1 Chapter 1 Betrayal! _1

"I'm pregnant, but the child isn't yours!"

Inside Suite 888 of the Mingqi Grand Hotel, a woman clad in a strappy nightgown said haughtily, "Don't bother me anymore!"

"Why?" Zhou Yuan, unable to accept it, staggered back several steps, then asked in a desolate manner, "I've always done as you wished, and even added your name to our marriage house before we're married. Why would you still betray me?"

He and Yang Li had met through a matchmaking introduction and had just gotten engaged recently. The bride price and the wedding house were all ready.

And yet, his fiancée was nestled in the arms of another man right in front of him!

The child, of course, was not his, because he had never laid a hand on Yang Li.

That kind of pain, it tore his heart and ripped his lungs!

"Still dare to ask why?"

Yang Li looked at him with disdain and scorned, "You're just a delivery boy, a loser. How can you compare to a big boss like Yuanpeng?"

"I get it!" Zhou Yuan sneered at himself, his self-mockery evident in his laughter. It was just because he was poor, after all. Then, grinding his teeth, he said, "We can break up, but you must return the bride price to me!"

A loser?

He was originally the young master of the Zhou family from the Capital City, but was cruelly sent to Jiang City by his father when he was just starting to remember things, fortunately taken in by a peasant woman.

If he were still the young master of the Zhou family, would Yang Li still betray him?

But none of that mattered anymore; all he wanted was to get back the hard-earned money he and his adoptive mother had saved over the years.

Dignity?

The dignity of the poor, in the face of reality, is utterly vulnerable!

"You still want the bride price back?"

Yang Li sneered coldly, "That was compensation for the damage to my reputation, my mental anguish, and my lost youth!"

Money once in hand, where's the reason to return it?

So, it was absolutely impossible to give back!

"If you can't give a woman happiness, naturally she will leave you!"

Wearing big boxer shorts, Liu Yuanpeng's smile grew wider as he delivered his cold sneers, "In three days, Lili and I will be married in this hotel. Remember to come have a drink and really observe how we upper-class folks live."

As the boss of a small company with assets worth tens of millions, he had always considered himself upper-class.

He naturally didn't regard someone like Zhou Yuan as worthy, instead, after poaching his girl, he flaunted his sense of superiority as a successful person with cold sarcasm and mockery!

"Bastard!"

"You thugs, I'll fight you to the end!"

Consumed with shame and anger, Zhou Yuan's eyes turned bloodshot with silent fury. Balling his fists, he charged towards Yang Li.

In a panic, Yang Li cried out, "Husband, save me!"

"Looking for death!" Liu Yuanpeng sneered, and with a fitness-trained swing, he hammered his fist down towards Zhou Yuan's face.

Reeling from the pain, Zhou Yuan felt dizzy and a warm flow surged from his nose!

Seeing this, Yang Li raised her foot and kicked him again, taunting, "You loser, dare to hit me?"

"Forget about that house, I'll have Yang Cheng sell it!"

Assaulted by the couple, Zhou Yuan lost his balance and tumbled to the ground disgracefully.

Despite the raging fires of anger in his heart, he was powerless to unleash them.

"The security level of your hotel is really poor. Aren't you going to throw this troublemaker out?"

Liu Yuanpeng shouted arrogantly at the security guards who were hastily arriving on the scene.

"Yes, sir!"

The two security guards nodded and, cursing under their breath, dragged Zhou Yuan's body toward the hotel's main entrance.

"One day, I will return the humiliation of today a hundredfold, a thousandfold!"

Zhou Yuan, staring at the disgusting faces of Yang Li and Liu Yuanpeng felt his pent-up rage like a volcano ready to erupt.

But as the guards harshly tossed his body outside the hotel, his vision darkened, and he lost consciousness!

An elderly man dressed in a beige Tang suit stepped out of a Mercedes-Benz minivan, checking over Zhou Yuan, then spoke to the woman inside the car, "Miss, he's not in any life-threatening danger, just unconscious."

The girl in the car, a beauty of unparalleled grace, finally breathed a sigh of relief, "Elder Wei, take him to where I'm staying."

