Two days ago, Qin Hanyue asked Qiao Ying if Ye Si would stay for long. Qiao Ying told him that Ye Si would leave soon, but he ended up staying for several more days.
When Qin Hanyue heard about it, Qiao Ying said that Ye Si was sick.
Qin Hanyue's first reaction was that Ye Si was groaning in pain without actually being sick, just like he had done in the past by faking an illness.
The purpose was to prevent him from meeting Qiao Ying and maybe even using the sickness as a "threat" to keep Qiao Ying away from him. Surely, it would also involve brainwashing Qiao Ying, making her not want to be with him.
Unexpectedly, Ye Si was actually sick.
Qin Hanyue looked at the photo of Ye Si lying half-dead in bed that Qiao Ying sent him and felt that he had been petty.
Ye Si was really sick.
He was infuriated and had a fit of anger.
Qiao Ying said, "He's really good at kissing," which made Qin Hanyue so angry that his vision went black, and he couldn't recover for a whole day.
Cheng Jinyan laughed all day but couldn't recover either.
Qin Hanyue didn't expect Ye Si's possessiveness towards Qiao Ying to be so strong that it could make him bedridden with anger. He couldn't help but feel jealous.
Little did he know that Qiao Ying's words were shocking, hitting right at his sore spot.
When Qiao Ying showed Qin Hanyue the miserable state of Ye Si and asked him, "Should I strike a pose when I take a picture of you to show him?"
Fortunately, Ye Si was young and resilient. If he were twenty or thirty years older, he could have given Qiao Ying a stroke from the anger, leaving him partially paralyzed.
Before returning to Country M,
Ye Si made the biggest concession.
"Don't let that guy with the surname Qin appear in front of me. If I see him, I can't guarantee what I'll do."
"And, at most, just have a love affair. If you dare to marry him, I will definitely bring people and weapons to wreck the place."
Just the thought that Qiao Ying might marry Qin Hanyue in the future and even have children with that bastard Qin Hanyue made Ye Si feel like dying in front of the villa gate.
Qiao Ying: "Although, however, your thing can't compare to his."
Ye Si was so angry that he spat blood.
Qiao Ying returned to school.
Before leaving, she sent a message to Qiao Yi, but she never saw a response from him. So, when she entered the department, Qiao Ying went straight to the teaching building for sophomores and looked inside the classroom door.
Qiao Yi was sitting quietly at his desk, working on a problem. The students around him were chatting in small groups, forming a separate world from him, just like when he used to be alone, silent, and unsmiling when his foot was injured.
"Qiao Yi," Qiao Ying knocked on the classroom door.
Qiao Yi was startled and looked up.
Students from other schools reacted faster than Qiao Yi, saying, "It's Qiao School Beauty, Qiao School Beauty is back in class? When did you come back?"
"Sis..."
Qiao Yi was stunned for a moment, then immediately got up and ran towards the door.
After being away for so long, her return to school naturally caused a stir, and many freshmen came running to catch a glimpse of her true appearance.
Looking at the lively freshmen, they shook their heads and sighed, "Youth is great—having Qiao School Beauty is fantastic."
Huo Chengdong, who was bored at home, rushed out when he received the news. His Husky tripped him up, and he fell under the sofa, narrowly avoiding hitting his head on the coffee table.
Excitedly, the clueless Erha played a game of leapfrog with Huo Chengdong, jumping from one side to the other.
The fall startled Old Master Huo, who glanced at the crazy Erha and felt the urge to swing his walking stick.
"You damn thing! Why did you imitate me and raise such a foolish dog? This dim-witted creature you're keeping is worse than your old cars!"
The angrier Old Master Huo became, the more frenzied Erha's jumping became.
Looking at Erha's antics, Old Master Huo was on the verge of getting sick with anger. "You... you truly have a screw loose! Instead of having a normal dog, you keep this mad dog at home just to torment this old man!"
Huo Chengdong interjected, "Grandfather, I'm going to school. Please keep Wuye from running wild. Don't hit him, or he'll become even dumber!"
Huo Chengdong ran off while speaking, disappearing in a flash.
Old Master Huo fumed, his beard bristling, "Wuye? Huo Wuye? Who the hell are you humiliating, you little brat?!"
Qiao Ying and Qiao Yi were walking down the corridor when they spotted a tall figure resembling a gorilla entering the animal park, his booming voice echoing through the air, "Jie!"
Overwhelmed with excitement, Huo Chengdong opened his arms toward Qiao Ying.
Qiao Ying sidestepped, her hands tucked in her pockets.
Huo Chengdong found himself embracing thin air and turned around, saying, "Jie, why didn't you tell me you were coming back?"
Qiao Ying asked, "Has your hair grown long again?"
Huo Chengdong touched his head and casually draped his arm over Qiao Yi's shoulder, asking Qiao Ying, "Do I look handsome?"
Qiao Ying replied, "Why are you still in school?"
If she remembered correctly, Huo Chengdong had already graduated from his fourth year.
Huo Chengdong responded, "I'm pursuing a master's degree."
Qiao Ying expressed her confusion with "???"
Huo Chengdong continued, "I don't have many merits, but I'm good at studying."
Suddenly serious, he leaned closer and whispered, "Jie, tell me the truth. Did Qin Hanyue imprison you? If you say yes, I'll immediately gather people to seek justice for you, even if it means risking my life for you, Jie."
Qiao Ying asked, "What about the motive?"
Huo Chengdong analyzed the situation with confidence, "To make you submit. I didn't dare think about the process, but given Qin Hanyue's ruthlessness, he's capable of killing and dismembering. I heard he even invited a monk to chant scriptures. Just like that old lady from the Su family, he's afraid of ghosts knocking on his door. Look at how much weight you've lost, Jie. Has he been mistreating you?"
Qiao Ying remarked, "Yet you dare accept the car he gave you."
Qiao Ying promised to replace Huo Chengdong's car with a Koenigsegg One:1. It was Qin Hanyue who delivered it while she was unconscious.
Huo Chengdong replied, "One thing at a time."
Huo Chengdong continued, "Jie, where have you been all this time? I flipped through the walls of the Qin family in my search for you. I even asked my grandfather to send people to the Qin family, nearly getting him injured. Did something happen to that cheap mother and sister of yours while trying to save you?"
Realizing Qiao Yi was present, Huo Chengdong hurriedly covered his mouth and grinned, "I didn't mean that, little brother. I didn't say anything about you."
Qiao Ying changed the subject and asked Qiao Yi, "Did you receive my message and didn't reply, or did you not see it?"
Qiao Yi took out her phone and refreshed it, but there was no response. "I didn't receive it. It's probably a signal problem again."
Qiao Ying asked, "Again?"
Huo Chengdong quickly chimed in, "Yingjie, you don't know yet. Our prestigious university, no, I should say our entire Huaguo country, has given those foreign bastards a hard time. It's all because you, Yingjie, once said that Hacker X and Hacker Y are from our Huaguo country. That made that little black bean, Leize, go to that so-called Hacker Empire, and those foreign bastards went crazy. They refused to believe it and accused you of insulting Hacker X. One by one, they came to our doorstep provoking us. Our school's security system is under constant attack by hackers, and even those who know a little bit about hacking dare to give it a try. Sometimes, while attending class, a middle finger even pops up on the screen." Huo Chengdong vividly described, raising his middle finger.
"The research institute lost a lot of data, and the headmaster's hair turned completely white. Several neighboring schools also suffered."
