Prologue
Trains whizzed past, and the fierce north wind stirred the thin layer of snow that had fallen to the ground, causing it to drift like cotton wool.
She was wrapped up in a thick scarf, only her nose, which had turned red from the cold, and her eyes, which were still bright, were visible. Those familiar yet unfamiliar eyes had lost the innocence of a young girl and had taken on a hint of maturity. What pleased him was that she was still cheerful.
‘Brother!’ she called out, reminding him of the mischievous little girl who had been hell-bent on playing pranks on him just a few years ago.
A tender smile appeared on his face. “Here you go, little girl,” he said, taking a handful of candy from his pocket and stuffing it into the pocket of her coat. He blushed a little. “Your sister-in-law, Yusheng, told me to say hello to you on her behalf!”
She beamed, ’Good, you got married and didn’t even tell me! A pretty police officer like you has fallen for a guy like you! What a pity!‘
’You little brat!’ he laughed, pinching her cheek. “How many handsome and charming men like your brother are there in the world?!”
She stuck out her tongue and put a candy in her mouth.
What can I say? He was a little nervous, which was strange! The head of the Xing police team was not afraid of such a vicious criminal, but he was afraid of speaking in front of a girl.
‘Well, um, little sister, based on the clues you provided, we cracked several major cases against Dark Cloud. His arrogance has now been greatly subdued. And, well…‘ In his desperation, he awkwardly rubbed his hands together. In the past, when the two of them were together, they always fought, as if they were afraid that the world would end if they didn’t. Now, why did they have nothing to say?
’Where is he?‘ she asked, looking him in the eye.
’Who?’ He was stunned and didn’t respond.
‘Yuan Chu Han,‘ she whispered.
’Tianya…’ He paused, then said, ’His power is beyond our estimation. His FTY Group, with its powerful money and mafia influence, has used various means to attack and acquire a large number of multinational companies with potential but temporary liquidity problems. What’s even more terrifying is that he and the forces behind him have infiltrated places no one could have imagined. Even within the police, there may be a second or third of their undercover agents. No one can predict how dangerous it really is. It’s a bottomless pit. Anyone who touches it will either be sucked in or disappear from the world forever, without leaving any evidence of his crimes. It’s perfect and terrifying! We can only secretly collect his clues. Although it’s much more difficult than before, we can’t possibly admit defeat, can we?’ He said with a pretence of ease.
She returned his smile, but both of them knew in their hearts that this was an impossible task.
A cold wind blew, and her heart grew cold. She shuddered as she thought of his cold, cruel eyes.
‘Don’t worry, no one knows where you are except for Li and a few of us. But you have to be careful, too. Take care!’
She knew that he really cared about and loved her, and she nodded silently.
Watching her back grow farther and farther away in the snow until she was no longer visible, he silently wished in his heart that she would be able to live a peaceful and happy life from now on! But could she really forget the past?
She walked silently down the street in this strange city, aimlessly. Today was the day before the Chinese New Year, and the people around her were hurrying home for the holiday. After meeting her brother, she missed home even more, and missed her own family!
She dashed into a public phone booth by the roadside, dialled a few numbers with trembling hands, and hesitated when she pressed the last number. She could hear her grandmother’s voice immediately, but she couldn’t press down the button. The sound of firecrackers was already in her ears, and in the distance, fireworks were rising in the dark night sky. The dazzling colours in that area died down in her eyes, and the tears she had held back for a long time finally poured out.
‘Grandma, Happy New Year!’ She lowered the receiver, her eyes teary and misty, and looked into the sky in the distance, whispering. She was about to start a new life in this city, and all the memories she didn’t want to remember would go with the fireworks and turn to ashes.
Like waking from a dream
5:30am. A residential area.
‘God, let me die!’ With a scream, He Qingqing rolled off the bed. The sound of water in the bathroom, the sound of a basin being knocked over, the sound of a broom hitting the floor – a series of sounds finally woke up the other two people who were sound asleep. Oh no, she’s going to be late. How could she oversleep!
‘He Qingqing, can you please be quiet?’ Bai He leaned against the door and glared at her, her snow-white, delicate hands covering her cherry lips as she yawned in an extremely ungraceful manner. “Why are you screaming in the morning? You’ve forgotten again, it’s the weekend!”
He Qingqing was applying aloe moisturiser to her chubby little face when she froze. ’The weekend? You’re not kidding?‘ She turned her head to look at her roommate, who was on the other side of the room, with messy black hair, half-closed crescent eyes, yawning, and super cold. She was still wearing a flowered quilt.
’Oh my god, Fang Xin, you don’t need to exaggerate like that,’ He Qingqing exclaimed.
Fang Xin weakly waved at her, ’Qingqing, please don’t do this to people in the future, I can’t stand it!’ After saying that, she went back to her room and went to sleep again.
He Qingqing shrugged her shoulders. She was also at her wits’ end! Now she almost had a fear of going to work. Nowadays, the economy is in the doldrums, and it was hard to find the current job in the bank. She had to go to work at 6:30. She was new, so she had to go to work early every day to clean up. She was on edge at work, afraid to be careless. When she came back at night, she had to practice her basic skills diligently, such as counting money and mental arithmetic, etc., and she also has to study thick books for the various certificates. Every day is like a clockwork, and even in her dreams, her right hand nervously practises the movements of counting money. Alas, it is said that there will be layoffs in the bank soon, so she has to work even harder! After a hard day’s work, she finally gets a day off, and she has to catch her breath.
He Qingqing quickly throws the alarm clock announcing the strike into the trash bag and runs to another room, beaming. Fang Xin, did you have another nightmare last night? You don’t look well.”
Fang Xin closed her eyes and reached out from under the warm covers to pin her face with her hand. She said listlessly, “Leave me alone, I’m annoyed. I’ve lost my job!”
He Qingqing wriggled out of her clutches. ’What restaurant would want a lazy, cold-natured handyman like you? Forget it, you’ve been unemployed before, so don’t pretend. Since it’s the weekend, let’s go shopping. Shopping is the best thing to do when a woman’s feeling down. By the way, I need a new sweater, so keep your eyes peeled.‘
Bai He floated over to her silently, with a wicked grin on her face, and grabbed her ear. “Breaking news: there’s a half-price limited-time sale on cashmere sweaters at our mall today at 10 o’clock. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Do you want to –”
’Yes!‘
’Yes!’
the two said, vying with each other. Fang Xin poked her head out of the covers. She was full of fighting spirit and full of energy. No matter how tight her wallet was, she would get a pure wool sweater, because the winters in the north were not ordinary cold.
The largest shopping mall in the north, Fuda Shopping Mall, is located in the commercial, economic, cultural and transportation centre of Yancheng. The southern suburbs are home to the famous historical garden, Qinxiang Garden. The mall covers an area of more than 8,000 square metres, with a business area of 40,000 square metres. It offers a wide range of products and is a large-scale comprehensive shopping mall with a long history, the largest scale and the highest grade in the north, integrating shopping and leisure. It was the weekend, and despite the snow that had fallen overnight and the exceptionally cold weather, there were more people than usual.
He Qingqing and Fang Xin were wearing thick down jackets over thick wool trousers, and they looked ridiculous walking like two ducks. However, everyone else was doing the same, so they didn’t attract much attention.
They reached the second floor and couldn’t go any higher. The elevator to the third floor was filled with a dozen mall security guards, all of them intimidating with electric batons in their hands. The second floor was packed with people, and the large sales hall was overflowing with excitement.
‘It’s over,’ He Qingqing said anxiously, “Did they get the inside information just like us? I’m afraid we won’t be able to get it!”
The noise in the mall was so loud that Fang Xin, who was standing face to face with her, had to listen twice before she could hear what she was saying. She patted her shoulder to give her a reassuring look.
‘Look, look!’ He Qingqing suddenly excitedly squeezed her cotton-padded jacket. “Handsome guy, look!” Fang Xin stretched her neck and looked in the direction of her gaze. She believed that at this moment, there were eyes dropping all over the mall and saliva flowing like a river. If a scene you have seen in a movie happens right next to you, how would you feel?
A stunning beauty! A super handsome guy! The cool bodyguard in sunglasses is tall and mighty!
With all eyes on them, the beautiful woman and handsome bodyguard, accompanied by a bunch of people looking like mall directors and managers, walked unperturbed to the third floor.
I don’t know who they think they are, making such a big deal of themselves! It wasn’t too bad, only the third floor was cleared, and no one else was allowed in.
‘What?’ He Qingqing muttered discontentedly (at that time, she couldn’t follow them up to see the handsome guy and was resentful). ‘Are rich people so great? Pah!‘ She turned around to say hello to Fang Xin, but saw that her usually cheerful and lively eyes were unusually cold, and her lips were pale.
’Are you cold?‘ she asked, worriedly hugging her shoulders.
Fang Xin shivered as if she had been electrocuted. “I’m fine!” After a pause, she laughed, “Qingqing, we won’t be able to buy sweaters today.”
’Fang Xin!’ He Qingqing called sweetly.
Fang Xin glanced at her warily. The girl flashed her trademark sly smile and her eyes darted around. ‘I remember that there’s a fire escape at the back that leads up to the roof. If we don’t go shopping, we can have a look at some handsome guys! No one will find out. Don’t you want to see the best of the best? It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!’
‘The best of the best?’ Fang Xin’s heart suddenly tightened a little. She thought of two people, two equally outstanding boys. One had a proud and clear gaze, but was gentle and kind at heart, while the other, despite his stunning looks and diamond-like cold charm, was someone she never wanted to see again in her life.
Looking at He Qingqing, who looked like a little girl intoxicated in a dream, Fang Xin didn’t know what to say. He Qingqing’s stickiness was top-notch, and with her sweet words and honeyed tongue, she finally persuaded Fang Xin. Because her offer was too tempting: to do her laundry for a month! Doing laundry in winter was a real ordeal, because the rented place had no heating or hot water supply, so Fang Xin’s hands were almost as red as carrots from the cold.
The beautiful woman looked arrogantly at the balding general manager and lifted her chin, saying, ‘You just wait here, we’ll have a look around.’ The general manager hurriedly agreed. These two people control the fate of his building. Although the Fu Da shopping mall is still busy and prosperous on the surface, it is actually operating at a loss every day. It has huge bank debts, huge expenses, and has to deal with increasingly fierce and brutal competition in the market. Without strong financial support, I’m afraid he won’t last until next spring.
Bai He’s heart was pounding like a drum. She quickly reapplied her lipstick before anyone noticed. She stood up straight as footsteps drew nearer, and put on her sweetest smile.
‘Welcome!’ She tried hard to make her dimples look more charming, but before she could make the guest fall for them, she herself froze. Not just her, but almost all the receptionists on the floor were drooling without realising it.
The beautiful woman was tall and wearing a hot black leather skirt, red knee-high leather boots, and a fiery red cape, full of wild beauty.
But the man next to her was wearing only a simple black overcoat, but he was already dazzling. With long, womanly black hair, thin eyes and a thin mouth, every move he made carried an indescribable air of evil and nobility, the kind of temperament that most fascinates women.
Perhaps it was her extraordinarily sweet voice that made him turn to her. Bai He’s heartbeat quickened, and she almost couldn’t breathe.
‘Hello,’ he gave her a smile that was not at all stingy. All around them, they could hear only the sound of dissatisfied gasps. Bai He blushed and stammered, ‘What would you like to see, sir or madam?’
The woman looked amused at yet another girl who had fallen prey to the man’s charm. ‘Clothes, of course. Miss, do you think we came to the zoo to ogle the gorillas?’
Bai He’s face suddenly turned pale, and tears welled up in her eyes. The man, however, had no mercy, and laughed at the beauty, saying, ‘Ah Feng, you’re getting meaner and meaner at cursing people. No wonder he’s been ignoring you lately!’
‘Ying Yuanlun, will you shut up?‘ the beautiful woman said angrily. “I’m your fellow countryman’s sister, but you’re not helping me at all!”
’No choice. Who told you to look like that? Besides, he only likes the original, not the ones that have had plastic surgery!’ he said nonchalantly.
The beauty snorted and stopped talking, but glanced coldly at Bai He: ‘Go back and cry, don’t pretend to be pitiful in front of me. I hate women with pointed chins and a flirtatious appearance the most.’
‘Why are you insulting people like this?’ With a loud shout, a fat girl dressed like a bun popped out of nowhere, her round, big dark eyes glaring angrily at them.
‘Qingqing?’ Bai He exclaimed.
Before the words had finished, the bodyguards behind the beautiful girl and handsome guy surged up and surrounded He Qingqing, looking ferocious.
The beautiful girl pouted again, ’It really is a country bumpkin, it’s disgusting just to look at him! I can’t stand it here for even one day. Do I have to use my own money to buy this run-down building? He must not like me and wants to get rid of me!’
Before Ying Yuanlun could say anything, the bun girl let out a piercing scream: ‘What are you doing? I’m a young lady, and if anyone touches me, I’ll never let them live it down!’
Seeing the tall, gloomy bodyguard closing in on her, He Qingqing let out a loud cry and struck a pose like Wong Fei-hung.
Ying Yuanlun couldn’t help but laugh. The bun girl was squealing like a pig, and her big doll-like eyes were rolling around on her fat face, which was quite amusing.
Suddenly, someone else popped out from the hiding place of the girl in the buns. He was wearing a large mask, had short hair, and was dressed in a rustic way. The only thing that showed that he was a woman was the flower scarf wrapped around his neck.
‘A few big men bullying a weak woman. Aren’t you afraid of being laughed at?’ Her voice was low, but her eyes were blazing.
The man was momentarily taken aback. Those eyes – he waved his hand lightly, and the bodyguards retreated.
The flashy woman sneered, ‘Another bumpkin! Aaron, we’ve already asked them to clear the area, but people still keep barging in. With this level of management, it’s a wonder they haven’t collapsed already!’
Aaron casually agreed, but his eyes were fixed on the short-haired girl. ‘Miss, if you don’t want this young lady to get fired, you’d better leave now.’
‘Aaron, have you gone crazy? Why are you being so polite to her?‘ The glamorous woman was puzzled and glanced at the short-haired girl. She couldn’t see her face clearly, but the ferocity in her eyes was the same as the meat bun girl’s. She suddenly felt disgusted and, regardless of her status, slapped her.
’Stop!’ Aaron didn’t expect her to strike without warning, and it was too late to stop her in shock.
Fang Xin caught her hand in mid-air—it was a flawless jade hand with long nails painted a dark blue nail polish. She shook it off with all her strength. ‘Young lady, you are more cultivated than us bumpkins, at least we don’t hurt people without reason!’
The woman never dreamed that she would be caught by this unremarkable androgynous bumpkin. She was infuriated and about to fight back when her wrist was grabbed again. It was her fellow countryman, Ying Yuanlun! His slender eyes flashed with a dangerous light, and her wrist was almost crushed in his hand.
‘Feng, you’re so reckless!’ he shouted, then turned around and smiled, ‘I apologize to everyone on behalf of my sister!’ His eyes fixed tightly on Fang Xin. She took off her mask, and it was a dull, yellowish face, and it was a little puffy and fat, not the young girl’s face he remembered.
Huomeizi Spicy Hot Pot Restaurant.
The hotpot sat on a glowing charcoal fire, the pot hung with a beautiful soup that was full of colour, flavour and fragrance. The tender slices of small fat lamb, chicken, fish, duck intestine, sea cabbage, enoki mushrooms, meat and vegetable dishes were served on a white plate, filling the table. In the white porcelain warming wine pot, the warm yellow wine was perfect for winter, with a mellow colour and rich aroma. It was truly ‘hotpot with yellow wine, even immortals would come for it!’
Eating hotpot in the winter in the north is the greatest enjoyment. He Qingqing took a slice of duck intestine and ate it beautifully, sighing with a sense of loss, ‘Sichuan hotpot is really delicious, I almost ate my tongue too.’
Bai He held a glass of wine and said drunkenly, ‘Come on, sisters, let’s drink to the fact that we can finally get rid of the oppression of the capitalists!’ Gululu, a glass of yellow wine went down the throat. She had lost her job, and she had fired that smelly woman who was about to become the new president of the wealthy shopping mall! Although she was reluctant to do so, she knew that the arrogant woman would never tolerate her, because she had a pointed, ugly face that she hated. But when faced with another woman who was just as pretty, that was a crime!
He Qingqing comforted her, ‘It’s good to be free. Working under such a woman would be a death sentence! By the way, you and Fang Xin are both unemployed, so why not just open your own business and be your own boss?‘
’Easier said than done. Where would I get the money? Every morning, the first thing I do is calculate today’s expenses, and I have to save money for my brother’s tuition fees. If only I could marry a rich man, I wouldn’t have to suffer like this anymore. But now that I’ve lost my job at the mall, I won’t even have the chance to meet a rich man!‘ Bai He complained.
’Is marrying a rich man necessarily a happy thing?’ He Qingqing asked.
‘Of course. You can live a life without worries, travel in a BMW, and wherever you go, people will look at you with envy. That feeling is really wonderful!‘ Bai He yearned for it.
’I hate rich people the most. They all look condescending. The bank is a place where the rich are loved and the poor are hated. Whenever those rich clients come to do business, we have to stand there and greet them with a smile on our faces, and smile as if we were seeing our own parents. Bai He, I think you should come to our bank every day and spy on us. The people who come in and out are all rich people!‘ He Qingqing laughed.
’Hey, He Qingqing, what do you mean?‘ Bai He couldn’t help but say, as she heard a barb in her words. “You’re the one who got me unemployed, so don’t say anything sarcastic!”
’Okay, okay, will you stop fighting? Qingqing, you’re largely responsible for Bai He’s situation, so just stop talking nonsense!’ Fang Xin stepped in to smooth things over.
He Qingqing bit her chopsticks and pondered for a moment, saying, ‘Fang Xin, you’re good at cooking, and you’ve worked as a handyman in many restaurants. Bai He is sweet-talking, so let’s open a small restaurant. Our bank has just launched a new small loan business that only requires two guarantors with a certain level of financial strength. I’ll see if I can find a way to borrow some, and then add your usual savings, and there shouldn’t be a problem opening a small restaurant!’
Fang Xin and Bai He looked at each other. Working for other people all the time and taking abuse from them, it’s really better to open your own business and be your own boss.
At the beginning of starting a business
It is not easy to open your own restaurant and be the boss!
He Qingqing tried every trick in the book and went through the back door, and finally found a familiar account manager who lent them 30,000 yuan. Together with the less than 20,000 yuan that Bai He and Fang Xin had saved up, they had a total of almost 50,000 yuan. In addition to finding a house to rent, renovating it, buying tables and chairs, pots and pans, plates and bowls, and various ingredients, they also had to deal with various government departments such as water and electricity, industry and commerce, and tax. After a lot of trouble, the inexperienced girls spent a lot of money unnecessarily. Now there is only 4,080 yuan left on the books, and the small ‘home-style restaurant’ located on the back street of Dafu Shopping Mall is finally opening on a lucky day.
Fang Xin and Bai He are lying on the table, panting. In the past two months, the two of them have successfully lost 20 pounds!
‘You two must be tired, right? Have a drink.’ Fortunately, they hired a considerate and capable helper, Xiao Guo, who brought them two cups of steaming water at the right time to offer comfort to the two women who were struggling to survive.
‘Thank you, Xiaoguo, you’re really our good brother!‘ The two women said, competing to be the first to speak. Xiaoguo glanced at Baihe, blushing as he looked away.
The water was just about to reach their lips when they heard a splash. The freshly painted front door had been kicked open and several men barged in.
’Who’s the boss here?’ A black fat man in shoddy leather shouted menacingly, holding a cigarette.
Fang Xin stood up calmly. ‘I am. What do you want?’
The fat black man threw the cigarette he was smoking on the ground and stomped on it, then looked at Bai He askance. ‘The little woman is quite pretty. I won’t beat around the bush. From tomorrow, the protection fee will be 3,500 yuan a month. Since you look good, I’ll give your shop a special discount. You’ll pay 3,000 yuan up front, and I’ll send someone to collect the rest on the 20th of every month. Do you understand?’
‘3,000 yuan?’ That’s a lot of money.
‘Of course, if you are willing to be my mistress, I will not charge you a single penny for protection, and I will even pay you back. What do you say?’ The fat black man teased, Bai He’s face turned red with anger, and his brothers let out loud, unrestrained laughter.
Fang Xin said lightly, ’It’s only 3,000 yuan, just come and get it on the 20th.’
‘Good, that’s enough. Let’s go!‘ The fat black man led his henchmen away, smug and triumphant, and before leaving, he gave Bai He an unbridled look.
’Sister Fang!’ Bai He and Xiao Guo surrounded her, looking indignant.
‘Don’t worry, as long as the restaurant opens successfully tomorrow, I will find a way to deal with them in the future. I don’t even care about these people!”
Seeing that she was so confident, Bai He felt a little more at ease. She said to Xiaoguo, “Don’t look at Sister Fang, she’s small and thin, but she’s got some pretty good kung fu. Tomorrow, just focus on cooking!”
The “Delicious Home Cooking Restaurant” opened for business on Sunday.
From the first to the fifth day, there were only a few customers, and at night, under the lights, the two of them counted the few bills they had and worried. This was not a solution. The interest on the bank loan alone was more than 200 yuan per month. If it didn’t work, what would they use to pay it back?
Bai He slammed the table, startling He Qingqing, who was practising her abacus skills. ‘What are you doing? I have an exam tomorrow!’ she said, pouting her lips in displeasure.
Bai He ignored her and ground her teeth at Fang Xin, ‘Our food is so good and not expensive, so why is no one coming? I think it must be that guy stirring things up behind our backs. It’s the 20th day after tomorrow, what are we going to do? We haven’t earned a single penny, and we’re throwing money away to that smelly black fat guy. I’m not happy about it!’
Fang Xin rolled her eyes and said mysteriously, ‘Don’t worry, I’ll take care of it!’
“Are you sure?’
12 o’clock on the 20th.
The black and fat guy led a group of his brothers in to collect the protection fee in an awe-inspiring manner. As soon as they entered the door, they almost got knocked over by Bai He, who was busy going round in circles. She was seen smiling sweetly and like a butterfly, she was going round among the customers, serving water and food and taking payment all in one go, her slim body moving around in the small shop like a fish in water.
‘Haha, business is good!‘ He put on his sunglasses and strutted in, imitating the TV mob boss. “Where’s the boss?”
’Here comes the shredded pork with peppery sauce…’ Fang Xin, dressed as a chef, placed a tray neatly in front of a table of customers, her voice sweet as honey: ’Brother Shui, here’s your food!’
The dark, fat man stared at her lecherously. ‘Boss, pay up today. Seeing as your business is still good, I’ll add another thousand next month!’
Bai He shot him venomous glares, but they only attracted his leering gaze. Fang Xin laughed, ‘Brother Hei, I’ll pay you right away, let me take care of the customer first!’
‘What customer? Just pay up first,’ he was impatient.
‘Is that Hei San? You’re here for dinner too?‘ The guest turned around. He had bushy eyebrows and a square face.
’Captain Shui-Shui?’ Hei San froze for a moment, and the guests around him looked over at him. Oh my, they’re all acquaintances! They’re all policemen from the police station that he’s met several times! His shin muscles trembled a little, and he felt a bit dizzy. The brothers behind him were too scared to breathe.
A room full of plainclothes policemen!
‘Captain Shui, I swear to you that I have not done anything illegal. I’m just a lowly errand boy, just trying to make a living. Captain Shui, please spare me!’ Hei San was on the verge of kneeling down. Everyone in the northern underworld knew the reputation of the police captain of the Shui Long Squad. Especially these small-time crooks, he was simply their nemesis.
Captain Shui waved at him, and Hei San ran over happily, ’What do you command?’
‘She’s my own sister!’ He pointed at Fang Xin and said, “If you dare to come to this street again, I’ll break your legs again.”
Hei San hurriedly swore to the sky, “If I dare to come again, I’ll be a son of a bitch!” He said to Fang Xin in a flattering manner, ’Grandma, Hei San was blind and didn’t know Mount Tai. You, my lord, don’t count the faults of a petty person!’
Bai He burst out laughing, and Fang Xin said sweetly, ‘Do you still want us to be your second or third wives?’
Hei San slapped himself hard, ‘Stupid mouth! Asshole!’
Everyone in the room burst out laughing.
“Girl, if Hei San hadn’t come looking for trouble, I’m afraid I wouldn’t even know that you’re in the same city as me. What the hell are you up to?’ Shuilong sat on a park bench next to Fang Xin, frowning as he smoked.
Fang Xin was too busy stuffing her face with the burger and chicken leg Shuilong had bought her and the freshly baked egg tarts to pay any attention to him.
“Gosh, you’re still as hungry as ever! Back at school you were always the one who got the short end of the stick. It’s been four years, but when we meet, you still can’t let it go. I really wonder if I owed you from a previous life!’ He said discontentedly, but there was a hint of fondness in his eyes.
‘Brother Shui, please have pity on little sister me, don’t let me talk while I’m eating, I’m not your prisoner!’ She swallowed the last bite and used his sleeve to wipe her greasy mouth.
‘Ah, my new Bosideng!’ He reacted, looking at the obvious grease stain with pain. She acted as if nothing had happened, patted her bottom and was ready to go.
‘Tianya!’ he called angrily after her, “What on earth happened? I contacted Yao Dayuan, and he said you resigned from the police station. He refused to say the exact reason. Why did you resign all of a sudden?”
She looked at him with her clear eyes and said calmly, “I don’t deserve to be a police officer, so I quit, that’s all. Don’t ask any more, this is the life I’ve chosen!” In the winter sunshine, her eyes were filled with water, like melting snow and ice underground. The petite girl with tear-filled eyes easily arouses the protective instinct in the tall man, not to mention Shui Long, her senior at the police academy who has always doted on her like a little sister. She is such a cute and innocent girl, but now there is a look of absent-mindedness and melancholy in her eyes.
‘Okay, I won’t ask anymore. Tianya, just come to me for anything in the future, even if it’s a big deal, I’ll back you up. Don’t cry, okay?’ He hurriedly coaxed her, deciding to find out the whole story later.
He will stand up for her even if it’s a big deal? But I’m afraid that by that time, no one will be able to protect her. Fang Xin suddenly burst into laughter, ‘Brother Shui, have you found my sister-in-law for me?’
Shui Long was caught off guard by her question and blushed, ‘I just talked to one person, but I don’t know if she’s willing.’
‘My brother Shui is brilliant and heroic, who would dare not want him?’ Fang Tianya waved his fist and said.
‘But she’s a PhD who just returned from studying abroad, the daughter of the bank president, beautiful and smart, and understanding, there are people lining up to woo her.‘ He said with some pride and some inferiority.
Fang Tianya snickered secretly, I bet Brother Shui loves his girlfriend terribly!
’What about you? You’re not young anymore, do you have a prince charming in mind?’ he teased.
The smile froze on his face, and she slowly lowered her head. ’No.’
‘If you don’t have one, don’t be so downhearted. How about I pick a handsome guy from the police force for you to be your boyfriend? When I was cheering for you just now, one of my buddies asked me about you in a whisper.‘ Shui Long patted her thin shoulders and winked.
Fang Xin avoided his strong pats, “I don’t care, anyway, you’re the only friend I have here, and you’re responsible for my life!”
’Of course!’ Shui Long said, taking full responsibility.
The business of the ‘Delicious Home Cooking Restaurant’ finally picked up, and a few waitresses were hired to free Fang Xin and Bai He. Every night, they counted the bills and the beautiful banknotes, and they couldn’t stop smiling even in their sleep . After a few days, they moved to a new home in a heated building, but one of the shareholders, He Qingqing, was not happy at all. This was because the bank she worked for was facing major changes, and the outcome of these changes would determine whether she would be laid off. The new female manager was said to have graduated from a famous foreign university and was proficient in finance and law. Upon arrival, she was entrusted with an important task to bring a ray of hope to the bank in difficulty. As soon as she took office, the female manager announced that a technical examination would be held, and all employees who failed the examination would be laid off. So, the lazy He Qingqing had no choice but to practice her basic skills every day, and she had to read business books before going to bed. Her chubby face had lost weight, her pot belly had become much slimmer, and the dishes that Fang Xin cooked in different ways no longer aroused her interest.
One night, as soon as He Qingqing entered the door, she threw herself into Fang Xin’s arms and burst into tears. Fang Xin hurriedly said, ‘Be good, it’s okay. At worst, you can be a boss lady like us. Your salary will be much higher than what you’re making now. What are you afraid of?’
‘No!’ He Qingqing wiped away her tears and said, ‘The exam is over, and I passed!’ She screamed with excitement.
‘Ah!’ A hard slap landed on her head, and He Qingqing hugged her head and scurried away, “Please spare my life, it was Qingqing who got too excited and scared you. Now the employees we keep may raise their wages. By then I will earn as much as you do, no, more than you do. Don’t forget that I am the majority shareholder in the restaurant!” She said proudly.
He Qingqing gradually took on the appearance of a white-collar lady. As her salary increased exponentially, the clothes in her closet also increased, and they were quite tasteful. The leather shoes on her feet were no less than 1,000 yuan. She walked with her head held high and her back straight. Her lips were also painted red all day long, and she was full of youthful ambition. She also became somewhat arrogant in front of Fang Xin and Bai He.
She can now say that she is sailing along smoothly. After passing her exams, she is also getting better at her job. The bank she works for has seen a sharp rise in performance thanks to the efforts of her new boss. Recently, they have been discussing a project with a major international financial investment group, and they have reached a preliminary agreement. The other party may have to inject tens of billions of liquidity into the bank, and there will be more in the future. Her new boss also announced that in the future, they will select key personnel from the bank to receive further training abroad, because the development of the bank is inseparable from the cultivation of talent. He Qingqing simply adores her beautiful and capable new boss too much. She has secretly determined that she, He Qingqing, will also carve out her own world through her own efforts. As for the small restaurant, she simply doesn’t care. Of the three, she has the highest level of education. Bai He is just a superficial person who is looking for a rich man, Fang Xin looks like she has no ambitions either, and occasionally goes a little crazy, like often daydreaming out the window, and when it snows, she’ll hide in the thick cotton quilt and be lazy about going to work. Only she, He Qingqing, will be the most promising of the three!
‘Hey, where’s Bai He?’ He Qingqing asked upon returning home one day. Fang Xin was about to speak when footsteps sounded outside the door. Bai He pushed open the door with a spring in her step, turned back with a bashful smile on her face and said, “Please come in and sit down!”
He Qingqing and Fang Xin widened their eyes. A tall, graceful man appeared before them, with a handsome but feminine appearance, long, straight hair and polite manners.
‘Bang,‘ the glass of water in Fang Xin’s hand fell to the ground and shattered. She hurriedly bent down to pick it up. “I’m sorry, I was rude to come in and scare you, wasn’t I?” Someone else picked up the broken glass before she could.
Fang Xin avoided his eyes and forced a smile, “How could that be? I was just careless!”
’She’s not that timid, Mr. Ying, be careful not to get glass shards in your hands, let me do it,’ Bai He said politely.
He straightened up and looked sadly at the ground. ‘It’s all my fault, I made Miss Fang break such an expensive glass!’
He Qingqing couldn’t help but retort, ‘This glass was bought by her from a street stall for five yuan before, I don’t know what Mr. Ying sees as expensive about it?’
He spread his palm, and a piece of transparent broken glass reflected the light. If an ordinary person broke it, it would naturally be worthless.‘ He looked up and gave Fang Xin a meaningful smile.
’So what you’re saying is that Fang Xin is not an ordinary person?‘ He Qingqing asked curiously.
’I want to say that none of the three ladies are ordinary people! It’s late, I have to go,’ he replied slyly, then politely said goodbye. Bai He reluctantly saw him off to the door, and didn’t go home until she saw his car disappear in the distance.
‘Bai He, what do you mean? How could you bring this man home? Have you forgotten who caused you to lose your job?’ He Qingqing snapped.
Bai He said nonchalantly, ’It was his sister who caused me to lose my job, not him. Besides, he is handsome and gentle, and he is also very rich. What if I like him? You’re not jealous, are you?’
He Qingqing was so angry that she was speechless. Fang Xin hurriedly gave her a reassuring look and asked worriedly, ‘Bai He, how did you meet him? This afternoon, didn’t you go to another hotel to spy on the market?’
“Of course I did. Because I was late returning and missed the bus, I happened to run into him driving by. He said he had always felt quite sorry for me, so he invited me to dinner at the Grand Hotel to apologise, and then drove me back. I think he’s very nice, and he’s definitely not like his sister!’ Bai He is now glowing with excitement.
He Qingqing snorted from her nose, and Bai He ignored her and hummed a tune as she returned to her room. Fang Xin pulled back the corner of the curtain and looked downstairs. There were no street lamps in this simple neighbourhood, and it was dark downstairs, so she couldn’t see anything, but an inexplicable fear still welled up in her heart like a tidal wave.
Was it a dream or not?
‘Brother Shui, I’m leaving!‘ Fang Xin said over the phone.
’Who’s bothering you?’ Shui Long asked calmly.
Fang Xin was distracted, but she couldn’t explain it. Danger was getting closer and closer. Some unidentified people had started appearing around her place. He Qingqing and Bai He were oblivious, but her training had made her more alert than others. She knew what kind of people they were. No matter where she went, those people followed like ghosts. But that person never appeared. Perhaps he was playing a game of cat and mouse, and seeing that he already had his prey in the bag, there was no need to hurry. What was even more worrying was that she could have learned news of her grandmother through a secret channel, but for some reason, this channel had inexplicably disappeared. The news from Dayuan on the other end had made her feel less anxious, but the ambiguity of his words had given her an ominous feeling that made her heart race.
‘I’ve got a huge problem. I need to get out of here right away.‘ She took her phone and started spinning around her room, even keeping her voice down.
’What did you say? Speak up, I can’t hear you!’ There was a sudden noise from the other end of the line, the sound of running water coming through faintly, and then nothing.
Fang Xin broke out in a cold sweat. Her body was pressed against the wall, and she looked around in shock. Could it be that he had completely monitored the place, and even the mobile phone signal could not be connected? Her gaze shifted to the desktop, where there was an invitation with a gold border. It was left behind by He Qingqing. Their bank and some large enterprises were having a networking cocktail party tonight, and she had gone to the beauty salon early for a facial. Bai He had changed her mind in the past few days and had devoted herself to studying recipes with Yi Xin and Guo Guo, even voluntarily giving up this great opportunity to meet rich people. She desperately wanted to escape and even less wanted to go.
The phone rang abruptly, and Fang Xin almost jumped up. She stared at the phone for a long time, but the ringtone refused to stop. She picked up the phone with trepidation.
‘You’re here? Come down quickly. My colleagues and I are in the car downstairs. Don’t stay at home all alone. Come with us tonight. It’ll be a lot of fun!’ It was He Qingqing’s voice.
Fang Xin stuck her head out the window and looked downstairs. A red Porshe was parked downstairs, and He Qingqing’s face, made up with a thousand charms, peeked out of the car window, reaching out to greet her.
‘I’ll be right there, just give me a second.’ Fang Xin had an idea in mind, so she hurriedly got dressed and got into the car. The reception would be very crowded, so she could act according to the situation.
The spacious marble hall was decorated in soft yellow and pink tones, with burgundy carpets and a golden crystal chandelier.
The men were all dressed formally in suits, while the women were competing with each other in their beauty, whether it be glamorous, cute or elegant, in short, they were all wearing their best clothes as if they were in a competition. Because the president of a certain mysterious international financial consortium will appear at this reception, and according to legend his worth is beyond estimation. Everything about him is a mystery. The company he founded has expanded like crazy in just a few years, becoming one of the world’s largest multinational groups, with profits every year reaching astronomical figures. However, even his senior executives have rarely seen him, and some of his major decisions are often only conveyed to them through his capable subordinates. However, he came here to attend a reception to celebrate the successful acquisition and joint venture of more than ten companies in the north. It was just an ordinary reception, and there were countless receptions like this one every year. Everyone was full of excitement and speculation. The bank’s headquarters attached even more importance to this event, and all the senior management had carefully prepared for this, waiting for the first formal meeting with this person they had worked with.
He Qingqing, however, was dressed in an expensive fashionable suit, with a sparkling gemstone pendant in her ear. She was radiant with youth after applying her makeup. As soon as she entered the lobby, she quickly blended into the crowd, leaving Fang Xin behind. Fang Xin was content in her own company, choosing a corner where she could stand unnoticed, taking a glass of wine and sipping it slowly. Her attire was out of place with this group of people, so naturally few people paid attention to her.
Looking out the window, she saw the same lights and revelry outside, with endless songs and dances. This is such a prosperous world, with so many people, who knows who is who? Is one’s destiny predetermined, or is it in one’s own hands? Or is it controlled by others? Looking up at the stars in the distant sky, they shone brightly in the cold winter night sky.
When she came back to her senses, all she could hear were rumours about the mysterious VIPs at this reception. As she listened, her face suddenly paled. When she saw some men in dark suits seemingly casually scattered around, she understood everything. Fear welled up from the bottom of her heart, as if an invisible hand was choking her throat.
‘Hey, you little girl, so you’re here? You’ve been a hard person to find!’ Someone came up to her quickly, and it turned out to be Shui Long in a dark blue suit. His tall figure looked heroic, but his face was covered with an unconcealable look of worry and anxiety, and his hair was a bit messy.
‘You scared me. I couldn’t get through on the phone, so I went to your place. A neighbour told me that you and the girl you live with had gone out all dressed up. I happened to be invited to a drinks party by a friend who works at a bank, so I came here to try my luck. I never thought you’d actually be here, but here you are, safe and sound!’ He looked her up and down.
Fang Xinqiang smiled weakly, ’I’m fine!’
At that moment, there was a sudden burst of thunderous applause in the hall. She looked up and saw a slender woman standing in front of the stage. Because she was a little far away, she couldn’t see her clearly, but intuitively she knew that she was a noble and beautiful woman.
Wherever her gaze fell, she felt like basking in the spring breeze, with a very friendly smile. ‘Good evening everyone! I’m Ding Ding, senior executive of Yancheng Industrial Bank. I’m very happy to meet everyone, and I hope you can have an enjoyable evening like I am!’
Another round of applause.
‘She is my girlfriend,’ Shui Long said tenderly. Fang Xin glanced at him, his face full of a happy glow. She swallowed the words on the tip of her tongue. No one who got involved with her would have a happy ending, and she couldn’t cause him trouble.
The woman on stage, Sakura, smiled lightly, her bearing graceful and poised in the spotlight. ‘Thank you! Now, I would like to invite out our most unexpected guest tonight, the president of the FTY Group, Mr. Yuan Chuohan, who is collaborating with our bank for the first time!’ As he said this, his voice trembled slightly, and he must have been a little excited.
Fang Xin’s glass trembled in her hand, and the red wine spilled over her black sweater, her mind in a complete mess. With a sea of applause, the gorgeous and elegant peach-wood door, which had been watched by countless pairs of eyes, opened.
Outside the window, a cluster of gorgeous fireworks happened to be rising in the night sky, blooming with a fantastical and gorgeous radiance.
In the hall, everyone was transfixed, as if they could no longer breathe.
Black suit, tall figure, deep dark eyes, he has a stunning face and an air of majesty.
He is not a god, he is a demon, because only a demon has such a peerless and charming appearance, capable of capturing the hearts and souls of everyone in an instant.
Behind him, there are four men in black, following his every move. They are equally handsome and extraordinary, but in his presence, they are undoubtedly like candles in the light of the sun and the moon.
His cold arrogance, domineering manner and noble bearing were perfectly unified.
In the hall, it was so quiet that you could hear the sound of a person’s heartbeat.
Fang Xin barely managed to control herself from shaking, but the glass in her hand still fell to the marble floor without her permission. At the moment when it was about to make a crisp cracking sound, the applause that almost lifted the roof started.
She was sweating coldly, and the cold, dark shadow of his figure was like the wings of a demon, making it impossible for her to breathe. She wanted to curl up and hide in a corner out of his reach, but she couldn’t find such a place. The hall, with its central air conditioning, had now turned into an icy Arctic landscape. Her blood had turned to ice, and the fatigue, weakness, and fear that had been chasing her for four years had finally become a reality in the nightmares that she had suffered every night.
Everything around her disappeared. She could only see, in front of her, that man, with a deadly smile like a poppy habitually floating at the corner of his lips, but his eyes were cold and sharp, distant like stars, as if he were defying the whole world, as if everyone were just his subjects.
Struggling to take back her gaze, she leaned weakly against the marble pillar beside her. No one noticed her unusual appearance. Even Shui Long watched in silence as the tide of enthusiastic applause once again broke out. What had he said? Why were these people applauding so desperately? Did they really not know that the person standing before them was in fact nothing more than a demon in a gorgeous disguise? Did people nowadays only care about money?
She smiled bitterly, her extreme coldness making her whole body tremble and her teeth clattering. Shui Long finally noticed her unusual appearance. He supported the body that was about to fall down the pillar. Her eyes were unfocused and her lips were without any blood colour. ‘Tianya!’ he exclaimed in alarm.
‘I’m fine, just a little stuffy in the chest!’ She gave him a pale smile, his body temperature giving her some warmth.
‘I’ll take you to the hospital right away!’ Without further ado, Shui Long picked her up and started to walk.
She didn’t know where she got the strength to desperately break free from him, “Brother Shui, you don’t need to worry about me, I’ll just go out for some fresh air by myself. Really, I’m fine!” She fled as if escaping from a prison.
Where is love?
The cold night wind pierces her sweater and skirt and enters her very core, but she no longer feels anything. She just keeps running, the wind whistling past her ears. Where is she running to? Where can she go? Everywhere is a net he has laid, and she is the bird destined never to escape but still struggling desperately. She cannot escape.
In front of her was a tall, bare sycamore tree, quiet and desolate under the sparse starlight. Around her were the trees and flowers in the darkness, equally withered by the cold wind.
How did she end up here? This was the place where she had stopped four years ago when she first arrived in this city, a small park in the most secluded corner of the city. Because of this tree, she felt an inexplicable sense of support. She was exhausted and at a loss, and there was also a little life inside her that had yet to be born.
She touched the tree with her hands, and tears flowed silently down her face. ‘I’m sorry, baby,’ she said bitterly in her heart. ‘Forgive me, my child, but there was really nothing I could do!
She cried with such a sense of oppression, such a heart-wrenching pain, that she remembered the pain and humiliation of being propped open by the cold metal. When the unborn fetus finally turned into a pool of blood and flowed out, it also buried all the joy of her youth, as well as that unbearable memory. She was so ruthless. After all, it was an innocent little life, but she had killed it alive. What a selfish woman she was!
She stood up in a daze and walked aimlessly on the road, like a wooden man without a soul. She just walked mechanically when suddenly there was a harsh sound of emergency brakes. A speeding luxury Benz almost hit her, but fortunately the driver swerved and only hit the curbstone. She stood dumbfounded in the middle of the road, as if she was unaware of what was happening around her. At that moment, a middle-aged man with a hooked nose got out of the car, wearing a mink coat and big diamond rings on his fingers. He was furious and raised his hand to slap her, knocking her off balance. Then he opened his mouth and cursed, ‘Are you looking for death? Can’t you see my car coming?’
She almost fell to the ground, stood there in a daze, and all she could see were his fat lips opening and closing: ‘So she’s a crazy bitch! What fucking bad luck!’ The middle-aged man cursed for a long time, but when he saw that she didn’t react, he suddenly lost his temper. He turned to leave, but suddenly he froze. He didn’t know when a young man as beautiful as a god had appeared behind him. He was wearing a simple but expensive black trench coat, and had a dignified and elegant air about him. The faint smile on his face was even colder than the winter wind.
‘Did you crash your car?‘ the young man asked.
The middle-aged man first shivered. In the presence of this person, he suddenly felt humble and afraid, as if he were the most wretched piece of mud on the ground. “I broke a headlight,” he said honestly.
The young man took out his mobile phone and whispered a few words into the phone. “The market price of a Mercedes-Benz S55 is nearly two million yuan, so I will pay for her.”
’What?’ The middle-aged man opened his mouth wide.
‘She is my person, so it is only natural that I pay for her damages,’ he said with a light smile.
Although the middle-aged man did not know his identity, he could tell from his imposing manner that he was someone not to be trifled with. He did not expect that the woman he had almost hit had such a formidable background. He hurriedly smiled and said, ’I dare not. My car is not in any great danger. It can be fixed!’
A beautiful woman in gorgeous clothes got out of the Mercedes-Benz and walked over, throwing a flirtatious glance at the young man and saying to the middle-aged man, ‘Mr Li, why not accept the other person’s kind offer to replace your car?’
What a silly woman, truly living up to the saying, ‘Big breasts and no brains.’ The middle-aged man secretly cursed his young and flirtatious mistress and glared at her, saying, ‘What do you know!’
At that moment, the car horn sounded, and eight black cars pulled up along the road. They were all Mercedes-Benzes, and they stopped in front of them. A dozen men in black suits got out of the cars and stood in front of the young man. One of them was carrying a black suitcase and said respectfully, ‘Mr. Yuan, it’s all ready.’
‘Good,’ he said indifferently, ‘give this gentleman the money and let him count it.’
The middle-aged man was so intimidated by the situation that he could no longer speak, and stuttered, ‘What do you mean? I don’t need you to pay for it!’
The big man in black opened the suitcase, and inside were neatly folded stacks of RMB notes. He said impatiently, ‘This is 2 million. Count it. It’s the money for your car.’
‘What?’ The middle-aged man couldn’t believe it.
‘What? Don’t you want to sell?’ The young man gave him a look, and the middle-aged man broke out in a cold sweat. ‘Sell! Sell!’
‘Okay,‘ he said with satisfaction, and commanded the men in black, “destroy this car for me.”
’Ah-”
In less than five minutes, the middle-aged man’s brand new car was smashed to pieces by the iron tools the men in black had brought with them, and it lay in the middle of the road in a pile of unrecognisable junk.
The middle-aged man and woman had already collapsed in a heap, shivering. Then the cold voice said again, ’Just now, you slapped my woman. What do you think should be done?’
The middle-aged man’s face was ashen and he could no longer speak. The two men in black stepped forward and held him down. His fat face fell onto the asphalt, his right arm was stepped on under their heavy leather boots, and his right hand was spread apart and fixed to the ground. ‘Break each of his fingers one by one for hitting me just now!’ The cruel words came softly from his sexy thin lips.
The cold light of the metal reflected in the sunlight. As the middle-aged man let out a scream, the delicate and beautiful woman immediately fainted. Fang Tianya struggled in his arms and cursed, ‘Are you still human? Hurry up and make them stop!’
He lifted her chin with all his strength, clenched it in his hand, his eyes narrowed slightly, and there was a cold smile on the corner of his lips: ‘Anyone who touches my woman with a finger will make them wish they were dead. Similarly, the person who made me wish I were dead will also make her pay the corresponding price!’
She stared at him with a stubborn determination and hatred in her eyes.
His fingers gently brushed her lips, which were turning purple from the cold, and her eyes, which were illuminated by the cold light of the snow.
‘I’ve been dreaming of you, I’ve come for you alone!’ He lowered his head and bit her lips hard. A faint smell of blood filled his mouth as he finally invaded her territory, with an elegant sense of predation and the strong scent of a mature man. It was like fire, like ice. She felt like she was in the eye of a storm, everything was dark!
She heard the dying groans of the middle-aged man, and she gasped in his arms. Her eyes were confused and struggling.
‘Let him go, I’ll go with you!’
Yuan Chu Han raised the corners of his lips. His woman was so soft-hearted, but she didn’t know that if it wasn’t because of her, none of this would have happened!
The blood on the ground had already coagulated, and the middle-aged man lay face down on the ground, his luxurious mink coat covered in mud. Next to him was the wreckage of a two-million-yuan car. Fang Tianya was embraced in Yuan Chuhan’s arms as they walked towards his car, which had been parked in the corner. Trembling, she dared not look. As they passed the man, a hand suddenly grabbed her foot. It was the little beauty who was with the man. ’ Help me,’ she looked straight at Yuan Chuhan, her eyes under her thick eyelashes flickering like those of a frightened fawn.
Yuan Chuhan glanced at the hand that was holding Fang Tianya back. The white lotus-like jade wrist was exposed, and the cuff was a circle of gorgeous fur. Fang Tianya keenly caught the fleeting cold light in his eyes, and she nervously grabbed his arm, “Chuhan, don’t!” She shook her head anxiously and looked at him pleadingly.
He touched her pale face and said slowly, ‘If you’re good, I’ll let them go. And your grandmother, don’t you want to see her?’
She looked at him in horror and exhaustion. This time, there was no escape. The cold night sky was dotted with falling snowflakes. She huddled her shoulders, and his trench coat draped over her, but without his overbearing and passionate embrace, she was still freezing. It was scary. It was only a moment ago, but she already missed his warm embrace so much. Was she really that spineless?
The hospital’s emergency vehicle pulled the two of them away. She got into his car. A police car whizzed by, the sound of which was the most familiar to her. It was the sound she had heard when she first stepped out of the school gate and went on her first day as a police officer. She had followed her senior’s car to catch the bad guys. She had been so full of enthusiasm then. But now, it felt like a lifetime ago. Thinking about this, an indescribable bitterness filled her heart.
