Wow! My wife is beautiful and obedient, everyone envies her!

Upon hearing his second son's plea for help, Dunlop did not immediately reprimand Asa. Instead, he turned his gaze to Qi Yuan and asked, "Mr. Qi Yuan, what's wrong?"

"Asha."

Qi Yuan did not answer Dunlop's question first, but instead called out Asha's name.

Asa turned her head and met Qi Yuan's gaze, then reluctantly put the gun away.

“It’s Mr. Don who has been rude,” Qi Yuan finally replied to Dunlop, his face cold. “He wants to touch everything; he doesn’t seem to understand his place.”

Upon hearing this, Tang En was terrified. He glared angrily at Qi Yuan, his eyes red: "What did you say? What did you just say?!"

"You, a mere ass seller, dare to talk to me about rules?! Status?!"

Although many people in the Northern Continent look down on Tang En, Tang En knows how to avoid danger and seek advantage.

He only associates with people of lower status than himself, and avoids those he cannot afford to offend. As a result, he is used to feeling like a king in front of the weak.

In his eyes, Qi Yuan was also categorized as a weakling, after all, he had no background or connections and relied on others to rise to the top.

Perhaps he is doing very well now, but how many of those with power and influence are truly sincere, and how many are willing to be fixated on one person?

The people of the Northern Continent are generally quite open-minded. Not to mention nobles and powerful people, even ordinary people often have wives at home and three or four lovers outside.

Tang En was certain that no matter how handsome Qi Yuan was, he would be abandoned one day.

Because of this conviction, he showed absolutely no respect for Qi Yuan.

Dunlop was taken aback by what he said and, without thinking, raised his hand and slapped him hard across the face.

"You bastard! Did you feed everything your etiquette teacher taught you to the dogs? No matter when or where, don't embarrass the Leopold family. You can't keep uttering such vulgar words. Go back and learn etiquette!"

Don was a little stunned by the slap.

He had been slapped by Dunlop many times since he was a child. But being slapped in the face, whether once or twice, was like throwing his self-esteem on the ground and rubbing it with a shoe that had just stepped in dog poop.

Don stood there, stunned, his anger burning, but he didn't know how to vent it.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Dunlop looked at Qi Yuan with a hint of apology, "This kid is being disrespectful, Mr. Qi Yuan, please forgive him."

"Apologize to him..."

Don muttered to himself, but under Dunlop's fierce glare, he swallowed the rest of his words back down his throat.

Although Qi Yuan's expression remained calm and revealed no emotion, such calmness was a form of indifference. He glanced at Tang En with his dark eyes and asked, "Mr. Dunlop, will I be working with him from now on?"

"No, I will arrange for someone else to take over this project. This kid doesn't even know basic etiquette. I'll have him learn some aristocratic manners again."

"So how should I go find Mr. Crawford next?" Qi Yuan asked.

Dunlop looked at the bodyguards behind him and said, "Gray, you take Mr. Qi Yuan to Crawford. Also, you are all responsible for protecting Mr. Qi Yuan's safety until he gets off work. If he is hurt in the slightest, I will hold you accountable!"

In his last sentence, Dunlop's voice was much heavier.

The bodyguards, led by Gray, immediately nodded.

Dunlop didn't say anything more and told him to take Qi Yuan to Crawford.

After they had walked away, Don spoke again, "He even needs us to send bodyguards to protect him, Dad. Are you that afraid of Noah Davis? Even his little lover is so respectful to him?"

"How dare you say that?!" Dunlop was so angry that his veins bulged. "Do you know what the situation is like in the North Continent right now? Besides, even if the North Continent suddenly becomes peaceful, you should be careful that it might be a trap set by the other side!"

"A stumbling block? What stumbling block?" Don asked back.

Dunlop frowned. "What a useless piece of trash. The Milne family lost a restaurant because of his injury. And that was without Noah making it public. The newspapers were still reporting how much he liked Qi Yuan the day before yesterday. If something had happened to him here, who knows what Noah would have done to us?!"

After saying all this, Dunlop became increasingly angry. "How can you be so useless? You can't even figure this out. If your older brother were here, I definitely wouldn't have given this project to you!"

After saying that, Dunlop left, feeling utterly disappointed.

Upon hearing this, Don's eyes blazed with fury. Watching the man's departing figure, he muttered under his breath, "You never gave me a second glance from the very beginning. No matter how hard I try, you always think I'm inferior to my older brother. You old bastard!"

Don spat out a mouthful of blood, his face full of disdain. "At your age, you're still groveling before a prostitute. The older you get, the more afraid you become of death. The Leopold family has failed to grow strong because of you, old man. If I were the head of the family, we would probably have surpassed the Davis family long ago. Bah! Old man!"

He grew angrier with each curse, and looking at Qi Yuan's departing figure, he said with a sinister and vicious tone, "Qi Yuan, is that right? Don't fall into my hands. If you do, I'll make you wish you were dead!"

Don is now hating everyone.

Qi Yuan didn't hear his hateful words; he had already followed the bodyguard out of the company and into the car.

The car starts.

The Leopold family's bodyguards followed closely behind.

As Asha watched the scenery outside the window fly by quickly, he secretly glanced at Qi Yuan.

Qi Yuan remained calm, showing no emotion whatsoever.

After thinking for a moment, Asha still asked, "Mr. Qiyuan, are you alright?"

"Do I look bad to you?" Qi Yuan retorted.

Asha looked at Qi Yuan, thought for a moment, and nodded.

Seeing his dazed expression, Qi Yuan smiled slightly and said, "I didn't take what he said to heart."

"Really?" Asha asked worriedly.

Qi Yuan nodded: "There are many, many people in this world. Among them are people who are kind to you for no reason, and people who express malice towards you for no reason."

“In addition, there is another type of person who can’t stand seeing others do well.” Qi Yuan looked at the fast-moving scenery outside the window. “This kind of person, as long as they see you doing slightly better than them, will show hatred for killing their entire family and try to attack you with what they believe to be your weaknesses.”

"Although I did rise to the top and surpass many people because of Noah, which is indeed my most shameful thing in their eyes, only the person drinking the water knows whether it is hot or cold. My relationship with Noah is not as dirty, sordid and fragile as they think. What he thinks is my most shameful thing will be the slap I use to slap him in the face in the future."