In the end, this bout of obsessive, coercive love never came to fruition, because an uninvited guest barged into the villa.
The sharp, frantic ringing of the doorbell interrupted their intense, lingering kiss.
Ji Huaijin opened the courtyard gate with an icy expression. There was not a trace of surprise in his eyes when he saw his visitor.
Chu Jiye stared hard at him, his eyes bloodshot. "Where is he?"
"Who?"
"Ji Huaijin!" Chu Jiye suddenly stepped forward and snarled impatiently, "Don't fucking play dumb with me!"
Ji Huaijin seemed to smile, but his voice held a chill. "Every other word out of your mouth is a curse. Is this what passes for manners in the Chu Family?"
Every dart thrown eventually came flying back. Chu Jiye was always accusing others of being rude, never imagining that he was the one with the fewest scruples.
Chu Jiye looked agitated. "Don't give me that useless crap. I'm asking you where he is! What have you done with Fang Lele?"
"How do you even have the nerve to come looking for him?"
Cheng Yue hurried to the courtyard gate in his slippers, his expression angry. "Doesn't Young Master Chu have someone he's adored for years? You've gone out of your way to cause us trouble over him time and again."
"So why are you coming to look for my little brother now?"
Chu Jiye narrowed his eyes and said coldly, "Funny, I never knew he had a brother like you."
Cheng Yue gave a contemptuous laugh. "Of course you didn't. All you know how to do is whatever the hell you want, then dust off your hands and stroll away!"
Thinking of Fang Lele, all alone in a distant, unfamiliar place, Cheng Yue could no longer contain his anger.
"He'd already gone