"Wh-Who hurt you? Don't talk nonsense!" Panic flashed through Xie Ran's eyes, but his mouth remained stubborn.
Xie Chen sneered and raised his arm, waving his phone. "Want me to play the recording for you?"
"You recorded me again?!" Xie Ran's eyes widened. "How could you be so underhanded?!"
Xie Chen raised a brow. "I'm underhanded?! You've got the nerve to say that?! You were going to use Thai Black Magic to harm me, and you still have the audacity to turn it around on me?!"
"You really are just like your mother."
"Stupid, useless, and shameless!"
"You—" Xie Ran was left speechless by the scolding.
Xie Chen snorted coldly. "What the hell are you stammering for? There's no point saying more. See you on the trending searches tonight!"
After saying that, he turned to leave.
But Xie Ran reached out and grabbed his clothes.
Though he only caught the corner of his shirt,
it was enough to make Xie Chen turn back. "Take your filthy hand off me."
His gaze was dark and frigid, his voice terrifying, like a ghost crawling out of hell to claim a life.
Xie Ran shuddered and instinctively let go. In a low voice, he said, "Please, Brother Chen. I'll never have any crooked thoughts again. Can you not post the recording?!"
"Beg me? The legitimate young master of the Xie Family is actually begging me?" Xie Chen smiled wickedly. "Do you think I care?"
"I—" Xie Ran still wanted to salvage something.
But Xie Chen could no longer be bothered with him and simply strode away.
The coldness of his departing figure kept Xie Ran from making another sound. He could only watch helplessly as Xie Chen walked out of the alley, anxiety beginning to churn in his heart.
His reputation had already