The relationship between the two always gradually improves through intimate contact and mutual understanding, and now it is also the same between Ye Qiu and Cao Ling.

Cao Ling is from a prominent family, and her family rules have been strict since childhood, so early romantic relationships were certainly impossible. Yet her love and admiration for Ye Qiu began for the first time on that flight to France, when Ye Qiu treated her grandfather and dealt with those terrorists, making her understanding of Ye Qiu different from others.

"Not tonight," Cao Ling said.

As the two were nearly at the last step, Cao Ling hurriedly stopped it.

"It’s because of that time of the month."

Seeing Ye Qiu’s slight displeasure, Cao Ling quickly explained.

Ye Qiu then realized, indeed, he had caught a faint scent earlier, but it wasn’t too obvious, which was why he didn’t notice it initially.

"Qiu, you know me. When I first met you on the plane, I was very curious about you."

Now, Cao Ling said as she snuggled in Ye Qiu’s arms.

Ye Qiu was unaware of this.

In the second half of the night, Cao Ling felt very sleepy.

"Then I’ll head back."

Ye Qiu still planned to go back to accompany Liu Lingxiu.

Just now, he was suddenly ignited by Cao Ling, and just as suddenly extinguished by her. Yet now, he couldn’t engage with Liu Lingxiu either.

Ye Qiu got up, dressed, and left Cao Ling’s room.

Cao Ling looked at Ye Qiu’s back, cursing him as a bastard in her heart.

Ye Qiu returned to his own room with the keycard. As he sat down on the bed, he saw Liu Lingxiu’s bright eyes looking at him in the dark.

Just now, Liu Lingxiu had experienced sleep paralysis and woke up from a nightmare. She thought Ye Qiu was asleep next to her, but finding that he wasn’t, she didn’t dare close her eyes again.

Only now did she see Ye Qiu return.

"Where did you go?"

"I went to Cao Ling’s room across the way. She said she had a leg cramp and asked for some treatment."

Getting a leg cramp in the middle of the night?

Liu Lingxiu was half-doubtful, but she didn’t say anything further, just looked at Ye Qiu and said, "I just had sleep paralysis again and a nightmare."

"No worries, I’m back now."

Ye Qiu lay down and directly hugged Liu Lingxiu to sleep.

...

In the study of Ye Feng at the Ye Family mansion, he couldn’t sleep and didn’t go out to play.

The assassin he first sent was meant to take care of that bastard directly.

Unexpectedly, his assassin instead got injured and almost lost his life.

The second time he sent two assassins to ambush, not only did they fail, but they were captured. When they were taken by the Cao Family for questioning, he had to have them commit suicide.

The incident with that bastard at Changlu Manor Clubhouse, of course, someone told him all about it.

Ye Feng didn’t expect that bastard would even dare to play games with the Crown Prince, and didn’t seem to take him seriously. Is this a good thing or a bad thing?

Considering the Crown Prince’s character, he would certainly seek revenge. Moreover, firing arrows at the Crown Prince in front of so many people, could the Crown Prince let that bastard off?

Also, Ye Feng thought, since that bastard was raised in a small place like Jinling, he surely hasn’t seen much of the world, which is why he would do such things.

In any case, that bastard must be eradicated. He can’t be allowed to live freely and comfortably anymore.

However, now Ye Feng is not so eager to have it done, and he needs a more careful plan.

...

In the young man’s room, after returning from the high-end clubhouse at Changlu Manor, the young man also stayed at his suburban villa.

It had been a long time since he felt like this.

Tonight, he didn’t go out to play again.

Instead, he stayed in his room the whole time.

The scars on his face, arms, and thighs from being thrown off and dragged by the horse were quite obvious, but they were just scars. Once they scabbed over and the scabs fell off, there shouldn’t be much left.

However, the events at Changlu Manor, especially the look in that young man’s eyes as though he could kill him, left a lingering fear.

The other party, a doctor and an ordinary person from Jinling, actually dared to treat him like that; he couldn’t believe it.

When the other party asked to investigate the assassin, the young man indeed quickly found results.

The one who wanted to kill Ye Qiu was none other than the eldest son of the Ye Family.

The Ye Family is also a prominent family in the Capital City, ranking among the top in military, political, and business sectors.

The eldest son of the Ye Family, Ye Feng, is the fourth generation’s direct heir, and his father, known for his charm and romantic affairs, is Ye Zhengyu.

The Ye Family originally had high hopes for Ye Zhengyu, but it turned out he was just someone who only knew how to indulge in women.

So, despite being a direct heir of the Ye Family’s third generation, the family had long since given up on him. Only with the fourth generation’s Ye Feng, who looks very similar to Ye Zhengyu in appearance but had decent abilities and didn’t waste time on indulgence, did the family regain some hope.

What surprised the young man was that Ye Qiu also somewhat resembles the young Ye Zhengyu, though not closely.

This is why others find Ye Qiu strange when they see him.

Of course, Ye Qiu could be considered Ye Zhengyu’s illegitimate child; the young man wasn’t sure of the specific details.

A fine illegitimate child?

A fine bastard?

No wonder Ye Feng wants to kill Ye Qiu.

Seeing the sibling rivalry, with them fighting each other, seemed quite pleasing to the young man. Initially, he thought he would see to it that the young man couldn’t leave the Capital City alive, and couldn’t return to Jinling.

Because it was the first time he suffered such humiliation since he was a child, and he remembered clearly the way the other party looked at him, as though looking at a mere weakling.

This young man must die at all costs.

Rather than having his own people kill him, it’s better to let Ye Feng do it, keeping his own hands clean.

Thinking this way, the young man found it amusing.

The romantic scion who sired an illegitimate child, turns out the child is also a romantic. From seeing the four young beauties and especially the gorgeous Cao Ling around that young man today, the young man knew he was also a philanderer, much like Ye Zhengyu from the Ye Family.

Indeed, a son takes after his father.

"Crown Prince, do you want us to take care of him?" said two little brothers following the Crown Prince, who went wherever the Crown Prince went.

Seeing the Crown Prince lost in thought, they thought he might be troubled by today’s encounter with that hillbilly.

"Why should we act when there’s someone who will?"