Jing City, Central Tower.
A man nearing forty sat at the head of the conference room. His custom-made suit perfectly fit his well-proportioned and upright physique, highlighting his cold but well-maintained features. He exuded the charm of a mature man.
The moment a special call came through on his phone, the man, who was in the middle of a serious meeting, immediately narrowed his eyes.
With a wave of his hand, the group's executives, who were reporting on project progress, immediately fell silent.
Nan Jingyan pressed the answer button, but didn't speak, until the long-absent and familiar voice came from the other end of the phone.
"Brother…"
Nan Jingyan immediately frowned.
His little sister hadn't contacted the family in nearly eight years. If she was calling him, something must have happened.
Was that Wan Yuntao guy bullying his little sister?
If so, then don't blame him for pulling the investment from the Wan Family's project…
Thinking this, his expression grew increasingly stern. Then, he heard his little sister's voice, tinged with sobs and grievance, coming from the other end of the phone,
"Brother…I've decided to divorce Wan Yuntao. Can you come pick up Sui Sui and me and take us home?"
The words, laced with a familiar dependence, were just like how she had sought his help when she was wronged in the past.
Just one sentence, and the always-composed President Nan's face suddenly darkened. He abruptly stood up from his chair.
The executives in the conference room felt the cold, angry aura radiating from President Nan and all lowered their heads, not daring to breathe loudly, let alone ask a question.
Nan Jingyan, however, couldn't care about the people in the conference room at this moment. With a cold face, he turned and left the room, leaving everyone behind. Only his little sister's words echoed in his mind.
Initially, his younger sister insisted on marrying that man despite the family's opposition, and now she wants a divorce.
That man must have done something to hurt his younger sister!
Wan Yuntao... very good!
After hanging up the phone, Nan Jingyan walked towards the elevator while opening the group chat with his brothers and initiating a group call.
The call connected, and without wasting any words, he spoke coldly,
"My younger sister wants a divorce. Anyone in Jing City who's still breathing, come with me to the Wan Family to pick her up."
With that single sentence, the four brothers on the other end of the line, who were each busy with their own tasks, all stopped what they were doing.
"Thirty minutes."
The one who spoke was the usually taciturn second brother, Nan Jinghe.
Then came the third brother, Nan Jinglan,
"I'm coming straight from the research lab at the university. Twenty-seven minutes."
The fourth brother, Nan Jingting,
"I just took a vacation and was about to board the plane at the airport. I'll head back right now, so the little sister can wait for me!"
"I have a schedule this afternoon... but I can barely squeeze in three hours to go with you guys."
The last to speak was the fifth brother, Nan Jingchen. He spoke reluctantly, but his turning footsteps were very decisive.
Ignoring the shouts of his agent and the staff behind him, he walked back without a word. In the end, he only dropped a sentence,
"The afternoon shoot is canceled, and I'll cover all the losses."
The five Nan brothers set off from their respective locations and converged on the villa where the Wan Family resided.
Meanwhile, outside the Wan Family villa.
Nan Zhizhi and A Sui had just reached the entrance when Fu Ma stopped them.
"Madam, it's not that Fu Ma wants to make things difficult for you, but since you're leaving, you have to leave the Wan Family's things behind."
Fu Ma was a relative of Wan Yuntao's mother's family and usually took advantage of the old lady's influence to try and manipulate Nan Zhizhi. Unexpectedly, she was still being unreasonable with her today.
"I didn't take anything from the Wan Family! Get out of the way!"
Nan Zhizhi's face was a little unsightly. Because she found the people inside the house annoying, she didn't even pack any luggage!
That Fu Ma was clearly doing this on purpose.
Fu Ma across from her, however, remained unmoved. She even lifted her chin and glanced at the diamond bracelet on her wrist.
"That diamond bracelet, was it given by Mr. Wan?"
She remembered the old lady saying it was some sort of custom-made item, very expensive.
Since they were getting a divorce anyway, she could let her take that little money-loser, but such a valuable thing couldn't be allowed to be taken away.
Inside the house, Wan Yuntao saw them standing at the door and assumed she had changed her mind. When he walked out, he happened to hear Fu Ma's words.
He could hear the deliberate provocation in Fu Ma's words, but he didn't speak up to stop her.
She needed to learn a lesson.
If she'd just come back and begged, he might not have insisted on a divorce.
Little did he know, his silence only chilled Nan Zhizhi's heart further.
The diamond bracelet on her wrist was the first valuable gift Wan Yuntao had given her, specially made after he earned his first fortune. She'd cherished it all these years.
But now… it just disgusted her.
Without hesitation, Nan Zhizhi raised her hand to remove the bracelet. However, when Wan Yuntao had the bracelet made, he'd said it was to keep her by his side, and the clasp was specially designed to be extremely secure.
So, for a moment, she couldn't take it off.
Just then, she heard Lu Xuetong's voice behind her,
"Yuntao, don't make things difficult for Sister Zhizhi."
Her voice was gentle and soft. She paused deliberately as she spoke.
