If you are my girlfriend

Looking at Wang Rong's bloodless face.

Zhou Qingming sneered, "Now you know fear?"

"You seemed quite pleased when you used me as a weapon."

"You even dared to offend my elder brother, He Li..."

"Why are you scared now? Hmph!"

As he spoke, Zhou Qingming took out his phone and made a call.

In just a moment, Wang Rong's phone rang... calls terminating her employment, demanding loan repayment, internal company investigations finding misconduct during her tenure resulting in losses requiring fines, and various other chaotic calls kept flooding in.

Listening to the different voices on the phone, Wang Rong felt as if the sky had fallen, panicking and losing all composure.

But at least she knew who was behind it.

"Y-Young Master Zhou, you can't do this!"

She rushed forward in panic and grabbed Zhou Qingming's sleeve.

"Young Master Zhou, I... I am Yu Yan's mother."

"Don't you like Yu Yan? We... we might be family in the future, how can you treat me like this? If you suppress me like this, h-how am I supposed to live?"

Losing her job, being chased for debt, and even facing fines from the company—wasn't this pushing her toward a dead end?

Wang Rong's face was full of pleading, hoping Zhou Qingming would let her go.

However, Zhou Qingming impatiently shook off her hand.

"Get lost! I've already shown restraint by not having someone kill you, and you still have the nerve to beg for mercy?"

"Roll as far away from me as you can!"

Saying this, Zhou Qingming looked toward the terrified Liu Yuyan.

"She's got some looks, but unfortunately, she's blind!"

"I originally wanted to take you as a mistress, but who knew that coveting your minor beauty would nearly ruin my future..."

Shaking his head, Zhou Qingming got into his car and left.

He didn't really dare to deal with Liu Yuyan anymore.

After all, he hadn't thoroughly investigated the exact relationship between He Li and Liu Yuyan in the past. He worried that if he went too far and He Li still harbored some lingering affection for Liu Yuyan...

Wouldn't he be shooting himself in the foot?

It was always safest to be cautious..."Mom, look, are you satisfied now?"

"Go on, why don't you keep making a scene?"

"He Li originally didn't even want to pay attention to you."

"But you insisted on making trouble for him!"

Watching Zhou Qingming's car drive away, Liu Yuyan, who had regained her senses, looked at Wang Rong with a mixture of pity, grievance, and blame. Wang Rong knew she was in the wrong, and the recent phone calls had filled her with such panic that she couldn't refute her daughter.

She just looked at Liu Yuyan, her face full of helplessness: "Yu Yan, tell Mom, what should I do now?"

"Our family still has a lot of loans..."

"Now I've lost my job and I still have to pay fines."

"Our family... w-what are we going to do now?"

She tightly grasped Liu Yuyan's hand, her eyes filled with helplessness.

Liu Yuyan felt a lot of heartache, but she was also very angry.

How could He Li be so petty? Her own mother had only said a few harsh words to him, hadn't she?

"My mom is already this old, couldn't he just tolerate it?"

"Being criticized a bit wouldn't make him lose any flesh anyway."

"Just because he was criticized a few times, he instigated Zhou Qingming to act recklessly..."

"How could he be like this? He used to be so good to me and Mom, he definitely wouldn't have done this before..."

Although angry, Liu Yuyan was helpless.

She could only reply resignedly, "Mom, Zhou Qingming treating you like this was ultimately He Li's arrangement. Who told you to treat him that way? Now if you want Zhou Qingming to undo what he just did..."

"Then you can only apologize to He Li."

"If he forgives you, Zhou Qingming won't dare to act rashly!"

"Won't you be fine then?"

Hearing this, Wang Rong's expression changed.

"What? You want me to apologize to that He fellow?"

"No matter what, I am an elder, I..."

"Mom!" Liu Yuyan interrupted impatiently, "If you want things to continue like this, then don't go. But let me be clear, I can't do anything about the mess you created."

"This..." Wang Rong's face was full of conflict.

She truly did not want to bow her head to He Li.

Even though she knew He Li had an astonishing background, she recalled how He Li used to run around for her daughter like a servant in their home, constantly fawning over her, massaging her legs and back... In Wang Rong's eyes, he was almost like a servant. Now, she was supposed to bow down to this kind of He Li?

Wang Rong's pride made her unwilling.

"Make me apologize to that brat? Why should I?"

"When he was chasing my daughter before..."

"Wait a moment!" she thought angrily.

Wang Rong suddenly paused, her gaze shifting to Liu Yuyan, who was sulking, and forced a smile: "Y-Yu Yan, look, He Li pursued you for three years, after all."

"There must still be some lingering affection between you two."

"Why don't you go talk to him for Mom?"

"He will definitely relent for your sake."

"Yu Yan, what do you think?" Wang Rong asked cautiously.

Liu Yuyan was furious. Her mother caused the trouble, and now she was expected to go beg for peace?

Why? Liu Yuyan really couldn't take it anymore.

But Wang Rong's eyes rolled, and she said again, "Yu Yan, Mom knows you still like that He Li."

"Before, Mom didn't understand him, which is why I didn't care."

"Now Mom agrees to you two dating, isn't that enough?"

"Don't you want to reconcile with him too? If you help Mom talk to him, it gives you a chance to speak with him, right?" There was some logic to what Wang Rong said, and Liu Yuyan frowned in confusion upon hearing it.

He Li was too outstanding, especially since he left her side and became even more brilliant and dazzling than before.

Liu Yuyan really wanted to win him back.

So, after hesitating for a moment, she nodded.

"Then... then fine, I can only try!"

"Good, good, Yu Yan, go now!"

"Mom! Can you stop being so foolish?"

"They are still having dinner. If I just go up and interrupt them, how are they going to feel?"

"Then... then should we wait for him to come down?"

"Mhm, that's the only way."

...Inside the restaurant's luxurious private room, He Li and his peers from the gaming industry ate and chatted in a pleasant atmosphere. Miao Xiaoyu sat obediently next to He Li, peeling shrimp and serving him dishes like a young wife.

Several of his colleagues were extremely envious when they saw this.

"Tsk, He Li, you're really lucky!"

"To actually find such a sweet and beautiful girlfriend."

"Unlike the tigress at my house... sigh!"

"Tell me about it. My wife only opens her mouth waiting for me to feed her; she certainly wouldn't peel shrimp for me!"

"You guys are either married or have girlfriends."

"Why don't you think about how we single dogs feel?"

...Listening to the others and sensing their envious gazes, He Li smiled and looked at the blushing Miao Xiaoyu beside him, asking softly, "Everyone is envious that I have such a wonderful girlfriend like you, Xiaoyu."

"Student Xiaoyu, do you have any thoughts?"

His tone carried a hint of teasing.

Miao Xiaoyu, taking the opportunity to go along with the joke, retorted playfully, "I'm the one who brought you prestige, so I should be the one asking for your thoughts. If someone as great as me really became your girlfriend, what would you think?"

"Well..." He Li chuckled.

Then he leaned close to her ear and said softly, "I would be very happy."

"And then I'd figure out how to take the next step and marry you!"

Miao Xiaoyu's eyes were full of shyness, and her heart pounded rapidly.

"I... I'm not that easy to marry!"

She said, her voice slightly flustered.

He Li's smile deepened as he said, "Exactly, exactly!"

"Our Xiaoyu is so clever, if I want to marry you, I definitely have to put in a lot of effort."

"Hehe, well... you'll have to work hard!"

A smile appeared on Miao Xiaoyu's blushing, beautiful little face.

He Li gazed at her tenderly. The people around them, watching the sweet couple, suddenly felt that the food in their mouths had lost its flavor...