Elder Wei furrowed his brows, "Miss, is that really necessary?"

"The Zhou Family has already declined, he doesn't even know about your engagement. Letting him sink into oblivion, far from the struggles of power, might not be such a bad thing!"

Chu Ran's red lips parted slightly as she said, "His grandfather and father have been kind to our Chu Family. Even if I look down on him, we must dissolve this matrimonial engagement through proper means."

"Once he awakes, I will give him the chance to choose!"

The people of Jiang City's Chu Family were always known for their deep sense of loyalty and esteem for relationships!

Thus, Elder Wei said nothing more, settled Zhou Yuan in the third row seat of the car, and left Mingqi Hotel...

In a state of unconsciousness, Zhou Yuan entered into a dream.

It was a pure white space, and in front of him stood a man with a resolute expression.

"When you see me, I wonder if you should feel fortunate or sad!"

"Maybe this is destiny!"

"I confer upon you the 'Great Zhou Secret Technique', looking forward to the day when you and I, father and son, shall meet."

The man stood with his hands behind his back, each word he uttered carried an air of irrefutable authority and dignity.

"Dad..."

Zhou Yuan's eyes were blurred with tears. He didn't have many memories of his father and had too many questions in his heart, anxiously waiting for an answer.

But before he could speak, his brain was struck by an explosive agony.

Streams of marvelous information flooded in like rivers and oceans, containing Xuanmen medical techniques, Taoist spells, and cultivation secrets...

The more he perceived, the more unbearable the headache became.

What was most miraculous was that a smooth, jade-like white gas appeared in his Dantian, wandering through the strange meridians and channels within his body.

After the inheritance concluded, Zhou Yuan looked at the father who existed only in his memory, once again trying to speak...

But the man of supreme authority said coldly, "Our Zhou Family does not breed cowards. Since you refuse to settle for mediocrity, then show the fighting spirit of the Great Zhou imperial lineage!"

"When gods block, kill the gods; when Buddhas block, kill the Buddhas!"

"Quell the demons that trouble the world, cleanse the heaven and earth!"

The man vanished, never giving him the chance to speak!

"Dad!"

"Dad, I miss you so much!"

When Zhou Yuan awoke from the dream, he saw a strange, luxurious, and brightly lit bedroom, and could not help but scoff at himself with a wry smile.

Apart from his foster mother, even his own father was so indifferent; who else would care about his feelings?

"Only in times of utter desolation does one reminisce about past glories!"

Chu Ran's breathtakingly beautiful face carried a coldness that kept others at a thousand miles distance, and her words were tinged with a touch of disdain, "But I have never seen a member of the Zhou Family fall as low as you have!"

"Who are you?" Zhou Yuan had no recollection of this woman in his memory, so he was certain he had never met her before.

"I am Miss Chu of the Capital City's Chu Family, and the truth is, I am your fiancée. But I am unwilling to marry a waste like you, so I want to cancel our engagement!"

Chu Ran's words carried an unmistakable tone of finality that brooked no argument, "Of course, I won't force you. As long as you agree to surrender the marriage certificate, all of Jiang City's assets owned by the Capital City's Chu Family can be transferred to your name!"

For some unknown reason, despite being from the same aristocratic circle, she felt a pang of sympathy for Zhou Yuan—perhaps because she sensed his life was not long for this world.

"The Capital City's Chu Family's assets in Jiang City must amount to quite a bit of money, right?"

Zhou Yuan smiled bitterly, "How could a lady from such an affluent family take a liking to him?"

That she was willing to help him was already beyond what he could ask for.

"Although it's only about a hundred billion, it's enough for you to live worry-free for the rest of your life. It's very simple compared to crushing someone like Liu Yuanpeng!"

Chu Ran presented a stack of documents, her voice detached, "Just agree to bring forward the marriage certificate, and we can proceed with the asset transfer immediately as compensation to you."

In her eyes, Zhou Yuan had no reason to refuse, but if he really accepted, it would only make her disdain him more!

To fall from grace was not terrifying.

What was terrifying was to lose one's fighting spirit!