"Although that bracelet was custom-made for me, she's worn it for so many years. Just let her take it."
Hearing the words, which were deliberately gentle but also contained an air of charity, Nan Zhizhi's action of removing the bracelet suddenly stiffened. She turned her head and looked at Wan Yuntao, her eyes filled with shock, anger, and... disgust.
This was actually the bracelet he had customized for Lu Xuetong!
He had given her something he'd ordered for his mistress!
Yet, she had been like a clown, wearing it as if it were a treasure for several years!
The resentment in Nan Zhizhi's heart almost reached its peak. She pulled at the chain on her wrist even harder.
But the more she pulled, the tighter the bracelet seemed to lock.
A clear red mark was left on her wrist. Just as Nan Zhizhi was so angry that tears almost fell, a small, white, and tender little hand suddenly reached out.
Sui Sui was standing on tiptoe, stretching out her hand, and finally managed to reach the hand with the Diamond bracelet.
"Mama, A Sui help you."
The milk-like voice spoke as she lowered her hand a little. A Sui grabbed the two ends of the hand chain with both hands, not looking to see where the opening was.
The small hand gently pulled.
Click.
The entire hand chain deformed and broke into several pieces.
A Sui held the broken pieces of the hand chain, and looked up at Nan Zhizhi as if asking for a reward.
"Mommy, look, it's off~"
After saying that, Sui Sui casually tossed the broken bracelet aside.
Nan Zhizhi looked at the "corpse" of the bracelet, broken into several pieces on the ground, and then at the chubby little A Sui in front of her. The overwhelming feeling in her heart instantly eased.
"A Sui is so good."
She smiled and held A Sui's head, gently praising her. Without looking at Wan Yuntao behind her or the bracelet "corpse" on the ground, Nan Zhizhi was about to leave, taking A Sui with her, bypassing Fu Ma.
Seeing that she had discarded the bracelet, which she had treasured so much before, as if it were worthless, Wan Yuntao felt a tightness in his chest.
He instinctively felt that something important was about to leave him. Wan Yuntao subconsciously called out to Fu Ma,
"Fu Ma, don't let them leave!"
Fu Ma, hearing this, immediately stepped forward to stop the person.
"Wait! Even though the bracelet is off, what if she's hiding something else on her?"
Nan Zhizhi's expression instantly turned cold.
"What do you mean? You want to search me?!"
It was because she had been so reasonable these past few years that these people thought she was so easy to bully!
Nan Zhizhi had always been good-tempered over the years. The sudden coldness in her expression made Fu Ma feel a little intimidated, but she quickly straightened her chest.
"I'm doing this for your own good, so there won't be any misunderstandings if things go missing later!"
Nan Zhizhi was about to flare up when she saw that A Sui's actions were faster than hers.
Sui Sui walked forward and looked up at Fu Ma, her big, dark eyes seemingly seeing through everything.
"My mommy didn't take anything from this house, but you, Grandma, took something bad from their house. If you don't return it quickly, you'll be unlucky, oh~"
After all, that thing was tainted with something dirty. If it wasn't returned, the misfortune that should have befallen her father's family would be transferred to her.
But A Sui didn't like this bad grandma, who bullied her mother, or her bad father, so she didn't plan to explain too much.
A Sui's fee for fortune-telling was very expensive.
Fu Ma was suddenly annoyed when she heard the little girl call her Grandma.
What kind of look was this little brat giving her?!
She wasn't even fifty! How could she be called Grandma!
Just as she was about to fly into a rage, Fu Ma belatedly reacted to the little girl's words, and her expression immediately changed.
How, how did she know she took Mr. Wan's…
Fu Ma was caught off guard and didn't dare to look at Mr. Wan's expression. Her face was clearly flushed with anger.
"You little brat, what nonsense are you spouting?! Don't think you can just leave by falsely accusing me! If you want to leave today, you'll have to take off all your clothes!"
As she spoke, she was about to step forward and grab Nan Zhizhi.
Wan Yuntao was just watching from the side, without any intention of stopping her.
Nan Zhizhi was filled with resentment and was about to fight back when, at that moment, the sound of a car roaring outside the villa.
A sports car sped in first, drifting to a sudden stop just a meter away from them.
Immediately afterwards, another luxury car followed closely behind.
Then came the third one.
The fourth vehicle,
The fifth vehicle...
These are all top-tier luxury cars in Jing City, rarely seen even in this mid-range villa area, not to mention that several luxury sedans are following behind them.
This display of force clearly surprised Wan Yuntao.
Only Nan Zhizhi's eyes welled up with tears when she saw who got out of the car.
The doors of the convoy of cars opened in unison, and more than a dozen tall and imposing figures stepped out of the vehicles.
Ignoring the bodyguards in the car behind, five tall and imposing figures ahead were particularly eye-catching.
Leading the group was Nan Jingyan. His expression was cold and stern, his voice like heavy iron. Danger permeated his tone.
"I'd like to see today who dares to stop my Nan Family from leaving!"
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