhou Liwan asked again out of curiosity, her sweet and charming appearance appearing to outsiders as coquettishness.

“I had a feeling these two would come looking for you, so I’ve been having people follow them. This morning, after finding out they were coming to Wanbao, I came straight here, just in case something happened.”

It was just a common explanation, but this time it was Zhou Liwan who was surprised.

My uncle would never have explained so many words to me before, but today he was unusually patient.

Could it be that he was finally moved by what she had just said in defense of him?

Thinking of this, Zhou Liwan was so excited that she couldn't help but shed tears. She had finally won over this unattainable beauty.

"You cried?" Shen Nanzhou asked softly in a clear voice, his eyes dark.

Afraid that her shrewd uncle would discover her little scheme, Zhou Liwan quickly hugged him tightly and shook her head silently.

Shen Nanzhou stood there for a long time before finally stretching out his arms to hug Zhou Liwan back. The girl's body was small and delicate.

With hands resting on my shoulders, the warmth seemed to slowly melt the ice in my heart.

"Don't provoke these people for my sake in the future. It's not worth it if anything happens to you."

Zhou Liwan immediately retorted, "No way! I won't allow anyone to say anything bad about you. You're the best uncle in the world, and anyone who says anything bad about you is unacceptable!"

Shen Nanzhou felt his heart skip a beat, and his arms around the girl tightened unconsciously, unable to move away.

So this is what it feels like to be unconditionally protected.

"Thank you, Wanwan." Shen Nanzhou couldn't help but pat Zhou Liwan's back, a hint of barely perceptible joy in his voice.