"Why is this child so stubborn!" Li Xueyanâs eyes turned red with anger.
"No!" Elder Wei shouted angrily, "I do not approve of your resignation, you must take on this responsibility!"
Wei Qingxue said nothing, pushed back her chair, and intended to leave on her own.
Elder Wei said, "If you walk out of this door, you will no longer be a part of the Wei Family. Do you know the consequences?"
The consequences were severe!
If Wei Qingxue were expelled from the family, she could no longer be the CEO, and her parents would be implicated, unable to hold their heads high in the family in the future.
"If not for yourself, think about your parents!" Elder Wei said coldly.
Wei Qingxue paused in her steps.
"Grandpa, why do you have to force me?" Wei Qingxueâs body began to tremble.
Seeing this, Lin Fan couldnât help but feel uneasy. Although they were a fake couple, Lin Fan couldnât stand seeing a beauty being forced into such a predicament.
"Elder Wei, is it worth putting so much pressure on my wife over a mere 1 billion?" Lin Fan chuckled.
A mere 1 billion!
Everyone was stunned, this delivery guy had quite the mouth!
What followed was a burst of laughter and ridicule.
"Damn, what a pretentious delivery guy!"
"A mere billion, do you even have a hundred bucks on you!"
"I canât breathe from laughter, this delivery guy has no sense of reality!"
Hearing these ridicules, Lin Fan shrugged. To him, 1 billion really wasnât much money.
Elder Wei couldnât even be bothered to deal with Lin Fan and said, "Qingxue, itâs not that I want to force you, but itâs about the fate of the family, I have no choice."
Wei Qingxue laughed bitterly, "Grandpa keeps talking about the familyâs fate, but why should I sacrifice for it? Do as you please, I wonât agree. Lin Fan, letâs go."
After saying this, Wei Qingxue was about to walk out.
"Alright." Lin Fan stood up.
Elder Wei was thoroughly enraged: "If you donât agree today, donât even think about leaving. Someone, stop her!"
Two uncles at the same table stood up, trying to stop Wei Qingxue.
"Donât touch my wife!"
Lin Fan said coldly.
Woosh!
At that moment, a plate of food flew across, startling the two uncles, who instinctively dodged to the side.
With a crash, the plate shattered on the ground, splattering food everywhere.
"Letâs go!"
Lin Fan reached out and grabbed Wei Qingxueâs hand. It was his first time being this close to her, her small hand felt soft and smooth, very comfortable.
Wei Qingxue was seized by Lin Fanâs large hand, yet she felt a warm current envelop her, inexplicably providing a sense of security, so she instinctively followed Lin Fan and ran out.
The two smoothly escaped the private room, leaving behind a room full of shocked people.
Lin Fan dared to pull off an attack, was this live-in son-in-law rebelling?
"Chase them!" Elder Wei reacted, shouting angrily.
A few young people quickly chased after them.
"Elder Wei, what kind of situation is this? If she wasnât willing, you should have said so sooner, I wouldnât have wasted my time here," Ma Yunde could no longer contain himself, speaking with a stern face. With things turning out this way, he felt utterly humiliated.
Elder Wei dared not respond, unsure of how to reply either. Wei Qingxueâs actions had caused him to lose face as well.
Li Xueyan said, "Please donât be angry, Qingxue is just confused for a moment. Give her a little more time and Iâll do my best to persuade her, or if Young Master Ma is willing, you could consider Sisi instead. Sisi, come here!"
"Oh." The young beauty who had been sitting beside Lin Fan previously walked over, a bit embarrassed.
Li Xueyan continued, "In terms of looks, Sisi is not inferior to Mengyu, and in terms of personality, much better. What do you think, Young Master Ma?"
Ma Jialiang sighed, "Auntie, please donât do this."
Li Xueyanâs actions had put him in an awkward spot as well.
"Enough!" Elder Wei thundered, "Isnât this shameful enough? Qingxue is your daughter, how did you raise her? And that Lin Fan, your daughter married a delivery guy, and you didnât know?"