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The Beauty Salon of the Elegant Lady is the favourite place for the rich wives in the city to visit, not only because of the first-class environment and high-level technology, but also, more importantly, because it can be considered a beauty and fashion salon for the upper class. This is because its proprietress is the recently renowned beauty master in the beauty industry, Chun Ruxue, who was previously a very famous doctor.
The central air conditioning is turned up to the max, and the several hundred ping beauty salon is warm as spring. The lady in the pink uniform has finished maintaining the last customer. The glass door suddenly opens, and it looks like someone has come in. Chun Ruoxue goes out, and there are several tall, expressionless men in black standing in the waiting room. Suddenly, the room seems smaller. ‘You are-’
‘Are you Chun Ruoxue?‘ A deep, pleasant, languid voice asked. The man in black stepped aside, and she saw two men sitting on her French leather sofa. The young man who spoke smiled at her. Chun Ruoxue, who had seen countless people in her life, could not help but secretly admire him: there was really such a stunning man in the world!
’I heard that you are the best beautician here, is that right?’ he asked. The smile concealed a domineering and cold gaze, which only made people feel a bone-chilling chill and a faint sense of contempt.
Unable to bear his strong gaze, Chun Ruxue avoided his eyes and forced a smile, ‘I only have a modest reputation. Which beauty service do you require?’
He did not reply, but tilted his head slightly to look at the petite woman wrapped in a coat next to him. Chun Ruxue wondered if she was seeing things, because why had she just seen a trace of tenderness in his eyes? But as soon as the other person looked up at him, his eyes turned cold again.
‘Please remove all the makeup from this lady’s face!‘ he said indifferently.
Chun Ruoxue had sharp eyes and smiled, “I think the lady used some strange face powder to make her face this colour, and it’s not good for the skin over time! Lady, please come with me.”
Fang Tianya followed her in a dejected manner, and Yuanchu looked at her coldly and said, “Fang Tianya, if you want everyone around you to be safe, you’d better behave!”
’I understand!’ Fang Tianya said with gritted teeth.
Shui Long and He Qingqing and Bai He searched for Fang Tianya for the whole night. After receiving an alarm call from a passer-by, they hurriedly followed the clues and found Yan Yun Beauty Salon. When they turned in, they saw a dark blue expensive LACROSSE parked in a conspicuous position at a glance. This was the luxury car that the person in question had denied, but was reported by passers-by.
“Brother Shui, what is going on? How did Sister Fang get involved with the president of the FTY Group?’
‘Yes, who is Fang?‘
The two girls couldn’t contain their curiosity and worry and asked Shui Long in rapid succession.
’I don’t know!’ Shui Long said. Could this little girl really be related to the young president of the lofty FTY Group? According to passers-by, he smashed the victim’s car and caused injuries because of her. Was he furious over a woman?
Chun Ruxue looked at the girl in front of her with satisfaction, but she just looked at herself with a face of remorse. ‘There’s no way around it. I’m the one who got you into this state, and I’m also the only one who can get the stuff off your face. That person, I can’t afford to offend!’ she said leisurely.
‘Boss Chun has met him?’ she asked sullenly.
“I once saw his profile in a foreign magazine. A terrifying yet charismatic figure, the issue sold like crazy. I bought it back at a high price, and it’s still treasured in my bookcase.’ She gazed at her intently and added, ‘Was it to hide from him that you asked me to disguise you in the first place?’
Fang Tianya was silent for a long time before she said, ‘No, it was to hide from myself!’ An extraordinarily beautiful face was reflected in the mirror. She turned her head and laughed, ‘Boss Chun, do you still think this is me?’ Two flushes on her cheeks made her eyes appear even darker and brighter.
Chun Ruoxue elegantly folded her arms and examined her, then sighed. ‘Why do you have to avoid him so desperately? He does love you, doesn’t he?’
Fang Tianya froze for a moment, not expecting her to ask that question. She didn’t know how to answer, so she just remained silent. She felt her sharp gaze fall on her, as if trying to dig out the deepest secrets of her heart.
Someone knocked on the door. ‘Miss, Mr. Yuan is asking for you.’
Yuan Chuhan was momentarily taken aback, but quickly hid her expression.
‘Are you satisfied?’ Chun Ruxue smiled as she watched.
He said coldly, “Boss Chun, you talk too much.” Unable to resist, he glanced at Fang Tianya again. She was looking at the grey sky outside, muttering to herself, “It’s going to snow again.” Her body, wearing only a sweater, looked exceptionally thin, and her weak shoulders trembled gently, even though the temperature in the room reached 25 degrees.
He finally couldn’t control himself any longer and walked up to her, embraced her, and whispered, ’Tianya, I’m here for you!’
She broke away from him suddenly, turned her head away from him and wouldn’t look at him.
It was as if a cold wind had blown into his arms, and his heart froze instantly. But blood, drop by drop, trickled out. Chun Ruoxue saw that his dark eyes were shining with coldness, his thin lips tightly pursed, with a devastating power, but also a kind of helpless sadness.
‘You—who are you? Why are you wearing Sister Fang’s clothes?’ He Qingqing asked dumbfounded. She swore that this was definitely not her sister Fang. She was not as pretty, did not have such a delicate and youthful face, and lips as soft as flower petals. She was just an ordinary person. Bai He also stared at her face in disbelief, unable to figure out what was going on. She turned to Shui Long and said, ‘Brother Shui, didn’t you say you found Sister Fang? Where is she?’
Fang Tianya did not dare to look them in the eye. Although she had her reasons, she did not want them to know that she had been deceiving them.
‘This—‘ Shui Long didn’t know what to say. He had promised Fang Tianya not to reveal her true identity.
Yuan Chuhan took Fang Tianya’s hand without saying a word and walked out, but was intercepted by Shui Long.
’I’m sorry, Mr Yuan, someone saw you instruct someone to destroy someone else’s car in the street and injure the owner. Could you please assist the police in clarifying the matter?’
Yuán Chūhán looked down upon him with contempt and walked straight ahead. His entourage, who were also specially trained senior assassins with kung fu that was in no way inferior to Shui Long’s, rudely pushed Shui Long away. Shui Long was at a disadvantage once they clashed. Fang Tianya paused for a moment and said to Yuán Chūhán, ‘Do you really want to be charged with assaulting a police officer again?’
Looking at her, he said slowly, ‘In this world, no one dares to stop my footsteps!’
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Shuilong stood up unsteadily, a little embarrassed. There were many enemies and few allies, but Yuan Chuhan’s entourage did not attack him, just keeping him at a distance and watching as Fang Tianya got into the car. She suddenly turned around and shouted, ‘Brother Shu, take care of them for me!’
Bai He and He Qingqing recognised her voice and came up to her, calling out, ‘Sister Fang…’ but they too were stopped.
Through the car window, the snowflakes danced in the night sky. Her eyes were already blurred with tears. She pressed her hand against the cold windowpane and looked numbly at the city, which had become a little unfamiliar in the snow.
The car drove steadily on. She sat in silence, keeping her distance from him. He leaned over, pulled her into his arms, and kissed the trembling lips that drove him crazy.
‘No!’ She turned her face away, trembling as she tried to push him away. His body weighed heavily on top of her, forcing her hands to remain fixed above her head, while his other hand slipped inside her clothes. For four years, he had been obsessed with her for four whole years, and could no longer bear the thought of being without her. He had once gone crazy collecting girls who resembled her, the same melon-shaped face, dark, bright eyes, petite figure, but none of them were her. None of them could arouse the most passionate love in his heart. Fang Tianya, ever since he first met her, fate had decreed that the emotional entanglement between him and her could never be severed.
‘Bastard! You bastard!’ Her clothes were half-off, and she whimpered as she pounded his hard back. Her punches and kicks were useless against him. His tongue sucked her tears tenderly and lingeringly, but the rhythm within her grew even more frantic. Four years later, he had become a strong and mature man. He was no longer the shy teenager who had called her “sister.” He would be the only man in her life, her one and only!
His chauffeur had long ago pressed the switch for the special lift glass to separate the front and back seats. This was a top-secret space that belonged only to them. Soft music drifted through the spacious and comfortable cabin, along with moans of pain and pleasure.
The car pulled into a quiet courtyard surrounded by trees. Several wax flowers were blooming fiercely in the snow and wind. This was his temporary residence in the north. The house was not big, but it was heavily guarded and equipped with the most advanced surveillance facilities, keeping tabs on everything within a few miles.
The servant in dark uniform respectfully opened the car door. Yuan Chu Han straightened his clothes. The girl in his arms had already fallen asleep from exhaustion. He took the thick blanket handed to him by the servant and covered her up tightly before carrying her out of the car.
‘Young master-’ His trusted subordinate Hong Shan came up to him. Yuan Chu Han gave him a warning glance and said in a low voice, ‘Young master, they are all waiting for you!’
‘Where am I?‘ The person in his arms muttered indistinctly and moved uncomfortably.
’Be good, we’ll be there soon!’ Yuan Chuhan cooed softly, and as they walked through the brightly lit hall, the people waiting in the hall stood up all at once, but he didn’t even look at them, and went straight upstairs to his bedroom, where he carefully laid her down.
In the room, a plum blossom crystal lamp with lifelike petals radiated a peaceful and soft light.
She lay on the soft bed, her lips a little red and swollen, a natural result of his attentions. His eyes revealed a look of adoration as he reached out to remove her already messy clothes. She was extremely unhappy to be disturbed in her sleep and raised her hand to punch him, but fortunately he had long since known about her habit and dodged in time. Still, he couldn’t help but chuckle.
‘Young master, let us serve young miss,’ said the two nimble maids as they entered quietly, carrying hot towels and other things.
Waving them away, he saw that her face looked unreal in the light. Her small features and delicate chin had not been marked by the years, but rather added a charm unique to mature women. Only her rough hands represented the hard life she had led. With a slight pen, his hands carefully stroked her face. ‘I want you to belong to me alone, and I forbid you to run away again, understand?’ It was half threat and half enticement, but did she hear it?
Enchant my heart
If it weren’t for his concern for Fang Tianya, Shui Long really wouldn’t want to deal with this elegant and arrogant CEO again. He is extraordinarily handsome, has an advantageous and strong background, and is intricately linked to major foreign conglomerates. However, his smile always gives a very cold feeling. With his intuition as a cop, he can vaguely smell the dark aura of this man. There was also an incident that happened two hours ago on Dongyang Road where a car was smashed and someone was injured. According to what passers-by reported, the protagonist should be him, and only he, who could without blinking an eye smash a luxury car that ordinary people could never afford in their lifetime, and also disable someone’s hand, just because that hand had hit the person he loved. However, the car owner didn’t even dare to report the case to the police, and insisted that he was the one who did everything, even though the owner himself was quite an entrepreneur in the city.
Thinking about this, Shui Long couldn’t help but look at his own arm. It had also hugged Fang Tianya’s body. He wondered if that person would find a way to chop it off to vent his anger. His possessiveness was really too strong.
‘What’s wrong?’ Seeing that he was distracted, Ding Ren asked softly.
‘Nothing,’ Shui Long said hastily. He always felt guilty towards his girlfriend. He had no money, no car, and was unable to provide her with a luxurious life, but she never showed any signs of disdain. She was warm and considerate towards him, and this time, she even accompanied him here. He was so grateful.
He finally came downstairs, wearing a white shirt made of fine cotton and black slacks. He looked like he had just taken a shower. He no longer looked as dignified and aloof as he did during the day, but rather looked like a refined and handsome young man.
‘Good evening, both of you,’ he said with a faint smile.
Ding Ding’s face flushed slightly, but she still looked composed. ‘President Yuan, I’m really sorry to bother you at this hour. It’s because my friend is so worried about his junior colleague that he had to come. Please understand,’ Her face was smiling, but only she knew the sadness and heartache in her heart. Ever since they met in France, she had fallen in love with this man like a moth to a flame. She knew that he was a tycoon surrounded by countless famous ladies and she had never dreamed of being able to have him. She had only buried her love for him deep in her heart. Although Shui Long was mediocre and not even one ten-thousandth as good as him, his devotion to her was a consolation for her broken heart.
‘Sorry, Mr Yuan, I’m taking her back with me today,‘ Shui Long said without any preamble, not wishing to beat about the bush.
Yuan Chuhan looked at him for a moment, still with a faint expression on his face: “Taking her back?”
’Yes,’ Shui Long said, ignoring Ding’s sharp glances at him, and speaking with absolute certainty: ’She’s my junior, and I’m the only family member she has here. I don’t want her to stay at a stranger’s house in the middle of the night.’
Ding Chen glanced at Yuan Chuhan surreptitiously. A few locks of damp black hair hung down to his forehead, his eyes half-lidded and expressionless. ‘General Yuan, he speaks so bluntly, so don’t take it personally. Can we see Miss Fang? Shui Long really misses her.’ She hurriedly tried to smooth things over. She was very careful and could tell that he was on the verge of a fit. Although Shui Long was a policeman, she was afraid that he was just like a drop of water hitting a stone. She had personally seen the dignitaries and wealthy people in the city tremble and look terrified in front of him. This was because he was a big businessman who had brought billions to invest. In an era where people believed that ‘he who has the money calls the shots,’ money was enough to control everything, and the same was true for banks. If her performance had not been helped by his secret help, it would not have been so brilliant.
‘She’s asleep. I don’t want anyone to disturb her.‘ He didn’t even bother to raise his eyelids. His tone was light, but it was impossible to resist.
’You’re making so much noise, how can I sleep?’ A lazy voice sounded from upstairs, and a person poked their head out above the stairs. Their eyes looked half-open, and they were wearing a pale pink nightgown with large tulips embroidered in gold thread.
‘Tianya?’ Shui Long was overjoyed. He had a whole list of questions for her, but before he could ask, she sat down on the stairs, looked at him and said lazily, ’Brother Shui, why are you here? You were the one who kept me awake, weren’t you?’
‘Tianya, I’m relieved that you’re okay. Didn’t you say you were in a huge mess and had to leave? Did someone threaten you? You can tell me, I’ll risk my life to protect you from anyone who wants to hurt you!‘ Shui Long gave a nonchalant smile to Yuan Chuohan.
’I’m fine, no one dares to bully me. By the way, Shui Ge, don’t forget to tell my roommates that I won’t be home for a while.’
‘You mean to say that you want to live with him from now on?’ Shui Long’s face turned pale. His intuition told him that this dangerous man in front of him had a strong sense of possession over his junior sister, and there was also a more terrifying feeling that he couldn’t put into words. He just felt that the power was so strong that it was willing to destroy everything. And four years ago, his junior sister left her hometown and changed her name in secret, perhaps just to escape from this devilishly handsome man. If that was really the case, then wouldn’t his junior sister be doomed if she fell into his hands?
‘Brother Shui, he’s my boyfriend, he’ll treat me well, so just leave it alone!’ Fang Tianya stretched, and the man leaning on the sofa opposite her looked at her without blinking, as if he could see right through her. She yawned in a defensive manner and glared at him, saying, “I’m sleepy!”
He stood up, his face expressionless, ’It’s late, I’m sorry I can’t see you out.’
Hongshan came over and politely said to Shui Long and Ding Yan, ‘Please, gentlemen!’
Shui Long had no choice but to leave. He walked to the door and couldn’t help but turn back. Her dazed and worried dark eyes immediately became indifferent after touching him. The man picked his way up the stairs, picked her petite body up from the stairs, and didn’t go back to the room right away. Instead, he pressed her against the handrail of the stairs and kissed her deeply. ‘Little thing, are you afraid that I will harm your brother-in-law?’ Seeing her gasping for breath, he whispered in her ear.
Her brother-in-law finally stormed off, and she felt like a small animal that had broken free of the hunting net, suddenly shouting and slamming her fist into his stomach. He didn’t seem to expect her to suddenly attack, and he groaned and bent over. She didn’t expect her first strike to be successful either, and she fell backwards a few steps, but she couldn’t hold back her tears.
“You hit me, and you’re worried about me?’ Standing straight, he teased her as if nothing had happened, his dark eyes sparkling with joy.
Fang Tianya spat at him without mercy, ‘You’re dreaming!’
‘Aren’t you afraid-’ He tried to scare her, but when he saw the girl in front of him, although she was pretending to be fierce, her eyes were still red from the tears she had just shed. She looked so pitiful that a thousand feelings of pity and tenderness intertwined in his heart, and he whispered, ‘Sister, do you really hate me this much?’
Fang Tianya’s body trembled. The past, like a film, flashed before his eyes. The young, disheveled boy being chased and beaten in the dark alley was rescued by her and stuck with her ever since. In the embrace of the green mountains and clear waters of their hometown, the two lived together as happily as brother and sister, but who would have guessed that the stunningly beautiful young man, who could not hide his charm, was actually the most ruthless gang leader.
“Hate? Do you think I would like a social cancer like you?’ she said coldly.
He smiled without being offended, his dark pupils locked on to hers. ‘Sister, do you know what it’s like to stand alone in the dark? The cold, the murderous intent, the trap. If you hesitate or weaken even a little, you will be devoured and mercilessly torn apart. And there is no turning back. Light and warmth, they are a distant dream for me. I long for them, but I can’t have them.’ She gradually became confused in his slightly sad and helpless words. Avoiding his burning eyes, she was a little distracted. Her cold body was embraced in a warm embrace. His hand gently gathered the messy hair on her forehead. His warm breath hit her face, and his deep, mesmerising dark eyes lingered on her slightly trembling lips. ‘I don’t want you to do anything, I just ask you to give me a chance to love you!’
Her whole body felt like bathing in the warm sunshine, an indescribable feeling of comfort and laziness. Fang Tianya had a beautiful dream, in which he and his grandmother went to the market for the first time. There was everything imaginable for sale, but what she craved most were dried hawthorn and cotton candy. Every year, her grandmother would make a lot of dried hawthorn for her to eat, but cotton candy was only sold at the market. It was a fluffy, white cloud-like mass that just whetted her appetite. She often wondered at the time how nice it would be to sleep on it, and that she could be a happy little pig that just ate and slept.
Bright snowlight shone in through the window, and it was all white outside. A heavy snowfall the night before had turned the surrounding scenery into a beautiful ice sculpture. Only the branches of the winter daphne, which had been weighed down by the heavy snow and hung low, were blooming proudly with their delicate, rosy petals in the snowy world.
The maid brought her breakfast to the bedroom and served it carefully on one side. Fang Tianya thanked her, but he had no appetite at all. Looking out at the snowy scene outside, his heart was as harsh as the ice and snow. Last night, she almost sold her soul to a devil. There was no doubt that he was a man who was good at exploiting people’s weaknesses. He could see right through you, but no matter how close you got to him, you could never see through him either. There was an endless darkness hidden deep in his eyes, a bottomless abyss that made people fall without ceasing.
‘Miss Fang, your phone call,’ the maid said, handing her the receiver.
A gentle and affectionate voice came from the other end: ‘The sun is about to set, I think you should wake up too, right, lazy cat?’
She blushed, and the maid obediently withdrew. ‘Didn’t you say you would let me see my grandmother today?’ she asked.
He laughed and said, ‘You could have seen her tonight, but there was too much snow last night, and there was a storm coming, so the airport was temporarily closed. It will only be a few more days.’
‘So you’re clearly not keeping your word?‘ she sneered.
He pondered for a moment, “It’s not hard if you want. My private jet parked at the airport is ready to go, but I can’t guarantee they’ll be able to get here safely.”
’No! No!’ she cried, desperate. He knew exactly how she felt about her grandmother and that was what he was counting on to keep her in check. She had no choice but to obey. “Why did my grandmother fall into your hands?” she asked, a question that had puzzled her for a long time.
He laughed softly, without answering directly. ‘Nothing escapes my grasp!’
‘And me? Am I the same?’ Her body grew cold inch by inch.
He was silent at the other end.
Twenty-two of the most senior managers of the Northern branch sat quietly in the meeting room. The smell of gunpowder had just dispersed. Everyone had carefully prepared and researched for today’s speech. This was a fierce debate about the group’s business development in the northern market, and also a display of their abilities. Backed by the huge financial strength of the FTY Group, they believed that the future of the north was definitely theirs!
However, their new president had just glanced through the meeting minutes and then slammed the thick document down in front of them, silencing all the managers and supervisors. There was an unconcealable arrogance on the face of their young president.
‘The profit target you have proposed for one year is not even comparable to the group’s daily expenses!’ he said coldly.
The people present lowered their heads in shame and embarrassment. Vice President Ying Yuanlun handed the prepared materials to his assistant and said, ‘This is the goal set for the company under the jurisdiction of everyone here. Please remember that this is a task that must be completed, and there is no room for negotiation. The group’s multi-million annual salary and excellent position will depend on your performance. In addition, the group will never tolerate mediocrity. Please think about it for yourself!’
After Ying Yuanlun finished speaking, he glanced at Yuan Chuhan. He was already frowning as he studied the report sent by the finance department. The coldness and domineering aura that he unintentionally exuded made everyone feel a suffocating pressure. He has cunning and strong business acumen and deep scheming. He has long seen the huge potential of the northern market and, with the support of preferential policies, has been willing to go to any lengths to merge with seemingly ailing but actually very capable companies. His vast wealth has also allowed him to launder his money. With his wealth and connections with international consortia, his tentacles have begun to successfully reach out to various industries, but his ambitions do not end there.
At this time, Yuan Chuhan’s personal secretary walked up to him and whispered, ‘Mr Yuan, a lady is calling for you. I said you were in a meeting and couldn’t answer the phone, but she said she was your fiancee, what do you think?’
Fiancee? Everyone’s ears pricked up. They had heard through the grapevine that their boss had a stunning fiancee from a noble family, but they had no idea who she was.
He gave them a cold, sideways glance, and everyone who met his gaze, including Ying Yuanlun, sheepishly lowered their heads. He turned around and picked up the phone in the other room. ‘I told you not to call me at random if there’s nothing going on. Do I need to remind you for the second time?’
A voice of extreme charm came from the other end of the line: ‘Han, don’t be angry, okay?’
‘What’s the matter?’ he said impatiently.
‘Han, I’m pregnant with your child, three months already,‘ the woman said with a hint of grievance. “Father wants us to get married right away, and I wanted to ask your opinion first.”
’Get married?‘ Yuan Chu laughed coldly. “You know my rules of the game very well.”
’It’s your child, are you really that heartless?’ Her voice had already taken on a hint of weeping. “I knew you wouldn’t want this child, but Father wants an heir, and you won’t even listen to him?” she said with some resentment and threat.
He laughed softly, ‘Ruqing, do you think he can control me with his current abilities? By the way, I also want to thank you for always speaking well of me in front of him, otherwise I would not have taken over everything so quickly. But the child in your belly will definitely not become the heir of the Yuan family, so give up!’
‘Yuan Chuhan, you—you’re so vicious!’ She gasped heavily.
‘I don’t like a woman who doesn’t know her place and tries to be clever with me!’ Yuan Chuhan laughed coldly.
When he was young and had not yet fully seized power in the Dark Group, his father had forced him to marry this woman because he saw that Li Ruoqing looked exactly like the woman, and her noble origins were secondary. But he had long since seen through the meek and sweet appearance of this fiancee, and knew that beneath it all was a strong desire for the Yuan family’s money and power. Because her declining family had only left her the title of noble, the Yuan family could fulfil everything she had ever dreamed of: status, glory, and endless wealth. But she made one mistake: she shouldn’t have fallen in love with that boy with the cherry-blossom face. He had long since honed his wits and tactics in the darkness and bloodshed, using anyone and everyone to achieve his goals. But when they were no longer of use, he would abandon them without mercy, or even let them disappear forever.
She was silent for a long time, then sighed. ‘I heard that you found that woman. Is it true that you only want the child she gave birth to?’
‘Yes!’ he said without a second thought.
‘But she may not want to bear your child. I heard that before you found her, she had an abortion in a hospital. I don’t know if it was your child or that Yu’s, or maybe it was another man’s. I’m afraid there’s no way to verify it now!’ she said with a sinister smile.
Yuan Chuhan slammed the phone down on the ground with a scowl, and the poor receiver was already in pieces!
Ying Yuanlun finished the meeting on behalf of Yuan Chuhan and took the president’s exclusive elevator straight to the top floor office. Hong Shan was coming out from inside, looking disheveled. Seeing him, he hurriedly whispered, ‘Brother Lun, be careful, the young master may not be in a good mood.’
‘I know, I’ll be careful,’ Ying Yuanlun patted his shoulder gratefully.
He stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows, his black suit highlighting his noble and cool face. However, his dark eyes were as dark and cruel as the storm clouds on the horizon. Ying Yuanlun had just stopped when he heard a ‘pop’ and a folder fell on his face, scattering the papers like snow.
‘Is this everything that has happened to Zhongfang Tianya in the past few years?’ Yuanchu asked coldly.
Ying Yuanlun lowered his head, his palms were sweaty, and there was blood running down his forehead, but he didn’t dare to raise his hands to wipe it away.
‘She had an abortion, why isn’t that mentioned here?’ His eyes held no warmth as they stared straight at him. ‘Why would Li Ruoqing know about it?’
Ying Yuanlun only felt a chill that was even more piercing than the icy cold outside, that woman—that beautiful woman had deceived him. He loved her, so he risked being discovered by secretly passing on some of Yuan Chuihan’s secrets to win her favour, but he never expected her to betray him.
‘She told me that if you knew about Miss Fang’s abortion, it would definitely affect your relationship,’ Ying Yuanlun said sadly. ‘When a man is madly in love with a woman, he doesn’t think too much. I was wrong, so punish me as you see fit, even if it means my death, I have no complaints, I deserve it!’
‘Die?‘ Yuan Chuhan looked at him rather amused.
Ying Yuanlun’s face turned pale. He knew Yuan Chuhan’s cold and ruthless nature well. If a trusted person like him made a mistake, the severe punishment he would receive would be worse than death. Not to mention that he was so infatuated with her that he had violated his cardinal rule.
’You like her, so why didn’t you tell me earlier?’ Yuan Chuhan’s expression suddenly turned gentle. Ying Yuanlun looked at him blankly, not understanding what he meant.
‘Alan, a man without courage and guts is not worthy of anything,’ he said calmly.
Ying Yuanlun’s slender eyes revealed pain: “I know!”
He said lightly, “Do you think there is any need to keep a woman who betrays you? If you are unable to control her, you only have to destroy her!”
Ying Yuanlun was shocked. The dark, deep eyes in front of him were calm and tranquil, like a quiet ocean or a windless night sky. An invisible flash of coldness quickly passed, and then a carefree smile returned.
‘Li Ruoqing, I don’t want to hear her name again in the future. And find that doctor for me!’ A pen snapped in his hand, breaking into two pieces. His slender, lazy body leaned back in his seat. The air seemed to have been frozen, dull and oppressive. A bone-chilling murderous aura slowly permeated Ying Yuanlun’s heart.
Where is the drowning?
Sunlight shone through the glass of the skylight. Despite the fact that it was the middle of winter outside, it was like spring here, with colourful flowers blooming everywhere and lush greenery. The bright living room is warmly decorated and comfortable. Fang Tianya is lounging on a cartoon sofa in the shape of a flower petal. A landscape painting on the opposite wall catches her attention. It is a dazzling painting of golden flowers, the colour of the petals exuding both purity and charm. In the background is a valley painted in pale ink. The flowers stand out, blooming proudly and coldly in the vast world.
At this time, the sound of a car horn came from downstairs. She leaned against the window and looked down. He was stepping out of a black luxury RV. His strong and fit figure was covered by a black overcoat. His lazy gaze was like the sun on a winter morning, with an illusory warmth. A gust of wind blew, blowing up the snow covered with plum trees at the bottom of the courtyard. The snowflakes with the cold fragrance of plums danced in the air, and some of them also drifted onto his shoulders.
‘What is Miss Fang doing?’ He asked, flicking the snow off his shoulders.
The butler in the garden lowered his eyes. ‘After breakfast, Miss Fang has been in the living room.’
The cold fragrance of the plum blossoms drifted by. Looking up, he could only see the curtains seem to be blown by the wind.
‘Young master, the person has not been found yet,’ Hongshan, who hurriedly came from behind, whispered beside him. ‘The policeman surnamed Yan is very stubborn, and he won’t say anything about the whereabouts of the old lady. And Aya, she won’t say anything at all.’
Yuan Chuhan didn’t even raise his eyelids, just gave a ‘hmm’ in acknowledgement, and casually plucked a branch of winter plum blossoms, sniffing it at the end of his nose. The cold, elegant fragrance pushed into his breathing more and more. A mocking smile curled the corners of his mouth, and the delicate petals crumbled in his hands, falling to the ground and turning into mud. ‘Then just let them go.’
‘This—’ Hong Shan immediately understood when he met his master’s determined gaze.
Yuan Chuhan gave him a faint glance, ‘And, don’t let Miss Fang know about this.’
‘Yes,’ Hongshan said respectfully. He understood very well the important place that the delicate and pretty girl held in his master’s heart. She had been a police officer, and a kind and upright girl who hated evil with a passion. His master had been the mob boss she wanted dead, the feared leader of the Dark Cloud Gang. People from two different worlds, their relationship was as simple as black and white, good and evil. But no one would have thought that an unintended encounter would lead to a legend. The cold and gloomy sole heir of the Yuan family, who had seized the supreme position in the kingdom of darkness through bloody means, would also foolishly fall in love with a woman from a world that was not his.
She was deep in the sofa like a lazy and melancholy kitten, hugging her knees and quietly watching the man who had pushed open the door. Her eyes, like clear water, slowly flowed into the depths of his heart. Yuan Chuhan suddenly realised that when he looked into the eyes of his beloved, he felt a deep sense of guilt, even though he had never regretted what he had done.
‘Do you know the little restaurant my friends and I opened?’ she asked sullenly.
Of course he knew. ‘What’s wrong?’ he asked softly.
‘But I put my heart and soul into that restaurant, and I want to go back and see it!‘ She looked at him pleadingly. His heart fluttered. She rarely looked so vulnerable, and he simply couldn’t resist.
’There’s no problem with that, except that the restaurant is so small. If you like, I can buy you the biggest restaurant in town…’
‘No,’ she interrupted him, jumping off the sofa and looking up at him with a mixture of three parts arrogance, six parts coquetry, and one part pride. “We worked hard to open that restaurant, and if business is good, we’ll even open branches!”
He laughed. He pulled the person with the small, confident face tilted upwards close to him, and looked at her playfully, ’So, sister, you want to be a strong woman, I underestimated you.’
Fang Tianya blushed and said with some embarrassment, ‘I know you must be laughing at me in your heart, but it really belongs to me, just like my own child!’
‘Child?’ His face changed slightly, and Fang Tianya also fell silent, turning his back and feeling pain in his heart like a knife twisting. He suddenly embraced the body that had become cold from behind, bent down to bite her small earlobes, and she trembled, trying to pull away, but he embraced her even more wantonly, placing his hands on her breasts and rubbing them heavily. ‘Aiya, give me a child…’ He panted, pushing her against the sofa, and the raging, searing desire overwhelmed him like a tidal wave, driving him mad.
Her clothes were roughly torn from her breasts, exposing her delicate nipples to the air. ‘Let me go!’ she struggled, but she could not push against the weight of his body pressing down on her. The training she had once had was nothing in the face of his strength, and her open mouth was cunningly drawn into a deep kiss with his tongue, entwining with hers. All protest was drowned out in the raging, wild kiss. No! I don’t want to have a child for you! I don’t love you! she said in despair. Giving up any futile resistance, she meekly lay on the bed of roses, her eyes closed in humiliation. The only way to make a man who was caught up in a frenzy of lust lose his desire was to make him feel like he was raping a corpse.
‘I hate you as much as I love you!’ Sure enough, she heard him say it between clenched teeth. A white handkerchief floated down onto her face. Her legs were suddenly lifted, and before she could react, his weapon had already penetrated her fiercely. She let out a cry of pain, and he quickly withdrew from her. The humiliation and the burning pain in her lower body made her shed tears. She tore off the silk handkerchief from her face, but he was casually tidying his clothes.
‘Pang!‘ She rushed forward and slapped him hard, leaving a red five-fingered mark on his extremely handsome face. He stood there without moving, but she was so angry that she could no longer speak. She turned around and left.
’Miss Fang-Fang!’ As soon as she opened the door, Hongshan was standing in front of it. Seeing this, he hurriedly turned away embarrassedly. She almost forgot that she was half-naked, with most of her shoulders exposed, but she didn’t care about anything, she just wanted to get away from this devil.
‘Aiya, don’t you want to go back?’ His lazy voice said from behind her.
She suddenly turned around, as if she had captured a flash of sadness in his dark eyes, but perhaps it was just her imagination. This man, whose personality was even more unpredictable than the weather, was one she could never fathom.
The world is really funny. Her grandmother’s greatest wish was for her to become an outstanding police officer who could fight evil, uphold justice, and protect the innocent. But the old lady never dreamed that her granddaughter would one day become the mistress of a mafia boss.
The car slowly pulled away, and she didn’t want to turn around, even though she knew he was watching her. He let her go because he knew she would come back.
‘Miss Fang, the gentleman asked me to pick you up at 7pm,‘ Hong Shan, sitting in the passenger seat, said respectfully and carefully.
’I know,’ she said in a muffled voice, controlling the urge to punch someone.
Before the car even left the gate, two cars sped in. In the split second they passed each other, she could only see through the car window the side profile of a gloomy bald man, sculpturally handsome, and the golden earrings in his ears.
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Bai He sat in the small shop, bored out of her mind. It was already noon, and not a single customer had come in. The small shop was spotless, cleaned by Ye Zi, a girl from the countryside. She was a hardworking and good girl. She sighed with a worried face. Without the lively Fang Xin, life was dull as stagnant water. She didn’t even have the heart to take care of the shop.
Recently, she has been very upset. Nothing has made her feel more lost than the blow of a broken heart. If she had known that the story of Cinderella was just a pretty bubble, she would not have been deluded into falling for the handsome and rich man who stole her heart. Another thing that annoys her is her roommate Fang Xin, who has lived with her for many years. She moved in with a friend without even saying hello. There was suddenly one less person in the space that used to be for three. She and He Qingqing no longer had any arguments to fight. And the chatty Qingqing seemed to have a secret since that night. She had suddenly become sentimental, and only someone who had been in love before would know that the melancholy on her face was called ‘unrequited love,’ because she, like herself, had fallen for someone she could never have.
Bai He had read about the man who had captivated He Qingqing in a popular financial magazine. At first glance, he was so beautiful that it was heartbreaking. He looked like a demon in the darkness, like a cherry blossom blooming in the night. His dark eyes were full of depth, and the corners of his sexy lips curled up in a mocking smile, that is an unconcealable domineering look that defies everything. This is a young man who is enough to drive a woman crazy, a noble identity, elegance in every move, even a glance can make a person fall head over heels. Ying Yuanlun is considered the best of the best among men, but compared to him, he is far from it. She exclaimed to He Qingqing, ‘This is no human being, he is clearly a devil sent from heaven to break a woman’s heart!’ He Qing suddenly felt enlightened. Since she would never get him anyway, she would just keep him in her heart as an idol to worship. She wondered which lucky woman would get him in the future.
‘Welcome! May I take your order?’ she heard Ye Zi ask enthusiastically. Bai He perked up when she heard a customer come in and quickly looked up.
‘Fang Xin?’ Bai He was overjoyed. ‘I can’t be dreaming, can I?’
Ye Zi eyes wide open, unable to believe it, and stood there in disbelief. She saw a woman in front of her wearing a delicate double-breasted red jacket, dark skinny jeans, and a pair of thick-soled suede boots. A black mink stole draped over her pointed, melon-shaped face made her look charming and noble. She had never imagined that the plain-looking woman could look so beautiful when dressed up. Could this be their lazy and messy Fang Xin?
Yes! ! It is her! Because her eyes still have that familiar look, and her voice is still so kind!
‘Are you kidding? I am one of the owners of this restaurant. Do you and Qingqing want to keep it all for yourselves?’
‘How dare I!’ Bai He laughed and cried.
Fang Tianya turned around and frowned, ‘It’s so clean, no customers coming to eat? Where is Xiao Guo?’
Ye Zi said timidly, ‘Brother Guo went to the vegetable market to get cheap cabbage.’
‘What’s the point of buying cabbage? We don’t only sell one kind of food here!’ Fang Tianya laughed, ‘What if a customer comes at this time? Who’s going to cook without the chef?’
‘It’s fine, no one’s coming now, he’ll be back in a while,’ Bai He said nonchalantly.
Just as they were talking when a few people walked in. ‘Boss, fry some side dishes and bring a bottle of white wine.’
‘Okay, coming right up!’ Bai He politely asked them to sit down, while Ye Zi hurriedly went out to see if Xiao Guo had returned. She stuck her neck out as far as she could, but she didn’t see anyone. The guests were already getting impatient, and the two of them were sweating from the rush.
Fang Tianya shook his head helplessly, and went to the kitchen to change into his clothes and apron, and then personally fried some side dishes. Her her cooking was not as good as Xiaoguo’s, but it was passable. The guests were too busy drinking to notice anything wrong. Who knew that things would get out of hand like this? Xiaoguo had not returned, and the guests kept inviting themselves over one after the other. The small restaurant suddenly became lively, with the din of guests’ complaints, their shouts of “Hei, hei, hei!” and their drinking games mixing together. Baihe and Ye Zi were busy as tops, and Fang Tianya was also exhausted from working in the kitchen, but her heart was full of joy. This was her life, the ordinary but fulfilling life she wanted!
‘Hurry up,’ Bai He rushed in, ‘is the spicy pork for table two ready? He also wants a sweet potato dessert at the end.’
‘What?’ Fang Tianya screamed like a thief caught in the act, “Damn it, Xiao Guo! Did he go to buy cabbage or to plant it? I’m the boss, and you’re torturing me like this!” While complaining, she kept her hands busy. Bai He didn’t have time to sympathise with her, so she quickly slipped out with the tray.
After much trouble, she finally succeeded in boiling the sugar and shredding it, and then put the fried yam in. Only then was this troublesome dish ready. Bai He, however, was in no hurry to serve the food. It seemed to have quieted down outside. ‘Bai He, the food is ready!’ she shouted, but there was still no response. She became uneasy and simply carried the tray outside. Upon seeing the scene, she was dumbfounded. Just now, it was as lively as a market day, but in the blink of an eye, no one was to be seen. Bai He and Ye Zi were like two stakes in the middle of the shop, their mouths wide open in a dazed look.
‘What the hell?‘ Fang Tianya asked curiously when he saw that they were fine, while looking around. When he saw the parked car outside, he couldn’t help but change his expression.
Bai He finally closed her mouth, her face still in shock. “Just now, two people came in, looking arrogant and difficult to deal with. As soon as they entered, they took out a thick stack of hundred-yuan bills. They only said one thing, and all the customers ran out.”
’What did they say?’ Fang Tianya’s face turned dark.
‘They said, ‘If you don’t want to die here, take the money and get out now!’ As soon as the customers heard that, they ran off like crazy, taking their money with them.’ Bai He played it back like a tape recorder.
Fang Tianya slumped down in his seat, then suddenly slammed his hand down on the table in a fit of rage, startling the two people. It must be him! Only he would do something so crazy!
A tall and straight figure was standing quietly in the doorway, like ice and glass in the snowlight, cold and stunning.
‘Sorry, I’m used to eating alone in peace and quiet, so I asked those people to go eat elsewhere. Do you mind?’ He sat down calmly and casually, his whole body exuding a sense of luxury that was out of place in the small restaurant. Bai He and Ye Zi were both transfixed. Bai He recognised him immediately as the handsome man in the magazine, the one who had swept He Qingqing off her feet, and of course, herself as well. But why had he suddenly appeared in their restaurant? And why was he staring at Fang Xin, who smelled of cooking oil, with such intensity?
‘What would you like to eat?’ Fang Tianya threw the menu at him without any courtesy. ‘But we only have Chinese cabbage!’
‘Then let’s have some stir-fried Chinese cabbage!’ He didn’t take it personally at all, and just laughed.
‘You wait.’ Fang Tianya, pouting, went to get the menu in front of him. His fingers touched hers unintentionally, and her dark pupils seemed to suck her soul away. She gave him a cold stare and turned to the kitchen.
When it was ready, she deliberately added a few big spoons of salt to the dish, then stirred it up a bit and took it out. He picked up a piece of cabbage leaf with extreme elegance and put it in his mouth. Then there was a pause for a second, and finally he swallowed it as if it were nothing. Fang Tianya watched him finish the dish and was so surprised that he couldn’t speak. Instead, Bai He, seeing that he was only concerned about eating, hurriedly and smartly brought a glass of water. ‘Sir, please drink some water. Do the dishes in our small shop still suit your taste?’
He didn’t answer, just looked at Fang Tianya, who was looking at him with full guard, bristling with defences like a little hedgehog. He of course knew what she was afraid of, and secretly laughed to himself. ‘The food is good, very tasty.’
‘You…’ Fang Tianya was a little surprised. Didn’t he regret forcing her to go back?
‘Oh, that’s right, I haven’t paid the bill yet.’ He smiled and beckoned in the two attendants who were waiting outside, and commanded, “You two stay here and pay the bill.” Then he got up and left.
The two owners of the small restaurant looked at each other. Fang Tianya glanced at the two expressionless men in black, who were just the lackeys that Yuan Chuhan had sent to spy on her in disguise. “Get out of here, stay away from here, and don’t let us see you!” he ordered curtly.
Bai He was startled. They were the same men who had just sent away all the customers with a single harsh sentence. How dare she speak to these two fierce men in such a tone? But the two fierce men didn’t seem angry at all. Instead, they obeyed very obediently and walked obediently out of the shop, and indeed they could no longer be seen.
‘Hey,‘ Bai He poked her head out to look at their retreating backs, stamped her foot and said, “They really left? I wanted to ask about the gossip about their boss! Fang Xin, it’s all your fault, why did you chase them away?”
’What, do you want them to scare away all the customers?’ She felt as if her whole body had dislocated, limp and powerless. She pulled a wry smile from her lips. They won’t go, they’re just hiding in the shadows. An anger welled up in her after being made a fool of. She didn’t want Bai He to see her strange, so she calmly turned back to the kitchen and chopped the remaining vegetables with a knife. She couldn’t beat him, and she didn’t bother trying to escape, but why did he still worry about her so much? Or was he just naturally suspicious?
‘Oh, you little rascal, Xiaoguo, did you fly to the South Pole to buy cabbage? Look at the time! I’m docking half your salary!’ Baihe’s exasperated yelling could be heard from outside.
Fang Tianya saw someone silently carry a large bag of fresh cabbage into the kitchen and comforted, ’Xiaoguo, Baihe is just like this. Don’t be angry, she’ll be fine once she’s had a good sulk.’
‘Xiaoguo’ remained silent, deftly piling the cabbage in the corner, and patting the dirt off his hands and body. He was wearing a dirty, earth-coloured overcoat common to street stalls, and a scarf of no discernible colour haphazardly wrapped around most of his face. Standing up straight, he said, ’Please tell your boss that the cabbage is 51.6 yuan in total, and you only gave 51 yuan.’
As if struck by lightning, Fang Tianya’s mind was reeling and he couldn’t hear anything. Time passed, and it felt like they were back in July that year. The wind, scented with the freshness of leaves and flowers after the rain, blew by, and the sun was also fresh and bright. The young man said to her with a slight air of reserve and arrogance, ‘Tianya, I’ll call you Little Duck from now on, because you really look like an ugly duckling!’
‘Little Duckling, do you remember me?’ It was still the same clear and pleasant voice. It was his voice, Yu Tianheng, was it really you? She looked at the migrant worker-looking man with joy and sadness. He took off his scarf, his beautiful, deep eyes, and melancholy lips. Even though he was dressed like a beggar, he was always so handsome and charming. The passage of time had added a mature man’s charm to him. He took her in his arms, holding her tightly, as if he wanted to embed her in his body. She felt his strong and powerful arms and the smell of cabbage on his body. This was not the light fragrance that used to emanate from him, but it made her just as crazy.
‘Tianheng, is that you? Is it really you?’ she cried, trembling all over, shaking uncontrollably because she was afraid it was a dream. God knows how much she had missed him, but she dared not think about it, and had buried him deep in her heart. Tianheng! Tianheng!
He suppressed his excitement and watched the person in his arms cry almost to the point of losing her voice. Her tears were the sharpest thorns that pierced his heart, leaving it aching everywhere. He had betrayed her; he was the one who had pushed her into the abyss of darkness. He loved her so much, but he had let her down!
‘Listen, little duckling, I’m going to take you away with me now, far away, to a place where he’ll never find you. We’ll start a new life together and never be apart again!’ He spoke softly to comfort her, and when his hand touched her face, it was immediately covered in her tears.
She looked at him pitifully through her tear-filled eyes, and his heart ached so much he almost wanted to die. ’I swear on my life: I will never leave you again in this life!’
Her eyes shone with boundless joy, but then they turned to fear: ‘No! No!’ She sobbed and left his embrace, looking at him despairingly, as handsome as ever: ‘It’s impossible, I won’t go with you!’
‘Why not?’ His heart felt like it was being torn apart, but he still asked with a smile, a smile that was so bitter and sad.
She shook her head and kept backing up, until her body was pressed against the cold kitchen counter. ‘Go away, I won’t be with you!’
His fingers lightly brushed the chin of those soft curves, moist from where tears had flowed. ‘Silly child, did he threaten you with your loved ones?’
‘You know,’ she sobbed, covering her face. ‘I can’t trade Grandma’s life for my own happiness. I’ve already caused so many people to suffer. Every day I wake up with a sense of guilt and remorse. Do you know what it’s like to be tormented day and night? Tianheng, all I have left is Grandma. I can’t take that risk!’
‘But Grandma was rescued three days ago, she’s safe now!‘
’What did you say?’ Fang Tianya’s eyes were wide with tears, and Yu Tianheng nodded as he wiped her tears away, ’He knew your weak spot, that’s why he tried every means to get his hands on your grandmother. But it’s useless now, your grandmother was rescued three days ago by your brother Yan Shi and me, she’s safe now, and as soon as you arrive, we won’t have to fear anything anymore!’
The sudden surprise made her brain almost unable to respond. She just giggled, but her tears kept flowing. The sky full of gloom was swept away, and she was still happy. ‘Hurry! Take me there, I want to see Grandma!’ She hurriedly pulled him along and walked out.
‘Don’t worry!’ He reassured her, who was excited and didn’t know what to do. He said, ‘To get out of here smoothly, you have to listen to my arrangements, okay?’
‘Okay!’ She nodded obediently, feeling a sense of security and calm in him that she had never felt before. “Change into this first,” he said, producing an equally shabby overcoat from nowhere. Fang Tianya didn’t hesitate to put it on. Yu Tianheng listened to the sounds outside, took her hand and went out the back door. A garbage truck was waiting in an inconspicuous corner outside, with a few large barrels in the cargo hold, emitting a strange smell.
‘Do you mind the smell?’ He looked at her tenderly. She smiled and shook her head, saying, “Even if it were a sea of fire and swords, I would go with you!”
Yu Tianheng was moved and kissed her tip of the nose approvingly. Then he carried her into the truck. Fang Tianya lifted the lid of an unemptied rubbish bin and ducked down before crawling into it. The stench of rancid food and fish almost made her vomit, but she held back. She could only hear Yu Tianheng’s voice saying, ‘Little duckling, bear with it a little longer. As long as you stay out of sight, you’ll be fine.’
The car started moving. Fang Tianya looked out through a small hole in the barrel. It was an alley behind a shop, with only trucks delivering goods and carrying rubbish passing by. In front was a lively and bustling commercial street. She could only see two black cars parked at the street exit, and a few men in black were leaning against the cars smoking, but their eyes were constantly staring in the direction of their small shop. Fang Tianya hurriedly retracted her head. They would not see her, but she was still afraid that her efforts would be in vain.
Crouching in the stinking trash can, she no longer felt anything, except an eager longing for the new life that was about to begin, and a halo of happiness in her eyes. However, a shadow emerged like a ghost, like the ubiquitous air, beginning to spread in her heart.
It was a pair of eyes that were gentle as water, filled with utter darkness, and a thin, beautiful and sexy mouth like a red maple, with the ruthlessness of a shallow smile. How cold! Would he let them go like this?
Blood-red snowfield
The garbage truck finally drove smoothly out of sight of those people, and then turned and turned into an alley, where a white car was waiting.
‘Tianheng, you guys get in this car and go quickly!‘ A woman with an extraordinary bearing got out of the car.
’Sister Yusheng, you’re here too!’ Fang Tianya cried out in surprise.
Zhang Yusheng smiled and nodded at herself, took off the big coat that smelled unbearably bad, then got into the garbage truck and winked at her, ’Tianya, you hurry up and go with Tianheng first, I’ll go and distract them!’
The vast snow-covered plain was empty and desolate. The white car raced through the snowy world, like a free bird soaring in the sky, unrestrained, breathing in the fresh air. She opened the window and the cold, fresh air rushed in. He smiled and reached around her to close the window, saying, ‘In half an hour we’ll really be far away, and I don’t want you to catch a cold!’
Fang Tianya was in a daze. She felt a sense of reality when she saw the smile on the person next to her. Just a few minutes ago, they were still hiding in the city, with the stench of their clothes making them cover their noses, but now they were already on their way to another city. It was all so unbelievable that it made her feel like she was in a dream.
‘Tianya, do you regret it?’ he suddenly asked. “Because I’m already penniless, and if you follow me, you may have to suffer for the rest of your life. But he’s different, his money and power can easily give you what you want!”
