Chapter 61: Protection

“Xiao Zhao, Miaomiao is now protected by the Li family and the Jiang family. You’d better watch your words and actions towards Miaomiao. If you dare to make her unhappy, I won’t do anything to you because you’re her brother, but the Xiao family won’t be spared. It’s easy for me to make your family leave Yuncheng.” Li Chen looked at Xiao Zhao with cold eyes, his voice low and serious.

“What do you mean my dad killed my mom? You’re saying my dad killed my mom? How is that possible?” Xiao Zhao’s eyes widened, his face filled with disbelief.

“While not directly responsible, it was an indirect cause. You just need to ask around to find out how your mother’s health deteriorated.” Ouyang Xuan looked at him expressionlessly, her voice tinged with reproach and dissatisfaction.

“I heard from Miaomiao that you even blamed your mother’s passing on your sister. How can you do that? She was your mother’s choice, what fault does she have? What right do you have to blame her?” Ouyang Xuan’s voice gradually rose, a flash of anger in her eyes.

“Even if your mother’s weak body had something to do with carrying Miaomiao, it was because your mother loved this child. You, her own flesh and blood, don’t cherish her, don’t take care of her for your mother, but instead blame her. How can you face your mother?” Ouyang Xuan said disapprovingly.

Xiao Zhao was speechless by Li’s mother’s words.

“Don’t jump to conclusions without knowing the whole story. Your father and your stepmother were together while your mother was still alive. Xiao Yuyan is older than your sister, they are proof of their infidelity while married. But you, you shower her with affection, hurting Miaomiao repeatedly for her sake. No wonder Miaomiao doesn’t want to acknowledge you as her brother.”

Hearing this, a flicker of guilt crossed Xiao Zhao’s eyes. He had always believed that Miaomiao’s birth had weakened his mother’s body, and blamed Miaomiao for his mother’s death.

“Our Li family doesn’t welcome you, please leave. But I want to tell you, Miaomiao is protected by both the Li family and the Jiang family. How you treated her before, she didn’t mind, she didn’t pursue it, but from now on, you better not hurt her again.”

Xiao Zhao couldn’t believe it, he didn’t know how to respond.

“And your father, right after Miaomiao was born, wanted to kill her and replace her with Xiao Yuyan. So don’t say anything about her not respecting her father. And from birth until now, your father and you haven’t given her a single cent, not a bit of care. What right do you have to say anything here?”

“If it weren’t for the Jiang family’s protection, Miaomiao would have been dead on the day she was born. And sending her to the old house was also your mother’s care, later the Jiang family took over.”

“If it weren’t for the Jiang family’s protection, Miaomiao would have been dead long ago, you wouldn’t even know she existed.”

“Except for the same blood you share with her, you have nothing to do with her.” Ouyang Xuan looked at him coldly, a hint of disdain and disgust flashing in her eyes.

After speaking, Ouyang Xuan glanced at him and motioned for the guards to come and drive him out.

“Impossible, how could this be? Aunt Lin only married my dad after my mom passed away, how could my dad have tried to kill Xiao Miaomiao?”

“Impossible, impossible.” Xiao Zhao’s eyes widened, his face filled with disbelief.

He shook his head repeatedly, muttering to himself, unable to accept this fact.

Xiao Zhao’s heart was filled with shock and confusion, more so disbelief that his dad could do such a thing.

“Why is it impossible? After your mother passed away, you left her in the old house, she was only three years old then. A three-year-old child without a family’s care, just left with servants to look after her. You don’t know, do you? After your mother passed away, the people your mother had chosen were all replaced, your father wanted Miaomiao to die there, to get the shares of your mother’s company that she had left for Miaomiao.”

“But the Jiang family was guarding her, they would have discovered any attempt. Xiao Miaomiao was poisoned many times, by your dad and your stepmother, but what were you doing then? You were living happily with your dad and stepmother, did you even remember that your mom left you a sister?”

They learned all this from what Zhang Jie told them, information they got from the Jiang family.

“You know why you came here today, what’s this about having dinner, it’s a feast for the vultures, right? You want to force Miaomiao to give back the control of the Jiang-Xiao Group to your dad, right?”

Xiao Zhao didn’t dare look at Li Chen’s eyes, because he was right, that was the reason he insisted on coming over and telling Xiao Miaomiao not to do that, but now he couldn’t speak, he didn’t dare to speak.

Speaking of this, Li Chen’s face darkened, a hint of ruthlessness flashing in his eyes.

“Go back and warn your dad and your stepsister, if they dare to set their sights on Miaomiao again, I will make them regret coming into this world. The Jiang family agreed to your mother’s last wish before she died, not to take action against Xiao Lin, but I didn’t. Anyone who dares to hurt my family is an enemy of my Li family, I will make them pay tenfold, a hundredfold.”

Li Chen never claimed to be a good man, he also had weaknesses, his family was his bottom line, whoever dared to touch them, he wouldn’t even give them a chance to regret.

Xiao Zhao looked at Xiao Miaomiao standing at the entrance of the Li family’s villa, he didn’t know how to face her for a moment.

“If you don’t believe me or the Jiang family, you can go and investigate yourself. But from now on, don’t appear in front of Miaomiao again, she doesn’t want to see you.” Li Chen pulled his wife back, ordering people to drive Xiao Zhao out.

Taking two steps, Li Chen turned back and said to the butler, “Butler, tomorrow make a conspicuous sign and put it at the entrance, just write ‘Xiao family and dogs not allowed’.”

“Yes, sir.” The butler’s eyes lit up, this was a good idea.

“Mr. Xiao, please leave. You don’t like our young mistress, and our young mistress doesn’t want to see you either, why bother?” The butler said to Xiao Zhao.

“Some hurts, once done, are unforgivable, especially when you yourself feel guilty about it. Please.” The butler gave the order to leave.

Xiao Zhao saw Xiao Miaomiao laughing and talking with Li Chen and his wife, and he felt a little guilty.

He cowardly blamed his mother’s death on Xiao Miaomiao.

Xiao Zhao turned and left, thinking back to when his mother was pregnant, he was very much looking forward to the arrival of his sister, his mother even asked him if he wanted a brother or a sister, he seemed to have said he wanted a sister, he would love his sister.

But the reality was that for twenty-three years, he had never cared about Xiao Miaomiao once. His memories with Xiao Miaomiao seemed to only consist of blaming her for not loving her brother and sister.