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

Luo Huai panicked, his dark eyes darting around.

"Cough cough cough!" Kuangye next to him swallowed his own saliva and coughed until his throat hurt.

Xing Yanzhao's hand trembled, and he accidentally burned his hand with the cigarette butt. He looked intently at Luo Huai, stubbed out the cigarette, and said, "I have a fiancée."

Luo Huai's face flushed, and he quickly apologized, then grabbed Zhu Shuangshuang and fled in panic.

It’s so embarrassing!

As soon as the two girls left, Kuangye sighed, "Ah, what a wonderful match! Damn it, the Xing family ruined it!"

He cursed and swore, "The Xing family is fucking insane! They insist you marry Miss Pei before they'll let you into the Xing family. And they won't let you refuse. Are they really going to let that fake woman seize the Xing family's assets? Twenty-nine years of having your identity taken over isn't enough; they want your property too!"

Xing Yanzhao remained silent for a long time.

“Brother, I’ve inquired about Miss Pei for you. She’s spoiled and arrogant, and she looks down on people like us who come from poor backgrounds. If you marry her, she might cause trouble for our old lady.”

Another person said, "It's better to give the old lady a hard time. What's worse is that she won't let Zhao Ge see her and he'll make a scene every day. That could break up the family. The Pei family really dotes on this little princess."

Kuangye felt a headache coming on just thinking about it. He turned around and called out "Brother!" His brother got up and left.

"Why did Brother Zhao leave?"

Kuang Ye narrowed his eyes and said with certainty, "He went to see that girl off. My brother saw her three times at the hospital today and didn't take his eyes off her once."

"The first time was when he went to get medicine for an old lady. A young girl had a high fever and fell into his arms. He carried her to get an IV drip, and he stayed with her until her fever subsided before leaving."

"If I hadn't gone to look for him, he probably would have had to wait for him to wake up."

"The second time was when the two of us were smoking near the hospital bathroom. The young girl woke up and went to the toilet, and we bumped into each other. You didn't see the look in my brother's eyes. He was clinging to her again."

“I’m afraid he’ll follow me in and the girl will accuse him of molestation.”

The crowd burst into laughter, scolding him for his sharp tongue, saying that Brother Zhao wasn't that kind of person.

When Kuangye mentioned the third time, he said, "My brother insisted on driving her home under the pretext of the old lady, and it's almost the same now."

"You guys think about it."

"Is Brother Zhao falling in love at first sight?"

"No."

As Kuang Ye had predicted, Xing Yanzhao drove up to the roadside where Luo Huai and Zhu Shuangshuang were standing.

The car window slowly rolled down.

"Big Brother?" Zhu Shuangshuang's first impression of the man was that he really looked like a gang leader. He had long arms and legs and was full of strength. He sat down in the booth and occupied one side, while the other men looked like his underlings.

She had barely uttered the word "elder brother" when she finally did.

Xing Yanzhao's gaze passed over her and landed directly on Luo Huai. He tilted his head and said, "Get in the car."

Luo Huai stood there, at a loss.

The night breeze blew several times before the heat on her face gradually dissipated.

I really acted impulsively just now.

"Is this guy reliable?" Zhu Shuangshuang asked quietly.

Luo Huai reflected on the day's events and felt that they were still reliable, so he nodded.

"Thank you so much, brother!" Zhu Shuangshuang grinned, took Luo Huai's hand, and went over to open the back door of the car.

He paused for a moment. If the two of them sat in the back, wouldn't the older brother become the driver?

It wouldn't be safe to let Luo Huai sit in the front.

Zhu Shuangshuang then wanted to sit in the passenger seat herself. Xing Yanzhao saw through the girl's thoughts and thought to himself that Luo Huai's friend was quite loyal.

"You two young ladies, sit in the back. I don't mind being the driver; just pay the fare." Xing Yanzhao glanced at the dazed Luo Huai out of the corner of his eye; she hadn't recovered yet.

He smiled.

Zhu Shuangshuang, being quite shrewd, immediately smiled and said, "Here you go, however much you want."

Everyone knows it was a joke.

After getting into the car, Luo Huai realized what was happening and said gently, "Thank you."

“She calls him ‘Big Brother,’ why don’t you?” Xing Yanzhao peered behind him through the endoscope.

Luo Huai changed his address: "Thank you, elder brother."

The older brother licked his cheek with his tongue, a smile playing on his lips.

He seemed to be enjoying himself.

Zhu Shuangshuang's eyes scanned the two of them like lasers, and she began to inquire how they knew each other. The older brother said, "Luo Huai helped my old lady at the hospital."

Nothing else was said.

Zhu Shuangshuang didn't ask any more questions, and the car remained quiet for a while.

Xing Yanzhao asked Luo Huai, "You're only twenty-two, why are you in such a hurry to get married? Enjoy yourself for a few more years."

Zhu Shuangshuang whispered, "Why does your older brother sound just like your father?"

Luo Huai gave her a light, dismissive look.

Her father wasn't that fierce.

