The Whole Family Closed Ranks to Protect Huohuo

Bang, bang, bang!

Old Master Ye raised an AK-47 submachine gun and fired three shots in quick succession, punching holes in the ceiling overhead.

His eyes narrowed dangerously, and his weathered, resolute face was filled with anger.

Precious Huohuo was the granddaughter he held closest to his heart, and the only girl in the entire Ye Family.

He treasured his granddaughter more than a luminous pearl. How could he let this little bastard spirit her away?

"You bastard! You've eaten a bear's heart and a leopard's gall, daring to set your sights on my precious Huohuo! I'll shoot you dead!"

AK-47 in hand, Old Master Ye glared fiercely at Li Zeyuan. The murderous aura radiating from him erupted in an instant.

At that moment, it was as if he had returned to his youth, becoming fierce as a bandit, brave and hot-tempered, full of the domineering air of the nation's richest man.

Just because a tiger wasn't showing his might, did they take him for Hello Kitty?

His precious Huohuo was so adorable. There was no way she would be spirited away by a man so casually, have children, suffer mistreatment, and become some rich man's wife.

Today, he would teach this little bastard a lesson.

"That's right, you little punk! You... you'd better not set your sights on my precious daughter. She's the only precious girl in our family, cherished and adored a thousandfold. We can't even dote on her enough, so how could we let you ruin her?"

Ye Chuan, wielding a frying pan as a weapon, spoke in a fury as well.

Jian Yan was also playing with a scalpel between her fingertips, spinning it so fast that only a blur could be seen.

Putting on the aloof, imposing air of a hospital's chief director, she sneered. "Listen up, you little bastard. My Huohuo is the little padded jacket that warms my heart. If you dare lay one finger on her, I guarantee I'll castrate that thing of yours!"

The expressions of her three older brothers, Ye Mo, Ye Chen, and Ye Fan, turned cold as well.

They stood guard in front of precious Huohuo, presenting a united front. "Li Zeyuan, although we grew up together, blood is thicker than water. Whoever dares hurt our little sister, we'll cut them to pieces a thousand times over!"

"That's right, and there's us too. The whole family will wipe him out together!"

Her eldest uncle, second uncle, third uncle, and nineteen younger male cousins also stepped forward to lend their support, armed with clubs, knives, and forks.

The scene erupted for a moment, taking on the feel of a gang war. The Ye Family looked just like a roomful of bandits.

Ye Huo sat at the dining table, gnawing on a chicken leg. She blinked twice, a little stunned by the sight.

From the moment she had returned after being reunited with her family, they had all struck her as incomparably gentle, doting, and understanding.

But she hadn't expected them to unleash such a terrifyingly powerful presence when they united against an outsider.

Ye Huo finally knew where her own bandit-like streak came from. It turned out she had inherited it from her grandfather.

The Ye Family's principle was to save all their good temper for their one and only precious Huohuo, shower their precious Huohuo with ever more affection, and strike outsiders with a heavy fist!

"Master, the Ye Family... turned hostile just like that..."

Mu Lan, who had been following behind his master with the gifts, saw countless blades, guns, weapons, and even a scalpel pointed at them. Trembling with fear, he stammered.

He didn't understand what kind of wealthy family the Ye Family was. One moment they were treating their guests with perfect courtesy, and the next they were pulling out guns to greet them, looking ready to destroy the world. It was terrifying.

"Master, how about we retreat?"

Cold sweat poured off Mu Lan in fright. He couldn't tell what his master was feeling after his first confession had been rejected by the Ye Family.

He could only venture a cautious word of advice.

After all, a gun had no eyes!

"Quiet."

Li Zeyuan uttered the single icy word.

Mu Lan was so frightened that he shut his mouth completely.

He had never imagined that his lofty, cold, bloodthirsty master would be willing to throw away his life for the Ye Family's precious girl.

What was he supposed to do? If his master was going to die, he could only die alongside him!

"Grandpa, Grandma, Uncle, Auntie, I'm serious!"

Facing the gun pointed at him, Li Zeyuan showed no trace of retreat on his cold, handsome face.