For some reason, his words made her feel so strange. Although he was still the same handsome and extraordinary Yu Tianheng, and his eyes were still clear and cold, which made her heart flutter, but what had really changed?
‘I don’t want anything he can give me. I just want my family and my freedom back!’ she said, as if she were sulking.
Yu Tianheng looked at her deeply, his face suddenly turning dark and scary. Then he slammed on the brakes, turned the car around and drove down a side road. Fang Tianya noticed his unusual behaviour and looked in the rearview mirror, where he saw the last thing she wanted to see: seven or eight black cars following them like ghosts.
Yu Tianheng accelerated, zigzagging back and forth from the small road to the main road, shaking off the tail. Fang Tianya looked at the cars far behind them that had been left far behind, and broke out in a cold sweat. He must have discovered their whereabouts, and judging by his character, he would never let them go so easily. ‘I wonder what happened to Sister Yusheng,’ she said anxiously.
Yu Tianheng didn’t say anything, but stopped the car. Following his gaze, Fang Tianya’s face changed.
A sapphire blue Lexus was parked quietly in the middle of the road.
‘Tianheng…’ Fang Tianya trembled and tightly gripped his hand.
Yu Tianheng took her hand in his and felt the sweat on her palm. He understood her fear and worry. ‘Don’t be afraid, I will never let him hurt you!’ He slowly withdrew his hand from hers and opened the car door.
A northerly wind was blowing across the snow-covered plains, raising a cloud of snow and dust that obscured Fang Tianya’s windshield.
Stepping out of the car, the wind lifted the hem of his black overcoat. Leaning lazily against the car, he crossed his long legs. He was wild, arrogant, and cold, but his handsome face always wore a smile. His dark eyes were gloomy as night, colder than the coldest winter. Yu Tianheng, where do you want to take my woman?‘
The equally handsome man across from him did not blink as he looked at him.
’Han, I want you to let her go!”
He laughed lightly. “Yu Tianheng, now that you have nothing, what makes you think you can make demands on me?” He leaned against the car in a more comfortable position, and his unfathomable dark eyes glanced over at the car across from him. He saw a pair of desperately wide eyes looking nervously at the person in front of him, with concern clearly written on her face. However, as soon as she met his gaze, her head immediately drooped, and she didn’t dare to look at him. He couldn’t help but feel even more hatred for Yu Tianheng.
‘What right do you have to live in the world, ruthlessly trampling on the bloody corpses of others and mercilessly seizing the wealth of countless people?’ Yu Tianheng also sneered coldly.
Yuan Chuhan stood up straight, his eyes cold and stern. ‘Yu Tianheng, didn’t that woman teach you that to become a strong person who controls the fate of others, you have to use any means necessary? You’ve been weak for years, so what makes you think you can compete with me for a woman?’
‘Because I love her, and I will give her true happiness and joy!’ Yu Tianheng said excitedly.
Yuan Chuhan laughed aloud, his wild eyes like a snowstorm sweeping the sky. ‘Just you?’
At that moment, the black car behind them also caught up and surrounded them.
‘At that time, I admired you a little. You dared to intrude in my sphere of influence, and you are indeed much braver than before.’ Yuan Chuhan gave a sign, and his entourage, who had wanted to charge up, retreated again. But,‘ he said, lowering his eyes, “from now on, there will be no more Yu Tianheng in the world!”
’Killing me will only make her hate you more,’ Yu Tianheng said calmly.
Yuan Chuhan’s eyelids twitched imperceptibly. She was the weakest link in his heart. He could ignore everyone else’s gaze, but her eyes always made him feel pain. Those kind, strong, weak, innocent eyes, those eyes that seemed to be full of emotion yet also seemed emotionless…
A smile suddenly appeared on the corner of his lips. ‘Why would I kill you? My good son! I’ll invite you to my Golden Valley as a guest, where there are many beautiful women for you to enjoy! How’s that?’
Yu Tianheng’s face changed slightly, and he looked at him with hatred. ‘I thought you had started a legitimate business after laundering the money, but I didn’t expect that you would continue your drug business and create another hell!
‘Hell or heaven, I just hope you disappear completely from my world and Tianya’s!’ Turning around, Yu’s cold eyes flashed with a cruel smile. “Go and say goodbye to her, if you don’t want to die without dignity!”
Fang Tianya looked on in disbelief as Yu Tianheng walked towards her, and she hurriedly got out of the car too. The cold wind blew in her face, causing her face to ache, and the chill from head to toe attacked her body. Yu Tianheng’s face was wearing a relaxed smile, which made her feel a little more at ease.
‘Tianya!’ He whispered softly in her ear, ‘Forgive me for trying to rescue you when I didn’t have enough strength, because I wanted to see you so badly, and as a result, I still got you into trouble. Promise me, no matter what happens, you must live on!’
‘No!‘ She heard despair in his words and grabbed his cold hand. “Tianheng, let’s go!” She pulled him towards the car.
’Aiya, come here!’ Yuanchu said coldly. Her thin, beautiful lips were pursed tightly, and she exuded the darkest and most dangerous aura.
She stood in front of Yu Tianheng, fearlessly meeting his almost predatory gaze. ’I won’t go with you, Yuanchu Han, I don’t love you, so give up!’
His dark, gloomy eyes were impenetrable, but she felt that he had seen right through her. It was as if he had torn her soul apart and laid bare her naked self before him. A chilling fear spread through her, growing deeper and deeper, crushing her down. The cold air was so thin it was suffocating.
‘Fang Tianya, I don’t want to repeat myself a second time!‘ He said slowly, word for word, clearly and powerfully, not allowing anyone to resist!
’No!’ She answered resolutely. Yu Tianheng held her hand tightly from behind. The two of them smiled at each other. The original coldness could finally not be tolerated. He was on the verge of a furious collapse. He walked closer to the two of them, determined to take his woman away from the damned man.
A cold muzzle suddenly pointed at him. It was just a split second.
The gun was in Yu Tianheng’s hands. His emotionless eyes were full of murderous intent.
Everyone was stunned by the sudden turn of events! Yuan Chuhan’s entourage did not have time to rush forward, and watched helplessly as their master fell into the hands of others.
‘Tianheng, you…’ Fang Tianya’s heart skipped a beat, and suddenly started pounding.
‘I said I wanted to live a happy and peaceful life with you,‘ he said, taking her hand again. His sweat-soaked hand was as cold as ice, and his eyes and mouth were fixed on Yuan Chuohan. “If he doesn’t die, we’ll never be able to live the life we want!”
’Yes, just kill me and you can go far away!’ Yuan Chuohan’s face was as calm as ever. Suddenly, he turned to Fang Tianya and said with a low laugh, ’Tianya, if my death will make you feel better, then you can end my life!’
Fang Tianya felt a dull pain spreading in her heart and chest. Did she want him dead? He had killed her friends and relatives, and had used her dearest grandmother to blackmail him. Didn’t she hate him and wish he were dead?
She slowly raised her head, her wandering eyes drifting over his face before settling on the black pistol. Gritting her teeth, she picked it up. The gun felt like it weighed a thousand pounds. Damn it! Did she forget how to hold a gun? Trembling, she pointed the gun at him. He was smiling, tender, indulgent, and domineering. Damn it! Why did she feel dizzy? Could it be that his smile was so bewitching that she couldn’t bring herself to shoot him?
A woman was lying at their feet, her body covered in dried blood, a wound on her forehead bleeding.
‘Sister Yusheng…’ she exclaimed.
Suddenly, there was the muffled sound of a bullet piercing flesh and bone, and the heat from it brushed past her ear. Yu Tianheng’s body was covered in blood and he fell backwards, and in the flash of a lightning bolt, Fang Tianya’s gun fell to the ground. They were surrounded by countless dark muzzles, and the shadow of death once again loomed over them.
‘How dare you!’ He snapped, dismissing his subordinates with displeasure.
Her mouth hung half open, her face pale as paper from fear and despair. Yu Tianheng’s blood splattered onto her, like blooming blood flowers, dripping onto her feet. Before her eyes, everything was red, and her heart was full of a hollow, miserable feeling. She had already forgotten the feeling of grief.
She couldn’t speak, and tears wouldn’t come to her eyes. She just shook her head unconsciously. No, it can’t be true!’ She swore she must be having a nightmare! How could she have been so softhearted towards this demon, and caused Yu Tianheng harm? But before Yu Tianheng collapsed, the look of despair and pain in his eyes had passed across her face. How could she have taken it as a dream when it was such a real and unreserved despair? She looked up blankly. Snowflakes were drifting in the sky, and on the ground, blood was still flowing. It was Yusheng’s, it was Tianheng’s!
The beautiful man looked at her quietly, with a slight mocking smile on the corner of his mouth, because everything was in his control. No matter how she tried to escape, she could never escape his net. She would never escape!
‘No…‘ she screamed, her blood burning and surging through her veins. She pounced on him like a ball of angry fire, determined to perish with him!
She felt a sharp pain in her arm, and in mid-air she was firmly seized by him, unable to move.
’Ai, you are as wilful as a child,’ he said with a faint smile, his gaze sweeping over the bleeding man. ’Don’t you want them to live? Don’t you want to see your grandmother?’
She looked at him with vicious hatred, her eyes as if they would bleed. He still had a faint smile on his face, confident, cold and aloof. This was a man more terrifying than the devil. How could she possibly fight him?
Her body collapsed softly, and she fell into his arms. She was weak like a rag doll, clutching his clothes corner tightly, weeping miserably. ‘Please, save them, I don’t want them to die! Please…’ Tears poured down her face, and the snow particles stung her face, but she no longer felt anything. She looked up at the man who controlled her fate, her eyes pleading with him, desperately hoping for a last ray of hope, using her dignity, her life without freedom from now on. Her fingers trembled, and she gritted her teeth and forced herself to pull the buttons of her coat off. The cold wind immediately hit her body, which was only wearing a sweater, and she threw herself into his arms, wrapping her arms tightly around his waist and pressing her cold lips against his.
He didn’t move, allowing her to wrap herself around him sensually. His eyes were dark and cold and ruthless. It hurts! It hurts so much that I can’t feel it. The woman he loved most, the woman who never wanted to bow her head, has betrayed him for another man and a trivial woman! Her clumsy hand stroked his face, and he grabbed it with his other hand and roughly pulled her towards the car. She was so despicable, so despicable that he hated her, and so he would take her! Right here!
For the first time, she had to take the initiative to please him. She didn’t know how to undo his belt. He half-lay on the seat in the car, his face a mocking smile, like an ancient emperor condescending to his favourite concubine.
She had tears of humiliation in her eyes. She could not resist, she could only smile. The smile was miserable and desolate, but it hit him hard. He pulled her hair and pressed it hard against his lower body. ‘Don’t you want to save their lives? Then don’t act pitiful! Satisfy me, and Yu Tianheng won’t die!’
Under her touch, his manhood swelled rapidly, with an irrepressible excitement. Unbuttoning his close-fitting clothes, she closed her eyes and tears flowed silently down her face.
He felt the cold, but more than that, he felt an irrepressible excitement and pleasure. Her immature and awkward thrusting and pulling stimulated the frenzy and desire within him. ‘Aiya, why did you betray me?’ He groaned in pain and pressed her down.
His body felt like it was being burned in a fire or frozen in a cave for ten thousand years. Yu Tianheng woke up with a start. Snowflakes were flying all over the sky, covering the world in white. The black-clad men were staring at him expressionlessly.
He was lying on the hard ground, letting the snowflakes fall all over his body. The heat from his body was escaping with his difficult breathing, and he could already see the black wings of death. Why hadn’t the blood dried up yet? Why wasn’t he dead yet?
‘Tianheng –’ a barely audible cry, it was Zhang Yusheng. She gave a miserable smile and reached out her hand from the ground with difficulty.
Yu Tianheng took her hand, overwhelmed by guilt and pain. ‘I’m sorry!’ were the only words he could say.
Her head shook gently, her gaze drifting slightly ahead. He followed her line of sight and saw that the side of the car door was half open. He saw the legs of two naked girls intertwined with a man in the back seat, and the sounds of gasping and moaning seeped into his ears like snakes.
‘Yuan Chu Han, I’m going to kill you…’ His bloodshot eyes were fixed on the door, and he desperately tried to crawl up. He wanted to kill the demon that was defiling his beloved!
His body was kicked hard, and the black leather boots ruthlessly stepped on his body, on his wounds. Blood and tears ran down his face, and the salty, fishy taste at the corner of his mouth was replaced by a deep, deep hatred for the person he once felt guilty towards.
How wonderful is the heavens, arranging such a drama. Since childhood, he has taken his place and enjoyed the happy life he should have enjoyed, while he grew up in darkness and bloodshed. He only provoked his most elaborate and merciless revenge for a moment of sudden excitement and his aggression. His sister, his mother, his entire family, and the woman he fell in love with for the first time!
He remembered his mother’s sad eyes and the words she had once warned him with: ‘Never get involved with that Fang girl again, because she will drive Han crazy and turn him into a real monster!’
He didn’t believe her, but in fact he was wrong!
The poison of love
* * * *
A small syringe containing a pale purple liquid glowed faintly under the dim light.
On the floor, on a square blanket, a woman’s body covered in scratches writhes like a snake, charming and seductive, her face a mixture of ecstasy and pain, her throat making a low growl like a female animal in heat. A few strong men next to her keep kicking her in the chest, but the woman feels no pain at all, just moaning and panting.
Through the thick glass wall, two handsome young men watched her performance with interest.
“What do you think? This “love” isn’t bad, is it? It’s only one-tenth as strong as normal drugs, so you can never kick the habit, but it’s not as intense as other drugs, and it just makes you feel like doing crazy things, mentally and physically. And the best thing is, if you add a little of your bodily fluids when you inject her, she will never belong to another man again, because the venom in her body will kill him!’ Tai Yan giggled.
Ying Yuanlun muttered to himself: ’Han is crazy. Did he want to inject this into her too?’
‘Alan!’ Tai Yan said sternly, ’I hope this is the last time I hear that kind of talk, otherwise you’ll get yourself into trouble too! You have to understand that he is not just our brother anymore, he is also the boss who controls our fate, and that is what matters. Even the old master is a little intimidated by him now. He set up his fiancee, Miss Ruoqing, who even we were amazed at, and he still had her killed without mercy, without giving the old master any face. What does that mean? Now, the dark is his world!’
‘I understand!’ Ying Yuanlun lowered his head, his vengeful eyes shining in the darkness.
He Qingqing took some personal leave, and Bai He also temporarily closed the small restaurant. The two were brought into the courtyard mansion at the same time, where the fragrance of plum blossoms filled the air. After dizzyingly passing through countless corridors and rooms, they finally met the person they wanted to see. They had never seen Fang Tianya looking so haggard before. She was trembling all over, huddled in the corner of the bed, her dark eyes sunken. If they hadn’t been warned in advance, the two women would have almost burst into tears of fear. Was this the Fang Tianya they had imagined leading a happy life? Wasn’t she Cinderella from the fairy tale? How had she come to this?
‘He, Qingqing, you’ve come. I was afraid I would never see you again!’ Fang Tianya, who was in a state of limbo, finally recognised them and smiled at them. “But I’m afraid I’m going to get you involved again,” he sighed.
He Qingqing and Bai He couldn’t help but throw themselves into his arms and burst into tears. ’Fang Xin, how did you become like this?’
‘Miss Fang, Mr Yuan has instructed me that if you do not get better, it will be very difficult for Miss He and Bai He, and their fate will be in your hands,‘ Ying Yuanlun said, entering at some point.
Fang Tianya said coldly, “Go and tell him that I will do as he wishes! What about what he promised me?”
’Mr Yuan will guarantee the safety of Yu Tianheng and your senior sister, so you can rest assured!‘
’But why should I believe you?’
‘You have no choice, Miss Fang!’ Ying Yuanlun said. Fang Tianya clenched his fists in anger. He pretended not to see, his dark and gloomy eyes turned to Bai He and He Qingqing, “Ladies, your task here is to take care of Miss Fang and help her recover quickly. Please don’t worry about the rest, and don’t say too much, or else…” He didn’t say the rest.
Fang Tianya couldn’t help but say, ’Get out of here right now, and don’t let me see you again!’
‘Yes!’ He bowed respectfully and left.
Fang Tianya covered his face and wanted to cry his heart out, but seeing Bai He and He Qingqing’s frightened faces, he could only force a smile and take their hands, ’You’ll be fine as long as I’m here.’
‘Fang Xin, let’s call the police. We can’t let him hurt you like this!’ Bai He said excitedly.
Fang Tianya lowered his eyelids and laughed. Call the police? He even dared to kill a cop, what’s there to be afraid of? “No one will hurt me, I’m just hurting myself!” He laughed so hard tears came out.
He Qingqing secretly thought to herself: She must be crazy. If there was a man like Yuan Chuhan who loved her madly, she would be willing to let herself die!
She didn’t understand, nor did Bai He, but when they asked Fang Tianya about it, he just kept quiet, because that experience was so unbearable for her.
Later, Bai He and the others heard a story. It was about an undercover policewoman on a mission, a young master of a wealthy family who was as elegant as water, and a cold-hearted young gangster with an evil beauty. It was a beautiful but bitter first love like Cinderella’s, a life-destroying encounter, and a cruel chase.
They believed it was just a story, and even now they still can’t believe that the protagonist of the story was once by their side.
He Qingqing was called into a room by the butler. She went in nervously, and the dark red velvet curtains made the luxurious room seem gloomy, with scarlet red carpets and sofas. A young man in black lay there lazily, his thick eyelashes half-drooped, a dangerous and dark aura enveloping him, making him look like a demon in the dark night. Behind him, two handsome young men in black stood with their hands hanging down, their faces as solemn as water. The room was red as blood and black as night, as if the flower of sin was blooming in the dark night. The air here was also frozen, almost making it difficult to breathe.
‘Please sit down, Miss He,’ he said lazily, his dark eyes misty and confused, his wild and imposing aura well contained. He Qingqing had already been flustered for a long time, her chest rising and falling violently. She never dreamed that she would meet the person she had thought about day and night again, but she regretted seeing him because he existed so unrealistically, like a devilish flower swaying in hell, its evil charm and temptation irresistible.
‘You—you wanted to see me?’ she asked timidly. In his presence, she felt so humble and insignificant.
He nodded slightly, and a young man wearing white gloves behind him placed a silver box in front of her. He opened it, and nestled in the black velvet was a flower carved from gold. The young man pressed lightly on one of the petals, and a glittering purple diamond appeared from the centre of the flower. At the same time, she smelt a faint sweet and fishy smell, like a floral fragrance mixed with the smell of blood. But the scent was gone in an instant, and all that remained was the dazzling purple diamond, which was worth a fortune and caught her eye.
‘I would like to ask Miss He for a favour. Is that all right?’ His mesmerising gaze swept lightly over her face. This girl concealed her greed and ambition very well, which was precisely why he had chosen her. ‘Of course. I will fulfil any wish of Miss He’s.’
He Qingqing’s eyes lit up. Any wish? He will fulfil it for her?
Shui Long arrived at Yuan Chu Han’s mansion in the suburbs.
‘I’m sorry, Miss Fang is ill and cannot receive visitors!’ said the butler with a blank face coldly.
Shui Long also said in a businesslike manner, ‘We received a report that Miss Fang, one of the owners of the Family Recipes restaurant, is suspected of being under house arrest. We are here to investigate the truth. As the president of a well-known conglomerate, Mr Yuan Chu Han, we don’t want him to be wronged, so please cooperate with our work!’
The butler pondered for a moment and politely said, ‘Then please wait a moment, Mr. Yuan is meeting with someone, I’ll go and let him know!’
Every aisle here is covered with a thick, pure white carpet, and it is silent when walking on it. The ceiling with bas-relief paintings and the wall lamps mixed with gold powder show the owner’s wealthy and domineering attitude.
‘Brother Shui, this Yuan family is really rich, that’s why they’re so fearless, isn’t it? The car smashing case has just ended, and now there’s a kidnapping case. I think the case the day before was also related to him, but unfortunately the person involved was never found, otherwise I wouldn’t let him off,‘ said Shui Long’s colleague, Da Liu.
’Be careful what you say, we still don’t know his background, and the authorities are desperately trying to suppress his case, and there’s no direct evidence to prove his guilt, so we have to act according to the situation,’
‘Please, Miss Fang is inside,’ said the butler leading the way, knocking gently on the door before making a gesture inviting them in.
The room was filled with the faint fragrance of flowers, which was refreshing and intoxicating. The woman standing in front of the French windows was wearing a red sleeveless fur vest, a low-necked sweater underneath, narrow blue jeans, but on her feet were a pair of slippers with long ears and a big white rabbit. Surprised to find herself under close surveillance, Shui Long could not help but laugh. ‘Haha, girl, what kind of disgusting outfit is that? It’s hilarious.’
Fang Tianya gritted her teeth and lunged at him, giving him a kick. Shui Long dodged, but her shoe accidentally kicked off and landed in the arms of the person who had just entered behind her.
Shui Long could no longer laugh. She saw the big white rabbit shoe being copied into the hands of the young man, and a gentle smile appeared on his handsome face. He leaned down and slipped the slipper onto the bare foot.
‘How can you do that to a guest?’ There was no trace of angry rebuke, only deep affection.
Sweat was breaking out on Shui Long’s forehead. Could this be the imposing original CEO who had attracted so much attention that night? Could this be the legendary head of the underworld, Yuan Chuohan?
Fang Tianya’s face flashed with fear and disgust, and her body stood there woodenly. Only she understood that at this moment he could be a perfect lover, and in the next second he could also transform into a demon. His deep schemes and tactics were concealed beneath his elegant and gentle demeanour. She didn’t even know which side was the real him!
‘What’s wrong?‘ His dark eyes pierced her heart, but his hand gently touched her face as he laughed, “You’re throwing a childish tantrum because I didn’t come and keep you company for a while?”
’Ahem!’ Shui Long was a little incredulous and hurriedly cleared his throat. ’It’s like this, Mr Yuan—’
‘I’ve already heard from my butler,‘ Yuan Chuhan interrupted with a faint smile, “house arrest? That’s an interesting term.” Her fingers lingered on Fang Tianya’s lips, and a soft sigh escaped her. “For a man who doesn’t know how to spoil his woman, it’s like being in heaven and hell at the same time. Sometimes, even he doesn’t know what he’s doing!”
’Really?’ Fang Tianya also smiled faintly, ’of course he doesn’t know!’
The room suddenly became quiet, and an air of disgust and tension filled the air.
His sharp gaze was fixed on her face. She could feel his danger and coldness, but she didn’t care anymore. Instead, she raised her head to meet his piercing gaze. If we’re going to hell, let’s go together! Weakness and retreat are only for the timid, and the damage will be even deeper! She would rather die together!
Seeing her eyes shine with anger once again, his dark pupils suddenly melted into a pool of spring water, and he smiled happily and easily. ‘I thought you would never look at me like this again!’ He said in a low voice, suddenly close to her ear, successfully seeing her anger mixed with surprise, and feeling relieved.
‘Mr. Yuan!’ Shui Long, who had been treated like air, said heavily, ‘It seems that you may have forgotten the purpose of our trip. Do you need me to repeat it?’
‘Please feel free to do whatever you like!‘ Yuan Chuhan said nonchalantly.
Shuilong was about to speak when his phone suddenly rang. He looked at the number and realised it was the Director calling.
’What’s wrong with you? Don’t you know who Mr Yuan is? You just go running into people’s homes and messing around! Hurry back, there’s an urgent task waiting for you, and don’t worry about other people’s domestic affairs.”
Shuilong was at a loss for words at his indiscriminate rebuke, and explained, ’Director, please don’t be so impatient, okay? I will come back once I have found out what happened. I will not let innocent people get hurt!‘
’What is going on? Just come back. I know everything. The girl is Mr Yuan’s fiancee. How could I hurt her? It’s just a fight between lovers. Come back quickly.”
Before the chief could finish, Shui Long impatiently turned off the phone. ’Tianya, do you think he has placed you under house arrest?’
Fang Tianya saw a cold smile form on Yuan Chuhan’s lips, and her heart skipped a beat. His smile was the smile of a demon, full of deadly murderous intent. She hurriedly stepped forward, grabbed his hand tightly, and turned to Shui Long and said coldly, ‘I’m not under house arrest by him, so don’t listen to people’s nonsense. He’s my boyfriend!’
‘Tianya!’ Shui Long stared at her in disbelief, ‘Why are you so biased in his favour? You should know what kind of person he is. Come with me, this is your only chance!’
‘But I want to stay by his side because I love him!’ As if to prove her words, she stood on her tiptoes and lightly kissed Yuan Hanchang’s lips, but he unexpectedly embraced her and kissed her deeply. Her body was cleverly pressed down by him and she couldn’t move, but in the eyes of outsiders, they were intimately close, as if they were about to merge together, so passionate and intoxicating.
Fang Tianya almost suffocated, his mind went blank, and all he could see was the confusion and frenzy welling up in the bottom of his unfathomable eyes. His powerful strength swept her into a swirling vortex of darkness, and he was robbing her of her breath, the sweetness of her mouth, not giving her a chance to catch her breath. She was unable to speak, and her struggles were futile.
Shuilong could no longer bear to watch, and turned and left. At some point, he had let go of her. Her lust-filled eyes had returned to their former calm, as if nothing had happened, as if there had been no passionate kiss, no madness in which he had hated not being able to crush her into his life.
He looked out of the window, and a ray of sunlight shone through, illuminating his stunningly beautiful, somewhat cold face. ‘You’ve done well. Tomorrow you’ll meet the person you want to meet!’ Without another glance at her, he left the room.
Fang Tianya slumped onto the carpet, as if all his strength had been taken away from him.
I don’t know how long it was, the room was so quiet that all you could hear was the ticking of the clock. She heard the sound of the car engine starting, he had already gone out. These days, he and she hardly ever met, and she could only smell a faint fragrance in the evenings when she woke up from nightmares. It was a special scent that belonged to him. Had he been here? But when she saw him, she saw a kind of bone-chilling coldness in his eyes.
He hated her! Then why didn’t he just kill himself? Why did he still want to keep her?
Ha ha, that’s ridiculous, why would she care about how he felt about her? He was her enemy, the culprit who destroyed her happiness. She hated him, wishing she could skin him alive. But why did her heart feel a faint sense of sadness?
He let Zhang Yusheng go easily, and he didn’t care at all whether she would charge him with attempted murder and other crimes. Yu Tianheng also let him go. Tianheng’s mother, that noble and gentle woman, personally came to fetch him. It was said that she wanted to see him, but Yuan Chuhan didn’t agree.
He hates himself, so he wants to stay and torment her, right? Because she betrayed his love, how could someone as arrogant as he be tolerant of her carrying another man in her heart?
But is this love for her? Is love about hurting?
‘Fang Xin, are you okay?’ He Qingqing quietly pushed the door open.
Fang Tianya stood up as if nothing had happened and shook his head. He could smell a faint, strange sweet and fishy smell that was neither flower nor fruit, but it disappeared in an instant. Perhaps it was her imagination, because He Qingqing never used perfume with that smell.
‘I heard from the kitchen that they have stewed bird’s nest with rock sugar for you, and some other dishes that I can’t name. Anyway, I heard from the chef that they are all good things for nourishing and beautifying the skin. Now Bai He and I are going to be indebted to you!‘
’All you know is eating! I heard that you want to lose weight, didn’t I? Beware of not getting married, look at Bai He’s great figure, even I am jealous!‘ Fang Tianya scolded her affectionately.
’I don’t care. By the way, I see that Yuan always treats you very well, but why do you guys seem so strange? I don’t understand!’ He Qingqing said nonchalantly.
As soon as Fang Tianya heard the mention of Yuan Chuhan, she immediately fell silent. Her eyes inadvertently fell on He Qingqing’s neck, where there was an extremely exquisite gold pendant. The amethyst that served as the flower core was even more dazzling, a very special and flirtatious necklace. “Isn’t it beautiful? Someone gave it to me,” He Qingqing couldn’t stop smiling.
‘Yes, it is very beautiful,’ Fang Tianya murmured, his eyes captivated by the amethyst. It was as if a demon was hiding there, making him unable to take his eyes off it. He even forgot to ask who had given her such a beautiful and precious necklace.
‘Take a closer look, it is said that this crystal is very spiritual!’ He Qingqing carefully took it out and showed it to her. Fang Tianya couldn’t help but touch the radiant crystal surface with her hand. A slight tingling sensation came from the fingertips. She let out a cry and saw a bright red blood bead appear at the tingling spot of her finger. In the blink of an eye, it was absorbed by the amethyst, and the purple crystal suddenly exuded an otherworldly light. It was an indescribable feeling, numb and lazy. The sweet and fishy smell she had just smelled intensified, like the smell of blood. Right, that should be the smell of her blood.
‘You’re right, this crystal really has a soul, it even drinks blood!’ Fang Tianya withdrew his hand, but saw He Qingqing’s frightened face, which was full of fear, as if she were about to cry. ‘What’s wrong? Who made you cry?’
‘I—it hurt you, and I’m afraid that Mr Yuan will scold me if he finds out!”
Fang Tianya reassured her, “Don’t worry, he won’t find out!” Watching He Qingqing’s relieved expression, something suddenly flashed through her mind, but the thought only lasted a split second. He said that she would be able to see her grandmother tomorrow, so everything she had endured would have been worthwhile. Hopefully, no one would ever be hurt because of her lowly life.
‘I’m going out shopping with my friends. Could you please prepare the car for me?‘ She politely asked the robot-like butler.
’Miss, I need to consult with the master,‘ the butler replied with extreme politeness. Five minutes later, they got into the car and set off.
Bai He said with some worry, “I haven’t been back for a few days, and I don’t know how our little shop is doing. We still have a loan to pay!”
’You’re so stupid!’ He Qingqing spat at her. ’What’s that shitty shop? Have you forgotten who President Yuan is? If Fang Xin says the word, everything will be settled.”
Bai He’s face turned pale with anger, “Of course I know what 30,000 yuan means to President Yuan, but after the harm he did to Fang Xiao, I’d rather repay the loan with my own hands!”
He Qingqing didn’t say a word, Fang Tianya forced a smile, but suddenly her face revealed an expression of discomfort, and a sudden wave of nausea came over her, so she hurriedly covered her lips. He Qingqing exclaimed in alarm, ‘What’s wrong with you?’ Bai He also panicked and hurriedly called for the car to stop. The car happened to be parked in a quiet alley. Fang Tianya stumbled to the side of the road and vomited, but all that came up was yellow water. The driver and Yuan Chuhan’s bodyguard Hong Shan also got out of the car, looking worried. ‘Miss Fang, do you want to go to the hospital first?’
He Qingqing and Bai He wanted to go up to her to support her, but she just weakly waved her hand and continued to retch.
‘Oh my god, you’re not pregnant, are you?’ Bai He blurted out, and He Qingqing gave her a vicious glare. She knew she was in trouble and immediately obediently shut her mouth.
Pregnant? No way, she had been taking the contraceptives she had secretly hidden.
“Baby! Baby! She will never give birth to his child!’
A semi-new bus broke down a few metres away from them. As there were no adults on the bus, a group of chattering children ran out and, at the driver’s loud shouts, all rushed to the back to push the bus.
Bai He angrily said, ‘Why let a group of children do an adult’s job?’ Then she wanted to go over and help, but Hong Shan stopped her, coldly saying, ‘Bai Yue, is it more important to help them or our future wife’s health?’ He looked at Fang Tianya and respectfully said, ‘Miss, let me take you to the hospital for a check-up. If anything happens to you, I won’t be able to answer to your husband!’
‘I’m fine, I just need to stand here for a while.‘ Fang Tianya weakly leaned against the roadside electric pole. Her gaze drifted to the group of innocent children, saying that they were better off playing than pushing the cart, because they simply didn’t have the strength to push it. “Hongshan, would you go over and help them? These children can’t do it!” she pleaded.
’Yes, Miss Fang!’ Hongshan didn’t dare neglect her words.
A little girl about four years old ran over, her rosy apple cheeks staring at her curiously. ‘Auntie, are you sick?’
Fang Tianya forced a smile on her face and said, ‘Auntie isn’t sick!’
‘You’re lying, and lying isn’t a good thing to do!’ the little girl said with a serious face like a little adult.
Fang Tianya laughed silently. Such a cute little girl, she really liked her! ‘Peach, come on, let’s go!’ the driver on the minibus yelled.
‘Auntie, you obviously have a fever, but you’re still lying to me that you’re not sick. If you have a baby in the future, don’t teach her to lie, or she’ll be bad! Okay, I’m leaving!‘ The little girl solemnly said, and ran away.
’These children are really cute! If I get married in the future, I want to have a cute and beautiful baby too,’ Bai He said enviously.
‘Don’t flatter yourself, you haven’t even got a boyfriend yet, let alone a baby. You should be ashamed of yourself,’ He Qingqing teased her. The two of them engaged in another war of words.
Fang Tianya finally couldn’t hold back any longer, and she sat on the cold ground and sobbed. She couldn’t bear it, she couldn’t bear the torture within her, the feeling like it was going to consume her, bit by bit sending her life to the grave. Her baby, she had killed her own baby with her own hands, and God knows how conflicted and remorseful she felt. At that time, she could not see tomorrow, she could not see hope, she could not see where her way out lay, so she chose that cruel way, because she was afraid that if she had to face his child in the future, she would completely soften. But now she has softened, she has wavered,
The sun’s rays felt cold on her body, and the cold wind felt like a knife, cutting her heart inch by inch. At some point, she felt gentle hands stroking her hair, and then a gentle embrace around her petite body, holding her in his arms. His body gave off that familiar, elegant and charming scent, the same scent she had grown accustomed to every night as he held her in his arms.
A stronger wave of nausea came over her, and before she could turn her head, she vomited all over his overcoat. Her body felt hot and cold at the same time, as if she was in the clouds one moment and on the ground the next. It hurt, but she didn’t know where. Her limbs were gradually going limp, and after the nausea passed, a feeling of laziness spread through her.
‘Cold…’ She looked into those deep, dark eyes and let out a seductive cry, her lips curling up in a smile. ‘Am I going to die? I seem to see heaven!‘
’No, my dear,’ he said with a smile, “it’s just the taste of love!”
He had completely destroyed her, and the gates of the infernal hell of eternal damnation had opened up to her.
When he was excited, a golden, seductive flower would appear faintly on his firm belly, and the sweat of lust would drip from the golden petals onto her, enchanting and evil. He bent down, and his moist lips fell on her private parts. She arched her back like a cat to meet him, to press close to him. She was burning up, while he was cool and clean. A raging fire flared up inside her, threatening to consume her. Her heart raced. all her pores screamed his name, but he wouldn’t give it to her. He only flirted with her frivolously. Every inch of her skin was occupied and played with by his kisses. His hands caressed her like ice, cool and comfortable. But why wouldn’t he give it to her? She wanted it! She wanted it!
“Do you really want it? Then beg me, say you love me, and I’ll give it to you right away!’ He pressed her down, his fingers teasingly wandering outside her valley, arousing an even more frenzied flame in her body.
‘I want it! I love you! Cold! I love you! Please give it to me!’ She cried out like a madwoman, the flood of lust about to overwhelm her, to drown her, to kill her! Her feet were already stepping through the gates of hell!
‘Ai, I want you to love me forever and ever!’ He growled lowly, and rushed into her violently.
Pleasure! Excitement!
The perfect fusion of body and body, the intimate blending of blood and blood. In the waves of climax that followed one another, she forgot herself.
Do you know that there is a poison in the world called ‘love’? It entangles a person’s tears and blood, just to keep the loved one forever by their side.
It is a kind of purple coldness, the more you struggle, the more desperate you become.
‘Why is this happening?‘ Her eyes looked blankly at the ceiling, where the finely carved angel was smiling at her. “What’s wrong with me?”
Who could answer her?
Where was he? Where was he?
’Cold! Cold!’ she cried out in fear. He rushed out of the bathroom and saw her jumping off the bed with tears streaming down her face, throwing herself into his arms, clinging to his neck like a helpless child. ’Don’t go! Don’t leave me!’
What was wrong with her? She obviously hated him, so why couldn’t she see that he was actually so afraid? Why did she desperately long for his embrace? Why was it only when he held her that she wouldn’t feel that terrible emptiness? Had she gone mad?
‘Baby, don’t be afraid, I’ll never leave you!’ His moist lips kissed her forehead, and his thin, beautiful lips uttered the promise of his life.
Whatever he wanted, he would get, even if he had to resort to unscrupulous means!
Never see each other again
Tonight is the engagement banquet for Shui Long and Ding Ding.
Shui Long’s parents are both ordinary retired workers, while Ding Ding’s parents are retired senior cadres of a state-owned bank. The status difference is huge, but their only daughter is very happy, and Shui Long is upright, capable and well-presented, so they agreed to the marriage. So the two sets of parents jointly booked a hotel to host this lively banquet. Since both were elites in their respective systems, their colleagues and friends filled the hall. The young policeman in his prime and the ladies from the bank turned out to be a good opportunity for a disguised blind date!
Tonight, Ding Ding wore a bright fuchsia cheongsam, her hair tied up high with a dazzling rhinestone, and light makeup outlined her beautiful and striking features.
‘Deng, don’t you regret it? I’m not rich, aren’t you afraid of suffering with me?’ Shui Long looked at his bride-to-be with some nervousness.
Deng gave him a glare. “Is it too late for me to regret it? Don’t be silly.”
Shui Long gave a sheepish smile. He was usually serious, and it was rare for him to be so silly. Deng glanced at him again, ’Shui Long, we’re engaged, is your junior sister coming?’
‘Why do you suddenly ask about this?‘ Shui Long’s eyebrows knitted together. “I don’t want to mention her!”
Ding Chen sighed slightly. “I feel that she is a nice girl. But she may become the future wife of someone else’s boss, and her status is not something we can reach. I just heard that she seems to be sick all the time—”
Shui Long suddenly became nervous. “You know about her situation? What happened to her?”
’Didn’t you say you didn’t care about her?’ Ding Chen said.
Shuilong fidgeted and loosened his tie. ‘It’s not true that I don’t care! She grew up without parents, and although she can be fierce sometimes, she has a kind heart. She doesn’t care if someone is good or bad, she just helps them if she sees them in trouble.’ Clouds gathered on his face, and worry and anxiety replaced the joy of his engagement.
Ding Chen took his large hand. ‘Don’t worry, according to He Qingqing, she’s already better now, and she might be leaving with President Yuan in a few days!’
‘Where are they going?’ Shui Long asked sensitively.
Ding Chen said with some lack of spirit, “The weather in the north is not very suitable for your junior sister. Yuan Zong always wants to let her go to a place with suitable temperatures to recuperate. To be honest, with someone like Yuan Zong taking care of her and doting on her, you don’t need to worry too much!”
The worry on Shui Long’s face grew heavier. “He-”
Before he could finish, he suddenly snorted and swallowed his words, looking directly towards the entrance of the hotel. Ding Ding followed his gaze and was stunned.
The person who had just walked in attracted everyone’s attention. He had a tall figure, dark eyes, a sexy smile on his lips, and exuded natural elegance and nobility. He held the hand of a petite woman, wrapped in a magnificent scarlet shawl. Her small, melon-shaped face had dark eyes, but there was a hint of lazy charm.
‘It’s you, Yuan Zong! I can’t believe you’ve graced my daughter’s engagement party with your presence. What an honour!’ Ding Ding’s parents had been to big events before, and they went over to greet him warmly. Shui Long’s parents were a little at a loss on the sidelines, because they had never dreamed of meeting such a person.
If it weren’t for his wife’s smile, Yuan Chuhan wouldn’t even look at these people. He just shook hands with them all in a cold but polite manner. His natural noble bearing instantly impressed everyone, and the group of young policemen were dumbfounded and suddenly felt ashamed of themselves.
‘This must be Mr Yuan’s girlfriend!’ Ding Ding’s father saw that the woman next to him was not an ordinary person and hurriedly said politely,
‘She is Fang Tianya, Shui Long’s junior at the police academy,‘ Yuan Chuhan looked at her tenderly, as if in a good mood, and she was smiling at them.
’Huh!‘ Mrs. Ding, who was outspoken, laughed, “So she is a cop too?”
Fang Tianya’s face stiffened, and she lowered her head unnaturally.
’Tianya!’ Shui Long rushed over, “Are you okay?” He looked worriedly at her face.
Fang Tianya’s face returned to normal, with a shallow smile, ‘Brother Shui, I’m so happy to see you! My brilliant and great brother is finally going to become a man! Hehe!’
‘You little girl—’ Shui Long’s finger almost tapped her head as usual, but when he touched Yuan Chuhan’s originally cold and unpredictable cold eyes, he couldn’t act rashly. Although he saw her smile as usual, he was still a little uneasy, just because her expression was so normal that it revealed a kind of strangeness instead. He couldn’t help but look at Yuan Chu Han. He was only looking at Tianya with adoration, and his eyes simply ignored everyone else. He couldn’t help but smile wryly. ‘Mr Yuan, welcome you and Tianya to my engagement ceremony!’
‘You’re welcome. We’re leaving soon. Tianya is here to say goodbye to you,’ Yuan Chu Han said indifferently.
‘Leaving soon?’ Shui Long frowned.
‘Yes, unfortunately I won’t be able to attend your wedding,’ Fang Tianya said with some regret.
‘Tianya,’ Dingding walked up to her and said gently, “I heard that you were sick, but it seems that you’re better now. Shui Long has been worried about you. But do you really have to leave in such a hurry?”
Fang Tianya’s eyes reddened. Dingding took her hand again and said softly to Yuan Chuhan, ’Mr Yuan, can you let Tianya stay a little longer? Several of my sisters want to meet her, and I hope that Tianya can make some more friends here.’
‘Is this really necessary?’ Yuan Chuhan asked with a faint smile, but when he saw Fang Tianya’s pleading gaze and pouting lips, his heart stirred. At that moment, a few more guests came to chat with her, so he had to smile and agree, for her sake.
Fang Tianya walked into the crowd with Ding Ding, surrounded by envious glances, but her heart felt cold.
‘Tianya, come, let me introduce you. This is my classmate, Hu Huaju.‘
A woman with ordinary features but a wisdom that shone through her offered Fang Tianya her hand. For some reason, Fang Tianya felt that her eyes were sharper and smarter than ordinary people’s, but they weren’t aggressive, and she couldn’t help but feel a good impression.
’Hello, Huaju!”
Hu Huaju smiled. ’Tianya, you seem like a nice girl. I like you!’
Ding Ding smiled at her and said, ‘Don’t be so frank, okay? And whether or not people can accept it, okay, I’ll go take care of some guests, you two chat.’
Hu Huaju looked carefully at her clothes and exclaimed, ‘Tianya, your clothes are really beautiful!’ Then she stepped forward and smiled inexplicably. ‘I heard that you used to be a cop, but now I really can’t tell.’
Fang Tianya smiled and said, ‘I’m no longer a cop, but it seems to me that you are…’
Hu Huaju gave a shushing sound and laughed happily, ‘First of all, I declare: I am definitely not a bad person, please believe me! Tianya, no matter what identity you have now, you are still a good girl at heart. I have come here on behalf of someone, and I can take you away at any time if you want. The person who is holding you captive, no matter how powerful they are, cannot stop me this time! Do you believe me?’
Fang Tianya looked at her determined and confident eyes, which were as convincing as if they had great magical powers. She suddenly changed her expression and said, ‘I’m sorry, I have to go now.’
Hu Huaju said perceptively, ‘Tianya, what’s wrong with your eyes?’
At that moment, Fang Tianya’s pupils had abnormally contracted, giving off a faint purple light. She pulled the corner of her mouth a little and laughed lazily, ‘What’s the matter? You’re not seeing things, are you?’
‘I’m not seeing things. Tell me, have you been injected with a poison?’ Hu Huajin asked anxiously.
Fang Tianya didn’t say anything, but his expression became even more listless. ’How do you know? Are you really a cop?’
A fleeting look of pain crossed Hu Huaju’s face. ‘Never mind who I am! But a colleague of mine was tortured to death by a poisoned needle whose ingredients could never be identified. Even now we have not been able to find out what it actually contained, but your symptoms are similar to his, both of you using a flower as a medicinal trigger!’
Fang Tianya’s body trembled slightly, ‘Impossible!’
Suddenly, a sweet smile appeared on his face again: ‘Huaju, I’m really glad to have met you. It’s just a pity that I’m leaving soon.”
Hu Huajin turned around, and a young man was smiling at her from behind. Hu Huajin suddenly remembered a saying: the most poisonous snake has the most beautiful pattern, and the most poisonous flower has the most beautiful demeanour.
He glanced at her obliquely, a little puzzled and sinister, but her face showed an appearance of being obsessed with his appearance, which successfully earned his contempt.
Yuan Chu Han turned to Fang Tianya, but the smile on his face was full of tender affection, and he took her hand. ‘Tianya, let’s go!’ Because he knew that the time for her to act had come.
After bidding farewell to everyone, they finally returned to the car. Fang Tianya collapsed in the back seat like a deflated balloon, gasping for breath, his hands fiercely tearing at the seat decorations. His teeth clenched his lower lip, and blood and tears flowed together.
‘Finally unable to bear it, are you, my dear? But no one can save you. ‘Love’ has no antidote!’ he said lightly and teasingly as he sat down next to her.
Fang Tianya gritted her teeth, as if ten thousand ants were boring into her heart. This was only the first step, and soon, a lustful Fang Tianya, who was not in control of herself, would completely fall, currying favour under his myriad humiliations—she suddenly whimpered and slammed her head against the car window. He quickly embraced her.
‘Fool,’ he sighed, “only I can be your only salvation!”
Fang Tianya grabbed his clothes, and her eyes, which had turned pale purple, flashed with intense hatred. ’Yuan Chuohan!’
‘What beautiful eyes!‘ He gazed at her violet eyes in fascination, and his sexy, thin lips slowly kissed them. At this point, she no longer had the strength to resist his advances, her whole body limp as mud, her seductive eyes like silk, and even her bones exuding the charm of lust. He reached his hand inside the hem of her skirt and found her flowery valley, which was already wet.
’Do you want it?’ His finger reached in and teased her hot private parts.
She wept, and suddenly bit down on his neck, hard, almost biting his carotid artery, and her mouth was instantly filled with the salty taste of his blood. He didn’t even grunt, just penetrating her even deeper.
The night view outside the car window flashed past, leaving only a momentary brilliance to waver.
‘Are we almost at the airport?’ Her voice was hoarse with fatigue.
Yuan Chu Han caressed her face lovingly. ‘Almost there, just sleep a little more.’ She was so good now, curled up next to him like a kitten.
‘Can we stop the car for a moment? I want to take one last look at the city! Okay?’ She pleaded softly, looking at him with pitiful eyes.
‘Pull over up ahead!’ Yuan Chu Han instructed the driver.
The lights in the night were blurry. Her eyes were also blurry.
There was no wind tonight, but there was a light mist, floating in the air.
She beamed at Yuan Chuhan like a blooming flower. ‘Look, such a beautiful view!’
He smiled and lifted her face. ‘Silly! There are plenty of places more beautiful than here. If you want, I’ll travel the whole world with you, so that you can leave your footprint in every most beautiful place! Do you like that?’
She giggled and slipped out of his grasp. As she walked leisurely along the quiet road, she said, ‘You know what? I almost fell in love with you!’
‘Ai-er!’ he exclaimed, stunned. She had already turned around and was more than ten metres away. Her eyes were curved into a crescent moon as she smiled, ‘It’s true. I was really afraid that one day I wouldn’t be able to control my heart and I would fall in love with you, you devil! But fortunately, that day never came!’
‘What are you talking about?’ he said indifferently. ‘Are you trying to leave me again?’
She suddenly started running, running towards the fog. She had never escaped from his grasp before, but this time, she tried one last, dying struggle.
She faintly saw two lights flashing rapidly approaching, and she smiled in joy.
‘Aiya!’ Yuan Chuhan was cold all over. He was too late to catch her. He was too confident, and was sure that she would never escape from his grasp, but never expected that she would really escape by death!
The road was wide and empty in the fog, and the car was driving fast. She was running at full speed, and at the moment of impact, her body became a beautiful butterfly in mid-air, before falling heavily.
It landed right at his feet.
A large amount of blood was flowing from her mouth and nose, and in an instant, the ground was covered in blood. Her face was as white as snow.
‘Tianya!’ he shouted furiously, ‘I won’t let you die! I won’t let you leave me like this! Do you hear me?’
But she could no longer hear anything.
She lay quietly in the emergency room of the hospital, tubes sticking out of her body, blood being pumped into her continuously, but she was still lifeless.
‘I’m sorry, there’s really nothing more we can do!’ the doctor said sadly. ‘The patient has a subdural hematoma on the top of the right side of the skull, a brain contusion and a skull fracture, as well as a contused right lung. We have successfully performed a craniotomy, and she should come round. However, normally patients have an innate desire to survive, but in this patient’s case, it is no longer felt. Her brain waves have been very chaotic and weak. You must know that superb technology combined with the most advanced medical equipment can save a person’s physical resurrection, but-‘
’Stop!’ His dark eyes were filled with bloodshot, and the coldness and murderous aura of his body became even stronger. It was as if the devil had walked out of the dark hell, his cold and sinister smile containing blood. Was that a smile? It was even more terrifying and desolate than crying!
‘Tell me, is she dead now?’ he asked, his teeth clenched.
