Chapter 705 - Give Up On This Idea (1/2)

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio  Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

As soon as she said this, the other three people looked at Zhan Haoze, especially Mother Shi and Father Shi, their gazes changed.

“Mengru, what are you talking about?” Shi Mengwan looked at her sister. Even if Zhan Haoze had a fiancée, he didn’t say that.

Shi Mengru pouted and turned her phone to face her parents. “I’m not wrong. It’s written on the news.”

Shi Mengwan wouldn’t have known about this. However, their classmate was playing a game that was released by XM Company.

One had to know that the game released by XM Company was very popular. Every time it was released, it would become popular. The Cosmic Gamer that was released recently had many classmates who were playing it in their school.

Although Shi Mengru didn’t play games, because her classmates were all playing it, she had played a few times.

After that, she felt that it was a waste of time and didn’t play anymore. However, it was on the day that she unloaded the game that she happened to see the news.

Even though Zhan Haoze and Chen Feifei’s news wasn’t celebrities, XM’s results were too eye-catching, especially the cosmic gamer, it had been the number one downloaded game for several months in a row.

Therefore, players naturally paid attention to it.

For ordinary players, so what even if they knew that Zhan Haoze had abandoned his fiancée because he had a mistress? Nothing mattered as long as the game was fun.

Because of this, Shi Mengru had many arguments with her classmates. She felt that she didn’t want to use a product developed by a company run by a person with bad character.

She had no choice. A child raised by Father Shi and Mother Shi was just like that.

Therefore, when she heard the familiar name Zhan Haoze and thought of XM, she immediately took out her phone to look for news.

This matter was indeed a little too big. One had to know that XM was different from the big groups that operated traditional industries like the Tianyu Group and the Li Corporation. XM mainly focused on games and was very well-known among the young people.

Zhan Haoze used to be very mysterious. However, ever since he got engaged to Chen Feifei, he was considered a celebrity in Lin City because of his good looks.

However, the way Shi Mengru looked at Zhan Haoze now wasn’t very appreciative.

Although she was young, her sense of right and wrong was very strong. She was afraid that Mother Shi couldn’t see clearly, so she deliberately enlarged her phone for her parents to see.

“Dad, Mom, look. It’s not what I said, it’s what the news said.”

Zhan Haoze and Chen Feifei broke off their engagement less than a week ago, and it was still a hot topic. Looking online, they saw that there were a lot of reports.

Of course, many of these reports were not true. But no one cared whether they were true or not.

Chen Feifei wanted to say it that day, but she was shy. Her implicative attitude seemed to explain it clearly. In fact, it made all the reporters in Lin City imagine a big drama.

Every media outlet even wrote a different story. Yet, there were people who believed it.

For example, the news on a certain website was: Zhan Haoze liked the new and disliked the old. He abandoned his childhood sweetheart. He left his childhood sweetheart to support the Chen Corporation.

Another example was a well-known magazine that wrote: Why did XM Company abandon his childhood sweetheart? The identity of the mistress was mysterious, and her background was a mystery, but one thing was certain, she was definitely better than Chen Feifei.

There were also other kinds of news. The general content was like this.

These few days, Shi Mengwan and Zhan Haoze only cared about each other. As for this news, because Zhan Haoze had promised Chen Feifei that she could say whatever she wanted, Tang Hua and the others found out about it, but no one actually came to tell Zhan Haoze.

More importantly, Tang Hua and the others didn’t treat this matter as a big deal. Compared to the Zhan family’s matter, a small piece of news would naturally be suppressed in two days.

So it wasn’t just Shi Mengwan who didn’t know. More importantly, Zhan Haoze also didn’t know that he had become a news figure.

While Shi Mengru was talking, Shi Mengwan also picked up her phone and started scrolling through the news.

With this scrolling, her expression became a little strange. The moment she finished reading the news, Father Shi and Mother Shi finished reading as well.

The four members of the Shi family didn’t say anything and looked at Zhan Haoze in unison.

Zhan Haoze: ..

“Aunty, uncle, this matter actually –”

“Mr. Zhan, I’m sorry,” Mother Shi spoke first. In this family, she definitely had a high status.

“Because of our lowly status, our Wanwan isn’t compatible with Mr. Zhan, so Mr. Zhan, please.”

It wasn’t right for a country person to chase someone away halfway through a meal. This was too shameful. However, Mother Shi actually did such a disrespectful thing.

“That’s right.”

Father Shi glared at Zhan Haoze coldly. He was already dissatisfied with the man who was going to marry his daughter, so he was even more dissatisfied now.

“Mr. Zhan, please leave.”

Shi Mengru blinked and suddenly stopped talking.

Shi Mengwan looked at her family and finally looked at Zhan Haoze. “I’m a mistress?”

