Chapter 8: A Clean Break

As the voice faded, the entire hall fell silent. Everyone looked toward the direction of the voice.

A young man wearing a button-down shirt and jeans slowly walked over. His shirt was completely ordinary, clearly a cheap street-stall knockoff, and even his jeans were washed out to the point of fading.

Su Xiaobai’s expression turned terrifyingly dark—he recognized the newcomer!

Beside him, Jiang Feng leaped to his feet. He rolled up his sleeves, pointed at the young man, and cursed out loud, "Motherf*cker, where did this idiot come from? Do you know where you are? Get the hell out of here right now!"

Many people behind him also stood up, glaring over with unfriendly expressions.

Lin Aoxue, who had been in a daze, finally snapped back to reality. Her delicate body trembled slightly, her beautiful eyes filled with disbelief. Because that voice was simply too familiar!

The young man was Ye Xuan!

"How... how is he here?" she thought.

Ye Xuan walked to the center of the banquet hall and stopped. He looked at Su Xiaobai expressionlessly. "She won’t marry you. Give it up."

Even though he and Lin Aoxue were already divorced, that didn’t mean any random Tom, Dick, or Harry could pursue her! Let alone a wicked, spoiled rich kid like Su Xiaobai!

Su Xiaobai laughed out of extreme anger. He put away the ring, slowly stood up, and patted the dust off his knees. He sneered, "Ye Xuan, since when did a piece of trash like you get to jump out and dictate things in front of me?

"What the hell are you? What gives you the right to make decisions for Aoxue?"

His tone was freezing and full of threat.

Ye Xuan raised his head and replied coldly, "Because I love her!"

As soon as those words left his mouth, the venue fell into a brief silence before erupting into uproarious laughter.

Sitting nearby, Lin Aoxue was momentarily stunned. Then, the image of Ye Xuan and Yang Bingyu walking with their arms around each other’s shoulders suddenly flashed through her mind. The emotions she had suppressed for so long finally exploded at this moment!

Her eyes turned instantly red. She stared daggers at Ye Xuan and roared furiously, "Get the hell out of here! What gives you the right to say you love me? If you love me, why did you run off to be a kept man for the eldest daughter of the Yang family? Do you even deserve to speak of love? You bastard!"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone was stunned.

No one had an uglier expression than Jiang Feng. Upon hearing Lin Aoxue’s words, he instantly felt sick to his stomach.

"Son of a bitch!"

Jiang Feng didn’t even bother to consider the truth of the matter; he simply began to hate Ye Xuan right then and there! The hatred arrived just that suddenly.

Ye Xuan was dumbfounded. Bewildered, he asked, "Aoxue, what are you talking about? Since when was I being kept by Bingyu?"

At that moment, Su Xiaobai interjected with a sneer, "You’re already calling her ’Bingyu’ so affectionately, and you still claim you aren’t a kept man? Heh, Ye Xuan, I really underestimated you!"

Lin Aoxue seemed triggered as well, her emotions growing increasingly agitated. "You have no right to make any decisions for me, Ye Xuan! You are just a piece of trash! A literal piece of trash! Just assume I was blind when I married you three years ago. Now, I don’t want to see you anymore. Get lost!"

Ye Xuan froze in place, looking at Lin Aoxue in disbelief. He couldn’t fathom that such words had actually come out of her mouth. His face turned ashen, and he clenched his fists so hard that his knuckles cracked.

Ye Xuan could ignore anyone else’s insults, but he absolutely could not accept being humiliated by Lin Aoxue!

The smile on Su Xiaobai’s lips widened. The harsher Lin Aoxue cursed, the happier he felt!

However, oblivious to the immense damage her words were inflicting on Ye Xuan, Lin Aoxue continued to sneer, "Why aren’t you saying anything? Got nothing to say? Ye Xuan, not only are you a piece of trash, you’re a spineless piece of trash! You dare to do it, but you don’t dare to admit it. Where is your dignity?

"You don’t want me to marry Young Master Su? Fine. Then I’m going to marry him just to spite you!"

Gritting her teeth, Lin Aoxue snatched the ring Su Xiaobai had placed on the table and slipped it right onto her slender, jade-like finger.

At that moment, Ye Xuan’s heart instantly shattered. He looked at Lin Aoxue, his eyes filled with nothing but pain and disappointment.

Meeting his gaze, Lin Aoxue instantly cooled down.

