Heartstrings on Fire novel Chapter 582

Ryder sat on the ground after being beaten with one leg slightly bending, blood trickled down from the corner of his mouth.

Valeria had been outside the door, hearing the commotion, she barged in immediately.

She saw the two guys, one standing with knuckles clenched, the bandage on his hand turned crimson red, blood dripped on the floor, pretty hard to miss. The other one sat on the floor, though he'd been punched, his naturally aloof demeanor didn't make him look disheveled.

Ryder's face was always that indifferent, almost fearless expression.

Valeria went over to Ryder first, helped him up, "You knew he was ticked off, yet you still came to poke the bear, are you alright?"

Ryder wiped the blood from his mouth, got up, "I've said my bit, consider this punch a payback for your past teachings and grooming, from now on, I won’t regard him as my uncle or my elder, let's each mind our own business."

And with that, Ryder made his exit, the room suddenly fell quiet.

Jared seemed to have finally cooled off, what remained was a bone-chilling cold.

Valeria sighed, pulled Jared down to sit, and fetched the first-aid kit again, "You're not the Jared I know right now, the Jared I know wouldn't be this impulsive, becoming a slave to his emotions, your nephew was clearly baiting you. The moment you hit him, you lost the first battle. He's your protege, there's no way you didn't know that his real aim was to rile you up."

Jared's gaze fell on his blood-soaked hand.

His brows knitted together, his eyes were somewhat vacant, he didn't utter a word, who knows what he was thinking.

Valeria bandaged up Jared's wound again, and said, "The dumbest people in this world are those who hurt themselves to get anything, emotions included, and yet, you ended up empty-handed, if you want to beat your nephew, you need to play the long game."