Ying Chen sat in Lou Tingsi's living room with a dark expression.
Qiao Chuchu sat beside him, awkwardly fidgeting with her fingers.
Lou Tingsi sat across from them, slamming a gun on the table with a thud, his voice low and commanding: "Miss Qiao, co sit over here."
Qiao Chuchu's mouth twitched as she stood up.
Ying Chen suddenly grabbed her wrist, forcefully pulling her back into her seat: "You don't need to go."
He also pulled out a gun and slapped it on the table: "I have one too."
Qiao Chuchu: "?"
[What is this? A weapons showcase?]
She glanced at the other end of the table.
A phone was placed there, currently on a video call.
On the other side of the video sat several of the Pei Brothers, with so even out of fra because the screen couldn't fit them all.
Weisheng Yucan had completely disappeared.
She probably found these people boring and left.
Qiao Chuchu awkwardly stood up: "Um... I'm a bit tired, so maybe I should leave first."
Ying Chen: "Stay."
Lou Tingsi: "Don't go, wait until we're done talking."
Both spoke at the sa ti, then glared at each other, letting out a displeased snort.
Qiao Chuchu: "..."
She fidgeted uncomfortably, looking at Lou Tingsi across the table.
Lou Tingsi tapped his fingers lightly on the table, his usual fox-like smile on his face, but his eyes were filled with anger: "Ying Chen, we're old friends, aren't we? You snatched her away without a word. Who taught you those manners?"
Ying Chen leaned back in his chair, his tone mocking: "Oh? Is Qiao Chuchu yours?"
He grinned provocatively: "Does she have your na carved on her? Is she listed as your spouse on the household register? Did she explicitly say she wants to stay by your side?"
Lou Tingsi's smile turned cold.
Qiao Chuchu stared at Ying Chen in disbelief.
What kind of nonsense was he spouting?
Ying Chen spread his hands toward Lou Tingsi: "If there's nothing like that, then we'll just have to compete for her based on our own abilities, won't we?"
He smirked playfully, taunting: "Lou Tingsi, my n brought her to right under your nose, even in your own ho. Is that my fault? Shouldn't you reflect on yourself a bit?"
Lou Tingsi's face darkened like the bottom of a pot, his jaw clenched: "It's my fault."
Ying Chen shrugged smugly: "Good that you know."
Lou Tingsi sneered: "You hired a bunch of professionals to disable my ho's security asures. You ca prepared from the start. It's my problem that you managed to steal her right under my nose, but you shouldn't have kidnapped Miss Qiao. She's a person, not an object."
Ying Chen laughed carelessly: "If I didn't take her, would you have let her go?"
Lou Tingsi: "?"
Ying Chen twirled the gun in his hand, glancing at the seven people on the video call: "To the Pei Brothers, I'd like to make a complaint. I clearly saw Lou Tingsi being overly familiar with Qiao Chuchu, even patting her head. He even sleeps in the sa room as her. I think he's a pervert, so I stepped in to protect Miss Qiao."
The seven Pei Brothers imdiately beca alert, turning their gazes toward Lou Tingsi.
Weisheng Yucan, who had been preparing sothing, perked up her ears and scurried behind the seven to watch the drama: "Ying Chen, why didn't you ntion this earlier?"
Lou Tingsi took a deep breath, calmly looking at Ying Chen.
Ying Chen twirled the gun, smirking at Lou Tingsi: "We're all n here. Who doesn't know these little tricks?"
Qiao Chuchu decisively raised her hand, speaking seriously: "I need to interrupt. Lou Tingsi did sleep in the sa room as , but he fell asleep on the couch. Nothing happened between us! He even had a nightmare."
Pei Che, on the other end of the call, frowned: "How do you know he had a nightmare?"
"Because he woke up," Qiao Chuchu explained earnestly: "So I woke him up."
Pei Che narrowed his eyes suspiciously: "And then? What did you two do after you woke him up?"
Qiao Chuchu choked, feeling like this was getting hard to explain.
[If I say Lou Tingsi reflexively hugged , it’ll definitely cause a huge misunderstanding, right?]
She forced a dry laugh: "Then he woke up, and that was it."
Pei Che: "?"
The other Pei Brothers: "?"
Lou Tingsi awkwardly rubbed his forehead.
Ying Chen looked at Qiao Chuchu with a knowing expression, his gaze playful: "You two experienced the suspension bridge effect. Your heart rates spiked, and you mistook it for attraction. Lou Tingsi is a normal man. After you risked your life to save him, it's impossible for him not to feel sothing."
Qiao Chuchu frowned in disgust: "So you're saying if I saved you, you'd like too?"
Ying Chen froze, suddenly rembering the mont Qiao Chuchu swerved her car to help him.
That fleeting glance in the driver's seat.
It really felt like... love at first sight.
His long lashes fluttered as he opened his mouth to retort but found no words. He simply fell silent.
Qiao Chuchu huffed: "No coback, huh? There aren't that many love-at-first-sight monts in this world. Cut off those romantic nerves of yours and stop overthinking everything."
Ying Chen was speechless, glaring at her in annoyance: "Are you saying you've completely cut off your own romantic nerves?"
"Yes, I burned them all," Qiao Chuchu declared proudly, tilting her chin up: "I'm so detached now that even if ten muscular hunks danced in front of , I wouldn't bat an eye."
Ying Chen: "?"
Lou Tingsi: "?"
Pei Youchuan hissed, narrowing his eyes: "So you used to watch muscular n often?"
Qiao Chuchu sighed: "Once or twice a month, I guess. I'm a comic artist, after all. How can I draw sexy guys without observing so? I need to feed my readers!"
The atmosphere suddenly turned cold.
Qiao Chuchu felt sothing was off and looked up to et a sea of sharp gazes.
Ying Chen side-eyed her.
Lou Tingsi stared at her in disbelief.
On the video call, all seven Pei Brothers squeezed into the fra, frowning at her.
Pei Yuan smiled eerily: "It seems I should investigate how much you spend on male models."
Qiao Chuchu: "!"
She stood up in a panic: "Weren't you all going to chat? I won't interfere anymore. I feel like my body is getting a bit cold, so I'll go to bed now."
Ying Chen yanked her back down: "Don't go. So what if you like looking at handso guys? It's normal. Who doesn't appreciate beauty?"
Qiao Chuchu plopped back into her chair, staring at him suspiciously.
Ying Chen's erald-green eyes glinted with mischief: "I like cute, beautiful things too. When I see sothing I like, I want to possess it. So I understand your fascination with beauty."
"If you have needs, they should be satisfied."
He grabbed her wrist and gently placed her hand on his chest.
Qiao Chuchu: "!"
Ying Chen smirked playfully, slowly guiding her hand down his chest, his gaze predatory: "But from now on, you don't need to look at those inferior products. Once you've seen , you'll know what true quality is."
"And no one else has seen ."
Ying Chen leaned closer: "If you want to look at , you'll be the first and only one. For certain reasons, you're the only one who has this privilege with ."
Ying Chen stared at Qiao Chuchu like a snake, gripping her hand as he guided it down his abs, past his belt...
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