On the other side, Yating''s apprehension grew more and more as he waited in Xiaosi''s study. He wanted to leave before Yin would arrive, but now he had no chance to walk past the exit.


    He adjusted the cor of his shirt feeling like a thief who is imposing at a house he shouldn''t. asionally he heard the sound of Yin''sughter and he thought that things must be going well.


    He shook his head.


    I shouldn''t havee here tonight. We could have had this meeting tomorrow too but Dad…!


    He took a seat back on the chair, releasing a sigh.


    I hope this ends soon.


    —


    If it was a sober Yin in his senses, he would have known it better than to mess with Xiaosi. But tonight, he wasn''t. His intoxication had given him a confidence he normally wouldn''t have had.


    Yin chuckled. "Ah, ah? Why do you look so mad Uncle- Oh I am sorry, Mr. Zhu? Yeah I cannot address you that way. But I wonder if Gu Yating can?"


    Caihong bitterly smiled. "We have known the Gu family as business partners for years. We have seen that boy grow up before our eyes. And seeing the man he has be now, he has earned that right to call us Uncle-Aunt unlike you who cannot even stand steady on his feet and humiliates his girlfriend in her own family home."


    Xiang sneered. "I would say that''s what we call shameless."


    Yin''s brows twitched, annoyed. "It must feel so nice to believe in your daughter She keeps hanging around the man she was supposed to marry, keeps his expensive gift so closely with her, goes onte night dates with him and allows him to intimately carry her in his arms like a prince charming.


    Yet after all this, I be shameless," heughed louder, the effect of the intoxication making him feel high.


    From behind him, he heard Chyou''s shaking voice. "I had twisted my ankle that day…"


    "Well yeah you always have the reasons to defend yourself, right? That day Gu Yating was feeling sad so you gave him a shoulder and what not to cry upon and then you got hurt that day to enjoy the warmth of his embrace. Then you have the perfect excuse of themercial shooting to touch each other in the guise of acting," he huped, "Everytime, you have the perfect excuse to do whatever you want.


    And I be the viin if Iin!"


    Xiang gritted his teeth and eximed. "I will seriously punch the shit out of you if you speak anymore nonsense! And sis! Why are you even bothering to exin your side? He doesn''t deserve the least bit of your exnation! This meeting is over!"


    He held Chyou''s wrist and said, "Let''s go back. You won''t tolerate the sight of such a dirtbag even a second more!"


    "I am the dirtbag?" His gaze darkened. "Chyou is the one breaking her promises! She promised me that she had ended her friendship with that bastard Gu Yating! She promised me that she would keep her distance from him but everytime…every single time, she gets an excuse to go to his side!"


    Xiaosi and Caihong stared at him hard. They then threw a cold gaze at Chyou. Yin was taken aback but he smirked with victory. "And then you me me, Mr. Zhu? Do you understand how much it hurts me to see them together?


    But everytime, Chyou runs to Gu Yating''s embrace as if he is her boyfriend! She cannot even fulfill such a simple promise to me but then have the audacity to ask for a break from the rtionship. Isn''t this hypocrisy or what?"


    Xiaosi stood before Chyou, his stern and frigid gaze demanding answers from her. "What am I hearing, Chyou?"


    Yin sneered.


    Chyou bit her lip. She looked down, her body slightly shaking.


    "Dad, don''t bully my sister! She is already been hurt enough!" Xiang fiercely red at him, stepping in between Chyou and Xiaosi.


    Xiaosi narrowed his eyes at him. "She is been hurt because she brought it upon herself. Howe we didn''t know that their rtionship took such a turn for the worse?" He took a step forward, meeting his son eye to eye, "Since when did my daughter had to put up with shit like ending her friendships just to please an insecure boyfriend?"


    Yin froze.


    Caihong icily backed him up. "Your father is right, Xiang. Don''t protect Chyou. I didn''t expect that…" she clenched her fists, "she would choose to degrade herself to this extent for the sake of a such a disgusting man."


    Yin stared at her nkly. Then as if a volcano erupted violently, he screamed. "I am disgusting? I am disgusting!? Your daughter is the one who is sleeping around with Gu Yating like a wh-"


    The hall flipped sideways for Yin and he suddenlynded on the floor with a hard thud on his back. A sharp, excruciating pain began to throb his left cheek. He couldn''t understand what just happened. For a long time, his daze didn''t end but the pain soon brought him back to reality.


    The reality stood before his blurry eyes where he soon recognized the familiar face staring down at him with contempt and fury.


    His eyes widened as if he was watching a slow motion picture before him. "G-Gu…Gu Yating…?"


    "Next time I will break what little jaw you have left if you ever tried toplete that sentence, Cheng Yin," Yating spoke through a gnashed jaw. "Say something more derogatory towards Chyou and there won''t be a pretty face left anymore for you to continue with your acting career."


    Yin struggled to stand on his feet but eventually he did. His vacant gaze still didn''t leave him. The stinging pain brought tears to his eyes and also fury in his heart.


    "What the hell…" pain jolted in his cheek but he continued, "are you doing here? Today was the day for me to meet the family yet why the man who Chyou''s family supposedly favored for their daughter is here when her boyfriend is here tonight? You all are ying some wild shit here and you had the nerve to punch me!?"