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    Chapter Forty-Six: Twin Male Supporting Character Brother

    Qiao Xin’s words had just fallen, his body instinctively reacted, shielding Song Xi in front of him, raising his hand to block the fruit knife that was stabbing towards him.

    The fruit knife sliced across the skin of his arm, leaving a bloody mark.

    Song Xi’s body stiffened, seemingly startled. However, the next second when he looked up, he met a pair of eyes full of venom.

    “Who are you?” Song Xi asked coldly, stepping out from behind Qiao Xin, his eyes turning fierce.

    The assailant saw that he hadn’t cut Song Xi’s face and retreated unwillingly, then turned to run.

    Qiao Xin shouted, “Xiao Xi, he’s trying to run, quickly call the security!”

    As soon as he finished speaking, Song Xi had already raised his leg and chased after the man wearing a mask and a baseball cap, leaving only the wide-eyed Qiao Xin behind.

    Qiao Xin had no choice. Worried about Song Xi, he endured the pain in his arm and chased after them.

    The man ran for a while before his strength gave out, panting and bending over. Song Xi slammed on the brakes. At the crucial moment, he still remembered that he was a celebrity. Looking left and right, seeing no one around, he twisted his fists a couple of times and directly swung at the man.

    “Damn you, daring to stab someone with a knife in broad daylight!”

    A fruit knife is also a knife. Song Xi couldn’t imagine what would happen if Qiao Xin was stabbed in a vital spot by the fruit knife.

    Thinking of this, Song Xi’s punches got heavier and heavier.

    If Qiao Xin hadn’t arrived in time with the restaurant security guards, the man on the ground would have been beaten into a pig’s head by Song Xi.

    Qiao Xin quickly advised, “Xiao Xi, stop hitting him, let’s call the police first.”

    “Call, call now. I’ll stop when the police arrive,” Song Xi said without looking back.

    Qiao Xin signaled to the security guards to pull Song Xi away.

    Song Xi was still struggling. Qiao Xin covered his arm and said, “You brat, are you going to let me bleed to death!”

    These words immediately pulled Song Xi’s sanity back. He grabbed a handful of hair, turned around, his face full of fear and worry. “I’m sorry, I’ll take you to the hospital right away.”

    Qiao Xin breathed a sigh of relief, his brows tightly furrowed due to the pain in his arm. “Please wait here for the police, everyone. This is my business card. You can contact me later if anything else happens.”

    After Qiao Xin finished speaking, Song Xi quickly took him to the hospital. After all, the person was injured because of him.

    If Brother Qiao hadn’t pushed him away, he would have been the one injured.

    Over at Yan Ye’s company, just after finishing a cooperation proposal, Xia Tao came looking for him.

    There were two knocks on the office door. A senior executive who was talking to Yan Ye saw Xia Tao at the door and greeted him with a smile, “Mr. Xia, long time no see.”

    Xia Tao’s serious expression softened slightly. He returned the greeting, then walked in and said a few words into Yan Ye’s ear.

    The senior executive was also discerning, “Let’s finish our discussion here for today, Mr. Yan. We can continue talking about our next collaboration another day when you’re free.”

    Yan Ye maintained a faint smile and had Xia Tao see the person out.

    After everyone left the office, Yan Ye took out his phone and dialed a number saved under the name Song Xi.

    Before the person on the other end could speak, Yan Ye preemptively asked, “Where are you?”

    The voice answering was slower than usual, and before he even answered, Yan Ye heard a female voice saying, “Patient, please be careful with your arm these days, don’t get it wet.”

    Song Xi’s shushing sound was already too late.

    It seemed the person was in the hospital. “Which hospital?” Yan Ye picked up his jacket. Before he could even get the address, he had already started walking out.

    Hospital, the smell of disinfectant is always so unpleasant. Yan Ye frowned, took the elevator to a single patient room, then checked the room number on the door. Confirming it was the room Song Xi mentioned, he raised his hand and knocked.

    The next second, the door was opened. Yan Ye was hit by a surge of momentum and stepped back. He steadied himself, lowered his head, and saw a pair of eyes glistening with tears.

    Yan Ye’s heart felt as if it had been clenched by something. There was an indescribable feeling. His brain acted first, asking about the safety of the person in front of him. “How are you? Where are you injured? Does it hurt?”

    Qiao Xin, sitting on the hospital bed, was speechless for a moment. Wasn’t he the one who was injured?

    Out of professional courtesy, Qiao Xin walked to the door and closed it.

    A hospital is a public place, and Xiao Xi is a public figure. It wouldn’t be good for him to be seen hugging someone.

    “Cough, cough!” Qiao Xin leaned against the door and said speechlessly, “Mr. Yan, it seems I am the one who is injured!”

    Couldn’t he see such a large patient?

    “Hmm?” Yan Ye looked at Qiao Xin in confusion, then looked at the person hanging onto him, his eyes asking for clarification.

    Song Xi then wiped his eyes sheepishly, “I’m fine. It’s just Brother Qiao. Because he protected me, that idiot cut his arm with a fruit knife.”

    Yan Ye half-held the person, guiding Song Xi to sit on the hospital bed. “Do you know who that person was?”

    Lehua Company only said that something had happened to Song Xi. At the time, it was an emergency. Lehua had only received a call from Qiao Xin, only hearing Qiao Xin say someone was trying to kill Song Xi. Before they could ask clearly, the call was hung up. The high-level staff at Lehua were worried, which is why they reported it to Xia Tao.

    “I don’t know. At that time, the other party didn’t say anything, they just rushed towards Xiao Xi. They ran away after failing to injure Xiao Xi, but…” Qiao Xin paused mid-sentence, his eyes glancing at Song Xi.

