Shu Ya's expression froze, deeply moved by Zhao Ziliang's cunning and shamelessness.
The excuse he made up left her speechless.
"So, you disagree?" Shu Ya asked with a cold laugh.
"I will touch your heart with my genuine feelings until you believe that I truly care for you. By then, I will naturally offer everything I have!" Zhao Ziliang declared solemnly.
Hao Jian was petrified, doubting that even Zhao Ziliang himself believed what he said.
Yet, he managed to say it without a hint of embarrassment; Hao Jian genuinely thought he had thicker skin than himself.
"No need, I already have a boyfriend. Save everything for your future wife," Shu Ya said with a cold sneer.
"You have a boyfriend? I don't believe it! That's impossible!"
Zhao Ziliang was shocked but didn't believe it; he had never heard about Shu Ya having any boyfriend.
One might say he was completely aware of Shu Ya's every move in the country; she had always been single, so how could she have a boyfriend?
In Zhao Ziliang's view, Shu Ya was just saying this to drive him away.
"Don't believe it? Hao Jian, come over!" Shu Ya called out to Hao Jian.
Hao Jian shrugged his shoulders, knowing it was his cue to step up, and briskly walked to Shu Ya's side.
He was a whole head taller than Shu Ya. The two of them standing together looked quite matched in height.
"He is my boyfriend, and we plan to get married soon," Shu Ya pointed at Hao Jian and said.
She intentionally told Zhao Ziliang, also hoping to use him to spread the news to her father to show her determination that she would never hand over the company to him.
"Impossible, you would fall for such a loser?"
Zhao Ziliang pointed at Hao Jian, glaring furiously. This loser, decked in street vendor clothes, might not even wear outfits totaling more than two hundred yuan.
How could Shu Ya possibly fancy someone like him?
Hao Jian's eyebrows frowned at this moment, and a cold smile slowly appeared at the corners of his mouth.
Zhao Ziliang looked disdainfully at Hao Jian and said to Shu Ya:
"Shu Ya, even if you wanted a shield, you should've chosen someone decent, huh? Claiming a guy who looks like he just arrived from the countryside as your boyfriend, isn't that a bit too unconvincing?"
"You." Shu Ya felt a surge of anger upon hearing Zhao Ziliang insult Hao Jian and was about to explode.
At that moment, Hao Jian pulled Shu Ya's hand, signaling it was his turn to step in; it wasn't the time to hide behind a woman.
Hao Jian stepped forward two paces, wearing a humble smile, then extended his hand to Zhao Ziliang.
Zhao Ziliang's face showed scorn; indeed, a useless nobody. Insulted like that and still making a warm approach, such a person really has no shame.
Thus, he looked down on Hao Jian even more.
Seeing this, Shu Ya also couldn't help feeling infuriated; how could this guy fail her at a crucial moment?
If only he could punch Zhao Ziliang and curse at him, at least that would be somewhat manly. But this reaching out, isn't that just showing weakness and asking to be slapped in the face?
Didn't he hear how Zhao Ziliang insulted him?
So, you're saying this guy was just pretending before, and he's actually a coward?
Just when both Shu Ya and Zhao Ziliang were feeling disappointed in Hao Jian, he spoke calmly and with a smile,
"Nice to meet you, my name is Caonima."
After a brief silence, Shu Ya couldn't hold back and burst into laughter.
Then she fiercely glared at Hao Jian, this bastard, couldn't he go a day without messing around?
Zhao Ziliang's face turned livid, "You actually swear, have you no decency?"
"Decency depends on who it's aimed at. I am more decent than those who talk about decency, but I will be even less decent than those who don't," said Hao Jian, smiling without joy.
"You're saying I have no decency?" Zhao Ziliang frowned.
"Anyone who starts and ends their sentences by calling others losers, what decency can they have? Do you even know what a 'loser' is? A loser is just scum, and you hang such vulgar things from your lips all day and still talk about decency?" Hao Jian mocked mercilessly.
"You…" Zhao Ziliang was so angry his face turned green, unable to speak.
Meanwhile, Shu Ya fiercely pinched Hao Jian from behind, disgusted that this bastard would say something so vile.
"And another thing, stop looking down on country folks. If you go back three generations in your family, you'll find they were rural folks too. Don't pretend to be upper class when you haven't even wiped your ass clean," Hao Jian ridiculed.
Those who forget their roots are the most pitiful and the most despicable.
Zhao Ziliang snorted coldly, "I'm really surprised Shu Ya would fall for a rogue like you."
He had realized Hao Jian was nothing but a street thug.
"That's right, I am indeed a rogue, but I'm handsome," said Hao Jian, proudly.
Shu Ya held her forehead and sighed. She really wanted to find a hole to crawl into. Embarrassing, this damn narcissist.
Zhao Ziliang too was rendered speechless by Hao Jian's remark, struggling to find a rebuttal.
"Also, I'm truly genuine, straightforward! Unlike you, overly sentimental?" Hao Jian said with a mocking laugh.
Zhao Ziliang's face turned green, the same words Shu Ya had mocked him with earlier, and now used by Hao Jian on him, felt particularly unpleasant.
"No matter how much superiority you feel in front of me, there's one thing you can't change! That's Shu Ya chose me, not you. So stop your yapping and go home to sleep," Hao Jian startlingly said.
Hearing this, Shu Ya just wanted to strangle this damn fool, what nonsense he was spouting. All that talk about her, about jerking off, it was all a mess.
Zhao Ziliang pointed at Hao Jian, his face red, and his neck thick with rage, yet unable to utter a word!
He needs to jerk off? As if he needs to do that. All he has to do is wish, and countless women would throw themselves at him.
"Sweetheart, let's go." But Hao Jian, as if blind to the threat in Zhao Ziliang's eyes, grabbed Shu Ya and started to walk away.
Shu Ya, collaborating with Hao Jian, didn't resist and said to Zhao Ziliang before leaving, "Don't come looking for me anymore, you stand no chance."
"Did you hear that? If you dare harass my darling again, I'll break your legs!" Hao Jian also threatened viciously.
Watching the two of them walk away, Zhao Ziliang felt a coldness throughout his body, his eyes ablaze with rage.