Chapter 90

By the time Xiao Yi made it home, he hadn't realized that his phone had died shortly after arriving at the bar. If his phone hadn't died, he probably wouldn't have walked into his apartment to pure chaos.

Mu Yichen looked as if he'd been tossed around by a bear, sitting crossed-legged on the floor while nursing a black eye with a cold beer can, his shirt torn nearly in half.

Li Hao looked just as bad as him, but he had been sectioned off onto the balcony where he sat with his legs pulled up to his chest, glaring at Mu Yichen through the glass door.

There were obvious signs of a fight, with blankets thrown around the apartment, pillows everywhere, and even broken glass on the ground from a knocked over vase.

Xiao Yi forgot they had a vase for Xiao Qiu's fan flowers to begin with.

Chen Qiang, Xiao Qiu, Tang An, and Lee sat in the living room, ignoring the two men as they looked through their phones in absolute silence.

"…"

Xiao Yi was tempted to turn around and walk straight out of the apartment building, hell, he'd even crawl back into bed with Yang Yutao if it meant he didn't have to pick up after these idiots. However, his escape was quickly thwarted when a blue-haired man in a suit blocked his escape from behind.

"Where the hell were you?"

Xiao Yi turned around to see V crossing his arms with a disapproving scowl on his face.

It was this moment that made Xiao Yi realize that everyone in his life had a problem. They still thought of him as a kid. Someone to protect. Someone who needed to be home before midnight or they'd worry like they were his parents.

He frowned. "I decided to stay out for the night, why?"

Xiao Qiu threw his phone into Lee's lap and stood up. "Why? You left, you didn't let us know you wouldn't come back, and your phone died!"

Xiao Yi knew that his older brother's concern was valid, but wasn't this too much? He didn't come home for one night and his apartment was half-destroyed and they were about to file a missing person's report. He didn't voice his thoughts, but Chen Qiang could tell how he was feeling by his expression.

Like a bird that had just been released from a cage to soar the skies, only to be brought back home and locked back up, never to see the sky again.

Chen Qiang quickly straightened his back. "I think we're a little-"

Xiao Qiu interrupted him. "Where could you have gone? A hotel? Do you know how fucking worried I was when you didn't come home, how can you be so irresponsible?!"

"…"

Xiao Yi stared at his brother for a long moment, then turned around and pushed himself past V without saying a thing.