Chapter 53
Ye Zhineng: Ye Nanxun, you and your uncle and aunt haven't returned to your hometown in years, have you? I know a restaurant on Muli Star that makes especially authentic local dishes. When you have time, I'll treat you.
Standing before the restroom sink, Ye Zhineng stared at his phone screen after sending the message. Seconds ticked by, but the message vanished like a stone sinking into the sea, without the slightest response.
"Fuck—"
Ye Zhineng clenched his phone tightly.
Ever since the birthday banquet, no matter what messages he sent Ye Nanxun, he received no reply. Calls only got a busy signal, and when he drove to the manor himself, he could not even get through the gates.
He knew Ye Nanxun had to be angry.
Whenever he thought of what had happened that day, it felt as though a heavy stone were pressing against his chest, making it hard to breathe.
It was not as though he had not seen Ye Nanxun jump into the pool and get surrounded in the water by a group of utterly awful alphas. But what could he have done?
On Muli Star, he was the young master whose mere stomp could intimidate an entire region.
But on Dream Star, Ye Zhineng was merely an outsider with one foot barely inside the top-tier circle.
When he saw Ye Nanxun being bullied, Ye Zhineng had nearly rushed down to save him.
But He Yiming suddenly looked up and gave him a cold, faintly smiling glance, instantly snapping him back to his senses.
Putting away his phone, Ye Zhineng returned listlessly to the private room.
His heart and mind were filled with ways to make Ye Nanxun stop being angry. He had once loved nothing more than indulging himself with Xu Wenyan, and