There was no festive atmosphere at the Yan family home. Yan's parents were busy with their annual meeting and business trips, completely ignoring Yan Yuxin and never mentioning her. They considered her a disgrace to the family and even doubled her workload. Yan Yuxin's first New Year as a heiress felt like a nightmare. And her nightmare had only just begun when Xu Zifan's lavish gift arrived as scheduled on the first day of the Lunar New Year.
Two more women have been added to Li Xudong's list of conquests, bringing his total to five female companions in a short period! Actually, he changes partners so frequently because he wants to end things amicably, avoiding any potential romantic entanglements that could reach Yan Yuxin's attention. However, Xu Zifan directly sent Yan Yuxin photos of him with all five women—some cheek-to-cheek and laughing, some kissing in an elevator, some embracing as they entered a room—all accompanied by dates and times.
Yan Yuxin was furious when she saw the photos. Her first reaction was to confront Li Xudong and teach those bitches a lesson. However, all the girls in the photos were blurred out. Only their hairstyles and figures showed that they were not the same person. She couldn't find out who they were. Only Li Xudong was left to settle scores with.
Yan Yuxin immediately abandoned her tutor, ignored the housekeeper's attempts to stop her, rushed out the door, and drove straight to the Li family's house.
Li Xudong was at home entertaining guests with his father when his phone rang shrilly. He quickly hung up and apologized, but the phone kept ringing. He had to apologize again and run out to answer it. His father looked displeased, which made Li Xudong very upset. As soon as he answered the phone, he demanded, "Don't you know what day it is? If I don't answer your calls, something must be wrong. Why are you calling nonstop?"
"What's wrong? Hanging out with those sluts? Li Xudong! I'm right outside your door, come out here!" Yan Yuxin shouted angrily.
Li Xudong's heart skipped a beat. He quickly grabbed his phone and headed for the door, yelling, "What nonsense are you spouting! Who told you this? Are you trying to make me miserable during the New Year?"
"Come out! Come out right now! Otherwise, I'll plaster your picture all over the streets!"
Li Xudong paused, then ran. How come there were photos? What photos? He ran to the gate of his villa and only then saw Yan Yuxin.
As soon as Yan Yuxin saw him approach, she threw a stack of photos at his face. The sharp edges of the photos instantly cut two gashes on his face. Li Xudong, who had originally wanted to comfort her, suddenly became furious. "Are you crazy?! How dare you lay a hand on me?"
Yan Yuxin, her eyes red, pointed at the photos scattered on the ground. "What is this? Explain yourself! To get my parents' approval for me to be with you, I listened to those teachers chanting scriptures every day and did homework until the early hours of the morning. And what did you do? You cheated on me with another woman? Ha, not just one, but another! How could you do this to me?!"
Li Xudong kicked the photo and angrily said, "You had someone follow me? What's wrong with me seeing women? Which rich man doesn't have affairs? It's not like I've caused a scene in front of you, so why are you so anxious? And you're saying it's for my studies? Do you think I don't know your parents are ashamed of your poor grades? What does that have to do with me!"
"Li Xudong! I gave you everything, and you still betrayed me!" Yan Yuxin raised her hand to hit him, but he grabbed her wrist and she simply scratched his face, losing her temper in anger. "What did you promise me? You said you would love me forever and would only ever have me! And now you're playing around with other women? You're a complete scumbag!"
Li Xudong had a bad temper to begin with, and he usually tolerated her because of her status. But now that she had been repeatedly humiliated, this hot-tempered 18-year-old young master suddenly flew into a rage. He shoved Yan Yuxin away and scolded, "Didn't you cheat on me and get together with me? What are you pretending to be innocent for! You're allowed to have a childhood sweetheart and two-timing, but I'm not allowed to spend money and play games? At least I got a straight transaction, unlike you, who tricked me and that poor bastard into following you around! I haven't even settled the score with you yet, and you have the nerve to hit me?"
Yan Yuxin collapsed to the ground, completely overwhelmed by negative emotions. These past few months had been incredibly unlucky for her! So frustrating! Everything had made her extremely unhappy, and Li Xudong's attitude was the powder keg that ignited her. Without thinking, she tackled Li Xudong to the ground, straddled him, and began to fight him irrationally!
The gatekeepers, seeing this, naturally stepped forward to stop her, but knowing that this was the young master's girlfriend and the daughter of the Yan family, they dared not actually arrest her and quickly reported to Mr. Li. Mr. Li was discussing cooperation with his guests when he was interrupted, and his displeasure reached its peak. Seeing that something seemed to be wrong at his house, the guests simply got up to leave, and Mr. Li could not persuade them to stay and could only see them out.
As the guest drove past the gate, he witnessed Li Xudong and the newly adopted daughter of the Yan family fighting. He glanced at the photo on the ground and understood immediately: it seemed the Li family's child had cheated and the Yan family had found out. However, it was quite unusual for them to come knocking on the first day of the Lunar New Year; he'd never seen anything like it. This adopted child was clearly no good. Moreover, the marriage alliance between the Li and Yan families, which Li's father had just hinted at, needed careful consideration. Just looking at the two children, this powerful alliance wasn't reliable.
