Chapter 109: You Are Not a Tool, You Are My Friend

Yelin Qian turned her head and found assistant Xiao Lin, who was holding up a phone and pointing it at her timidly.

The person on that phone video was unmistakably her sister, Yelina.

“Sister! Perfect timing for a video call! Right under your eyes I knocked this Chen Luo flat—I could have made his mother not recognize him!”

“Move away! Stop! Didn’t you hear me?”

Though Yelin Qian had a ferocious fighting strength, Yelina’s furious words still made her flinch.

Yelina had raised her since childhood. She depended on her most, adored her most—and feared her most.

If Yelina said go east, Yelin Qian dared not go west. If Yelina said chase a dog, she dare not chase a chicken.

“But… but, sister, you kept calling his name just now and making weird noises in your room!”

“From the day I can remember, I’ve never heard you call a boy’s name like that. You must really like him!”

“But this man refuses to admit it! I won’t stand it for a second! I’m going to—”

Before Yelin Qian could finish, Yelina on the screen had already gone into a frenzy.

“Shut up! Shut your mouth right now! If one more word comes out, I’ll come right over and cut your tongue!”

“Uh…” Yelin Qian lowered her head and stopped speaking. She didn’t even notice that Yelina now looked both enraged and panicked.

“Xiao Lin! Cut the video! Don’t let anyone see my face!”

“Understood, Madam Ye!”

Xiao Lin switched to voice-only. On the other end, Yelina, now a little uneasy, looked at Chen Luo.

What kind of idiot is this girl?

I may have said in front of Wen Wan that I wanted to take Chen Luo away. And yes, I might have some feelings for him, but I haven’t even told him openly yet.

How did my own younger sister run my business so far ahead of me?!

And what does she mean by those “strange noises”? Don’t you know people can misunderstand?

“Ahem.”

“Chen Luo, on behalf of my thoughtless sister, I apologize. I will give you a proper explanation.”

Yelina looked at Chen Luo with a touch of guilt, hoping he was not too angry.

Yet at that moment, Chen Luo, face darkened and holding Moye in pain, walked over slowly. He said nothing, only fixing him with eyes full of cold contempt and anger.

It was as if he was saying, *You may be the Ye family’s lady, but I will not forgive you for this today.*

Feeling that silent blaze of rage, Yelina felt a dull ache in her heart. Her hand holding the phone trembled nonstop, and her whole body felt as if it had fallen into an ice cave.

She could no longer keep her usual calm; endless fear welled up inside.

What is this feeling?

Why is my chest racing like this, as if I can barely breathe?

Could Chen Luo’s anger really affect me this much?

I only just started to like him… why does it feel so deeply frightening and helpless?

She clutched her chest, struggling for breath, and managed to force out in a strained voice:

“Yelin Qian, come back!”

“Chen Luo, I’ll come explain to you this afternoon!”

Ignoring Yelina’s words, Chen Luo carried Moye downstairs. Zhou Zheng and Zhou Mei followed right behind.

By the time they reached the bottom, the ambulance had not arrived yet.

Zhou Zheng said it had already been dispatched and would come in a few minutes. The hospital was nearby, and since Zhou Zheng knew the hospital director well, it had been sent at once.

By then, Moye had regained a little composure and realized she was in Chen Luo’s arms; she tried to get free.

The sharp pain in her hands made her gasp.

“Chen… Chen Luo… let me down, let me down.”

“No… I’m fine.”

Moye wanted to say more, but Chen Luo’s arms tightened around her, refusing to let her go.

“Moye, don’t force yourself. Your hands are probably both fractured. If you move them around now, this will leave a lifelong trouble.”

“It’s nothing. I’m a bodyguard. This kind of wound is ordinary for me, for me. Just let me down.”

Even through the pain, Moye’s thoughts were still in turmoil.

How can I explain going home like this, carried by a man from Boss Wen?

“I know Wan-er sent you to protect me, and I know you were doing your duty as a bodyguard.”

“But if it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t know what would have happened to me.”

“Chen Luo is not a person without gratitude. You protected me like this today—so from now on, I accept you as my friend.”

“So don’t struggle. Just behave and wait for the ambulance.”

Hearing the word *friend*, seeing the seriousness in Chen Luo’s face, Moye stood dazed for a moment.

She and her sister had been sent to martial training since childhood. Everyone taught them an old belief: learn both civil arts and martial arts, and sell yourselves to royal houses.

Without an emperor, people like them became the tools of wealthy households—keen blades, shields, bows.

Before Wen Wan rescued her, Moye had always been someone else’s instrument. She had even served in a foreign army and had nearly become a professional killer.

Though these past years near Wen Wan, with her sister by her side, had been ordinary and warm, her old life had still kept her heart sealed shut.
Beyond work, she had no friends at all in life.

Now Chen Luo truly treated her as a friend, like a beam of warm sunlight shining into the heart that had long been cold as ice.

So this is why a woman like Boss Wen could be so smitten with him?

Moye looked up at Chen Luo, who kept urging Zhou Zheng to call the ambulance faster, and her eyes began to glaze over.

Is that how Boss Wen is always healing from such warm sunlight? What a blessed fate.

Not long after, the ambulance arrived in haste, and a group of medics quickly lifted Moye into it.
To be safe, Zhou Mei climbed aboard as well.

Just before the doors closed, Moye looked at Chen Luo and whispered words only he could hear:

“From now on, I’ll keep protecting you, my friend.”

After the ambulance departed, Chen Luo and Zhou Zheng returned to the studio. Yelin Qian had already gone.

No sooner had they sat across from each other than Wen Wan’s call came through.

“Has Yelina’s sister run wild? Chen Luo, are you all right? Do you want me to step in now?”

“I’m fine. Moye has a fracture. Wan-er, listen to me.”

“Alright, I’m listening.”

“For the next two projects, I’ll go all in and make both Ye sisters lie in ruin.”

“Good! All company resources, including me, are under your command!”

“Even if the company’s entire market value has to disappear from the market, even if I have to put half of the Wen family on the line, I’ll still help you win this battle!”