The male protagonist of a sweet romance novel went on a killing spree in the world of angst novels.

Yanshan narrowed his eyes and exerted pressure: "It's okay for a young man to be a bit hot-blooded, but you should think about whether you can bear the consequences of provoking someone you shouldn't have."

The threat was almost palpable.

To everyone's surprise, Chen Xiao was not afraid at all. He scoffed and said, "The Yangtze River's back waves push the front waves, and one mountain is always higher than another."

"Yanshan, you know best how you got to the position of head of the family, don't you?"

The young man's voice was very low, but the threat in his words was very strong.

The ward was completely silent.

After a long pause, a sinister glint flashed in Yanshan's eyes. "Are you threatening me?"

His original plan was so meticulous that it was impossible for him to have left any evidence behind.

Besides, so many years have passed, how could this young man surnamed Chen possibly know?

Yanshan suspected that the other party was bluffing him.

Li Qian's face turned pale for a moment after hearing Chen Xiao's words.

Xu Rou, noticing her expression, narrowed her eyes slightly, feeling a little surprised.

Could it be that Yanshan obtained his position as the head of the family through improper means?

Yan Ting frowned slightly, and as she looked at Yan Shan's expression, she sensed something was amiss.

"A threat?" Chen Xiao smirked, leaning lazily against the doorframe. "So what if I'm threatening you?"

That arrogant attitude is really infuriating.

However, Xu Rou clearly saw the other party's strong stance of supporting Yanting.

She glanced at the deserted Yanting Pavilion and thought to herself, "How lucky I am."

Even without the Yan family as a backer, it's still possible to attract someone like this to protect them.

And what about her? She could only struggle desperately in the entertainment industry, trying to make a living by watching other people's faces. Even after finally getting into the Yan family, she still had to please Li Qian and try every means to gain benefits from her.

Yan Ting could easily get everything she wanted simply by standing there.

Yan Ting was unaware of Xu Rou's thoughts. She glanced at Li Qian and said to Yan Shan, "If I continue to stay in the Yan family, I'm afraid Madam Li will be driven to her death by me. Rather than causing unpleasantness, I'll just move out."

The phrase "Madam Li" directly severed the false relationship between the mother and daughter that had lasted for over twenty years.

Li Qian sneered, "You should have moved out long ago. Rou Rou is my precious daughter. I don't know which bastard you came from."

The smile on Chen Xiao's face vanished instantly.

"Bastard?"

Yan Ting hadn't even reacted yet.

"Bang" sound.

The tempered glass screen protector on my phone was shattered into pieces after being dropped.

Then everyone heard Li Qian scream.

"My face."

Blood was visible on her forehead where the phone had struck her hard.

"I don't hit women." Beneath Chen Xiao's neatly tousled hair were a pair of dark and cold eyes, and his voice was chillingly cold: "But someone like you is an exception."

Li Qian was about to unleash a torrent of curses, but when she saw Chen Xiao's sinister gaze, she couldn't help but shudder, a chill running down her spine.

Yanshan looked extremely angry. The other party hitting Li Qian in front of him was tantamount to slapping him in the face. He was about to get angry when he suddenly saw a text message on his phone.

His pupils contracted sharply when he saw the contents.

How can it be?

For a moment, his heart was in turmoil. Besides panic, he was also wary of the person in front of him.

As Chen Xiao approached the hospital bed with his hands in his pockets, Li Qian instinctively gasped and quickly hid to the side. At that moment, she had completely lost the air and image of a noblewoman she usually possessed.

Xu Rou's eyes flashed with disdain upon seeing this.

She picked up the phone from the ground and gave a sweet smile: "Mr. Chen, this is your phone."

Chen Xiao glanced at Xu Rou, but instead of taking it, he slowly uttered a single word: "Dirty."

Xu Rou froze in her tracks as she handed over the phone.

Yan Ting noticed that Chen Xiao glanced at her, and her heart stirred slightly. She stepped forward and said, "Give it to me."

Xu Rou looked somewhat embarrassed.

She handed the phone to Yanting.

After Yanting took it, he took out a tissue from his pocket, wiped it, and then handed it to Chen Xiao.

After regaining his composure, Yanshan sneered, "You think I'm afraid of your threats?"

He had no idea when a family with the surname Chen had ever appeared in Yancheng.

Where did this young man get the audacity to provoke him?

Chen Xiao didn't even glance at the cracked screen, simply stuffing the phone into his pocket. He looked at Yan Shan, his sharp, cold eyes asking, "A threat?"

"What are the Yan family anyway?" He didn't think they were worthy of his attention.

He doesn't even care about the Yan family, let alone the Yan clan.

"You—" Yanshan was about to curse when the phone suddenly rang.

When he answered the call, he was surprised to hear Yan Hong's voice.

"Patriarch?" Yanshan was somewhat taken aback.

"You idiot!" Yan Hong's angry voice rang out from inside. "How dare you speak to Mr. Chen like that?"

"Hurry up and apologize to Mr. Chen."

After hanging up the phone, Yanshan was filled with a storm of emotions.

Who exactly is this Mr. Chen in front of us?

Even the old man had to show him some deference.

But should we make him apologize?

Yanshan felt extremely gloomy.

"Mr. Chen, my wife accidentally offended you just now, please forgive her." He didn't mention his own mistake at all, but instead pushed all the blame onto a woman.

Chen Xiao scoffed, "She didn't offend me, she offended Miss Yanting."

The implication is that the person who should be apologized to is Yanting, not him.

Yanshan immediately grabbed Li Qian by the collar and scolded, "Apologize."

Li Qian's eyes widened. "Why should I apologize? I won't apologize—"

However, the next second, she was slapped.

Yanshan pressed Li Qian down with a blank expression, "Apologize."

Li Qian looked at Yanshan in disbelief; she never imagined he would slap her.

However, under Yanshan's oppressive presence, she still looked towards Yanting with a humiliated expression and said, "I'm sorry."

Before Yan Ting could speak, Chen Xiao interrupted her, saying with a half-smile, "Louder? Haven't you eaten?"

Li Qian glared at Chen Xiao resentfully, but when Chen Xiao casually glanced at her, she looked away fearfully and said "I'm sorry" again.

The half-closed door to the ward was pushed open, and a nurse walked in.

She was stunned when she saw the scene in the ward.

Xu Rou quickly called out, "Nurse, please bandage my mother's wound."

As Yan Ting was about to leave the ward, Yan Shan suddenly asked, "Are you sure you want to leave the Yan family?"

Yan Ting stopped in her tracks: "Confirmed."

Yan Shan said in a sinister tone, "Fine, I hope you won't regret it. Once you leave the Yan family, the Yan family will have nothing to do with you anymore."

Yanting: "That's for the best."

After saying that, she grabbed Chen Xiao's arm and left the ward without looking back.