As soon as he said this, the other three people present all looked at Zhan Haoze. Especially Mother Shi and Father Shi's gazes changed.
"Mengru, what are you talking about?" Shi Mengwan looked at her sister. Even if Zhan Haoze had a fiancée, he didn't say that.
Shi Mengru pouted and turned the phone to face her parents. "I didn't say anything wrong. It was written on the news. "
Shi Mengwan wouldn't have known about this. However, their classmates were playing a game that was produced by XM Company.
One had to know that XM Company's games were very popular. Fire one after another. The universe player that recently came out had a lot of students in their school playing it.
Although Shi Mengru didn't play games, her classmates were playing them. She had only played it a few times.
After that, she felt that it was a waste of time and stopped playing. However, on the day that she uninstalled the game, she happened to see the news.
Although Zhan Haoze and Chen Feifei weren't celebrities, XM's achievements were too eye-catching. Especially the Universe Player game, which had been ranked first in the download rankings for months in a row.
Hence, players would naturally pay attention to it.
For ordinary players, even if they knew that Zhan Haoze abandoned his fiancée because he had a mistress, so what? It was fine as long as the game was fun.
Because of this, Shi Mengru often argued with her classmates. She felt that she didn't want to use a product developed by a company with a bad character.
There was nothing she could do. The children raised by Father Shi and Mother Shi were so stubborn.
Therefore, when she heard the familiar name of Zhan Haoze and thought of XM, she immediately took out her phone to look for news.
This matter was a little too big. One had to know that unlike Tianyu Group and Li Corporation, which operated in traditional industries, XM mainly focused on gaming and was very well-known among young people.
Zhan Haoze used to be very mysterious, but ever since he got engaged to Chen Feifei, he was considered a celebrity in Lin City because of his handsome looks.
However, the way Shi Mengru looked at Zhan Haoze now was not very appreciative.
Although she was young, she had a strong sense of right and wrong. She was afraid that Mother Shi wouldn't be able to see it clearly, so she specially enlarged the phone for her parents to see.
"Dad, Mom, look. It's not me, it's the news. "
It had been less than a week since Zhan Haoze and Chen Feifei broke off the engagement. It was still considered a hot news. He searched online and found a bunch of reports.
Of course, many of these reports were not true. But no one cared if it was real or not.
That day, Chen Feifei wanted to say it, but she was too shy. Her half-hearted attitude showed that she had explained it clearly. In fact, it made all the reporters in Lin City imagine a drama.
Every media outlet even wrote different content. Yet, there were people who believed it.
For example, the news on a certain website was: Zhan Haoze likes the new and dislikes the old, abandons his childhood sweetheart. Only Qing Mei was left to support the Chen Corporation.
For example, a well-known magazine wrote: Why did XM abandon its childhood sweetheart? Little San's identity was mysterious, and his background was a mystery. But one thing was for sure, and that was that she was definitely more powerful than Chen Feifei.
There were also other kinds of news. That was about it.
These few days, Shi Mengwan and Zhan Haoze only cared about being together. As for this news, because Zhan Haoze had promised Chen Feifei that she could say whatever she wanted, Tang Hua and the others knew about it, but no one came to tell Zhan Haoze.
More importantly, Tang Hua and the others didn't take this matter seriously. Compared to the Zhan family's matter, a small piece of news would naturally be suppressed in two days.
Therefore, not only did Shi Mengwan not know, but Zhan Haoze also didn't know that he had become a news figure.
While Shi Mengru was speaking, Shi Mengwan also picked up her phone and flipped through the news.
With this, her expression became a little subtle. The moment she finished reading the news, Father Shi and Mother Shi also finished reading it.
The four members of the Shi family didn't say anything at this moment. Their gazes were extremely interested as they looked at Zhan Haoze.
Zhan Haoze: …
"Auntie, Uncle, this matter actually –"
"Mr. Zhan. I'm sorry. "Mother Shi spoke first. In this family, she definitely had a position.
"Qi Da isn't a match. Our Wanwan isn't a match for Mr. Zhan. So, Mr. Zhan, please. "
There was no way for villagers to chase people away in the middle of a meal. This was too humiliating. But Mother Shi actually did such a rude thing.
"That's right."
Father Shi glared at Zhan Haoze coldly. He was already dissatisfied with the man who was going to marry his daughter, and now he was even more dissatisfied.
"Mr. Zhan, if you're not confused, please."
Shi Mengru blinked and suddenly stopped talking.
Shi Mengwan looked at her family and finally looked at Zhan Haoze. "I'm a mistress?"
Because of his relationship with a mistress, he broke off the engagement with Chen Feifei? That's what the news meant, right?
"Wanwan, you know you're not."
