When Kuang Ye received the call asking if Mu Wan needed help moving, his expression changed. Without even changing his shoes, he grabbed his car keys and rushed out of the base.

Kuang Xingran hung up the phone and was about to call the police when her pupils suddenly contracted. She saw the man, enraged by Mu Wan’s resistance, pick up a brick from the ground. Her body reacted faster than her brain. She flipped to the driver’s seat, opened the car door, and pushed Mu Wan aside, taking the brunt of the brick that struck her shoulder. The pain made her grit her teeth.

“Great. The alcohol might not have worn off, but the violence factor definitely has,” she muttered, cracking her knuckles. “I’m going to show you what a Taekwondo black belt looks like today.”

She made a gesture as if to roll up her sleeves, picked up a stone from the ground, and began to fight with the man.

Ten minutes later.

When Kuang Ye finally arrived in a panic, he saw Mu Wan struggling to hold back Kuang Xingran, who was still in a violent frenzy, while the man was lying unconscious on the ground, blood streaming from his head.

Mu Wan shouted, “Xingran, stop, stop! You’ll kill him!”

Kuang Xingran nearly jumped out of Mu Wan’s arms. “Damn rapist, it’s better if he dies. Otherwise, he’ll just contribute to our country’s crime rate.”

Kuang Ye, who had been worried sick, finally felt a sense of relief. He rushed over and tossed the drunken Kuang Xingran into the backseat of the car, then turned to look at Mu Wan with concern.

“Are you okay?”

Mu Wan saw that he was still in his cotton pajamas and slippers, with a slightly red-rimmed eyes. The fear inside her vanished instantly. He must have rushed over as soon as he got the call. If only, in her previous life, she had called Kuang Ye that time.

When Kuang Ye saw her bloodshot eyes, his expression darkened, and his fierce gaze shifted to the unconscious man on the ground. It looked like he was about to rush over and deliver a few more kicks.

Mu Wan quickly pulled him back, not out of any saintly compassion for the man, but because she didn’t want these two ruthless siblings to end up in jail for manslaughter.

Soon, the police arrived. The man was taken away, and Kuang Ye accompanied Mu Wan and Kuang Xingran to give their statements.

Outside the interrogation room, Mu Wan was in the room alone giving her statement, while Kuang Ye and Kuang Xingran waited outside.

Suddenly, Kuang Ye said coldly to Kuang Xingran, “Places like bars are full of all sorts of people. You should avoid those kinds of places in the future.”

By this time, Kuang Xingran had sobered up, and upon hearing this, she frowned and replied irritably, “Stop acting all high and mighty. It’s the bad guy’s fault, not mine. Are you going to say I was targeted because I was dressed too provocatively?”

Her sharp tone immediately ignited the fire that Kuang Ye had been holding back. He glanced at the interrogation room where Mu Wan was, then turned his cold gaze to Kuang Xingran.

“Kuang Xingran, not putting yourself in danger is a way of taking responsibility for yourself.”

“Over the years, there have been countless cases in the media about people being drugged in bars, getting drunk and then being picked up, or even being forced into drug addiction.”

“You know those places are full of bad people, yet you still insist on going there. Are you an idiot?”

“Or are you two young ladies, from perfect families with no worries about food or clothing, willing to risk your lives to compete with gamblers and scoundrels to see who can outdo the other?”

“Today’s luck is just a fluke. If something really happens, Kuang Xingran, what will you use to explain it to the Mu family? What will you use to explain it to yourself?”

Listening to Kuang Ye’s scolding, Kuang Xingran fell silent. Yes, if something had happened to Wanwan today, she would have felt guilty for the rest of her life. She was her best friend. That person—would never forgive her for the rest of her life.

—

After everything settled, the three of them left the police station. Kuang Ye drove Mu Wan and Kuang Xingran back.

Mu Wan noticed that Kuang Xingran had been keeping her head down in silence. She comforted her, “It’s fine, don’t feel guilty. See, I’m okay, right?”

Kuang Xingran suddenly teared up, her voice choked as she hugged Mu Wan and promised, “I won’t go to bars again, Wanwan, I’m sorry.”

Mu Wan patted her shoulder and comforted her, “It’s okay, you already said it wasn’t our fault.”

After a while, Kuang Xingran calmed down. She looked at Kuang Ye, who was driving. In the past, her older brother had always been playful and careless, but she had never seen him so serious and stern.

She spoke a bit awkwardly, “Thank you, Gege.”

Kuang Ye replied, “No need. I came to save my fiancée. You were just an extra.”

Kuang Xingran: “…”

She crossed her arms and leaned back, her tone cool. “This time, I owe you one. I’ll get off at the next intersection. Don’t tell Mom and Dad about this.”

Kuang Ye: “Ok!” He agreed readily, then turned the car around at the intersection, driving straight ahead until it stopped outside a brightly lit private hospital.

Kuang Xingran: “What are we doing here?”

Kuang Ye: “Get out. Let’s check if your shoulder injury is serious.”

Kuang Xingran: “…”

She had taken the hit for Mu Wan earlier, and indeed her shoulder was injured, but she hadn’t mentioned it. How did Kuang Ye know? She wasn’t used to accepting favors from her real brother, whom she’d always disliked.

“I don’t need to. I want to go home.”

Kuang Ye pulled out his phone.

Kuang Xingran, wary, asked, “What are you going to do?”

Kuang Ye: “I’ll have your other brother come take you to the hospital.”

Kuang Xingran: “…”

If Kuang Shuyu knew, then their parents would find out too. They were already critical of her behavior and felt she was disgracing the Kuang family. If they found out about this, she would be doomed.

She opened the car door. “Fine, I’ll go.”

So the three of them went to the hospital, where Xue Xingran got an X-ray. It turned out she had a minor fracture but no major issues. A period of rest would be enough.

After leaving the hospital, Kuang Ye drove back and stopped at Kuang Xingran’s apartment in the city. Unlike Mu Wan, who studied abroad, Kuang Xingran had studied domestically and had been living alone for a long time.

Lowering the car window, Mu Wan looked at Kuang Xingran with concern. “Are you sure you don’t need me to stay and take care of you?”

Kuang Xingran glanced at Kuang Ye, then waved her hand at Mu Wan. “It’s fine. Go back. I can handle it on my own.”

After Kuang Xingran left, the car was immediately left with just Kuang Ye and Mu Wan.

Kuang Ye: “Should we go back to the villa, or head to my apartment? I’ve already had the cleaners tidy it up, so you can stay there for a night, it’s fine.”

Mu Wan: “Let’s go to the apartment.” If her parents found out about what happened, they would probably be extremely worried, and her plan to move out might be canceled.

The main reason Mu Wan wanted to move out wasn’t because of the competition. It was because she couldn’t stand how, sometimes, when she was secretly playing games until late at night, her mother would suddenly peek her head around the door.

“Why aren’t you sleeping yet?”

That feeling of pressure was almost as intense as when the homeroom teacher would suddenly appear behind the glass window when she was in school.

Soon, they arrived at Kuang Ye’s apartment. It was a loft of about sixty square meters, with floor-to-ceiling windows that provided a clear view of the night scene outside. The apartment was fully equipped with home appliances and furniture, and the decor was cozy. The first floor consisted of the living room and kitchen, while the second floor had two rooms, one being the bedroom and the other a music room.

Mu Wan was very satisfied. She was about to thank Kuang Ye, but when she turned around, she found that Kuang Ye had somehow appeared behind her.

The image of the man attacking her flashed in her mind, and she was startled. Instinctively, she quickly stepped back, her face turning pale.