The Mountain Raised a Monster: Now the World Pays
Chapter 2 – Breaking off the engagement? If I don't let you go, who can take you away?
Ye Beichen's whole body shook as he turned around.
"Beichen, brother, it's really you."
The moment the Young Girl saw Ye Beichen, she burst into tears and rushed over, collapsing softly into his arms.
The offerings and wine she brought shattered all over the ground.
"Woo woo woo—!"
She cried her heart out, her sobs tearing through the air.
Even Ye Beichen's heart, as hard as stone, was about to melt at this moment.
He gently patted Zhou Ruoyu's back and murmured, "Ruoyu, thank you for burying my parents."
"Brother Beichen..." Zhou Ruoyu cried.
Suddenly, her body trembled, as if she had thought of something terrifying.
She pushed Ye Beichen away and shouted angrily, "Go, just go! Why did you come back?"
"If you're not dead, then live well and get out of Jiangnan City!"
"Leave now, our engagement is over, I want to break off the engagement with you! Go!"
"From now on, we have nothing to do with each other..." Zhou Ruoyu suddenly changed her demeanor, pushed Ye Beichen away harshly, and ran out of the Ye family's villa.
"Miss, what's wrong?" As soon as Zhou Ruoyu rushed out of the abandoned Ye family villa, an Old Man beside a car at the entrance asked curiously.
"Who are you?"
Suddenly, the Old Man's pupils contracted, his body trembled, and he looked in shock at Zhou Ruoyu's back.
"Ye Beichen? Young Master Beichen? You're not dead!" The Old Man was extremely excited, his voice a bit hoarse.
Although five years had passed, Ye Beichen looked much the same as when he was eighteen, only more resolute.
"Uncle Zhou."
Ye Beichen nodded; this was the Zhou family's butler, someone he had known since childhood.
"It really is you, Young Master Beichen!" Uncle Zhou was very excited.
"Uncle Zhou, you've got the wrong person. He's not Ye Beichen, just someone who looks similar, passing by." Zhou Ruoyu shook her head, her eyes full of panic, unwilling to acknowledge Ye Beichen's identity.
Ye Beichen understood that Zhou Ruoyu must be worried about his safety, so she was denying his identity.
At the same time, Zhou Ruoyu wanted him to leave Jiangnan City, most likely for his own safety.
This girl's kindness was heartbreaking.
"Ruoyu..." Ye Beichen called out.
"Don't call my name, I don't know you, I don't know you!" Zhou Ruoyu covered her ears in pain, jumped into the car, and then shouted, "Uncle Zhou, what are you waiting for, go! Go back!"
"Alright..."
Uncle Zhou, helpless, gave Ye Beichen an apologetic look, then started the car and drove away in a cloud of dust.
"Brother Beichen, I'm sorry, I'm sorry..." Zhou Ruoyu, inside the car, cried until her eyes were red, her voice hoarse.
"Miss, since he's back, why don't you acknowledge him?"
Uncle Zhou sighed.
"Woo woo, I can't! He barely survived, I can't drag him down again. If those people from back then find out he's still alive, Brother Beichen will die, he really will. Besides, we have no fate anymore, I'm getting engaged to Zhao Tai tomorrow, if Brother Beichen finds out, it will be another blow to him, woo woo woo..." Zhou Ruoyu sobbed.
"Sigh."
Uncle Zhou, helpless, could only let out a long sigh.
Ye Beichen had just taken two steps when he heard two middle-aged women talking at the intersection dozens of meters away.
"Sigh, such a good girl, this family has been dead for five years, and she still comes to pay her respects every week."
"Yes, the Ye family was so tragic back then, everyone died, and as the Ye family's fiancée, she's not afraid of gossip, continuously offering incense."
"I heard that Old Seventh Ye, Zhou Xianglian, and their son Ye Beifeng's bodies were all buried by her personally."
"Who wouldn't say so, a girl like that, any family that marries her should be grateful, but she's going to marry Zhao Tai!"
"Excuse me, do you know that girl just now?" Ye Beichen suddenly appeared like a ghost.
"Young man, you walk without making a sound?" The two middle-aged women were startled.