"I don't know." Shi Mengwan only hated herself for not seeing this news earlier. If she had seen it earlier, she definitely wouldn't have brought Zhan Haoze back.
"I only found out now."
"Wanwan …"
"Chen Feifei announced that she broke off the engagement. You know about it, right?"
"Yes." Zhan Haoze couldn't deny it. He did know about it.
"She said that you broke off the engagement with her because you had a third party. You know about it too, right? "
"I didn't know." Zhan Haoze shook his head. "I just said that she could find any excuse she wanted."
However, Zhan Haoze didn't expect Chen Feifei to find such an excuse.
Zhan Haoze met the gazes of the two elders of the Shi family and felt a little awkward. But the most important thing right now was Shi Mengwan. He absolutely had no intention of making her a mistress.
"Wanwan?"
Shi Mengwan turned around and didn't listen to Zhan Haoze's explanation.
She looked at Father Shi and Mother Shi. "Dad, Mom, this isn't what you think."
The press conference and Chen Feifei saying that she was a mistress could be explained slowly. But now, she needed her parents' support.
"Wanwan." Mother Shi didn't expect Shi Mengwan to still speak up for Zhan Haoze at this time.
Father Shi's face turned green. "Alright, stop talking. I won't agree to you guys being together. Mr. Zhan, you should leave. "
"Dad." Shi Mengwan wanted to say something, but Father Shi raised his hand and didn't listen to her at all. "Don't call me. I'll say it again. I won't agree to you guys being together. Let him go. "
"This isn't Haoze's fault." Shi Mengwan stood up. She didn't believe that her parents would be so unreasonable. "Besides, I know about this."
"You know?" Father Shi stood up and looked at her angrily. "What do you know? What do you know? Huh? "
"It's a fact that this man has a fiancée, right? Did you get together with him when he had a fiancée? Is that right? Tell me. "
"Dad. It's not what you think. "
"Then what is it?" Father Shi had been straightforward all his life. Although he and Mother Shi couldn't be said to be rich, they were quite strict in educating their daughter.
Especially after Shi Mengwan ran away from home for more than a year. After she came back, Father Shi and Mother Shi's concept of parenting changed.
"Let me ask you, did he get together with you when he had a fiancée?"
Shi Mengwan was speechless. Zhan Haoze stood up as well. "Uncle, this isn't Wanwan's fault. It's my fault. I didn't deal with my own problems in time. You can't blame Wanwan for this. "
"Of course it's your fault." Father Shi said bluntly. "But you're no one to me. I don't want to see you now. I'm just educating my daughter. "
"You –" He pointed at Shi Mengwan. "If you still recognize me as your father, then break up with this."
"Dad." Shi Mengwan was speechless. She had waited so long for Zhan Haoze to break off the engagement. She could be with him openly and honestly.
The process wasn't very smooth, and it wasn't beautiful either. But wasn't it fine as long as the result was good?
"Uncle."
"Don't call me that. I can't afford it." Father Shi's temper flared up. He pointed in the direction of the door. "Leave. Don't force me to make a move."
Zhan Haoze stood there with an extremely awkward expression on his face. Other than the Zhan family, it had been a long time since anyone had given him a hard time.
"Uncle. Wanwan and I truly love each other. We – "
"You truly love each other? Since you and Wanwan truly love each other, why are you engaged to another woman? "
"Dad." When had Shi Mengwan ever seen Zhan Haoze like this? She couldn't help but want to say a few words for him. "Haoze and Chen Feifei got engaged because they –"
"Shut up. I'll settle your problem with you later. "
Father Shi only stared at Zhan Haoze. "Now, get out of my house."
"Dad."
"If you talk again, I'll chase you out too."
Father Shi's words made Shi Mengwan not dare to speak again. She stood there, not planning to let it go just like that. She still wanted to say more.
Zhan Haoze saw that she wanted to argue with Father Shi. He reached out and patted her shoulder, then glanced at her. He signaled for her to stop talking.
"Uncle, Auntie. It doesn't matter if you don't want to see me now. I can leave first. But there's one thing I want you to understand. I'm sincere about Wanwan. "
Without saying anything more, Zhan Haoze actually left just like that.
Shi Mengwan's toes moved and she almost chased after him again. This action made Father Shi's expression even uglier.
"Sister." Shi Mengru hadn't said anything. Seeing that things had developed to this point, she quickly tugged at Shi Mengwan's sleeve.
Her parents were angry now, so it was better for her not to make them angry.
Mother Shi couldn't bear it. She wanted to say something, but seeing her daughter like this, she didn't say anything in the end.
