NOVPUBUpon hearing Yan Jin’s words, Chen Nan’s heart trembled violently, and his breathing became a bit hurried. However, he feigned calmness, "I haven’t been avoiding you. I’ve just been a bit busy these past few days!"
Yan Jin sighed inwardly. Even though Chen Nan said he hadn’t been avoiding her,
she could clearly feel that their relationship had become much more distant.
"Aunt Yan, where is Lin Xi?" Chen Nan diverted the topic.
Yan Jin sighed softly, "Her biological father came to Jizhou on a business trip and took her out to eat."
Chen Nan frowned. He had heard from Lin Xi that after her parents divorced, her mother was granted custody.
After that, her father only provided a monthly child support payment of a little over a thousand yuan.
Apart from that, he had never visited her in Jizhou.
Moreover, the relationship between father and daughter was not very harmonious.
Even so, why would Lin Xi go out to eat with her birth father?
He did not ask further and concentrated on helping Yan Jin massage her ankle.
Ten minutes later.
Chen Nan stopped the massage; by then, Yan Jin’s ankle had visibly decreased in swelling and regained its previous rosy color.
"Aunt Yan, please try to move around on your feet," Chen Nan said, a slight smile on his face.
Yan Jin, her face full of tenderness, hummed an acknowledgment, then slowly stood up with Chen Nan’s support.
When she felt the pain in her ankle disappear, her eyes lit up with uncontrollable excitement. She instinctively hugged Chen Nan’s arm in front of her, "Chen Nan, your technique is amazing!"
Due to it being summer and the thin clothes she wore, Chen Nan, with Yan Jin hugging his arm in front of him, could clearly feel her body’s firm contour against his arm.
Moreover,
from his angle, he could clearly see Yan Jin’s ample chest being squeezed into a different shape.
Especially the distorted cleavage, emitting a deadly allure, playing on his heartstrings, making his breathing uncontrollably quicken a bit.
Yan Jin also noticed Chen Nan’s overly assertive gaze, immediately feeling her heart and mind race and her breathing quicken.
Her mind even flashed back to the incident that happened between them on a rainy night.
Even though several days had passed, it was still vivid.
For a moment,
a captivating flush of red quietly rose on Yan Jin’s face, which looked radiant, invoking an urge in others to take a bite.
Despite this, Yan Jin did not lose her composure; her face flustered, she let go of Chen Nan’s arm, a tinge of apology in her eyes, "I’m sorry, I behaved improperly."
Chen Nan managed a strained smile, "Aunt Yan, I’ll step out now. You rest for a while," he said, then quickly walked out.
He didn’t understand why.
Every time he saw Yan Jin, a wave of uncontrollable impulse and desire surged within him.
Although he knew such thoughts were dangerous,
he couldn’t control his inner desires!
When Chen Nan had just descended the stairs, a black Audi A8 stopped outside the door, and immediately a desperate voice erupted, "Lin Yuan, I advise you to give up that thought, I will never listen to you and go back to the provincial city, nor will I marry a man I don’t like!"
The next moment.
The sound of a car door slamming aggressively reached Chen Nan’s ears.
Chen Nan stood up and walked to the door, where he saw Lin Xi, her face full of anger and void of any color, in stark contrast to her previously innocent and lovely appearance.
However.
When she saw Chen Nan, a flicker of uncontrollable excitement emerged in her angry eyes. She quickly stepped forward and affectionately grabbed Chen Nan’s wrist, "Brother, when did you come back?"
"I just got back a little while ago," Chen Nan revealed a doting smile on his face.
At that moment.
A middle-aged man stepped down from the black Audi. He appeared to be in his mid-forties, burly, dressed in a black suit, wearing rimless glasses, with an aura of a successful person.
At the same time.
Yan Jin also arrived, and upon seeing her ex-husband, disgust filled her gaze.
Seeing her mother and Chen Nan, Lin Xi instantly felt secure. She glared at her biological father and spoke irritably, "Mr. Lin, just leave!"
"From now on, I sever the father-daughter relationship with you."
"Even if it kills me, I will not go back to the provincial city with you. You have no right to treat me like an object and just marry me off to anyone!" As she spoke, tears of humiliation welled up in her eyes.
Hearing this, Yan Jin’s disdain deepened; she looked at her ex-husband with furious eyes and coldly said, "Lin Yuan oh Lin Yuan, you really keep resetting my expectations. They say even a tiger won’t eat its young, but look at you, simply a beast in human clothing!"
"I was still foolishly hopeful, thinking that your visit to see your daughter was a sign of your conscience kicking in, thinking of making up for the neglect over the years."
"Who would have thought, your wolfish ambitions are simply to use your daughter as a tool for connecting with the powerful and casually handing her off. Do you even have a shred of humanity?"
Lin Yuan slightly pushed up his rimless glasses on the bridge of his nose, a sneer forming on his face, "Lin Xi is my daughter; I naturally have the right to arrange her marriage."
"As for conscience, huh, can conscience be eaten as food in this real world?"
Saying this, his gaze brazenly surveyed Yan Jin and Chen Nan, finally resting on Lin Xi tightly holding Chen Nan’s wrist, with a flash of anger in his eyes, "Look at what you’ve turned your daughter into, associating with such a dubious kid, what future can she have?"
"The man I found for her hails from a reputable family in the provincial city. Marrying him would elevate her status to new heights, indulging in wealth and honor, unlike staying with you, clinging to this tiny place and living a meager life."
Chen Nan slightly furrowed his brow; a subtle gleam flashed in his deep eyes as he slowly spoke, his voice carrying a hint of chill, "Mr. Lin, what right do you have to talk about father-daughter affection? Have you fulfilled the duties of a father over the years?"
"You’ve neglected Lin Xi for so many years, and now you appear wanting to use her as a bargaining chip; your calculations are indeed shrewd, but don’t take others for fools!"
Lin Yuan, infuriated and embarrassed, retorted, "Who do you think you are? A young punk, daring to lecture me?"
"I’m talking to my daughter and ex-wife, do you think it’s your place to butt in? Believe it or not, I can smack you right now!" His eyes filled with malevolence as he spoke, even rolling up his sleeves.
Yan Jin quickly stepped to the side to protect Chen Nan, her eyes fierce, "Lin Yuan, don’t go too far! If you dare touch Lin Xi or Chen Nan today, this won’t end with you."
"For years you’ve ignored her, sparingly giving alimony, and now you think you can exercise a father’s ’rights’? No way!"
Yet Lin Yuan showed no signs of backing down. He crossed his arms, speaking sarcastically, "Yan Jin, you think you can protect her?"
"I haven’t just been idling in the provincial city these years; I have connections and methods to spare."
"If you know what’s good for you, convince Lin Xi to willingly come with me."
"Otherwise, you all won’t have any peaceful days ahead!" Saying this, his face twisted into a sinister grin.