The other woman nodded, "Of course we know her, Zhou Ruoyu! A devoted girl, but unfortunately, she's marrying a playboy from the Zhao family."
"Which Zhao family?" Ye Beichen asked in a deep voice.
"Of course, it's the top noble clan in Jiangnan City, the Zhao family, who else could it be?" The middle-aged woman shook her head.
"The Zhao family!!!"
Ye Beichen's gaze turned icy cold.
After his parents and elder brother were killed, among the people who hunted him down, there were members of the Zhao family. Zhao Erchen, the second master of the Zhao family, was among them. He would never forget that face.
Ye Beichen knew that his parents' deaths were definitely connected to the Zhao family.
He returned this time to avenge his parents, and he didn't expect that even his fiancée Zhou Ruoyu was being taken by the Zhao family.
So be it.
Old grudges and new, let's settle them together!
"Zhao Tai is the biggest playboy in Jiangnan City, and he was Zhou Ruoyu's college classmate. He has long been infatuated with Zhou Ruoyu's beauty. Now, they're getting engaged tomorrow." One woman sighed.
"I heard he used some unsavory means."
"This girl is such a pity, such a good person, marrying Zhao Tai is like jumping into a fire pit." The other woman shook her head, full of regret.
Ye Beichen's face darkened.
"Young man, who are you?" One woman asked curiously.
"Ye Beichen!"
Ye Beichen left those two words and turned to leave.
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"What? Ye Beichen!"
The two middle-aged women looked at each other in shock.
When they looked back at Ye Beichen, he was nowhere to be seen.
Late at night, in the Ye family's villa area.
In front of three tombstones.
Ye Beichen brought offerings and wine, lighting three sticks of incense in front of each tombstone.
"Dad, it's been five years, let's have a drink."
"Mom, I miss you..."
"Brother, take good care of Mom and Dad down there, don't worry, I will avenge you all." Ye Beichen raised a glass, drank one, and poured another on the ground.
"Mom and Dad, don't worry, your daughter-in-law won't be lost, Ruoyu belongs to the Ye family, no one can take her away."
"I have a preliminary idea of who killed you, it's related to the Zhao family. No matter how powerful the Zhao family's influence in Jiangnan is, I came back this time to destroy the Zhao family, none of them will escape." After saying this, Ye Beichen's eyes were full of determination.
The next morning, the entire Jiangnan City was filled with festivity.
At the entrance of the Five-Star Hotel in the city center, Rolls-Royces, Bentleys, Maybachs, and other luxury cars came one after another.
Even Lamborghinis and Ferraris came to join the celebration, all parked at the hotel entrance.
Not only that, but the road in front of the hotel was also closed, only guests with invitations to the Zhao and Zhou families could enter.
Today was the engagement day of Zhao Tai and Zhou Ruoyu.
"The Zhou family really hit the jackpot."
"Isn't that right, a small family of no importance, just because they have a daughter as beautiful as a Heavenly Immortal, caught the eye of Young Master Zhao, and now they're getting engaged!"
"Hmph, the Zhou family can marry into the Zhao family, they'll soar to new heights." Many wealthy and influential people discussed, their tones full of envy and jealousy.
By noon, all the guests had arrived.
Almost all the high-ranking members of the Zhao family were present, except for the old master.
The Zhao family's expressions were not very good, after all, the Zhou family was a small family, not worthy of the Zhao family. But Zhao Tai liked Zhou Ruoyu, and the old master doted on Zhao Tai, so he let him be.
"The Auspicious Time has arrived, the Zhao and Zhou families have agreed to marry, and next year they will be happily united." The host announced publicly.
"Congratulations! Congratulations!"
All the notable wealthy and influential people in Jiangnan City were present, congratulating the Zhao family.
The scene was full of joy!
"Boom—!"
At that moment, a loud noise was heard, and a pitch-black coffin flew into the hotel's hall, landing with a 'clang' on the floor.
The guests took a closer look and gasped.
"Who dares to send a coffin?"
"Are they crazy?"
Everyone was shocked.
The Zhao family was furious, their faces dark as coal.
At this moment, Ye Beichen's voice rang out:
"Ruoyu, you want to break off the engagement, I disagree! If I don't divorce you, who can take you away?"