Father Shi looked at Shi Mengwan, who was still standing there motionlessly, and slammed the table hard. "Why are you still standing? You don't want to eat anymore, do you? "
Shi Mengwan knew that her father was angry, so she didn't plan to go against him. She obediently sat down.
In rural houses, meals were eaten in the living room. Shi Mengwan and Zhan Haoze were sitting with their backs facing the door. When she stood up, her view of the outside was also blocked.
The moment she sat down, Shi Mengru saw that Zhan Haoze hadn't left yet.
She quickly blinked at her sister. Shi Mengwan was about to turn around when Father Shi slammed the table again. "You can't even eat in peace, right?"
Shi Mengwan didn't turn around. She had roughly guessed it.
Mother Shi also saw it, but she didn't say anything. Father Shi didn't like Zhan Haoze now. Seeing that he didn't leave, he shouted outside.
"Don't try to hurt yourself. It's useless for you to stand there. Leave my house. You're not welcome in our house. "
Zhan Haoze stood there, but he had no intention of leaving at all. Father Shi almost couldn't help but get up and chase Zhan Haoze out of the courtyard. Mother Shi tugged at his sleeve, so he had no choice but to sit back down.
Shi Mengwan heaved a sigh of relief, but she didn't turn around to look. This place was close to Lin City, but it was south of Lin City. It was noon. Although it wasn't midsummer yet, the sun was very hot.
Zhan Haoze just stood under the sun, showing no signs of leaving.
Shi Mengwan didn't have much of an appetite. She casually ate two mouthfuls of rice, but in the end, she still turned around to look at Zhan Haoze.
As if sensing her gaze, Zhan Haoze also looked at her and even smiled at her.
Father Shi slammed the table again. Shi Mengwan could only look away and lower her head to focus on eating.
"The child's father –"
Although it was noon, there weren't many people passing by. But in the countryside, it wasn't popular to close the door during the day when there were people at home.
Zhan Haoze just stood in their courtyard like a thorn. If someone saw him –
"You don't want to eat in peace either, do you?" It was rare for Father Shi to speak to his wife in a bad tone.
Thus, no one in the family spoke. After eating, Shi Mengru took the initiative to stand up and clean up the dishes. She winked at Shi Mengwan and quickly ran into the kitchen.
"Dad. Mom. "
Shi Mengwan didn't turn around to look outside. She only looked at her parents. "Zhan Haoze isn't what you think. Me and him aren't what you think either. "
Father Shi didn't want to hear it. He wanted to chase Zhan Haoze out now. Out of sight, out of mind.
He stood up and was about to walk out when Shi Mengwan called out.
"Dad. Zhan Haoze is Dear Brother. "
Father Shi's footsteps stopped there, and Mother Shi suddenly turned around to look at Shi Mengwan.
"Dad, Mom, Zhan Haoze is that Dear Brother from back then."
Father Shi and Mother Shi both knew about Dear Brother. Back then, when Shi Mengwan found him, she had nightmares for a long time at night.
In her dreams, she kept calling him Dear Brother, Dear Brother.
For a period of time, Father Shi thought that she had a mental problem and wanted to take her to see a psychiatrist.
However, they didn't know when Shi Mengwan stopped dreaming and stopped shouting at night. They thought that this matter was over.
Father Shi even thought that the so-called Dear Brother was a character that Shi Mengwan had imagined herself.
Otherwise, how could there be no news at all? However, Mother Shi didn't think that this matter was fake.
When she heard her daughter mention this name back then, she knew that her daughter hadn't forgotten Zhan Haoze.
"Zhan Haoze is Dear Brother."
Shi Mengwan added. She had never told her parents about what happened that year. She only briefly mentioned that she was saved by a Dear Brother and lived together for a year.
However, there were many details and many interactions between the two of them that were the most precious and precious memories to her. She didn't want to tell anyone, not even her parents.
"If there's a first come, first served rule in a relationship, I'm not the third party."
Shi Mengwan recounted what happened back then in a very low voice. After she finished speaking, she talked about the nightmare that completely separated her from her Dear Brother.
"Dear Brother offended some people back then, so we met some bad people. When you found me, Dear Brother was gone. Actually, he was saved by Chen Feifei, the young lady of the Chen family, his former fiancée. "
Zhan Haoze didn't tell Shi Mengwan about this part. She deduced it.
"The Chen family saved Dear Brother's life. He was a person who knew how to repay kindness. Especially Chen Feifei, who was in poor health and had heart disease. So when their family wanted the two of them to be together, Dear Brother agreed. "
"But then we met again." Of course, Shi Mengwan wouldn't say that she never gave up and that she was the one who took the initiative to find Zhan Haoze.
