chapter 86

Chapter 85: So anyone can bully his omega

"How can you... speak now?"

Just then, He Yu Shen stepped out, standing protectively behind Nan Yi.

Nan Xin's voice grew softer, her gaze fixated on He Yu Shen, pupils constricting.

How did Nan Yi come to know such a handsome alpha?

"Why did you all move? Did you sell my mother's house?" Nan Yi asked coldly, drawing Nan Xin's attention back.

Moments earlier, she had stars in her eyes, but now, she looked at Nan Yi with pure disdain.

"If father wanted to sell, he would. Your mother has been dead for years. What house of hers?"

Though at the prime of her youth, her words were dripping with venom.

Nan Yi's chest heaved with suppressed rage.

He Yu Shen's face darkened completely. Holding onto the trembling fingertips of Nan Yi, he gently caressed them, trying to soothe the angered omega.

"I guess Nan Zhai Min no longer wishes to do business with us!" He Yu Shen's frosty gaze darted coldly at Nan Xin.

The bully-able and timid Nan Xin, merely a paper tiger, was taken aback by He Yu Shen's piercing gaze, her heart skipping a beat.

"Nan Xin, as always, you lack class, just like your mistress mother," said Nan Yi, keeping his face cold and voice calm despite his anger.

"How dare a worthless Omega like you speak about my mother!"

Nan Xin was fuming, gritting her teeth and glaring at Nan Yi with disgust.

He Yu Shen's expression darkened. He hadn't expected that besides Nan Zhai Min, anyone from the Nan family would dare to bully Nan Yi.

That day at the hospital, Nan Zhi tried to tarnish Nan Yi's reputation. Now, this insignificant female omega also dared to insult his own omega in front of him.

Such a gentle and adorable omega, and yet even the daughter of a mistress dared to mistreat him.

With a cold face, He Yu Shen pulled out his phone and immediately dialed his assistant.

"Struck a nerve, did I?" Nan Yi's tone was calm, but the hand He Yu Shen held was clearly trembling.

First, He Yu Shen reassuringly squeezed the Omega's hand. Once the call connected, he got straight to the point, "Dial the number for Nan Zhai Min that I asked you to find earlier. I want to see him."

The words of the Alpha momentarily silenced both omegas.

Nan Yi felt comforted knowing someone stood up for him. Recognizing the futility of arguing with Nan Xin, he chose silence.

Nan Xin, on the other hand, felt a touch of fear upon hearing the alpha's words.

She eyed the two skeptically, assuming that Nan Yi had lost He Yu Shen's favor. Now with an alpha by his side, he might've been discarded by He Yu Shen long ago.

Despite the overpowering aura of the alpha, neither of them seemed to afford designer clothing.

Perhaps the call the alpha just made was merely a bluff.

That brief moment of fear was quickly discarded, and Nan Xin felt superior once again.

"What's with the act in front of me? One is a second-hand item discarded by He Yu Shen, and the other, a scavenger. All looks, but so pathetic."

Nan Xin's voice dripped with disdain.

Even when catching a glimpse of He Yu Shen's chilling gaze, she believed he was just putting on a show.

Nan Yi had long been familiar with Nan Xin's malevolence. Raised by a mother who'd push a seven-year-old child into the water and brought up in such a materialistic environment, how kind could Nan Xin truly be?

After all, being the biological daughter of Nan Zhai Min and Xu Fang, what good could she be?

"Tell me, if I were to report now and discuss with the police about that time Xu Fang tried to drown me, would you still be so brazen?" Nan Yi hesitated to bring up the past, knowing he no longer had concrete evidence.

He didn't mind being insulted by Nan Xin, but he couldn't bear to hear He Yu Shen being maligned.

"You were pushed when you drowned?"

He Yu Shen's heart gave a painful squeeze. Ever since Nan Yi regained his voice, he never delved into the true circumstances of the drowning incident.

To think that he was pushed — no wonder he was always evasive about it.

A chilling frostiness settled in his clear eyes.

He Yu Shen couldn't fathom how Nan Yi had endured the past twenty years.

"Pushed? My mother said you fell into the water on your own. How dare you falsely accuse her?"

Enraged, Nan Xin's face turned beet red, her fingers trembling with fury.

Nan Yi, once mute, not only regained his voice but now dared to slander her mother.

"Silence!"

Like an angered wolf sighting an intruder, the alpha's glare was piercing, his entire aura cold and his voice, devoid of warmth, carried a terrifying rage.

The previously defiant Nan Xin paled and involuntarily stepped back.

Nan Zhai Min appeared, his face wreathed in obsequious smiles as he scurried from the main entrance, his fawning expression evident from afar.

"Mr. He! To what do we owe this unexpected visit?"

Nan Xin's resentful yet fearful gaze froze, her face drained of all color.

"Nan Yi? Why are you here?" Nan Zhai Min furrowed his brows even before he reached them.

Both He Yu Shen and Nan Yi wore black overcoats with pristine white shirts underneath.

It was evident from their outfits that Nan Yi was cherished by He Yu Shen, otherwise, they wouldn't be wearing matching clothes.

However, Nan Zhai Min's immediate thought was: had Nan Yi been sent back by He Yu Shen?

"Mr. He... did Nan Yi do something wrong to upset you?" Concern filled Nan Zhai Min's obsequious face.

He Yu Shen caught that fleeting expression, noting the momentary disdain in Nan Zhai Min's eyes when he looked at the omega before him.

"There's indeed something that upset me." He Yu Shen's tone was even, but the coldness in it hadn't dissipated.

He pulled Nan Yi closer into his embrace.

Their intertwined hands never parted, and warmth seeped into Nan Yi's palm.

"Mr. He, he's not adept at reading people's moods. Didn't you have an interest in his younger brother, Nan Zhi? Nan Zhi has returned. If you need..."

"You dare mistreat my wife right before my eyes! What angered me most is you didn’t tell me sooner. Your entire family is despicable!"

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"Mr. He, what do you mean by... wife?"

Nan Zhai Min's obsequious expression changed drastically.

Wasn't it exposed that Nan Yi was a substitute bride? Hadn't He Yu Shen stated that, had it not been for Nan Yi's tricks, he wouldn't have kept such an inferior omega? Yet now, he's being referred to as a "wife"?

"Didn't you once claim that he was merely a comfort during your sensitive period?"

A flicker of discomfort and tension passed through the icy demeanor of He Yu Shen.

"That was then. Now, he's my wife."

Naturally, Nan Zhai Min noticed that He Yu Shen not only held no disdain for Nan Yi but actually seemed to care deeply.

Quick on his feet, he continued ingratiatingly, "It's wonderful that you cherish Nan Yi, Mr. He. As for the mistreatment... there must be a misunderstanding. We've had no chance to see you. How could we dare mistreat Nan Yi in your presence?"

Taking advantage of Nan Yi's gentle nature and muteness, Nan Zhai Min played dumb.

Nan Xin, on the other hand, had turned as pale as a sheet.

"Dad... just now I..."

Nan Xin softly called out to Nan Zhai Min but lacked the courage to reveal the recent events.

Anger simmered within He Yu Shen, and he coldly snorted in disdain.

"Well, if not an actor, you're certainly a good pretender, Nan Zhai Min."

"You jest, Mr. He." An awkward smile appeared on Nan Zhai Min's greasy face.