These first-class doctors lowered their heads. They already sensed the shadow of death looming over them. The patient’s desire to die was so strong that even all their combined medical power could not overcome her longing for death. At best, she would become a vegetable with only a semblance of life!
That was no different from death!
In the intensive care unit, her face is as white as the bed sheet, and her delicate and small body seems ready to turn into a stiff, cold corpse at any time.
Outside the window, it has started to snow, the heaviest snowfall of the winter.
Half kneeling beside her, he greedily and crazily stares at her face, for she is the woman he loves most!
He doesn’t want to lose her!
Swirling darkness floated around him, and memories flooded back like a rapid, turbulent stream.
The young man lying on the ground had been beaten up by a group of thugs and no longer had any strength to fight back.
In the pale morning light, the young girl with messy hair but full of energy came running over and shouted, ‘What do you want? I’m a cop, so stop it!’ He didn’t know where she got her power from, but she managed to scare off the little thugs they had arranged for her.
A ‘beauty saving the hero’? Unfortunately, she was not a beauty, and he was even less of a hero. When she saw his face in the faint morning light and unabashedly drooled over him, he also saw her dark, bright eyes like water and bright as stars. This, perhaps, was the only moving part of her.
Is this the kind of girl his sworn enemy Yu Tianheng likes? Apart from those overly bright eyes, she doesn’t have a single attractive feature. She’s so weak that a gust of wind could blow her away. What’s even funnier is that she actually told him big lies, saying that she could protect him! Does she even know who he is?
He sneered to himself. Yu Tianheng, are you blind? How could you fall for this girl! He was curious to see just how charming she really was!
She deliberately pestered him, making up a reason, and she simply believed it. In order to get him, who had ‘cut classes’, back to his parents’ side, she gave him the fare home, which was like cutting her heart out. She was distressed, but he couldn’t help laughing. In the train compartment, her sense of justice and gentle heart were everywhere, erasing the ruthlessness he had inadvertently revealed. Her kindness and sincerity were gradually touching him.
He had laid a trap for her, but why did he feel like he had fallen into it?
She didn’t know that the night after she had been humiliated by Fang Qingshan and his wife, she had cried herself to sleep, he had stood in the small courtyard under the bright moon and made a vow to himself: he would get this girl, he would make her the happiest person in the world!
But for the first time, he felt so powerless!
Even if he had the power and wealth to rule the world and could manipulate anyone, he still couldn’t get her heart, her precious heart that belonged to someone else!
He was unwilling to accept this!
In his body flowed the nobility bestowed by his mother and the dark blood of his father, a determination to do anything and pay any price for love.
He did everything he could to possess her and became her first and only man. He thought she would belong to him! He gave her a luxurious life with a BMW and a Mercedes, dressed her in the finest clothes, and bound her with the most exquisite chains, but he couldn’t lock her heart. Through her increasingly silent and meek eyes, he saw a kind of speechless resistance, and he was afraid that she would leave him. When no one was around, who would have known that the strong man was sometimes afraid and cried like a little child.
Love can really destroy a person. When he loves to the deepest part of his heart, that is also his fatal time. He finally injected her with ‘love’ – this mysterious poisoned cup! From now on, she will only belong to him, for life after life!
But she chose death!
‘Don’t leave me! Please!’
His lips covered her cold lips, looking at her closed eyes with despair and grief.
‘I love you so much! So much that it frightens even me!’ His tears fell on her almost transparent face.
Rong Long and Hu Huajin, taking advantage of their special status, forced their way past the guards under the command of Yuan Chu and broke into the heavily guarded hospital room.
There was a deathly silence.
They were stunned!
By the bedside, the man with his back to them was slowly standing up. ‘If you can come back to life, I promise that I will never appear in your life again! I will let you go free, and you can go back to the life you want to live!’
‘But if you insist on dying, everyone here will have to die with you! And all your friends and family, I will send them all to be with you!’
“Fang Tianya, do you hear me?’
He seemed to have become the embodiment of hell again, and coldly told the unconscious woman.
‘Yuan Chu Han!’ Shui Long’s teeth were chattering violently, and his eyes were red with anger.
‘Don’t be impulsive!’ Hu Huaju hurriedly held him back, his eyes fixed on the unconscious patient in the bed. ‘She—just now I saw her move!’
The air in the ward seemed to be freezing, and in the entire hospital building, all that could be heard was the sound of snowflakes falling on the roof.
‘She moved, she really moved!‘ Hu Huaju said excitedly, kicking the water hose. “Go call the doctor, what are you doing there!”
Yuan Chuhan could no longer hold on, his body slowly sliding along the wall to the ground, staring at her fixedly, tears pouring down uncontrollably.
’So, you can love someone like this too!’ Hu Huaju said softly. ’But why do you still have to do things that hurt her?’
Yuan Chuhan did not answer her, stood up, and dried all his tears. His dripping eyes flashed with an overwhelming coldness.
He would keep his promise.
From then on, he and she would never see each other again, no matter where they were in the world!
The night of the snowfall was the coldest day in the north. The howling north wind with its shrill whistle froze the world.
Extra: A Dream Awakened
Should I call you Fang Xin or Tianya? It turns out that for the past four years, you have been hiding something from me and Bai He. Your true identity is that of a policeman, and one who has been forced into exile! Who has the power to turn a law enforcer who arrests bad guys with such awe-inspiring authority into a poor man who goes by an alias and lives in exile?
Yes, I always thought you were pitiful! In this snowy northern country, you have no one to turn to, no home to return to. While we can go home to be reunited with our loved ones on every holiday, you cannot. You can only huddle in this tiny attic, looking in the direction of your hometown. I remember at the end of that year, I was too busy with work to catch the last bus home, and I returned to our rented cabin in a depressed state. When I pushed open the door, the room was pitch black, and the cold, lonely air hit my throat. There was no light, and the darkness was so depressing. The only thing that could be seen was the fireworks bursting outside and the ear-piercing sound of firecrackers. Amidst the deafening noise, I could clearly hear your painful and suppressed sobs from the small balcony outside. Before that, I had only heard you cry in your sleep. At that moment, I was afraid to disturb you, because you were always so strong in front of us. I was afraid that I would accidentally bump into your secret and make you more sad. After all, I am much luckier than you. Although I come from a poor family, I have, after all, obtained a decent job through my own efforts. This is the only opportunity to change my fate. I want to get ahead, I want to make my family, who work hard all year round but earn so little, live a good life. In the bank, I don’t have a deep background or strong connections. I can only rely on working ten times harder than others and not letting go of every opportunity to climb up the ladder in exchange for everything I want. I reluctantly invested most of my salary in expensive and flashy clothes and jewellery. I dressed up carefully to try to blend in faster with my self-righteous colleagues around me. Although they still sometimes mocked my fat and my dowdy appearance, I believed that one day I would put them all under my feet and make them disappear in my eyes!
That night, at the networking event for banks and large conglomerates, I finally saw the prince of my dreams. He had a cold and elegant temperament and a face more beautiful than fireworks. I couldn’t help but wonder, would there be anyone in the world who could match him? Next to him was my immediate supervisor, Ding Chen. My feminine intuition told me that she was also infatuated with him, but it seemed that he didn’t care about anyone. His eyes just drifted past everyone’s face, a cold, snow-watery feeling. I mingled with the crowd, greedily lingering on his beautiful, elusive smile. I even forgot that you were there. When I finally remembered you, I turned around and saw only a shadow of you fleeing from the hall. If someone asks me what the last thing I regret doing was, it would be coming to this banquet with you. But I never imagined that this grand banquet was actually set up for you. You were the protagonist he was really looking for, while all of us were just poor props who were kept in the dark!
I know that if you knew the truth, you would never forgive me! Because you value our friendship so much, after all, we have been through thick and thin together over the past four years. But I betrayed you and betrayed our friendship. It was because he had promised to fulfil a wish of mine that had been nagging at me for years. He understood me, he understood what I wanted to grasp (apart from the hopeless love for him that I dared not even think about) – that is, to be able to take Ding Ding’s place one day. He laughed so carelessly, although he had not even looked at me properly since I stood in front of him.
Tianya, I can’t imagine a man like him. When he loves a woman with all his heart, what kind of happiness will it be! And you are the only woman he loves madly. But I can’t see any happiness or joy on your face. I only see deep fear and disgust. You even go so far as to try to escape by dying. Tianya, tell me, who is the man you really love?
A small update: I just want to say that I’m really touched that everyone loves my ‘Fang Tianya’ so much!
I’ll continue when I have time.
If I were young and full of springtime feelings
I often wonder if I could choose again, if I would still meet you. That beautiful moment has already sealed my fate for life… I cannot escape, my futile struggle. I long for the freedom of the air, but you only suffocate me, until… death.
I tilt my head with difficulty and gaze out the window at the snowflakes dancing in the air. It wraps the dark night in a world of silver and black. Amidst the howling wind, is this the nine circles of hell?
Grandma! I seemed to see Grandma’s figure again, but in the blink of an eye, I couldn’t find her. ‘Grandma, I’m here!’ I called out silently to the person closest to me in life. My eyes looked helplessly and anxiously for Grandma’s figure, but in this large hospital room, under the pale lighting, there was only my lonely shadow.
She woke from her dream, her face wet with traces of tears. Grandma was no longer there, she had left her forever, once again abandoning her alone in this world!
It was still dark outside the window of the car, only a few stars shining in the high night sky.
She looked at the woman on the opposite side of the car, whose concerned and compassionate gaze rested on her. She lowered her head in embarrassment and said, ‘Sister Huajin, we’re almost there, right? I’ve heard that Xixun is very beautiful, I really want to see it soon.’
“We’re almost there. But, your body has just recovered, can you hold on?’
‘I can do it! I’m healthier than before. Look, I’m full of energy, I won’t be a burden to you!‘ She waved her fist at Hu Huaju and flashed a confident, sunny smile.
’Is the poison in your body still acting up?‘
’It’s long gone. Those days in the detox centre weren’t for nothing!’ she said with ease.
Hu Huaju returned a smile, but secretly sighed. She had never met such a kind woman who was a mixture of strength and vulnerability. She had already experienced vicissitudes of life, and she had suffered more ordeals than she knew, but she still maintained an innocent heart, as if she were an unsophisticated girl next door. She really couldn’t bear to let her get involved in this dangerous mess again. She was ordered to join a secret task force to crack down on a major criminal organisation, and had infiltrated the criminals countless times as an undercover agent to obtain valuable intelligence. This time, she has lost confidence in her mission for the first time. She has dealt with sinister and vicious criminals countless times, but she has never seen a man like this one before. All his dark schemes are wrapped up in an elegant and confident appearance, and his charming face has made countless wives and children break up and lose their homes while he laughs. Whether it is his dirty drug trade or his ostensibly legitimate business, his unscrupulous and vicious methods are outrageous, but there is no evidence to prove his guilt. Even the police department has been infiltrated by his powerful financial influence, so every step of the investigation against him has been extremely difficult.
She couldn’t help but look across at Fang Tianya, who was closing his eyes to rest. She couldn’t imagine how that man was madly in love with this woman, but she knew that if Fang Tianya was used as bait, he would definitely appear.
‘If you trust me, please let me help you, okay?’ That day, when she and Shui Long came to visit her again, she suddenly pleaded with herself.
Miraculously, she did not refuse! She knew it was a serious violation of discipline, but she could not find a reason to refuse! Because that man loved her! She was his only weak point!
Even now, she still thinks of his crazy and desperate love!
Hu Huajin across from her was already asleep. Fang Tianya changed to a comfortable position and lay back on the bunk, facing inwards, but his eyes were unusually bright.
Grandma, I will not let you down! Please watch over your granddaughter from heaven and bless her as she kills the murderer of you and Shige by any means necessary, no matter the cost!
Her heart felt as if it had been pierced by something sharp, and a heart-wrenching pain slowly spread from her limbs. She clenched the bedsheets to keep herself from trembling with pain, and found a small purple droplet-shaped bottle. Inside was the antidote he had left her. A mocking and desolate smile appeared at the corner of her lips, and she shivered as she threw the bottle out the open car window.
That monster! The man who had left her with endless memories of humiliation and torture!
She would see him again!
The mountains and waters, the misty rain, the dancing shadows of the bamboo, all exude the poetic charm of a Jiangnan water town. But this is not Jiangnan, but a small town near the border. It has a very beautiful name: Xixun.
A quaint and exquisite town with quiet and laid-back people. A hundred miles away from it is a mountain shrouded in clouds year-round, with a mysterious veil, known as the ‘Devil’s Kiss’ Tianqin Mountain.
In a small restaurant in the town, the proprietress served a plate of stir-fried water chestnuts, which had a fragrant aroma. ‘Two guests from afar, eat first, the rice will be here soon.’
It looked like the two women, who were obviously starving, immediately started to wolf down their food, without a trace of the reserve and elegance that a woman should have. They looked like hungry ghosts.
“Sister Huaji, I’ve had enough. Do we have to keep going? The photography assignment the editor-in-chief gave us is almost done, so there’s no need for us to go any further, right?’
The young woman said with sparkling dark eyes, sitting opposite her was a woman with an old-fashioned face but who looked full of life. She took the last piece of food in her mouth, then wiped her mouth without haste and said, ‘What’s the rush? We’re almost there. We have to do a better job of whatever the higher-ups have assigned us, otherwise do you think there will be room for both of us in next year’s promotion? So we must go and see if there are any undiscovered more beautiful landscapes!’
‘But I’m so tired!‘ the young woman said a little disheartened.
The proprietress came up to them. “Are you two guests going to Tianqin Mountain?”
The young woman nodded weakly. “Madam, I heard that the mountain is viciously called the ”Devil’s Kiss’. It must be very scary. Please persuade my colleague. I don’t want to waste my best years for my career!‘
’Tianya, don’t talk about it so terrifyingly, okay?’ The flower-orange sister said with her eyes wide open. The young woman was a little afraid of her, and she lowered her head. The boss’s wife hurriedly said, ‘There’s nothing to be afraid of, it’s just a legend. It is said that there are some demons in the mountains that are more beautiful than women. They specially seduce young girls to be their slaves and grow a strange kind of flower for them. Legend has it that these flowers are worth more than gold. I don’t know if this is true or not, but anyway, many girls in the surrounding villages have disappeared. Who knows if they are dead or alive, but there are still many ignorant young girls rushing to go!’ The boss’s wife sighed.
The two of them were fascinated by what they heard, and a longing look appeared on their faces.
Hu Huajú and Fang Tianya slept until the sun was high in the sky before they woke up. After washing their faces in a hurry, the two of them went downstairs to the small restaurant to eat. Most of the people who came to the town to sightsee were fashionable and energetic young men and women. The small restaurant was doing a good business and was almost full. The proprietress gave them another seat in the corner. A colour TV was installed at the front, seemingly broadcasting a beauty pageant, which the diners were watching with great interest.
Hu Huaju looked up and saw on the TV a succession of long-legged, thin-waisted beauties of all kinds strutting across the stage. She had never been interested in beauty pageants, so she lowered her head and continued eating.
Suddenly, a few young girls in the restaurant screamed with excitement, ignoring their food and jumping up from their seats.
The two of them looked up curiously at the TV. Sister Hu Huajiao’s face changed slightly, and she couldn’t help but peek at the person across the way. She was calmly lowering her head to drink her chicken and vermicelli dumplings as if nothing was wrong.
It was an interview programme on a world-famous TV station with celebrities. It was said that the lowest worth of their interviewees was over 100 million, and they were elite figures who dominated the political or business world. The interviewee this time was a young man, and what’s more, a breathtakingly beautiful man. He was wearing a distinguished PAL ZILERI suit, which made him even more elegant and charming. His dark, deep eyes had a habitual sexy sneer at the corner of his mouth.
‘My God, how can there be such a man?’ a girl muttered.
No one paid any attention to her. The store was quiet, and everyone was mesmerised, staring at the man on TV.
The two male and female hosts, who usually bantered with each other, seemed to have lost their usual quick wit. Under the invisible pressure of the man, they felt as if they were facing an emperor, and could only nod their heads in agreement. The station manager and other top minds present were really impatient, stamping their feet. This was a chance to interview such a VIP, and they had fought tooth and nail to get it at the highest price. Did they not know that there were people all over the world watching?
Time passed by second by second, the stereotypical questions were almost over, and the condescending and unruffled man on TV gradually became impatient. The beautiful and sexy female hostess calmed down for a moment, her face suddenly flushed slightly, and she plucked up the courage to say, ‘Mr. Yuan, I would like to ask you one last question. I think all the girls watching our show today also want to ask this very vulgar but all-important question. Is that okay?’ She smiled, her eyes shining with anticipation.
He was slightly taken aback and laughed mockingly, ‘Is it about my personal life?’
The station manager was almost overcome with vertigo. Did she want to die? There was no such thing in the outline! Didn’t she see his eyes indicating anger? It was over, completely over, and his career as a station manager would end from here on out!
The female host boldly admitted, ‘A legendary figure like you, not to mention your wealth, but in terms of your unique personal charm, I’m sure your emotional world is even more exciting, right?’
He didn’t answer right away, just pursing his beautiful thin lips, with a faint lazy expression on his face. Compared to his ruthlessness in the business world, this side of him exuded an even more dangerous aura.
In front of the TV.
‘Madam, could you please settle the bill!’ Fang Tianya called out softly, immediately attracting murderous stares from those around him. Everyone was mesmerised by the man’s unstoppable charm, and even the middle-aged proprietress couldn’t take her eyes off the TV. She sighed inwardly, took out a ten-dollar bill and placed it on the table, then forcibly dragged the still-eating Hua Ju out of the restaurant.
‘My emotional world,’ the handsome face of a mesmerising beauty flashed a trace of unnoticeable bone-deep pain in the unfathomable eyes, and he said coldly, “The only woman I have ever loved is dead.”
These were the last words he said in the face of the camera, but it was this sentence that, according to the first feedback, proved that the ratings of the show were incredibly high, far outstripping important news and major sporting events of the same time slot. The station manager was heavily praised by the boss, and the clever and brave female hostess, who remained calm in a crisis, was also promoted three levels and became a red-hot celebrity!
She stepped outside the shop and took a deep breath of the fresh, slightly moist air. Love and hate were now in the past. Having experienced life and death, having experienced the cycle of hell, the only thing she had to do was finish the task she had left unfinished, for the sake of those who had died because of her, and for the sake of the people who loved her and were still alive.
“What a beautiful place! Look at the water, look at the green tiles and white walls, it really feels like you’ve arrived in Jiangnan!’ Hu Huaju exclaimed as she took photos of the street.
Yes, who would know that this quaint town is the base for the underground drug trade. Everyone here has a peaceful smile on their face, and the houses are simple, but what is hidden behind it? Perhaps the people in the eye of the storm feel the turbulence and danger the least.
Tianqin Mountain, the mountain of demons, with its snowy peak towering into the sky, is like a beautiful crown, shining with the radiance of a king.
However, legend has it that it is where the devil lives.
Two women stood at the highest point of the town, gazing far away at the beautiful-looking mountain peak.
“The only woman I ever loved is dead,’
He said in front of the TV camera.
Fang Tianya curved the corners of her mouth, revealing a sneer that was surprisingly similar to the man’s. Perhaps, even she herself hadn’t noticed.
Hu Huajin’s mood was exceptionally complex at this time. She felt a mixture of emotions towards the girl in front of her: sympathy, pity, affection, and even guilt. Because, after all, she and the organisation behind her were using Fang Tianya now because of her special relationship with the person they were pursuing!
‘Tianya, do you hate me? You finally got away from your old nightmares, but I dragged you into this sinister place again!‘
Fang Tianya smiled, shook his head, and said sincerely, “I will thank you for giving me another chance to return to the police force!”
’You will become a good policeman!’ Hu Huaju said sincerely.
Fang Tianya’s body trembled, and he muttered in a low voice, ’Will I?’
Hu Huaju hired a local, a short, fat man named Zhuo Qi, as a guide, and at daybreak on the third day they set off for the Tianqin Mountains.
Standing at the foot of the mountain and looking up, they could only see the peaks hidden in the clouds, unattainable. They entered the mountains from a place called Meirigou. Surrounded by the mountains, stepping on the deep, soft moss and fresh fallen leaves on the ground, with the moist, fragrant air in their noses, the sounds of the forest, the wind, the waves, and the birds, it was a heart-soothing and refreshing experience.
Zhuo Qi is a taciturn man, armed with a machete and shotgun, the standard equipment of a mountain man. According to him, there are often wolves, black bears, wild dogs, pheasants and other game in the forest, which is just right for self-defense and preparing dinner for the night.
The three of them were rather dull along the way, and Zhuo Qi suddenly asked recklessly, ‘Are you really journalists?’
Hu Huaju smiled easily and asked in return, ‘Don’t we look like it?’
Zhuo Qi didn’t answer, glanced at Fang Tianya, and said with a frown, ‘It’s humid in the mountains. I advise you to go back after you reach Lan Yue Lake ahead. It’s deep mountains ahead.’
At that moment, a five-coloured pheasant flapped out of the bushes and even dared to jump past them, fleeing in a panic into the tall weeds.
Zhuo Qi picked up his gun and chased after it. He heard a gunshot and soon came out with the pheasant in his hands. The pheasant was still bleeding and was struggling to die with a low wail.
The sunlight finally managed to filter through the lush canopy and onto the ground, leaving only a dappled light, like specks of broken gold.
It was already noon. The lunch was the pheasant. Zhuo Qi was surprisingly deft and used the techniques of Huang Rong from ‘The Legend of the Condor Heroes’ to get a pheasant out. Although it didn’t have the fresh fragrance of being wrapped in lotus leaves, it was still tender and delicious. There was also some preserved meat and beef jerky.
After a short rest, the three of them set off again. After climbing a small mountain pass rarely travelled by, a small crescent-shaped lake came into view. The crystal-clear blue water of the lake was tranquil and yet a little mysterious.
A strange silence. You couldn’t even hear the birds chirping or the wind blowing. There was a bewitching fragrance in the air, the fragrance of flowers.
‘This is Blue Moon Lake!’ Zhuo Qi said. “After you take your photos, you must return.”
Hu Huajin narrowed her eyes at him, and an unfathomable light shone in his small grey eyes.
She smiled lightly. ’This time, we thank Master Zhuo for guiding us. Thank you for your concern. We will return after we have enjoyed the scenery here.’
Zhuo Qi seemed to have not heard her words, and said calmly, ‘If you two have come to Tianqin Mountain to take pictures, you can stop here. It is dangerous to go further. Most tourists have not had the honour to come here.’
‘What kind of flower is this?’ Fang Tianya suddenly asked, pointing at the lakeside.
Zhuo Qi was momentarily stunned, then replied seriously, ‘This flower is called the golden flower because its petals are like gold.’
‘Golden flower?’ Fang Tianya repeated, and walked towards Blue Moon Lake. Hu Huaju and Zhuo Qi stopped her at the same time.
‘This flower is poisonous,’ Zhuo Qi said in a low voice.
‘Yes, look around. Apart from this flower, there are no other plants growing, and there aren’t even any birds. There must be something strange going on,’ Hu Huaju advised. ‘Don’t go over there. Let’s take a photo from here instead.’
‘I know,’ Fang Tianya said, turning his back. “I just want to take a closer look at what it looks like.” She had felt a sense of familiarity when she smelled the flowers, a feeling that had sent her to hell. But for some reason, there was a magic that drew her recklessly towards the lake once again.
The dead blue lake. A beautiful sunny day.
The enchanting poisonous flowers swaying in the wind.
This is the golden flower?
Suddenly overcome with emotion, she swayed. She had seen it before, she had really seen it before, on him, when he had taken her to the heights, she had seen this strange flower appear on him. Her heart sank slowly, sinking into the endless darkness.
‘Golden Valley, take me to the Golden Valley!’ She turned to Zhuo Qi and said coldly.
Zhuo Qi was a little tongue-tied: ‘What—what Golden Valley? I don’t understand!’
Fang Tianya stared at his twinkling little eyes, and Zhuo Qi was afraid to meet her penetrating gaze. He hung his head and said, ‘Miss Fang, don’t push me. Please go back, or you really won’t be able to turn back!’
‘Won’t be able to turn back? Why won’t you be able to turn back?’ She asked him, muttering, as if she were talking to herself.
Zhuo Qi lowered his head without answering.
Suddenly they heard a sound coming from the lake.
It turned out that an incredible man had emerged from the lake, climbing ashore dripping wet. His dark skin glowed with health in the sunlight, and when he shook his hair, water droplets splashed about. The face that turned around was determined and cold, and his tall and strong figure seemed to contain explosive and infinite power.
How could such a man appear in this place of constant danger?
The man bent down and picked a flower from the lakeshore, placed it next to his nose and sniffed, then he smiled at Fang Tianya with an unpredictable smile, ‘Miss, don’t you think this is the most beautiful flower in the world?’
Fang Tianya looked at the flower in his hand and didn’t say anything.
The man’s gaze swept over Zhuo Qi’s face and he said, ‘Is this how you guide tours? The guests can go wherever they want, so why are you getting in their way?’
Zhuo Qi stepped aside without saying a word.
The man shrugged at them and said, ‘Welcome to Golden Valley! I am Yuan Wu.’
‘Yuan Wu?‘ A flash of hatred passed through Hu Huajin’s eyes, but she immediately smiled and said, “It’s an honour to be your guest.”
’Please!’ Yuan Wu made a gesture of invitation, and suddenly four frosty-faced women appeared from nowhere and surrounded the two of them. “I’m sorry, but before entering the valley, there is a rule: please hand over everything you have.” A smile curdled at the edges of his eyes, as cold as a viper’s light kiss.
So this is the legendary Golden Valley, but it is more like a paradise surrounded by green peaks. On three sides are high and steep mountain peaks, with rather elegantly and exquisitely built houses scattered everywhere. A clear stream winds through the small village and flows into a large lake in a depression, and then the lake water pours down to form a spectacular waterfall.
If it is the Golden Valley, why is there no sign of golden flowers in bloom? And isn’t this the place to grow poppies?
‘Weird!’ Fang Tianya said.
‘It is weird!’ Hu Huaju echoed. ‘We must find evidence. We have entered the enemy’s lair, so if we don’t get anything, how can we face our fallen colleagues? “With a pang of regret, Fang Tianya quietly took her hand and smiled reassuringly, ”We will succeed!’
Hu Huaju sighed and said, ‘Tianya, do you blame me for using you? If it weren’t for you, they wouldn’t have been so polite to me.’
Fang Tianya gently pulled his hand away from hers and said, ‘Have you forgotten that I volunteered?’
‘But…’ Hu Huaju paused, and finally just turned her head silently, and after a long time she said, ’That Yuan Wu is not simple. He is one of the five leaders of the Dark Group, and he is in control of Golden Valley, which controls about 60% of the drug trade on the market today. We must be careful. Also, we need to find evidence that links that person to Golden Valley. We just suspect that he is the one behind it all, but we have no evidence, so that’s the hardest part. Tianya, do you understand what I mean?’
Fang Tianya nodded silently.
He stood in front of the surveillance camera. The woman on the screen, curled up on the bed and fast asleep, kicked the thin quilt she was lying on. It was cold at night in the mountains, and she was indeed shivering and huddled her arms. She was too lazy to open her eyes, and muttered something in her mouth. She was thinner and darker than before. She must have undergone some special training, so she looked well and had been able to hold out until now. However, there will come a day when she can’t hold on any longer. The poison buried deep within her is like a sleeping volcano, ready to erupt at any moment.
This stubborn and hateful little woman is not only torturing herself, but also him. His patience is almost exhausted. He will give her what she wants with all her heart, as long as it makes her happy. But what about what he wants?
The lights in the dark room were turned up, revealing a mesmerising face, but one that gave off a chilling coldness. A smart and beautiful maid had already brought a glass of red wine and served it. He took it, played with the glass in his hands, pondered for a while, then drank it elegantly, a smile appearing at the corner of his mouth.
Love’s Phantom
Sima Xiaoyu took the teacup from the servant’s hands and lowered her eyes to examine it unemotionally. The bone china teacup with its beautiful pattern was extremely exquisite and refined, and it was a Versace brand. In the resplendent hall, even a small gilt handle was exquisitely carved. The exquisite fabric sofa and tapestry printed with lilies exuded a kind of luxury in its elegance. Servants and attendants stood quietly by, and not a sound could be heard in the hall. Only the sound of the waves lapping against the roadbed could be faintly heard outside. This is his private villa by the sea, worth hundreds of millions of dollars, and he is the only one living there. It is said that every night his attendants have to stop many beautiful women of all kinds, including many noble ladies, who wish to see him.
The original Han, a diamond man with a distinguished family background and immeasurable wealth, is an excellent lover in the world of romance, the dream of many women, and an unsolvable mystery.
As the only female host who has interviewed him and a recognized charming woman, she knows that he has some affection for her. When they first met, she keenly captured the unusual glint in his eyes, so she didn’t have to make much effort to get this opportunity, which was like a gift from heaven. This time, however, it took a lot of effort to get here. It was incredibly difficult to see him, and she had to smooth over a lot of relationships to get through the door. So before coming, she dressed up carefully, putting on the sexiest lingerie and clothes that best showed off her seductive figure. Secretly, she hoped that she could spend the most wonderful night with him, and that her future would then be bright. But she could only think this secretly, because she still had some self-awareness.
‘Mr Yuan is here!’ the servant announced, and Sima Xiaoyu hurriedly stood up. She saw a young man in casual clothes getting off the villa elevator. The black hair in front of his forehead hung down lazily, and his unfathomable dark eyes gave off a coldness, but a smile clearly appeared on his face of surpassing beauty.
‘Mr Yuan, I thought you would never see me again,‘ she said, smiling, with a slightly coquettish tone of voice, as she faced such a man, a little admiring herself for the resilience of her heart. Her pure and determined temperament without losing femininity, perfect looks and devilish figure, coupled with her graceful manner, I believe that even the most heartless man would not remain indifferent.
’Please sit,’ Yuan Chuhan said politely, not interested in looking at her any longer this time.
Sima Xiaoyu was slightly disappointed, but she was not just any woman. ‘Please forgive me, but I am here on a mission. Your assistant has already told you, hasn’t she?’ She smiled at him, ignoring his indifference. ‘I’m here to hear your response!’
Yuan Chuhan finally looked at her seriously. She was an extraordinary brave woman, and she would not give up until she achieved her goal.
“It’s about my controversial investment plan in the country, isn’t it?’ He smiled nonchalantly and said, ‘I’m going this weekend. If Miss Sima has time, you can come along and see for yourself.’
‘Of course I have time!’ Sima Xiaoyu exclaimed impatiently, suddenly realising her faux pas and blushing.
For a moment, as she lowered her head, Yuan Chuhan was momentarily lost in thought, as if he could see the shadow of a little woman in her again. They both had a petite face and bright eyes. But how could those carefully outlined facial features compare to the plain little face engraved in his heart? And the sometimes stubborn, sometimes weak gaze, the tears and smiles that made his heart tremble and his soul wander, the only woman who made his heart ache with a mixture of love and hate, there was ultimately no one who could replace her!
** ** **
Mist! Another fog!
She ran helplessly and in fear, his eyes and shadow were everywhere, she couldn’t see the end of the big net that was being thrown down on her, she couldn’t breathe.
A tall figure flashed in like a ghost, standing in front of the bed and staring at her, his eyes full of murderous intent, the needle in his hand glowed a eerie green.
This woman must not live! Even if she doesn’t come, he will find a way to get rid of her, even if it means dying. The master he worships like a god must not be destroyed by this woman!
The needle was about to be stuck into her body when suddenly the person in the bed opened his eyes and kicked him hard. He snorted and didn’t even dodge, just stabbing at his target.
Fang Tianya was shocked and broke out in a cold sweat. Seeing that there was no way to avoid it, another tall figure barged in from outside the room and stopped him dead in his tracks, shouting, ‘Lao Wu, do you really want to die?’
‘But if she doesn’t die, we’re all finished!’ he said, gritted teeth.
‘You’re really crazy!’ the man shouted, and then another person hit him hard from behind, and he fell to the ground like a sack.
The lights came on, and the room was filled with two equally cold and ruthless men, tall and short, who looked at the man on the ground with gloomy eyes. That man was Yuan Wu.
‘Does the boss know?’ the tall man asked.
‘The surveillance camera was tampered with just now, so the boss probably doesn’t know yet,’ Zhuo Qi, the short one, replied carefully. ‘But it’s still not going to stay a secret. If the boss finds out, he won’t let you go, Master Wu!’
Fang Tianya, leaning in the corner, felt cold sweat that had soaked his clothes. He cursed himself for being a coward, and looked at the syringe that had been thrown on the floor in the chaos. There was liquid dripping from it, which had corroded a large hole in the terrazzo floor, showing just how toxic it was. He really wanted to kill her! Why did he hate her so much?
‘Miss Fang, are you okay?’ A man said to her. There was a hideous scar on his face, running from his nose to his neck, but his dark eyes gave off a gentle glow.
Fang Tianya shook his head. The man waved his hand, and two men came in from outside and carried the unconscious Yuan Wu downstairs.
She looked at him. This man must be one of the five leaders of the newly-emerged Dark Group. Although there was no malice in his eyes, he also exuded a cold murderous aura.
‘Please forgive his rudeness, Miss Fang. You can have fun here to your heart’s content, and we will absolutely guarantee your safety!’
“Thank you for saving me, but why did he want to kill me? And why did you save me?’
The man’s eyes had a strange gleam in them. His face was somewhere between feminine and masculine. If it weren’t for the horrible scars, he would have been quite a handsome man. Moreover, she felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity in his cold eyes.
‘Miss,’ he bowed slightly to her and replied respectfully, ‘he wanted to kill you because you are the boss’s woman, and I saved you because you are—his woman!’
She was confused, but he didn’t say anything more. After watching the place being cleaned up, he left.
*****
Sima Xiaoyu was sure that his anger was definitely not directed at her. After a long day of flying, she checked into a five-star hotel owned by the FTY Group. In his room, she used every means to please him, and she was just about to become a puddle of water on top of him… Just when things were looking up, one of his assistants, the handsome blond guy Tai Yan, barged in, causing her to deliberately loosen most of her pajamas and fail to cover up a piece of her springtime beauty. But it seemed that neither of the two men noticed her embarrassment.
In the end, she was treated like an invisible person and left in the corner of the room. Fortunately, the room he was staying in was big enough, and driven by curiosity, she dared to stay. She could only see Tai Yan nervously talking to Yuan Chu Han, and after he finished, he just stood quietly to the side, his eyes downcast and afraid to look up.
It seemed as if an inexplicable undercurrent was floating in the air of the room, so tense it was suffocating. Was he angry? From his sculpted and perfect profile, she couldn’t tell anything was different, but the atmosphere here had clearly changed, and she felt like she couldn’t even breathe freely.
He finally stood up. All she heard was him chuckle lightly, ‘Tai Yan, am I being too indulgent with him?’
Tai Yan secretly rejoiced. He had long been unable to stand Yuan Wu’s favouritism. This arrogant guy, who was usually so cold and aloof, really wanted to die. He didn’t want to think about what position that woman held in Yuan Chuohan’s heart, and yet he went after her anyway. However, the heart of the person in front of him was the most unpredictable. He couldn’t show any signs of gloating, so he could only say carefully and cautiously, ‘Yes, you have been a bit indulgent with him. Otherwise…’
‘Otherwise, she wouldn’t have been so bold as to eavesdrop on our conversation.‘ The cold gaze suddenly turned to Sima Xiaoyu behind her, and she shivered with excitement, her legs almost giving way.
’Han-’ Her voice trembled as she watched him approach, his cold, sexy lips curling into a shallow smile. He bent down and reached out to pinch her pointed chin, looking at her playfully like a cat playing with a mouse.
‘Miss Sima, did I give you permission to call me by my name like that?’ His tone was gentle, but it exuded a chill that came from the bottom of one’s heart.
‘Mr. Yuan…’ Her pitiful black eyes were covered with a layer of mist, and her whole body was shaking. This evil and terrifying man exuded a fatal attraction, so that her heart, which should have been afraid, inexplicably stirred with excitement. This was a contradictory and exciting feeling, and only the man in front of her could make a woman so unforgettable, both love and hate, like a poppy that makes people unable to stop.
He seemed to have seen right through her, and he whispered flirtatiously in her ear, ‘If you want to please me, you’d better behave yourself, got it?’ She felt his hand on her chin tighten, and she couldn’t help but feel a little pain. Tears fell down her face. His dark eyes were like the night, as if they could suck a person’s soul in. Under his gaze, she trembled and could not hide.
‘You are a smart woman. You must remember, never shed tears in front of me, you are not qualified!‘ He let go of her hand and let her collapse by the bedside, without looking at her again.
’I understand,’ she said softly to herself. “Only that dead woman deserves it.”
He suddenly turned around, and she stubbornly stared at him with ice-cold eyes, without fear. Those fiery—her eyes—were what he was deeply infatuated with!
Fang Tianya never thought that he could sleep so soundly in this place, without even dreaming! When she woke up, it was already high noon outside. The sunlight shone on the small bed where she had slept, and her eyes were still heavy. Then she yawned lazily.
There was a faint, elegant fragrance in the room, and the smell was somewhat familiar to her. In distant memories, there was a time when she had been covered in this fragrance.
He loved this smell the most!
Her eyes widened in horror, and she almost fell off the bed. Was it a dream? Was she dreaming?
Hu Huajin came in from outside, ‘What’s that wonderful smell?’ She sniffed hard. ‘Tianya, I don’t remember you wearing this perfume.’
Fang Tianya said in a trance, ‘It might be the scent of a flower. Huajin, are you okay?’
Hu Huajin said lightly, ‘Apart from spying on us, they haven’t done anything else. By the way, there’s something else I need to tell you: this Golden Valley is going to be developed into a tourist attraction.’
‘What?’ Fang Tianya doubted that he had heard it wrong.
Hu Huajin looked serious, not like he was joking. ‘I don’t believe it either, it’s ridiculous. But it’s true! A well-known investment company under Yuan Chuihan is leading the way, investing hundreds of millions of yuan to develop Tianqin Mountain. It’s also received strong support from the local government. Right now, it’s being hyped up on TV and in the newspapers. I just found out through our contacts.’
‘But don’t they know what kind of place this is?’ Fang Tianya muttered.
Hu Huaju sighed. ‘In the face of money, everything else is unimportant. Those who don’t know the truth only see the economic benefits. Besides, we don’t have any real evidence to prove that this place is the drug base, so who will believe us? The authorities can’t hold out much longer! That person, he’s really scary. He’s even going to turn this place into the focus of everyone’s attention and develop it into a scenic spot where everyone can come and visit. What the hell is he thinking?’
Fang Tianya’s mind was in a complete mess, and she tried hard to calm herself down. Although he had disrupted their plans, they would not just give up. Never!
‘Tianya,’ Hu Huaju said calmly as he looked at her, lost in thought, ‘maybe he’ll be here soon!’
Her face suddenly turned white. Was she about to face him?
The vast forest and mountains crisscrossed, and not far away the blue lake shimmered in the sunlight, surrounded by clouds and mist. At their feet, however, the water flowed gently, and small streams and springs could be seen everywhere. This was a true paradise, and a great place to go on holiday.
Fang Tianya sat alone on a high place, staring at the sky. A hawk glided from the sky towards the depths of the jungle, its proud and disdainful figure instantly making people feel their own insignificance!
There was a faint sadness on her face. She was living on, with the sole purpose of taking revenge on that person, because he had hurt the only relative she had in the world. However, the thought of having to face the person who gave her nightmares day and night made her shiver uncontrollably.
‘Miss Fang!’ Someone called from behind.
Fang Tianya turned around and it was the scarred man and Yuan Wu. Both of them were wearing neat white shirts and ties, looking like gentlemen, and the hostility in their bodies had disappeared.
The scarred man respectfully lowered his gaze and said, ‘Mr. Yuan is here. He hopes to meet you!’
Her heart felt like it had been hit by a heavy stone. Yuan Wu gave her a sinister look and then lowered his head.
The once-deadly valley suddenly came alive with activity. All the vehicles that could get in (including several news vans) rushed to take up the open space. The crowd was a mixture of Hu Huajin’s arranged outsiders, as well as a few blond foreigners, excitedly snapping away with cameras and DVs, as if they had discovered a new continent. Indeed, the Tianqin Mountain scenery is unique, and the ‘Golden Villa’, which has been under construction for three years, has finally unveiled its mysterious and beautiful veil and officially opened to the public. Amidst the bustling and lively atmosphere, there is an air of conspiracy.
This is definitely a well-orchestrated farce. Everyone here, including her, is just a clown of various shapes and sizes in the play, and the person who planned it all may be laughing at the men and women he has played with.
What on earth is he up to? Those unfathomable, beautiful dark eyes seem to be floating in front of her again. She remembers that cold winter day, after she had come to her senses, the last time he looked at her, with such pain and desolation. Yes, he said he loved her, but the demon she had experienced once and could never forget was constantly reminding her that he would only drag her down into an even darker abyss!
She hated him! But what she hated most was herself! It was because at one point she had also been moved by him, by his tenderness, by his doting!
The elegant little building surrounded by flowers and trees, surrounded by a group of reporters, was now his temporary place of residence. The fierce bodyguards with stern faces were guarding the entrance, not even letting a fly get in. The reporters, eager to get a first-hand scoop, stuck their necks out to get a glimpse of the legendary tycoon, who was known for his unpredictable actions and amazing achievements.
Feeling someone approaching, a keen reporter raised his camera and snapped away. Fang Tianya was caught off guard and instinctively put up his hand to block the camera. Yuan Wu took the lead and jumped in front of her to protect her, followed by the scarred man Yuan San. Yuan Wu scowled and snapped, ‘Get out of the way! If you keep snapping, don’t blame me for being rude!”
It would have been better if he hadn’t said anything, but once he did, he attracted everyone’s attention. He was a handsome man, with a naturally cold and gloomy appearance, absolutely cool! And who was the woman behind him?
In the midst of the chaos, Fang Tianya turned around and walked away. What was this? Waiting to be summoned like a prostitute?
‘What are you doing?’ Yuan Wu chased up from behind, his somber eyes flashing with anger and hatred, and his large hand mercilessly grasping her shoulder. Fang Tianya sank her shoulders and jumped back, angrily shouting, “What are you doing?”
Yuan Wu looked at her unceremoniously, mocking, ’So you know how to fight. I almost forgot that you were a cop. But now is not the time for you to show off. The boss told me to bring you to see him, so you’d better come quietly, or don’t blame me for not respecting the boss’s face and being rude to you!”
Fang Tianya laughed loudly and coldly, ’That’s strange. My legs are my own, I can go wherever I want, so why do you care about my freedom! And it’s none of your business whether I was a cop or not, so don’t keep bringing it up to irritate me!’
Yuan Wu stared at the petite but fierce woman. Her face was already flushed with anger, but his heart was even more furious than hers!
‘You damned woman! You should have died a thousand times over! You’ve only come here to show off because you’re taking advantage of his favour. What will you do other than bring destruction to others? You’re even lower than a bitch!’ Yuan Wu gnashed his teeth and said.
Fang Tianya trembled with anger. This was the most vicious curse and abuse she had ever heard in her life. She suddenly laughed, ‘You’re right, I am despicable, and I’m shameless too. Just you wait and see!’
Seeing her push the reporters away with a determined look and walk towards the building, the injured man Yuan San couldn’t help but complain, ‘Fifth Brother, have you really gone mad? The boss is so crazy about her, why do you want to anger the woman he loves?”
Hara Go snorted and said indifferently, “I just want to know which one weighs more in his heart!”
Hara San said, “Why do you want to do that? You know it’s impossible!”
Hara Go said sadly, “San, you don’t understand!” Hara San just shook his head helplessly.
Fang Tianya, who had not encountered any obstacles, entered the small building, where the blonde beauty Tai Yan came up to greet him. ‘Miss Fang, it’s been a long time!’
Fang Tianya ignored his attempt at conversation, her anger at this point reaching boiling point. ‘Where is he?’
At Tai Yan’s behest, no one dared to stop the woman, who looked like she wanted to eat someone, as she kicked open the door, which had two guards standing in front of it.
This was a large conference hall, filled with impeccably dressed men and women. Their shocked gazes were all fixed on Fang Tianya, who was standing dumbfounded in the doorway. She immediately blushed, embarrassed and at a loss for words.
‘I’m sorry everyone,’ the man at the front stepped forward and laughed lightly, ‘let’s stop here for now.’ With that flirtatious smile and mesmerising eyes, it couldn’t have been anyone else.
Fang Tianya felt as if he were in a dream. All his plans had come to nothing. She just stood there, dumbfounded, as the people in the room walked past her one after the other, casting suspicious and cautious glances at her, but for the sake of Yuan Han’s face, they dared not ask questions.
I don’t know who gently closed the door. She could clearly smell the elegant fragrance on him getting closer and closer to her. It was a real nightmare, real pain and hatred!
‘Love’ has no antidote, she remembered him saying to her.
She naively thought that after a year of experiencing inhuman training and the control of drugs, she had escaped the torment of “love”. Even if she saw him again, she would no longer be controlled by the demon of poison. However, she did not know that this poison had deeply invaded her body and mind. Her body was trembling uncontrollably, and her whole body was eagerly craving his caress. It was an instinct that was not controlled by the brain. She wanted him!
No! She can’t! She can’t fall again in front of him!
She suddenly turned around and tried to escape, but she didn’t have a shred of strength in her body, not even the strength to cry.
‘Ai!’ He embraced her from behind, turned her face, and kissed her trembling lips.
If lost
the sky gradually grew dark, and the last trace of the blush-like sunset disappeared. The weather in the mountains is changeable. It started raining in the evening. Opening a crack in the window, the damp air filled the room with a faint, intoxicating floral fragrance.
Hiding behind the curtain, she was wearing a man’s white shirt, with her bare calves exposed underneath. Her loose clothing could not hide the shapely figure of a mature woman. The flush on her face after the storm had not yet faded, but it added to her beauty. This was the way a woman in love should look. However, there was a touch of melancholy in her hazy dark eyes. Looking at the man standing like a bronze statue in the rain downstairs, there is not a trace of the joy of revenge in her heart, only more hatred for herself!
Yuan Wu stood straight in the rain, drenched to the skin. The cold air in the mountains was piercing, and the rain was getting heavier, accompanied by small ice particles. His tightly closed lips had turned blue from the cold, and the wind and rain mercilessly lashed his tall body, but his eyes were even more stubborn and sinister.
Finally, someone came over with an umbrella: ‘Fifth Master, the boss wants to see you.’
Yuan Wu stiffly turned his neck. He heard the man laugh: ‘You really are the boss’s favourite. You’ve been standing here for hours without moving a muscle. I’m impressed!’
Yuan Wu knew that the man was one of Tai Yan’s men, but he ignored his sarcastic remarks and strode into the building in his heavy leather boots.
In the warm living room, everyone was afraid to look at his disheveled appearance, including his four brothers, who dared not even breathe, but just carefully watched their boss sitting lazily in front of them.
‘It seems that you’re in pretty good spirits,’ he said nonchalantly, glancing at Yuan Wu.
‘Thank you, boss, for your concern. Yuan Wu can stand for a few more days!’ Yuan Wu looked straight at him.
Yuan Chuhan revealed an imperceptible smile. He liked people like this who refused to admit defeat, rather than those who always kowtowed to him. ‘Lao San, pass him the wine to warm his body,’ he said lightly.
The wine was transparent, and a faint yellow colour faintly appeared when it was shaken lightly, and then disappeared like a light mist when it moved again. Yuan Sanduan’s hand holding the wine glass trembled slightly, and his eyes dropped without looking at him. Yuan Wu took the wine glass and a wry smile appeared on his face. The wine was laced with the highly toxic golden pollen extract, and drinking it would definitely kill him. In the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Tai Yan, Yuan Chuhan’s right-hand man, who was wearing a smug sneer on his face.
‘Boss, thank you for this glass of wine!’ he said slowly, raising his wine glass. His life was his to begin with, so what if he gave it back to him?
‘Wait!’ A voice cried out.
Everyone looked over, and saw a woman running barefoot down the stairs, using the man’s shirt as a robe. She accidentally lost her footing when she reached the bottom floor, and fell forward in a heap. There was a gasp, and she fell into Yuan Chu Han’s arms. Her face went from white to red, as she had been wearing too little and had inadvertently revealed her modesty.
‘Turn your faces away!’ Yuan Chuhan angrily shouted at the group of men who were stunned by the shock, and then gently scolded the woman in his arms, “You’re so careless, what if you get hurt? And you’re dressed like this!”
Her flushed face was pressed against his chest, and he could clearly see the skin of her shirt that had been kissed by him, leaving behind the marks of his love. A different kind of charm was hidden in a few wry smiles, and he couldn’t help but be swept away again.
‘You made my clothes dirty, so I can only wear yours,‘ she accused him in a low voice, and her body twisted slightly because she was uncomfortable in his arms.
’You’re a little demon!’ Yuan Chuhan whispered in her ear, resisting the urge to take her right away, taking off his coat and putting it on her, wrapping her up tightly. Today, she is no longer the green girl of years ago, nor is she the little woman who blindly avoids reality. In front of him is a mature, charming and intelligent little woman. The way she looks at him is no longer conflicted and struggling, but instead, it carries a kind of love and dependence that he has longed for a long time. It’s just that he hopes that all of this is not a dream!
