Ye Yun's ferocity had already made the pretty boy's legs go weak. If not for his inner greed, he would have run away long ago. Now, with Ye Yun's glare, Zhong Hao naturally didn't dare to speak further. Ye Yun couldn't be bothered with this loser. He merely looked at Wu Ziqiong, hoping to hear an answer from her.
"..." Wu Ziqiong remained silent. After a long while, her face contorted in pain, and she finally said, "Yes, we've been going through a divorce, but he never agreed. He keeps finding all sorts of ways to extort money from me and cause trouble..." She then turned to Zhong Hao and screamed, "You surnamed Zhong! Didn't we agree? You were going to find your chairman's daughter and promised to sign the divorce papers? Enough! I've truly had enough! Do you really want to drive my daughter and me to our deaths before you'll be satisfied?"
Ye Yun sighed, pulled Wu Ziqiong behind him, and looked at Zhong Hao, saying, "Tell me, what do you want?"
Zhong Hao's spirits immediately lifted. He raised his head and said, "You fucking slept with my wife, made a cuckold out of me, and you're asking what I want? Let me tell you, pretty boy, it's not that easy to make me a cuckold! If you don't give me an explanation today, I'm not done with you! Damn it, you adulterer dared to lay hands on me just now? This is unbelievable!"
Ye Yun laughed in anger, but his expression didn't betray much rage. He said word by word, "Don't you just want money? Tell me, how much?"
If anyone who knew Ye Yun well were present, they would have seen that Ye Yun was already furious. He pretended to reach into his pocket as if he were taking out a checkbook. Seeing this, Zhong Hao's eyes lit up. His once handsome face was now indescribably lewd, and his eyes were filled with avarice.
"One hundred... no! Priceless! Damn it, you're driving a Lamborghini, you're some big shot, aren't you? So what if you're a big shot? Does a big shot get to sleep with other people's wives? I'll sue you for adultery and bigamy!" Zhong Hao had extorted several other men who had impure intentions towards Wu Ziqiong before, so he knew very well that the more serious he sounded, the more money he could extort. Asking for a specific amount of money now would be idiotic.
However, his little schemes were as childish as playing house in Ye Yun's eyes.
"Alright, alright, are you tired of saying that?" Ye Yun sneered dismissively. "In the end, aren't you just after money? I'll write you a check, and you can fill in the amount yourself, okay?" As Ye Yun spoke, he reached into his pocket and walked towards Zhong Hao.
Zhong Hao, blinded by greed, was entirely focused on Ye Yun's hand and didn't notice anything else. Just as he was about to nod happily, Ye Yun grabbed his collar and, with a slight tug, lifted him into the air!
"Money? I'll give you money!" With that, Ye Yun opened his hand and slapped him hard across the face!
*Slap!*
With a crisp sound, five clear palm prints appeared on Zhong Hao's fair face. One side of his face swelled much more severely than Wu Ziqiong's and Tong Tong's. After all, the strength of this pretty boy was incomparable to Ye Yun, who had taken Licorice.
"Consider that fifty thousand just now. I'll give you ten million tonight!" Ye Yun sneered and slapped him again.
Zhong Hao, reeling from Ye Yun's two slaps, felt his whole world turned upside down. He immediately reacted and began to struggle violently. But no matter how he struggled, Ye Yun's hand held him like an iron clamp, making resistance impossible. Ye Yun delivered two more slaps. The man's mouth was already swollen into a pig's snout, and his words were incomprehensible.
It was then that Wu Ziqiong snapped out of it and rushed forward to tightly embrace Ye Yun. "Ye Yun, Ye Yun, stop, don't hit him anymore!" Wu Ziqiong cried, her face a mess of tears. Ye Yun's ferocious demeanor had truly frightened her.
Ye Yun had initially intended not to let this cuckold off the hook, as he saw a reflection of his past self in this man. The same shamelessness, the same domestic violence. Old and new grudges alike seemed to be vented on his past self. However, hearing Wu Ziqiong cry so heartbrokenly, and considering that this pretty boy was, after all, Tong Tong's biological father, he relented.
"This kind of bastard deserves to be beaten!" Despite saying that, Ye Yun's actions were honest. He stopped hitting and instead dragged the useless man to the door, throwing him out and shouting, "Bastard, listen carefully. My daughter and Tong Tong are classmates, and I wouldn't normally interfere in your family matters. But in my life, I despise men who beat their wives the most! It makes me angry! Beating you a few times today is lenient. If you ever appear before us again, I'll break your legs, understand?"
Zhong Hao was clearly terrified by Ye Yun's brutal display. He could only stare at Ye Yun with wide eyes, babbling incoherently. His mouth was too swollen from the slaps to make out what he was saying.
"Get lost!" Ye Yun glared, and Zhong Hao immediately fled like a startled rabbit, wishing his parents had given him faster legs. Seeing the cowardice of this bastard, Ye Yun felt another surge of inexplicable anger. Damn it, this guy looked so much like his past self, it was truly infuriating!
Closing the door, Ye Yun saw the mess in the house. Wu Ziqiong was holding Tong Tong, and the mother and daughter sat crying in the living room. Ye Yun sighed, discreetly placed a pack of tissues nearby, and then began to tidy up the house. In just a few minutes, Ye Yun finished cleaning. Seeing the mother and daughter still trembling slightly, he paused.
"Are you okay?" Ye Yun asked.
"Yes, thank you," Wu Ziqiong wiped away her tears. Tong Tong, however, released her mother and ran into Ye Yun's arms, still crying.
"Tong Tong's mom, don't hide anything. If there's anything we can help with, we won't hesitate!" Ye Yun said frankly. These were his true feelings. In Wu Ziqiong, he saw the shadow of Li Mengyao from his past life. Having been reborn, he might be able to let go of other things, but as long as he could help Wu Ziqiong, he would. Furthermore, he despised men who hit women, especially their own wives. A man's strength should not be directed at his own woman. If you have the guts, be fierce with outsiders, but don't take it out on your wife when you get home. Being a bully at home? What's the difference from his past self?
Wu Ziqiong was still crying. Ye Yun couldn't stand it and let her lean on his shoulder for a while. He knew that at times like this, women needed a shoulder the most. After crying for another ten minutes, Wu Ziqiong finally spoke intermittently, "Th-thank you, Ye Yun."
Ye Yun waved his hand and said gently, without any impatience, "Tong Tong's mom, are you alright? Was that bastard... was he extorting you? Tell me if you're facing any difficulties."
Wu Ziqiong looked at Ye Yun, then at her daughter, and recounted a story that shocked Ye Yun. It also introduced him to a freeloader even more despicable than himself!