Chapter 72

The night breeze was slightly cool, and the stars were twinkling.

Cheng Kexin and Zhang Shouhang strolled through the garden, where the fragrance was pervasive.

The stone path was very narrow, but Cheng Kexin deliberately kept her distance.

She originally did not want to come, but she could not withstand the frantic bombardment from her grandfather Cheng Honglin and her parents, so she had to go through the motions.

Zhang Shouhang, however, was very happy in his heart, walking slowly and turning his head from time to time to look at Cheng Kexin.

But the latter kept her head turned away the whole time, refusing to meet his gaze.

Zhang Shouhang recalled how Cheng Kexin had suddenly left the table blushing while they were eating during the day, and he felt full of superiority.

But then he thought of how Cheng Kexin and Chen Che had acted intimately while treating Cheng Honglin's illness, and he immediately felt irritable.

For a moment, his heart was filled with mixed feelings, so he stopped in his tracks.

Cheng Kexin also stopped at a distance of five paces from him.

Zhang Shouhang turned to face Cheng Kexin and said, "Xinxin—"

"You are not allowed to call me that!"

Cheng Kexin interrupted immediately, her face displeased: "We two are not that close."

"Fine, then Miss Cheng..."

Zhang Shouhang chuckled mockingly: "Do you really hate being with me that much?"

Cheng Kexin did not speak, giving him a look for him to figure out for himself.

Zhang Shouhang would not give up; he took a step forward and asked: "Since you hate being with me, then why were you shy and blushing when we were eating during the day? So you like me, don't you?"

Cheng Kexin was startled; she had not expected Zhang Shouhang to notice her losing her composure.

"I wasn't blushing because of you..." Cheng Kexin thought of Chen Che, and her expression changed again.

"Then because of whom?" Zhang Shouhang pressed.

"That has nothing to do with you..."

Cheng Kexin paused and said: "Young Master Zhang, you also know that there is no affection between us. I don't like you. The engagement between you and me was decided by our families in the first place. I have said that I do not agree, but you are the one who keeps refusing to call it off."

"I like you, why should I call it off!" Zhang Shouhang took another step forward, "I originally didn't agree with the arranged marriage from my family either, but the moment I saw you, I liked you... oh no, I fell in love with you. Miss Cheng, Cheng Kexin, Xinxin, I love you, why are you unwilling to give me even a shred of a pleasant look!"

Cheng Kexin frowned, her brow full of disgust: "Young Master Zhang, please have some self-respect. I said we are not close, please do not call me that. And I have made it very clear: it is impossible for us. You acting like this only makes me feel disgusted."

"Disgusted? Well said..."

Zhang Shouhang covered his face with one hand, his smile ferocious, "You say I make you feel disgusted, then I will tell you the same. You flirting and whispering with that man named Chen Che is what makes me feel disgusted!"

"I ask you, do you like that Chen Che?! Is that why you keep disagreeing with our engagement!"

Zhang Shouhang took another step forward, shouting irritably.

Cheng Kexin stepped back and said coldly: "It has nothing to do with anyone else. Even if there were no Chen Che, it still wouldn't be you."

"Fine, fine, fine, I knew it!"

Zhang Shouhang strode forward, grabbed Cheng Kexin by the shoulders, completely tore off his disguise, and roared:

"I've been playing along with you for so long, do you really think I don't dare to touch you?! Let me tell you, I am a young master of the Zhang Family, the future successor of the Zhang Family. Do you know how many women in Shanghai are dreaming day and night of climbing into my bed?

I've spent so much time playing along with you, do you take me for air? You have an engagement with me, so you are my woman. As my woman, you actually dare to hook up with a wild man and give me a green hat! Do you believe I'll take you right here and now!"

Cheng Kexin's gaze was icy as she stared into Zhang Shouhang's eyes and warned: "Zhang Shouhang, this is the Cheng Family, you had better not be presumptuous!"

"I'm being presumptuous? The Cheng Family might rank in the top three in Shanghai, but in front of the Zhang Family, in my eyes, you're worth nothing more than a fart!"

Zhang Shouhang's expression was ferocious, and his grip on Cheng Kexin's arms gradually tightened, "Don't talk about here; even if I took you in front of your father and your grandfather, they would stand on the side clapping and cheering me on!"

"Scoundrel!"