‘Right, didn’t you go to sleep? Why did you come down?’ Yuan Chuhan then remembered to question her, but the tone of his voice was more gentle than reproachful.
Fang Tianya stared at Yuan Wu’s stiff back and said, ‘I want to teach this person a lesson myself!’
Yuan Chuhan was taken aback, and then laughed lightly, ‘How do you want to teach him a lesson?’ His little woman was also capable of using the tactics of ordinary women, which really surprised him.
Fang Tianya walked up to Yuan Wu, who was still holding the glass of wine in his hand. His face was as gloomy as usual, and he said, ‘You win,’ and then he brought the wine to his mouth.
‘You’ve been standing here for so long that you haven’t frozen to death, and you still want to drink? No way!’ Fang Tianya took the wine glass from him without any courtesy and threw it away, sneering, “Didn’t you call me a bitch? Now I, this bitch, have climbed to the top and become a phoenix, and I’m going to return all the insults you’ve given me!” She swung her arm and gave Yuan Wu a loud slap with all her strength.
Yuan Wu stared at her in shock and did not move. She just smiled triumphantly, leaning charmingly in Yuan Chuhan’s arms and saying, ‘This Yuan Wu bullied me, but letting him die like this is too easy for him. I want to torture him slowly, okay?’
Yuan Wu could not help but say, ‘Give me a quick death, I Yuan Wu am not afraid of death!’
Yuan Chuhan looked at him coldly and said, ‘Is death something you can choose at will? Get out and stand for another three hours!’
* *** ** ****
Tianya pressed her face into his chest. His hot body gave her cold body a little warmth, and she let out a soft sigh. At this moment, a confused happiness slowly spread through her heart. He cherished her, more than his own life!
‘Are you still cold?’ He hugged her tightly, as if he wanted to embed her in his body, and his hand gently stroked her smooth back. ‘Aya, stay with me, don’t run away anymore!’ he whispered.
She could hear his helplessness and sadness, and a sour feeling suddenly arose in her heart. This strong and ruthless man, was he afraid? Her mouth curved up unconsciously, and suddenly she opened her mouth and lightly bit on the sensitive area of his chest, laughing indistinctly, ‘That depends on your performance!’
‘Little demon!’ He couldn’t help but roll over and press her under him. She was playing with fire. This time, she was the one who took the initiative to seduce him, so he might as well work hard again. It’s just that in the end, she’s the one who can’t take it anymore!
Under his powerful waves of attack, the intense pleasure pushed her high into the clouds. Was ‘love’ acting up again? Why was she making such lustful moans?
Sink, let her sink completely. Love is the sweetest poison. Let her go to hell with him!
Perhaps she was already in hell, but she still pretended to be an angel. She tore off all her masks. She was just the most despicable woman in the world!
His hand accidentally touched her face, but it was full of tears. He was taken aback and turned her face around. She hit his hand away and buried her head in the pillow, her shoulders shaking non-stop, as if she were sobbing silently.
‘You don’t like it?’ He slowly withdrew from her body and said indifferently.
A cold, empty feeling filled her body, and the warmth she had longed for was gone. She lifted her head, and his face was full of uncertainty. His strong, sexy body looked like a phantom in the night under the dim light, giving her a suffocating sense of oppression and fear. She didn’t want him like this! The happiness she wanted was not a mirage, not something that could be obtained by cheating and selling her self-respect. She knew that he wanted more than just her body, but what could she give him? Her heart?
That was out of the question!
He gazed at her, watching as big tears rolled down her face. Her tearful eyes, which so easily evoked his love and compassion, suddenly extinguished the cold dissatisfaction in his heart. He gently pulled her into his arms, letting her cold, tear-stained face rest against his chest, and covered her body with the quilt. ‘Baby, what do you really want? Tell me, will you stop crying first?’
‘I’m an old woman, not a child crying for candy. Don’t coddle me like that!‘ she said, sobbing. “What I want, you can’t afford!”
’What do you really want? Is there anything in the world that I can’t afford?’ He was exasperated and amused, but he liked the way she was being unreasonable in his arms. She was much older than him, but he preferred to dote on and indulge her like a child. This was the person he loved!
Her tearful eyes stared at the confident and arrogant man, and she said in a firm voice, ‘What if I want your life?’
Hu Huaju was frantically running around like an ant on a hot pan in the room she had arranged for her. It was raining heavily outside. Ever since Tianya was brought in, no one has been allowed to enter or leave the small building by the lake in the name of holding an emergency meeting. Guards personally arranged by local officials are stationed outside the door, which shows the degree of importance. This is the power of money.
She was not worried that Yuan Chuihan would hurt Tianya. He seemed to have seen through her plan to use Tianya against him early on, so he had destroyed all the incriminating evidence in Golden Valley without a trace, leaving them with nothing to go on. He had also mobilised a multi-billion dollar investment plan to distract them, making the officials, who only cared about the local economic development and did not ask about the source of funding, so happy that they did not know what was going on, which had opened the door for him.
She was helpless. The organisation behind her had the approval of the higher-ups, but one prerequisite was that there must be the most direct and important evidence. Because they were not just dealing with a few people or a simple triad gang, they were dealing with an unfathomable and terrifying opponent with a complex and tightly organised structure and strong financial support, and unscrupulous tactics. Their tentacles reach into every field, including many legitimate and influential industries, and they have most of the control. They have also recruited a group of top-notch talents to work for them, which is even more powerful.
Hu Huaju had great doubts when studying the original cold data. How could a young man like him have such great power to lead a huge group? However, in the face of the few documents she had managed to obtain about him, she could not see the answer at all, and the only person who could break through the impasse was Fang Tianya. Thinking about this, Hu Huaju felt both difficult and remorseful. Was it right or wrong to push Tianya back into that unfathomable abyss? Even if she did it willingly, would she feel at ease accepting everything that had been obtained through her sacrifice?
At that moment, a shadowy figure knocked on her door with a password. In the dim light, she saw a hideous scar on his face.
Fang Tianya suddenly woke up. It was already bright, and the refreshing sunlight shone on her face. She was wearing soft pajamas and the elegant fragrance of a bath, the same scent as his. She had a fever, and she didn’t know when he had taken her to the shower and changed her into her pajamas. How could she not know anything?
A pistol stood out by the pillow, elegant and noble like a work of art, but the cold silver body of the gun gleamed with an undercurrent of murderous intent.
‘I give you my life!’ he said. He had asked for her one last time, and while she was groggy, his eyes were as bright as cold stars in the night.
‘You can kill me, but you must never lie to me!”
He once wondered what would happen if he ran away again. He wanted to go far away, but he couldn’t find the direction to go. He got lost in his own heart again and again. The night was always so long, so long that it was suffocating. He woke up in the middle of the night, facing despair that was even colder than tears, as if he had lost his soul.
He ruined her youthful bloom, her simple and green fantasies, and the beautiful world that belonged to a 22-year-old girl was completely overturned because of their encounter. He said he would never let her go, and he never would. Otherwise, there would be no such thing as ‘love’. Even if she fought back with her death to win the freedom he promised, the poison that had seeped into her blood and her soul could never be erased. What’s the point of having an antidote? Love’ has no antidote! She understands, and so does he!
Is it love? Is it hate?
The tenderness of last night is still in her heart, and his scent remains on the pillow. At this moment, she even wants to stop time, just so she can have this fleeting happiness. Even though she and he are still fundamentally opposing sides! Even though while she is deceiving him, she is also deceiving herself!
‘What are you thinking?’ He came out of nowhere, put his arms around her from behind, and ran his chin affectionately along her smooth neck. His hands slipped unceremoniously under her pajamas. He smelled of the elegant fragrance of a man who had just bathed, mixed with the sexiness and charm of a mature man.
Her body shivered, and the gun slipped from her hand and fell onto the bed. As if he hadn’t seen anything, he placed a light kiss behind her ear and whispered, ‘Baby, you’re shaking!’
She turned around and tightly embraced his waist, nestled in his arms, greedily absorbing his warmth and strength. Her trembling body gradually calmed down, and she could only hear him let out a soft sigh. Suddenly, he lifted her up and carried her outside onto the balcony, where she was suddenly greeted by a dazzling, fresh view. ‘Look! what a beautiful view!”
She followed his gaze and looked into the distance. She saw lush green trees, far away the mountains were tall and endless, the light blue water looked like floating clouds in the sky, the colours were so vivid, it was like a painting. The fragrance of the trees and flowers drifted through the mountains and forests, and the breeze was so refreshing. In the nearby mountains, waterfalls like silver threads darted and dodged, leaping from cliffs dozens of metres high. The water fell in a shower, like floating white clouds, and a rainbow appeared intermittently, like a dream.
‘Heaven?’ she asked softly. She had been so preoccupied since arriving here that she had never properly appreciated the scenery. Now, as if in a dream, she realised that it was truly like something from a fairy tale.
He smiled at her confused expression, gently placed her in a comfortable recliner on the balcony, stroked her dishevelled hair, and said slowly, ’If you say it is, then it is!’
She didn’t quite understand, and looked at his serious gaze in amazement, smiling, ‘If I say it’s hell, is it also hell?’
Yuan Chu Han’s mouth curled up, and there was a touch of affection in his dripping, cold gaze. He placed her hand in the palm of his hand and held it tightly, saying, ‘Yes, heaven and hell are in your hands. You decide its fate, baby!’
Fang Tianya avoided his mesmerising gaze and laughed, ‘Do I have that kind of power?’
He smiled as he squeezed her hand, softly saying, ‘But I do!’
She was suddenly speechless, and after a while, Fang said softly, ‘I just hope that everything in front of me is real, I don’t want to see any evil! Why did I come here, don’t you know very well?’
Yuan Chuhan laughed. ‘Everything in front of you is real, this place is about to become a paradise-like comprehensive entertainment venue, what, you don’t believe it?’
Fang Tianya was full of doubts, but he had to admit that Tianqin Mountain was indeed a great place for leisure and entertainment, because it was not only a natural forest oxygen bar, with branches and leaves covering it all year round, quiet and refreshing, but also full of strange peaks and dangerous landscapes, waterfalls and rushing streams, and the scenery was even more beautiful.
He was greedily watching her thoughtful and pensive appearance when he suddenly heard a strange sound coming from somewhere. Fang Tianya blushed slightly and whispered, ‘I’m hungry!’
He was taken aback, but then broke into a bright smile.
The breakfast was simple: red date and jasmine rice porridge, soup-filled dumplings and pickles. ‘Is that all?’ Fang Tianya asked in surprise. She admitted that she was a hard worker and that fine food never appealed to her, but she had a big appetite for plain porridge and side dishes.
Yuan Chu Han waved his servants away and personally served her the porridge, placing it in front of her. He beamed a little, saying, ‘You try it first!’
Fang Tianya looked at him with a childlike expression, and her heart stirred. She scooped up a spoonful. The porridge not only had red dates, but also longan and lotus seeds. It tasted delicious and fragrant in her mouth. ‘It’s delicious!’ She gave him a big smile.
‘I made it!’ He beamed like a little child.
‘You?‘ Fang Tianya said in surprise. This man can cook?
’I always wanted to cook for the woman I love with my own hands, and today I finally got my wish. It took me more than an hour to make this porridge!’ He said a little aggrieved, that this little woman didn’t believe in herself!
Fang Tianya hung her head.
‘Tianya!‘ he called softly, lifting her face with his hand. Tears quietly rolled down her dazed eyes. “I’m sorry. I just want to love you well!”
’Can you please love me a little less? I don’t deserve your love!’ she said with difficulty.
He smiled and held her in his arms, lifting her nightdress up as he did so. The smooth, moving curves, the delicate breasts, all revealed the woman’s ripe, peach-like body. His woman was not as thin as she looked, and the sweet taste, the ecstatic feeling, as if demons were buried in her body, drove him crazy.
‘No!’ She felt his hot hardness pressing against the inside of her thigh, and she struggled. Her body was increasingly disobeying her mind!
‘Baby, no one’s coming in, don’t be afraid!‘ She heard his heavy breathing, and he laid her flat on the other side of the table, pulled off her underwear, and thrust deep inside her.
’It hurts!‘ She couldn’t help but scream. His strength made her grab his shoulders tightly and endure his passion.
’Baby, it’ll be okay soon!’ He hated not being able to rub the body that seduced him into losing control again and again into his body. She was his demon! She was his demon!
With his vigorous thrusts and caresses, waves of weakness and pleasure washed over her like the tide. This moment made her ashamed to death. She was the most despicable woman imaginable. She was enjoying his love so much that she was even moaning uncontrollably. But at this moment, there was nothing else in her brain except for the young and handsome man in front of her. He loved her, didn’t he? Is there anything wrong with love?
Hongshan heard no movement from inside, so he dared not go in. He saw the two of them eating breakfast as if nothing had happened. However, the two of them had almost become one person, because she was sitting in his lap and he was feeding her bite by bite. Her face was as red as the maple leaves on the mountain over there, more charming than usual, but a little lazy.
‘What is it?’ Yuan Chuhan gave him a cold stare.
Hongshan hurriedly pulled himself together and said, ‘Sir, the officials and developers are waiting for your meeting. It was supposed to start at 8:30, but it’s almost 9:00 now. What do you think…’
‘Tell Taiyan to go in my place. And…’ He looked at Fang Tianya and smiled, ‘Never mind, just go.’
Hongshan hesitated for a moment. Sima Xiaoyu had come early in the morning. He had just eaten her tofu and she had latched onto him like a vine. He should not have bothered with her if he had known she would be such a nuisance. Now she wanted to see the boss, but even if he had the guts in the world, he would not dare say in front of Fang Tianya that they had finally got together. If anything happened, it would be strange if he was not flayed and drawn.
‘Aren’t you leaving yet?’ Yuan Chuhan said unhappily. Hongshan hurriedly went away with a ‘yes’ and ‘no’.
Fang Tianya suddenly stopped eating.
‘What’s wrong?’ Yuan Chuhan asked softly.
She shook her head. ‘Nothing, I just suddenly remembered that I didn’t go back all night, and I don’t know what happened to Huaju.’
He pulled her back to him with a smile, and spoiled her by kissing the tip of her nose. ‘I’ve already told someone to take good care of her, and by the way, her friends who came in later!’
Fang Tianya’s body trembled. ‘What do you want to do?’
‘If they are just ordinary tourists, I will give them VIP treatment!’ He said lightly.
‘But what if they aren’t?’ Her voice trembled a little. He knows, he knows exactly, what plot is he playing now?
‘Tianya, you shouldn’t get involved in this. You should hide under my wings and be the happiest woman! But I really hate it when people use my woman against me, and this time, even their so-called elites are mobilised, and a net has been cast both inside and outside the valley,’ his eyes were as deep as the black sea, with a smile on his lips. ’It’s really interesting, I haven’t had this much fun in a long time!’
Fang Tianya shivered. Since he had known about it for a long time, he must have arranged everything. Hadn’t they fallen right into his trap?
‘What do you want?’ she asked nervously, staring into his eyes.
He gently stroked her hand on his face, while his cold, sexy lips curled into a charming smile. ‘My dear, if they want to kill me, shouldn’t I put up a little resistance? But,’ he said, changing the subject, ‘as I said, it can be heaven or hell, depending on you. Understand?’
She stared at his smiling eyes, as his hand stroked her short hair and slowly slid down to her lips. She was angry at his cunning and confidence, so she suddenly opened her mouth and bit his teasing finger. Fang Tianya looked at his embarrassed appearance and finally laughed in relief, so much so that tears came out. God! She’s crazy! She must be crazy!
Did she owe him from a previous life? Why was she unable to fight back as he bit her? She didn’t know how long she had laughed. When the laughter gradually turned into a whimper of resignation, and when she noticed tears running wilfully down her face, she was already in his arms. She heard him murmur in her ear, ‘Aiya, I want your heart, I only want your heart!’
She kept her lips tightly shut and didn’t say a word.
Between the Depths
Sima Xiaoyu tried her best but she didn’t see Yuan Chuhan, so naturally she was unwilling. But she was an intelligent woman after all, and she understood that just being able to sit in this living room was already much luckier than her peers. Of course, her purpose in coming was to find out about the mysterious woman who had appeared yesterday. The reporters who had been working hard all night confirmed that the woman had not come out after going in, and some people had also taken pictures of her appearing on the balcony with Yuan Chuhan in the morning. Unfortunately, the brave young man who had risked his life to take the pictures in the hope of becoming famous overnight. Unfortunately, the brave young man who took the risk to take the photo and hoped to become famous overnight
had not yet had time to taste the joy of victory before he was suddenly invited ‘politely’ out of the valley by the bodyguards who appeared out of nowhere. Naturally, the negatives and camera disappeared together, and whether this young man can still mingle in the press in the future depends on whether the person in question is happy or not!
She knew full well what would happen if she angered Yuan Chuohan, and he had already been lenient with that young man, hadn’t he! Yuan Chuhan was a man whose mere presence could make the wind change direction and the clouds darken, and whose cruelty was perfectly hidden beneath an impeccable exterior.
She suddenly remembered a strange and rare flower she had seen outside the valley – the golden flower. It had a beautiful name, but wherever it grew, not a blade of grass would grow, and there was no sign of birds or animals. Its stunning beauty was dazzling and seductive, but who knew that it was actually extremely poisonous?
‘Sorry, Miss Sima, please go back. Mr Yuan really isn’t available today,’ said Hongshan with a cold face.
This smelly man! I even went out of my way to spend time with him, but it was useless! Sima Xiaoyu thought angrily, but she didn’t show it on her face. Just as she was about to get up and leave with her assistant, she suddenly heard a woman’s voice coming from the small hall full of strange flowers and plants over there. Sima Xiaoyu looked in surprise at the flower hall. A ray of sunlight was shining down through the glass skylight. Amidst the flowers, she saw a woman in red standing there, looking pretty. She was not beautiful, her short black hair was a little messy, and her eyes were not big enough but bright and lively, giving her a pure and bright feeling.
‘Hongshan, could you please get me some big scissors?’ she asked Hongshan politely.
‘Yes, miss, I’ll go right away!‘ Hongshan’s arrogant face immediately became abashed, and he turned to her again and said, “Miss Sima, I have something to do, so I won’t see you out.”
’I won’t embarrass myself,’ Sima Xiaoyu said indifferently. “After all, he has a new prey, hasn’t he?” He walked over proudly and extended his hand to the woman in red, ’Hello, miss! I presume you are Yuan Zong’s new favorite?’ Her words made Hong Shan break out in a cold sweat, and he anxiously stamped his feet in secret, but he couldn’t forcefully pull back this woman who was neither soft nor hard.
Fang Tianya took her hand and smiled, ‘Miss Sima, I’ve seen you on TV, but you’re even more beautiful in person! I’m very happy to meet you!’
Sima Xiaoyu surveyed her sincere gaze. Didn’t she see her hostility? And smiling at her like this, does she know how much she means to him, so she doesn’t care how many lovers he’s had?
‘President Yuan deceived everyone, and the woman he loves most is right here. Why would he tell everyone she’s dead?’ She said this in the gentlest tone, as if she hadn’t meant to.
Fang Tianya’s face changed slightly, and he withdrew his hand and said softly, ‘Miss Sima, I died once, and that’s in the past.’
Sima Xiaoyu gasped. She caught sight of the bruised kiss mark that was visible through the woman’s collar, and the smell on her that could not be concealed by the floral fragrance in the room—it was also the unique elegant fragrance on him, one that no one else had! It was a mixture of darkness and charm, a smell that made her lose her mind, and she had already deeply remembered it from one night of passionate love!
‘You are Fang Tianya?’ Her voice trembled a little. Could she be the policewoman he loved but could not have? Although he had used his power to keep her news a secret, how could there be a wall that would never be breached?
At this moment, Sima Xiaoyu did not dare to be jealous. This woman was the one he wanted, and they were merely her shadows!
Fang Tianya looked at her somewhat frightened expression and laughed, ‘Do I look scary? Or is my name scary? Do you want to sit down and have a cup of tea?’
‘No, that’s okay,’ Sima Xiaoyu hurriedly said. ‘By the way, I forgot to give Yuan Zong something. It’s the tape that was made according to his request to promote Golden Villa. Please hand it to him. Goodbye!’ After saying this, he hurriedly left.
Ten metres from the door, the reporters were standing in a crowd, cameras and microphones raised, and they surrounded Sima Xiaoyu. After all, she was a public figure who had seen it all, and she just looked calm and composed, with an enigmatic smile on her face. Without saying a word, she had already made countless people speculate about her ambiguous relationship with Yuan Chuhan. Amidst the chaos, she left the scene under the protection of a few assistants.
Dark red blood flowed from the corner of her mouth, and her bloodshot eyes were bulging a little, but one after another, cold and hard fists still struck her stomach with a dull sound. The shocking blood that flowed from her lower body was sticky and stained her skirt and thighs. The woman with dishevelled hair could no longer even moan, like a dying fish, left with nothing but gasping for breath. Suddenly, her eyes widened, and on her face, which could still be described as stunning, there was a last, faint glimmer of struggle and hope. But it soon faded away like a shooting star, and only the infinite resentment and hatred remained in her unfocused pupils.
Fang Tianya felt a chilling sensation running down his spine and into his heart. Is this the tape of a landscape shoot? It seems like a real horror film. Did Sima Xiaoyu put in the wrong tape?
No! Maybe it’s all real! It’s revealing a terrible truth! Something she didn’t know!
A faint, dark fragrance floated in the air, and a few rays of sunlight cast a motley, broken shadow through the elegant Xiangfei bamboo blinds on the window. A sudden, intense nausea suddenly rose to the back of her throat, and she hurriedly covered her mouth. The pale purple bitter water slowly trickled between her fingers, and an uncontrollable lust like a demon attacked her body. She rolled onto the carpet and collapsed into a heap like rotten mud. The kind of tingling pain in her body that felt like a million ants drilling into her heart would pass in no time, but what was really unbearable was the unbearable pain of the onset of the love poison.
She lay on the edge of the bed and smiled wryly. This was the most wonderful poison in the world. It could make you enjoy a crazy, heavenly experience, or it could make you feel like you were in hell, dying a slow death. In the days when she was away from him, she was able to endure the unbearable pain of the attack with a strong will and the control of drugs. However, once again entering his life, her once strong will was dissolved by his gentleness and strength. ‘Love’ has invaded her life, and no one but him can save her. Darkness is gradually devouring her. But this is her choice, and she has no way out!
She gritted her teeth and desperately controlled herself from making a disgraceful spectacle of herself and injuring herself. She couldn’t let him know that she was now unable to extricate herself, and that she had to overcome the torture of the demon by herself.
Someone was coming. Was it him? She used all her strength to look up at the person slantingly.
He looked at the woman on the ground. Her purple eyes were strikingly beautiful, and her whole body was filled with a lustful and charming air. She seduced him like a demon, revealing the most enchanting smile, and her delicate red lips uttered the name of a person.
“Han!’
It was as if the sharpest knife had pierced his heart, silently plunging him into boundless despair. His clear, watery eyes were covered in darkness, and tears, like ice, congealed in the corners of his eyes.
‘I am Yu Tianheng!’
** ** **
A sharp pain woke her from her confused state. The dim, damp cave walls, and the sound of rushing water coming from somewhere, made her realise that she was actually lying in a cave. Looking down, she saw that she was wearing a man’s jacket. The light and soft texture still retained the scent of someone. She looked at it in a daze, her heart in a state of confusion and bewilderment. She gently took it off, and the cold air in the cave immediately invaded her bare skin. But compared to the pain in her heart, this was nothing.
She managed to stand up and walked towards the light. Someone from behind her helped her unsteady body, and she froze, her body tensing up.
‘Tianya, are you okay?’ It was Hu Huaju’s anxious and concerned voice.
Unable to tell if she was disappointed or happy, she turned around and smiled, saying in the most relaxed tone, ‘I’m fine, but how did I get here? Is this the Count of Monte Cristo’s treasure cave?’
Hu Huajie almost shed tears. Looking at her face, which was trying to look strong, feelings of remorse and regret welled up in her heart. Pushing her into the arms of that man again for the sake of their plan was the biggest mistake of her life. She almost ruined her. It turned out that the poison in her body could still be barely suppressed by the power of her will and the effects of the drugs. But when she returned to the side of the person who had bewitched her, the poison could no longer be controlled. Every time they indulged in love and passion, it would temporarily relieve the torment, but it would only drive the poison deeper into her body, and the next time it struck, it would be even more intense, making her feel like she would rather die than live. Repeating this over and over again, there was no other way out but to become that man’s sex slave and appendage.
This is a one-way street!
She had had several negative encounters with Yuan Chuhan, and she had to admit that the young man possessed a depth of cunning and tactics that few could match, otherwise his dark empire would not be so powerful and unchecked. However, she had also never met a man who was so deeply in love that he was also extremely cruel. Because he loved a woman and could not have her, he would rather use such heinous means to keep her by his side. Love can make a person so crazy!
She remembered the words that Yuan Chuohan had sent her: ‘Don’t ever try to get close to Fang Tianya again, or I’ll destroy your organisation!’ He really meant what he said, and now she could feel the impact of his power on her superior’s decision-making. First, the outer circle was forced to withdraw without strong support, and now she and her colleagues inside were fighting alone. Although she was no longer under constant surveillance and could go wherever she liked, that was because the terrifying man had already manipulated the situation. He would see her leave with nothing, and he had won the woman he wanted.
However, until the end, it was impossible to tell who would come out on top. In a war of unequal forces, the goddess of victory sometimes favoured the weaker side. Besides, there was now an important person helping her, so as long as she didn’t give up, there was hope! But whether she succeeds or fails, she must never again use this already-tortured woman as a bargaining chip in this war.
‘Tianya, how do you feel now? I’ve made arrangements for you to leave here immediately. One of our famous medical doctors has already figured out the latest antidote, and he will definitely cure you. You must believe me this time! We’ll leave now while Yuan Chuhan hasn’t found this place yet. Our people are waiting for us at the other exit of this cave!’ Hu Huaju said eagerly.
Fang Tianya was silent for a long time, and whispered, ‘No, I can’t go! I have to go back to him!’
‘Tianya, do you not trust me? Right now, he is here, and he is ostensibly doing legitimate business. Even if he finds out, he won’t do anything to us. Don’t be afraid, I will do my best to keep you safe!’ Hu Huaju said anxiously.
Fang Tianya lowered his head and spoke softly but firmly. ‘Huaju, have you forgotten our promise before we came here? We came here at great risk, so we can’t leave without achieving anything. I won’t go until I’ve done what I need to do. Huaju, you shouldn’t have brought me out here. You know what kind of person he is, and I’ll only get you into trouble!’
Hu Huajin shuddered at the thought of his treachery.
‘But we can’t bear to see you suffer like this at his hands. He will never undo the poison just to control you… Don’t worry, we can’t possibly keep failing at this, I’m confident!’ She smiled confidently.
Fang Tianya took her hand. Both women’s hands were equally cold. No one really knew how confident they were. ‘I believe in you, but I won’t go. Let’s work together to finish it!’ She handed the jacket to Hu Huaju, her expression complex and sad. ‘If you meet its owner, please tell him: take care, forget the girl named Tian Ye, she is not worthy of him now!’ She forced back the tears that almost welled up in her eyes, and walked out without looking back.
Hu Huajin opened his mouth but didn’t call out, and a pair of clear, slightly melancholy eyes appeared before his eyes, along with the words he had said: ‘She will never leave him.’
The strong wind that came rushing at him carried the cold air from the mountains. Fang Tianya hugged his shoulders and winced. He must be looking for her. How was he going to explain to her?
Suddenly, the lights in front of him were as bright as day, and the dazzling light made her eyes ache. She subconsciously used her hands to shield them, and she heard a familiar light laugh.
He stood there with a half smile, the night wind raising the corners of his clothes. His handsome figure stood out among the crowd, and his stunning appearance blended an air of elegance with cruelty.
‘Playful woman, have you forgotten the way home?”
Fang Tianya threw himself into his open arms, nestled like a cat into his warm overcoat, and let out a contented sigh. He tightened his arms, stroked her tousled hair with his hands and laughed, ’Look at this damned cave, you’re freezing like ice! Yuan Wu, you immediately have someone block up all the caves in Tianqin Mountain for me right now…’
She shivered. ‘Cold…’ she whispered in his arms, lifting her face. He gazed at the woman, whose petite face was no longer flushed, her eyes glistening with tears, looking at him sadly and pleadingly.
Who are you pleading for, Aya? Is it him?
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He punished her by pinning her down, and without waiting to remove her clothes, he penetrated her fiercely. She turned her face away in pain, clenching her lips tightly to hold back her cries. He had never been so rough as he was tonight, and she had never been so compliant.
Feeling her strangeness, he suddenly withdrew from her quickly, looked at her without saying a word, and left the love nest that was theirs alone. She covered her head with the quilt and wanted to cry, but no tears came.
It was cold at night in the mountains, but the soft light in the small building revealed the remnants of spring in the room.
‘Dig up the whole mountain if you have to, but find that person for me!‘ Yuan Chuhan seemed to be carelessly giving orders, but a hint of murderous intent at the corner of his lips betrayed his mood.
Are you finally here? Very well, this time I will completely eradicate you from her heart!
’Xiaowu, I have already given you a chance, so don’t test my patience. If anything happens to Miss Fang, you don’t need to come back alive to see me.’
‘Yes!‘ Yuan Wu replied dejectedly, feeling quite exasperated, but not daring to let it show. Why did he have to protect that detestable woman?
Yuan Chuhan waved him away, secretly pondering in his heart how she could be taken out without anyone noticing when she was so well protected.
’Han, it is said that the Yu family has formed an alliance with our biggest buyer in Burma, the Jin family,’ Tai Yan whispered. ‘The four women in the Jin family are all stunning: Jin Ran, Jin Mei, Jin Zi, and Jin Yu. Their skills are in no way inferior to the original five brothers, and they have good relationships with political figures and people from all walks of life. In particular, the youngest daughter, Jin Yu, has never been seen by anyone, but she directs the major affairs of the Jin family behind the scenes. She is the most powerful figure in the family, and even the two most famous playboys, the brothers A Piao and A Yang, have never seen her true face.’
‘Really? I would like to meet this woman who has aroused my curiosity.’ Yuan Chuhan smiled faintly.
Tai Yan laughed and said, “Maybe she really wants to meet you, but unfortunately, the famous president of the FTY Group is already taken. By the way, you don’t know yet, Miss Li Ruoqing and she are distant cousins, and their relationship was once very close,” he said in the most casual tone.
Yuan Chu Han frowned slightly. Naturally, he didn’t know any of this. As for the beautiful woman from a famous family, Li Ruoqing, whom his father had arranged for him to marry, he had never paid any attention to her beyond a few nights of novelty, until she blackmailed him with her pregnancy.
‘Send her an invitation. My resort opens the day after tomorrow, and there will be a banquet in the evening.‘ He stood up, but there was a hint of distraction on his face. He wondered what had happened to that woman. He could let Hu Huajin go for her sake, but that man, he must never let go, even if she hated him.
’Han-’ Tai Yan paused.
His gaze flickered over him, without any warmth. He slowly lifted a glass of red wine, and the blood-red liquid gave off a strange clarity in the light.
Tai Yan almost didn’t have the courage to continue. Once, they had been close friends who could talk about anything, but now there was only fear and loyalty, walking on thin ice. He was recognised as the group’s number one think tank and his most trusted partner, but only he knew that the person in front of him didn’t need anyone to plan anything for him. He was wise, but also arbitrary and strong-willed. Beneath his perfect and elegant appearance, he tightly conceals the most vicious schemes and a cold heart. Everyone knows that his only weakness is the woman he has loved for many years, but no one dares to touch her because his revenge is so cruel that no one dares to try!
‘Young master!‘ Hongshan rushed in and whispered something in his ear, which made Yuanchuhan’s face turn pale.
’What do you and Hongshan want heroin for?’ He found her in the bathroom, soaking in the bathtub like a huge flower petal. The rising steam filled the room, and in the haze he could only see her expressionless little face.
‘Fighting poison with poison, so that when the love poison strikes, I won’t be tempted to find a random man to relieve my fire!’ She snapped angrily, swimming over to turn her back on him. His face fell, but he couldn’t help but laugh. She really was whimsical. Apart from him, which man would dare touch her body, unless he was tired of living? Watching her smooth back looming in the water, a small flame gradually rose from his lower abdomen. Although he had seen countless pictures of beautiful women bathing, and although he had caressed her body countless times, he was still as infatuated as ever. No, he had just given birth to an unknown baby and he couldn’t show any signs of weakness!
She let out a long, melancholy sigh, and slowly sank her head into the water. He watched her without blinking, wondering what the woman was up to. However, she didn’t resurface for a long time, and his heart suddenly panicked.
He almost pounced over, but she didn’t move in the water. Her black hair was spread out like waterweed. ‘Aiya…’ He hurriedly picked up the limp, lifeless body from the water. His heart suddenly felt like it was suffocating, and he didn’t even notice the smirk of satisfaction on her lips.
‘Don’t scare me, Aiya, did you hear me? Don’t scare me…’ He looked at her pale face, her eyes tightly shut, and his arms that were holding her trembled.
‘Stop it, you’re annoying!’ she said lazily, opening her eyes.
He stared at her, his beautiful dark eyes gradually gathering an unpredictable storm. “No!” she suddenly exclaimed, wrapping her arms tightly around his neck. “Don’t you dare throw me on the ground and hurt me!”
Seeing her clinging to him like an octopus and looking at him pitifully, his anger simply dissipated.
Her hands glided lightly over his beautiful lips and jawline, then downwards, unfastening each of his buttons.
‘Aiya…’ His voice was low and sexy. ‘You’re seducing me!’ Moreover, she was doing it on purpose, but why did his heart feel sweet?
She gave him a sly smile, slipped out of his arms, ignored his scorching gaze, and kept her head down, concentrating on unbuttoning his shirt. Her wet body rubbed against him somewhere, and he shuddered slightly. The man’s desire was rapidly expanding.
With a ‘pop,’ she pulled out the belt around his waist.
He was overwhelmed by lust, his little demon was inviting him to love, and he couldn’t wait any longer. He embraced her with one arm and caressed her full breasts with the other. She slipped out of his grasp like a little fish, quickly went around to the other side of the bathtub, picked up her clothes, and laughed at his displeased face, ‘I won’t let you get your way. Who told you to lose your temper with me? I haven’t done anything wrong!’
She’s holding a grudge! What a petty woman! But it’s dangerous to anger a horny man, doesn’t she know that?
He ripped the clothes that she had disarranged with her hands, and her slender and well-proportioned body was exposed before her. The perfect, breathtakingly beautiful male body was like God’s most elaborate masterpiece, with not a single flaw to be found.
Fang Tianya’s hand stopped dressing, and a shock suddenly appeared in her mind: this man is so beautiful! Under his firm and smooth abdomen, the seductive figure of Huang Jinhua faintly emerged, which was a precursor to his excitement!
‘Ah!’ She screamed, not knowing when she was actually carried by him and thrown onto the big bed in the bedroom. Her half-finished clothes were also ruthlessly torn by him. ’ No…’ She regretted it a little, but it was useless. Her last words were drowned out by his wild and fierce kisses.
Seeing that she was about to run out of breath, he reluctantly let her go, his tongue lightly licking her swollen lips, her sensitive earlobes, and then, bowing his head, he engulfed one of the delicate red plums. One of his fingers deftly reached into her pussy, and her body suddenly tensed, and she let out a small, broken moan.
‘Baby, I’ll let you taste pleasure that’s even more wonderful than drugs!’ He panted and whispered, grabbed her waist and made her sit on top of him. A hint of shy red appeared on her face, but it made his heart and soul even more sway.
He made her spread her legs wider apart, and his desire slowly pushed in, no longer as rough as before, but gentle and careful. “Han, I…” She twisted her body and mumbled indistinctly. I want to be your evil temptress, the beauty that causes calamity, she wanted to say, but the wonderful feeling in her body made her consciousness confused.
He didn’t hear what she was saying, turned her over, and began the real attack, fierce yet tender. His woman could only be pampered by him, and he wanted her heart and her body to give him without reservation.
In the lustful and erotic room, the heavy breathing and the soft moans intertwined.
Into the darkness
Bodhi, star magnolia, white calyx and rose and other precious flowers and plants with the post-brewing flower tea has a sweet aroma, Fang Tianya gu deng gu deng blinked and drank the flower tea that had just been brought to his lips. After finishing the tea, he didn’t even look at the person who brought it to him, and then jumped back onto the bed and fell asleep.
‘Ungrateful scoundrel!’ he said, smiling and scolding her gently. He kissed her sleeping face lovingly. Her mouth was smiling, and she would have sweet dreams, because the tea was laced with processed poppy flowers.
Darkness! Boundless darkness! I’m already in hell. Can anyone tell me if I’m doing the right thing or the wrong thing? I want that glimmer of light, even if it means sacrificing a woman’s pride. But why do I feel like my soul is sinking into the infinite? Is it sexual attraction or a meeting of the hearts? Why is it only in his embrace that I can escape that nightmare and truly feel the peace that intoxicates me? Can anyone tell me the answer?
Yuan Chuhan held Fang Tianya’s hand and cast long, lingering glances at her from time to time, not even hearing the words of an important official accompanying them.
‘Mr Yuan, are you satisfied with the arrangements for tomorrow? Mr Yuan…’ He cleared his throat awkwardly.
Fang Tianya glared at Yuan Chuhan, who smiled slightly and turned to the man and said, ‘You can talk to my assistant about these things. Excuse me.’ He took her hand and walked away from the crowd towards the depths of the valley.
‘What are you doing?’ Fang Tianya glanced at his bodyguards, who had been left far behind and were trying to keep up but not daring to get too close. ‘You’re a big shot, aren’t you afraid that some bad guy will take advantage of the situation to harm you?’ she said jokingly.
“What’s there to be afraid of if I have you to protect me? Besides, I’m the biggest bad guy!’ He said with a smirk, a hint of mischief in his eyes. All the cold, mature demeanour was gone, and he looked like a cute, big boy, cooing in front of the woman he loved.
Fang Tianya felt as if he had been transported back in time, as if he had returned to the time when they first met. He kept calling her “sister” over and over again, and he wished he had such a handsome younger brother. Who knew that the Creator would play such a trick, and that they would become so entangled!
‘Shall we go up to the top of that mountain over there and have a look? Of course, if you’re tired, we won’t go,’ he said with a smirk.
Fang Tianya of course understood the deeper meaning of his words, and angrily punched him in the arm, saying, “Fine, let’s go, I’m not tired!” Looking up, she saw that the top of the mountain was hidden among the billowing white clouds, and she let out a silent cry of anguish.
She really admired herself for still being able to climb to the top alive. Her legs were filled with lead and her back could not straighten. If it had not been for Yuan Chu Han, who had dragged her half-carried and half-hugged, using every means possible, she would definitely have died of exhaustion halfway up the mountain. This brat must be crazy. Even if he wanted to die, he could not drag her down with him as a cushion!
It took her three whole hours in his arms to catch her breath. He held her quietly, his chin resting on her head, without saying a word.
‘I’m beginning to wonder if you’re a god or a ghost. You pulled me up and massaged my legs for ages, but you don’t look tired at all,’ she said, her eyes sparkling.
He just smiled gently. ’Where I grew up, the mountains were even higher and steeper than here, but I had to climb them three times every morning on an empty stomach, or I’d be punished. So climbing this mountain is nothing!’
Fang Tianya opened his mouth wide. ‘Climbing a mountain on an empty stomach? Are your family members abusing you?’ she said indignantly.
‘No,’ he said, rubbing her hair and looking at her indignant little face with love. ‘This is just the basic compulsory training for a family heir. Not only does it make you physically fit, it also trains you to survive and help yourself in the most difficult conditions.’
“But you’re just a child, what’s the point of training if you’re going to climb a mountain without eating anything and die of starvation before you even get to the top?’ Fang Tianya said with some concern.
‘Silly boy! There’s game on the mountain, and there’s bark and roots all over the mountain!’ he said jokingly, but there was a hint of helplessness and desolation in his tone. The first time he was forced by his father to climb a mountain, he fainted halfway up. If it hadn’t been for a rain shower that woke him up, and if his desire to survive hadn’t been so strong, there might not have been a him in the world.
His childhood was spent in endless torment and bloody devious fights. His father did not see him as a child, but as a cold tool to be used. He even used his beauty to achieve his own ends. Those bloody and cruel past events…
‘Chill!‘ She snuggled up to him. His pensive face had a sadness and hatred she had never seen before. She didn’t want to see him like this. Her heart suddenly ached very much. Compared to him, she felt much happier. At least she had a grandmother who cared for and protected her, even though she had already passed away. But his childhood must have been very lonely, right?
’In fact, I also have to thank those inhumane training,’ he said softly, gazing at the sky. If I were a useless man, how could I protect the woman I love?‘
’I will protect you too!‘ she blurted out, but a shadow of doubt and confusion passed through her mind again. What can she do to protect him? It would be good if she didn’t harm him!
He took her hand in his palm and squeezed it. It was very windy at the top of the mountain, and her hand was very cold. He wrapped her body with his coat.
’The view from the top of the mountain is the most beautiful,’ he said.
Looking down, she could only see the clouds between the peaks, swirling and surging, filling the sky endlessly. The breeze stirred the clouds, which stretched and soared, sometimes like eagles, sometimes like fierce beasts, a strange and magnificent sight that was unpredictable.
‘Are you scared? We’ve been climbing for five or six hours, and it’ll soon be dark. If we’re not careful on the way down, we could fall into the abyss and be lost forever!’ he said seriously.
She shook her head. She was already beyond redemption.
‘I want to tell you something else,’ he said, standing up. Although he was right next to her, he seemed very far away, surrounded by clouds and mist, so unattainable. ‘I’m a man with great ambitions, so I can be ruthless with my rivals, but in this life I will only love one woman, Fang Tianya!’
She shuddered.
He looked deeply into her eyes, stroked her cold face, and there was confusion in his eyes, as well as feelings she didn’t understand.
‘If I don’t want to be your woman, what will you do?’
‘Then we’ll perish together!’ he said with a faint smile.
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‘Don’t worry, everything went well, he didn’t suspect me!’
“Be careful!’
‘I understand!‘
’We have learned shocking news from a secret source abroad: a major drug lord from Burma may come to meet him. To confirm this news, if it is true, we must find a way to obtain evidence of their crimes. Following the clues will lead us to his drug hideout, which is the best way to catch them all in one go. You must work hard!’
‘Yes… I will!‘
* * * *
’Mr Yuan, I’m so sorry that this happened here! I hope it won’t affect the cooperation plan between your group and us! We will definitely ask for support from our superiors to solve the case as soon as possible and try to minimise the damage to our reputation!’ After the mayor of Xixun had plucked up the courage to finish speaking in one go, he didn’t even dare to look at the person in front of him. Standing there, he felt like the sky was falling in on top of him, and sweat was running down his face.
Behind him stood all the officials of higher rank than his, but they had singled out the youngest official to be the scapegoat. What bad luck! But this was a plan involving an investment amount that was an astronomical figure for them, and it also related to their bright future. If they lost this powerful backer, they would never get ahead in life. But a well-known host was mysteriously murdered on their turf, and it happened just as the Golden Villa was about to officially open for business. Who should bear the responsibility? So, everyone’s eyes couldn’t help but turn to the police chief here, only to scare his already high blood pressure even higher.
A suffocating low pressure filled the 100-ping-meter-large living room, and everyone waited nervously for the young man in front of them to speak. But he didn’t say anything, or perhaps he didn’t want to say anything at all. He sat leisurely in front of them, with a sneering smile on his lips.
‘Everyone, our group has just successfully acquired Xingwen Satellite TV. As the former leading actress of Xingwen Satellite TV, Ms. Sima was highly valued by the board of directors. However, we are very sorry that she was killed here. Moreover, many reporters are here. After they report it, the Golden Mountain Villa’s tourism development plan will definitely be affected. We have no choice but to reluctantly give up our initial investment,’ Tai Yan said with a stern face.
The police chief, who had once again been viciously attacked by the gazes of the crowd, stood up with a stiff upper lip and said with a heavy heart, ‘If Mr. Yuan trusts me, I will solve the case within three days and try my best to find a way to shut those reporters up!’
‘Good!’ The stunningly beautiful man whose heart had almost frozen stood up and nodded slightly to him. ‘Thank you. And, don’t make any more mistakes at tonight’s banquet, or you know the consequences.’
“Young master!’
‘Is she asleep?‘ he asked in a low voice.
’I increased the proportion of golden poppies in the tea Miss Fang drank, and Miss Fang will fall asleep in a moment.”
He leaned over her, gazing at her lovingly, his fingers gently gliding over her slightly parted red lips. She was already breathing evenly.
‘Forgive me! I don’t want you to be involved in the darkness. I just want you to live a simple and happy life. Even if you lose your memory in the future, I just want you to remember me!‘
’Hongshan, you and Yuanwu stay outside and keep a close watch, don’t let anyone disturb her.‘
’Yes!’ Hongshan said fearfully, “Young master, I remember that the last time Sima Xiaoyu came here, she met Miss Fang and gave her something that she said was a present for you.”
Yuanchu laughed coldly. No matter what it is, she deserves to die for the nonsense she told the reporters! But who would dare to kill someone here? She’s still too young to try to frame me!
The two left the room. There was no more sound, but her heart was about to jump out of her chest. Sima Xiaoyu is dead? Who killed her? From Yuan Chuhan’s tone, he didn’t do it. And the person who did it wanted to frame him. Who would have the guts to do that?
She got up quietly, and coughed to get the water she had just drunk out of her throat. Golden poppies, it was said that they were a variant of poppies that had been developed by a scientist, and they were more addictive than normal drugs. Before coming here, she had received special training in all knowledge related to drugs, and the most incredible thing was that almost all kinds of drugs that were hard to kick once started were from the legendary Golden Valley. She knew that the flower tea she was drinking now contained poppy powder, because only it could alleviate the myriad of pain in her body when the love poison struck. He had gone to any lengths to control her.
A terrible feeling suddenly struck Fang Tianya’s heart.
Bright moonlight.
The golden flowers in the night dew had a different kind of beauty and mystery. The crystal dewdrops condensed on the tender petals, like helpless tears, sad and yet indescribably strange. I thought I wouldn’t see this poisonous flower in the valley, but it turned out that there were a few blooming in this least attractive corner.
‘Miss Fang, you’ll catch a cold if you stand here for too long. The banquet has started now, and the young master is asking you to go in,’ said Hongshan, appearing in front of her.
‘I know, I’ll be right there,’ she said, casting a helpless glance at the brightly lit area over there, where there was a sea of people in fine clothes, bustling with activity. But who knew the darkness and filth hidden behind the prosperity?
She was wearing a red dress with a twill cut, with mink fur cuffs and a collar embellished with scattered diamonds. Apart from the crystal hairpin holding her hair up, she had no other expensive jewellery. This was the least conspicuous of all the clothes, and he had said that he would like her no matter what she looked like.
He quietly entered through the side door and saw Yuan Han surrounded by the stars like the moon in the sky. His eyes were slightly upturned, occasionally half-closed, and he was smiling, but there was a hint of coldness in his smile. He was wearing a well-tailored black suit. His every move exuded an irresistible aura of dazzling brilliance and elegant charm, making him the focus of everyone’s attention as he should be. However, his indifferent and cold gaze and noble temperament made people feel unapproachable. He conceals his dark and evil side seamlessly, as if he is one with the darkness, but is like a dangerous beast waiting to pounce on its prey and strike a fatal blow.
Such a man is definitely the target of crazy women’s pursuit wherever he goes. Fang Tianya laughed to see that many well-dressed women had already pounced on him like bees collecting nectar, leaving the other men in the hall feeling neglected.
After sending Hongshan away, she hid in a corner where he couldn’t see her, surveying the guests of the evening. As expected, Hu Huaju and her companion, who arrived later, were excluded. All the guests were strictly vetted, and even the reporters had to hold a pass personally issued by the police chief to get in, and they weren’t allowed to conduct on-site interviews. His men were everywhere, inside and out, and even the unwitting police were guarding the door for him. It was a world of upside-down.
Soft music played as the guests flooded onto the dance floor. She saw him refuse the invitations of several women and smile as he walked towards her. Her heart suddenly began to race.
Just then, a petite woman stopped in front of him.
The music continued to play, but the dancers, as if under some kind of spell, couldn’t help but stop in their tracks and stare at the woman.
‘I am your guest of honour this evening. Don’t you recognise me?’ Her voice was the kind of sexy, feminine voice that makes men’s hearts race. It was like the bloom of a million rose petals, and her golden dress highlighted her perfect figure. Her long hair shone enchantingly.
Fang Tianya couldn’t see her face, but just by looking at the enraptured looks on the men around her and the shock in Yuan Chu Han’s eyes, he knew that this woman was extraordinarily beautiful and that she was here for Yuan Chu Han. He couldn’t put a finger on what he felt in his heart. No one had noticed her, and even Yuan Chu Han’s gaze had been glued to that woman the whole time. A sour feeling welled up in his heart, and he sadly lowered his head.
Is she jealous? Is she jealous of this man? How ridiculous! What on earth is she thinking?
She pinched her fingers hard into the flesh, and her mind cleared a little. She looked up at them, but at this time the two of them were no longer in front of her, nor were they in the hall. It was as if they had disappeared into thin air. All she could hear was the sound of whispers in the hall, accompanied by the sound of music, echoing in her mind.
