Huo Yi suddenly found her behavior very annoying. He picked up Ye Ranran: "You’re injured, unable to walk, let me carry you."
Ye Ranran hesitated awkwardly: "No need."
Huo Yi completely ignored her, carrying her towards the villa.
Xu Zi opened her arms, blocking his way. "Ah Yi, she is your sister now. Aren’t you afraid of what people will say if you carry her into the house ?"
"You know she’s my sister now too. She’s hurt and can’t walk. How can I let her just lie here?"
Ye Ranran didn’t want to be so close to Huo Yi, but seeing Xu Zi’s half-baked rage, she found it pretty satisfying.
"I— I didn’t mean that.... Can I find someone else to carry her up now?" Xu Zi said.
Huo Yi didn’t want to pay any attention to her, ready to walk past her.
Xu Zi suddenly clutched her waist, biting her lower lip: "Ouch, it hurts."
Huo Yi’s fingers tightened, his steps stalled.
Xu Zi had put on such an act— he couldn’t continue being indifferent.
Ye Ranran wisely suggested, "You help her. I can walk on my own."
She wasn’t interested in snatching another woman’s husband.
"I’ll carry you back first, Xiao Zi, and get someone to help you later."
Ye Ranran looked at him in disbelief, as if she had heard something startling, her mouth slightly agape.
Huo Yi found her expression quite cute. He curled up his lips slightly, revealing a nearly invisible smirk, "What, surprised?"
"Not my concern." Ye Ranran said dismissively when she came back to reality.
Huo Yi heaved a sigh, "What would you have done if I hadn’t shown up?"
"Heh, Captain Huo, I think those words should be directed at you. Please keep control of your woman before she goes around biting people like a rabid dog."
As a person, couldn’t she bite back? It felt very stifling, right?
"Do you really have to talk to me this way?" Huo Yi was particularly irritated by her sarcasm.
The girl he remembered was always gentle and fragile, her pride and radiance in the outside world disappearing when standing before him.
"Then what?" What else did he expect her to do?
Warmly welcome him with a smile? Shamelessly hold on to him? She was not a masochist.
"You were the one who couldn’t wait to strangle me before. I can’t even smile at you, let alone the fact that I’m married now. I fear causing a scandal."
If rumors about a brother and sister having an affair were spread, it would definitely be earth-shattering.
"Surprisingly, Ranran is smarter now." Huo Yi put Ye Ranran on the bed.
He kneeled by the bed, his large frame leaning forward.
"Big brother, this is Jun Mochan and my marriage bed, aren’t you being inappropriate?" Ye Ranran angrily pushed him away.
What did he think of her? What was their relationship supposed to be?
"Your hand." Huo Yi grabbed Ye Ranran’s hand.
Ye Ranran exploded, "Don’t you understand human language?"
This was Jun Mochan and her room, her private territory. His entry felt like an invasion.
"I just want to check your hand." Seeing her violent reaction, Huo Yi’s tone hardened.
Ye Ranran really wanted to kick him away, but since her foot was also injured, she had to provoke him verbally, "Huo Yi, I never thought that one day you’d stoop so low."
"I’m just trying to make amends." Zhou Huan’s words kept echoing in his head.
If what she said was true, how terrible was his mistake back then? How much harm had he caused her?