Chapter 8: The Bracelet
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After leaving the café,
Lin Xuan boarded a Maybach and arrived at the Yuting Shuian villa area.
Gazing at the familiar villa before him, there was not a flicker of emotion in Lin Xuan's eyes.
He approached the entrance and rang the doorbell.
“Daughter, why are you home so early today? By the way, did Young Master Zhang agree to come for dinner?”
From inside, Xu's mother’s voice could be heard.
She rushed to the door, her face alight with joy as she opened it.
However, the moment the door swung wide, her expression fell.
“What are you doing here?”
Xu's mother glared at him, her face darkened.
“Mom.”
Lin Xuan hadn’t expected Xu Ping to be there, but out of politeness, he called her “Mom.”
“Pah, who’s your mom! Don’t think you can come here and meddle with Xu Ting again!”
Xu Ping assumed Lin Xuan was trying to ingratiate himself, spitting out her words with venom.
After all, her daughter had finally divorced that good-for-nothing and secured a wealthy partner in Young Master Zhang. She would never allow this man to disturb her daughter again!
She was counting on enjoying the fruits of her daughter’s new life!
Today, she had come to her daughter’s home to clarify the situation with Young Master Zhang.
Lin Xuan, observing Xu Ping’s harsh demeanor, seemed to have anticipated this encounter. He remained unfazed, stating calmly, “I’m not here to find Xu Ting. I just forgot something and came to retrieve it. I’ll leave right after.”
“What could you possibly have left behind? For years, you’ve used my daughter’s resources, including what you’re wearing. What’s yours?”
Xu Ping blocked Lin Xuan’s path, looking at him with disdain. “You’ve wasted five years of my daughter’s youth. Tell me, how will you compensate her?”
“I need to compensate her?”
Lin Xuan responded, incredulous.
In these five years, not only had he never taken a single cent from Xu Ting, but all his expenses came from his own funds.
The one million she used to start her business had been his contribution!
Now, with her infidelity leading to their divorce, he not only sought no compensation but hadn’t even asked for the initial million back.
Why did it feel like he owed her family something?
“What? Shouldn’t you?”
Xu Ping retorted, her expression mean-spirited.
“Indeed, like mother, like daughter!”
Lin Xuan couldn’t help but sneer.
This mother-daughter pair was truly cut from the same cloth!
“What do you mean by that?”
Xu Ping, enraged by Lin Xuan’s derisive laughter, shot back, “I demand compensation for my daughter’s youth as a sign of respect for you! Don’t push your luck!”
“I appreciate your ‘respect.’”
Lin Xuan clenched his teeth, coldly responding, “Your daughter cheated on me during our marriage, and I’ve remained silent. Now, you dare ask for compensation? Doesn’t your conscience prick you?”
“What do you mean by ‘cheated’? It’s simply your ineptitude! If you were as capable as Young Master Zhang, none of this would have happened!”
Xu Ping spoke with an air of self-righteousness.
“Ah, yes, it’s all my fault. When Xu Ting needed that million to start her business, your family certainly didn’t have this attitude.”
Lin Xuan’s smirk deepened.
“It was just a million! You married my daughter; wasn’t that the least you could do? And let me tell you, Lin Xuan, my daughter’s success is entirely her own doing! You won’t take anything from this villa today; everything here was bought with my daughter’s money!”
Xu Ping stated defiantly, not a hint of shame on her face.
“Ha.”
Lin Xuan chuckled coldly, tired of arguing with this woman, and attempted to step into the villa.
“This is my daughter’s house. Did you think you could enter without my permission?”
Xu Ping blocked Lin Xuan, her wrist revealing a jade bracelet.
Lin Xuan’s gaze sharpened.
This was the only thing his mother had left him before she passed away.
Her wish had been to hand this bracelet to the woman he loved on his wedding day.
Now that he and Xu Ting were divorced, he should reclaim it.
Lin Xuan’s eyes remained fixed on the jade bracelet on Xu Ping’s wrist.
Xu Ping sensed his gaze and instinctively withdrew her hand, snapping, “What are you staring at?”
“I’m looking at the bracelet my mother left me.”
Lin Xuan’s expression turned frigid as he regarded Xu Ping.
“Whatever your mother left you, if you gave it to my daughter, it belongs to me now!”
Xu Ping declared arrogantly.
This bracelet, which Xu Ting had deemed old-fashioned and cheap, had been given to her because she feared her friends would mock her for wearing it.
At first, she hadn’t thought much of it, wearing it casually.
However, once she donned the bracelet, she discovered its remarkable properties!
She had always been frail and sickly.
But after putting on this bracelet, she became inexplicably healthy!
Now, how could she possibly return the bracelet to Lin Xuan?
Lin Xuan’s eyes turned icy as he watched Xu Ping attempt to claim the bracelet for herself. “So, you have no intention of returning the bracelet?”
“Oh, look at you! Trying to reclaim something you gifted away, so brazenly! I’ve never seen anyone with such audacity!”
Xu Ping’s face twisted in mockery.
“Indeed, much like how your family wronged me yet placed all the blame on me.”
Lin Xuan retorted with a cold smile.
“What do you mean, we wronged you?”
Xu Ping was immediately offended, her expression defiant. “Firstly, I married my daughter to you, a worthless leech for five years. You should be grateful! As for your mother’s pathetic bracelet, I haven’t complained about its bad luck, and you still dare to ask for it back?”
“What did you say?”
Lin Xuan’s expression darkened with fury.
No one could speak ill of his mother!
Faced with Lin Xuan’s sudden fierceness, Xu Ping was taken aback.
She had never seen the usually gentle and unassuming Lin Xuan so enraged!
“Mom, what’s going on? Why is it so loud? Did my sister come back?”
At that moment, a young man with a buzz cut descended from upstairs.
It was Xu Ting’s brother, Xu Qintian.
“Son, you arrived just in time! This leech wants to enter your sister’s house to take something and even demands the jade bracelet from your mother!”
Seeing her son, Xu Ping felt emboldened.
“Oh, it’s you? Even after the divorce, you still have the gall to come to my sister’s house?”
Xu Qintian looked at Lin Xuan with a scornful expression.
In his eyes, this man was merely a pathetic parasite who had lived off his sister for five years!
Lin Xuan ignored Xu Qintian, focusing intently on Xu Ping. “Xu Ping, please return my mother’s jade bracelet. After the divorce, I don’t want a single asset from the Xu family; the Xu family shouldn’t keep my belongings.”
“Not a single asset from the Xu family? How dare you say that! Even if you wanted it, do you think my sister would give it to you? You worthless parasite!”
Xu Ping scornfully mocked, “As for the bracelet you mentioned, you gave it to my daughter, so it belongs to me!”
“Xu Ping, I will say this one last time: return my mother’s jade bracelet. I don’t wish to escalate this matter.”
Lin Xuan reiterated, his tone now markedly cold.
“Hey, how dare you speak to my mother like that!”
Before Xu Ping could respond, Xu Qintian jabbed his finger at Lin Xuan, shouting, “Do you even know your place? You’re nothing more than a dog that used to lie at my sister’s feet!”
Lin Xuan’s brow furrowed, and his expression darkened further.
Is this the caliber of this family?
Seeing Lin Xuan silent, Xu Qintian believed he had intimidated him further and grew bolder. “Come on, let me hear you bark like a dog! Perhaps if I’m amused, I might toss you a couple of coins, ha ha!”
Lin Xuan remained silent.
But this time, he raised his hand and delivered a sharp slap across Xu Qintian’s sneering face.
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