The obedient girl glances up, and the tyrannical tycoon kneels down to pamper her.

"Little Huai!"

As soon as Luo Huai arrived downstairs at the Luo family's building, a male voice came from behind her. She didn't need to turn around to know it was Pei Yuanzhou.

Her body stiffened slightly, but she continued walking forward without turning her head.

The sound of hurried footsteps drew ever closer.

Luo Huai's arm was grabbed.

"Why didn't you answer when I called you?" Pei Yuanzhou frowned, but didn't blame him. He even breathed a sigh of relief. "I knew you would come here."

Luo Huai withdrew his arm, took a step back, and smiled, "Brother Yuanzhou, is there something you need?"

She still called him "Brother Yuanzhou," but Pei Yuanzhou could hear the difference in her voice, as if he really was her brother.

He's just the older brother.

Pei Yuanzhou felt a slight unease.

"Let me check if you're alright. It's good that you're not crying."

"What happened?"

"You didn't know?" Pei Yuanzhou's expression immediately turned indignant. "Xing Yanzhao didn't want to get the marriage certificate and left you alone at the Civil Affairs Bureau. It got out online, but Xing's legal team has already taken care of it."

Only those who have been paying attention to the Xing family know this.

Knowing that Luo Huai was not favored by the true young master of the Xing family.

"How could such a small matter have spread?" Luo Huai was genuinely puzzled. Could it be Pei Youyou?

Pei Youyou often shares her embarrassing moments with others, and it got leaked unintentionally?

Her eyebrows were slightly furrowed.

“It would be a small matter for others, but the Xing family has always been under the spotlight. After the incident involving the real and fake young masters came out, everyone is watching. The relationships involved are complicated, and any slight movement by the four of you will be magnified.” Pei Yuanzhou comforted her, “Don’t worry, I will personally warn Xing Yanzhao about this matter.”

He will fight back in other ways after yesterday's humiliation.

"No need," Luo Huai said, unconcerned.

"Why not use it? Do you know that if Xing Yanzhao doesn't care about you, the Xing family won't care about you either, and no one else will respect you!" Pei Yuanzhou suddenly raised his voice, as if he was extremely angry.

Luo Huai stared straight at him and asked, "Why are you angry?"

Pei Yuanzhou: "Who told you to look so indifferent!"

Luo Huai nodded: "Yes, the parties involved don't care."

Pei Yuanzhou was unusually silent.

He didn't understand why he was angry.

He just couldn't stand seeing Luo Huai's completely unmoved demeanor in front of him.

It wasn't like this before.

"Brother Yuanzhou, I'm going up first." Luo Huai walked past him, but his arm was grabbed again.

She looked at the hand on her arm.

I don't know how many times that hand has pulled her arm.

I held hands quite a few times.

When she was little, it was like getting on a bus; when she grew up, it was like getting tired from walking. Pei Yuanzhou, who was ahead of her, would always turn around and reach out his hand to her.

It's not appropriate now.

Even pulling on the arm is inappropriate.

Luo Huai tried to pull his arm away again, but couldn't.

Pei Yuanzhou held her tightly, his voice urgent yet hesitant: "Xiao Huai..."

He didn't know what to say.

She just didn't want Luo Huai to break free from her again and again.

“I’ll go up with you.”

“It’s not appropriate, Brother Yuanzhou,” Luo Huai said.

"What's inappropriate?"

"Nowhere is appropriate. Whether it's grabbing my arm or coming up with me, it's not appropriate." Luo Huai took a breath and said, "I'm married, Brother Yuanzhou."

She quoted Xing Yanzhao as saying, "Zhao-ge and I had a wedding ceremony, so even though we haven't registered our marriage yet, we're already husband and wife."

"What did you call him?" Pei Yuanzhou remembered telling her not to call other men "brother" so easily, as most bad men like that.

Luo Huai also thought of this matter and immediately became furious.

She couldn't bring herself to bluntly call Pei Yuanzhou a bad person; she just stubbornly stared at him without saying a word.

A silent protest.

“She called him Brother Zhao.” A deep, gruff voice interrupted.

The two looked over.

Xing Yanzhao, dressed in a suit and tie but without his tie, exhaled a puff of smoke, threw the cigarette butt between his fingers on the ground, rubbed it with his leather shoes, and then casually bent down to pick it up and throw it into the trash can next to him.

Approaching slowly and deliberately.

He walked up to the two of them, gave Pei Yuanzhou a cold look, grabbed Pei Yuanzhou's wrist, and kicked him far away.

