3: Chapter 3 Kneel down and lick clean

Facing the envious gazes cast by the crowd, Chen Xue beamed with joy.

However.

Wherever her gaze landed.

The appearance of a certain figure, however, made her furrow her brows.

Looking at Chu Yuan's face, the disgust in Chen Xue's eyes was hard to hide.

She really couldn't understand why her parents insisted on forcing her to marry a useless simp like Chu Yuan.

No way!

Who am I, Chen Xue? I will absolutely never bow to fate.

Want me to marry this kind of person...

Absolutely impossible.

"Chu Yuan, come here, there is something I want to tell you."

Chen Xue parted her red lips slightly and spoke in a commanding tone.

As soon as Chen Xue spoke, Chu Yuan had already guessed what she wanted to say.

In the book, Chen Xue would break off the engagement in front of everyone.

To salvage this unequal engagement, the original owner even knelt in public, begging Chen Xue to change her mind, only to receive cold mockery and ridicule.

It was precisely this act of kneeling that caused the original owner to fall from his pedestal.

It let these wealthy second-generation heirs see that the young master of the Shanghai Chu Family was nothing more than this, and their sense of awe vanished completely.

It even paved the way for those families in Shanghai to join forces with the Protagonist against the Shanghai Chu Family later on.

But now, the Protagonist of this banquet is no longer you, Chen Xue.

With his mind made up, Chu Yuan stepped forward with a gentle smile: "Xue'er, today is your birthday. I spent countless efforts preparing this gift, which represents my feelings for you. I hope you like it."

His usual "simp" appearance made Chen Xue feel even more disgusted. She waved her hand as if avoiding a plague god: "No need, no need. Hurry up and take your so-called gift away; I have no interest."

Chu Yuan smiled.

It was the same method of rejection, but compared to the original plot, it was already much better; she was being slightly kinder to him.

"Xue'er, this is my sincere intention. It wouldn't be too late to decide after you open it and take a look."

Chu Yuan believed that Chen Xue would definitely not be able to refuse his big gift.

"This is a gift from Young Master Chu. Miss Chen should open it and take a look; it might be some rare treasure."

"Young Master Chu's actions are naturally extraordinary. Let us broaden our horizons as well."

"Could it be shares in the Shanghai Chu Family company? That would be a priceless treasure."

...

The venue suddenly became noisy with voices.

Many wealthy second-generation heirs, looking to curry favor with Chu Yuan, naturally kept speaking up for him, wanting to see what was really inside.

Countless spears were immediately pointed at Chen Xue.

Under pressure, Chen Xue forcibly suppressed her anger and opened the gift box.

"Thump!"

A sound rang out, and Chen Xue threw the gift box directly onto the floor.

The anger in her heart could no longer be suppressed. She pointed at the gift box and cursed: "Chu Yuan, what is the meaning of this? Are you trying to humiliate me with this?"

The atmosphere changed suddenly. Chen Xue's sudden outburst of rage left the group of wealthy second-generation heirs stunned.

With some curiosity, they leaned forward to take a look.

Inside the gift box, it wasn't expensive jewelry or documents like shares, but a black, unidentifiable lump.

Everyone was completely dumbfounded.

Once they came to their senses, they assumed it was just Young Master Chu's unique and novel trick.

"Chen Xue, what are you doing? I went to great pains to cook this Changsha stinky tofu for you myself, and you actually treat it like dirt. Are you not giving me, Chu Yuan, face, or are you treating my Shanghai Chu Family as nothing?"

Chu Yuan shouted, his words heavy, yet he showed no sign of anger.

"Chu Yuan, stop trying to label me with high-sounding accusations here."

The anger in Chen Xue's heart was like a volcanic eruption, hard to contain.

Just as she was about to berate this simp Chu Yuan, she suddenly thought of something, changed her tone, and sneered.

"Chu Yuan, do you think that by using such a unique method, you can attract my attention and make me, Chen Xue, like you?"

"Let me tell you, I, Chen Xue, will never like you in this lifetime. Even if I become a beggar, I will never marry you."

The crowd finally realized what was going on.

So it was all Young Master Chu's trick.

As expected of our Young Master Chu, he really knows how to play; he actually used this kind of trick to attract a girl's attention.

However, it seems to have backfired a bit.

"Hehe..."

Chu Yuan sneered: "Chen Xue, you really think too highly of yourself."

"Who am I, Chu Yuan? As long as I say the word, the wealthy young ladies who want to be my, Chu Yuan's, woman could line up from here all the way to the Huangpu River."

"I'll give you one last chance. Kneel down and lick clean the gift I, this young master, gave you."

"Otherwise, the engagement between the two of us will be written off right here."

Kneel down and eat this black, unidentifiable thing?

Chen Xue was burning with rage; she raised her hand and struck out with a slap.

"Slap!"

A crisp sound rang out.

Everyone was stunned.

Someone had been hit.

Of course!

The person being hit was naturally not Chu Yuan.

Chu Yuan struck after her but landed first; a single slap left Chen Xue stunned once again.

"You ungrateful thing. Since you don't cherish this young master's good intentions, then I, this young master, now announce that our engagement is hereby terminated."

"From now on, if you, Chen Xue, still dare to pass yourself off as my, Chu Yuan's, fiancée, or act under the banner of my Shanghai Chu Family, I, this young master, will let you know what it looks like when a thousand-year-old family from Shanghai gets angry."

After speaking, Chu Yuan couldn't be bothered to pay attention to Chen Xue's mouth, and taking Zuo Shishi with him, he strode away.

At this, the audience at the scene was stunned once again.

They had originally thought that Young Master Chu was just using a roundabout strategy to win the beauty's heart.

They never expected that Chu Yuan was actually playing for real.

Since he had already made such harsh remarks in front of many wealthy heirs,

there was no turning back; the fate between the two of them was severed.

Following that, the fate between the Shanghai Chu Family and the Chen Family was also completely severed.

The surrounding wealthy young ladies all cast looks of contempt, sneers, and schadenfreude at Chen Xue.

Such a good catch of a husband had actually been ruined by Chen Xue.

Let alone kneeling to eat this black, unidentifiable thing, if Chu Yuan just said the word, they would kneel and eat shit without a single complaint.

Although the Chen Family was known as the head of the four great families of Shanghai, it was all by relying on the power of the Shanghai Chu Family.

A few years ago, the Chen Family was merely the last of the four great families and had offended many powerful enemies, leaving them in a precarious situation.

It was Chen Xue's father who begged at their door, and coupled with Chu Yuan taking a liking to Chen Xue, that this engagement came to be.

It can be said without reservation that this marriage was something the Chen Family had begged for shamelessly.

Now that the engagement was broken, without the protection of the Shanghai Chu Family, the Chen Family would once again fall into endless trouble.

"Get lost! Damn Chu Yuan, damn simp! How dare you treat me like this!"

"Chu Yuan, we are finished! I will not let you off!"

Chen Xue was so angry that her lungs felt like they were going to explode.

To this day, she still couldn't understand why the simp who used to be so obedient to her had risen so aggressively, used the situation to make a fuss, cancelled the engagement, and even slapped her.