"I..." Lin Aoxue’s pretty face turned pale. She could hardly believe she had said so many excessive things to Ye Xuan. She instinctively wanted to explain, but when she opened her mouth, she didn’t know what to say. Looking at Ye Xuan’s disappointed eyes, Lin Aoxue truly felt her heart bleeding.

CLAP CLAP CLAP!

Su Xiaobai suddenly started clapping. He looked at Ye Xuan with a loud laugh. "Ye Xuan, I really have to thank a piece of trash like you. If it weren’t for you, Aoxue probably wouldn’t have accepted my proposal so quickly!

"Hahaha! Don’t worry, when we hold our grand wedding in a few days, I’ll definitely reserve a seat for you!

"Oh, right, you don’t need to stress. I won’t collect any wedding gifts for your seat. Hahaha!"

Mockery. It was naked, blatant mockery!

"Hahahaha! This piece of trash was practically sent by Cupid to help tie the knot!" Everyone in the venue laughed, except for Lin Aoxue and Ye Xuan. Countless mocking gazes landed on Ye Xuan.

"Heh..." Ye Xuan closed his eyes, burying the trace of pain deep within. When he opened them again, the pain was gone, replaced by pure apathy! An apathy completely devoid of any emotion!

Ye Xuan slowly looked at Lin Aoxue. When their eyes met, her pretty face paled even further.

"This time, I will still respect your choice. But starting today...

"We are making a clean break!"

The icy words left Ye Xuan’s mouth, and he turned to walk away. Without the slightest bit of lingering attachment!

Lin Aoxue’s mind buzzed, echoing three words over and over again: a clean break!

"Was I... was I wrong? Was I wrong?" she thought. Tears uncontrollably welled up and spilled from her eyes. Lin Aoxue clutched her chest, unable to suppress the feeling of her heart being torn apart.

Su Xiaobai hurriedly stepped forward, wanting to take the opportunity to pull Lin Aoxue into his arms. "Aoxue, you aren’t wrong. Leaving that piece of trash is the most correct choice you could make. Marrying me is also the correct choice!"

But right at that moment, a voice filled with boundless fury suddenly echoed through the entire banquet hall.

"Su Xiaobai, if you dare touch even a single strand of her hair, I, Yang Bingyu, will fight you to the bitter end!"

Su Xiaobai’s expression turned as ugly as if he had just eaten a pile of crap. "Yang Bingyu?!"

Off to the side, Jiang Feng revealed a look of pleasant surprise. "Bingyu, what brings you here?"

Just as he tried to approach her to offer a greeting, Yang Bingyu glared at him fiercely. "Get lost!"

She had been uneasy about Ye Xuan coming here alone from the very beginning, so she had secretly followed him and witnessed the entire ordeal! Hearing Lin Aoxue spit out those chilling, heart-wrenching words one after another, Yang Bingyu had nearly lost her temper several times. It wasn’t until Ye Xuan just left that she couldn’t hold back anymore and barged in.

Jiang Feng resentfully shrank back, seemingly terrified of this young lady of the Yang family.

Su Xiaobai put on a cold face and asked, "Yang Bingyu, what do you want?"

Hearing this, Yang Bingyu sneered. "What do I want? I want you to go die! Are you going to do it?"

"Yang Bingyu, don’t push your luck!" The veins on Su Xiaobai’s forehead bulged as he roared angrily, "Aren’t you afraid of the Su family starting a war with the Yang family?!"

Yang Bingyu mocked, "Start a war with the Yang family? Bring it on!" She pointed at Lin Aoxue and stated coldly, "I don’t care how much that crazy woman Su Qing usually spoils you, but to me, you ain’t worth a damn! Threatening me with a war? Do you even have the qualifications!

"And neither does Su Qing!"

Yang Bingyu’s presence was incredibly imposing. In front of her, Su Xiaobai was completely incapable of mounting any sort of counterattack.

"I’m taking Lin Aoxue away today. Let’s see who dares to stop me!"

With that, Yang Bingyu walked over with a frosty expression, grabbing Lin Aoxue’s pale wrist right under Su Xiaobai’s nose. "Come with me!"

Lin Aoxue was also intimidated, allowing Yang Bingyu to drag her out of the banquet hall.

After they left, a young man behind Su Xiaobai cautiously asked, "Young Master Su, are we... are we just going to let them go? Should we chase them?"

"Chase them my ass!" Su Xiaobai violently whipped his head around and viciously kicked the young man in the chest. Still not satisfied, he roared with a hideous expression, "F*ck! F*ck! Yang Bingyu, you just wait! This isn’t over!"