With a "snap," the entire reception room fell silent.
Feng Yuan looked at Xia Yuqing's resolute defiance with disbelief, a surge of unholy rage bubbling up from his gut.
"Damn you, you cheap bitch, how dare you hit me."
Feng Yuan touched his burning cheek and slapped her back directly.
Fueled by anger, he put almost all his strength into this slap.
"Ah!"
Xia Yuqing cried out in pain.
Still not satisfied, Feng Yuan grabbed Xia Yuqing by the hair and slapped her in the face again.
Xia Yuqing was already frail. Under his merciless blows, she immediately fainted, blood trickling from the corner of her mouth.
Far from being scared, Feng Yuan became even more excited.
Xia Yuqing was now defenseless, seemingly at his mercy.
...
Just then, the door to the reception room was kicked open by Song Qiao from outside.
He then ignored the chasing security guards and walked straight towards his wife.
He happened to see Feng Yuan with a lecherous grin about to touch his wife's body.
His fury ignited. He lunged forward and kicked Feng Yuan away.
"Fuck, you're looking for death."
Song Qiao's eyes were bloodshot. Seeing his wife unconscious, with two slap marks on her face, he was so angry he almost ground his teeth to dust.
"Who are you? How dare you cause trouble here, get out!"
Feng Yuan clutched his stomach, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and roared.
"Who am I? I'm her husband!"
His words, rather than calming Song Qiao, completely ignited his rage.
With a roar, Song Qiao stomped on him. Without holding back, Feng Yuan's two ribs snapped with a clear crack.
However, Song Qiao had lost all reason. He sat on Feng Yuan's body and raised his hand, smacking Feng Yuan viciously across the face.
"Don't anyone come over, or I'll kill this old bastard."
Ignoring Feng Yuan's screams, Song Qiao turned to the security guards who were about to rush in and said fiercely.
At this, everyone stopped in their tracks, not daring to make a move.
"Please, spare me."
Seeing Song Qiao's murderous expression, Director Feng felt a deep sense of fear and began to beg for mercy in a low voice.
"Spare you?"
"You dare to bully my wife and expect me to spare you?"
Song Qiao slapped him hard across the face again, this time knocking out two of his teeth.
"Today, even if I don't kill you, I'll cripple you, you bastard."
With that, Song Qiao's palm turned into a fist and smashed hard into Feng Yuan's forehead.
Instantly, Feng Yuan's vision went black, and he fainted.
Song Qiao was still not appeased. He stood up and continued to punch and kick Feng Yuan before finally stopping.
This incident had completely pushed his buttons. It was the second time in his two lives that he had lost control of his emotions like this. The last time was when Duan Kun jumped off a building with their daughter in his past life.
"Yuqing, Yuqing."
Song Qiao rushed to Xia Yuqing's side, gently calling her name. Seeing that his wife did not respond, he panicked and quickly picked her up, preparing to rush her to the hospital.
Coincidentally, Xia Xueqing had become somewhat famous locally after her previous commercial. Xing Wei had sent someone to invite her to a party that day.
As it was the weekend, Xia Xueqing happened to meet her sister's childhood friend, and they came here together.
As soon as they reached the entrance, she heard screams coming from the reception room.
The familiar sound made her suspect it was her sister, Xia Yuqing, but then she hesitated.
Her sister shouldn't be here.
"Xueqing, what are you thinking about?"
As she hesitated, Zhang Chuan asked from beside her.
"Listen, I always feel like that voice sounds like my sister." Xia Xueqing said after a pause, voicing her confusion.
Hearing the word "sister" from Xia Xueqing's mouth, a hint of lust flashed in Zhang Chuan's eyes.
When they were in school, Zhang Chuan had always secretly admired Xia Yuqing. Even now, he still remembered Xia Yuqing's enchanting figure from back then.
"No way, why would your sister come to a place like this normally?"
Zhang Chuan frowned.
He didn't know yet that Xia Yuqing had a media company, so he subconsciously thought Xia Yuqing couldn't possibly have any connection to this place.
"No, something's wrong, I need to go upstairs and check."
Unexpectedly, Xia Xueqing's expression grew more and more troubled as she listened. She could even faintly hear Song Qiao's enraged voice.
Without another word, she completely ignored Zhang Chuan's attempts to stop her and rushed upstairs, only to encounter Song Qiao carrying Xia Yuqing out.
"Brother-in-law, what are you doing here?"
Xia Xueqing gasped, covering her mouth, upon seeing her unconscious sister.
"What... what happened?"
Song Qiao glanced at Xia Xueqing and shook his head. "Your sister was here to talk business, and some pervert here tried to bully her. I couldn't stand it and taught the guy a lesson."
At this moment, Xia Yuqing was slowly opening her eyes in his arms, having just woken from her unconsciousness.
Song Qiao's mind was thus somewhat at ease.
After speaking, he gestured with his eyes for Xia Xueqing to look inside. She saw Feng Yuan lying pitifully in a pool of blood, his face and body bruised and swollen, completely unrecognizable.
"Brother-in-law, why did you hit him so hard?"
Xia Yuqing's face darkened when she saw the state of the man.
"I'm not criticizing you, but why were you so impulsive? Hitting someone like this, it's likely to..."
"He was bullying your sister first. It's not too much even if I beat him to death."
Song Qiao gritted his teeth, showing no reservation towards Xia Xueqing.
"You..."
Xia Xueqing stomped her foot in anger, unable to say anything.
"Exactly. You're Yuqing's husband, right? I also think you were a bit too rash. You can't always solve problems with your fists; you need to use your brain."
Beside them, Zhang Chuan's eyes flashed with jealousy as he saw Song Qiao holding Xia Yuqing.
"But don't worry, I've already called their superiors. This matter will definitely be resolved and Yuqing will get an explanation."
Song Qiao frowned at this man who kept mentioning Yuqing, unsure of his identity.
"Oh, forgive my memory, I'm Zhang Chuan, Yuqing's childhood friend."
Seeing Song Qiao's expression, Zhang Chuan immediately realized and introduced himself.
He then added somewhat smugly, "I know a shareholder of their company, and I'm already putting pressure on them."