‘Miss, would you like to dance?’ A well-dressed man held out his hand.
Fang Tianya was in a gloomy mood and wanted to refuse, but then he thought that at that moment the man must be holding a soft and fragrant woman in his arms, so he couldn’t help but give in and handed his hand to the gentlemanly man.
‘What’s your name, miss? Where do you work?‘ On the dance floor, the man made no secret of his interest in her.
’My surname is Fang, and I’m a bum,’ she said, laughing at herself. Although the man didn’t look a hundredth as good-looking as Yuan Chuohan, he was still quite handsome, and his gentle and confident demeanour was quite capable of arousing a woman’s good feelings.
However, the man misunderstood her meaning. Although the woman in front of him was not absolutely stunning, she had a lazy and charming expression, and her eyes that looked listless occasionally sparkled, like flowing beads of light, which was indescribably moving. He couldn’t help but stare.
‘Miss, although I can’t be called rich enough to rival a country, I also have a family fortune of over 100 million. Please name your price!’ He said confidently.
Fang Tianya almost fainted.
‘What did you say?’ She heard him right, was this man trying to support her? With Yuan Chuohan’s domineering personality, if she found out, would she tear this man limb from limb? It’s over, her anger might have killed an innocent person! Fang Tianya wanted to cry but had no tears, and hastily said, ‘Sir, I already have a lover, I’m really sorry!’ She shook him off and fled.
God forbid what happened tonight not to get to Yuan Chuohan’s ears, maybe he won’t care about her as long as he has a new love in his arms! Fang Tianya curled up in a corner, racking his brains, and caught sight in the corner of a few men in black silently approaching the gentle man who was still standing dumbfounded on the dance floor.
‘Oh no!’ Fang Tianya cried out in alarm, and angrily rushed over. The man was oblivious to the danger closing in on him. Seeing her rushing towards him in a panic, he thought she had changed her mind. But she rushed over and grabbed him, her grip so strong that he didn’t even have a chance to ask any questions.
The original Wu, who was hiding on the side, spat rudely onto the ground. He had been extremely unhappy at being ordered to protect Fang Tianya, and was even more angry when he saw her flirting with a man. He had wanted to quietly drag the man away and secretly beat him up, but then she rushed out again and dragged the man away. He sneered, this should be good fun to watch.
‘I’m sorry, Miss Fang, can you tell me what happened? Why did you bring me here?’ The man finally couldn’t hold back any longer and asked. They had already left the hall far behind, but saw that it was a quiet and secluded place with lush trees, sparse moonlight, a gentle breeze, the shadows of pine trees, and the sound of a faint stream.
‘I’m sorry, I’ve inadvertently caused you trouble. I don’t know what to do now!‘ Fang Tianya said dejectedly, “I’ll get you killed! I’m such a super idiot, who knew this guy was such a smelly man who only allows himself to do whatever he wants, but forbids others to do anything?”
’I still don’t quite understand!’ The man was a little at a loss, but he calmed down a little and said gently, ’But it’s never right for a man to make a woman cry. I apologise to you, Miss Fang!’
Fang Tianya looked up at him as if she had been startled. His gaze was sincere, with a hint of pity. ‘It’s none of your business, I’m afraid I’ll get you into trouble,’ she said, stunned.
‘What a pair of love-struck doomed lovers!’ A sarcastic voice sounded, and Yuan Wu appeared out of nowhere, surveying the two men gloomily. He waved his hand, and two men appeared behind him, looking at Fang Tianya hesitantly.
‘Master Yuan, are you really going to do Ms. Fang–‘
’Don’t you worry about it! I’ll take the blame if the boss asks. You’re not blind, are you? The boss only has eyes for Miss Jin Yu!’ He said coldly.
The two men no longer hesitated, and went up to the man and tied his hands behind his back. The man was no match for these two burly men, and passed out after a few moments of struggling.
Fang Tianya angrily said, ‘Yuan Wu, using such a vicious method against a man with no strength is too despicable, isn’t it?’
Yuan Wu laughed. ‘You will soon find out what is even more despicable.’ He stepped closer to her.
‘You will regret this!’ Fang Tianya remained unperturbed.
‘You should regret not saving me in the first place. You should know that in my entire life, I, Yuan Wu, have never owed anyone anything except my boss! But you saved me in front of him with false kindness, and I must get even. Now everyone can see that you were with this man tonight, and you even left together. Even if you disappear, people will only think of that place. You haven’t seen what happens when he treats a woman who betrays him, have you? My methods are much kinder…’
‘I know you’ve always wanted to kill me, but after killing me, your reason for having to answer to Yuan Chuohan would be too flimsy, wouldn’t it? Only a blind woman would abandon Yuan Chuohan and elope with a man she’s just met. Would he believe you?’ Fang Tianya laughed derisively.
Yuan Wu’s dark eyes revealed a beast-like smile. He raised his hand, holding a small metal box-like object in his hand, and pressed lightly.
‘Don’t worry, everything went well, he didn’t suspect me!‘
’Be careful!‘
’I understand!‘
’We have learned shocking news from a secret source abroad: a major drug lord from Burma may come to meet him. To confirm this news, if it is true, we must find a way to get evidence of their crimes. Following the clues will lead us to his drug hideout, which is perfect. This is a good opportunity to catch them all. You must work hard!’
‘Yes… I will!‘
’Tell me, if I play this recording for the boss, how do you think he will react? The person sleeping next to him is actually a poisonous snake that wants to kill him, hehehe…’ Yuan Wuyin laughed sinisterly.
However, he did not see the expected shocked expression. She just looked at him with ridicule and contempt, saying, ’So what are you still talking about? Kill me and go to your boss to make your mark!’
‘Miss Fang, you may have misunderstood. I don’t want to kill you, and I will also ensure that this man is safe. I just want you to leave your boss and never see him again, because people like you will only harm him.’ Saying this, he picked the man up from the ground and slapped him twice. The man slowly woke up, his eyes filled with fear, but he was still infuriated and said, ‘You people from Golden Villa are absolutely lawless. I am a legitimate businessman and have normal business dealings with Mr. Yuan. You have gone too far! Miss Fang, they didn’t do anything to you, did they?’ He then turned to Fang Tianya and asked with concern.
Yuan Wu sneered, and Fang Tianya’s heart warmed. He shook his head and said, ‘It’s fine, let’s go.’
‘Follow this path straight ahead, and a car will take you directly out of Golden Valley. Goodbye, Miss Fang!’ Yuan Wu turned and left.
Sure enough, a car was waiting for them up ahead. The two men who had been following and watching them opened the car door and politely said, ‘Miss Fang, there is only one road from here to the outside of the valley. Keep driving straight ahead and you will reach Xixun Town. Good luck!’
Fang Tianya’s heart sank into despair. She started the car in silence and drove forward like the wind. The white headlights dug a rugged road out of the darkness, seemingly endless. She clenched her lips, but the image of a handsome man with cold, sharp eyes and gentle, watery ones kept rising up in her mind. The sweet words of yesterday still echoed in her ears, but tonight she would only be leaving with a cold, indifferent figure. This was what happened when she fell in love with someone she shouldn’t have!
‘Miss Fang, do you really have a lover? Could it be that man who is rumoured to be a gangster, Yuan Wu?‘ The man sitting next to her asked carefully.
Fang Tianya shook his head with a sour smile.
’I don’t think so. Miss Fang is such an innocent and kind person, so how could she get involved with those people who devour people and spit out their bones?’
Fang Tianya didn’t hear what he said. Her gaze was fixed straight ahead. It seemed as if her heart had split open, and a cold wind was whistling in. ‘Sir, I’m really sorry to have innocently implicated you because of me. I will be responsible for you to the end!’
The man laughed and said, ‘Miss Fang, you are too serious. Golden Villa is an industry that the FTY Group has invested heavily in developing. As a businessman, I also wanted to get a share of the pie. Although I didn’t get a share, I am a lazy person and don’t place much value on money. My family business is enough for me to eat and drink for many lifetimes, so you don’t need to blame yourself.’
Fang Tianya sighed. Faced with such a well-mannered man, she felt her guilt even greater.
‘Being able to elope with a beautiful woman late at night is a new and exciting thing for me. By the way, my name is Zhang Chengzhan. Now you should tell me your real name, right?’ He said gently.
Fang Tianya was extremely embarrassed. Just as she was about to speak, the phone in the car rang. She was startled, but she didn’t dare pick it up. The harsh ringtone continued to ring non-stop, and she hesitated to pick it up.
‘Where are you?‘ The cold voice came through the phone, freezing her insides. She suddenly became afraid and slammed the phone down.
The ringtone didn’t sound again, but Fang Tianya urgently braked the car and leaned over the steering wheel, shaking all over.
’What’s wrong with you?’ Zhang Chengzhan was shocked and tried to turn her shoulders, but she opened the car door and ran out.
‘Miss Fang!’ Zhang Chengzhan chased after her and saw her staggering towards a side road. She fell to the ground accidentally, but she couldn’t get up no matter what. He quickly picked her up. In the cold moonlight, her hair was disheveled, her face was as white as paper, her teeth were clenched tightly, and she was convulsing all over, as if she was suffering great pain. A chill ran through him. Her symptoms seemed to be those of a drug addict. Could it be that such a beautiful woman was a drug addict? He couldn’t help but look again. He saw her staring at him intently. In the dark night, her eyes—her eyes were glowing with a seductive purple light, eerie and beautiful.
‘What’s wrong with you?’ He was so scared that he almost let go of her, but those purple eyes were like a powerful magnetic field attracting and captivating him. He couldn’t bear to take his eyes off her.
A seductive smile appeared on her lips, as if inviting him. He couldn’t help but hold her tightly. Just as he was getting lost in his infatuation, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his back. He hurriedly pushed her away and saw that she was holding a crystal cone-shaped hairpin in her hand, and a drop of blood was slowly dripping from the sharp end.
‘You—’ he was a little disoriented.
Her purple eyes revealed unbearable pain, and her teeth had bitten her lips. Leave me—leave quickly! I really will get you killed! Get in the car and go as far away from me as you can, and leave me alone!”
She had just now been flirtatiously seductive, but now she looked hideous and terrifying. Zhang Chengzhan was both scared and terrified, and fled back to the car to start it up. At this moment, the phone rang eerily. He picked up the receiver dazedly, “Hello?”
There was silence in the receiver.
‘Hello, who is this?‘ He was almost going crazy, had he really met a ghost?
’I am Yuan Chuohan,’ the person on the other end of the line said in a stern voice.
Xiao Tian is a good girl, she never smokes and occasionally drinks a little red wine ~ ~ she gets drunk very easily, haha
Golden Empire
The sharp end of the crystal diamond card pierced deeply into her thigh, and a jet of blood spurted out, slightly relieving the pain in her body when the ‘love’ attack occurred. She laughed silently as she looked up at the sky. Finally, she felt for a tightly wrapped small plastic bag in the hidden pocket of her dress. Inside was the best heroin, a white powder that was the source of depravity and sin. She should have died long ago. What was the point of letting her live? Let her end it all herself!
Fang Tianya looked up at the vast, heavy night sky. The darkness reflected in her eyes was like the breath of his approaching doom. The man who loved her had used the world’s most terrible poison to control her body and mind, giving her humiliation she would never forget. But was this the happiness she had felt, the infatuation she had experienced? But while he continued to use the sweet poison to corrupt her mind, he was already mercilessly pushing her into an infernal hell.
Was this his love?
Was this what she wanted?
But she truly loved him, loved this devil!
The car suddenly stalled.
The cold wind blew in through the half-open window, and Zhang Chengzhan’s hand holding the phone was shaking.
Someone stumbled over and rushed over, leaning against the front of the car as if they couldn’t bear the weight. The cold starlight shone on her somewhat confused and frantic expression, which looked strange and sad under the dim car lights. It was her!
‘Miss Fang…’ He tried to maintain his gentlemanly demeanour, but after hearing the voice of the person on the phone, the tremor in his heart froze his brain like ice, and cold sweat ran down his forehead. He trembled as he squeezed his way out of the car. The woman in front of him was that person’s woman? The one rumoured to be his beloved? What a joke the heavens were playing on him, for he had actually tried to abduct that woman, Yuan Chuhan, who was powerful and ruthless! He’s dead!
She sighed softly at him, her hand gripping his arm tightly as if she were concentrating all her strength on it. But at this moment, Zhang Chengzhan could no longer feel any pain. He was just secretly scolding himself with remorse.
‘Why don’t you go? I’ve already informed my friends, they will meet you up ahead, only they can guarantee your safety, but now it’s too late, he’ll be here soon!’ Fang Tianya said to him.
Several black cars, like beasts stalking in the dark, had silently raced up behind them. The door of one car opened, and Yuan Chuohan walked out calmly.
Under the faint starlight, his lazy and handsome smile carried the unfathomable darkness of the night. His dark pupils locked onto the disheveled Fang Tianya. His long, straight body exuded a dangerous aura, and the invisible momentum made everyone present feel his anger and coldness strongly. ‘For this man, you don’t care about anything?’ His cold gaze fell on the arm she was clutching onto Zhang Chengzhan.
She straightened her back and looked at him, giggling, ‘Yes, I like him. So what? I wanted to show you a scene from Elopement, but unfortunately you caught me again. You won’t kill us here, will you? Or, let me please you in front of everyone’s eyes again…’
The original coldness tightened his thin lips, and suddenly he smiled at Zhang Chengzhan, but the smile was too cold, it was the kind of contemptuous and mocking look. Zhang Chengzhan couldn’t help but shiver, and he lowered his head to avoid his gaze with a guilty heart. Fang Tianya seemed to be deliberately trying to provoke him, suddenly turning around and hugging Zhang Chengzhan on the side. At this moment, Zhang Chengzhan’s mind was exploding, as if there was dynamite exploding inside. Before he could react, her cold lips pressed tightly against his. He was scared and panicked, and his body instinctively pushed her away. He felt a burning pain in his lips, and he realized that she had actually bitten him.
‘This… Miss Fang, I didn’t mean to…’ Zhang Chengzhan was so scared that he almost fainted. Hongshan snapped his fingers, and his men rushed up and viciously pinned Zhang Chengzhan to the ground.
Yuan Chuhan helped Fang Tianya up from the ground, and took out a handkerchief to wipe her lips. His movements were graceful, but with a fierce intensity. He wanted to completely eradicate the scent of that man from her body. His woman was not to be touched by anyone!
‘You’re hurting me!’ She tried to wave her hand to block him, but he grabbed her hand and pulled her into his arms. She took a deep breath, and the faint fragrance of his body filled her nose. His warm breath brushed against her neck, and she suddenly felt a sense of panic. She had been intimate with him countless times, but every time she nestled in his arms, her heart would inexplicably tremble. Was she afraid? She had seen him smile at others, but it was not a smile at all, but a kind of wordless contempt and indifference. Almost everyone around him was afraid of him, even the fierce and strong Yuan Wu was silent in his presence. But with her, sometimes he was like a child, pampering her for no reason. He liked her to rely on him wholeheartedly like a little bird. Watching her act spoiled and naughty, but sometimes, he was strange and cold, which scared her!
‘He—I’m just using him to anger you!‘ She managed to say with difficulty. “There’s nothing between him and me!”
’I know,‘ he said, lowering his head to nibble on her tiny earlobe. He pressed her whole body against his in an extremely warm embrace, and whispered, “Beg me, and I’ll keep him safe!”
’Why should I beg you?’ she said, pouting in displeasure.
‘Because you’re always challenging my self-esteem, my dear!‘ His fingers hooked her chin, and his dark eyes were cold with fire.
’Okay then,‘ she said, half sulking, half coquettish, as she avoided his gaze, “please let the poor man go!”
’Didn’t you hear what the lady said? Take Mr. Zhang back to the villa. The banquet isn’t over yet. Mr. Zhang, I hope to have a pleasant business relationship with your company in the future!’
Zhang Chengzhan was overjoyed. He had come back from the brink of disaster, and had unexpectedly been blessed with good fortune. His chance to rise in the world had come!
‘I finally understand what it means to be ‘trapped by a beauty’!’ A soft voice came from behind him. A young girl walked slowly out of the car that Yuan Chuhan had just been in. A faint fragrance spread from her body, and under her thick eyelashes, bright and charming autumnal waves were cast towards Fang Tianya. It was a meaningful glance, containing some worry and self-blame, ’Mr Yuan, your lover didn’t leave in a huff because she was jealous of me, did she? If that’s the case, I’ve sinned greatly. Even if our business deal is done, I won’t be happy!”
She was absolutely stunning! However, there was a sense of familiarity about her, like a beautiful flower that faintly exuded darkness and bloodshed. But she was just a stunning young girl in her teens, yet she carried an evil innocence and cunning. Fang Tianya glanced at Yuan Chuhan, who was looking at him with a smile that was neither a smile nor a frown. Her dark pupils, which seemed bottomless, seemed to be sucking her in. She suddenly understood: the girl and Yuan Chuhan were similar. They were both poisonous flowers blooming in the dark. Beneath their most dazzling appearances, they both had the most vicious and cruel schemes.
‘If I’m not mistaken, you must be Jin Yu of the Burmese Jin family, right?’ Fang Tianya stood up straight and looked the young girl in the eye. She must be the mysterious fourth Jin daughter, famous in both the black and white worlds. The Jin family had a lot of business dealings with the Golden Valley, but they were also a respected Burmese family that was known for their charitable work.
The young girl gave a slight smile, which was tacit consent. Yuan Chuhan pulled Fang Tianya back into his arms again. He felt her body tense up tightly,
cold to the touch. He hugged her tenderly and said to Jin Yu in displeasure, ‘Miss Jin, let’s talk about business later!’
Jin Yu said with grievance, ‘I knew that apart from my sisters, no woman in the world would like me, but it’s not my fault for being too beautiful! Sister Fang, it doesn’t matter if you don’t like me, but this shipment is worth billions. I have bet our entire Jin family fortune on it. If the deal falls through, our family will have no choice but to jump to our deaths!’
Fang Tianya could no longer hold back her anger and broke free from Yuan Chuhan’s embrace. She put on a fake smile and flirted with Yuan Chuhan, asking coolly, ‘Han, in your heart, am I the most beautiful, or is this Miss Jin?’
Yuan Chuhan almost laughed out loud, but when he saw her threatening gaze, he could only force himself to nod. He looked down at her face with love and affection, but his expression slowly changed.
Fang Tianya turned around, and was about to imitate the evil queen in Snow White and laugh three times with glee, when suddenly a sea of flowers of every colour burst into bloom before his eyes. It was as if he had suddenly been transported to another dimension, surrounded by a ethereal fantasyland. Then suddenly it turned into a sea of blood surging towards her, and in an instant she was engulfed.
“Tianya!’ Yuan Chuhan felt a chill run down his spine. She collapsed in his arms, her pupils dilating rapidly as a wisp of purple blood trickled from the corner of her smiling mouth.
‘So it’s true, only this fragrance can trigger the outbreak of the poison in her body!’ Jin Yu muttered to herself, then spoke softly to Yuan Chuhan, ‘Mr Yuan, only I can save your beloved now. If you agree to my conditions, I can save her immediately and completely remove all the poison from her body!’
Yuan Chuhan smiled at her, but there was no trace of a smile in his eyes. ‘Fourth Miss Jin, you are the only person who dares to be my enemy head-on. Are you confident that your power can compete with mine? Do you believe that I can kill you right now, or perhaps let you try the taste of Golden Flower before you die?’
‘How dare you!’ Jin Yu raised her head proudly. ‘Don’t forget, only I can save your beloved, and it’s useless for you to threaten me!’
Yu Han, who was originally cold and agile like a wild leopard, stepped forward and grabbed her neck hard, and she immediately couldn’t breathe. ‘You’re very clever. I just realised that you’re just an impostor. I admire your loyalty to your master, but I’ll let her know what the consequences of blackmailing me will be!’ He suddenly ripped the clothes off her chest, exposing a large expanse of snow-white skin to the air. ‘You guys, go on and rape this woman. I want to make her unable to live or die! Fuck her until she’s willing to tell the truth!’ He threw her behind him with a cold smile, where she was surrounded by a group of men already eyeing her hungrily.
The almost-dead Jin Yu finally revealed fear in her eyes. She didn’t expect him to still see through her identity. This man was even more terrifying than she had imagined. ‘No—I’m really not the fourth Jin girl! I really don’t know anything—ah!’ A miserable scream sounded especially terrifying in the darkness, and even the stars hid in fear at the tragic scene before them.
‘To Dark Valley immediately!‘ He calmly ordered as he carried her to the car.
’Aren’t we going to wait for the woman to speak?’ Hong Shan asked.
Yuan Chuhan lowered his gaze and gritted his teeth, “The real Jin Yu wouldn’t be stupid enough to let a scapegoat know the antidote. Tianya’s body’s poison is out of control, I can’t let her die!” A bewitching and cold smile bloomed on his lips. ’Fourth Miss Jin! I will settle this score with you!’
The last glimmer of starlight in the night sky faded, and a helicopter secretly took off from somewhere, flying through the dense forest ravines and towards the mountains.
Meanwhile, someone else was smiling coldly in the shadows. Yuan Chuohan, are you so impatient to die?
On such a clear blue day, there is not a single white cloud in the sky.
A mysterious and beautiful land in the complex mountain range located in the buffer zone where the national borders meet. You’ve seen red or purplish-red cherry blossoms, but have you seen golden-yellow cherry blossoms? That strange colour and mysterious fragrance bloom in the secluded valley with a dark and seductive charm.
‘I have already injected Miss Fang with the venom extracted from the golden cherry blossom, and she is currently fine.‘ The bald man in a white coat said respectfully to the man sitting far above.
’Dr. Qing, please give me an explanation now,‘ the man high above said coldly.
’Mr. Yuan, I don’t understand!’ Dr Qing said fearfully, his boss was looking at him with a hawk-like, sinister gaze. Under such a gaze, it was hard for him to believe that anyone would dare lie to such a pair of beautiful yet cold dark eyes, because everything seemed to be under his control. The mocking look of contempt for everything was unfathomable like an emperor.
“Love is your invention, so why would outsiders know its lethal properties and use it against my woman?’
Dr Qing’s face turned ashen as his name suggested. He calmed down and said slowly, ‘I have no way of explaining it. Although I developed it, as I said, “love” is an incurable poison. What’s more, Miss Fang’s poisoning was deeper than I expected. Her falling into a coma again was definitely not just because of the ordinary poisoned fragrance. This is only one factor. More importantly, she…’ He paused and gathered his courage to say, ‘Before the poison took effect, she a large amount of heroin. If an ordinary person took that much, they would have already died, but because of the special nature of the poison in her body, it took a while for the effects to kick in. Also, when I was examining the heroin for her, I also found this…‘ A crystal the size of a mung bean lay quietly in Dr. Qing’s palm.
’What is this?’ The man in front of him asked without emotion.
‘I’ve looked it up, this is the so-called latest tracking device developed by the police. It can be swallowed without being noticed, not even our monitoring device can detect it, but it can quickly locate her location and automatically send it back.”
Yuan Chuohan stood up, his hands casually in his pockets, a faint smile still on his face, like unmelted ice, dazzling but cold. No one saw his hands tremble slightly, the despair and anger he was suppressing. He turned around. Outside the huge French windows was a sea of golden flowers, resplendent in the setting sun.
She did it on purpose! She deceived him! She has been deceiving him all along! All along, he has been deceiving himself! She took the initiative to return to his side, but she has always harboured such deep hatred for him that she even tried to escape from his grasp by committing suicide. Would she easily compromise with herself? He suddenly remembered what Yuan Wushi had said to him. He said that this woman definitely came to destroy him, and it turned out that she really only wanted to perish with him!
Yuan Chuhan turned around. Outside the huge French windows was a sea of golden flowers, resplendent in the setting sun.
“Dr Qing, your genius ideas and inventions are one of the reasons I value you so highly. Our drugs dominate the market because of you. But what I need is a machine that can create whatever I want, not a person with his own ideas. Do you understand?’
‘Mr Yuan…’ Dr Qing’s terrified voice was drowned out by the blood spurting from his mouth. Dark red blood was spurting from the hole in the back of his head. His thin, tall body collapsed at the feet of Tai Yan, who had just pushed the door open. Tai Yan hurriedly glanced at the figure rapidly disappearing behind another door. It was the shadow assassin he had secretly cultivated, who could solve any problem for him at any time, including killing anyone he wanted to kill, including… his trusted confidant who had shown the slightest sign of disloyalty. After having the body of Dr. Qing carried out, Tai Yan did not say a word, but stood quietly with his arms hanging down. From the corner of his eye, he saw Yuan Chuhan pick up a shiny thin piece of flake the size of a small fingernail from the ground, and a cruel smile curled the corners of his lips.
‘Ayan, do you know the name of the drug that Dr. Qing developed before he died?’
Tai Yan shook his head.
‘It’s called ‘Betrayal’. However, it’s not addictive like other drugs, it doesn’t make you feel like death, and it doesn’t make you go crazy.‘
’Then what is it for?’ Taiyan asked carefully.
Yuan Chuhan didn’t answer him, he walked towards a closed room in the back and opened the door.
She was already awake, lying quietly on the bed, her pale face facing him, her weak body slightly rising and falling from the recent surgery. At that moment, there was a calm in her eyes, a frank yet extraordinarily complex gaze as she looked at him.
He smiled, and the handsome face that could easily make people lose themselves exuded a faint melancholy. He lowered his head, and as he leaned close to her face, he saw his own shadow in her watery gaze. But did she have him in her heart as well? Did she?
She drew in, and besides the familiar smell of her body, she could detect a barely perceptible hint of blood on his body.
‘Did you love me?’ he asked softly.
She closed her eyes and whispered, ‘Kill me. I’m a person who should have died long ago!’
His fingers stroked her face, as gentle as the spring breeze in March, but the trembling of his fingertips revealed his true feelings. ‘I won’t let you die!’ He roughly dragged her off the bed, and she stumbled after him as they walked out of the house. Everything around them seemed like a dream: the palace-like house was resplendent with gold and silver, but who knew how much blood, tears and bones were buried beneath it?
The golden sea of flowers dazzled her eyes, and she could hardly breathe. The breath of the evil devil came face to face with her—this was the root of the sin that led people to the depths of depravity, the head of all evils!
A gentle breeze blew, and the golden cherry blossoms that bloomed freely in the valley swayed in the wind. The golden petals were blown into the half of the sky that was reddened by the setting sun. The red clouds in the sky seemed to be burning, faintly, passionately and completely, until they disappeared into the horizon.
‘You went to great lengths and even hurt yourself, just to see this, didn’t you? I’ll do as you wish!’ His cold laughter seemed to come from a very far away.
She was shocked to see that in front of her, among the dazzling sea of flowers, in the sunlight, there were some half-naked maidens. They had beautiful brown bodies given to them by nature, full of primitive plumpness and sexiness, but each of them had an expressionless face, just working mechanically in the sea of flowers, like insensitive wooden men. The beautiful and sexy bodies of young girls, the tempting aroma of cherry blossoms in the sunlight, can easily make people have beautiful fantasies, but if there weren’t the high electric fence in the distance and the cold eyes of the heavily armed men like soldiers, Fang Tianya really thought he was in a dream.
‘This is the golden cherry blossom, the true king of drugs. Although the raw opium it produces is only one-fifth that of ordinary cherry blossoms, its price is one hundred times that of ordinary opium, and it is more precious than gold. Do you know why? Because once you take it, you can never quit for the rest of your life. It will suck the last drop of blood from your body until you die!’ His evil voice whispered in her ear.
Shuddering seized her whole body, and she was so shocked and angry that she could not speak for a moment.
‘This is the true golden flower, and it has another name—the blood of demons! Aiya, its blood is flowing through your body right now, and you will never be able to get rid of it!’
She turned to him suddenly. His eyes were dark and raging like a storm at sea, with the danger of destroying everything. Yuan Chuohan, do you know that you are digging your own grave? You disgust and terrify me!‘ she said sadly and despairingly.
’Really?’ The gloom rolled into his eyes like dark clouds, and he lowered his eyelids. ’So you only feel disgust and terror for me. I thought I had touched your heart! Was everything you did just an act for me? Including the way you screamed like a slut beneath me, begging for pleasure, was that just a beauty trick you played?’
The sharp pain pierced her heart, and her face turned white in an instant.
She closed her eyes. Under the blue sky and bright sun, she felt only endless darkness.
‘Yes! Yes, I was acting the whole time! I don’t love you at all. You have caused me so much harm. You are utterly vicious!’
It was over. Everything should end. Dreams are just dreams, and love is like the clouds and the drifting lotus. In an instant, it is gone without a trace.
He suddenly burst out laughing, his eyes on her were full of desperate sadness and cold hatred. ‘I’m so stupid! I should have known it long ago, how could you possibly love me? I’m a devil who has done nothing but evil, even if I’m rich and powerful, so what? A pure and righteous woman like you, even if I grovel at your feet and beg, you will never love me, right?’
Her lips trembled as she swallowed back her tears. No! It’s not true! A voice inside her screamed, and suddenly she felt a tingling in her chest. The words that almost came out of her mouth were stuck in her throat!
‘Tianya,’ he regained his composure, with a disdainful and indifferent smile on his lips, which made people’s hearts tremble with cold.
“Tianya, you have been scheming for a long time, don’t you want evidence of my crime? I will satisfy you, because you are the person I love the most and the one I hurt the most. What is there that I cannot satisfy you with?’ Looking at Fang Tianya, who could not make a sound, his lazy and elegant smile was mixed with a cruel coldness.
Suddenly a miserable scream came into his ears. He saw a tall and strong man holding a gun with a cold and flashing light, and he smashed it down on the head of a young girl who was working among the flowers. Fresh blood bloomed all around like flowers . The girl let out a pitiful scream and then there was no more movement. Two strong, older women quickly came over and dragged her away like a dead dog. Her body and head were covered in blood, her big eyes were wide open in terror, and she never closed them in death! In just a few seconds, a young life was ended like this, but the people here seemed to be used to it, and no one looked up.
Fang Tianya watched in disbelief, but Yuan Chuhan didn’t even raise his eyelids, just saying indifferently, ‘For a tiny Golden Cherry Blossom, anyone would be desperate enough to take risks!’
‘Are you people still human?’ Fang Tianya’s throat ached like it was being torn apart. She hated that she couldn’t jump up and tear this crazy man to pieces, but she fell to the ground, her limbs completely numb and unable to move an inch.
‘Yuan Chuohan, I hate you! You devil! Let go of me! Let go of me!’ Half her face was pressed against the ground, and she screamed like crazy, but all that came out of her throat was a series of “ahs.” Tears of despair and hatred wet the ground.
‘Hate me? Do you regret missing your chance to kill me?’ He crouched in front of her, his fingers gently lifting her chin. Her eyes burned with a hellish fire, as if they wanted to burn the evil man in front of her to the ground!
Why!
Why did she fall in love with this devil!
Why didn’t she kill him sooner!
He is the devil! Who is the devil? She is the devil!
At this moment, if she could, she would rather let a thousand knives slice her body to pieces, let her fall into the unrecoverable hell and never be resurrected, and let her suffer all the pain and torture in the world!
She just wants to die quickly!
She doesn’t want to see the face of this handsome man who is as beautiful as a god but as evil as a demon again!
He smiled, lowered his head, and gently kissed the eyes that were spewing anger, purple eyes mixed with endless sorrow and hatred! And there were countless other emotions that were hard to describe!
‘When love takes root in a person’s heart, their eyes will turn the colour of poison. Purple love, desperate and beautiful!’
He picked her up and walked towards a plane not far away. Behind him stood his golden palace, resplendent in gold and silver, but it was already burning in a raging inferno. The flames burned fiercely, like the legendary scenes of a troubled world. She was stunned, but her mind was no longer functioning. The flames finally spread to the golden cherry blossoms that covered the mountainside. The bright flames and the helpless screams of the young girls rushed into her ears, along with the smell of charred skin and the nauseating floral fragrance.
The sky was a blood red.
‘A perfect ending!’ He laughed softly, his dark pupils exuding a seductive coldness.
Fallen love
A pure and flawless sky, and a sea as blue as jade.
Seabirds stretch their beautiful wings and glide freely in the sky, the light breeze caressing their faces, and the sunshine is bright and fresh.
A small private plane is slowly landing on the helipad of a white luxury yacht more than 400 feet long anchored on the sea.
‘Miss Jin, please!’ The handsome blonde man who greeted the guest extended his hand very gentlemanly to the delicate young girl who stepped off the plane like a flower bud. No one would have guessed that Miss Jin, who was behind the scenes orchestrating big business deals, was such a delicate young girl.
‘Thank you!’ The young girl gave a shallow smile, her dimples charming, her eyebrows and eyes seemingly glowing with radiance, a kind of bewitching beauty. There was an indistinct fragrance floating around her, and on her slender, snow-white ring finger was a ring with a golden petal, the heart of the flower set with a diamond, luxurious and exquisite, radiating dazzling brilliance.
‘I’ve heard that the four senior assistants around Mr. Yuan are all beautiful men who make women fall in love at first sight. As expected, even I am tempted!’ Her sweet and soft voice was like a small hand gently caressing every nerve in Tai Yan’s body. Her thick eyelashes fluttered gently like butterfly wings, and her pair of dreamy eyes were like a transparent and flawless crystal, or an unfathomable ocean. Seeing Tai Yan’s embarrassed and awkward appearance, she pursed her lips and smiled lightly, and walked on her way.
This is a luxury yacht worth tens of millions of dollars. In addition to entertainment and sports facilities such as a Moulin Rouge-style theatre, a magnificent French restaurant and a ballroom, it is also equipped with all kinds of brand new technological equipment, an electronic security system and advanced weapons. Beauties in hot swimsuits lined up neatly on the deck, their envious and jealous gazes falling on this exotic and pure beauty, for she was about to become the wife of the man they all coveted. They could hear their hearts shatter into a million pieces.
In the swimming pool on the deck, a man was swimming alone, his tanned back looming indistinctly in the water. Jin Yu sat on a deck chair, smiling like the host, and immediately a waiter brought fresh-squeezed fruit juice and various drinks.
The man in the water stood up, and a series of water droplets kept rolling off his shiny bronze skin. His slender and powerful body, firm and sexy chest, and long, powerful legs looked so mesmerising. The golden sunlight shone on his extremely handsome face, and this bewitching beauty almost took one’s breath away.
A man of such beauty, with endless power and wealth, what a lucky woman to be his! And she was the luckiest one, but when faced with the real him, Jin Yu suddenly flinched. She never dreamed that he would send someone to propose to her. She never expected that her plot to undermine his woman would fail and that she would invite his cruel revenge. But for some reason, that woman had disappeared without a trace. She had secretly mobilised all her intelligence networks, but could find no trace of that woman. Could it be that she had been killed by this man himself? Would he kill the woman he had loved for so many years with his own hands? Perhaps he would! Because the destruction of the Golden Valley, the drug production base that he had painstakingly built up, was directly related to the woman. How could a man possibly show mercy to someone who had betrayed him?
Jin Yu walked elegantly and confidently towards him. Every step was so graceful and moving.
He took the white towel passed to him by his attendant and wiped his wet hair, his languid dark eyes entwined with hers.
‘My future bride, you really are beautiful!‘ His voice was pleasant, but cold, so cold it made her heart tremble.
*******
’Boss Song, these girls are all genuine goods who have just sneaked across the border. Look at their figures, and then look at their faces, so pretty! You can rest assured and pick, they will serve you well!’
The skinny, tall man with gold-rimmed glasses in the dark, smoky private room beamed as he sweet-talked the old, fat man who was slumped on the sofa. The fat old man impatiently told him to get lost, his lecherous, goldfish eyes fixed on the three scantily clad, heavily made-up women in front of him. He licked his lips and said, ‘Not bad! This time, Old Li, you haven’t lied to me. I just don’t know how good they are in bed!’
Old Li hurriedly said, ‘No doubt about it! You first look here—’ and pushed out one of the unusually buxom women, whose half-exposed breasts were pinched by a lewd and wretched hand. ‘What? That’s disgusting!’ The woman squirmed, cursing softly and throwing a flirtatious glance at Boss Song.
‘And look at this one! What a pretty face, prettier than the movie stars, isn’t she?’ Li proudly pushed the woman in the middle in front of Song. Her face was also heavily made up, but she was much younger and prettier, and it looked like she had just done it not long ago, still with a shy look on her face.
Boss Song looked at her with interest, and decided that she was the one. Suddenly, his gaze shifted to the skinny woman who had been hiding in the dark corner. She kept her head down, wearing a red miniskirt that showed off her smooth thighs. He scowled and scolded, ‘Lao Li, what kind of people are you training? This woman won’t even look up at me. Does she think I’m ugly? She’s here to sell, but she acts like she’s better than us! Damn it, I’m really unhappy!’
‘Sorry, sorry!’ Lao Li hurriedly bowed and kowtowed to apologise: “I haven’t had a chance to introduce her yet. Her name is Xiaotian, she’s also new here. Xiaotian, why don’t you apologise to Boss Song? Boss Song is the most famous big boss in our area, he owns several companies!”
Boss Song felt a little better.
‘I’m sorry, Boss Song!’ the woman whispered, looking up. Boss Song felt like he had been hit with a club. In the dim light, her small, melon-shaped face was as pale as paper, her lips painted bright red, and her eyes were an eerie purple. This face, which did not look beautiful, mixed with the most evil beauty because of the purple eyes, adding some enchanting charm to the pale face.
It took a long time for Boss Song to come back to his senses. When he came to his senses, there were only the two of them in the private room, and Lao Li had tactfully left with the other two women.
‘Come here!’ he ordered. The woman obediently sat down next to him, and he could even smell a faint fragrance that was not like that of a common woman, but it was like an illusion, as a strong, sweet and pungent perfume came from her. He roughly put his arms around her and felt her exposed legs with his fat, piggy hands. She’s got nice skin! he thought dirtyly. ‘Sweetheart, little baby, tell your brother why you were looking down just now?’ He opened his mouth, and the breath, mixed with the stench of garlic, was disgusting, but she just lightly frowned and buried her disgust deep inside, saying, ‘Of course not! I was just shy!’
‘Are you a mixed-race person? Why do your eyes look different from theirs?”
She said in a sweet voice, ’Because I’m wearing make-up. I have to do something to please a rich and powerful man like Boss Song, otherwise how would I get by!’
Her purple eyes flirtatiously glanced at him, and Boss Song’s mind went dizzy. He didn’t hear a word she said. At that moment, he just wanted to embrace those fiendish eyes in his arms. He could no longer control himself, and his fat, disgusting body heavily pressed against the woman’s small, thin body.
It was a dirty and chaotic street, with only a few street lamps flickering in the wind like ghosts. On both sides of the street, the neon signs of escort services such as ‘Mei Mei Hair Salon’, ‘Pink Trap’ and ‘Pretty Girl Massage’ brought lustful longing to the darkness. Occasionally, a few ghostly screams came from nowhere, only to be quickly swallowed up by the darkness.
She walked unsteadily down the narrow, uneven street, her short, dyed-pink hair sticking up in all directions like a chicken’s comb. Her clothes had been savagely torn off, leaving her skin exposed and covered in ugly purple and blue marks from the strangulation. She walked mechanically, her mind and body numb. A few punks passed by her, also seemingly shocked. They had wanted to provoke her, but seeing how terrifying she looked, they just avoided her.
‘Dongzi, please don’t gamble anymore, okay? This is what I have saved with great difficulty, you can’t take it anymore!’ Not far away, a man kicked a woman to the ground with one kick, and walked away, leaving the woman alone, sobbing. She heard footsteps, and looked up in surprise. Her young and pretty face revealed disappointment again. She stood up expressionlessly. ’Finished with that beast? How did he torture you like this!’ She picked up the man’s coat that she had just torn off and walked over to her, draping it over her body.
The woman leaned back, lazily leaning against the wall, took out a cigarette and put it in her mouth. In the haze of smoke, her lavender eyes were decadently confused. ’Hongshuang, why don’t you leave this gambler? He gambles all the money you earn with your body, and he also prostitutes other women. Why do you still follow him?’
Hongshuang snatched the cigarette from her mouth and took a strong drag. ‘Dongzi took me away from my poor hometown, and he is ruthless. He joined the local gang, so there is no way I can leave him. There are plenty of women who are worse off than me, and besides, he is still kind to me, so I’ll just get by day by day. We are women, after all, and we need a man to support us! But why do you do this job? I can tell that you are different from us, but you torture yourself like this, picking only the most perverted men to accompany, they are simply beasts, you know? Looking at you like this, you won’t be able to work for a few more days.‘
’It doesn’t matter! The more such people, the more money they pay.’ The woman took out a wad of money from her chest and handed it to Hongshuang. “Get me some powder, I’m almost done!” Her body began to tremble.
‘Let’s go home first, you can hold on a little longer!’ Hongshuang hurriedly helped her.
Back at the low, dilapidated bungalow they rented, she desperately shook off Hongshuang’s hand and rushed into her room, slamming the door behind her. Then there was a muffled sound from the room, the sound of her head hitting a hard object, and a moan of pain that she forced herself to suppress. ’Sister Tian, just bear with it a little longer, I’ll go find those people to buy the powder right away!’
Hongshuang anxiously urged, before plunging into the darkness of the night.
A paradise on fire! It burned endlessly, staining half the sky red.
The golden cherry blossoms, along with the blood of countless people, and her—eyes of sorrow and despair—sank together into this land! Sinking into the unrecoverable hell!
Why has she not been forgotten? Why do you have to think of this woman he hates so much?
The soft, white female body beneath him squirmed restlessly. She wanted more – his love! His hand was sliding over her body, every inch of her skin as smooth and delicate as a baby’s. The development of the girl’s fresh and vibrant body was so moving, with a round and beautiful buttocks, a slender and supple waist, and soft and firm breasts that filled the palm of his hand. Her two long legs entwined themselves around his body like a snake.
He got bored and got up to get dressed.
‘Why, was my performance not satisfactory to Mr. Yuan?‘ the young girl asked sweetly. In the darkness, she could only vaguely make out the silhouette of a man wearing white casual clothes. Even his figure was so handsome and elegant. She liked him, but she was definitely not infatuated like other women!
’Miss Jin, I must admit that I admire you. You are capable of anything for the one you love. First you framed him, then you plotted against him, and now you are devoted to him. You are indeed different from other women, both clever and foolish.’ There was an incredible gentleness in his words.
She just let out a dry laugh and picked up her clothes from the ground to put them on. ‘Isn’t Mr. Yuan just as clever and stupid as I am? For the woman he loves, not to mention the priceless Golden Valley, even the innocent people who grew flowers for you were all destroyed together.’
The two stared at each other and suddenly laughed with great understanding.
It seemed as if the stars had fallen into the water, and there was a dreamlike sea before them.
Yuan Chuohan and Jin Yuyi leaned on the railing of the cruise ship, gazing at the beautiful scenery in the distance. They were both people who had grown up in darkness, and they possessed the blood of evil and enchantment. They were as free as the wind, as passionate as fire, and their emotions were as harsh as ice. For the sake of their loved ones, they could sacrifice everything and destroy everything. The lives and deaths of others did not matter to them at all.
‘When I first met him, I knew I was done for. I knew he was only using me, but I was willing to do anything for him, as long as he was happy. Even if he called out the name of another woman during sex, I could forgive that. But what I couldn’t stand was that he risked his life just to save that unworthy woman. Did he ever care about me at all? So I must destroy that woman. I will make him feel so miserable that even if he dies, he will only be able to die with me!‘ she said sadly.
’You should know that that woman belongs only to me!‘ He looked out at the calm sea, where a full moon was rising, illuminating his perfect, cold profile.
’I know what will happen if I offend you. After all, the Jin family is not powerful enough to compete with you. That’s why I agreed to be your fiancee so that you could take your revenge!’ she said cunningly.
‘There’s another purpose, isn’t there? You want to provoke him to hate me even more, and you want him to let go of his reservations, because he doesn’t want to fully integrate into your world, which is an unforgivable fall for him. But in this world, if he wants to become as powerful as me, he has to resort to unscrupulous means. But his outstanding family background restrains him from doing that, doesn’t it?’
She applauded in admiration. ‘Mr Yuan, no wonder your empire is so impenetrable, even the destruction of the Golden Valley did not hurt your core. For someone like you, if you become your opponent, that would be the greatest misfortune in his life. By the way, you love Fang Tianya, why did you marry me? Can you bear to make her sad?’
‘Miss Jin, please don’t mention that name in front of me!’ He snorted.
‘Why?’ Jin Yu laughed recklessly. “I really don’t understand, if you love her, why do you have to cruelly torture her and hurt her?”
He suddenly turned around, his thin lips tightly closed, outlining a cold lip shape. In an instant, the bright moon seemed to have lost its radiance, and the raging storm raged in his eyes. It was an unadorned hatred that was engraved in his heart, and pain!
‘I’m warning you for the last time,’ her hair was roughly pulled up close to him by him, his breath lingering on her lips, with a bloody sweetness, those cold, charmingly seductive dark eyes, full of murderous intent. “Don’t ever mention her name again!
Never—don’t ever mention her!”
** *** **
‘Grandma, when I grow up, I will make your life good! Then I will buy you whatever you want, okay?‘ The little girl with two cute pigtails raised her rosy, cute face and announced her lofty ambitions to her grandmother.
’Good, my little girl really understands! What do you want to be when you grow up?’ Grandma asked happily.
‘Well…‘ The little girl thought for a long time with her head bowed, her face turning red. What should she do? “That’s right, I’ll open a bakery, then you can have buns every day!”
Grandma just drank the water in her mouth and spluttered, spilling it all over the little girl. She pouted and used her sleeve to wipe the water off her face, but the water – the water that had rubbed onto her sleeve was blood-red, and she screamed in horror.
’Grandma…’
‘Hey! Wake up, wake up! Sister Tian, don’t sleep! Something’s happened!‘
Her head ached as she opened her eyes. The morning sun shone into the dark hut for the rare occasion, and the scarlet pillow was a little bright and dazzling.
’What’s wrong?’ Her voice was hoarse from dryness.
‘The boss you were with last night, Song, died this morning. I heard that he was having a nice meal with his wife when suddenly he started bleeding from all seven orifices and died in the blink of an eye. Isn’t that strange? The police suspect that his wife poisoned him and have arrested her.’ Hongshuang said with glee. Song’s wife was famous for being a shrew in the area, which was why Song, even though he was unfaithful, dared not stay out late at night.
She was a little dazed and didn’t say anything.
‘I also heard a strange thing. Boss Song’s body was swollen and turned purple, and even the blood that came out was purple, just like—just like your eyes—’ Hong Shuang suddenly couldn’t continue. She looked at the half-naked woman on the bed in shock, her eyes like purple jade, a little lost. No way? She winced and took a few steps back, only to hear a crash as she accidentally knocked over a thermos, spilling the water all over the floor.
‘I-I didn’t mean to!‘ Hongshuang opened her mouth wide, a little at a loss.
’I’m not a demon, don’t be afraid!’ She painfully covered her eyes, which had been soaked in the sinful flower and had turned purple. She understood, she understood why Boss Song was dead, and why the blood that had flowed from him was purple.
Because the blood flowing from her was the blood of a demon, that purple, strange, desperate and cold “love”!
She was his eternal possession, even if he destroyed her, even if she turned to ashes, her soul could not escape!
Outside the house, she heard the sound of a hawker selling tea eggs on the street.
‘Oh yes, I almost forgot, this is the breakfast I bought for you.’ Hongshuang placed a plastic bag on a small table, inside were several steaming tea eggs and a piece of fried bread. I spent all the money I had on buying you white powder last night, so don’t complain about the food. Just make do with it for now.‘
’Thank you!’ She weakly flashed her a smile, and Hong Shuang, flustered, turned away and pretended to be unconcerned, saying, ’I know you definitely didn’t have anything to do with Boss Song’s death. You’re just a weak woman, so what can you do? I’m just afraid that his wife’s brother is the local triad boss, and if they find out that you were with Boss Song last night, I’m afraid they’ll take it out on you. Sister Tianya, you have to be prepared.”
Fang Tianya let out a “hmm” and grabbed a colourless garment from the bed and put it on, then took a tea egg from the table and slowly peeled back the skin and ate it.
‘Why don’t you just run away? I have some money here, it’s all yours. This really isn’t the place for you to be, sister, just escape!‘ Hongshuang was really worried.
’Look at you, worrying! I’ll be fine!’ Fang Tianya gently wiped away the tears of worry on her face, touched by this unfortunate girl who had fallen into prostitution but had a kind heart. ’No one will do anything to me, do you believe that? And you said it yourself, I’m not like other people, I won’t let people bully me!’
‘Is that true?’ Hong Shuang was doubtful. “If you really are not ordinary, then why do you have to do this? Is it because you don’t have money to buy drugs that you have to do this?”
Fang Tianya turned her head and looked out the window. In this city, the sky in April was a little grey, like a sharp, spiky net falling from the sky, and she was covered in blood.
