Xia Xue Chun was rendered speechless by the scolding.

Pei Che’s expression turned cold and sinister, as if he had come from hell: “What are you standing there for? Hurry up and apologize to my sister!”

Xia Xue Chun flinched, her eyes gradually reddening.

But she still held her chest high, stubbornly refusing to admit fault.

Xia Xue Chun’s kind-hearted father tugged at her, bowing to apologize: “I’m so sorry, everyone. My daughter has a very sharp temper, and she doesn’t speak very kindly. Please don’t take it to heart.”

Pei Che was unrelenting: “Is ‘sorry’ the correct way to apologize? Can I just say ‘sorry’ and throw your whole family out?”

The atmosphere grew heavy.

Xia Xue Chun looked at Pei Che in humiliation.

Pei Che tilted his head and looked at her with disdain, as though she were garbage. His gaze felt as if he were giving her the middle finger.

Xia Xue Chun’s breath quickened, and she stared at Pei Che, her eyes filling with tears.

It wasn’t until Xia Xue Chun’s father tugged at her sleeve that she came to her senses and reluctantly bent to apologize.

The family of three spoke in unison: “Sorry, please forgive our rudeness.”

Pei Che snorted coldly, his face expressionless as he dragged Chu Chu away.

Chu Chu followed closely behind him, feeling quite uncomfortable.

[When did my cold and unfeeling second brother, who is as icy as a refrigerator, start protecting me like this?]
[The last time he protected me like this was when I still had my living expenses, many years ago.]

Suddenly, Chu Chu stumbled and crashed into Pei Che’s back.

Pei Che looked down at her from above, his aura like a mountain pressing down on her.

Chu Chu felt a chill run down her spine and instinctively tried to pull her wrist away.

Pei Che tightened his grip.

His long fingers were like works of art, gripping her wrist so tightly that she almost couldn’t break free. His gloomy eyes seemed to be swirling with something, as if they were about to devour her.

“Come home with me.”

Chu Chu: “But what about Grandpa Zhao—”

“I’ll handle it,” Pei Che said coldly. “I’m taking you home now.”

The other brothers caught up one by one.

Lou Ting Si and Lou Yue Jue frowned upon hearing this.

Lin Qing interrupted: “Pei Che, Chu Chu has been living alone for so many years. You should let her go back home on her own.”

She gave Chu Chu a playful wink: “That way, I can move in with you. We can bond, right?”

Chu Chu was about to nod, but Pei Che tightened his grip on her hand: “She’s my sister.”

He looked at Chu Chu, his brows furrowing with cold light: “From now on, she’ll live with us brothers. She’s moving back in.”

Chu Chu: “????”

[What is he on about? I don’t want to live with them, I’ve gotten used to living alone.]

Pei Che’s eyes darkened, and he dragged her along: “Let’s go!”

Chu Chu stumbled behind him, struggling several times, but Pei Che’s grip was relentless.

Although she had practiced self-defense for many years, her brothers trained in weightlifting every day, and her strength was completely overpowered!

Chu Chu screamed inwardly: [What terrible sin did I commit to end up in this situation? I’m going to drive them crazy, and now I have to live with them? They’re not planning to torture me, are they? Are they going to dismember me?!]

Pei Che’s face remained dark as he pulled her along, his grip tightening even more.

Pei Youchuan looked at their retreating backs and smiled smugly at Lin Qing: “Sorry, Lin Qing. This is our sister. We have to take her home.”

Lin Qing ground her teeth and smiled with a hidden edge: “It looks like she’s very unwilling. She might run off at any time, and when that happens, I’ll be able to steal her away.”

Pei Yuan chuckled meaningfully: “There are seven of us. Keeping an eye on Qiao Chu Chu will be easy. It’ll be a bit more difficult for you to steal her.”

Lin Qing’s smile immediately disappeared: “Didn’t we agree to cooperate?”

Pei Yuan shrugged noncommittally: “Yes, but our sister still has to live with us brothers. If she says anything about you, we’ll let you know.”

Lin Qing rolled her eyes: “Perverted sister complex.”

The Pei brothers spoke in unison: “Say it again, we don’t have a sister complex.”

Lin Qing scoffed, brushing past them: “Wait and see, with your broken relationships, I’ll easily win Chu Chu over!”

Pei Youchuan watched her retreating figure with a smug look: “You still need more practice. My sister’s feelings for us are more solid than gold! She loves us to death! She’d even jump off a building for us!”

When Lin Qing disappeared from view, Pei Youchuan’s smile faded: “I think Chu Chu doesn’t love us anymore. She’s definitely being forced by the system. This is really dangerous for us.”

Pei Yuan: “...So you were just showing off.”

Pei Youchuan’s face turned pale: “Yes, and I don’t want to live with Chu Chu. I have a psychological barrier. I’m afraid that when I open the wardrobe, I’ll find her wearing a skirt and smiling at me in there!”

The other brothers nodded in agreement!

In a way, they were also kind of afraid of Chu Chu.

“You can’t avoid it,” Pei Yuan said, his expression grim. “If we don’t take her, Lin Qing will steal her away. Plus, Chu Chu is being erased by this world. She might die in some accident at any time. What will we do then?”

Pei Yuan’s eyes narrowed as he thought about Lou Ting Si and Lou Yue Jue: “Also, I suspect that more people will be able to hear Chu Chu’s thoughts in the future. The number of people trying to steal her will only increase. We must act first, keep our sister close, and hold onto the only opportunity we have.”

“One, to prevent the world from using accidents to erase her. Two, to prevent people like Lin Qing from taking advantage. Do you understand?”

Pei Youchuan and the others’ expressions shifted slightly, and they nodded in understanding: “Got it.”

Lou Ting Si and Lou Yue Jue were hidden in a secure passage, watching them go further away.

Lou Ting Si bit down on a cigarette and squinted his eyes like a fox, a meaningful smile curling on his lips: “It seems that not only we can hear Chu Chu’s thoughts. In this plot, everyone who will be harmed by Xia Xue Chun can hear her thoughts.”

Thinking of Chu Chu’s innocent face, he smiled in amusement: “So many people, so many forces... this will be quite hard to steal.”

Lou Yue Jue, looking lost, asked: “What should we do?”

Lou Ting Si pondered for a moment, then said: “Since she has a bad relationship with her brothers, we’ll do what’s best.”

Lou Yue Jue didn’t understand: “What’s best?”

Lou Ting Si picked up his phone and dialed: “It’s me. Look into the addresses of the seven Pei brothers. I need the house where they all live together.”

On the other end, typing sounds could be heard, and the response came quickly: “The Pei brothers own many properties, but they all currently live in a villa area in the eastern suburbs of Lan City. It’s their father’s old house, with neighbors on both sides.”

Lou Ting Si: “Give me the neighbors’ contact information. I’ll speak to them personally.”

“Understood, Mr. Lou.”

After receiving the phone numbers, Lou Ting Si quickly searched through his WeChat contacts and, sure enough, found a contact.

He chuckled, feeling confident: “This is in the bag.”