Cheng Kexin pushed Zhang Shouhang away, her face full of rage: "Zhang Shouhang, I have tolerated you time and again out of respect for the relationship between our elders; do not push your luck!"

"Heh~"

Zhang Shouhang sneered disdainfully and said: "Now that we've laid it all out, I won't waste words with you anymore. To tell you the truth, I just want you; I don't want to marry you. It's just that my family arranged it, so I have no choice. Anyway, even after we're married, once I get tired of playing with you, I can just find other women."

"Since we've said it all today, I'll put it to you straight. I won't call off the engagement. Even if you hate me more, you are still going to marry me. Once you marry me, some things won't be up to you anymore."

Zhang Shouhang suddenly remembered something and put on a very punchable expression, "Oh right, you also have a younger sister, Cheng Kexin. She's only twenty-two this year, right? Such a young sister-in-law, wouldn't it be exciting if we called her to join in when we consummate our marriage..."

"Slap!"

Cheng Kexin slapped Zhang Shouhang across the face. The latter spun in place and fell onto his backside on the ground. His mouth was full of blood, and he spat out two teeth mixed with blood.

"If you dare to touch A Xiang, I will kill you!"

Cheng Kexin was thoroughly provoked, True Qi swirling around her body, looking murderous.

Zhang Shouhang covered his face, looking completely bewildered.

He had thought Cheng Kexin might fight back, but he hadn't expected her to strike so heavily. And looking at Cheng Kexin now, she was clearly a Martial Artist!

"You... you are a Martial Artist?"

Zhang Shouhang was suspicious in his heart; he remembered hearing the Cheng family say that although Cheng Kexin worked at the Patrol Justice Department, she was not a Martial Artist.

How had she become a Martial Artist now?

"I am."

Cheng Kexin's eyes were bone-chillingly cold as she stared fixedly at Zhang Shouhang: "So, if you are sensible, call off the engagement. Also, if you dare to touch anyone around me, I don't care if you are a young master of the Zhang Family, I will definitely kill you!"

Zhang Shouhang sneered, spat blood and saliva at Cheng Kexin's feet, and provoked: "Kill me? Under what name? As a Commander of the Patrol Justice Department, or as the eldest daughter of the Cheng Family?"

"Too bad, you can't kill me with those identities."

Zhang Shouhang leaned over, deliberately bringing his face close to Cheng Kexin, and said: "Your direct superior, Patrol Justice Department Director Du Chuan, is an honored guest of the Zhang Family, and half of the Cheng Family's industries have partnerships with the Zhang Family. Even if you are a Martial Artist, how are you going to kill me?"

Cheng Kexin clenched her fists, staring fiercely at Zhang Shouhang.

Zhang Shouhang's lips curled into a smug smile, his face full of arrogance and conceit: "I advise you, instead of thinking about giving up the engagement and being with that Chen Che, you'd better think carefully about how to serve me well after we're married."

"I've slept with a few women who wear uniforms, but I really haven't slept with one who wears the Patrol Justice Department uniform. But based on my past experience, they usually look upright and serious, but once they get into bed, they moan more wildly than anyone else."

Zhang Shouhang looked Cheng Kexin up and down without restraint, "As for you... you're just like the women I've slept with, you're all sluts!"

Chapter 72: Revealing One's True Nature

Cheng Kexin was furious and swung another slap at him. Zhang Shouhang had anticipated this and quickly retreated to dodge it.

However, how could his speed compare to that of a Martial Artist?

Before he could even feel smug, Cheng Kexin took a vigorous step forward and kicked him right in the crotch.

"Crack!"

The sound of eggs shattering!

Zhang Shouhang's vision instantly blurred with stars, and he collapsed to the ground, convulsing.

"Cheng Kexin, you dare kick me down there? Do you believe I'll destroy the Cheng Family!"

Zhang Shouhang's face looked as ugly as if he had eaten a fly; even while enduring the excruciating pain, he did not forget to utter threats.

However, the one who replied to him this time was not Cheng Kexin.

Chen Che's figure appeared behind Cheng Kexin; he wrapped an arm around her slender waist, looked down at Zhang Shouhang from above, and smiled with a look of harmless innocence:

"I don't believe you can destroy the Cheng Family, but I do believe that you will certainly make a qualified... eunuch... cuckolded turtle."