"Because Dear Brother owed the Chen family a favor, he agreed to let the woman propose to break off the engagement. I can probably understand why Chen Feifei thinks that way. After all, she needs a good reputation. "
These were also Shi Mengwan's speculations. But these were already close to the truth.
"Chen Feifei is a woman. She insists on saying this now. Don't tell me you want Dear Brother to confront her and refute her?"
She believed that even if Zhan Haoze knew, he wouldn't do it. Firstly, the Chen family had done him a favor. Secondly, Zhan Haoze looked cold, but he was definitely not stingy towards people who had no conflict of interest with him.
At this point, Shi Mengwan looked up at her parents. "That's how it is. It's up to you whether you believe it or not. I've never been a third party, and I believe that no one will mention this matter again after a while. "
People were forgetful. They weren't celebrities. More importantly, she was about to go to Qing City with Zhan Haoze. Under such circumstances, how could she care about those rumors?
Father Shi and Mother Shi were silent. After hearing Shi Mengwan's words, the two of them looked at each other. Now, they looked at Shi Mengwan together.
"You said that Zhan Haoze was the young man who saved you back then?" Mother Shi's gaze changed a little. Her thinking was different from that of a man.
To her, whoever saved her daughter was her savior.
"Yes." Shi Mengwan nodded. "Dad, didn't you tell me that I have to repay kindness? Dear Brother saved me, so he's my savior. Now that you've chased my savior out, you don't usually teach us like this, do you? "
Father Shi was stunned by Shi Mengwan and almost couldn't speak, but it was only for a moment.
"Don't go so far." Father Shi sneered. "You said that he saved you? Then do you know how many injuries you had when we brought you back from the police? Do these injuries count as because of him? "
"…" Shi Mengwan was speechless.
Father Shi continued, "Yes, he saved you, but you just said that when you lived together, you cleaned, cooked, and washed for him. Does that count as you also helping him? "
Shi Mengwan was speechless. Her lips moved and she wanted to say something, but Father Shi spoke again.
"Alright, even if it was in the past, you said that he saved you, but you took care of his life. Is this considered even? You said that he also took care of you. He arranged a school for you and took care of you. Then it's also a fact that you were almost killed because of him, right? Does this count as a clean slate? "
"But …" How could matters of the heart be calculated in such a way?
"The past matters are even. I'll talk about what happened after you two reunited. After you two reunited, he was still with that Miss Chen, right? "
"That's because –"
"I don't care about the reason. I'm just asking you, is that right? When you two were together, was he still related to that Miss Chen? "
Shi Mengwan's mouth opened and closed again. When she met Father Shi's eyes, she couldn't give a negative answer.
"Let's take a step back. Alright, even if he wants to repay the favor, it's his business. It's his business to repay the debt of gratitude. What does it have to do with you? He dragged you down and made you bear the accusation of being a third party. Is that because of him? Are you going to suffer criticism because of him? "
"We can –"
"Just tell me, isn't it?"
Shi Mengwan couldn't refute. Father Shi sneered. "That's why you're saying so much now. You want me to agree to you two being together. Let me tell you, it's impossible. "
As long as he was around, it was absolutely impossible. He would never agree to Zhan Haoze being together with Shi Mengwan.
"But Dad, I really like him. I –"
"You really like him and really want to be with him. And then? " Father Shi's gaze was sharp. "Haven't you thought about what you'll face after you two really get together?"
He knocked on the table and his voice was much colder than before. "Others won't care about his difficulties and won't think about what happened to him. Others will only know that he once had an engagement, but it was broken off. And the reason it was broken off was because of you. "
"No –"
"And you have to bear the reputation of being a third party to be with him. Do you think that this matter will fade away after a long time? You're completely wrong. "
Actually, Father Shi didn't believe that Shi Mengwan hadn't thought of these things.
But even if she had thought of them, she probably wouldn't care. Because in Father Shi's opinion, she had already been blinded by her emotions.
"Let me tell you, if you really want to be with him, these things won't pass. Do you know? "
Shi Mengwan sat there without moving. Of course she knew. But she really didn't care that much.
After waiting for more than ten years, she had been angry and desperate. Compared to that time, the disappointment now was much lighter.
She could finally be with her Dear Brother. She was more grateful. Moreover, she didn't think that this matter couldn't be changed.
"In short, I won't agree."
As he spoke, Father Shi stood up and walked outside. He glared at Zhan Haoze, who was still standing in the courtyard. "Mr. Zhan, our house is small and can't accommodate a great Buddha like you. Mr. Zhan, please move."
"Uncle."
"I said, don't call me uncle. I can't afford it. Please. "
As he spoke, he directly pushed Zhan Haoze. Zhan Haoze's skills were excellent, so he usually wouldn't be pushed out by Father Shi.
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