"Iâm sorry." Li Xueyan lowered her head, filled with hatred for Lin Fan. If not for Lin Fanâs intervention earlier, Qingxue wouldâve never escaped successfully.
Could Wei Qingxue be caught and brought back?
Lin Fan held onto Wei Qingxue, running swiftly, and within no time they were out of the hotel.
"Theyâre catching up," Wei Qingxue suddenly said.
Lin Fan looked back and saw that several people from the Wei Family were indeed giving chase.
"Get on, Iâll take you away from here," Lin Fan said, pulling Wei Qingxue, running toward his electric scooter.
Wei Qingxue had never sat on an electric scooter before, hesitated for a moment, but seeing the people pursuing, she no longer hesitated and quickly got on.
The scooter sped away from the hotel like the wind.
The few pursuers could only watch with disappointment, unable to catch up.
They could only return helplessly to report back.
A group of people was still waiting in the private room, upon learning Lin Fan had successfully escaped with Wei Qingxue, Elder Wei was furious with embarrassment.
Wei Tang was pleased, with Wei Qingxue causing such a huge mess, his opportunity had arrived.
"Grandpa, Wei Qingxueâs actions are utterly rebellious. If not punished, it will be hard to satisfy everyone," Wei Tang said.
Elder Wei slammed the table in anger, "Wei Qingxue disregarded the familyâs interests, and is no longer qualified to be CEO. Effective immediately, she is removed from office!"
Upon hearing this, Wei Tang was overjoyed inside.
Li Xueyanâs face went pale, now their family could never hold their heads up within the clan again.
"Jialiang, letâs go," Ma Jialiang stood up then, speaking coldly.
Ma Jialiang had no choice but to stand up too.
Elder Wei said, "Nephew, Iâm really sorry about today, I didnât expect Qingxue would behave this way. Originally, I didnât think I could bring up the investment again, but since itâs about the Wei Familyâs survival, Iâll shamelessly ask if thereâs still room for negotiation on this matter?"
Ma Yunde said, "Apart from Wei Qingxue, is there anything else worth investing in the Wei Family?"
"This..." Elder Wei was momentarily speechless.
Ma Yunde didnât bother with him further, and simply left with Ma Jialiang.
"Dad, is that the end of this?" Ma Jialiang asked, feeling unreconciled to end things in such failure.
Ma Yunde glared at him, "Arenât you embarrassed enough? Werenât you saying you and Wei Qingxue had a great relationship, and now look at the mess youâre in!"
Ma Jialiang smiled bitterly, "I didnât think she would be into a delivery guy, a bottom-feeding loser."
Ma Yunde sneered, "But the fact is, she was taken away by this loser."
Ma Jialiang had no words to counter, his heart full of hatred for Lin Fan.
"Damn loser, if I, Ma Jialiang, donât teach you a lesson, my anger will never be appeased!" Ma Jialiang plotted in his mind.
Once outside the hotel, Feng Yishan said, "Iâm heading back to the Company, you go home by yourself."
Then he and his assistant drove away.
Ma Jialiang immediately took out his phone, dialed a number, "Itâs me, Iâm planning to teach someone a lesson, help me set it up..."
At this point, Lin Fan and Wei Qingxue had already gone far.
Wei Qingxue was still panting, having run too fast earlier, coupled with emotional turmoil, unable to calm down for a moment.
On the scooter, the two sat very close, Lin Fan could feel her soft chest rising and falling with her breaths, he could even smell her delicate fragrance, causing his heartbeat to quicken.
The feeling of holding her hand just now was too wonderful.
Lin Fan couldnât help but smile with reminiscence.
"My dear wife, where should we go?" Lin Fan asked.
Wei Qingxue replied, "I donât know."
She didnât know where to go, and with the situation at home now, she couldnât return.
Lin Fan smiled, "Then let me take you to my place first."
Wei Qingxue hesitated for a moment but ultimately nodded. She really had nowhere else to go.
So Lin Fan brought Wei Qingxue back to his apartment in the urban village.