Chapter 73: Throw Them All into the River

Chapter 73: Throw Them All into the River

Zhou Tian collapsed onto the deck, crying mournfully.

"Oh... my cousin uncle, you can't just die like this. The vast Gong family, is it all left to me to manage? Oh... I haven't even learned how to run the company. You left so suddenly, how am I supposed to cope alone..."

"Oh... my dear Xiyue, you left too hastily. I didn't even get the chance to apologize, to give you a proper wedding. After searching for you for four years, I finally found you, and you just left without a word. How am I supposed to live on my own..."

"Oh, my dear Xiyue... Oh, my cousin uncle... Your deaths are too..."

Zhou Tian was in the midst of his crying when he suddenly saw Leng Xiyue and Gong Xinyi appear before him, leaving him stunned.

"Zhou Tian, what are you doing?" Gong Xinyi's expression was icy.

"I..." Zhou Tian stood up incredulously, rubbing his eyes repeatedly.

"You're not dead?" He said, pinching Gong Xinyi's face, and then attempted to pinch Leng Xiyue's.

"Don't touch her!" Gong Xinyi sharply warned, "Show some respect for your aunt!"

"Aunt? How is she my aunt? Xiyue is clearly my..."

"Shut up!" Leng Xiyue, full of disdain, stopped Zhou Tian, then exaggeratedly smiled and nestled into Gong Xinyi's arms, sweetly saying, "Husband, let's go home."

Hearing her call him husband made Gong Xinyi's heart bloom with joy, promptly sweeping Leng Xiyue off her feet, "Alright, let's go home!"

Zhou Tian was utterly disheartened, "Xiyue, my Xiyue... just like that, nestled into someone else's embrace..."

Hai Ge, witnessing Zhou Tian's state, was filled with contempt. That guy couldn't even swim; how could he be worthy of a Water Deity?

Remembering Leng Xiyue still had four bags of clamshells here, he hurriedly chased after them, shouting, "Xiyue, wait, take your clamshells..."

Hearing this, Leng Xiyue immediately jumped down and asked Gong Xinyi, "Mr. Gong, is your car big enough? Can you help me carry some stuff?"

Mr. Gong? Wasn't she just calling him husband? Could it be that the endearment wasn't heartfelt but merely to provoke Zhou Tian?

"What do you need to bring?" Gong Xinyi's gaze was cool.

"This, she wants to bring this." Hai Ge ran to the clamshells, pointing at the four bags.

Given the recent heavy rain, the bags were dirty and wet, which would be unacceptable for someone as fastidious as Gong Xinyi to place in his luxury car.

"What's inside?" Gong Xinyi's brows furrowed.

"Clamshells, they can be sold for money." Hai Ge picked up a piece of clamshell and presented it to Gong Xinyi.

Gong Xinyi glanced at the clamshell, his piercing gaze then fixed on Leng Xiyue.

"I, the head of Gong Corporation, can't afford to keep you? Do you need to pick up these scraps to make money?"

"These aren't scraps, they're really valuable!" Leng Xiyue took the clamshell fragment from Hai Ge, presenting it before Gong Xinyi, "Look at its luster, its thickness, and its texture..."

"Throw them all into the river!" Gong Xinyi ordered the bodyguards coldly, pointing at the four bags.

The bodyguards immediately picked up the bags, heading towards the river's edge.

"Don't you dare, no one touches my clamshells!" Leng Xiyue immediately blocked the bodyguards, furiously saying to Gong Xinyi, "Gong Xinyi, doesn't your corporation own a jewelry company? I thought you had an eye for value, turns out you have no vision at all!"