Hua Ci's face lost all color, and he didn't even notice his nails digging into his flesh: "I... understand."
Ye Lan acted as if nothing had happened and just said a few words of concern to her before hanging up the phone.
Hua Ci mechanically took the phone away from his ear, slid down on the sofa, and was unable to calm down for a long time.
The girl's eye-catching and arrogant face appeared in her mind again, and she could not connect Qiao Nian with the next generation mistress of the Ye family.
Qiao Nian is the next generation mistress of the Ye family, which means she is... Ye Wangchuan's fiancée!
Hua Ci's fingers curled up unconsciously again.
She grew up abroad, where people value freedom and pursue true love. She looked down upon her fiancée's old-fashioned behavior.
She knew that Ye Wangchuan had a fiancée who had been engaged to him since childhood, but she had never met her and had always treated her as if she did not exist.
When this person actually appeared in front of her, the shock was too great.
It was at this moment that Hua Ci realized his feelings. In fact, he had strange feelings for his "brother" whom he had only seen a few times since childhood.
There was a hint of sadness on her face, and she looked very vulnerable in the shadow under the light. However, she couldn't help but have an unrighteous thought in her heart - Qiao Nian was not worthy of Ye Wangchuan.
Hua Ci couldn't control the idea that was gradually growing in her mind. She grabbed her phone, half of her face shrouded in shadow, and edited a message to Ye Wangchuan and sent it to him.
She wrote a long paragraph, which roughly explained what happened tonight, saying that she didn't know Qiao Nian's identity at first, but she didn't do anything to bully him, and hoped that he wouldn't misunderstand her. At the end, she casually asked if girls in China are more sensitive, or if girls of this age are prone to misunderstandings.
She used her usual playful tone, finding just the right scale, somewhere between that of a friend and a neighbor's sister, with a cheerful tone.
However, not long after she sent this text message, she received a call from Ye Wangchuan.
Hua Ci's heart was beating like a drum. He stood up nervously and walked around twice before he could not hide his excitement and answered the phone: "Hello, Wangchuan."
There was a lot of noise on the other end of the phone, so Ye Wangchuan should be outside.
She was about to say, "Don't worry, I'm fine. I'll explain to you to avoid misunderstandings. I really didn't bully your girlfriend... I don't know why she didn't let me bandage her and change the dressing later. Why don't you call her and comfort her?"
Generally speaking, when faced with her half-joking tone, men would not say anything out of politeness.
However, surprisingly.
Ye Wangchuan's low, mellow voice with unclear meaning came from the other end of the phone, as if wrapped in a layer of frost and exuding a faint warning: "When is it your turn to take care of my affairs?"
"Wangchuan?" Hua Ci froze in place.
Ye Wangchuan's nonchalant voice came: "The Ye family raised you, and when you grow up, you help do things within your ability. I think this is a fair deal. But since you don't know your own identity, I will be direct. From now on, you only need to contact my aunt. You are the daughter of her old friend, and I respect her life as an elder. As for others, you don't need to contact them anymore. Except for my aunt's own personal funding, the Ye family will withdraw all funding for you!"
Hua Ci's eyes widened, and a chill ran straight from the soles of her feet to her brain, making her feel like she was falling into an ice cellar. She gritted her teeth and held the phone tightly: "I didn't do anything wrong!"
(End of this chapter)