I instinctively turned around and saw a man who looked to be around twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old standing angrily behind us, his eyes blazing with fury.

　　”Chen Hui, you told me you were going out to dinner with clients, but now you’re all hugging and cuddling. If I had been a little late, would you have gone to a hotel room together?” the man roared furiously. “Am I, Qin Xiao, going to be cuckolded?”

　　Those words really made me angry. “Can’t you speak properly? And why do you smell like foot? Who do you think you are?”

　　”Who am I?” Qin Xiao said with a furious laugh, “I’m Chen Hui’s boyfriend, Qin Xiao. You actually dare to ask me who I am? You better put her down right now.”

　　I originally thought Chen Hui had never been in a relationship, but I didn’t expect to run into her boyfriend today. And now we’re doing these ambiguous things, which seems a bit like I’m cheating on him.

　　However, I didn’t actually do anything like that, and this guy started cursing at me with an unpleasant attitude. I couldn’t help but say, “You’d better watch your mouth. There’s nothing between me and Manager Chen. You can disrespect me, but you can’t respect Manager Chen.”

　　”Respect her!” Qin Xiao roared ferociously. “You fucking want me to respect a shameless woman? Do you expect me to buy you a condom when you two get a room later?”

　　That’s absolutely inhuman; I have no idea how this kid could have said something like that.

　　”Shut up!”

　　Chen Hui’s face turned cold, her pretty face instantly covered with a layer of ice, and almost in an instant, a chilling aura emanated from her body.

　　Centered on her body, the chill spread rapidly outwards, enveloping the entire surrounding space in a cold, icy aura, as if the atmosphere had frozen in that instant.

　　”Qin Xiao, you’d better think carefully before you speak!”

　　Chen Hui gritted her teeth and said, “You’re so sure I did something to betray you behind your back?”

　　”Qin Xiao, please make this clear: I am not your girlfriend yet. At most, I just have a little bit of affection for you. Don’t take my affection for you as a license to do whatever you want to me.”

　　”Besides, who I eat with and who I date are none of your business until we’re officially in a relationship.”

　　These words made Qin Xiao’s face turn pale and then red, her eyes filled with malice, and her voice rose as she said, “Chen Hui…”

　　As he spoke, he raised his hand, about to slap Chen Hui. I can’t stand men who hit women, so I grabbed Chen Hui tightly and kicked her away. “Are you out of your mind? You come up here without even asking what’s going on. Not only are you verbally abusive, but you’re also trying to hit me.”

　　”Fuck your mother, I’m going to beat you to death today, you bastard!”

　　As he spoke, he rushed at me again, as if he wanted to tear me apart.

　　Left with no other choice, I had to put Chen Hui down. “Manager Chen, you have to be my witness. I was forced to fight back.”

　　”Tang Zheng…” Chen Hui called out, but before she could finish speaking, Qin Xiao’s fist had already attacked, so I had no choice but to raise my fist to meet it.

　　I don’t know if this kid was born in the Year of the Ox, but he used every means at his disposal, throwing punches and kicks with a whooshing sound.

　　As the kid’s punches and kicks grew increasingly fierce, I couldn’t help but keep a close eye on him, worried that I might actually get beaten to death.

　　”Hey, stop fighting…” Chen Hui shouted from the side, but her words had no effect at all. Qin Xiao completely regarded me as the man who cheated on him.

　　Every move was aimed at my lower body; if I got hit, I would be crippled if not killed.

　　I felt like a victim right now. I didn’t want to fight back, but this kid kept punching and kicking my lower body. Even a clay figure has some temper, and I got angry and said, “You think you’re so tough, huh?”

　　As I spoke, I kicked out, hitting Qin Xiao squarely in the shin. He staggered, and his movements became sluggish.

　　Take advantage of your illness to kill you.

　　I pounced on him, knocked him to the ground, and slapped him a dozen times across the face. “Don’t tell me I have no relationship with Manager Chen. If we did, it wouldn’t be your place to point fingers!”

　　”Fuck your mother…” Qin Xiao was still cursing, but his face was already red and swollen, looking quite frightening.

　　I stood up and kicked him, yelling, “You fucking asking for it!”

　　Chen Hui hopped over on one foot and grabbed me, saying, “Never mind, let’s go.”

　　”If Manager Chen hadn’t spoken up, I would have beaten you to death today!”

　　I said coldly to Qin Xiao, who was lying on the ground, and then reached out to put my hand on Chen Hui’s waist. “Manager Chen, let’s go.”

　　Chen Hui’s waist muscles twitched slightly, but she didn’t say anything. She reached out and put her small hand on my shoulder, and slowly walked towards the car.

　　I originally thought that as long as I beat that kid up, there wouldn’t be so much trouble.

　　But before we could take more than a few steps, we heard hurried footsteps behind us. Just as I was about to turn around, I heard a dull thud in my back, followed by a sharp pain.

　　I staggered and quickly shielded Chen Hui behind me.

　　”Fuck your mother, you dare hit me!”

　　Qin Xiao’s furious voice came from behind: “Don’t you even know who I am? I’ll fuck your mother!”

　　As he spoke, another sharp pain shot through his back, a pain that went right to his bones.

　　I was furious! This kid actually tried to ambush me!

　　As I turned around, I saw something dark flying towards me. Although I couldn’t see it very clearly, I knew it was definitely not a good thing. I quickly dodged and narrowly avoided the dark object.

　　This thing hit

　　There was a loud bang right at my feet.

　　I looked down and was surprised to find that it was a brick, and there were two more next to it, which meant that this was the one Qin Xiao had hit on my back earlier.

