Chapter 223 - 221: Please Have Some Self-Respect

Chapter 223: Chapter 221: Please Have Some Self-Respect

Shen Yue had no desire to concern herself with his pain and suffering. She simply didn’t want to.

And she had lost all patience with his inaction and silence.

"Since you don’t intend to speak, Mr. Bai, then please take your lover and leave."

"I have other things to attend to, so I won’t keep you company."

With that, she turned to leave with Huang Ziyue.

But her cold indifference finally made the emotions inside Bai Chaosi erupt.

He had a visceral reaction, suddenly grabbing Shen Yue’s hand.

Shen Yue was caught off guard, yanked forward so abruptly she nearly lost her balance and fell.

She narrowed her eyes and looked up, meeting Bai Chaosi’s eyes, which were so red they looked as if they were weeping blood.

"What are you doing?"

Bai Chaosi’s narrow eyes, filled with enough rage and pain to shatter worlds, bore into Shen Yue.

A murderous aura instantly flared from Huang Ziyue, who stood beside them.

"Let her go."

The chill radiating from him seemed to freeze the very air.

Xiao Ya trembled in fear.

She stared in disbelief at Bai Chaosi, who was gripping Shen Yue tightly.

"A Xi, you, what are you doing?"

’A Xi never lets anyone touch him.’

’And now he’s reaching out and touching this woman?’

The aura emanating from Bai Chaosi was so intense it was as if he wanted to eat her alive.

His indignation and inner torment turned his eyes scarlet, and a voice rumbled deep from his chest:

"Are you really going to treat me like this?"

Her wrist aching from his grip, Shen Yue frowned at him.

"How am I treating you?"

’Isn’t this what he wanted?’

Bai Chaosi stared at her, searching her eyes for any lingering trace of affection for him.

But he found none.

His throat tightened. Having not slept all night, his eyes were already exhausted. Now, not only were they bloodshot, but they looked even more terrifying.

He just kept holding her tight.

"I’ll say it again. Let her go."

The spiritual power around Huang Ziyue was already gathering.

He looked ready to strike Bai Chaosi at any moment.

Xiao Ya grew tense beside them.

She reached for Bai Chaosi’s arm to stop him.

"A Xi, what’s wrong? Why are you grabbing Miss A Yue?"

But before her hand could reach him,

A force erupted from Bai Chaosi, instantly throwing her back several steps.

"AHH!!"

She cried out and fell hard to the ground.

The palms of her hands scraped against the ground, instantly tearing open a gash.

Fresh blood immediately began to flow.

Biting her lip against the pain, she stared at Bai Chaosi, her eyes wide with disbelief.

"A Xi, you... you pushed me?"

’He actually hurt me...’

’He actually pushed me away... for that A Yue...’

But Bai Chaosi never once looked back at her.

At that moment, all the color drained from Xiao Ya’s face.

’Shen Yue couldn’t figure out what Bai Chaosi was up to. Is he faking amnesia to get close to Xiao Ya for some ulterior motive, or is this purely to make me angry?’

’If he had some goal, he should be keeping up the act, since he hasn’t achieved it yet.’

’Pushing Xiao Ya away like this... isn’t it obvious he’s dropping the pretense?’

’So what was the point of this whole charade in the first place?’

’If he had no goal and just wanted to make me angry and jealous, then as far as I’m concerned, Bai Chaosi is a complete moron.’

’Going to all the trouble of faking amnesia just to piss me off, only to get entangled in this messy romance... Not only is it difficult to handle, but it only deepens the conflict between us.’

’Besides, if he knew me at all, he’d know I would never fall for this kind of stunt. It would only backfire.’

’So no matter how I look at it, I just can’t understand what’s going on in this man’s head.’

She tried to bring him to his senses.

"Mr. Bai, your lover is bleeding. Aren’t you going to look?"

Bai Chaosi seemed to have reached the point of not caring about anything else. He kept his grip on Shen Yue.

"I’m asking you a question. Shouldn’t you answer me first?"

"I told you to let her go."

Huang Ziyue issued his final warning, looking at Bai Chaosi as if he were already a dead man.

Bai Chaosi was not one to be intimidated. His head snapped toward Huang Ziyue.

"And what if I don’t? What are you going to do about it?"

In that instant, the atmosphere between the two men dropped to a freezing point.

Huang Ziyue’s aura intensified.

"Then die!"

With that, he lunged to pull Shen Yue back.

His other hand struck out towards Bai Chaosi.

But Bai Chaosi wasn’t about to let him take Shen Yue. He sidestepped, pulling Shen Yue with him as he retreated.

Huang Ziyue’s hand grasped at empty air. Fearing he would hurt the person in Bai Chaosi’s grip,

he violently redirected the force of his blow, striking a large tree nearby.

With a deafening CRACK, the tree splintered, exploding into sawdust.

Xiao Ya, still on the ground, shrieked and covered her ears in terror.

But she couldn’t dodge the flying splinters, which sliced several cuts into her arm.

Xiao Ya immediately clutched her arm, crying out in pain.

"A Xi, I’m hurt... It hurts so much..."

But when she looked up, she saw Bai Chaosi holding Shen Yue in his arms, standing several meters away.

He didn’t even glance in her direction.

’It’s as if my life and death have nothing to do with him.’

’He doesn’t care at all.’

In that moment, Xiao Ya’s heart plummeted into an abyss.

When Bai Chaosi had yanked her into his arms and then dodged, the violent motion and his powerful grip nearly crushed her wrist.

A searing pain shot through it, and a cold sweat broke out on her brow.

It was the exact same spot he had bruised that night for Jie Ying’s sake.

From a few steps away, Huang Ziyue saw at once that her expression was off.

He was utterly enraged.

"Bai Chaosi, you dare hurt her!"

With that, his figure blurred as he attacked Bai Chaosi again.

Bai Chaosi also realized he had been too rough and had hurt Shen Yue again.

He froze. Seeing the fine beads of sweat on Shen Yue’s forehead, his heart clenched...

But before he could react,

Huang Ziyue’s palm struck him squarely in the chest.

At the same time, he pulled Shen Yue from Bai Chaosi’s grasp.

The blow sent Bai Chaosi stumbling back several steps, a mouthful of blood spraying from his lips.

Seeing that Shen Yue had been taken back by Huang Ziyue, he clutched his chest, the pain and guilt in his eyes morphing into fierce resentment.

"Give her back to me."

He charged at Huang Ziyue as if he had a death wish.

Huang Ziyue’s aura coalesced. With one arm around Shen Yue, he raised his other hand, power gathering to strike again.

The two men looked ready to fight to the death.

Seeing this, Shen Yue finally exploded.

"Both of you, STOP!"

As she yelled, a wave of power burst from her, freezing the two men in place just as they were about to clash again.

Both men simultaneously pulled back.

Shen Yue had actually been furious ever since Bai Chaosi hurt her wrist.

The memory that he had injured her in the exact same spot before made her anger boil over.

That time, too, it had been because of another woman.

And now, he had another woman tangled up with him.

When it came down to it, this was all his fault.

Her palpable rage made both men freeze.

She looked at Bai Chaosi and said,

"Mr. Bai, please have some self-respect and stop acting in such a self-contradictory manner."

"And another thing, I am not some prize to be fought over. If you want to stand by my side, then clean up your own mess instead of constantly causing trouble in front of me."