Pei Jin lost his balance and stumbled forward. The next second, a vicious fist landed on his cheek.

Upon hearing the familiar voice, Pei Jin immediately knew that Yu Lingze had caught him red-handed. He felt nothing but guilt and remorse.

Yu Lingze treated him like a brother, but he became Yu Lingze's brother-in-law.

A flurry of cold wind swept past Pei Jin's icy earlobe as he stood upright, his eye swollen from the blow. He looked down at Yu Lingze with his eyelashes drooping uncomfortably, his Adam's apple bobbing as he said, "Brother, brother."

"Damn..." Yu Lingze raised an eyebrow in disbelief, glanced at Yu Qiao, then glared at Pei Jin through gritted teeth, laughing in anger: "You called me brother?"

"Who the hell is your brother?!"

"Brother, why did you hit him?" Yu Qiao stood in front of Pei Jin. She originally thought it was just a small matter, but Yu Lingze's cold and unfriendly expression, as well as the embarrassment of having their relationship suddenly exposed, made Yu Qiao, who was unprepared, feel her heart jump into her throat.

Pei Jin, who was being shielded by Yu Qiao, was taken aback by her protective stance. Then, when he looked up, he saw Yu Lingze's sinister, murderous gaze. He hesitated, unsure whether to take a beating first or apologize.

"Hit him? I'd be lenient if I didn't kill him!"

Yu Ling gritted his teeth, his fox-like eyes narrowed dangerously, his pupils dark and deep, trying his best to appear calm, but damn it, he couldn't calm down at all.

After a few seconds of silence, Yu Lingze said to Yu Qiao in a harsh tone, "Get out of my way."

"No." Yu Qiao retorted dryly, her eyes darting away from Yu Lingze. When she turned her head and saw Pei Jin's swollen eyes, her own eyes immediately welled up with tears, and she accused him, "Why did you hit him?"

"Can't we talk this out? Why did you have to resort to violence? You don't even know your own strength..."

"Yu Qiao!" Yu Lingze was furious at these words, his fists clenched so tightly they cracked, and he said, word by word, "Get out of the way."

"No!" Yu Qiao turned her head away and muttered softly, "Who knows if you're going to hit someone again?"

Yu Ling took a deep breath to avoid being driven mad by her rebellious younger sister: "Pei Jin is the same age as me, but he's ten years older than you. You two are simply not a good match. How far have things progressed?!"

Yu Qiao: ...

Pei Jin felt extremely guilty. He slowly met Yu Lingze's gaze, pressed his tongue against his back teeth, grasped Yu Qiao's wrist, and whispered, "Baby..."

Under Yu Lingze's murderous gaze, Pei Jin swallowed the word "baby" that was about to come out, coughed lightly, and said, "Yu Qiao, I'm not in pain. I'll talk to my brother."

"You're a month older than me, you son of a bitch! Get lost!" Yu Lingze's face turned pale with anger. He forced a smile at Yu Qiao that was more like a grimace than a cry.

His tone was strangely calm: "Ah Qiao, you go back first. Pei Jin and I have been brothers for so many years, I wouldn't do anything to him."

Pei Jin turned his head away, avoiding Yu Lingze's scrutinizing gaze, and said in a gentle tone, "Yu Qiao, you go back first. I'll have a good talk with my brother."

Yu Qiao felt the atmosphere was a bit strange, and a flattering smile appeared on her pretty face: "Brother, let's go home. Don't tire yourself out standing here."

“Go back by yourself.” Yu Lingze remained unmoved by reason.

Yu Qiao didn't want to leave, afraid that Yu Lingze would hit Pei Jin. Her mind was about to explode. After a long silence, she asked, "You're not going to hit him, are you?"

Yu Lingze: "Hehe, guess."