"Miss Li, watch your mouth. I hope you think twice before you speak."
Shen Youjin remained calm and elegant, but a fleeting glint of cruelty flashed across her clear eyes.
No one likes to be reminded of their past, especially when it's a path full of thorns that left her bloodied and not a glorious one.
"You... You..." Li Beiyin looked utterly incredulous, her lips trembling. "You just wait for me!"
She took out her phone, her fingers fumbling due to anger. She was determined to teach Shen Youjin a lesson today.
This woman was so arrogant that she dared to hit her. Shen Youjin must be taught a lesson today.
But before she could dial the number, a new call came in. Li Beiyin's expression instantly turned guilty when she saw the name on the screen.
"Brother, what's up..."
Through the thin screen, Shen Youjin heard that unforgettable voice, and her slender fingers quietly clenched into fists!
When Li's parents were young, they were busy with their successful careers and had little time to take care of their children. It was actually Li Nanchuan who raised his younger sister single - handedly. As long as Li Nanchuan said a word, Li Beiyin's credit card could be suspended immediately, and even Li's parents didn't dare to interfere.
However, she hadn't seen Li Nanchuan for a long time. Was it a coincidence that he called at this moment?
"Yes... Brother, I got it..." Li Beiyin whispered in response while looking extremely reluctant. She hung up the phone, gave Shen Youjin a hateful look, and said, "You wait. This matter won't end like this!"
After saying that, she picked up her bag and quickly left the coffee shop.
Shen Youjin watched Li Beiyin's back. A spoiled and brainless young lady like her couldn't pose any threat to her at all.
Even without this call, she had a way to get out of the situation. Maybe only that person still thought she was as vulnerable as before!
She sat alone in the private room until the coffee shop closed before she got up and left.
At midnight, a light rain began to fall from the sky. She stood under the eaves and recalled the first time she met Li Nanchuan.
At that time, her mother had committed suicide by jumping off a building. She rushed to the Shen family without hesitation, demanding an explanation and to get back her mother's necklace. But she was severely humiliated by Shen Tianzhen, her half - sister and the apple of the Shen family's eye.
"Your mother was a mistress. She took so much money from my father. A necklace is just some interest!"
"Look! She's wearing the same dress as you. Does she think she's a young lady too? Hahaha..."
"If you don't want to be arrested, take off your clothes and kneel down to apologize to us."
She was surrounded by Shen Tianzhen's little sisters. Red wine was splashed on her, and some even tried to tear her clothes.
She kept resisting. Even with her hands held down, her innocent eyes showed unyieldingness as she stared fixedly at the "Sea Moon" necklace around Shen Tianzhen's neck.
Her biological father, Shen Guoliang, just watched from afar and never said a single word to help her throughout, as if he were a stranger!
No one knew how desperate she was, with her mother having passed away less than three days ago.
Just when she was pushed to the ground and her shoulder strap was about to be torn off, a voice broke through the thick haze above her head.
"Miss Shen, you've gone too far!"
As the voice faded, the force holding her back loosened. She turned around awkwardly and saw a tall and straight figure reflected in her pupils.
Under the illumination of the crystal chandelier, his face, as if carved from the characters in Greek mythology, made her heart skip a beat.
Unlike Fu Qingye, whose handsomeness was aggressive, he had an air of authority that made people respect him without him getting angry, like a god of judgment descending into her world.
"Mr. Li..."
Shen Tianzhen clearly didn't expect to alarm this big shot, and everyone looked a bit uncomfortable.
Only Shen Youjin had no mood to notice these bullies. Her mind was blank. This was the first time someone other than her mother had stood up against the "powerful and wealthy".
It wasn't until Li Nanchuan draped his coat over her and took her out of the Shen family that she came to her senses when the cold wind blew.
"Go back! It's going to rain."
Li Nanchuan stared at her face, naturally took an umbrella from someone beside him, and handed it to her.
His voice was very gentle. Although there was thunder and lightning in the sky, she suddenly wasn't afraid at all.
For a long time after that, he became her safe haven.
At that time, she really thought that she could spend the rest of her life with him.
However, the ideal was plump, but the reality was skinny.
He abandoned her for no reason, without even a single explanation.
Overnight, she was back to that thunder - and - lightning night. This time, she was alone, and Li Nanchuan was nowhere to be seen.
Just like now, although her body was dry, her heart was already soaked.
She glanced in the direction of the alley entrance. Her clear eyes flickered, as if a heavy rain was about to fall.
What made her sad was never the rainy day, but the fact that someone who loved her had once held an umbrella for her.
She refused the umbrella the waiter offered, covered her head with her hand, and disappeared from sight.
After she left, a black SUV appeared in the curtain - like rain at the alley entrance.
"Mr. Li, you declined the invitation from the Shen family and have been waiting here since noon. Why don't you go and meet her? Maybe it would be better to clarify some things face - to - face."
The trusted subordinate who had been with Li Nanchuan for a long time observed his expression. Seeing that he was relatively calm, he said cautiously.
Li Nanchuan didn't answer. He just quietly stared at the direction where Shen Youjin's car had left, and his well - defined fingers tightened slightly.
Even through the night and the rain curtain, he could still feel Shen Youjin's gaze, like that of a wounded young animal.
He remembered her fair and tender arms wrapping around his neck as she beamed and said to him, "Li Nanchuan, do you know? In my heart, everyone in the world might hurt me, but only you won't, never. Let's be together for a lifetime! When my wish comes true, I'll give you all the money I've saved, okay?"
Her voice and appearance were still ringing in his ears. He closed his eyes, and his mind was filled with the pure white back running in the rain. He felt as if someone had punched him hard in the chest.
After a while, he finally spoke, having regained his usual solemnity and calmness.
"Don't let anyone else touch what's mine in the future, including my sister!"
The trusted subordinate thought of the oolong that had happened today and quickly responded, not daring to even breathe loudly.
That night, Shen Youjin took a hot bath and was so tired that she quickly fell into a dream.
Her dream was filled with a mess of the past. It wasn't until she was woken up by a sudden ringing the next morning that she opened her eyes groggily. It was Bai Beichen's call.
"Sister, I've already explained our relationship to my family, but they don't agree..." Bai Beichen hesitated, his voice filled with flattery. "Let's meet, sister, okay? I have something to tell you!"