The Reigning Star: Tycoon's Exclusive Obsession-Chapter 724 - 722: Don’t shove her to me

Ning Zesheng instinctively glanced at Gu Xiyao, seeing her face pale, unsure if it was from the cold, or something else, he said nothing further.

Lu Beichen spoke, "Arrange for me a hidden spot where I can see the entire situation."

"Alright!"

Ning Zesheng slightly nodded, then took a deep breath, stood up as if to make arrangements, but then paused and asked, "Can you promise me one thing?"

Gu Xiyao suddenly looked up at him, while Lu Beichen casually replied, "Speak!"

"I want to break off the engagement with Xi Yao, we have already discussed it!"

"It’s not like that!" As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Xiyao hurriedly stood up to refute, then barely managed a smile, "Little Uncle, recently Ah Sheng and I have possibly been having a tiff, you don’t need to worry about us, we..."

"Xi Yao, stop deceiving yourself, you clearly don’t like me either, why take this engagement so seriously?" Ning Zesheng seemed resolute in breaking the engagement, "I can offer a perfect plan for you to successfully extricate yourself, it’s me who is unworthy of you!"

"You clearly know what I care about is not this!" Gu Xiyao was unusually flustered.

"I really don’t know what you care about!" Ning Zesheng’s expression remained indifferent, "Xi Yao, don’t push me! Do you really want me to tell your Little Uncle..."

"Alright, I get it!" Gu Xiyao swallowed, "For the sake of breaking off the engagement with me, must you go this far?" 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖

Even resorting to threatening her?!

Her voice was so faint it almost seemed unreal! On the surface she remained poised, yet her entire demeanor exuded a sense of helplessness.

Lu Beichen frowned and looked at them, then spoke, "Xi Yao, step out for a moment, the two of us need to talk!"

"Alright!" She swallowed, and answered softly, then turned and left, closing the door behind her.

Once the door was closed, Lu Beichen asked, "What’s really going on between you and Xi Yao?"

"You know very well what’s going on with me and her!" Lu Beichen pondered for a moment, "Senior, our engagement was a joke from the start, the Ning Family wanted to reclaim justice, you wanted to save Ning Zeyan’s face! We’ve never been suitable for each other, these six years have been lukewarm at best, and now it’s time to end this farce!"

Ning Zesheng has always spoken little, but now he’s saying so much, Lu Beichen stood up in front of him, tapping his fingers on the desk, lost in thought.

"The marriage between me and Xi Yao was supposed to be our matter, yet it was you who facilitated this engagement back then, and Xi Yao listens to you, so I’m informing you."

Her meaning was clear, our marriage isn’t something you can control much anymore, but since it started with you, it should end with you.

Lu Beichen chuckled lightly, "Ning Zesheng, do you think this marriage is a child’s play? Or do you think you’re now strong enough to stand against the Gu Family?"

"Neither!" Ning Zesheng replied coolly, "Precisely because marriage isn’t child’s play, I want to marry someone I love, this is something, Senior, you might understand best!"

Lu Beichen glanced at him, always thinking Ning Zesheng was so emotionally detached he couldn’t discern feelings, and yet now, he has someone he loves?

"Besides, you can’t just throw Gu Xiyao at me because you don’t want her!" Ning Zesheng stated outright.

Lu Beichen suddenly slammed the table, "What do you mean by that?"

"You know very well what I mean, Senior! You can’t possibly be unaware of Gu Xiyao’s feelings towards you, right?"

Ning Zesheng was straightforward. Lu Beichen tightened his lips, his face darkening.