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    “I must kill him! I must kill him!”

    In the private room.

    Zhao Ling howled hysterically. She looked terrifying, like an evil spirit. Her finger, broken by Long Yi, was still dripping blood.

    “Have you gone mad enough? Go to the hospital first!”

    Chen Dongqiu stood up from the ground and spoke coldly to Zhao Ling.

    “I’m not crazy! I want to go home! I want to tell my dad. I want to kill him! Kill him!”

    Zhao Ling pushed Chen Dongqiu away and screamed at him heartbreakingly. The hatred in her eyes seemed about to materialize and burst out.

    She was born with a silver spoon in her mouth. As the only daughter in the family, she had always been pampered. From childhood, she got whatever she wanted.

    No one even dared to speak loudly to her.

    But today!

    She actually had her finger broken by someone. How could she bear this?

    “I’ll go back with you. Let’s go to the hospital first to bandage it and see if it can be reattached.”

    Chen Dongqiu sighed. He felt a headache coming on.

    But he had no choice but to go back home with Zhao Ling because he needed to explain the situation clearly to Zhao Ling’s father.

    Otherwise, things would really blow up.

    If the Zhao Family truly didn’t know their place and provoked Young Master Xu, they would surely die miserably.

    If things could end here, Zhao Ling having just one broken finger would already be considered lucky.

    So, Chen Dongqiu took Zhao Ling and flew to the Northwest that night.

    In the morning.

    Xu Shaochen and a group of women sent his mom to the train station.

    Originally, they had bought a first-class plane ticket, but his mom said she wasn’t used to flying and always worried about when the plane might fall.

    So Xu Shaochen had no choice but to change it to a sleeper train ticket for her.

    Although the women around Xu Shaochen were all more beautiful than the last, no one dared to approach them carelessly.

    Because, in these days, could someone who could drive their Car onto the platform be an ordinary person?

    “Mom, when you get back, buy whatever you want to eat. Don’t save money. Our family doesn’t lack money now. If you don’t help spend it, the money will just mold in the bank.”

    “Yes, Auntie, please don’t be frugal. Otherwise, Shaochen will worry about you.”

    “Auntie…”

    Seeing this scene, Li Xiaoli smiled: “Alright, alright, I understand. I’ll get on the train now. You all hurry back.”

    She suddenly felt that having so many daughters-in-law wasn’t bad.

    At least she could receive nine portions of care at once.

    As for her own son, Xu Shaochen, she completely ignored him.

    After seeing his mom off on the train, Xu Shaochen took the group of women back to the Car and left the platform.

    Just as they got home, Long San told Xu Shaochen that Deng Tianwen was waiting for him in the living room.

    Xu Shaochen nodded casually, then led the chattering group of women into the living room.

    “Wow! I thought a group of fairies had descended. I almost went blind!”

    Seeing the group of women enter, Deng Tianwen on the sofa made an exaggerated expression.

    “Hehe, you know how to talk. This lady will grant you a cup of my homemade coffee. You’re in for a treat.”

    Du Ruyan said with a giggle, then bounced towards the kitchen.

    “This is too kind.”

    Deng Tianwen rubbed his palms together, clearly looking forward to Du Ruyan’s homemade coffee.

    But when he looked up, he found Xu Shaochen and the others looking at him sympathetically, which left him confused.

    “What’s wrong? Is there something dirty on my face?”

    Deng Tianwen touched his face and asked curiously.

    “No, no, no. You look handsome!”

    Xu Shaochen quickly shook his head and said, “I rarely drink Ruyan’s coffee. I didn’t expect you to have the chance to drink it this time. It’s truly a once-in-a-century luck.”

    “Really? Then I must be very lucky. How does the coffee taste?” Deng Tianwen asked with a smile.

    Mei Liangying and the other girls exchanged glances, then looked at Deng Tianwen: “How to describe the taste… It’s simply a one-of-a-kind coffee in the world. It can be understood but not explained. You’ll know when you drink it.”

    “So mysterious? Then I must savor it carefully.” Deng Tianwen seemed a bit impatient.

    Soon, Du Ruyan came over with a cup of what she called coffee.

    “Here, try it and see how it is?”

    Du Ruyan put the coffee in front of Deng Tianwen, resting her chin on her hands, looking at him with hopeful eyes.

    Deng Tianwen looked at the coffee he had been eagerly anticipating, fell into deep thought for a while, then looked at Xu Shaochen and said:

    “You… call this thing coffee?”

    His scalp tingled. Why did it look more like sesame paste?

    And it seemed to be the overcooked kind.

    “Oh my, I didn’t expect you to be so superficial. Appearance is just a facade. The most important thing is the essence, the taste. Do you understand? Try it.”

    Du Ruyan pushed the cup forward a bit.

    Deng Tianwen swallowed hard, then carefully picked up the cup. Gritting his teeth, he took a sip.

    His face immediately turned from green to white, and the hand holding the cup was shaking.

    “Pfft—”

    After a while, he quickly spat the coffee into the trash bin. His finger trembled as he pointed at Du Ruyan:

    “Miss Du, we have no grudges. Why do you want to poison me?”

    He finally understood why Mei Liangying had said earlier that the taste of this coffee could only be understood but not explained.

    Because the awfulness of this coffee was beyond words.

    “Hahaha…”

    Song Xinran and the others were laughing uncontrollably.

    Xu Shaochen also showed a schadenfreude expression.

    Seeing someone else suffer what he had endured, he suddenly felt that cup of coffee wasn’t such a big deal.

    Heaven knows how much suffering this family had endured since Du Ruyan, this rich young lady, fell in love with making her own food.

    Every day they worried about being poisoned to death.

    Du Ruyan’s pretty face turned cold, looking at Deng Tianwen with hostility: “Are you saying my coffee tastes bad?”

    “No! Not at all.” Deng Tianwen quickly waved his hands, then said, “This is not a question of whether it tastes good or bad. It’s a question of whether it’s drinkable or not.”

    “So do you think it’s drinkable?”

    Du Ruyan played with the fruit knife in her hand, looking at Deng Tianwen with a sweet smile.

    Deng Tianwen shuddered, nodding like a pecking chicken: “Yes, it’s drinkable.”

    “Then what are you waiting for? If you don’t finish it today, that means you’re looking down on me.” Du Ruyan tapped the cup of coffee with her fruit knife.

    Deng Tianwen’s mouth twitched. After a long while, as if he had made up his mind, he closed his eyes and puffed out his chest:

    “Miss Du, let’s be frank. You might as well just kill me.”

    A true warrior dares to face death, but not dark cuisine.

    “Get lost!”

    Du Ruyan cursed with a black face, taking her beloved coffee back to the kitchen.

    Chapter Summary

    Zhao Ling, enraged after having her finger broken, insists on returning home to seek revenge. Chen Dongqiu accompanies her, hoping to mitigate the situation. Meanwhile, Xu Shaochen sends off his mother at the train station with his group of beautiful companions. Later, at home, Deng Tianwen visits and is subjected to Du Ruyan's notoriously awful homemade coffee, much to everyone else's amusement. The chapter showcases the contrasting dynamics between the characters and their unique personalities.

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