I'll Protect Him

For the first time, Wen Su felt things slipping out of his control. Tang Yao's family had the resources to uncover his affairs if they dug deep enough.

But Bian Jing was different. How had he found out?

"How did you know? Who told you?"

"It doesn't matter who told me. There's no future for us."

"Don't say that. Whoever told you must be trying to drive us apart."

"Think about how much I like you. How could I ever treat you as a substitute?"

"Enough. You're still making excuses after all this. I'm telling you, Wen Su, we're over."

"I don't have time to play these games with you."

Bian Jing struggled to pull his hand free from Wen Su's grip. "That's it. I'm leaving."

"No, Little Jing. You have to believe I really like you. Can we please not break up?" His words were pleading, but his grip was brutally tight.

Wen Su seized Bian Jing's hand again and kept advancing on him.

Slap!

Bian Jing struck him hard across the face. Time seemed to stop. After a long moment, Wen Su laughed.

"Hahaha. Good. Very good." It was the first time anyone had ever hit him.

"In that case, don't blame me for what happens next."

As Wen Su approached, fear rose in Bian Jing's chest. "What are you going to do?"

"Nothing much. But if you want to break up, I can't have spent all that time on you for nothing, can I? Shouldn't I get something in return?"

He had never laid a hand on Bian Jing before because he'd been keeping up the act. But things were different now. If Bian Jing wanted to break up, Wen Su wasn't about to let him leave.

Bian Jing was afraid, but he was even angrier. As