　　”The one surnamed Qin!”

　　Standing to the side, Chen Hui’s pretty face turned pale with anger, and her lips trembled. “Are you crazy?”

　　”I’m insane!” Qin Xiao grinned menacingly from afar. “Chen Hui, whether you two go out to a hotel tonight or not, I’m going to marry you and fuck you hard! I’m going to fuck all three holes in your body!”

　　I never expected this kid to utter such vicious words. I thought the upper class was all very civilized, but I never imagined there would be such scoundrels.

　　You—bastard!

　　Chen Hui didn’t use any particularly vicious words; she just kept repeating the same few phrases.

　　I was so angry I was practically dying! “Damn it, looks like I’ll have to teach you a lesson tonight!”

　　But unexpectedly, Qin Xiao turned and ran away.

　　”Tang Zheng, how are you?” Chen Hui cautiously approached. I stretched and immediately felt a sharp pain in my back. I smiled wryly and said, “Manager Chen, my back seems swollen.”

　　”Let’s get in the car, I’ll take a look at you,” Chen Hui said anxiously. “Then we’ll go to the hospital to get it bandaged up.”

　　She paused, then said with some hesitation, “Tang Zheng, I’m so sorry, I never expected this to happen…”

　　”It’s nothing.” I shook my head and smiled bitterly. “Manager Chen, if anyone should apologize, it’s me who should apologize to you. If it weren’t for me, you wouldn’t have…”

　　”Forget it, let’s not talk about this anymore.” Chen Hui shook her head and said softly, “Don’t mention this person again in the future.”

　　It’s clear that this Qin Xiao must have caused her a lot of harm, so I kept quiet and stopped talking about it. After all, it’s not convenient to discuss these things given our relationship.

　　After getting into the car, she said, “Tang Zheng, quickly take off your shirt, let me take a look at you.”

　　As she spoke, she gently patted my back twice. Her fingers were soft and slightly cool, like a gentle breeze, making me feel comfortable all over. I couldn’t help but let out a soft hum.

　　”It’s okay, I’ve always had thick skin and a tough body since I was a child,” I said with a forced smile.

　　”No way, those are bricks!”

　　Chen Hui frowned. “Don’t leave any lasting effects.”

　　”Okay.” I took off my shirt. “Then can you take a look at how badly I’m hurt?”

　　Chen Hui stretched out her slender fingers and gently stroked the swollen area on my back, softly asking, “Does it hurt?”

　　I shook my head and smiled. “It doesn’t hurt.”

　　But in his heart he thought, “Isn’t that a pointless question? Try getting beaten up like that yourself.”

　　”It’s swollen, looks like we need to go to the hospital to get it checked out.” Chen Hui casually pulled up my clothes. “Go to the hospital, so your cousin won’t ask and you won’t know what happened.”

　　”Should I say I was bitten by a dog?” I said, somewhat amused. “Then I’ll go to the hospital to get it treated.”

　　Chen Hui didn’t say a word the whole way, and her complexion was rather unpleasant, probably because of what Qin Xiao had said.

　　I stared straight ahead, then took out my phone and pressed a few buttons. I consciously avoided crossing her line, because it would be bad if I angered her later.

　　We arrived at the hospital shortly after. Chen Yao didn’t get out of the car but continued playing with her phone.

　　I had to go to the hospital alone to treat my wound, and then I got some ointment before leaving the hospital.

　　Seeing me come out, Chen Hui asked, “Is everything alright?”

　　”It’s nothing, just a minor cut, some ointment will do the trick,” I said as I opened the car door.

　　Chen Hui nodded. “That’s good. Tang Zheng, you must not have had enough to drink tonight. How about I go with you for a good drink?”

　　Her words startled me. “Manager Chen, you haven’t suffered some kind of shock, have you? Besides, if you’ve been drinking, we still have to go back later.”

　　”What are you afraid of? Just call your cousin when the time comes,” Chen Hui suddenly said quietly. “I’m just feeling a bit down and want to have a drink.”

　　I asked cautiously, “Could it be that you were provoked by that Qin Xiao?”

　　”Partly,” Chen Hui sighed. “Xue Yuqing’s matter greatly affected me, and then I ran into Qin Xiao tonight. The two clashed, so it’s inevitable that my emotions were a bit off, and I just wanted to find a place to drink.”

　　”Can’t I not drink?” I still didn’t really want to drink with her. What if I got drunk and caused some trouble?

　　What I fear even more is, what if I get drunk and lose control?

　　If my cousin and Chen Yao hadn’t come back, I wouldn’t have minded going out for drinks with Chen Hui, but now that they’re both back…

　　If something really goes wrong, it will be a huge problem.

　　”Just go when I tell you to.” Chen Hui glared at me. “I’m your sister now, and your boss too. Does my word not count?”

　　”It’s my sister-in-law!”

　　”That’s your sister too!”

　　Chen Hui rolled her eyes at me. “Enough nonsense, drive, or I’ll go by myself.”

　　She really seems to be drunk tonight. If I leave her alone to go drinking, who knows what might happen? What happened yesterday still makes me a little uneasy.

　　So I nodded vigorously, “Alright, I’ll keep you company, no matter what. Where do you want to drink? How about we find a bar?”

　　”Bar?” She shook her head, then her face hardened. “Forget it, I don’t really like those kinds of places. Let’s find a barbecue stall, eat some barbecue and drink some drinks. Also, don’t tell your cousin, and don’t tell Yao Yao, or I’ll kill you!”