Seeing the bodyguards step forward, Nan Zhizhi didn't seem to have any intention of stopping them this time.
Wan Yuntao's expression grew increasingly ugly.
Nan Zhizhi, she's really heartless.
A hint of resentment flashed in his eyes as he glanced at her and the little girl beside her. Wan Yuntao suddenly shouted,
"Zhizhi! Are you really going to attack her father in front of the child??"
With those words, the expressions of Nan Zhizhi and the Nan Family brothers all froze.
Little Asui looked at one person, then the other, and raised a hand as if to say Asui didn't mind.
But just as the little hand went up, Nan Zhizhi grabbed it.
Even if Asui didn't mind, she didn't want Asui to see so much violence as soon as they got home.
"Forget it."
Nan Zhizhi sighed softly.
Wan Yuntao immediately smiled; he knew Nan Zhizhi cared about this child.
He was indeed the one who understood her the best.
Nan Jingchen, who was standing to the side, had a cold expression, and suddenly glared at his little niece.
He knew this little girl would become Wan Yuntao's way of manipulating his younger sister!
Nan Jingyan finally turned his gaze to the little pink dumpling, his eyes deep, and asked,
"This is his daughter?"
His eyes were scrutinizing, but he showed no emotion.
Nan Zhizhi keenly sensed this and quickly corrected,
"She's my daughter!"
Then she gestured for Asui to greet them,
"Suisui, these are your five maternal uncles. They've come to take us home."
She emphasized us, fearing her brothers would dislike Asui because she shared half of Wan Yuntao's bloodline.
In fact, the five Nan brothers' feelings for their niece were indeed lukewarm.
Because Asui was found and brought back in a hurry, the Nan Family simply assumed that Asui was the same as the previous Jiaojiao.
They hadn't paid much attention to their little sister's child over the years.
But occasionally, they'd heard things about the child… supposedly, she was quite spoiled.
They didn't mind their little sister raising another child, they just specifically minded that the child's biological father was Wan Yuntao.
They were especially worried that their little sister, after finally making up her mind, would have to deal with that scum, Wan Yuntao, because of this child.
Just like now.
Although little Asui was young, she was always sensitive to people's emotions.
She sensed that her several uncles didn't particularly like her, so her small face was slightly tense, and she didn't immediately call out to them like she did when she saw her mother.
Nan Jingyan glanced at the child and didn't force the issue. Seeing that it was almost time, he gestured directly,
"Let's go home, we'll talk about the rest later."
With the eldest brother's word, the Nan Family brothers immediately sprang into action, and the bodyguards also prepared to leave.
Seeing that Nan Zhizhi was really about to leave, Wan Yuntao was unwilling to let her go. But he knew he couldn't stop her now. Supported by Aunt Fu, he gritted his teeth and said fiercely to her,
"Nan Zhizhi! I don't agree to the divorce! I don't agree. Neither you nor the child are leaving me!"
Nan Zhizhi suddenly turned her head, a hint of disgust flashing in her eyes. Wan Yuntao, however, acted as if he hadn't seen it, even forcing a smile on his face. His tone was deliberately gentle,
"Zhizhi, I know you and the child were wronged today. Go home and stay for a couple of days. I'll come and pick you and the child up in a few days."
He was going to drag out the divorce.
Nan Zhizhi seemed to realize for the first time just how shameless this person was. She turned her head, wanting to say something, but Nan Jingyan, who was beside her, raised his hand to stop her.
Nan Jingyan had always been decisive in his actions and didn't like to be indecisive.
He looked at Wan Yuntao and simply said,
"The Nan Family's daughter wants a divorce. The decision is ours, not yours.
I'll have the lawyer send over the divorce agreement later."
Then, he glanced at Asui and added,
"This child will take the surname Nan from now on."
Little Asui twitched his ears at the words and suddenly looked up, his voice crisp as he complained,
"He said before that he wouldn't give Mama a single cent."
Little Asui didn't understand "leaving with nothing," but whatever belonged to Mama, she definitely wanted back.
Originally, Asui could have helped Mama get it herself, but now, she decided to see what this big uncle could do.
If this uncle wasn't up to it, she'd step in.
Ugh, you have to give adults a chance to show off, right?
