The man sat in the wheelchair.
Yet, it did not diminish the chilling aura he exuded.
The person before him dared not breathe.
Two beggars lay on the ground, staring at Zhan Tianye in disbelief.
"Who are you? Why did you hit us?"
One beggar, enduring the pain, questioned Zhan Tianye.
The moment Zhan Xiaoli saw Zhan Tianye, his small shoulders sagged.
His attempt to run away from home had failed again.
"Attempting to abduct two children deserves a beating," Qiu Lu said coldly from the side.
The beggars understood immediately.
They had just been thinking that the two children had no parents.
Who would have thought!
"No, we didn't. We're not like that." The two beggars quickly denied, unwilling to admit it.
"We just wanted to help them!"
Qiu Lu knew Zhan Tianye didn't want to hear their excuses and directly ordered them to be taken away.
Soon, silence fell.
Yun Xiaojing watched the two being carried off and sighed inwardly.
Brother's escape had failed again!
Sometimes, it wasn't bad people you feared, but the sudden silence.
Yun Xiaojing blinked his big eyes, staring at the ground.
Zhan Xiaoli straightened his small back.
"How dare you try to escape the capital? Zhan Xiaoli, your courage is growing!" Zhan Tianye said sternly.
The coldness made Yun Xiaojing shiver.
The scumbag dad was too terrifying!
Under the night sky, Zhan Xiaoli's eyes were red. "I want to find Mother!"
Yun Xiaojing sighed inwardly again. Mother is in the capital, you can't find her by running outside the city. The person you're looking for is a fake.
Alas, Yun Xiaojing suddenly felt burdened with a pressure that was inappropriate for his age.
"I told you, she is not your mother," Zhan Tianye said coldly.
Yun Xiaojing's eyes lit up. The scumbag dad was wise! It seemed the scumbag dad...
Zhan Tianye continued, "From the moment you were born, you and your mother have had no relationship. She is not worthy of being your mother. Your mother will be this king's consort. If you continue to cause trouble, you will face family law."
"I am not afraid of family law! I want my own mother! I don't want someone crawling with cockroaches to be my mother!" Zhan Xiaoli roared angrily.
He couldn't understand, he just couldn't understand. Was it wrong for him to want his own mother?
Everyone else had a mother, why didn't he?
Yun Xiaojing also had a mother, but he didn't!
"Crawling with cockroaches all over is disgusting, the kind of disgusting that makes you lose your appetite! If it were me, I wouldn't want her as my mother either." Yun Xiaojing's eyes rolled, and he nodded his little head, strongly agreeing with Zhan Xiaoli, even adding fuel to the fire.
If you say it like this, even gods would find it repulsive!
If the scumbag dad still marries that aunt.
Then he's truly, truly amazing!
Qiu Lu's mouth twitched violently.
Zhan Tianye's dark eyes instantly became gloomy.
Zhan Xiaoli, who had been looking wronged, stopped feeling wronged after hearing Yun Xiaojing's words.
"Return to the capital," Zhan Tianye said in a deep voice.
...
At the same time.
In the capital.
The Li Residence.
What happened at the teahouse today, because it happened in a crowded place, could not be concealed.
Lord Li and Lady Li conspired and then spread the news, shifting the blame to the young lady, claiming that Li Yuexian had suffered an unwarranted disaster.
However, for Li Yuexian, having cockroaches crawling on her still felt incredible.
Lady Li looked at the unconscious Li Yuexian, worried that Prince Ye would break off the engagement.
After a long period of anxious waiting,
As night fell, there was still no movement from Prince Ye's mansion.
But Lady Li always felt that the recent string of incidents in the Li family must have a reason.
"Could we have provoked something unclean?"
Under Lady Li's persuasion, Lord Li agreed to invite a master to take a look.
Around midnight, Li Yuexian woke up.
Upon waking and realizing she was in her own bed,
She immediately shrieked.
Then she slapped at her body, "Die, cockroaches, get away!"
Servants rushed in upon hearing the noise.
Seeing Li Yuexian jumping around on the ground, they quickly stepped forward and said, "Miss, it's alright now! The cockroaches are gone!"
Only after hearing that it was alright did Li Yuexian look down at herself.
In the candlelight, she could clearly see that the dense mass of cockroaches was no longer on her.
Just as she breathed a sigh of relief,
Her breath caught again.
"Did Prince Ye send anyone?"
Her marriage to Prince Ye...
If Prince Ye was disgusted with her, then she would truly become the laughingstock of the capital!
The servant shook his head, "No. Miss is the victim in this matter. Prince Ye loves Miss so much, he wouldn't hate her because of this!"
Hearing the word "hate," Li Yuexian trembled.
If Prince Ye had seen her body crawling with cockroaches with his own eyes, he would surely hate her.
For a moment, Li Yuexian felt uneasy.
"Is that true?"
"Of course, it's true! Everyone in the capital, from top to bottom, knows that Prince Ye loves Miss! The betrothal gifts for Miss are so lavish that all the women in the capital are envious!" the servant quickly said.
Only then did Li Yuexian relax, "You're right, I am special in Prince Ye's heart. Prince Ye wouldn't dislike me!"
...
Prince Ye's Mansion.
After watching Zhan Xiaoli and Yun Xiaojing go into their respective rooms.
Qiu Lu pushed Zhan Tianye towards the study.
Zhan Tianye suddenly asked with a deep gaze, "Were there really cockroaches crawling all over her body?"
"Ah, yes." Qiu Lu was stunned. Why was the Prince suddenly mentioning this matter again?
"After you saw it, did you truly find it disgusting?" Zhan Tianye's voice was noticeably colder and deeper.
Qiu Lu's expression changed.
"Uh..." Qiu Lu found it difficult to answer, unsure of what to say.
After all, it was someone the Prince favored.
"Speak," Zhan Tianye ordered.
Qiu Lu took a deep breath, daring not to conceal anything, and spoke his true thoughts, "It was the same as what Xiaojing said."
After hearing Xiaojing's description, he felt even more that the disgust was the kind that made you unable to eat.
Especially the terrified screams of Miss Li at the time, her entire face contorted.
Completely unsightly.
Zhan Tianye frowned deeply.
"Your Highness, in my humble opinion, the young heir dislikes Miss Li intensely. Even Xiaojing doesn't seem to like her very much," Qiu Lu said after some hesitation.
Zhan Tianye's dark eyes were deep.
Qiu Lu's expression shifted, and he added, "When we were watching the acrobatics at the teahouse, someone was flattering Miss Li and also happened to say some unpleasant things about the second young lady Yun. The young heir was very displeased and even stopped them."
"What are you trying to tell me?" Zhan Tianye looked up, his gaze sharp as he looked at Qiu Lu.
Qiu Lu said, "Based on my observations, the young heir likes the second young lady Yun. The only person who can make the young heir actively approach and hug them so far is the second young lady Yun."
"So, you believe the person this king should marry is Yun Shu?" Zhan Tianye's gaze grew sharper.
"Your subordinate dares not!"
Zhan Tianye's tone was chilling. "This king can marry anyone, but he will never marry Yun Shu. She makes this king feel more nauseous than Li Yuexian!"
Not far away, a small figure was hiding.
Yun Xiaojing, who couldn't sleep, wanted to sneak to find Zhan Xiaoli, but unexpectedly overheard his scumbag dad badmouthing his mother!