He stood straight and looked earnestly at Old Master Ye. In a cool voice, he said, "I'm not acting on impulse. I really have fallen for precious Huohuo!"

Why did such a cloyingly sweet nickname as "precious Huohuo" sound so grating coming from this man's mouth?

The entire Ye Family broke out in goosebumps.

Old Master Ye was even more furious, his dragon countenance ablaze.

He raised his gun and fired bang, bang, bang, bang, spraying the floor with bullets. The furniture throughout the Ye Family's main hall was blasted to pieces, powder flying everywhere.

"Shut up! I'm telling you, it's impossible!"

"That scumbag father of yours, and that stepmother and younger brother of yours, are none of them easy to deal with. I won't let my precious granddaughter marry into your Li Family and suffer. You'd better give up that idea right now!"

Old Master Ye's bell-like voice nearly shook the entire Ye residence to its foundations.

A belt of ammunition hung over his shoulder, and he held an AK-47 submachine gun in his hands. He was so angry that he wanted nothing more than to kill the man before him.

He pressed the gun against Li Zeyuan's head and glared at him furiously, wanting the little bastard to see the difficulty and retreat.

If murder weren't against the law,

he would have shot this damned lecher ten thousand times already!

He only wanted precious Huohuo to grow up safe and happy under his protection. What kind of damned man thought he could be worthy of liking his precious granddaughter?

He couldn't let this pig root up the cabbage he had raised with such painstaking care.

Even if his precious granddaughter never married, he could support her for the rest of her life. He wouldn't let her marry just anyone and suffer the slightest grievance.

But what Old Master Ye hadn't expected was that even with a gun to his head and his life under threat,

Li Zeyuan still refused to retreat half a step.

His ink-dark eyes were like a winter night, full of obsession and tender affection.

The Ye Family's refusal was their business.

His love for Huohuo was his.

In a cool voice, he said, "Grandpa, you can kill me, but you can't stop my heart! As long as my heart beats for even one more day, I'll cherish precious Huohuo for all my life."

"Shut your mouth! Do you think you have the right to call my precious Huohuo by name?"

Fire blazed in Old Master Ye's eyes. Click, click-he chambered a round, aimed at Li Zeyuan's forehead, and was about to fire.

Ye Mo went to stop him. "A-Ze, my grandfather has a bad temper. When he was young, he transported arms around the world to do business. He really has killed people and been on battlefields.

"See the difficulty and retreat. There are plenty of women out there, so stop setting your sights on my precious little sister! We've been brothers, and I can't bear to see anything happen to you!"

"Mo, your little sister is the only one I love. I don't want anyone but her..."

There wasn't a trace of the fear a human being should have in Li Zeyuan's eyes.

He looked toward Ye Huo and said softly, "Little girl... I won't marry anyone but you in this lifetime..."

The man's gaze laid bare his love for her, a love that ran to the marrow of his bones.

The man wanted to marry her?

Ye Huo knew she had taken the game too far.

She was a mercenary queen who had killed countless people on the battlefield.

Romantic entanglements were as light as goose feathers to her, not worth wasting her time on.

She fancied Li Zeyuan's looks, but she would never truly feel tenderness for any man.

Because when a woman started feeling tenderness for a man, that was when her bad luck began.

So, as an assassin, she would not allow herself to develop feelings for anyone.

Apart from her family, she had no other weakness.

She picked up a glass of red wine, took a small sip, and said with a domineering air, "Uncle Li, since my grandfather doesn't agree to us being together, there's nothing we can do. Please go home!"

To her, receiving love letters and accepting Li Zeyuan's confession were nothing more than a game of romance, just for fun.

She wouldn't truly fall for him.

But it seemed this man had taken it seriously-

There was nothing she could do about it. Who told her to be so charming?

"I'm not leaving. I'll kneel here and wait until your family agrees to let us be together."

Li Zeyuan took a deep breath, dug his nails into his palm, and dropped to his knees.

He knelt, staking a man's dignity for his entire life!

His knees hit the floor with a distinct, heavy thud. That single impact shocked everyone present.