Nan Jingyan listened to her, and his usually stern face seemed to be smiling, but not quite. He only said,
"Don't worry, he can't swallow what belongs to your mother."
He paused, then glanced at Wan Yuntao, adding meaningfully,
"Unless... he wants to leave with nothing."
Hearing that he had to leave with nothing, Wan Yuntao's face immediately fell, and he went ashen.
But he didn't dare to doubt Nan Jingyan's words at all.
With the Nan Family's status and strength in Capital City, if they were determined to make Nan Zhizhi divorce him, he wouldn't be able to stop them no matter what.
If he was the one who ended up leaving with nothing, then everything he had worked so hard for over the years would truly be gone!
But to let Nan Zhizhi go like this, he still wasn't reconciled.
In front of the Nan Family brothers, Wan Yuntao didn't dare to get into any more arguments.
He could only comfort himself in his heart—
Even if they really got divorced, it didn't matter. As long as he could win back Nan Zhizhi's heart, they could remarry later.
Thinking of how much Nan Zhizhi had once liked him, Wan Yuntao felt a little more confident.
The commotion at the door was so loud that Wan Jiaojiao and Wan Shuo, who were inside the house, had already noticed.
But those people were too fierce, and they didn't dare to come out. It wasn't until Nan Zhizhi and that child were taken away by five people who looked very capable that the two of them cautiously walked out.
Wan Jiaojiao didn't know anything about the Nan Family, but seeing that the bastard child was affectionately taken into the car by her mother, who had once only doted on her, she felt inexplicably uncomfortable and angry.
Wan Shuo was a bit older than her and knew more. He knew that his mother's maiden family, the Nan Family, was even more powerful than his father. He clenched the fists at his sides tightly.
He remembered his mother asking him before if he wanted to go with her.
He rejected it back then.
If he had known earlier, he definitely would have gone with her.
…It's all her fault.
Why didn't she make it clear to him?!
Nan Zhizhi didn't know that her last effort to persuade her adopted son had instead earned her his resentment. At this moment, she was sitting in the back seat of her elder brother's car with Asui.
After the initial relief of leaving the Wan Family, her mood became increasingly uneasy as the car got closer and closer to the Nan Family.
She was going home.
Her brothers had doted on her since she was young. Even if they were angry with her because of her stubbornness back then, they certainly wouldn't abandon her.
However, the real head of the Nan Family was someone else—
Her father.
The current head of the Nan Family, Nan Zhengfeng.
As the youngest and only girl in the family, Nan Zhizhi had never been favored by her father.
Moreover, she had severed ties with the family so decisively back then, she wasn't sure if her father would accept her again.
So, this time going back… probably wouldn't be easy.
Nan Zhizhi didn't care if her father would blame or dislike her.
She was only worried that her Asui would be wronged there.
As if sensing her mother's unease, Asui, who had been sitting quietly in the child seat, suddenly turned and looked at her.
"Mama, don't worry, Asui is here."
Although he didn't know why Mama was uneasy, but… just leave it to Asui.
Hearing Asui's milky voice and confident words, Nan Zhizhi finally showed a slight smile.
Nan Jingyan, the eldest, who was sitting in the front, listened to the two of them talking behind him. He looked at the child in the back through the rearview mirror and slightly raised an eyebrow after a moment.
The car drove for a distance, quickly leaving the city and entering an area with dense green vegetation.
After passing through a tree-lined avenue, the scene before them became even more open.
Asui looked out the car window and immediately saw a villa manor surrounded by a large lawn not far away.
As the stream of cars approached, the gates of the manor slowly came into view.
The gates opened automatically, and the cars drove in one by one, stopping in the open space in front of the main villa.
Outside the doors, the servants, dressed in standard Chinese-style uniforms, stood in two rows. As Nan Zhizhi got out of the car with little Asui, they spoke in unison,
"Welcome home, Sixth Miss, Little Miss."
Their voices were clear but not exaggerated, and everyone's faces showed respect. They didn't show any particular emotion, even though the young lady hadn't been home for eight years.
Little Asui widened her eyes slightly, looking at everything before her as if she had entered another world.
It was a world noticeably bigger than the villa at her bad daddy's house.
Little Asui's face was tense, and after a long moment, she let out a soft breath.
That was close, I almost had to live a poor life with a bad dad.
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