Ye Chenfeng clearly saw that Liu Fangfei was having difficulty moving, as a pained expression briefly crossed her brow.
"What? Little Leaf doesn’t recognize your sister anymore?" Liu Fangfei approached and gently hooked Ye Chenfeng’s chin.
Ye Chenfeng smiled, "How could I not? I can forget anyone, but never Sister Fangfei!"
"I want you to marry me!" Liu Fangfei said each word distinctly.
It was as if a heavy hammer had brutally struck Ye Chenfeng. His mind thundered; he was stunned for a moment and then said seriously, "Sister Fangfei, I’m sorry, I can’t marry you. I already have a wife!"
"Really? I couldn’t tell that you already had a wife," Liu Fangfei’s eyes twinkled as she curiously asked.
Ye Chenfeng nodded, "Yes, yes!"
"So that poor girl ended up in your hands?" Liu Fangfei asked.
Ye Chenfeng was embarrassed and awkwardly said, "How is marrying me unfortunate?"
"Even though you have a wife, I still want to marry you. Little Leaf, why don’t you marry me too? I don’t mind being the secondary wife," Liu Fangfei chuckled.
Ye Chenfeng’s face was full of difficulty, "That wouldn’t be right, would it? Even if I agreed, I’m afraid my wife wouldn’t!"
"Giggle..." Suddenly, Liu Fangfei laughed uncontrollably, "Look how scared you are, I was just joking with you!"
"Phew!" Ye Chenfeng patted his chest, "You scared me to death!"
"Giggle, Little Leaf, you’re just too funny, it makes me really want to marry you! But don’t worry, I was just speaking off the cuff. I’m not going to marry anyone in this lifetime!" Liu Fangfei said.
Ye Chenfeng was taken aback and asked Liu Fangfei, "Does it have anything to do with me?"
Liu Fangfei nodded, "It has a little to do with you, but I’ve gotten used to living alone. Moreover, I’ve grown to loathe Luo Yang, and I’ve developed a fear of marriage!"
"What’s the deal with your engagement to Luo Yang?" Ye Chenfeng couldn’t help asking.
Liu Fangfei’s face became extremely distressed as she said, "My family is from a rural area, and my parents have always worked on construction sites to earn money for my education. It was hard, but the three of us were happy and fulfilled. However, on the day of my college graduation, disaster struck. My mother died in an accident at the site, and my father was seriously injured and needed immediate surgery or he would have to have his limbs amputated!"
As she spoke, Liu Fangfei was already in tears, Ye Chenfeng was very serious and comfortingly patted her back.
"The surgery alone required at least two hundred thousand. Where could a fresh graduate like me get that much money? I had no choice but to ask the site boss, Luo Dapao—Luo Yang’s father—for a loan. Luo Dapao agreed immediately, but he had one condition!"
"Your engagement to Luo Yang!" Ye Chenfeng said coldly.
"Yes!" Liu Fangfei nodded, "At that time, if I hadn’t agreed, my father would have died too. I had no choice but to agree. Luo Dapao kept his promise and paid for the surgery. Though my father became depressed afterward, at least his life was saved. But later... later I found out that it was all Luo Dapao’s scheme. Luo Yang had taken a liking to me. He used Luo Dapao to engineer the site accident, caused my mother’s death, and made my father depressed! It was all their plot!"
Ye Chenfeng muttered lowly, his grip tightening on the martini glass so much that it cracked with an intricate web of fractures.
"Luo Yang has always wanted to possess me. Luckily, I managed to avoid him using various excuses, never letting him succeed. But recently he started harassing me again and again, even resorted to force. I got so angry that I kicked him and injured him, and the hospital’s diagnosis was that he would be impotent for life. That made Luo Yang so angry that he wanted to sell me to a black man, but luckily you showed up..."
As the story reached this point, Liu Fangfei was already crying bitterly.
Ye Chenfeng comforted her, "Sister Fangfei, don’t worry. As long as I’m here, no one will bully you. If anyone tries to bully you, I’ll kill them!"
A fierce killing intent emanated from Ye Chenfeng, causing the temperature around him to plummet suddenly, making Liu Fangfei shiver involuntarily.
Liu Fangfei wiped her tears with a tissue, looked up at Ye Chenfeng, and asked, "Little Leaf, what did you do before? How come you are so skilled, and why do you have such severe post-war syndrome?"
Ye Chenfeng’s eyes showed a trace of contemplation. He sighed deeply, "I used to be a legendary mercenary. I contracted this disease when I returned to the country. Sigh!"
"I’ve heard of this disease. Soldiers who participated in the Gulf War almost all contracted it, and the outcomes were not good," Liu Fangfei said, somewhat worried.
Ye Chenfeng nodded, "As long as I don’t experience any major emotional fluctuations, it generally does not get triggered. By the way, Sister Fangfei, how did you manage to control me last night?"
Upon hearing this, Liu Fangfei did not reply.
Ye Chenfeng remained silent, but a strange light flickered in his eyes.