Chapter 1056: The Damage Isn't Great, but the Humiliation Is Extremely Strong

Chen Ran's eyes widened.

The shock had not yet ended when classmates began taking IOUs out of their pockets one after another; the amounts were not large.

The largest amount was only 30 million A Currency, and the rest were 10 million, three or five million, or even just a few hundred thousand!

Chen Ran had already guessed who was behind the mischief, and his reaction was quite quick; he stopped the third classmate just as they were about to tear up their IOU: "Don't tear it, absolutely don't tear it. I will pay it back, I'll pay it back immediately."

"No need, it's not much money anyway, why pay it back? Just consider it a gift from me." The classmate genuinely didn't need it back, but Chen Ran was genuinely determined to pay it back.

Paying back the money was a small matter, but reputation was a big one.

"My Chen family is not short on money, and we won't owe money and not pay it back. However, my Chen family does indeed have quite a few enemies outside, so it's inevitable that some people might impersonate Chen family members to smear our name. I apologize to everyone for the trouble this has caused, and I ask all my classmates for your forgiveness."

The truth had come to light; the name written on the back of the IOUs was "Chen Ran's Landlord."

Who else could it be?

It was that damned old woman Wang Yingzhi making trouble again.

He wore a smile on his face, but his heart was burning with rage!

He wished he could tear Wang Yingzhi into ten thousand pieces immediately, but right now, he didn't even know where she was.

Morning study session, classroom.

Chen Ran had nowhere to vent his anger, so he could only settle the score with Shi Ran.

He stood in front of Shi Ran: "You must be very pleased with yourself right now, right?"

Shi Ran played dumb: "What do you mean? I don't understand. By 'pleased,' do you mean happy? If so, then I am quite happy."

"Do you have no idea what I'm talking about? This trick of borrowing a knife to kill someone was used very well, and your knife is truly sharp enough." He smiled without mirth.

But Shi Ran wasn't having it.

She wasn't the type to swallow her anger, so she immediately retorted tit-for-tat, telling Chen Ran to produce evidence if he had any, and if he couldn't, he should stop spouting nonsense.

Chen Ran had no evidence now, so saying anything was useless; he just pointed his finger at Shi Ran's nose: "You just wait."

"I'll wait then."

Shi Ran wasn't afraid of him at all.

The two of them had a falling out.

Originally, they each had their own agendas but could still maintain a facade of harmony; now, they didn't even bother with the superficial effort.

After school.

Chen Ran returned home and was surprised to find Wang Yingzhi sitting brazenly on the sofa!

"Someone, come here!"

He stopped wasting words and shouted for people to come over, ordering the butler to tie Wang Yingzhi up and stuff her into the sea to feed the fish!

Wang Yingzhi: "Forgot to tell you, I installed cameras around the house and in the living room, just installed them."

"As long as I am tied up and leave this front door, it won't take ten minutes before the whole world knows. If I die, you won't fare well either. You're so young, do you want to spend your whole life in Prison keeping me company? Is it worth it?"

"You're lying to me?"

He didn't believe it; the old woman in front of him was a big liar.

She lied often, so he wouldn't believe a word she said, not a single word!

But the butler stepped forward: "Young Master, this woman is right; it is indeed the case."

And so.

"Smack!"

A heavy slap landed on the butler's face, and Chen Ran was furious: "Are you dead? You useless piece of trash, do you know what a butler is? A butler is meant to help me manage this house, whose side are you on anyway?"

Chen Ran was usually gentle and refined and didn't easily lose his temper, but when he did, his entire aura flared, and there was even a kingly air about him!

The butler was so scared he was shaking like a leaf, and he hurriedly explained: "Young Master, I didn't agree to it either. Before you finished school, the police had already come, but the police said the house here belongs to her, so what she says goes."

Wang Yingzhi suddenly plopped onto the floor and began to wail: "Oh, my life is so bitter! These people are unreasonable, occupying my house and refusing to give it to me, and they're bullying me too. There's no way to live..."

Her sudden display of shrewish behavior caught Chen Ran off guard; he had never seen anything like this!

The education he had received included no methods for dealing with this kind of woman.

As the butler prepared to drag her out, Wang Yingzhi suddenly took out her phone and started filming herself.

She filmed while speaking righteously: "I'm livestreaming, you'd better watch your behavior. Now that you're trying to harm me, the whole world knows..."

Chen Ran:...

Chen Ran made up his mind not to tangle with her anymore and said to the butler: "Pack our things, we're moving. Let her have the house."

Forget it, if you can't afford to offend them, you can afford to avoid them.

He had seen it clearly: living under the same roof as this woman would drive him crazy sooner or later.

Better to cut ties with her quickly and stop the losses in time.

"Young Master, where are we moving to?"

"Stay in a hotel, we'll look for a house slowly."

Chen Ran thought that this time he must buy a house, even if it was a bit worse, he had to have a place of his own; otherwise, this would be the outcome, it was too passive.

Old and young, master and servant, everyone immediately took action to prepare for the move.

Wang Yingzhi sat on the sofa, smugly gnawing on an apple, and said sarcastically: "Don't move, it's like I'm the one who can't tolerate people. It's so lively with everyone living together, and I can still teach you the principles of being a person."

Chen Ran glared at her fiercely: "I've been taught. Rest assured, I will pay it back with interest."

Wang Yingzhi was indifferent: "Sure, young man, you've got ambition, but we'll see if you have the ability."

A Country.

Chen Fu.

"What? Are you all trash? What are you good for? Just watching helplessly as the Third Young Master gets bullied? What use do I have for you people? There are so many of you, even if each of you moved just one finger, you could have pinched that woman to death..."

Madam Chen was furious; her son being bullied made her even angrier than if she had been bullied herself.

The Sheng Family!

How dare they!

To think they would send a rogue old woman to bully her son; she gritted her teeth in hatred but was at her wit's end.

The old man had given her a strict order: she was not allowed to cause any more trouble for the Sheng Family in any form.

It wasn't that she feared the old man's temper; the key was that he had replaced all the servants around her with his own people.

Now, wherever she went, there were eyes monitoring her at all times; no matter what she did, the old man would know immediately. Madam Chen felt it was very inconvenient; no, she had to find a way to plant her own people by her side.

She finally managed to shake off the eyes around her and went to where Zhu Qingxiang was staying.

Zhu Qingxiang handed her a glass of freshly squeezed iced fruit juice: "Madam, drink some juice to cool off. Has something very important happened for you to come to me?"

The two had a secret method of contact, so they could pass messages without needing to meet.

Madam Chen: "Yes, a very important matter. I am watched by the people the old man sent every day, and I have no freedom to do anything. If this continues, I will go crazy. You must quickly think of a way for me; how can I shake those people off?"

Zhu Qingxiang:...

This was the very important matter?

He wanted to curse.

But he couldn't; after all, this woman was his second younger brother's biological mother and his elder.

"Don't be anxious, give me some time."

The two brothers had something in common: they liked quiet when thinking about things.

He sat on a high stool in front of the bar, resting his chin on one hand, his brows slightly furrowed.

His handsome appearance made Madam Chen lose focus for a moment; she felt as if the person sitting there was Zhu Yiwen.

Back when she and Zhu Yiwen first met, the scene was almost exactly like this.

At that time, she was already being kept by the old man, but the old man was very busy and couldn't accompany her often; she was empty and lonely, so she went to a bar to pass the time. It was an afternoon!

Zhu Yiwen was sitting in front of the bar, holding a Margarita in one hand, his other hand resting on his chin, his brows slightly furrowed.