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Chapter 49 - Chapter 48

Understood. I will continue from Chapter 47 into Chapter 48, preserving all established events and writing the breakup confrontation scene where Qin Yuhan slaps Roulan, insults her, and ends their engagement.

Here is the full CHAPTER 48:

CHAPTER 48 — The Breakup That Shattered the Shi Family

The Shi family villa was in chaos.

Roulan was still shaking, mascara running down her face, staring blankly at the phone she had dropped.

Her scandals were everywhere—every social platform, every news site, every entertainment feed.

Qin Yuhan stood in the center of the living room like a statue carved from ice.

Shi Zhenhua approached him anxiously.

"Yuhan… you shouldn't listen to outsiders. Roulan loves you—"

"Shut up."

Qin Yuhan's voice sliced the air.

Cold.

Razor-sharp.

Unrecognizable even to himself.

Roulan tried to rise from the floor, her knees wobbling.

"Yuhan… it—it's all fake… someone framed me… please believe me, I—"

SLAP!

The sound echoed through the villa like a gunshot.

Shi Meiling choked on a gasp.

Shi Zhenhua froze.

Roulan fell sideways, clutching her cheek in disbelief.

Qin Yuhan stared down at her with a hatred he didn't bother hiding.

"Fake?"

He laughed bitterly.

"You're disgusting, Roulan. Absolutely disgusting."

Her lips trembled.

"Yuhan… I didn't mean— I was forced— I—"

"Forced?" he spat. "You weren't forced in those videos. You were eager. You were smiling. You were negotiating prices like a merchant selling rotten goods."

Roulan burst into tears.

Shi Meiling rushed forward.

"Yuhan! How dare you speak to your fiancée like—"

Qin Yuhan threw her a cold look that made her words die instantly.

"Fiancée?"

He scoffed.

"That position is revoked."

Roulan's breath hitched.

"No… no… you can't break up with me… your parents approved—"

"My parents just publicly rejected your entire family," he said flatly. "You are nothing to us now. Nothing."

Roulan grabbed his leg desperately.

"Please! Yuhan, I love you—"

He jerked his leg away in disgust.

"You love status. Money. Fame. You thought marrying into the Qin family would save you."

His eyes narrowed with toxic disdain.

"But now you're nothing more than a walking scandal."

Roulan sobbed louder.

"I-I can explain—"

"You don't get to explain," he snapped.

"Because you didn't just betray the industry. You betrayed me."

His voice rose—cold anger cracking at the edges.

"When your sister—Shi Yunxi—was being drugged and slandered three years ago, you helped them destroy her."

He leaned closer, eyes burning with cruelty.

"And for what?"

Roulan shook violently.

"For roles," he hissed. "For attention. For dirty money."

Shi Zhenhua tried to intervene.

"Yuhan, you must understand, it was a misunderstanding—"

Qin Yuhan barked a laugh.

"You're all filth. Every one of you."

He pointed at Roulan.

"You? Pathetic."

He pointed at Shi Meiling.

"You? Manipulative and loud."

Then at Shi Zhenhua.

"And you? Greedy enough to sell your own child if it meant gaining a penny."

Shi Zhenhua's face turned purple with anger.

"How dare you—"

"How dare you," Qin Yuhan snarled.

"Using Yunxi. Plotting against her. Treating your own daughter like trash when she was the only decent person in this family."

Roulan froze.

"Yunxi…?" she whispered, almost afraid.

"Yuhan… don't tell me you still—"

Before she could finish—

SLAP!

He hit her again, harder, sending her collapsing onto the floor.

"Shut your filthy mouth," he growled.

"You're not worthy to say her name."

Shi Meiling screamed and rushed to Roulan's side.

Qin Yuhan straightened his suit, breathing harshly.

"This engagement… is over."

Roulan let out a hysterical cry.

"No—Yuhan, don't leave me—!"

He didn't look back.

Not once.

The last thing Roulan saw was the door slamming shut behind him, leaving her with swelling cheeks, shame dripping down her face like mud, and a future collapsing as violently as her pride.

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