    Yan Ye noticed. He pinched Song Xi’s neck, his eyes chilling. “But what?”

    Qiao Xin didn’t dare to meet his gaze and directly sold out Song Xi’s impulsiveness. “But Xiao Xi chased after him at the time and even knocked him out. Now, that person should be at the police station.”

    Song Xi rubbed his nose. The next second, he felt his neck being squeezed hard, causing him to cry out in pain. He was then stared at by a pair of dark eyes and didn’t dare to make another sound.

    Neither Qiao Xin nor Song Xi knew who the person was here. Yan Ye could only start from the man at the police station.

    Within three hours, the police came to their door. The man accused Song Xi of assaulting him on the street and demanded that Song Xi publicly apologize to him online and withdraw from the entertainment industry.

    Qiao Xin listened to the police’s retelling, so angry his arm hurt, almost cursing out loud.

    On the other hand, Song Xi, who usually had a worse temper than Qiao Xin, was terrifyingly calm at this moment. He sat quietly by the bed, his eyes looking in Yan Ye’s direction.

    “Has that person woken up?” Yan Ye asked faintly, his tone showing no obvious issues, but his eyes had grown cold. Seeing the police nod, his lips curved slightly upwards. “Perfect. I have surveillance footage here. I want to accuse him of attempted murder?”

    After Yan Ye learned what happened, he had sent someone to copy the surveillance footage from the front of the restaurant three hours ago.

    Initially, he intended to accuse the other party of intentional injury. Hearing what the police said, it was clear that the man wanted to ruin Song Xi’s reputation and force him to leave the industry in disgrace!

    If that’s the case, then they might as well sue him properly. The charge of intentional injury is much lighter than attempted murder.

    The police officer heard this and immediately realized the matter was becoming difficult. He looked at Song Xi a few more times. “Are you the Song Xi from the internet who saved people?”

    “I am,” Song Xi replied, nodding hesitantly.

    “Why would you hit someone? And beat the other party so badly…”

    He was about to continue speaking when Yan Ye interrupted impatiently with a slight smile, “Regarding the assault, my secretary will arrive in three minutes. She will handle this matter with you. Please excuse me.”

    Yan Ye pulled Song Xi’s hand and left. Qiao Xin followed closely. Just as they exited the hospital, they encountered the secretary who had come to handle the matter. Beside the secretary was a man.

    “Mr. Yan,” the secretary greeted. The man next to her also greeted him and quickly introduced himself very politely, “Hello Mr. Yan, I am the lawyer responsible for this case.”

    Yan Ye’s eyes fell on this shrewd-looking man, a cold smile playing on his lips. “Pry some useful information out of his mouth.”

    “Understood, Mr. Yan.”

    The three of them got into the car. Song Xi and Yan Ye sat in the back. Thinking about what Yan Ye had just said to the lawyer, Song Xi asked curiously, “Is that idiot strange? Did someone tell him to come and kill me?”

    Qiao Xin in the front turned his body to look back at them upon hearing this.

    Yan Ye seemed to have heard something amusing, letting out a soft laugh from his throat. He placed his palm on Song Xi’s head. “What are you thinking? He probably wasn’t planning to kill, just to ruin you!”

    “Then why did you tell the police officer in the hospital…” Song Xi blinked his eyes, his head leaning against the person next to him.

    Yan Ye explained simply to him, “You are an actor and a public figure. The reason he gave was nothing more than to ruin you. Since that’s the case, why shouldn’t we retaliate?”

    Qiao Xin’s expression immediately became serious. “Why would he want to ruin Xiao Xi?”

    “I don’t know. I will have someone investigate thoroughly. Don’t go out alone these next few days.”

    “Okay, I understand.” Song Xi also didn’t want anything to happen. In a couple of days, he would enter the film crew to shoot. It would be better to just stay home and read the script.

    Yan Ye first had the driver take Qiao Xin home to rest and told him to rest at home for a week until his injury healed before going back to work.

    Qiao Xin was worried about Song Xi and wanted to refuse, but Song Xi interrupted him.

    “Alright, Brother Qiao, I’m not a child who needs you to watch me constantly. Besides, don’t I have…” Song Xi turned his head and stole a glance at Yan Ye. He was still shy and just went straight back into the car.

    Yan Ye nodded at Qiao Xin, “He’s not a child, and you don’t need to watch him so closely.”

    Qiao Xin pursed his lips and squeezed out a smile. “Okay, I understand, Mr. Yan. Then I’ll take this opportunity to get some good rest.”

    He hadn’t had a real vacation in a long time; the previous one didn’t count.

    The Maybach window rolled down, revealing a head inside. Yan Ye said goodbye to Qiao Xin and walked towards the young man waiting for him. “Let’s go home!”

    Around 8 p.m., Yan Ye received a message from his secretary. The secretary worked quickly. Unable to get information from the man’s mouth, she had someone investigate his residence and hack into his computer. Only then did they learn that the man’s name was Zhang Long, a complete homebody and a devoted fan of Chu Hui.

    He was thirty years old with no girlfriend. Because he preferred to stay at home in his rental apartment, he had very little contact with his parents.

    Of course, none of this was the main point. The main point was that they found chat records on this man’s Weibo account with someone called “Song Xi the Bitch” (Song Xi the Bitch). The chat content was all about cursing Song Xi and wishing him ill fortune. The Weibo account named “Song Xi the Bitch” even hinted to Zhang Long to ruin Song Xi’s face so that his goddess wouldn’t have some of her popularity stolen by Song Xi after the Rakshasa Order aired.

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