‘This is my deserved punishment!’ Her lips, which had lost all colour, trembled. “If heaven allows me to live, then I will live in a wretched way; if it wants me to die, then I will die!” Is there a difference between living and dying like this? She had completely become a slave to drugs, and the poison of love raged within her every night. Entering the darkness was like entering a hell from which there was no escape, with no light, no warmth, only cold despair and endless degradation. She so wanted to sleep forever and never wake up. She didn’t want to face this reality, which was even more ruthless than hell. She felt no hope in life. If only she could die! Death! When these two words appeared, a sudden longing arose in her heart. But when she closed her eyes, there was always the evil, dark breath enveloping her, the hand that manipulated her fate, the hand of the devil.
But it was her choice!
There was a sharp pain in her chest, and her whole body trembled with pain, gradually numbing. It was as if her soul was floating out of that corpse-like shell and drifting to a place of nothingness and emptiness. Relief. Let her be relieved. She was really tired, so tired! The frightened face of Hongshuang in front of her was expanding. She wanted to reach out to comfort her kind sister, but her hand reached halfway into the air and fell down listlessly and weakly. Red, purple, black, the ghostly illusions, along with the gloomy and evil aura, pounced at her.
Trapped in a web, she was startled from her dream
The grey sky was hung with leaden, heavy clouds.
Raindrops trickled from the eaves in a curtain, and the dirty windows were washed clean. This was just a humble little house, and the street outside was a mess. There was a public toilet by the roadside, and every night you could hear the drunken men vomiting and defecating, because the toilet was only separated from the house by a wall.
When the sky is overcast, the house is bleak and dark. There is no electricity in the house. This slum area is about to be demolished, so sometimes there is no water or electricity. ‘Dang-dang-’ the old wall clock left by the landlord emits a dull cry, and the moist air that rushes in through the half-open window brings a rare breath of fresh air. She seems to have just awakened from a dream, a beautiful and luxurious dream, in which the flowers bloom and the beauty is bloody.
“Do you know how I treat those who betray me?’ he said to her with a smile.
In the idyllic mountain villa, the unknowing people were still immersed in the carnival atmosphere of the grand opening of the villa. During the day, the dreamlike and magnificent scenery, the fine wine, delicious food and beautiful women at the dinner party made them so happy that they forgot to return. Who knew that miles away at the border, a brutal killing had just ended, and in the lively mountain villa, in a mysterious basement, another killing was underway. And the person in charge is the much-acclaimed business tycoon – the young man with an elegant and charming smile, Yuan Chuohan, the president of the FTY Group.
The eerie and empty basement is lit by dozens of incandescent lights, making it as bright as day.
A poisonous golden flower grows tenaciously from the soil in the corner of the wall, greedily sucking in the smell of blood in the air.
A piece of white paper was covering the man’s face, and his limbs were firmly chained to a chair. Several burly men with strong muscles took turns swinging the thick, hard, round wooden batons at the man’s lower abdomen. No cries of pain were heard, but the piece of white paper covering the man’s face quickly turned red, and red liquid kept spurting out of his mouth in gulps. The tragic, bloody red colour exuded the strongest sweet and fishy smell.
She was not far from this game, sitting in the arms of the handsome man like a god. His arms were wrapped around her petite body with strength, his embrace was warm, and his face had the most charming smile. But she couldn’t see it, she couldn’t feel it. He looked down at the person in his arms. Her eyelids were drooping, as if she were asleep. But he knows she is not asleep. His kind lover is wrapping herself in a cocoon, tightly, hiding herself. She wants to escape from it all, but in this world of the strong devouring the weak, in this game dominated by him, he is destined to be the final winner, and she, she can only yield! He wants not only her body, but her heart, and he wants her entire soul to belong to him! Not just in this life, but in all of her lives! Because he is her poison, and she is his poison. The poison of love has made him unable to tolerate the slightest betrayal or deception. Love in the human world is the most terrible poison in the world, and it can drive people crazy like this!
‘Your friend, he is dying. Can you bear to see him like this, living, spitting out the last drop of blood in his body, suffering before he dies?’ His evil breath lingered and teased in her sensitive ear. Her eyelashes trembled slightly, and a tear slowly flowed from the corner of her eye. If I beg you, will you agree? You will only humiliate and torture me a hundred times more! And this person, he will die even more miserably! Because your greatest joy now is watching how I suffer!
‘How cruel, my dear! You really won’t take one last look at him? He revealed his identity to protect you, and he hid himself very well. I almost destroyed him. And your colleagues, they are still wandering in the mountains and forests, the poisonous miasma and traps, as well as the mercenary killers buried in the jungle, will kill them one by one. Aren’t you really worried at all?’
Her eyelashes flickered a few times, but she still didn’t open her eyes. Hua Ju They are all battle-hardened people, and they will definitely not be easily eliminated. He is lying!
He sighed with some frustration, and then said coldly, ‘Yu Tianheng, don’t blame me for being heartless!’
“Yu – Tianheng?’ It’s him? She quickly opened her eyes. He was staring at her, his beautiful lips curving up in a gentle arc, but his eyes were cold, like the endless loneliness and coldness of the long night.
‘Yu-Tian-Heng! He is still so important to you. I really underestimated your devotion!’ He laughed mockingly, gesturing for his men to take away the bloody paper. A face with knife marks was revealed, but at this moment, this face had no colour at all.
Yuan San! It’s him!
He’s not Yuan San, he’s Yu Tianheng’s cousin, Chen Feng, a famous detective in the police force. He mysteriously disappeared many years ago, and it turned out that after plastic surgery, he infiltrated the Golden Valley and went to great lengths to collect evidence of the Dark Team’s crimes. Unfortunately, his efforts were in vain. If it wasn’t for the time Yu Tianheng and Hu Huaju tried to take a risk and take you out, I wouldn’t have noticed his abnormality. You know what? I do admire him a little, because it is harder than ever for the Dark Team to gain my trust, but he almost did it. How could someone like this be willing to work for Yu Tianheng? What a pity, he will soon regret his stupid choice!
She looked at the man she had caused harm to. His face was as pale and dispirited as wax, with no blood left in it. His lips were tightly closed, and there was still a trace of blood around his lips. Suddenly, he opened his eyes. There seemed to be a smile in those eyes, a miserable and strange smile. His Adam’s apple moved hard, but he didn’t say anything.
The golden flowers in the corner were watered by the blood that dripped from the ground, and the petals spread even more, filling the air with a sweet, fishy fragrance.
The dream woke up.
This was a strange place, a place she didn’t know. A street full of filth and all kinds of evil, a city of debauchery and obscenity.
He said, ‘I hate you! I hate your ridiculous ideals and responsibilities, and so-called justice and righteousness! This world is inherently black, and you don’t understand!
Your light can only belong to me!
So I won’t let you die!’
There was a crash, the sound of a bottle breaking, and the air was immediately filled with the strong smell of cheap perfume. Then there was a curse, ‘Damn stray cat! The perfume I just bought is ruined!’
Fang Tianya saw the head of a small black cat peek through the door, and its glowing, dark green eyes glanced at her first. It turned out that this woman was not as fierce as the wild girl outside and did not pose a threat, so it strutted over, jumped onto the small table on her bed, and showed off its graceful physique. Then it escaped through the half-open window with her oil cake in its mouth. Her eyes unconsciously followed its figure out the window. There was a tree in the small courtyard, and the lush branches hung low, close to her window. Drops of rain fell from the dark green leaves.
It seemed that her grandmother had once joked that when someone was about to die, their soul would be taken by a cat. Otherwise, why would cats have nine lives? And this black cat had come to take her life, hadn’t it?
A few flies buzzed past her eyes and landed on the tea eggs on the small table. The black cat only took the fried dough cake, it was not interested in the tea egg, which was half-eaten and exposed its yellow and white colours. She covered her mouth, a wave of nausea came over her, and she remembered the fat and perverted man from last night. She didn’t know how she had got through it, because when he pounced on her, she had probably been weak, or maybe it was the fear, or maybe it was something else, but she had fainted. When she woke up, all she had was the money that had fallen on her body, which ached so much that it was almost numb.
She was already a prostitute. She was now a prostitute living at the bottom of the lowest level!
When she looked up, she saw her own blurred reflection in the mirror. Was she laughing? Was that an indistinct face, a human face or a ghostly face? Or was it just the face of a wicked person with blood-stained hands?
The half-closed door was gently pushed open, and Hongshuang, who had a sad face and was looking for someone to blame for the death of her cat, stuck her head in. She was shocked to see her smile.
‘I’m not dead yet, don’t be scared!‘ she said with a relaxed and happy smile.
’You’ve finally woken up? You scared the hell out of me just now. I advise you to quit taking drugs. Look at you, half-human, half-ghost. No drug addict ever ends up well!‘ Hongshuang let out a long sigh and went to get the thermos flask while she went on nagging.
’I’m fine. Look, I’m as lively as ever,’ Fang Tianya said to himself with a self-deprecating laugh.
‘Pah! You’re still full of life in that sickly state!’ Hong Shuang snapped at her, then found a broken cup and poured some water in. At that moment, a sweet and refreshing aroma came from the water, which even managed to mask the perfume smell coming from Hong Shuang. A golden flower petal floated on the surface of the water, which became even more dazzling after being soaked in the water. Old Li was here a while ago. He left these flowers for you to brew into tea. I don’t know what’s got into him to be so kind, but the tea smells so good. I wonder what kind of flowers are in it. I’ll try some first.‘
Fang Tianya snatched the cup away, her hands shaking violently. “You can’t drink it!”
’What a good thing, so precious! Never mind, I won’t drink it,’ Hong Shuang smiled graciously. ’By the way, who is that Yuan Chu Han person? You kept calling out that name while you were unconscious!‘
The rain outside continued to fall, when suddenly a flash of lightning like the fangs of a poisonous snake swirled past the window, and a clap of thunder followed.
The glass fell from her hands and shattered.
’Tianjie, are you okay?’ Hongshuang looked at her blankly.
She shook her head in confusion, got up mechanically, and went barefoot to pick up the broken glass on the floor.
‘Ouch, don’t move, you’ll prick your hands and feet!’ Hong Shuang shouted anxiously.
She stopped.
She raised a finger, which had been pricked by the glass, and felt a slight pain. Blood slowly dripped down. She put her finger in her mouth, sucked it, closed her eyes quietly, and enjoyed the taste of the blood. A faint light shone in, and her dark red lips and sharp, pale, melon-shaped face were covered in a faint, evil light.
‘I heard it was you who killed Boss Song?’ The room where the hostesses waited for their clients was filled with the smell of cosmetics and perfume. A tall, heavily made-up woman with a snake-like waist walked over to Fang Tianya, who was sitting in the corner. The room was suddenly silent, and all eyes turned to her. The wealthy boss Song is the god of wealth that all the ladies want to get, because everyone in the circle knows that although he is a bit tyrannical and perverted, he is extremely generous and gives tips ten times those of other customers. Not to mention that he is completely useless in that department, so it is worth it to suffer a bit for the money.
Hong Shuang, who was sitting next to Fang Tianya, recognised her as the most popular girl here, Piao Piao. She was especially famous for her perky, beautiful buttocks, which were almost as long as her waist. She was lucky enough to be noticed by the boss of the place, Brother Zhi, and had been with him a few times. That was why she was so arrogant and deliberately excluded the other girls. But after all, no one dared to provoke her.
‘Sister Piao Piao, Sister Tian had nothing to do with the death of Boss Song, so don’t believe the nonsense people are saying!‘ She plucked up the courage to defend Fang Tianya.
’Pang’ A slap was slapped on Hong Shuang’s face. Piao Piao withdrew her hand, and a mouthful of cigarette smoke came out of her scarlet lips. She said, ’Did I speak to you? Don’t fucking butt in here! I don’t care if you’re backing him up, who the hell is he? I’m asking this woman a question, understand?‘
Hong Shuang covered her cheeks in distress, her tears spinning in her eyes, but she didn’t dare let them fall.
’Are you asking me a question?’ Fang Tianya stood up, her unremarkable height reaching only to Piao Piao’s shoulders.
‘Yes, I’m asking you!’ Floating looked her up and down with disdain. Her face was as white as paper, with seductive red lips and purple eyes. She was petite but had clearly defined curves. Although she wasn’t a beauty, the more you looked at her, the more of a charming and seductive air she gave off, making people jealous to death. Especially her eyes, which were different from those of ordinary people. They were beautiful and mesmerising, so beautiful that you really hate to use your sharp fingers to blind them!
‘But who do you think you are!’ Fang Tianya raised his hand and, in a flash, slapped her hard across the face. Piao Piao had never expected her to fight back, and she was stunned by the sudden blow. It took her five seconds to come to her senses, and she screamed so loud that it almost pierced the roof. Her egg-plant coloured fingernails clutched menacingly as she lunged at her. Fang Tianya didn’t wait for her to get close, and kicked her again. Piao Piao’s cute bottom was kissed firmly onto the ground, and she couldn’t get up for a long time.
Red Frost jumped up excitedly, clapping her hands and exclaiming, ‘Sister Tian, you’re amazing!’ The other ladies around her were also shocked. They had never expected the seemingly weak and delicate newcomer to knock the tall and strong Piao Piao to the ground.
Fang Tianya patted her chest, trying to suppress the intense nausea that had just washed over her. She had used all her strength just now, and her body was shaking violently as she curled up into a ball on the ground, dry heaving.
‘Bastard! How dare you hit me!‘ Piao Piao lay on the carpet in a heap, moaning and struggling to get up.
The security guards from the hotel outside heard the commotion in the room and hurriedly pushed the door open.
’Ah Sheng, you hurry up and get Brother Zhi for me, this woman is going to kill me!’ Piao Piao managed to get up, crying like a broken flower, grabbing onto a man and playing the weakling.
‘Who would dare?‘ Ah-Sheng looked around heroically.
’It’s-’ Piao Piao blinked, “Where did that bitch go?”
Hongshuang and Fang Tianya took advantage of the chaos to escape from the hotel. The lights in the drizzle confused their eyes, and the cars on the road made them wonder which road led to heaven and which led to hell.
A white Toyota squeaked to a halt in front of them. ‘Hurry up! If Zhi’s men catch up, we’re done for!’ Old Li’s face was a little flustered under the car window.
The car pulled them towards a villa area in the suburbs. ‘Brother Li, I can’t tell that you’re still a big spender! You have a car and a villa. Why don’t I just become your mistress? I don’t mind if you’re ugly!’ Hong Shuang said excitedly as she sat in the car.
Li focused on driving, and cracked a smile. ‘This lady beside you, if she says the word, what do you want can’t you have?’
Hongshuang opened her mouth wide, and suddenly burst out laughing: ‘Are you kidding? If she had money, she wouldn’t be a third-rate escort.’
Fang Tianya curled up in the back seat, her cold eyes drifting outside the car window. Suddenly she let out a low groan, and finally vomited like a storm.
‘Miss Fang, are you pregnant?‘ asked the old man Li without turning his head.
There was silence in the car. Fang Tianya covered his mouth and said tiredly, “No, I’m just a bit sick to my stomach.”
’You don’t need to deny it! While you were asleep, I already checked, and you should congratulate you and Mr. Yuan. Oh yes, I forgot to tell you, I graduated from medical school with a doctorate, so I definitely won’t be wrong!’
Fang Tianya felt an insidious breath crawl over his back, and suddenly his skin broke out in goosebumps. Hongshuang let out a cry of surprise, not knowing whether it was excitement or surprise. Before she could ask what was going on, the car had already pulled into a villa, and the large black iron gate was slowly closing.
‘Who the hell are you?’ He had a hunch that he was definitely more than just someone from the secret group.
He turned around, smiling as he took off his gold-rimmed glasses. His despicable face, which had previously been locked in contempt, now had a more bloodthirsty and sinister look. ‘I think Miss Fang still remembers a video clip she saw before. It was of a poor woman who had her baby taken from her alive!’
Fang Tianya shuddered as the horrific scene came back to her. The stunning woman who had been beaten to death, the blood all over the floor, the woman’s eyes full of infinite resentment and hatred before she died –
She covered her mouth and almost vomited again, and Hongshuang hurriedly hugged her. Dozens of men armed with weapons gathered in the courtyard, their animal-like eyes shining in the dark night.
‘I was also following orders. Miss Fang, please don’t resent me even in the underworld! Resent Yuan Chuhan instead, who made you the one he loved!’ He laughed eerily, but the laughter was even more unbearable than crying. He never would have imagined that the woman he loved the most would get the same retribution!”
The next chapter will be the last. It’s finally coming to an end. Let’s celebrate in advance! 🙂
Thank you, sisters who read my story. I’m ashamed.
And the third part of my story is not about them. Their story ends here. It’s not about their daughter, poor little girl. The next chapter will be the last. It’s not about Tianheng and Jin’yu. I won’t tell you about it for now.
Lili, this poison really came about only after being inspired by GGMM. Hehe, because it wasn’t cruel enough, I went ahead with it anyway. And I can be called Tiantian Xiaotian every day. I recently saw a vest with the same name as the protagonist’s name.
Everything is destroyed, and this ending…sweat…
Death (The End)
It was as silent as stagnant water, engulfed in darkness that no amount of sunlight could penetrate. The cold was so intense that it felt like a thousand sharp claws were clawing at her, each with a fiendish grin, as if they were attacking her from all directions. Bound hand and foot, she curled up in the corner, her palms drenched in cold sweat. A scream was stuck in her throat, but fear prevented her from letting it out, and it turned into shivering all over her body.
She was afraid of the cold and the darkness, afraid of the terrible nightmares in the dark, afraid of the loneliness and desolation after losing her grandmother, and afraid of the feeling of the cold seeping into her body. Although she had always been careful to hide it, she didn’t want people to see her vulnerability. But he knew that his eyes had the magic power to see through people, and nothing about her could escape his scrutiny. He always likes to quietly watch her, holding her close to him, surrounded by the blooming mountain flowers, the babbling brook, and the gentle breeze blowing like his hand. It’s like the world will last forever, as if they are the only two people in the world. Every night, he likes her to nestle like a kitten in his arms and absorb his body heat. After the passion, she always falls asleep quickly. In the room, there is a lamp lit, with a soft light, like the hazy light of the moon half hidden by the clouds, quiet and warm. All around her is his hot breath, and his figure fills her mind. Even her previous nightmares have been replaced by his gentle and overbearing affection. If this is a lifetime, she would rather never wake up!
Never before has she loved someone so much, never before has she hated someone so deeply, never before has she been so infatuated with someone’s embrace, and never before has she been so afraid and terrified of someone’s appearance and smile. No, never before—
Tianqin Mountain, Golden Valley! She likes the mountains and waters there, the picturesque places, and the warm spring-like temperatures make her complexion much better than before. She even wants to forget why she came here. If she can grow old with him here, it would be so good, free from the troubles and sorrows of the world, free from those evils and uglinesses. But how can she forget? Perhaps he was even more eager for her to forget than she was herself, which is why he went to such lengths to paint a rosy picture of prosperity and peace in front of her. Beautiful dreams are just dreams after all, and what is meant to be will always come to pass! The beautiful mansion cannot hide the sinful atmosphere of the golden cherry blossoms. He is the most poisonous golden flower. His bloodthirsty cruelty and coldness make him regard the law and justice as nothing. The lives of the dead are like trampled grass and willows. He is just such a person, a complete bad guy. However, he is hopelessly in love with her. Because of his deep love, he is even more afraid of hurting her. Because of his fear, he always hurts the two of them until they are bloody and will not stop until they die!
Until death do they part!
With a loud ‘pop’, the dead silence in the room was broken only by the flicker of a ghostly floor lamp, illuminating the poisonous eyes and cold teeth of a man.
‘Where’s Hongshuang?’
‘Don’t worry about her, she’s got a whole bunch of men waiting on her hand and foot!’ He grinned, his gold-rimmed glasses flashing a cold light.
‘Bastard! What have you done to her?’ She was tied up and half-hanging from the air conditioning duct, her arms already numb, but she was insensitive. She just hated that she had involved another innocent!
In the dim light, his twisted smile was somewhat terrifyingly lewd. ‘For a prostitute, being played with by one man is the same as being played with by many men. It’s no big deal. I’m just following the example of your lover. He would always hand over women he didn’t like to his men to gang rape, slowly playing them to death, or using the most primitive method, beating them to death alive. He didn’t even spare pregnant women. What I did is nothing.’
Fang Tianya felt cold down to the core, but the blood in his body seemed to be bursting out.
‘Miss Fang, it’s your turn soon!’ He took a step back and said slowly. ‘I’ve been waiting for this day for a long time.’
‘It’s me you want to take revenge on, so come at me, don’t involve the innocent!’ she cried out in pain.
‘Innocent people? Who is innocent? Who deserves it? You? Or me? Don’t think that just because he didn’t let your hands spill blood, you are clean. You are just as guilty as he is. You are all murderers, and your souls are just as dirty! Just to complete your happiness, the lives of everyone are not worth even a dog’s life! Look at yourself, at your hands, at your body, it’s covered in blood, the blood of those who died tragically because of you. Do you see it? You killed them! You did!’ Ruthless words like arrows filled with poison, piercing her body without mercy. The poison soaked into her heart and mind, tearing apart her internal organs, every inch of her blood vessels, every cell, as if they were twisting and burning and exploding in a fire, but her soul was immersed in bone-chilling deep water. Every strand of water that slowly flowed past her became a sharp, sharp blade cutting into her flesh and blood. She gasped in despair and agony. Those who had died, those innocent ghosts, they were pouncing at her, pouncing her into the endless hell where there was no light to be seen –
‘No!’ She gasped, her eyes wide with fear like those of a frightened animal, shaking her head desperately. “I didn’t kill anyone! I didn’t kill anyone!”
He strode over to her, looming over her, his dark figure taking her breath away, his ghostly gaze making her see the shadow of death.
Who was it? Who let out a faint sigh, as if right next to her ear, a sound of endless infinite resentment and lamentation that made every pore on her back stand up. She winced and looked up, her face full of tears. Suddenly, a shadowy figure of a woman with dishevelled hair appeared in the window opposite. The woman’s face gradually became clearer, and it was the face of a tortured woman with a distorted face. Blood, her eyes were bleeding, her body was covered in blood, her lower body was also bleeding, and her white dress was covered in sticky dark red blood!
‘Are you scared?’ He held out his hand and her screams were muffled in the palm of his hand. She struggled, desperately struggling. With his other hand, he pulled her hair and pulled her towards him. He mocked, ’He protected you too well. I heard that you were an undercover cop, but where is the courage and resourcefulness of an undercover agent? Unfortunately, I haven’t seen it. He changed you, didn’t he? He turned you into a delicate woman, a canary that can’t stand the wind and rain. You see, that woman is just a shadow I let be projected. You’re so disappointing! If you were that pregnant woman, and those ruthless men were punching you in the stomach, punch after punch, could you, and the unborn child in your belly, feel their pain before they died? Do you want to try?’ His hand gently stroked her belly, and she trembled and shivered, her clenched teeth unable to stop the involuntary chattering. His hand seemed to be trying to pierce her abdomen, where a tiny life was growing inside her. But his wild eyes were glowing with excitement and bloodlust. He wanted to rip the embryo out alive, drenched in blood, tearing it apart and chewing it up!
‘Clang!’ A bucket of cold water with ice cubes was poured over her head. The bone-chilling cold woke her from her daze and sent her almost into madness. Every pore on her body opened up, and the continuous stabbing pain penetrated through them, crawling like a snake to every part of her body. Her chin was grabbed by a large hand like a pair of fire tongs, and she could hear her bones being crushed.
‘Trying to play dead? Open your eyes. I haven’t let him see you like this yet, but I’ll make him feel the same pain!’ His cold laugh echoed in her ears. A crystal lamp was lit in the room, and the windows were covered by black curtains that kept the air from escaping.
She opened her eyes. Her cold, purple eyes were filled with a cold smile, and she pulled the corners of her mouth up, spitting “phooey” at his sinister and ugly face. He was furious, but his raised hand could not fall. The light shone on this petite pale face, the sharp thin chin, the bloodstains on the cherry lips, and the unyielding burning purple eyes, creating a thrillingly beautiful scene. Ice water ran down her face, her thin dress completely soaked, outlining every curve of her body, like a voluptuous snake, like a thorny flower. He gasped heavily, turning his head away with difficulty. This woman, this woman… She is a demon, a demon sent by heaven to destroy them! Finally, he understood why that person was obsessed with her, and was even willing to destroy everything for her, because she was a demon! She was not beautiful, but the fragile but unyielding soul in her body was like a spring of pure water, and her charm was like a poisonous flower. Once you fall into her eyes, you will never be able to break free! It was a feeling of weakness and inability to resist, an irresistible magic!
‘Brother Li!’ His subordinate hurriedly called out, seeing that he was in a daze.
Has he been bewitched? Has a demon possessed him? Damn it, he almost fell for her charm! He slapped himself twice, turned around sharply and gritted his teeth, ‘Is everything ready outside?’
“Ready. Dozens of snipers have been arranged along the way here, and the brothers outside have already planted explosives. As long as their people take a single step inside, they will be blown to pieces, there is no doubt about it!’
‘Good!’ he said with satisfaction, “point the camera at Miss Fang, the show is about to begin. The people he sent to monitor and protect you have already been eliminated by me, even if he comes himself now, he cannot save you. Ah-sheng, it’s time to connect us to Mr Yuan, he’s in a depressed mood right now, maybe still on his honeymoon in the Mediterranean with a beautiful and noble lady, let him see for himself how his woman died tragically, he will regret and suffer for the rest of his life, hahaha!” he laughed maniacally.
‘My child, is he healthy?‘ she whispered.
He was stunned.
’Didn’t you say you were a medical doctor? Then you must know, is he doing well in my belly?’ She looked at him pleadingly, then, with tender eyes, looked at her own belly and said softly, ’My child, are you okay? Poor mommy is going to let you down again. Later, you mustn’t cry out in pain, otherwise mommy will die of pain first, okay? My poor child, be good!’
‘Are you—are you crazy?’ For some reason, listening to her loving and compassionate words, he felt a chill run down his spine. Her gaze was so kind and gentle, and her face wore a sweet smile—sweet, but also frightening!
‘Brother Li, it’s connected.‘ For some reason, Ah Sheng’s voice was shaking. On the screen in front of him, a figure appeared, slender and cold, his face as calm as water. Behind him was the dark sea and the dark night sky.
’Yuan Chuohan, look carefully. Your woman is now in my hands, and she is pregnant with your child!’ Lao Li said sternly, but his heart couldn’t help but feel weak. This man is the master of the Dark Empire, his spies have influence in every corner, and he is a devil who can easily control the lives and deaths of the people. Usually, he doesn’t even have the opportunity to look at this man who is as noble as an emperor, but now he dares to face him, only because he has a trump card in his hand. That is Yuan Chu Han’s lifelong love, the only woman who can drive this cold-hearted man crazy. Although Yuan Chuohan had apparently abandoned her and sent her to this nasty and dirty place, any man who dared to provoke her would end up dead. He wanted her to suffer, but he would never allow the man who touched her to live past tomorrow, because she would always be his and he would never give her up in his life!
A man who is no longer merciless, when he has feelings, it is also the end of him!
He on the screen had no expression on his face, just staring coldly at himself.
‘What are you looking at? Do you know who I am?’ His composure was a little disturbed, and he yelled at the evil man in front of the screen.
A contemptuous sneer rose at the corner of his thin, beautiful lips. “Do I need to know who someone is when they are about to die?”
Lao Li shuddered hard. The cold and cruel smile of Yuan Han spread like a dense black blanket over every inch of the space here, and no one could escape the murderous aura that made the heart completely cold. He suddenly regretted listening to that person and taking this great risk. That benefactor, who was perfect in his eyes like a god, was absolutely no match for this person in front of him. But now he had no other choice but to go all out! As soon as Yuan Chuohan died, the master of the Dark Empire would be his benefactor, and he would also rise rapidly to become the leader of the Dark Cloud, second only to his benefactor!
‘You—don’t be too arrogant. Don’t forget, I still have your woman!‘ His teeth began to chatter involuntarily.
’My woman?‘ He laughed softly, never once casting a glance at Fang Tianya. At that moment, a graceful beauty in white appeared by his side, snuggling up close to him.
’She is my woman, my future wife, do you understand?’ He said leisurely, putting his arm around the shoulders of the beautiful woman in white and smiling.
Old Li dared not let his subordinates see his desperate gaze. He said hatefully, ‘I don’t believe it. This woman has your child, and you don’t care about her at all?’
‘There are plenty of women who want to bear my children!’ He looked at Fang Tianya with contempt, and her eyes were also staring at him in a daze. His heart suddenly tightened, and the pain made it hard to breathe. But he couldn’t, he didn’t dare show any emotion, he couldn’t give his opponent a chance, as long as he could get through these few minutes, his men would surround the place, but these few minutes felt like an eternity.
A sighing smile suddenly appeared on the corner of her lips. She stopped looking at him and turned to Lao Li, saying with contempt, ‘Your wishful thinking has come to nothing. I really pity you. You are so gutless that you don’t even dare to look him in the eye. Are you even a man? You are nothing but a useless coward!’
‘Shut up!’ Lao Li shouted hysterically.
“Why should I shut up? I may be his unwanted woman, but you dare not kill me, you cowardly scum who deserves to be a scapegoat. Do you dare lay a hand on me?!‘ she continued.
’Shut up—don’t make me!’ Lao Li’s distorted face was hideous as he faced Fang Tianya. He punched her hard in the stomach, using all his strength. He didn’t want to see her eyes full of contempt, he didn’t want to see her laugh, no!
A mouthful of blood spurted from her mouth and splattered onto the fluorescent screen of the monitor. A strange flower bloomed on the screen, glowing with a pale light, gradually blurring his dark figure, his dark eyes, his mocking thin lips, and the pretty white shadow beside him—
‘My baby—you—don’t be afraid, mommy is here with you,’ she whispered.
‘My baby…’ she heard him cry out in despair. She lifted her heavy eyelids and looked at the dark figure. A heavy blow came from her lower abdomen again, and something flowed out of her lower body, hot and flowing like water.
She pursed her lips slightly, as if she was flirting with him every day, and then broke into a charming, mischievous smile. ‘Cold…’ Her lips moved, but blood kept flowing from the corners of her mouth, and the sound was instantly drowned out by the bloody silence.
Outside, there was a deafening explosion. The light was as bright as day, illuminating half the sky. A huge ball of fire was carried aloft by a cloud of smoke. The whole ground began to shake, and everything on the windowsill and walls of the secret room trembled in the sound of the explosion.
‘Clattering’ The glass shattered all over the floor, and the strong wind, carrying the shockwave of the explosion, rushed in.
‘What’s going on?’ Li’s eyes were filled with incredible fear, and he and his men were trembling like dogs on the ground. The sound of the explosion… The explosives they buried were not nearly as powerful as this, as if they were going to destroy the entire world. The chamber where she was imprisoned was extremely sturdy, with countless thick walls outside, and in a matter of seconds it was reduced to ashes. And the assassins waiting outside, how come they didn’t hear a thing? He was so shaken by the loud noise that he had no strength left. He trembled as he reached for his gun, only to hear another loud noise. The door to the room was kicked open, and dozens of heavily armed men in black uniforms charged in, their heavy weapons at the ready. The black muzzles were trained on everyone’s head. Their lightning-fast speed, superb physical skills, cold eyes and powerful weapons represented their terrifying identity.
‘I expected this,’ Li laughed miserably, suddenly leaping up like a tiger in an attempt to fight back for the last time. The leader mercilessly shot him in the lower body, and he screamed like a sugar cane cut in half and fell to the ground. The black-clad man stepped on his chest with his heavy leather boots and quickly drew a dagger with a cold gleam. He advanced and severed his tendons, and he wailed miserably like a ghost, while the others were already paralyzed with fear.
‘Tianjie –‘ Hongshuang, her hair dishevelled, rushed in, staring in disbelief at everything in front of her: the blood on the floor, the strong, sickening smell of blood, the murderous intent in the darkness, and the black-clad men, as terrifying and cold as the night. She collapsed to the ground, her mind a blank.
A cold barrel of a gun was pressed against her head, and she opened her mouth, stunned and terrified, unable to speak.
’Let her go!’ She heard a weak cry, it was Tian Jie! She hadn’t died yet! Without caring that death was at her side, she rolled over and threw herself next to her. Her face was weak and wan like a candle in the wind, and she was covered in blood.
‘Miss Fang, we must take you to the hospital immediately!’ said one of the black-clad men in a hurry. Judging from her appearance, she couldn’t hold on much longer. If she died, none of them could live either. This was the boss’s dead order!
Her pale, snow-white melon-shaped face revealed a strange smile as she said softly, ‘If you dare to touch me, do you believe I will kill myself immediately?’
‘Miss Fang-’ The black-clad man almost knelt before her. He had never seen such a stubborn woman who was not afraid of death. Did she not know that she was still bleeding? Did she not know that her life was in danger? What on earth was she doing?
‘Sister Tian, go to the hospital quickly, or you will lose the baby in your womb!‘ Hong Shuang was so anxious that she wanted to jump off a building.
’I won’t go, I want to wait for him to come!’ Her dazed and confused gaze passed through her, through everything in front of her that was blocking her, and looked into the distant nothingness.
Time was passing by little by little, and her life was shrinking little by little. A blood-red sun was setting in the sky, the last glory of the day. Hongshuang is about to faint. She can’t stand this bloody scene anymore. At this moment, she sees a pair of black leather boots, stepping on broken glass and quickly approaching. For no reason, she feels a chill and heavy oppression that is colder than the harshest winter, as if all the sky and clouds have been reduced to an overwhelming darkness. She forces herself to look up carefully.
It was a young man dressed entirely in black. His silhouette was exquisite, a beauty that was impossible to resist. He had a bloody beauty about him, and all the people bowed down to him respectfully. He ignored them all and walked straight up to him, picked up the bloodied woman from the ground, and gently held her in his arms. Perhaps it was her hallucination, or perhaps it was the contrast of the blood on the floor, but she saw tears streaming from the corners of his eyes – his tears were as red as blood. She thought she was dreaming, but that beautiful man, his body full of strength and power, was trembling with helplessness just like her. The pain and sorrow were like a huge undercurrent, making the air around him seem to weep with him.
He could not say a word. The moment her blood splattered on the screen, he felt as if he had died, overwhelmed by the despair in front of him. Some say that the thing a plant growing in the dark craves most is light, even though the darkness around it will always swallow up any light. She was the only light and warmth in his life. Her loneliness, her pain, her joy, her laughter, all the love, hate, sorrow and joy in her life were a fatal temptation to him, his mad obsession, the salvation of his ugly soul.
He could only hold the woman in his arms tightly. He dared not let go, for fear that if he did, he would lose her. No one dared to remind him at that moment, for he was so distraught, as if he had lost the whole world.
Her body was still warm, and her lips, which were still blood-red, had a last, beguiling smile on them. Her lips were slightly open, and he did not see the gun that she had picked up from the floor. ‘Cold…’ he heard her whisper his name, and in his ear her gentle, sad breath mingled with his own.
A dull gunshot.
‘You said that I could kill you, but I must never lie to you,’ her eyes suddenly bright as the brightest star in the sky. Her hands were stained with his blood.
‘Yes, I did. My life belongs to you!’ His thin lips curved like red maple leaves, and his smile was still so heart-stopping.
She gazed at him with a sigh, with a depth of feeling and determination he had never seen before. ‘Han, I love you! But I still have to kill you!’ She smiled, and her tears and blood fell together on his chest.
Let him fall to hell with her, for all eternity, never to be parted!
This legendary love and hate affair has come to an end!
Well, the gun is finally here.
It is likely that the pen name Wang Xiaotian will appear for the last time.
Extra: The Golden Valley
Looking up at the sky full of stars, I closed my eyes, clasped my hands together in prayer, and made a wish. He put his arms around my waist from behind, pressed his lips to the back of my neck, and laughed, ‘What are you doing? You look so serious!’
‘Making a wish!’ I said, and he made me feel a little uneasy with his confused breath. I pushed him away in anger.
He pulled a long face with some displeasure, because he liked the feeling of me nestling in his arms, and not this rejection of his closeness. I ignored him, this arrogant man who was sometimes as wilful as a child. Behind my back, he said with no sign of giving up, ‘You know, if you’re going to make a wish to the heavens, you might as well make it to me!’
I gave him a glare. ‘Are you the heavens?’
“Of course not! But I can give you everything you want, can it? It will only give you an illusory fantasy.’
I snorted through my nose and looked at his confident face. I felt a sense of unreality. He could indeed give me everything a woman could dream of, if I just asked for it – and I didn’t even have to ask, it would just come to me. But – but – he took my hand, drew me into his arms and caressed my hair affectionately with his chin. ‘Don’t be silly again, okay? I just want you to enjoy life and enjoy everything I give you. Do you know what my greatest wish is?‘
’No! And I don’t want to know!’ I said honestly. In fact, I was afraid to know. After a long silence, he sighed with resignation and said, ’You are an ostrich with your head in the sand. As long as you lift your head up, the world is yours!’
I remained silent, my eyes reflecting the light of the stars, a little lost and struggling. I begged the heavens to give me the courage to tell him those words. Just a few simple words, but they would be the words I chose to live by!
As dusk fell, I watched the sunset glow in the sky and the distant lake surface shimmering in the golden light. Although, there are never any signs of ageing on my face, only the beauty of each passing day, a beauty that even I myself don’t believe. Perhaps some people would say that this is the radiance of a woman immersed in the sweetness of love. Love, that purple, cold poison called ‘love’. I don’t know how it entered my body and became the poison that controls me, but I know that ever since I first tasted it, I have been living in hell. All struggles are hopeless, all light has become a shadow in the darkness. In his world, there is only infinite descent, descent—until the once dark and shiny eyes turn into the dazzling beauty of amethyst, a strange, cold purple colour, the final erosion of the poison of ‘love’.
And I, do I follow him into the abyss, or do I struggle to be myself?
Summary】
A young man with a background of power and wealth, a beautiful and peerless gang leader, and an ordinary and unremarkable little policeman, entangled in love and conspiracy…
They are people from two different worlds. One is a poppy blooming in the dark night, and the other is just a grass growing silently by the roadside. He is determined to make her give him the impossible love, but she has disappeared from his life ever since.
The second part of the finale: ‘Fang Tianya’
This is a period of youthful arrogance, a kind of passionate burning
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A beautiful mission
‘What? Me? Undercover?’ Fang Tianya, who was usually quick-witted, couldn’t believe it and pointed at his nose.
Behind the large desk was the youngest police officer in history, Liu, who was known as the ‘old fox’ for his astuteness. He said expressionlessly, ‘In theory, you shouldn’t have been sent in either area. You barely passed the police academy, and on your first day of internship here, you were complained about by the restaurant owner—.’
‘I was in a hurry to catch the thief and forgot to pay her, it wasn’t intentional!’ Fang Tianya defended himself aggrievedly.
The old fox glared at her, ’On the tenth day, you were sent on patrol and almost hit a traffic cop. After a lot of trouble, I fixed it for you, but then a few days later you messed up a case that the serious crimes unit had been planning for months, and one of your own people was beaten by you and had to go to the hospital. I won’t list all your other great achievements, but if it wasn’t for your dedication to duty and your devotion to the public, I would have fired you long ago. By the way, where’s the self-reflection you were supposed to write a week ago?”
The little mouse, with its head down and feeling dejected after being lectured, took out a crumpled piece of paper from its trouser pocket. Not giving up, it whispered, “I didn’t realise that the senior officer from the Serious Crime Unit looked so much like a little hooligan. His eyes always looked lustily at other people’s girls” bottoms…’
‘Fang Tianya!’ Liu, who was usually impassive, finally couldn’t hold back any longer and slammed his hand on the table. But then he took a deep breath, he couldn’t let this little girl get him flustered. ’I let you go undercover because you’re the least like a cop of all the cops in the station. You have a baby face and you’ve just graduated, so it’s not easy to be noticed if you’re pretending to be a high school student. Of course, you do have some ability.’ Seeing that the girl looked dejected, he slapped her face and then hurriedly stuffed a sweet date into her mouth.
Fang Tianya’s spirits returned, and her bright eyes were full of determination. ‘Chief, don’t worry, I will follow your instructions and complete the mission at all costs!’ Turning to leave, she suddenly turned back and asked, ‘Right, Chief, what is my mission?’
The Chief nearly vomited blood and died, speechless, wondering if he had lost his mind for a moment by letting her go.
It had rained heavily the night before, and the morning air was fresh and fragrant with the aroma of grass and leaves.
Under the alias Tian Ya, Fang Tianya rode a semi-old bicycle on the road to Ban Yue High School. Ban Yue High School is the most famous school in the city. It is famous not only because of its high rate of advancement, but also because it is home to the best and worst, the richest and poorest students.
Half Moon High School is located in the suburbs. You can see the famous school by turning along this long road and going up a big slope. She was wearing a semi-old blue tracksuit. Her petite face was framed by a pair of black-rimmed glasses, giving her the appearance of a poor student. She had some luggage on the back of her bike and instant noodles and bags of pickles in a large plastic bag in front of her. She was used to eating these when she was a student, so she could save some living expenses and send them back to her grandmother in the old country. e44fea Copyright protection! Respect the author! Against piracy!
‘We’re almost there,’ Tian Ye said, as she rode to the top of the slope and looked down. ‘It’s beautiful!’ she exclaimed.
A large, emerald green meadow stretched as far as the eye could see, up to a magnificent building. In the middle of the meadow was a wide road paved with black marble, leading up to the front door of the building. Is this Half-Moon High School? Tian Ye couldn’t quite believe her eyes. She excitedly rode her bike down the hill, when suddenly there was a loud honking behind her. Then a silver-grey sports car came racing down the hill, swerving past Tian Ye and racing onto the marble path, before entering the gate as if it owned the place.
In just a few seconds, the sports car had disappeared. Tian Ye was dumbfounded. As the damned car passed by her, it happened to cross a puddle on the road, splashing rainwater and mud onto her clothes, creating a stain. It looked so ugly! Tian Ye wanted to cry, but was followed by anger. The car was going too fast, and all she could see was the person in the car with dazzling blonde hair. If she ever met him, she would give him a good punch. How dare he mess with her!
The homeroom teacher pretended not to see the stains on Tian Ye’s clothes and the shabby luggage on the floor. From his experience, students from poor families generally had the strongest self-esteem but also studied the hardest and did the best. At Ban Yue High School, although there were not the most impoverished students, they were all top students at the top of the results list. Every year, they were almost relied on to get a good ranking in the college entrance examination, so they must be treated the same as other students.
‘Tian Ye, you’re new here and not familiar with the school environment. How about this, I’ll help you put your things in the dormitory first, and then I’ll take you to your class to meet your new classmates, okay?’ The homeroom teacher said kindly.
Tian Ye nodded eagerly, thinking to herself what kind of person the student she was ordered to protect was. The old fox had punished her for the idiotic mistake of handing in a love letter to a handsome colleague as a self-reflection, and had refused to give her any information about her protector, only telling her the person’s name. Really, she didn’t expect such a dignified director to be so petty, but how could a trivial matter like that stump her?
The school building was a beautiful crescent-shaped structure with a unique and spacious structure. The class she was going to attend was on the fourth floor. While the homeroom teacher was introducing her to her classmates, Tian Mian spotted the ‘yellow-haired guy’ sitting in the back. She swore that he must be the guy who splashed her with water from his car. And while all the other boys were dressed in proper attire of white shirts and black pants, studying hard, he was leaning back in his chair, a thin necklace with a diamond-studded flower hanging around his neck from his open collar, his hands folded in front of his chest, his pair of beautiful, deep eyes coldly staring at her, as if they weren’t looking at her, as if there was nothing in that gaze. He was very handsome, but his icy arrogance made him unapproachable.
“Tian Ye, would you like to sit in the second seat from the front?’
Tian Ye came back to her senses and hurriedly nodded in agreement. Suddenly, she felt that the class was eerily quiet, and her classmates’ envious yet worried gazes were fixed on her. She looked over and saw that the seat was in front of him. She walked over with confidence, then suddenly turned back and asked in an innocent tone, ’Teacher, why do I feel like everyone is afraid to sit near my seat? Is there an infectious disease behind me?’
For a terrifying twenty seconds, Tian Ye looked innocently at the teacher, who was dumbfounded and didn’t respond, and then at the ‘yellow-haired kid’ behind her. A grey storm was brewing in the latter’s eyes as he looked at her fiercely, and suddenly a soul-stirring smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
He slowly got up, his slender and upright figure like a beautiful but dangerous cheetah in the sun, and swept her with a glance. ‘Tian Ye, I assure you, I am a healthy and handsome boy! But your appearance doesn’t quite meet hygiene standards!’
The classroom erupted into laughter, and Tian Ye blushed. The large stain on her tracksuit now seemed to mock her. The poor homeroom teacher, unable to control the situation, coughed several times to silence the laughter. ‘Yu Tianheng, Tian Ye, please sit down. You will all be in the same class from now on, so I hope you can all be united and friendly and study hard!’
Ah! So this brat is Yu Tianheng! ‘Let’s see what happens when we ride the donkey and read the account book!’ On the first day of her undercover mission, Tian Ya made an enemy of the most feared and powerful boy in Ban Yue High School, and that person is also the person she is going to protect. What a headache! c4ca4238a0b9 Copyright Protection! Respect the Author! Anti-Piracy!
The student dormitory is a small building located in the southeast corner of the campus. Tian Ya’s dormitory is simple and tidy, and her roommates are two equally neat and tidy girls: the cheerful and lively Lin Xiaolan and the easygoing Li Guiyuan. Tian Ya immediately liked these two easygoing girls.
Lin Xiaolan tied a ponytail, looking mischievous and cute. She took Tian Ya’s hand and said admiringly, ‘You know, even the principal doesn’t dare to speak to Yu Tianheng like that, and you’re the first. But don’t you know that he is a handsome guy? And super rich. His family is said to be the aristocracy of aristocrats. Our school building and the teachers’ apartments behind it were all built with their family’s funding. His grandfather is a big philanthropist who set up an education fund to help outstanding students who can’t afford to go to school because of poverty. Almost all the girls in the school have a crush on him.’
‘Stop it, you big flirt, what are you talking about? You’re embarrassing Tian Ye,’ Li Guiyuan slapped Lin Xiaolan, who was in a daze, and then said seriously to Tian Ye, ’Tian Ye, I can’t believe that you seem weak, but you are braver than anyone else in our class. But Yu Tianheng has an unassailable position at school. He is rich and somewhat good-looking, and the school is full of girls like Xiaolan, who are infatuated with him, and he has almost swept them all off their feet, from Year 10 to Year 12. Don’t provoke him lightly, or those girls in heat will make things difficult for you.”
Tian Ye was a little between tears and laughter, and she hurriedly thanked her for her kindness. It seems that this Yu Tianheng is quite popular, and he should not be underestimated. She put her luggage away and made the bed, unable to help but let out a small sigh. The senior year of high school, which she had been away from for several years, was back. She took off her dirty clothes and put on a white shirt and a blue denim skirt. Fortunately, it had not been long since she had graduated from the police academy, so she looked like a standard student in the mirror. Copyright Protection! Respect the Author! Anti-Piracy!
Li Guiyuan affectionately took her hand and said, ‘After school this afternoon, Xiaolan and I will take you to explore the campus. How about we go for a walk? When we get tired, we’ll go take a shower, and tonight Xiaolan and I will treat you to dinner, okay?’
Tian Ya happily agreed. The person she was looking for was in their class, so she would just ask him for more detailed information.
The environment of Ban Yue High School is also first-class. The various buildings are nestled among the tall trees, and there is no dirt on the ground. There are green plants and all kinds of flowers everywhere, as if you were in a big garden. Tian Ye walked while greedily enjoying the scenery. Xiao Lan smiled and said, ‘Among all the high schools, our environment is the most beautiful, but you don’t know that there is a place that is truly a fairyland on earth. It’s right behind our school and is called Ziyuan. There is a large lake there, and the lakeshore is full of roses. When the roses are in bloom, the rich fragrance is intoxicating. Unfortunately, it’s not a place you can just go to. Apart from Yu Tianheng and his best friend, not even the school directors can go there.”
Li Guiyuan gave her a look: ’That’s how arrogant the rich are. Who let us be poor?’ The three of them had strolled around most of the campus and were all feeling hungry. At Xiaolan’s suggestion, they went to the best restaurant at the school to eat together. Who knew that they would run into each other so soon? As soon as they entered the door, they saw Yu Tianheng with a tall boy. He was dressed in all white and looked even more handsome and refined. The other boy was not as handsome as him, but he was full of sunshine and masculine beauty, giving him a different kind of outstanding feeling.
The restaurant, which is usually not very crowded, was full today, and it was mostly full of girls. A pair of admiring eyes kept casting glances at the place where they were sitting. Because Yu Tianheng, the prince charming in the eyes of all the girls in the school, had actually come to the school cafeteria to eat, this could not be described as anything less than a miracle. Li Guiyuan muttered, ‘See, they’re all crazy about him.’ The three of them sighed in unison, and then went to the window to order food.
The waiter said apologetically, ‘I’m sorry, but we’re out of everything you ordered.’
Xiaolan pointed inside with her small blue eyes and said, ‘Who are you trying to fool? There’s still a plate of braised pork knuckle, why don’t you bring it to us?’
The waiter insisted that there was none, as if he was blind. Even if there was, someone else had ordered it long ago, and they weren’t going to get any. Little did he know that the three girls were sharp-tongued and quick-witted. After a while of arguing, he couldn’t handle it anymore and anxiously stuck his neck out to look at where Yu Tianheng and the others were sitting.