Was it because she was a mistress that caused him to break off the engagement with Chen Feifei? That’s what the news said, right?

“Wanwan, you know you’re not.”

“I don’t know.” Shi Mengwan hated herself for not seeing the news earlier. If she had seen it earlier, she definitely wouldn’t have brought Zhan Haoze back.

“I only found out now.”

“Wanwan…”

“You know that Chen Feifei announced the annulment, right?”

“Yes.” Zhan Haoze couldn’t deny that he did know.

“She said that you broke off the engagement with her because there was a third party. You know that too, right?”

“I didn’t know.” Zhan Haoze shook his head. “I only said that she could find any excuse she wanted.”

However, Zhan Haoze didn’t expect that Chen Feifei would actually find such an excuse.

Zhan Haoze met the Shi family’s two elders’ eyes and felt a little awkward for a moment. However, what was more important now was Shi Mengwan. He had absolutely no intention of turning her into a mistress.

“Wanwan?”

Shi Mengwan turned around and didn’t listen to Zhan Haoze’s explanation.

She looked at Father Shi and Mother Shi. “Dad, Mom, this isn’t what you think.”

The press conference and Chen Feifei saying that she was a mistress could all be slowly explained. But right now, she needed her parents’ support.

“Wanwan.” Mother Shi didn’t expect that Shi Mengwan would still speak up for Zhan Haoze at this time.

Father Shi’s face turned green. “Enough, stop talking. I won’t allow the two of you to be together. Mr. Zhan, you can leave.”

“Dad.” Shi Mengwan wanted to say something, but Father Shi raised his hand and didn’t listen to her. “Don’t call me. I’ll say it again. I won’t allow the two of you to be together. Let him go.”

“It’s not Haoze’s fault.” Shi Mengwan stood up. She didn’t believe her parents were so unreasonable. “Besides, I knew about this.”

“You knew?” Father Shi stood up and looked at her angrily. “What did you know? You knew? Huh?”

“It’s true that this man had a fiancée, right? Did you get together with him when he had a fiancée? Is that right? Tell me.”

“Dad, it’s not what you think.”

“Then what is it?” Father Shi had always been straightforward. Although he couldn’t say that he was rich and powerful, he was very strict in educating his daughter.

Especially after Shi Mengwan ran away from home for more than a year, Father Shi and Mother Shi’s attitude towards child-rearing changed after she returned.

“Let me ask you, did he get together with you when he had a fiancée?”

Shi Mengwan was speechless and Zhan Haoze stood up as well. “Uncle, it’s not Wanwan’s fault. It’s my fault. I didn’t manage my own problems in time. Wanwan can’t be blamed for this.”

“Of course it’s your fault,” Father Shi said bluntly. “But you’re no one to me. I don’t want to see you now. I’m just educating my daughter.”

“You –” He pointed at Shi Mengwan. “If you still acknowledge me as your father, you can break up with him.”

“Dad.” Shi Mengwan was speechless. She had waited so long for Zhan Haoze to break off the engagement. She could be together with him openly.

The process was indeed not very smooth, and it wasn’t a good one either. But wouldn’t it be fine if the result was good?

“Father-in-law.”

“Don’t call me that, I can’t afford it.” Father Shi’s temper flared up as he pointed in the direction of the door. “Go Away, don’t force me to make a move.”

Zhan Haoze stood there with an unusually awkward expression on his face. Other than the Zhan family, it had been a long time since anyone gave him a hard time.

“Uncle, Wanwan and I are truly in love, we –”

“You’re truly in love? Since you’re truly in love with Wanwan, why are you getting engaged to another woman?”

“Dad.” When had Shi Mengwan ever seen Zhan Haoze like this? She couldn’t help but want to say something on his behalf. “Haoze and Chen Feifei were engaged because they –”

“Shut up. I’ll settle your problem with you later.”

Father Shi only glared at Zhan Haoze. “Now, get the hell out of my house.”

“Dad.”

“If you speak again, even you will be chased out.”

Father Shi’s words made Shi Mengwan dare not to speak anymore. She, not intending to let it go just like that, stood there. She still wanted to say more.

Zhan Haoze saw that she wanted to argue with Father Shi, so he patted her shoulder and glanced at her. He signaled her to stop talking.

“Uncle, Auntie, it’s okay if you don’t want to see me now. I can leave first. But there’s one thing I want you to understand. I’m sincere about Wanwan.”

Zhan Haoze didn’t say anything more and left just like that.

Shi Mengwan moved her toes and almost chased after him. This action made Father Shi’s expression turn even uglier.

“Sis.” Shi Mengru didn’t say anything until now. When she saw how things had turned out, she quickly tugged at Shi Mengwan’s sleeve.