Standing on the top floor, Yang Chen saw Qin Xi answer a phone call before hastily leaving with Qin Yi.
"What happened?"
He frowned, sensing something was wrong. "Both sisters looked panicked and left in such a hurry—something big must have happened."
With that, he turned and left the office.
On the road, Qin Yi drove at breakneck speed, the car weaving through traffic like a white lightning bolt.
Fortunately, it wasn't rush hour yet, and the roads weren't too crowded.
A trip that usually took half an hour was completed in just twenty minutes.
From a distance, the sisters could already see a crowd gathered outside their home, with Zhou Yucui and Qin Dayong surrounded by seven or eight security guards.
"You heartless bastards! This is my home—how dare you try to kick us out?" Zhou Yucui screamed angrily, flailing her arms wildly.
"Qin Fei, what the hell do you think you're doing?" Qin Xi roared as she stormed out of the car, her entire body trembling with rage.
When Qin Fei saw the two women stepping out of a Maserati, his eyes widened in shock.
The Qin family hadn't yet heard about the Su family's visit and their gifts. Staring at the luxury car, Qin Fei sneered, "Qin Xi, you're nothing but a parasite on this family. Driving a million-dollar Maserati? No wonder Grandpa issued the family decree to kick all of you out."
"Shut up! This was a betrothal gift from the Su family to Yi, it has nothing to do with me!" Qin Xi shot back, her eyes red with fury.
Qin Fei's heart skipped a beat. In all of Jiangzhou, only the Su family—the city's wealthiest—could afford to gift a luxury car worth millions. If this was true, it meant Qin Yi had caught the eye of the Su family. She'd be soaring to the heights of privilege.
But when he thought of Qin Xi's earlier threats, he knew he had to crush them completely.
"Whether the car has anything to do with you or not doesn't matter. Grandpa gave you three days, and the deadline's up. This is the Qin family's old house. Since you've been expelled, the property naturally reverts to the family," Qin Fei said with a smirk.
The surrounding crowd consisted entirely of Qin family members, yet not a single one stepped forward to defend Qin Xi. Instead, they all wore mocking smiles, enjoying the spectacle.
The cruelty of human nature was on full display.
Qin Xi's heart bled as she glared at them, her eyes red. "Even if you're expelling us from the family, you need the family decree. It hasn't even been issued yet, and you couldn't wait to come drive us out?"
"You bastard, I'll fight you!"
Qin Yi, already on the verge of exploding, couldn't take seeing her sister humiliated any longer. She charged at Qin Fei.
Qin Fei scoffed. "Overestimating yourself!"
Before Qin Yi could reach him, two security guards blocked her path. She was just a young woman—how could she overpower two grown men?
"Let Yi go!"
Qin Xi rushed forward too, but met the same fate.
Qin Fei walked up to the sisters and smirked disdainfully. "Qin Xi, now that Sanhe Group is in my hands, I'd rather destroy it than let you have it. Hahaha…"
Qin Xi suddenly shoved one of the guards aside, lunged at Qin Fei, and sank her teeth into his arm.
"Ah—!"
Qin Fei's triumphant laughter turned into a howl of pain. The more he struggled, the more it hurt.
"Let go of me, you bitch!" Enraged, he swung a fist at Qin Xi's head, blinded by fury.
"Sis!" Qin Yi screamed, but the guards held her back.
For Qin Xi to resort to biting, it showed just how furious she was.
Just as Qin Fei's fist was about to land, a figure flashed between them.
*Snap!*
A hand clamped around Qin Fei's wrist, stopping his fist just centimeters from Qin Xi's head.
When everyone saw who it was, their eyes widened in shock.
"Yang Chen!" Qin Yi cried, tears streaming down her face at the sight of him.
Qin Xi finally released her grip and looked up to see a familiar face—his eyes red with guilt as he stared at her, one hand still gripping Qin Fei's wrist.
"So it's you, you useless trash. Let go now, or I'll—"
*Crack!*
Before Qin Fei could finish, a crisp snapping sound came from his wrist, followed by excruciating pain.
"Ah—!"
His scream echoed through the courtyard.
*Boom!*
Before he could even finish screaming, a tremendous force slammed into his chest, sending him flying seven or eight meters before he crashed onto the concrete.
His eyes rolled back, and he passed out.
Yang Chen walked over, pinched Qin Fei's philtrum, and said coldly, "Passing out would be letting you off too easy."
Qin Fei, who had just fainted, gasped and jolted awake.
"Ah—!"
His screams resumed.
Everyone stared at Yang Chen in stunned silence.
Kicking a grown man seven or eight meters—was that even human?
But that wasn't the most shocking part. The man had fainted from pain, yet Yang Chen revived him just to make him suffer more.
What they didn't know was that if Yang Chen hadn't held back, Qin Fei would already be dead.
This was the second time Qin Yi had seen Yang Chen kick someone flying—this time, it was Qin Fei. For the first time, she found him somewhat impressive.
"If you don't want to die, get the hell out of here!" Yang Chen barked.
No one dared to stay. They scattered like rats fleeing a sinking ship.
Qin Xi stood there, her spirit broken. Yang Chen's heart ached at the sight.
"You bastard! How dare you hit Qin Fei? Now Grandpa will never forgive us! This is all your fault—if it weren't for you, we wouldn't have been kicked out of the family!"
Zhou Yucui raised her hand to strike, but before she could, Qin Yi rushed over and screamed, "Enough!"
"At a time like this, all you care about is whether Grandpa will forgive us, not that Sis was just humiliated?"
Qin Yi was hysterical, tears streaming as she yelled at Zhou Yucui, "The Qin family is trampling all over us, and you still want to push Sis into the fire? Don't you feel any pain for her?"
Then, Qin Xi, who had been silent until now, looked up at Yang Chen and asked quietly, "Do you still mean what you said to me before?"
Yang Chen straightened his posture, his expression solemn as he replied firmly, "If you wish for it, I'll give you the entire world."
Qin Xi's face crumpled, tears flooding like a broken dam. "I'm tired. I want someone—a man who can shelter me from the storm."
Hearing her words, Yang Chen's heart felt like it was bleeding. Staring at her tear-streaked face, he simply said, "Okay."
With that single word, he turned and walked away.
*Crack!*
A bolt of lightning split the sky, and rain poured down in sheets.
Watching his figure gradually disappear into the rain, Qin Xi could no longer hold back her anguish. She broke down into loud, heart-wrenching sobs.