In a fit of shock and anger, Mr. Li ordered the maid to pull Yan Yuxin up and called the family doctor to apply medicine to them. The photos on the ground were immediately destroyed. He also sent people to investigate who sent the photos, but he found nothing. Instead, the photos appeared on various forums that afternoon, including photos of Yan Yuxin and Li Xudong fighting in the Li family home. This was definitely premeditated, causing the relationship between the Yan and Li families to plummet to a freezing point.
When the Yan couple returned home after receiving the news, they also sent people to investigate, but Xu Zifan was so skilled at this that he left no trace, and no one could find a single clue. If he couldn't even do this simple thing well, then he would truly be unworthy of the many lifetimes he had lived.
The Yan couple were furious that the Li family had gone too far; how could they dare to have affairs while dating their daughter? They were already furious.
The dissatisfaction with the Li family that arose during the banquet has now escalated to an intolerable level, leading them to immediately decide to cease all cooperation with the Li family. What angers them even more is Yan Yuxin. They have told her countless times that Li Xudong is unreliable, but she stubbornly refuses to believe them, still insisting that Li Xudong treats her specially and has never been ambiguous with other girls.
That's one thing, after all, Li Xudong is good-looking and knows how to charm young girls. He was indeed quite virtuous when he was with Yan Yuxin at first, so it's understandable that Yan Yuxin was deceived. But now that this has happened, why did she have to resort to arguing and fighting when there were so many other solutions? Where did she learn such delinquent behavior? Has she forgotten all the manners we've taught her these past few days? Now that she's been caught on camera, the Yan family has lost face again!
Actually, Yan Yuxin still feels a bit scared when she thinks about it now. She had never hit anyone, nor had she ever had such a violent conflict. It was only when she spent a lot of time with the women that she met up with Li Xudong's friends and heard many stories about their behavior. Some of them liked to date innocent college students, some liked to date pretty internet celebrities, and some occasionally dated young delinquents. Yan Yuxin had heard them talk about the ruthless methods wives used to teach mistresses a lesson, and how they brutally punished people they didn't like. Li Xudong and his friends had also mentioned how they taught those who didn't know their place.
She found many of the things he talked about fascinating, things she'd never encountered before. Little did she know, he was only telling her more because he thought she enjoyed it, treating it like a game, and she was genuinely influenced. After this outburst of anger, she suddenly felt a surge of rage and started fighting with Li Xudong, scratching his face badly!
It's difficult to turn a bad person into a good one, but turning a person with weak willpower into a bad one is actually quite easy, given a huge temptation and a group of friends with distorted values. Those who corrupted her had all grown up in suitable environments, developing gradually into this type of person, possessing their own sense of propriety, and their evil deeds weren't easily exposed. But she suddenly learned a few tricks, didn't know how to use them, and then abruptly used them, hurting herself and others, making herself a laughingstock for everyone.
Now, not only are their online fans mocking them for reaping what they sowed, but many bystanders are also watching the spectacle, saying how chaotic the rich kids are. Even the guests who left the Li family home that day, when asked by acquaintances, didn't try to hide the truth and just told them what they saw. Gradually, within their wealthy circle, everyone knows that Yan's new daughter has poor upbringing, and Li's son isn't exactly a saint either. Some are even secretly thinking about the Yan family's heir. As the province's richest family with no successor, could they perhaps get a slice of the Yan family's pie? And the Li family? Their heir can't even handle infidelity; how can he take over a company? It seems they're also destined for a weak successor. Cooperating with the Li family is less desirable than cooperating with their rivals; at least that would be a sustainable partnership.
The butterfly effect of many events led many to have a negative view of the Yan and Li families. Being part of the same social circle, they were highly sensitive to such matters and naturally wanted to minimize this intangible influence. Therefore, Li's father placed Li Xudong in solitary confinement, while the Yan couple locked up Yan Yuxin and forced her to attend etiquette classes. Regardless of Yan Yuxin's true character, she was expected to maintain a certain level of decorum.
Neither of them had time to think about anything else. Xu Zifan was extremely satisfied with the result. Every step of the process was specially arranged by him, and achieving this effect was exactly what he expected. He had just started dating the girl and didn't want these people popping up to annoy him from time to time.
In stark contrast to the other two families, the Xu and Ji families were also thriving. Mr. Xu seized the opportunity to catch the eye of his superiors and worked hard to get a promotion, which would allow him to make great strides after the New Year. Mr. Ji's business was also doing well and was about to enter a phase of rapid development. Both fathers were quite elated. After changing their attitudes, they were particularly motivated for their sons and daughters and were especially glad that they hadn't missed the opportunity.
When they learned that the two children had become a couple after just one outing, they were overjoyed. They were already as close as family, and if the two children really got together, they would truly be one family. Because of this, they even spent the Lunar New Year together, and the meal was filled with laughter and joy!
Even after Mr. and Mrs. Ji saw the online posts, they couldn't feel sorry for Yan Yuxin. After all, it was all her own fault. They sighed and stopped worrying about her, instead discussing their plans for the new year. Mrs. Ji decided to quit her job and go into business with Mr. Ji. Her previous job was in finance, so she could help Mr. Ji manage the finances. The Ji family had now completely transformed into a business family.