The Luo family could not be considered a scholarly family, but they were still a highly educated family. The parents usually spoke and acted with a bit of a didactic tone, but were mostly gentle and refined.

"What kind of look is that? I'm not saying he's really your father, I'm saying he's in charge of you." Zhu Shuangshuang sighed. "Do you think you want to just marry anyone? You have no choice."

The following sentence was not concealed, and it reached Xing Yanzhao's ears in a voice that was neither too loud nor too soft.

Xing Yanzhao asked, "Was it because your family forced you to?"

"As expected of the eldest brother!" Zhu Shuangshuang gave a thumbs up. "It's because her family forced her to marry... I can't say."

I dare not say.

The Xing family was so powerful in Ningcheng that they practically controlled everything. People laughed at the fake young master, saying he was inferior to the real one in every way, and no one dared to mention the Xing family's name.

The news about Xing has been removed from the internet these past two days; the name "Xing" cannot even be mentioned.

Ordinary people like them wouldn't dare to ask, especially since Luo Huai hadn't agreed yet.

Luo Huai lowered his eyes and said, "A complete stranger, much older than me, and..."

Zhu Shuangshuang: "Domestic violence!"

“Old men who hit women are no good.” Xing Yanzhao said with a disdainful look. When he encountered men who beat their wives or other women, he would kick them, break one of their ribs, and then throw them at the police station entrance.

Zhu Shuangshuang nodded repeatedly, then sighed, "How can Luo Huai be in charge? We're just living under someone else's roof."

Xing Yanzhao simply said two words: "Call the police."

Despite feeling frustrated, Luo Huai still smiled and thanked them, but she knew in her heart that even an upright official could not settle family disputes.

When the car arrived at Ningda University, Zhu Shuangshuang and Luo Huai thanked them together.

"It's alright, having more friends means having more options." Xing Yanzhao's deep gaze lingered on Luo Huai. "Leave your phone number, call me if there are any problems."

“Okay!” Zhu Shuangshuang nudged Luo Huai with her elbow.

Luo Huai took out his phone, unlocked it, and handed it over.

Xing Yanzhao took her phone, pressed his own number, dialed it, and hung up after one ring. He had initially saved the number as "Brother Zhao," but after thinking about it, he changed it to "Big Brother."

After watching the two girls enter the school, he took out his phone and added Luo Huai's number to his contacts.

When you type the character "槐" (huai), "花蜜" (hua mi, honey) will also appear.

He used to accompany the old lady to set up a stall to sell acacia honey. He wrote the words and prices on the signboard himself, and he got used to it.

The same goes for cell phones.

It's as if I knew what he was thinking.

Xing Yanzhao stared at the four characters "Luohuai honey".

She looked up again in the direction where Luo Huai had entered the school.

The little girl was so fragrant and soft to hold, like acacia honey, it made your mouth water.

It's a pity he's going to marry Miss Pei.

The world's only locust honey is no longer available.

……

After three days of being unable to contact or see Luo Huai, the Pei family contacted the school directly to look for her.

She knew she couldn't escape.

Zhu Shuangshuang asked worriedly, "Are you really going back?"

Going back would mean accepting the marriage.

Luo Huai said, "Let's go back and take a look first."

The thesis proposal on the computer screen is already the tenth version, and there's nothing left to revise.

She stared at the screen for a long time until her eyes ached.

"We'll have to go back eventually." Running away won't solve the problem.

Before leaving, Zhu Shuangshuang reminded her: "If anything happens, call your older brother first, then call me. Your older brother is better at making calls than I am, and he's more useful."

Luo Huai nodded absentmindedly, took a taxi back to the Pei family home, and was about to enter when an argument broke out in the living room.

It's all because of her.

She stopped again.

"It's all your fault! You said you'd give Luo Huai some time, but three days have passed, and she's not answering her phone or leaving her dorm. What are we going to do if she keeps hiding like this?"

“Yuan Zhou is one thing, but he has been blinding Luo Huai for years. You’re not Luo Huai’s biological father, so why are you so soft-hearted? We’ve raised her for seventeen years. Even a dog knows to guard the door and repay its master. What’s wrong with letting Luo Huai marry someone?”

“That’s still the Xing family. Luo Huai is just a teacher’s daughter. If she hadn’t been raised in our Pei family, no matter how good her grades were or how beautiful she was, without the Pei family’s connections, she wouldn’t have been able to get into this circle, let alone marry into a wealthy family and become a rich wife.”

"This is all her good fortune." Mother Pei was clearly very angry.

Pei Youyou pouted and said, "That's right, I gave it to her and she doesn't even know what's good for her."

"Alright." Pei Yuanzhou interrupted his mother and sister. Luo Huai hadn't seen him for three days and hadn't answered his calls, which had made him quite irritable.

She used to be the most obedient.

I've never been unable to contact you for so long.

Pei's mother reminded him, "Youyou is your real sister!"

“Mom.” Pei Yuanzhou stood up, his brows furrowed deeply. “You said the Pei family raised Luo Huai for seventeen years and expect her to repay the favor, but don’t forget, Dad, Mom, why did you adopt Luo Huai in the first place?”