Forced to Marry a Female Billionaire CEO

Xu Zhenguo fell silent, then let out a slow sigh. "I'm apologizing to you. It's my fault for wronging you."

The roars from just moments ago still echoed in Xu Ke's ears.

He was slightly startled, unaccustomed to this side of his usually stern father.

"You're telling me this now?" Xu Ke smiled and changed the subject. "This isn't the first time you've wronged me. If you wanted to apologize, you should have done it years ago when you cut my internet cable."

"You little brat, what are you talking about?" Xu Zhenguo's anger flared. "How is that the same thing? I did that for your own good!"

"I was doing research," Xu Ke retorted.

"Nonsense!" Xu Zhenguo glared furiously.

"Enough!" Shen Fen came out to mediate. "Can't you two have a decent conversation?"

"Look at the nonsense this little brat is spouting!" Xu Zhenguo was fuming. He had swallowed his pride to apologize sincerely, yet Xu Ke responded with jokes.

"Both of you are at fault, so stop it," Shen Fen said, chiding them both.

Xu Zhenguo slapped his thigh in frustration. "How was cutting the internet cable a mistake?!"

Seeing his father persist, Xu Ke changed the subject again. "Are you hungry? Let's go out to eat. We can't cook in the new apartment."

"Fine, let's go. I'm hungry too," Shen Fen chimed in.

Xu Zhenguo was hopping mad.

「The Siao Residence.」

"This is all your fault! What a terrible idea!" Chang Xiujuan frantically swept everything off the coffee table.

Siao Fan glared angrily at Siao Jia and Yang Qing. "This is all your damn fault." His back was still throbbing with pain.

Siao Jia and Yang Qing remained silent, their expressions grim.

"Come, let Mom put some medicine on for you," Chang Xiujuan said, her heart aching for him as she reached for Siao Fan's back. "That Xu Ke is such a scoundrel! He was so rough... To think I even gave him the chance to marry my daughter. The ungrateful wretch."

"Don't touch me! It's killing me!" Siao Fan snapped, shaking off her hand and stomping into his room.

Chang Xiujuan hastily followed him. Before she left the living room, she didn't forget to shoot several hateful glares at Siao Jia, who shrank away, not daring to meet her gaze.

Once the mother and son were gone, Siao Jia turned on Yang Qing. "It's all your fault. We already failed this morning, so we shouldn't have been so reckless tonight. Did you really think Xu Ke would fall for the same trick twice?"

"Siao Jia, how can you be so shameless?" Yang Qing asked, shocked.

Siao Jia glared back. "Weren't you the one who told me to do it?"

"You…" Yang Qing laughed with rage. "Fine, fine. You're right. I won't argue with you." She almost felt sorry for Xu Ke for having a girlfriend like Siao Jia.

Realizing she had gone too far, Siao Jia quickly grabbed Yang Qing's hand. "But look at my face! Who's had it worse than me? I've been completely humiliated."

The two distinct red handprints on her face were clearly visible.

Yang Qing gritted her teeth. "We wouldn't have been humiliated in the first place."

"I refuted all his evidence. We were guaranteed to win. But for all our scheming, we never thought his backer would be so powerful that they could even get the surveillance footage from the hotel and the Golden K Bar."

Siao Jia was taken aback. "Didn't he get that footage himself?"

Yang Qing scoffed. "Of course not. Do you really think he could get the surveillance footage from the Golden K Bar all by himself? The Golden K is where the rich kids hang out. He wouldn't even know where the front door is, let alone get the footage."

"I should have realized it sooner. He managed to get ten million just like that, so there must be someone backing him. I should have waited until I was more certain before making a move. Damn it! But I really don't understand, who could be protecting him?" Yang Qing was utterly perplexed.

If Xu Ke's backer was even more powerful than the Li Family, then they'd taken this beating for nothing.

Siao Jia realized this as well, fretting, "Does that mean I can't call the police?"

"Call the police?" Yang Qing asked, astonished. "You still want to go after him?"

"Why not? He beat us up like this. That's enough to get him detained, right?" Her eyes glinted with triumph as she added, "I worked hard to come up with this plan."

Yang Qing scoffed, "Siao Jia, stop dreaming. Forget about whether your little trick will even work on Xu Ke. If you anger his backer, are you sure you can handle the retaliation?"

Siao Jia's expression froze.

She knew she couldn't.

Siao Jia clenched her teeth, her eyes filled with resentment, but in the end, she could only sigh in resignation. She truly didn't dare to make a move on Xu Ke anymore.

"Think carefully," Yang Qing said. "Which of Xu Ke's friends has that kind of influence? He wouldn't have hidden his social circle from you back when you were together."

She felt a suffocating tightness in her chest, an immense humiliation. Her body still ached faintly from the beating with the broom. It was the first time in her life she had been thrashed with a broom, and she hadn't dared to do anything about it. All because she still had no idea who Xu Ke's powerful backer was.

"Alright, I'll think," Siao Jia agreed, hastily racking her brain to recall Xu Ke's social circle.

She also desperately wanted to know who was supporting this poor kid, acting as his backer!

At that moment, a name suddenly flashed through Siao Jia's mind.

At first, she dismissed it. But then, the name lingered in her mind like a curse, refusing to go away.

Only that person could have this kind of power, right?! And when I think about everything that's happened in the last two days…

Siao Jia's eyes flew wide, her expression changing drastically. Her hands began to tremble slightly.

Could all of this be too much of a coincidence?!

"Forget it, I'm heading back," Yang Qing said, standing up impatiently when Siao Jia remained silent. She realized now that Siao Jia was a useless teammate. Counting on her for help was like waiting for a bolt of lightning to strike Xu Ke dead.

"Yang Qing," Siao Jia called out, her voice dazed.

Yang Qing frowned. "What is it?"

Siao Jia looked up, speaking with difficulty. "Do you think Xu Ke's backer might be…"

"Wong Qifu."