Gu Yinyin's pupils quivered.
Ever since she could remember, she had never heard him raise his voice like this, nor had she ever seen this scary, cold look in his eyes.
'Third brother… he is different.' She thought and felt a sense of relief wash over her.
She had always been worried about him because he was just too gentle for a man. In this world, if men weren't hard enough, they would be taken advantage of at every turn. Fortunately, he seemed to have changed for the better.
Taking a breath, she re-focused and her expression slowly darkened, rage filling her eyes while her slender palms clenched into fists.
"Those bastards. They have gone too far." She spat through gritted teeth, "Still afraid of First Brother advancing despite the fact he had been too busy to focus on cultivating for the past four months, they sent assassins to kill him last month."
Max's expression stilled, then his face became expressionless.
"What happened?" he asked, his voice devoid of any emotion.
