This was the first time he had hit one of his own men, and moreover, it was for a woman.
"Dare to do it again, and I'll break your neck!" Jian Shichu gave him a cold glare, held Ye Qingci in his arms, and strode away.
It wasn't until he was holding Ye Qingci and out of everyone's sight that Lin Lang let out a delicate cry, "Ah! Master Du, you're bleeding so much from your head, let's hurry to the hospital!"
"Get lost! Quit making a big fuss over nothing!" Du Hongjun shoved the pale-faced Lin Lang away, tearing off a disposable towel and pressing it to his head, while pouring himself a glass of brandy with his other hand and downing it in one gulp. He looked at the other brothers, "What's happening? Doesn't Seventh Brother have a fiancée? Why is he so furious over a woman who appeared out of nowhere?"
All he wanted was to help the woman up; he had no intention of doing anything else to her, yet their Seventh Brother actually went so far as to smash his head open.
They were all men; they naturally knew that a man only has such strong possessiveness for the woman he truly loves.
The others were also completely in the dark.
One of them clapped Du Hongjun on the shoulder, "Forget it, maybe the Seventh Brother has really fallen for that girl. Men, after all, can't stand other men touching the woman they love, right?"
"Such damned bad luck!" Du Hongjun poured another glass of drink and once again downed it in one gulp with a bitter laugh, "How would I have known the Seventh Brother had taken a fancy? Seventh Brother pinned her down and kissed her without any respect, didn't everyone think Seventh Brother was just fooling around? If I knew Seventh Brother was serious, would I dare touch his woman?"
"You know the Seventh Brother isn't emotionally smart," the man to his left comforted him, "Seventh Brother is in his twenties and only just had his first kiss; he's probably still in a daze, not realizing he's fallen for her. He doesn't know, so how could you possibly know!"
The man guessed right; Jian Shichu of course knew nothing.
He didn't understand why Ye Qingci refused to kiss him willingly; it angered him.
Seeing Ye Qingci clumsily fall to the ground made him angry.
Seeing Du Hongjun's lecherous face as he bent down to grab Ye Qingci's arm made him even more furious, to the point of wanting to kill!
In the car, he sat dominantly on the back seat.
The cold aura around him suffocated others.
This made Xiao Wei, who was sitting in the front passenger seat, wish he could open all the windows to ventilate the car.
Ye Qingci, wrapped in his coat, leaned her head against the car window and stared blankly outside, silent.
Two days ago, she was just an adopted daughter of the Ye family; her adoptive parents didn't show her affection, and the Ye family's eldest daughter, Ye Yazhi, saw her as a thorn in her side.
But at least Ye Jingzhi cherished her, providing her with carefree living, freedom, and without a worry.
But now, her most precious freedom was gone.
She seemed to have become Jian Shichu's private possession, to be scolded, held, or treated lightly whenever he wished.
Thinking of the scene that had just happened in the clubhouse, she felt sick.
Did those people see her face clearly?
If they did and it spread tomorrow that Ye Qingci was Jian Shichu's woman, how heartbroken would her brother be?
She clenched her fists, feeling waves of tension and helplessness.
Why was she so unlucky to have gotten involved with Jian Shichu?
The car sped on, passing a street corner. Ye Qingci suddenly snapped back to reality, sat up straight, and began to pound the back of the driver's seat, "Brother Xiao, stop the car, stop the car!"
Xiao Ying slowed down and turned his head slightly, asking softly, "Miss Ye, what's wrong?"
Ye Qingci asked, "Where are we going? This isn't the way to my home, is it?"
Before Xiao Ying could answer, Jian Shichu coldly said, "You haven't made me anything tasty yet!"
Ye Qingci: "..."
She let go of the driver's seat, slumping back into her own seat, feeling powerless.
How could she have forgotten about that?
She didn't try to argue.
Because she knew, with Jian Shichu's self-centered and arrogant character, no matter what she said, he wouldn't change his mind.
Luckily, she had told her brother that she was going to a classmate's house to study today, and if it got late, she would sleep over there and not come home.
Her brother cherished and trusted her, never restricting her freedom.
But this time, she had betrayed her brother's trust; she... had lied.
Sorry...
Brother...
The car quickly drove into Jian Shichu's private estate, and Xiao Wei got out to open the door of the rear compartment.
Jian Shichu got out of the car, radiating anger, turned around to grab Ye Qingci's arm, pulled her into his embrace, and with a swing, hoisted her onto his shoulder.