Wu Zongxu’s face turned deathly pale.

“Ping… Pingting…”

Wu Jingcheng rushed past Elder Wu toward Wu Zongxu, waving his hand around and giving Zongxu two slaps.

“Beast! You beast! Our Wu family treated you so well. We raised you since you were a child. My big brother treated you like his own son. Pingting had been by your side since you were both children. And what do you do in return? You hurt Pingting like this. Why? What did she do to provoke you, huh? Tell me!”

Wu Jingcheng was so angry that he gave Wu Zongxu another round of kicks and punches.

Wu Zongxu’s eyes were red as tears streamed down his face. His terrified gaze was fixed on Wu Pingting.

Wu Pingting’s eyes were also red and filled with tears that continually rolled down her cheeks. She stared back at him with a gaze that reflected confusion, anger, and hatred. The previous attachment that she had felt when she looked at him was now gone.

“Pingting, let me explain! Let me explain… Okay?”

Wu Pingting nodded, tears still streaming down her face. “Okay, tell me. What have I done to you that made you want to collude with outsiders to harm me so viciously!?”

“No… it’s not like that! Pingting, I love you! I love you too much, and I was afraid that you would leave me in the future, so… So I just… I just asked her to find someone to kidnap you and mildly harm you—but I didn’t ask her to find someone to rape you! I didn’t! She did that on her own accord!”

Wu Pingting and the Wu family looked at Wu Zongxu in disbelief. They felt like this boy who had been living with them for years was actually a monster in disguise.

“What did you just say?” Wu Pingting thought she had heard him wrongly, so she could not help but ask him to repeat himself.

“Pingting, Brother loves you! From the moment you were born, when you were still a soft little ball—I fell in love with you!”

Wu Pingting shook her head in disbelief. She looked as if she had just eaten a fly.

“You… Do you know what love is?”

“I know! I know! I know!!!” Wu Zongxu was was afraid that Wu Pingting would misunderstand or underestimate his love, so he continued, “From the day that second aunt gave birth to you, I formed a special connection with you. I loved hugging you, playing with you, and being by your side. No matter what you wanted to do, I just wanted to be there with you. When I saw those naughty children bullying you, I felt like my chest was about to explode with anger. At that time, I thought that was what brotherly love felt like.

“However, we’ve since grown up. As you slowly developed, I realized that whenever I saw you in a short skirt, my body would immediately respond. Then, I understood that in fact, my love for you has always been that of a man for a woman. Pingting, you know that our Wu family is the wealthiest family in Sea District. If I really am a man who craves women, it would not be difficult for me to find someone. However, I don’t feel anything for all those women out there—I only feel for you. I only like you. I only love you! I only have feelings for you!!!”

“Don’t say it! Don’t say it!” Wu Pingting cried out and covered her ears. She did not want to hear this at all.

“No! I want to say it! I’ve suppressed it for so many years. I must tell you! Pingting, I love you! You know how well I’ve treated you all these years. I’d lose everything for you, even my life!

“I only reacted this way when Xu Feiyang suddenly returned that day. He’s the leader of War Leopard. He doesn’t like talking to anyone except you, and you kept calling him Big Bro Xu. Can you imagine how much that made my heart hurt?”