Luo Huai was startled.

I felt both worried and terrified.

"Yuan……"

“I warned President Pei the day before yesterday not to touch her, but she did it again today. Doesn’t she remember? It seems she really doesn’t learn her lesson. I didn’t actually lay a hand on her.” Xing Yanzhao watched as the person who had fallen to the ground grimaced and got up, using only half his strength.

Even a broken rib can be painful.

"President Pei, please go to the hospital. I'll pay for the medical expenses, even several times the amount."

Pei Yuanzhou angrily shouted his full name: "Xing Yanzhao!"

“Here, you can’t escape.” Xing Yanzhao’s eyes were always light and indifferent, lacking ruthlessness but instead filled with contempt.

He was humiliated twice in a row.

He was beaten again in front of Luo Huai.

He lost all face.

He tried to fight back, but every time he did, his entire chest started to ache.

"Heh." Xing Yanzhao snorted coldly, pulled Luo Huai's wrist inside, pressed the elevator button, and turned to ask, "Which floor?"

"Two, twenty-two." Luo Huai's voice trembled slightly as Xing Yanzhao's words from last night flashed through her mind, especially his comment about having a bad temper, which she now fully understood.

The Xing family bullied him, so he smashed up the wedding venue.

Before Yuanzhou could make a move, he subdued the man first.

Yuanzhou pulled her, and he kicked her, injuring her.

Therefore, whether it's a matter or a person, don't make them unhappy.

Even Yuanzhou couldn't withstand that kick, let alone her.

Luo Huai cherished his life.

Her life was bought with the lives of her parents.

“Yuanzhou and I didn’t do anything. I didn’t pull him.”

Xing Yanzhao could tell from the anxiety in her eyes that he had just frightened her again. Why did he always forget to avoid her?

"I know," he said softly. "I'm not blaming you."

"Mmm, mmm." Luo Huai nodded gently. It would take some time for the elevator to reach the twenty-second floor. She asked, "How did you know I was here, Brother Zhao?"

"I'm just guessing," Xing Yanzhao said. "You have simple interpersonal relationships. You're not going back to the Pei family or the school. Tomorrow is the day for your return visit to your parents' home. You'll most likely be at the Luo family's house today."

Luo Huai, being from the Pei family, knew that wealthy families would conduct background checks, so it's not surprising that Xing Yanzhao knew as well.

After getting off the elevator, Xing Yanzhao took out his phone to send a message, then put it back and followed her.

Luo Huai pursed her lips and arrived at the Luo family's door, suddenly having the illusion of returning home for the first time.

Press the doorbell.

Luo Yunshang opened the door and saw a tall, imposing man standing next to her sister. "Brother-in-law?"

Luo Huai was embarrassed.

Xing Yanzhao is older than both of them, so it doesn't seem appropriate for Sister Yunshang to call him brother-in-law.

Xing Yanzhao replied, "Yes."

"Come in!" Luo Yunshang smiled and let them in. "My parents have classes at school, I'll make a call to them."

She turned and went into the study.

Luo Huai skillfully put on his own white fluffy slippers, then took Professor Luo's sandals and placed them on his feet, only to find they were a little small.

"Brother Zhao, thank you for wearing these clothes."

"Why are yours slippers?"

"Are you cold?" Luo Huai was already thinking of going downstairs to buy him a pair of woolen slippers.

Xing Yanzhao was amused by her reaction. "I was just curious."

"Aunt Lin bought these in duplicates. Sister Yunshang can't stand the cold. I was originally wearing sandals, but after the National Day holiday, it rained and the temperature dropped, so Aunt Lin gave me new ones." Luo Huai led him to sit down on the sofa, not even having time to put down her own bag, and went to pour him some water.

Xing Yanzhao had just heard a voice from the study saying, "My sister and the others are back." He then heard Luo Huai speak more gently and talk more when mentioning the Luo family. He thought to himself that this was the place where Luo Huai could truly relax.

"Brother Zhao, water."

"You drink first." Xing Yanzhao stood up. "I'll drink myself."

He went to get water himself. Luo Yunshang, after I finished my call and came out, I heard someone knocking on the door again, saying that there were quite a few guests today.

After collecting the water, Xing Yanzhao turned around and said, "I'll go."

It must be the assistant who bought the items.

He opens the door.

Pei Yuanzhou stood outside the door, carrying gifts in both hands.

The ghost lingers.