Chapter 276 Are you threatening me?

Zhu Xingye stopped in his tracks, sighed softly, then turned to look at Zhu Mingyue and said to her with a hint of helplessness, "Mingyue, don't call your older brother by his name so rudely, it's impolite."

Zhu Mingyue ignored his nonsense and said stubbornly and rebelliously, "Zhu Xingye, you don't know how to love at all, and you don't know what true love is."

"Hmm?" Zhu Xingye raised an eyebrow in confusion, not understanding why she suddenly said that.

She raised her hand to wipe away her tears and said unwillingly, "If you love someone, you should respect her and make her happy. You keep saying you like Chaochao, but you do all the things that Chaochao hates."

"In my opinion, this isn't liking at all; it's coercion and obsession!"

"...Is that so?" Zhu Xingye asked casually, not taking Zhu Mingyue's words seriously at all.

"Mingyue, do you understand love? You think my feelings for Chaochao aren't love, then who does love Chaochao? Shijing?"

Zhu Mingyue looked at him expressionlessly: "I don't understand love, and I don't know if Shi Jing truly loves Chaochao. I only know that Chaochao is at least happy when she's with Shi Jing."

"The fact that she was willing to lie to you for Shi Jing is enough to show who she truly loves."

"Hmph..." Zhu Xingye smiled disdainfully, his indifferent eyes full of mockery. "Shi Jing can indeed make her happy and make her willingly lie to me, but so what? As long as I'm here, the two of them can forget about having a future."

"They have no future, and neither do you two!" Zhu Mingyue was determined to go against her own brother, and every word she said was aimed directly at Zhu Xingye's heart.

"You've ruined Chaochao's happiness and her future. Chaochao will never accept you! Keep going crazy, or you'll end up with nothing but a stiff corpse!"

"Shut up!" Zhu Xingye's composure was successfully shattered by her.

She raised her chin triumphantly and laughed, then said fiercely to Zhu Xingye, "Zhu Xingye, don't try to woo someone only to drive them to their death!"

"You don't need to worry about it!" Zhu Xingye said through gritted teeth.

Zhu Mingyue stared at him defiantly: "If you don't believe me, just try it."

"..." Zhu Xingye didn't respond to her. He took her phone out of the inside pocket of his suit jacket and tossed it to her.

"The production crew will be here in half an hour. You should get ready."

After saying that, he turned and left.

Zhu Mingyue clutched her phone in her hand, hesitated for a few seconds, and suddenly shouted at his back, "Zhu Xingye, I don't want to record anymore."

"If you don't want to record, then terminate the contract." This time, Zhu Xingye didn't even turn his head. "As long as you've made up your mind, I'll pay the breach of contract fee to the production team."

"Go ahead and hit me." Zhu Mingyue took two steps back and sat lazily on the edge of the bed. "I'm not recording anymore. Tell the production team to fire me directly, and don't come looking for me."

Zhu Xingye: "Okay."

Zhu Mingyue: "Also, please explain this to Sister Yang. I'm in a bad mood and don't want to deal with any work."

Zhu Xingye: "Mm."

"Thank you, Zhu, Xing, Ye," Zhu Mingyue said, raising her voice deliberately.

Zhu Xingye paused at the doorway, somewhat annoyed by her shout: "Mingyue, you're not allowed to call your elder brother by his name directly."

Zhu Mingyue casually crossed her legs and said nonchalantly, "I insist on calling you by your name because I don't want to call someone who commits incest 'big brother'."

Zhu Xingye turned around and glared at her.

She met his gaze frankly: "Zhu Xingye, the thing I hate most in this life is a man who covets my own sister! If you don't want me to hate you for the rest of my life, please stop now!"

"..."

Zhu Xingye's figure vanished from the doorway in an instant, without leaving a single word.

Zhu Mingyue got out of bed, stormed to the door, slammed it shut, and locked it.

Zhu Xingye's words still echoed in her mind. She hesitated for a long time while holding her phone, but finally dialed Shi Jing's number.

"Buzz—"

"Buzz—"

When his phone suddenly vibrated, Shi Jing's heart skipped a beat.

He quickly stood up from the sofa and hurriedly answered Zhu Mingyue's call.

"Hey, Zhu Mingyue!"

"Zhu Mingyue?"

The moment the name was mentioned, everyone in the living room snapped out of their drowsy state.

Li Weiwan and Jiang Jingwen got up from the sofa at the same time, staring intently at Shi Jing's phone with bloodshot eyes.

"It's me." Zhu Mingyue's voice came clearly from the phone's speaker.

"Zhu Mingyue, where is my Chaochao? Where did Chaochao go?!" Shi Jing was trembling all over, and the tears hidden in her eyes were shaken off.

Zhu Mingyue didn't answer, but asked instead, "Where is Jiang Jingwen?"

"I'm here!" Jiang Jingwen answered loudly, "Sister Mingyue, I'm here!"

Zhu Mingyue: "Xiao Jiang, are there any other people around you and Shi Jing?"

Jiang Jingwen glanced at Xie Lang beside her and answered honestly, "Yes, several of Shi Jing's good buddies are here."

Zhu Mingyue paused for a moment: "...You and Shi Jing should find a place to take the call alone now."

"Why?" Jiang Jingwen didn't understand.

Zhu Mingyue: "Because what I'm about to say must not be heard by anyone else."

“Okay.” Shi Jing didn’t hesitate and turned to walk upstairs. “I’ll go to the roof now. Wait for me.”

Zhu Mingyue: "Mm."

"Wait for me!" Jiang Jingwen followed closely behind.

Without catching their breath, the two of them jogged straight to the roof of the villa.

It was noon, and the sun overhead was blazing and dazzling. The two people, who hadn't slept all night, were suddenly exposed to the scorching sun, and the world spun before their eyes.

"Oh dear..." Jiang Jingwen shook her head, staggered, and grabbed Shi Jing's arm to barely steady herself.

Shi Jing stretched out her leg, hooked it around a chair, and pulled the chair over to place it in front of Jiang Jingwen.

"Sit down for a while."

Jiang Jingwen sat down with her eyes closed, the dizziness still lingering, and eagerly asked, "Sister Mingyue, what exactly happened to Chaochao? Why did you have to tell us secretly?"

Zhu Mingyue's voice was tense, and her tone was particularly heavy: "What I'm about to say may be shocking, but it really happened. You should prepare yourselves."

"Wait a minute!" Shi Jing suddenly said, "Mingyue, tell me first, is Chaochao still alive?"

Zhu Mingyue: "Of course Chaochao is still alive!"

"It's good that she's alive..." Shi Jing breathed a sigh of relief. "As long as Chaochao is alive and well, I can accept anything."

"Go ahead and tell me."

Zhu Mingyue took a deep breath and slowly and seriously recounted the whole story of Zhu Jinzhao's disappearance.