Chapter 72: His Brother Is No Ordinary Man...

"How did it end up with your brother?" Yan Bàbà asked in confusion.

Ye Wuqi replied casually, "I saw that it had both my signature and fingerprint, so I figured it must be pretty important. I just tossed it to my brother to keep."

"When did you even see your brother? How come I had no idea? Haven't you been with me this whole time?" Yan Bàbà grew even more puzzled.

Just then, Lei Xingxing, who had been busily eating, chimed in with a guileless tone, "Last night, after you fell asleep, Qige went out. He didn't come back to the dorm until almost six in the morning—he must've met his brother then."

"Damn! Qige, you just went to see your brother. Did you have to be so secretive? Going out in the middle of the night and all!" Yan Bàbà was exasperated.

Hearing this, Ye Luo narrowed her eyes slightly. This so-called 'brother' acknowledged by the old ancestor might not be so simple…

Ye Wuqi laughed and cursed, "It wasn't the middle of the night, okay? Around ten. It's just that you sleep early, like a dead pig. Look at the gorilla—he knew I went out, but you didn't! And to think we share a dorm!"

"So, who exactly is your brother?" Yan Bàbà pressed on.

"You wouldn't know him even if I told you. Just some poor and stingy fellow! Oh, and he's short, and not good-looking!"

He only dared speak this way now because Gong Lv wasn't present. If Gong Lv were here, Ye Wuqi would drop to his knees in a second.

"Haha, so he's just short, ugly, and broke!" Qin Zhaoyu burst out laughing.

Yan Bàbà and Lei Xingxing laughed as well.

Ye Wuqi suppressed his own laughter. If his brother Lv ever heard this, the three of them would be kneeling just as fast as he would.

Ye Luo watched Ye Wuqi’s slightly awkward expression with calm, cold eyes and became even more convinced: the old ancestor’s so-called 'brother' was definitely not ordinary.

Perhaps it was connected to the ancestor’s mysterious background.

Maybe that 'brother' was the very foundation of the old ancestor’s power.

The old ancestor could challenge Gong Ran and not suffer Gong Lv’s retaliation—maybe it was all because of this brother.

Perhaps this brother was an even greater figure than Gong Lv.

So that’s why Gong Lv would be cautious? Why he’d let his own sister be bullied and do nothing?

Of course, without solid evidence, all of this was just her speculation.

…

That afternoon, as soon as the bell rang for the last period, Ye Wuqi and Qin Zhaoyu dashed out together, heading to an internet café outside school to play games. Qin Zhaoyu invited him, but Qin Zhaowen was the one footing the bill.

Ye Luo watched her old ancestor’s retreating figure before lowering her head to pack her schoolbag.

As soon as she walked out the school gate, she instinctively headed toward the black Mercedes parked beneath the sycamore trees by the roadside not far away.

Uncle Tan always parked there, waiting for her after school.

She walked up to the car, opened the back door as usual, and got in.

Only after she was seated and glanced up did she realize that it wasn’t the forty-year-old Uncle Tan in the driver’s seat, but Gong Lv—twenty-two years old, devilishly handsome, wearing a dark red shirt.

Gong Lv still wore sunglasses. Seeing her get in, he turned his head with a low chuckle.

There really was something very off about this man.

In the morning, he’d had the servants tell her he’d be having dinner with her tonight; now, he’d actually come to pick her up from school.

Ye Luo didn’t ask why he was the one picking her up today. She simply sat quietly in the back seat, just as she always did.

Gong Lv, too, said nothing and didn’t start the car. He propped his head on one hand, a lazy smile on his lips, then gestured with his chin for her to move to the passenger seat.