Not until Nie Yixiao reacted, did he bark, "Xinyu, stop it, you’re too agitated."

Chu Xinyu then came to her senses, squeezing out a smile that wasn’t quite a smile, "Jiayi, Jiayi, I struck you by mistake, did it hurt?"

Just then, the door "bang" was kicked open!

The S Country bodyguards lined up along the hallway outside the suite were all on the floor, howling in pain.

George rushed in with two bodyguards wearing sunglasses and dressed in black suits!

Chu Xinyu and Nie Yixiao were stunned. The S Country guards who accompanied them were warriors selected from the S Country’s palace, top tier in all respects, second to none within the country!

Yet, in front of Jiayi’s two bodyguards, they were no match at all!

The two bodyguards, without paying any mind to Chu Xinyu and Nie Yixiao, strode in and sighed with relief, "Miss Jiayi, are you alright?!"

The two downstairs bodyguards, having waited left and right without seeing Jiayi come out, sensed something was wrong and quickly went to inform George outside.

The three men came in search of someone, only to find that the people in the banquet hall had long dispersed, and Jiayi had not gone back to retrieve her sunglasses.

It was only through the hotel’s surveillance footage that the three found out Miss Jiayi had followed a man up to a suite on the twentieth floor.

Before Jiayi could answer, George already saw the bruise on Jiayi’s wrist, and he gasped!

The other two bodyguards saw it too, their gaze immediately turning towards Chu Xinyu and Nie Yixiao, clearly thinking it was these two who had harmed Miss Jiayi.

The two looked at each other and did not hesitate much.

Whoever dared to hurt the Boss’s woman, no matter who they were, would not be let off easily.

A bodyguard stepped forward, his hand chopping down on Nie Yixiao’s neck.

Nie Yixiao hadn’t even made a sound before slumping to the ground.

Chu Xinyu, her face draining of color, screamed, "Brother Yixiao—you—you dare—how dare you—"

Before she could finish speaking, the bodyguard’s hand delivered another chop to Chu Xinyu’s neck.

The moment Chu Xinyu fell, the bodyguard hoisted her up as if she were a sack of potatoes!

Meanwhile, the other bodyguard had also hoisted up Nie Yixiao.

George said to Jiayi, "Miss Jiayi, I’ll take you back first; these two will be handed over to the Boss."

Although Jiayi’s hand was still hurting, she couldn’t care less and quickly said, "George, wait a minute, they are my family members who came looking for me!"

George and the two bodyguards were startled, halting in their tracks.

George’s face became very serious, pointing to the pair of unconscious men and woman on the bodyguard’s shoulder, "They are Miss Jiayi’s family members?"

Jiayi nodded, "Just put them down for now."

If they were Miss Jiayi’s family, then perhaps—

They should be brought to the Boss for a closer look.

George frowned, "No matter what, they hurt Miss Jiayi; the Boss will definitely want to see what kind of family could be so ruthless."

With a wave of his hand, the two bodyguards went down first.

Jiayi had no choice but to follow George downstairs.

George drove and took Jiayi back to Huo Garden.

After returning to Huo Garden, Jiayi was anxious, unsure of how Huo Zhenyang would deal with the two people.

But Auntie Li, seeing the layered bruises on Miss Jiayi’s wrist, gasped in a breath of cold air.

It was clear that they were made by someone squeezing hard.

Back in the room, Auntie Li prepared a basin of hot water, along with ointment and medical gauze.

As she disinfected and applied medicine to Jiayi, she expressed both distress and anger, "What happened? Who got physical with you?"

Bearing the pain, Jiayi finished bandaging the wound and slowly said, "My... my family has found me."

Everything came so fast, it all seemed like a dream.

Auntie Li was taken aback, "Your family?"

Jiayi nodded, "Yes, my sister and her boyfriend found me today through the movie. I finally know why the Huo Family couldn’t find me in China. It turns out I wasn’t raised in China, but I am a citizen of S Country. The injuries on my hand... were accidentally caused during a scuffle with her."

Auntie Li could tell that when Jiayi was describing the moment she found her family, there was not the slightest excitement or thrill, only deep confusion, desolation, and disappointment.

Auntie Li glanced at her injury.

Accidentally? She could tell that Jiayi was trying her best to make excuses for her sister.

On the delicate skin, several deep imprints of a woman’s fingernails were visible, clear evidence of the force used—how could that be "accidentally"?

How could one be so careless with a sister they had just found?

"What kind of sister is this?" Auntie Li couldn’t help but spit out in disgust, but seeing the look of loss on Jiayi’s face, she didn’t feel right to say any more.

After bandaging the wound, Jiayi waited in Huo Garden for a message from George.

The day passed very slowly.

It was almost the end of the day when George finally entered Huo Garden.

Upon seeing George, Jiayi approached him quickly and asked anxiously, "How are they? Where have they been taken?"

"Boss asked me to take you out for a while. Miss Jiayi, please come with me," said George.

Jiayi did not hesitate and followed George out of Huo Garden and into his car.

The car sped through the city streets with electric urgency.

Twenty minutes later, the car arrived at a building on the edge of G City’s urban area.

This building was not yet completely finished. Each level lacked walls and safety protective railings around the outer edges.

This was one of the Huo Family’s vacant properties.

Jiayi followed George up to the second floor.

It was getting late, and lights had been turned on in the empty second floor.

On both sides stood bodyguards hired by the Huo Family.

Nie Yixiao was bound tightly all over, tied to a thick beam.

Chu Xinyu was being forcibly held down, kneeling on the ground.

Next to her, a strong and commanding man stood, having removed his suit jacket and rolled up the sleeves of his white shirt, holding a long iron whip about a meter in length in his hand.

Xinyu’s clothes in the back had ripped open, exposing her skin and flesh, which bore layers upon layers of red marks.

If she wasn’t wrong, they must be—whip wounds.

Jiayi let out a low gasp of shock, covering her mouth.

The marks on her back didn’t seem too severe, and the whip used for the punishment wasn’t too thick, so it seemed some face was still saved.

Otherwise, how could Xinyu, with her pampered skin and tender flesh, endure such cruelty, a whipping punishment that one would only find within underground factions of the city?

Looking around, Jiayi suddenly understood.

This place was probably where Zhenyang usually administered his underground justice.

Seeing Jiayi arrive, Xinyu began to scream, "Jiayi—you have to tell Young Master Huo to let us go! We’re your family!"

She would have never thought, even in death, that she would be beaten upon arriving in China before anything else had happened!

What had she done? She had only caused an injury to Jiayi’s arm!

This Young Master Huo was even more vindictive and merciless than she had imagined—retaliating for every slight!

This was Jiayi’s first time witnessing Zhenyang administering underground punishment, and it took her a moment to react.

Just as she was about to speak, George already spoke up, "Boss said that since this woman injured Miss Jiayi’s arm, even giving back an arm in return would be justified. It’s only because she might be related to Miss Jiayi that she was spared with just whipping."

"Where is he?" asked Jiayi, her throat dry.