Yu Tianheng ignored the chaos on their side and looked calmly at the place where Yu Tianheng and the others were sitting. The composed manner of Yu Tianheng made the group of girls feel intoxicated. The boy with the sunny smile laughed and said, ‘Tianheng, you don’t let the restaurant sell vegetables to them, are you going to fix the girl who dared to challenge you? She’s coming at you.’ As soon as he finished speaking, a girl with frowning eyebrows and upright eyebrows pounced in front of him angrily, followed closely by two other girls, their faces full of anger but unable to express it.
The restaurant fell silent, everyone holding their breath, waiting for the fireworks to begin. Tian Ye saw the gloating looks on the other girls’ faces, so she rolled her eyes and said with a smile, ’Yu Tianheng, I heard it was you who told them not to sell us vegetables. Is it because you think we’re poor and you want to treat us?’
Yu Tianheng raised his eyebrows and looked up at her. She tilted her head at him playfully, and his crystal-clear gaze made him lose himself for a moment.
‘Okay, I’ll treat!’ He smiled, stood up, and swept his gaze lightly over her somewhat surprised face.
The waiter in the restaurant came over with trepidation. ‘Young Master Tianheng-’
‘The bill for everyone today will be charged to my account,’ he told the waiter, and then there was a cheer from the dining crowd. This is the way a rich young master should act, and the girls are even more infatuated with him.
Tian Ye was pulled down by Xiaolan and Guiyuan and sat down. She was still a little puzzled. She had wanted to fight with him, but she didn’t know why he would suddenly be so nice to her. This made her a little confused, but maybe he wasn’t as domineering as she thought.
‘You’re becoming more and more unpredictable. Have you fallen for that girl? She doesn’t meet your standards. I remember a girl you liked before called Lianji. She was a real beauty. Have your standards changed?’ the boy in the car with the sun tan teased.
Yu Tianheng smiled faintly, ’Maybe. By the way, do you remember what happened a week ago when we passed through the city centre?’
‘How could I forget? It was a really unlucky day. Not only was there traffic, but a little hooligan scratched my car. She was really crazy, riding her broken motorcycle recklessly in the middle of the road, infuriating the traffic police… Oh, right, could she be…’ The boy’s eyes widened, “Could it be her? That little hooligan?”
Yu Tianheng didn’t answer him, his face wearing an inscrutable smile.
For just a moment, he could not forget the eyes she glanced back at that day. They were bright as burning flames, yet crystal clear and pure.
Tian Ye felt uncomfortable, as if there were two burning gazes burning her back. The political teacher on the podium was enthusiastically lecturing on Marxism-Leninism and Mao Zedong Thought. Taking advantage of the fact that he was not paying attention, she suddenly turned her head, just catching his focused gaze.
He was slightly startled, but then immediately returned to normal, smiled at her, and whispered, ‘The teacher is looking at you!’ Tian Ye hurriedly looked back, only to see the political teacher glaring at her and shaking his head disapprovingly, saying, ‘It’s not a good habit to be two-minded. Tian Ye, come to my office after class!’
She came out of the office after being lectured for half an hour with her head hung low. To her surprise, she saw Yu Tianheng, who should have been in class, leaning against the side of the corridor, quietly watching her. ‘Shall we go for a walk?’ he said.
Tian Ye was confused and went with him.
Under the big banyan tree, a fallen leaf gently drifted down to the side of the two. The afterglow of the setting sun in the distance wove a magnificent tapestry of colours, and the campus was very quiet at this time. An inexplicable ambiguity spread between the two, and they just stood there, speechless.
After a long while, Tian Ye suddenly said, ‘Hey, you don’t like me, do you? I’m telling you, stay away from me before it’s too late, or I’ll show you!’
Yu Tianheng laughed silently. She was really straightforward and cute, but she was right.
Tian Ye gave him a sideways glance and stamped her foot, saying, ‘Did you hear what I said? I dislike brats like you the most. You dye your hair a mess and don’t look serious. So you’re not my type, understand?’
‘Why are you so sure I like you?’ he asked leisurely. ’ I’m afraid you’re just imagining things.‘ He succeeded in seeing her blushing face in embarrassment and laughed lightly. At that moment, a long-awaited black car silently slid past him, and a man in uniform got out and opened the door for him.
’Actually, you’re right, I really do like you a little, because you really look like that ugly duckling from the cartoon, quacking and cute!’ He teased her on purpose.
‘Ah! You actually laughed at me -’ Tian Ye jumped up and shouted, but he quickly got into the car and sped away.
For several days, Yu Tianheng did not come to class, but the teacher seemed to have become accustomed to it. Tian Ye buried herself in the mountains of textbooks and supplementary books. To others, it looked like she was studying hard, but her mind was having a fierce battle of ideas. It was really dangerous for a dignified New Era policewoman like her to almost be won over by the heart of a boy four years younger than her. Alas, I never thought I would become one of the infatuated. Of course, he has the capital to make people fall in love with him: handsome, rich, a little cold, a little arrogant, and a little conceited, but when he smiles, he is really gentle, like the spring breeze gently brushing past your face.
While Tian Ye was immersed in self-blame and fantasies, the class, with Lin Xiaolan at the centre, began a fierce note war. The Chinese teacher was copying the homework for the next class on the blackboard, and notes were flying all over the classroom. One note accidentally landed in front of Tian Ye. Tian Ye was curious and just picked it up. The teacher, who was nearsighted to the tune of 700 degrees, ignored the flying notes and actually noticed her little action.
‘Tian Ye, what are you doing during class? Stand up and read what you have in your hand to everyone!‘ The teacher, who was saddened by her students’ lack of seriousness in class, gave a stern order.
Tian Ye opened the folded note helplessly and read, ‘The romantic love history of modern Cinderella – Yu Tianheng’s confession to Tian Ye under the banyan tree… Ah! Who wrote this? She flushed with anger and looked around furiously, trying to find the culprit. No way, there are spies everywhere on campus?
Even more flustered than she was, the Chinese teacher looked at Tian Ya in disbelief, ‘Tian Ya, early love is strictly forbidden in school, and you’ve broken the rules!’ She was heartbroken, ‘Go to the playground right now and run ten laps. Think about it before you come back.’
Tian Ya really wanted to cry, but she had no tears. At the police academy, what she hated most was the morning running drills every morning. She always had to find a way to escape, but now—
‘Sorry, I’m late.’ The rumoured hero of the school actually came to class at this time.
Tian Ye was a little surprised, and what surprised her even more was that his long yellow hair had turned into short black hair, with only a few long black hairs casually hanging down in front of his forehead, adding a touch of sexiness to his laziness. My god, this kid exudes fatal charm at the moment. What do you mean by “the most beautiful woman in the country”? This is it. The girls at Ban Yue High School will have an even more miserable time from now on
The Chinese teacher was overjoyed. Yu Tianheng, who never took his classes seriously, would be attending his class, which was unheard of. ‘It’s okay, come in,’ he said, too busy to notice what had just happened.
Yu Tianheng looked at Tian Ya, who had just been so depressed but was now staring at him with the same lecherous expression as the other girls, and asked, ‘Where are you going?’
It’s starting. The male and female protagonists of the scandal have gathered to perform a heroic rescue. These high school seniors are rarely relaxed, and they are all nervously watching the developments.
‘Me? I felt a little dizzy just now, so the teacher told me to run two laps on the playground to relax.’ She said something made up on the spot. For some reason, she just didn’t want him to know that she was being punished because of him.
Yu Tianheng stopped Tian Ye, who was walking out, and looked at the guilty-looking teacher with a smile on his face. ‘I heard the teacher say that someone had to run ten laps around the playground. What’s going on?’
This was practically an interrogation, and the poor teacher was in for it. Look at the way the hero looks at the heroine with such longing in his eyes. There is no way there is no ambiguity between them.
‘It’s nothing!’ the teacher and Tian Ye said in unison. They glanced at each other, the teacher’s gaze full of gratitude and fear, because the consequences of angering Yu Tianheng were absolutely serious, and she might not be able to keep her job. Alas! How could she have misjudged this girl with an unremarkable appearance and a poor family?
Tian Ye smiled to herself: the teacher owes her a favour, so it goes without saying that she will give her a break in the exam!
‘Right, teacher, my head is a bit dizzy, I’m going to go out for some fresh air.’ Tian Ye was happy to escape, and also took the opportunity to calm her pounding heart down a bit. She remembered saying that she didn’t like him dyeing his hair yellow, and she never thought that he would actually dye it back. Could it be that he really liked her? Oh dear, this is so confusing!
On the large playground, only one class was doing gymnastics under the guidance of the PE teacher. The PE teacher in charge yelled, ‘Turn around! Spread out and do ten minutes of push-ups, then dismiss!’ Amidst the complaints, he walked straight towards Tian Ye, who was loitering.
Tian Ye’s alarm bells went off. She found the PE teacher a bit familiar. As he got closer, the evil smile on his face became more and more obvious
‘Oh my god, it’s him!’ Tian Ye exclaimed. This PE teacher was none other than Yan Dayuan, a member of the Serious Crimes Unit whom she had mistaken for a hooligan and beaten up!
‘Hello, little sister,’ Yan Dazhen was a tall, handsome man with a pair of nasty, seductive eyes that smiled wickedly at Tian Ye. ’I almost didn’t recognise you in that get-up. I really doubt that you didn’t lie about your age when you entered the police academy. How come you’ve grown smaller and smaller, and your face looks so pale? If a foreigner saw you like this, they’d think our country was in the middle of a three-year famine!’
Tian Ye broke out into a big smile, ‘Senior, how come you’re still so handsome and extraordinary? Last time, little sister, I accidentally hit your beautiful and peerless peach blossom eyes, but it didn’t affect your ability to look at beautiful women in the future, did it? There are quite a few beautiful women in Ban Yue High School.’
The two were each harbouring ulterior motives, but their smiles did not match their true feelings, and sparks were crackling in the air.
Yan Dasyuan smirked, ‘We didn’t know each other before we fought. My boss sent me on a mission, and I ended up crossing paths with you again, this time as an enemy.’
Tian Miao said cheekily, ‘It’s your good fortune to have run into me. Where would you find a smart and brave junior like me?’
Yan Dayuan just wanted to laugh when he saw her. When they first met, he was following orders from his superiors and preparing to meet with a drug dealer nicknamed ‘Beautiful She-Male’. He never expected this girl to suddenly appear out of nowhere and beat him up. He was caught off guard and had no choice but to take the beating. Thanks to this beating, the drug dealer, who was hiding in the shadows, became even more convinced that he was on the same side as Yan, and this led to a major clue in the case. This is called ‘a lucky hit’, and the little girl inadvertently did a good deed, but she didn’t know it.
Just about to explain to her what the old fox had told him, Tian Ye said a little nervously, ‘I’ll go first,’ and ran away in a panic.
Yan Dayuan was puzzled. He turned around and found a handsome young man looking at him coldly. He should be a student at the school, but there was no respect in his eyes for his teacher. He suddenly remembered that the young man was not the target they were supposed to be watching. He was about to take the initiative to get close to him when the students, who had finished exercising, all rushed up, especially the girls in the class, one after the other, scrambling to surround the beautiful young man like bees gathering nectar. The admiring and worshipful looks made the conceited and handsome police officer feel uncomfortable. What’s wrong, beautiful girls, the real man is here!
‘Please move aside!’ The young man was impatient with the enthusiastic girls around him, and looked contemptuously at Yan Dayuan, who was being neglected, and turned away without paying any attention to the sad and infatuated looks of the women.
Unbeknownst to Tian Mei, she had wandered outside the forbidden Purple Garden, which was separated from the school by a tall wall. Tian Mei’s playful spirit suddenly kicked in, and she looked around surreptitiously. The tall wall didn’t faze her; she took a few steps back, gathered her strength, and jumped over the wall, stepping on a small protruding brick.
The place she stepped on was soft, and it turned out to be a green grassland. She was secretly happy for a moment, and just as she looked up, she suddenly let out a scream like a ghost.
The handsome and handsome young man was standing in front of her in the afterglow of the sunset, but his expression seemed to be a little displeased.
‘I-I didn’t mean to break in, I-I-’ Tian Ye was guilty of being a thief.
‘Why did you climb over the wall? Do you know that’s dangerous?’ he said with a stern face.
Tian Ye lowered her head and didn’t say a word. Who knew why he had appeared out of nowhere like a ghost? He must have seen the whole thing just now when she climbed over the wall. She was really unlucky! But there was no anger in his tone about her trespassing. Instead, he seemed to be concerned about her safety. Could it be… She couldn’t help but look up, and met his tender, watery eyes. She was flustered and scared, and hurriedly looked away.
Looking around, she saw a beautiful sparkling lake in front of her. The roses by the lake were about to bloom, and on the other side of the lake was a lush grove of trees. A light mist shrouded the area, making it seem like a dream. It was truly beautiful, like entering a world from a fairy tale.
‘You like it here? Just go in through the front door, don’t climb over the wall,’ he said softly.
‘Why are you being so nice to me?‘ she asked softly. Could it be that he had really fallen for her? But what was it about her that attracted him?
’Does love need a reason?’ he asked slyly, and sat down on the grass, staring out at the lake as the sun set. His eyes began to glisten. ’Will you sit with me? Only here do I feel clean!’
Tian Ye looked at him strangely. His expression exuded an indescribable melancholy, and there was a gloomy moisture in his eyes. ‘Why do you talk about yourself like that? Apart from being a bit arrogant sometimes, you’re pretty good at everything else,’ she said, tilting her head and looking at him, before sitting with him on the grass. Her eyes blinked brightly like stars.
Yu Tianheng looked at her up close. The rays of the setting sun fell on her face, making her delicate lips and face look soft and holy. She exuded a faint aroma that belonged to a young girl, and all of this made him a little intoxicated. He had never had such a moment of indulgence before. This girl, who was not exactly beautiful, had the smell of sunshine about her. It was this smell that strongly attracted him and made him unable to extricate himself.
It gradually got dark, and faintly heard the bell from school to dinner time. ‘I have to go back for dinner, my stomach is about to flatten,’ Tian Ye said with a bitter face. Whenever she got hungry, her stomach would cramp, otherwise she would not be one of the most active eaters in the whole school.
‘To thank you for sitting with me for so long, how about I buy you dinner?’ Yu Tianheng said tenderly.
‘No!’ Tian Ye firmly refused, ‘your wolfish ambition is written all over your face!’
Yu Tianheng was taken aback, and suddenly burst out laughing. This girl was so frankly adorable, and he hadn’t been this happy in a long time. Tian Ye’s stomach was in a state of upheaval at this moment, and she forced herself to stand up despite the pain, only to feel stars flashing before her eyes and her body falling backwards.
‘Don’t go, chicken drumstick! I want to eat your braised pork ribs and buns!’ Tian Ye was dreaming, and the dream was full of all kinds of delicious food.
In the villa with the right temperature and the air conditioning on full, the family doctor, who had been diagnosing for half a day, stood in front of Yu Tianheng, sweating profusely, and reported the patient’s condition to him. Really, after decades of practicing medicine, he had never seen a patient faint from hunger before, and of course, he had never seen the owner of the villa so nervous before. The sweat on his head was from being scared.
Yu Tianheng frowned. He knew that Tian Ye’s family was poor, but he never imagined that she was so poor that she was malnourished, and that she also had chronic stomach problems due to irregular eating habits.
The old butler beside him hurriedly went to the kitchen to make arrangements without waiting for him to give him an order. After sending the doctor away, he went to the guest room. Tian Ye had already woken up and was sitting on the bed, looking around curiously. When she saw him come in, she looked a little embarrassed and hurriedly explained, ‘I’m sorry, I faint when I’m too hungry. You won’t laugh at me, will you?”
Yu Tianheng was angry and sad at the same time. “Don’t you eat all day? Why are you malnourished? Don’t tell me you’re dieting!”
Tian Ye narrowed her eyes and smiled mischievously, “Are you really in love with me? But I have to warn you, I won’t fall for someone like you!”
Yu Tianheng bent down and whispered in her ear, ’You have no choice, apart from me, no other man will ever have a chance to fall in love with you!’
Tian Ye shivered. His hand gently stroked her hair, and his affectionate behaviour was as natural as that between lovers. He really was in love with her!
‘Dinner is ready, young master, Miss Tian!’ the butler announced.
As soon as Tian Ye heard this, she immediately perked up and prepared to get out of bed. Yu Tianheng suddenly picked her up, smiling, ‘Save your strength, you can use it during dinner!’ Tian Ye blushed, she was taken advantage of by the little boy, but she couldn’t struggle in his arms. For one thing, she didn’t have the strength, and for another, she felt a warmth in his embrace that she had never felt before, even from her grandmother, who had raised her since childhood. Let’s indulge ourselves for once, she said to herself, and buried her head in the depths of his embrace, letting him carry her away. c22abfa379f38b5b
In the luxurious dining room, there were several elegant oil paintings hanging on the wall. Seven or eight servants in white uniforms stood neatly at the long dining table. Yu Tianheng placed Tian Ya in her seat, and then sat down next to her. One after the other, the carefully prepared dishes began to be served. There were no chicken legs or spare ribs, but all kinds of food that Tian Ya had never seen before, served in expensive tableware and placed in front of her.
Looking at all this, Tian Ye suddenly lost her appetite, and an inexplicable sadness welled up in her heart. ‘Have a sip of the fire dragon white fungus and pear soup, it’s nourishing and good for your skin,’ Yu Tianheng spooned a ladleful of the soup into her mouth. Tian Ye blushed and said, ‘Oh, I’ll do it myself, okay? Everyone’s looking at me!’
Yu Tianheng gave a glance and the stunned servants hurriedly retreated.
The old butler walked carefully up to him and said, ‘Young master, an important guest has arrived and says he wants to talk to you about the old master investing here.’
Yu Tianheng said unhappily, ‘Can’t you see I’m eating? Some other time.’
Tian Ye took the spoon and said unceremoniously, ‘Yu Tianheng, why are you so rude to your guests? Go quickly, I like to eat alone.’
Yu Tianheng gave a small smile, got up and walked out. The old butler couldn’t help but give Tian Ye a deep look. He really couldn’t see anything special about this girl, but the young master listened to her very much. Even a blind man could see that the young master liked her, and liked her to death, otherwise he wouldn’t have personally tried to feed her soup.
She was the only one in the dining room. Tian Ye looked blankly at the large table of food, but she couldn’t bring herself to eat a single bite. Her hometown was a remote mountain village, and the village’s greatest wealth was the hawthorn trees that covered the mountains and plains. There was very little arable land, and the villagers worked from morning till night all year round, earning only a few hundred yuan, which was not even enough to cover the cost of this meal. Her grandmother is already quite old, but she still works hard with her frail body. The daily meals are just the simplest things like steamed bread and pickled vegetables, and they rarely eat meat more than a few times a year. She sends most of her monthly salary back home, but it is returned by her grandmother because her grandmother says she needs the money more when she is working outside, so she can’t bear to spend it. Why are there such big differences between the poor and the rich in the world? Why is the world so unfair to people?
Tears flowed unchecked down her face. She missed her grandmother, her family, and – her mother! Although she had never seen her mother since birth, she could only think of her in her dreams.
‘Miss, is there anything else I can do for you?’ The maid, who had been told to wait on the young lady, came over to her, concerned that she hadn’t touched her food and was just staring into space. ‘If the food doesn’t suit your taste, or if there’s anything else you need, we’ll get it for you right away!’
Tian Ye turned her head away so he wouldn’t see her tears. ‘I want to go outside for some air. There must be a garden here, right?’
‘Of course, I’ll take you there!’ the servant said eagerly. The relationship between this young lady and young master was no ordinary one, and everyone knew about it within ten minutes.
When Yu Tianheng returned, he found that almost none of Tian Ye’s food in front of her had been touched. He asked with a stern face, ‘Who was in charge of the cooking tonight?’ The old butler, seeing his displeased expression, hurriedly asked, ‘It was Master Wang, young master.’
‘Let him pack his bags and leave tonight!‘
’But, Master Wang was sent by the master to serve you exclusively. Don’t you like his cooking the most?’ The old butler was now greatly alarmed.
Yu Tianheng’s face was cold. “Don’t make me repeat myself twice, or you can join him!”
The old butler didn’t dare to say another word. The young master’s temperament was even more unpredictable than the master’s, but over the years, this was the first time he had seen him lose his temper over a girl
From the servants’ mouths, Tian Ya knew that she was in Yu Tianheng’s villa, which was located in the famous high-end residential area, Shangguang Lushui Mingzhu. It was a paradise for the truly wealthy, with each building covering hundreds of acres and boasting different styles of beauty. They walked in silence, one in front of the other, on a small gravel path. The shadows of the trees swayed on both sides, the insects chirped in the grass, and an indistinct fragrance drifted from somewhere. Tian Ya occasionally turned her head and suddenly noticed that someone was walking in the dark from time to time. She immediately became alert and slowed down her pace.
The maid hurriedly said, ‘Miss, it’s fine, that’s the family bodyguard.’
‘Oh? Keeping so many bodyguards?’
The maid said with a bit of pride, ‘It’s normal for rich people to keep a few bodyguards, not to mention that the young master is not an ordinary rich person, he is the heir to a large enterprise. I heard that even the police station has sent someone to protect the young master.’
‘Your young master is so precious? Even the police have to protect him!‘ Tian Ye asked incredulously.
’You don’t know, there are a lot of people who want to do bad things to the young master, even the people from the underworld…’ The servant suddenly remembered that he shouldn’t blurt this out, and hurriedly shut up.
Tian Ye smiled and was walking slowly back when she suddenly heard a man crying by the pool, accompanied by what sounded like the voice of an old butler.
‘How can I still face the master! I’ve been cooking for over ten years, you name the dish and I can make it. I’d win a national cooking competition. The master trusted me enough to let me look after the young master, but now—now they want to get rid of me. What am I going to do? You’ve got to help me, brother!’ the man whimpered.
The old butler said helplessly, ‘I can’t help you, old friend. We’ve been together for many years, and you should know the young master’s temper. He never changes his mind. Apart from the master, who in the whole family doesn’t fear him? Cough cough, anyway, you have skills, and you can find food anywhere…
‘That’s not what I mean! You know my useless son wouldn’t be alive today if it weren’t for the Yu family’s protection. If I quit working for the Yus, my son will be harmed immediately. How can my family survive? Brother, you go and find out what kind of food the girl who came back with the young master likes. I’ll make it right away, even if I have to risk my life, I will make her happy!’
Tian Ye’s mind buzzed. Because she couldn’t eat dinner, that damned Yu Tianheng had fired the old chef who had worked so hard? This was outrageous!
Yu Tianheng stood in front of the French windows, holding a glass of red wine in his hand, his eyes a little confused. For the sake of a girl, he had lost control of his own heart, and he couldn’t help but feel scared.
A servant hurried over. ‘Young master, Miss Tian came back from her walk and went into the dining room. She said she was hungry and asked why you had finished eating all the soup and so many dishes without leaving any for her, after she had just taken a sip.’
Yu Tianheng was taken aback. The dishes had already been thrown away because she didn’t like them.
Tian Ye glared at Yu Tianheng as he entered, ‘Hey, where’s the beauty soup I ordered called Fire Dragon or something? There was also a whole table of food. I wanted to take a walk back and eat with you, but why didn’t you wait for me to eat first? Were you trying to starve your guests to death?”
Yu Tianheng was at a loss for words, but seeing her red eyes from anger, and thinking that she really only woke up because she was starving, he couldn’t help feeling heartbroken. He turned to the maid and commanded, ’Tell the kitchen to redo all the food from tonight’s meal right away, and hurry!’
Ten minutes later, a steaming, milky-white soup was served. ‘This is the crucian carp and shrimp ball soup. The soup is made with fresh crucian carp that was simmered over low heat earlier. The shrimp balls inside are nutritious and delicious. The chef asks the young lady to eat a little to fill her stomach first, and he will make the rest right away,’ said a shy, pretty girl serving the food.
Tian Ye walked over and took her hand. What a smart and cute little girl. Tian Ye said gently, ‘Little sister, tell your chef to take his time. I’ll make sure your master gives him a raise, okay?’ She looked up at Yu Tianheng, her eyes full of threat. The latter curved his sexy lips, his eyes smiling, and said, ‘Okay! Bai, tell your chef to make more dishes that are not only good for the skin but also nourishing for the stomach!’
The girl called Xiaobai went happily. The chef Wang was indeed extraordinary in his skills, and every dish was delicious and pleasing to the eye. The final dish, ‘Sky Net Acacia’, was truly a work of art. The net was made of crystal-clear rock sugar, and inside the net was a gorgeous tomato, with faintly visible small white flowers carved from pears. It was truly breathtaking.
Yu Tianheng watched her for five minutes as she stared at the tomato on her plate, clearly salivating but not moving her chopsticks. Suddenly she brought the plate to her face and looked up at him with eyes as clear as water. ‘Yu Tianheng, can I take it back to the dormitory tonight? I want to eat this dish with Xiaolan and Gui Yuan.’
Yu Tianheng laughed silently. He took a small sip of red wine and said, ‘Little duck, you can’t go back tonight. The school has already closed at this time. I heard the doctor say that you still have mild gastritis and need to rest well. Can we talk about it tomorrow?’
Tian Ye giggled, winked at him, and said, ‘Are you going to keep me here tonight? But let me warn you, I know karate, so if I accidentally hurt you, don’t blame me.’
‘Your figure is not so attractive that I can’t wait. When you grow up, I’ll consider taking that risk!’ he said with a smile.
Tian Ye looked at her flat chest and blushed.
‘Have some wine. It will help you sleep.’ Yu Tianheng liked the way she blushed and couldn’t help teasing her. The liquid in the crystal glass was a unique red colour that had been aged for many years, quietly seducing her. She gulped it down and ordered a second glass, which she also gulped down in one go. This kind of wine should be enjoyed slowly and elegantly, but she was guzzling it like a cow eating a peony.
The old butler, who had been faithfully serving her, noticed that his left eyelid twitched. ‘My lord, I know that you bought this bottle of wine from France at great expense as a birthday gift for the young master, but now this girl is wasting it. But there’s nothing I can do about it. The young master dotes on her and indulges her, and the girl is not bad, even if she is not very pretty. Just pretend that someone stole it. Forgive me! Hey, why is my right eyelid twitching again?’
Tian Ye first felt that the wine was sweet, and when she drank it, it was cool and refreshing, with the mellow fragrance of grapes and an indescribable delicious feeling. It was like flying in the blue sky, with her limbs feeling light and weightless, and a pair of wings growing on her back. She was flying and flying. What a beautiful rose, come closer and smell it –
The old butler turned away, for the girl didn’t know the strong aftertaste of wine, and she drank it like a beverage, getting drunk. She threw herself into the young master’s arms and sniffed, looking at his expression, she knew she would get him tonight.
The petite, soft body in his arms twisted without meaning to. Her drunken eyes were like stars, her breath like orchid flowers, with the peculiar aroma of a girl that was both there and not there. Everything was tempting him, and he couldn’t help himself.
At this moment, everyone sensibly retreated. Yu Tianheng let out a low moan, embraced the girl who stubbornly sought his lips, and walked out of the restaurant and straight to his bedroom.
He slowly kissed her lips, which were as sweet as he had imagined. Her soft body seemed to have lit a fire in him; he wanted her, he wanted to burn with her.
In her drunken dream, Tian Jie was oblivious to the fact that her virginity, which she had defended for so many years, was about to be plundered by a strong and passionate boy. She only saw a cage of steamed crabs, which were snapping their claws at her. One particularly large crab was leading the pack, swinging its claws menacingly in her direction. What? Don’t want me to eat you? What are you arrogant cooked guy? I’ll swing a punch to break your pincers and see if you dare to be aggressive again.
What a wonderful night! In the morning, the breeze blew gently, and Tian Ye woke up feeling refreshed. She jumped out of bed, stepping on the thick carpet. Whose room was this? Tian Ye realised that she was not in the guest room she had been in when she first arrived. This room was huge, over 100 square metres, with a solid white carpet that exuded a sense of dignity and luxury. In front of the huge French windows, there were bunches of lilies, with morning dewdrops on their white petals.
Suddenly she felt a little cold, and realised that she was only wearing a skimpy little dress, and she had no idea where her outer garment was. As she was looking around for it, she heard footsteps outside the door, and quickly hid under the bed. Two young women in white aprons and sky-blue uniforms walked in, carrying a white dress in their hands. The taller of the two smiled and said, ‘Miss, your dress has been taken to the laundry because it got a little wine stain at dinner last night. The young master asks you to wear this one first.’
Tian Ge poked her head out of the covers, thanked the maid and took the clothes, which were a beautiful dress made of soft material. She suddenly remembered and asked apologetically, ‘What happened to me last night? Where am I?’
The two maidens exchanged a knowing look, and the taller one said with a smile, ‘You seemed a little drunk last night, and the young master carried you up here. This is his room.’
Tian Ge’s face immediately turned red like a tomato, and she was too embarrassed to ask any more questions. She hid under the covers and changed her clothes.
The shorter maid asked with a smile, ‘Miss, would you like to eat downstairs or in your room?’ 854d6fae5ee4
Tian Ye really couldn’t stand the awkward way they were addressing her and the unspoken glances between them, but she had to pluck up the courage to ask, ‘Where is Yu Tianheng? Where did he sleep last night?’
‘Young master slept here too.’
“What? Then why haven’t I seen him?’
‘An annoying guest came early this morning, and the young master is talking to him by the pool.’
Tian Ye stomped downstairs, asked for the direction of the swimming pool, and ran.
By the pool, Yu Tianheng was wearing a pair of light grey slacks, a white short-sleeved T-shirt and sunglasses, and was sitting lazily in a wicker chair, drinking tea with the person opposite him. The person opposite him was wearing a white shirt and tie, and looked well-dressed. The two were laughing and chatting. When the man turned his head unintentionally, he met Tian Ye’s gaze. Tian Ye was so startled that she couldn’t speak.
Under the majestic black eyebrows were a pair of stern eyes, but at this moment they were filled with a relaxed smile. He saw her and didn’t seem surprised. He turned his head and laughed, ‘Tianheng, is that pretty girl your new girlfriend?’
Yu Tianheng turned his head and saw her. He was refreshed and stood up. ‘Why didn’t you sleep longer? I’ve already taken leave for you. Get better and go to school.’
Tian Ye was at a loss and extremely embarrassed.
Yu Tianheng came over and took her hand, saying gently, ‘If you’re worried about falling behind with your schoolwork, I can hire a tutor for you. You look pale; did you not sleep well last night? Be a good girl and go back to sleep.’
Tian Ye’s face turned red up to her toes at the strange looks from the guests. All they could say was, ‘I never knew Tianheng to be so gentle with girls, but your girlfriend seems a little shy. Is she also going to school? If she’s skipping classes, that’s not a good habit.’ He shook his head disapprovingly, but his gaze swept sternly over Tian Ye.
Yu Tianheng faced him with a smile, ‘I never knew that Uncle Liu was someone who liked to pry into other people’s private affairs. You have to deal with so many big cases every day, so please leave my girlfriend’s affairs alone!’
Tian Ye hated him so much that she could not help but want to kick him. She hurriedly said, ‘I’m going to school now. I like learning at school, so there’s no need for you to hire any tutors for me.’
Yu Tianheng let go of her hand and said coldly, ‘I’ve already given you three months’ leave, so don’t even think about calling the school again.‘
’What?!’ The guest and Tian Ye both exclaimed in surprise.
Tian Ye was furious. “Who are you to me? Why are you meddling in my affairs? We’re just classmates, so why are you making decisions for me?”
Yu Tianheng grabbed her hand and said angrily, ’Are we just classmates? We were together last night, don’t you remember?’
Tian Ya only wished she could find a hole to crawl into. The guests, judging the situation, hurriedly excused themselves, leaving the two of them to stand there in a stalemate.
A cloud blocked the sun at some point, and the early morning sky grew dark.
Yu Tianheng slowly embraced her and sighed, ‘Why don’t you let me arrange everything for you? Do you know that if you anger me, you will be expelled from school?’
Tian Ye struggled for a moment and said defiantly, ‘So what if I provoke you? I just offended you on my first day here, why didn’t you just kick me out? And last night, we—we didn’t do anything, why did you tell such lies in front of the guests? You ruined my reputation.’ After she finished speaking, she hated herself for wanting to bite her tongue off. Why did she flirt with a little boy? She was disgusted with herself.
Yu Tianheng could hear the strong scent of coquetry in her tone and could not help but be overjoyed. At this moment, damp and warm raindrops fell, creating circles of water in the swimming pool behind them. He took her hand and walked into the house, where the old butler greeted them, ‘Young master, the master just called.’
Yu Tianheng took off his sunglasses, and there was a slight bruise on his left eye. He walked into the living room to answer the phone, and Tian Ya curiously asked the butler, ‘What happened to his eye? Did he get into a fight?’
The butler shook his head and pretended not to know, thinking, ‘The young master has been like this since he came out of his room this morning, so why ask me! Two young people – sigh!’
Tian Ye poked her head into the living room. Yu Tianheng had a serious expression on his face, looking cool and unflappable. ‘Okay, Grandpa, I’ll be careful with him. I’m protected at school and at home, he dares not do anything to me. Okay, I have to hang up now. Well, that bottle of wine you gave me was not bad. Okay, I have to hang up now, bye, Grandpa!’
When he hung up the phone, he saw a little head looking at him intently. He walked over, rubbed her hair and laughed, ‘Don’t you want to go to school? I’ll have someone drive you there. Come back here for lunch and I’ll have the kitchen cook you something delicious.’
‘Did someone give you trouble?’ she asked, tilting her head.
‘Who dares to give me trouble?’ he said, rubbing her head and laughing.
She glared at him and accused him, ‘You lied to me! I heard everything just now!’
Yu Tianheng poked her pert nose. ‘If you boss me around now, I’ll be dead meat when I marry you in the future.’
‘Screw you, who cares! Just don’t tell me!’ Tian Ye threw a little temper tantrum.
Yu Tianheng was helpless. ‘He’s an old friend of mine. Because of some misunderstanding between us, he always wants to get back at me. But don’t worry, he won’t get his way!’
Tian Ye asked curiously, ‘Your family is so rich and powerful, but it seems from your tone that you really dislike him. Who is he? He can’t be a member of the underworld, can he? Those people are ruthless killers!’
He laughed reassuringly, ‘Don’t worry, no one can kill me, and with you here, I have nothing to fear.’ There was a hidden meaning in his words, and Tian Ye didn’t dare to ask any further, for fear that his identity would be accidentally revealed.
Tian Ye obediently lowered her head, preparing to endure a storm.
The old fox didn’t say anything for a long time, just looking at her with an incomprehensible gaze. Slowly, he picked up the glass on the table and took a drink. Suddenly, he sighed and said, ‘Tianya, it’s only been a few years, but you’ve become a young woman and are also at the beginning of your love life. Logically speaking, I’m only your superior and shouldn’t meddle too much in your personal relationships, but as an elder, I’ve always treated you like a daughter. When you first entered the police academy, your grandmother entrusted you to me and asked me to take care of you. She always hoped that her granddaughter would become an outstanding police officer. Over the years, I have been saddened by the heavy burden you have carried, and I have not made you happy. I have always been strict with you. So, I hope that you will find your true happiness in the future. Do you understand?”
Tian Ye’s lips moved, but she held back her words.
‘Yu Tianheng is the target you are trying to protect. His background can be described as incredibly prestigious. His grandfather was an overseas Chinese businessman and philanthropist who had a huge influence for several generations. His father graduated from Cambridge University and is now a high-ranking official. His mother comes from a family of generals and is currently the president of a multinational group. Everyone in his family is an important figure who cannot be ignored, but he is the only heir, so he is under the strictest protection. He was originally going to study abroad, but because he was targeted by the underworld, he was secretly sent to this remote city. You may not know that even I, the director of the bureau, have an important responsibility for his safety. Tianya, I can see that he likes you, but you must also be clear about the differences between you. I don’t have any prejudices, but I can’t help worrying about you. He is much younger than you, and he is in such a good position. Generally, powerful families like his choose people from similar backgrounds for future marriages. Tianya, think about it carefully. Who can guarantee that he is not acting on a whim? Besides, you are both still very young. Think twice before you act!’ The old fox said to her meaningfully and sincerely.
Tian Ye bowed her head and said, ‘Yes, I will think about it carefully. Thank you!’ She swallowed the tears that were about to well up in her eyes. He and she were two very different people. Did he really like her? Maybe he was just enjoying the novelty of the situation. She should give up any hope of a happy future. She should stop while she was still able, even if it hurt. It was better to stop now than to regret it for the rest of her life!
Tian Ye walked to the train station with a travel bag on her back. She had asked for three days off from school and the old fox, and was preparing to go home to visit her grandmother, whom she had not seen for more than half a year. When she asked her homeroom teacher for leave, the teacher’s gaze was no longer one of pity, but one of disbelief and distance. He asked carefully, ‘Does Yu Tianheng know you’re going home?’ The girl gave him a small white eye in reply: ‘You’re the class advisor, why would I ask him for leave?’
She bought a ticket for 6am, and an hour before that she started her journey.
It was still dark, with only a faint glimmer of dawn. As she walked through an alley, she heard a faint cry for help. At the end of the alley, a few people were punching and kicking a person on the ground. The person on the ground seemed to be dead and unable to fight back. Tian Jie saw this and hurriedly ran over. She shouted, ‘What are you doing? I’m a police officer, stop!’
The people standing there heard the news and were about to run, but when they saw that it was a young girl, they stopped, giggling. ‘Miss, what do you do? Don’t scare us, do you want to have some fun?’ said the one in charge, unaware of his own death.
Tian Ye rushed to the front and saw that these people looked familiar. She suddenly remembered that they were the three hooligans she had arrested for organising prostitution. The men also recognised her, looked at each other, and suddenly fled in all directions. They had tasted the power of her fists and feet before, so why wait?
Tian Ye put her hands on her hips, looked awe-inspiring, laughed three times at their flustered fleeing figures, then leaned down to see how badly the person on the ground was hurt. As soon as she got close, the man opened his eyes and gave her a sly smile, ‘Thank you for saving me!’
In the hazy morning light, she saw a stunning face! Even the dust couldn’t hide the face’s peerless and breathtaking beauty. His eyebrows slanted into his temples, his dark eyes were unfathomable, his eyes were upturned at the corners, his lips were thin and crimson, and on his right earlobe was a star-like stud.
His beauty was completely different from Yu Tianheng’s. If Yu Tianheng is the noble and ice-like snow lotus, then he is the soul-stirring poppy.
He lay on the dirty ground, smiling at her, making her feel as if the world had brightened up in an instant. He was young, still a big boy, wearing tattered clothes. He looked down and dirty, but was definitely not a beggar. His face was covered in dirt, but it exuded a sense of charm, and in an instant it became an expression of innocence and pity.
‘Can you give me something to eat? I haven’t eaten for two days and I was robbed of all my money,’ he said pitifully.
Tian Ye was sure he was fine and didn’t want to bother with him, because she vaguely sensed a confusing evil aura from him. But seeing the bruised skin exposed by his torn clothes, she could see that he was seriously injured. Sympathetically, she asked, ’Is your injury okay? Why did these people beat you?’
‘Can’t you see that I’m more beautiful than a woman?‘ he said lightly. “They wanted to rape me, but I’d rather die than submit!”
Tian Jie couldn’t help getting angry. How could they let such a young boy go? “Don’t worry, these bad guys will definitely not get away with it. I won’t let them go.”
’Thank you,’ he said gratefully, but also worried, ’but you’re so young, will you be a match for them? They’re all a bunch of rascals!’
‘I’ll have you know that I’m really good at kung fu and they’re all scared of me!‘ Tian Jie bragged.
’So you really are a policeman?’ the boy asked seriously.
Tian Jie hastily denied it, ’I was just bluffing. But my friend is a policeman and he’s really good at kung fu. These people have all suffered at his hands. I also know a few moves, so of course they’ll run when they see me!’
‘You’re amazing, sister. You look so weak and feeble, but you scared the bad guys away!‘ The boy’s face showed admiration, but when he turned his back, a sneer flashed in his eyes.
’Sister, I’m so hungry now. Can you take me out to eat?’ He looked so lonely and helpless that Tian Gemeng readily agreed.
The boy told Tian Ye his name was Chu Han, and that he had run away from home after arguing with his parents because he didn’t want to go to university. He had just arrived in the city and had been pickpocketed as soon as he got off the train, and as a result of chasing the thief, he had run into these three thugs.
It was still early in the morning, and there were very few restaurants open for business. Not far from the train station, a small shop with a clean appearance opened its doors. The plump proprietress placed a steaming bowl of tea eggs on the street to attract customers, and when she saw a customer early in the morning, she hurriedly greeted him warmly.
Chu Han frowned at the small shop at first glance, but Tian Ye happily said, ‘Just boiled tea eggs? Give us four of those tea eggs, and then two bowls of eight-treasure porridge. Is there anything else?’ She spoke all this as she entered the shop, and he followed her in helplessly. The shop owneress couldn’t help but stare at Chu Han when she saw him. What a handsome boy!
Tian Ye couldn’t help but laugh when she saw the shop owneress just staring at Chu Han in a daze. She coughed hard to bring her attention back, and then ordered a catty of fried dough sticks before sitting down.
Chu Han looked around, but the shop was not as clean as the outside. A pair of chopsticks were placed haphazardly on the greasy table, along with a few heads of garlic. Even the chairs were suspiciously shiny. Seeing that Tian Ye was sitting on them as if nothing had happened, eagerly waiting for his food to be served, he had no choice but to sit down, his heart sickening.
Tian Ye looked at him and laughed, ‘You’ve never had a meal like this, have you? You have to suffer outside, and reality is not as good as you think.’
Chu Han smiled slightly. The proprietress deftly served two bowls of eight-treasure porridge, with tea eggs and fried dough sticks on separate plates. Tian Ye took a small sip of the eight-treasure porridge and exclaimed, ‘It smells so good! Chu Han, you should try the proprietress’s cooking, I’ve never had such a fragrant porridge before!’
The proprietress was so happy that she couldn’t stop smiling. She thought that this unassuming little girl was so sweet and lovely, and she quickly added two eggs to the plate, saying, ‘These two are free, so eat up!’
Chuhan finally started eating at her urging, even though he had never eaten such terrible food.
There were still twenty minutes left. Tian Ya finished the last stick of fried dough and took out 500 yuan from the inside pocket of her shirt. ‘Chu Han, don’t say the money is not enough. You should go home quickly. Your parents must be worried sick about you. You must not make them sad. It’s so good to have parents who love you. I’ve never had that. I grew up without a mother or a father. I’m going home now. You take care too!’ She looked at him seriously and gently placed the money in front of him. Then she got up and walked towards the train station.
Chu Han looked deeply at her receding back, picked up the money on the table casually, and the thin banknotes still had the warmth of a young girl’s body.
‘Do you think you can get rid of me like that?’ he sneered.
The train started up with a roar. Tian Ye sat in the carriage, and opposite her sat a family of three: a young man dressed like a migrant worker, his gentle and delicate wife, and a girl about five or six years old. The little girl’s eyes were rolling around as she looked around, and then at her, without any shyness at all. The wife petted her head fondly and smiled up at her. The little girl suddenly said sweetly to her mother, ‘Mommy, why is this sister not pretty, while that handsome brother over there keeps looking at her?’
Tian Ye turned her head and saw a big boy in blue jeans and a black T-shirt leaning diagonally on the seat looking at her, smiling at her and walking over.
‘Chu Han!’ Tian Ye was a little surprised, “Didn’t you go home?”
Chu Han sat down next to her and said, “I used the money you gave me to buy clothes, and there was only enough left to buy a train ticket like yours, so I followed you.”
Tian Ye was furious. The boy had spent all the money she had saved for months on clothes, and these clothes were worth a lot of money, which was simply unforgivable!
She was frowning and didn’t want to talk to him anymore, but Chu Han went even further and made full use of his good looks to make the little girl in front of him laugh out loud. The people in the whole carriage were charmed by his wit and humour, and even several female conductors took the opportunity to peek at him several times while they were refilling the water. However, Tian Ye stubbornly refused to even look at him. In the end, he had no choice but to approach her: ‘Everyone likes me, why don’t you even look at me?’ Tian Ye turned her head away with a sour face.
The man’s wife, who was sitting opposite, spoke softly to her, ‘My dear, don’t be so angry. Your boyfriend loves you so much that he is worried about you travelling alone on the train and has made up an excuse to keep you company. Don’t be angry!’ The young man hurriedly agreed.
‘Since when has he become my boyfriend?’ Tian Ye was about to explode when a group of men barged into the carriage. The young parents hurriedly put their daughter in their arms.
A leader with a red nose said with a smirk, ‘We brothers have been a bit short of cash recently. Please help us out. 800 yuan per person, 400 yuan for the child. Don’t blame us if it’s less!’
Several timid people started to take out money. The leader with the red nose saw the young wife hugging her daughter, who was shaking uncontrollably. He smirked, walked over and tried to grope her. The young man seemed petrified, sitting there without daring to move a muscle. All she could hear was her daughter crying. Tian Ye was about to get angry, but Chu Han took her hand and whispered, ‘Do you need to do anything to these idiots?’ Tian Ye looked at him in disbelief. He had just been beaten up and couldn’t move, but now he was facing even more vicious criminals than those before, and he wasn’t afraid?
A burly man near them came over cursing, ‘Kid, what did you just say?’
Chu Han slowly stood up. The burly men looked at his face and couldn’t help but salivate. The man with the red nose immediately shifted his target and laughed, ‘I never thought I’d run into such a gem today!’
Chu Han still had a smile on his face. When a dirty claw was about to touch his face, he reached out his finger and caught it. There was a slight ‘click’ sound, and the owner of the claw let out a miserable cry. The bloody finger was broken off. His wife screamed and covered her daughter’s eyes, and the people in the carriage were stunned. Chu Han shook his head, disgustedly pulled out a square handkerchief to wipe his hands, ‘At this level, you still dare to hang around? It’s not bad to have survived until now, but unfortunately you met me today, so consider yourselves unlucky!’
With his nose still bleeding uncontrollably, Chu Han couldn’t believe his eyes. Seeing his companion still screaming and wailing, he roared and drew a knife and charged at him. Chu Han flew up and kicked him right in the heart. The man with the alcoholic nose flew out his knife, but he had already fallen to the ground and was unable to even moan. He rolled his eyes and passed out.
The others, who had pulled out their daggers and were on high alert, also became dumbfounded and petrified statues. They had never seen two of their companions being killed so viciously and cleanly before, and they were all shocked. These people were tyrants on this railway line, almost committing all kinds of evil deeds, but they were also extremely cunning. They had escaped many crackdowns, so they became even more unrestrained. But they never imagined that they would fall into the hands of a boy who was more beautiful than a woman today. Compared with the boy’s vicious methods, their previous methods were simply at a childish level.
These people were finally arrested by the police officers who rushed to the scene. There was warm applause in the carriage, and Chu Han became a hero. The young couple were full of gratitude. Chu Han unceremoniously rebuked the man, ‘What kind of man are you? If you can’t protect your own woman, what’s the point?’
The man was so ashamed that he was humiliated. Tian Ge gave Chu Han a fierce look and comforted him gently, ‘They were such a vicious bunch, anyone would be scared, not to mention protecting their own daughter first! Don’t be sad!’ The wife looked at her with tears in her eyes and held her husband’s hand tightly.
Chu Han did not dare to look at her. She was glaring at him fiercely, opened her mouth, and tried to say something but then swallowed it back down. He was definitely not a simple person. Moreover, his methods were ruthless, as if he were a professional killer who could cause someone to die while laughing and joking.
It seemed as if he had anticipated her suspicions caused by his actions, and he put on a harmless smile, pleading with his eyes as he met her aggressive gaze. ‘Sister, I know you have a lot of questions for me, but trust me, I won’t hurt you! I just want to hang out with you, I have no malicious intentions, you believe me, okay?”
No one had ever called her “sister” in such a sweet tone of voice, Tian Jiexin softened, she knew that there were too many mysteries about him, his true identity, his calm and fierce skills, and the faint smell of blood that emanated from him. His sudden appearance was also a mystery. With such skills, would he be beaten by a few small thugs? Who exactly was he? But he was really beautiful, and when he made a pitiful face, those charming eyes would make everyone’s heart flutter. Oh my god, was she destined to be ruined by a handsome guy? After finally temporarily putting aside the troubles caused by Yu Tianheng, she didn’t want to get involved with another stunningly beautiful man. Besides, if she guessed correctly, this should be a dangerous man!
‘But…’ Tian Ye sighed and made a decision that would almost ruin her life. “Okay, I’ll trust you for the last time, but you have to be honest, or I’ll really have to kick you out!”
Chu Han’s face showed joy, true joy from the bottom of his heart. He didn’t even expect to be so happy that she believed him.
The train finally arrived at the station.
Chu Han attentively lifted Tian Ya’s luggage and the two got off the train. After four hours on the train, they finally arrived, and this was her hometown, Yishan County.
As soon as they got out of the station, they were surrounded by a group of people on either motorised or manual tricycles. Tricycles are a common sight in the county, because it is a mountainous area with an underdeveloped economy and a pitifully small number of taxis.
Chu Han exclaimed in amazement, ‘Are we going to your house on this thing?’
Tian Ye said coldly, ‘I didn’t invite you, you can choose not to go.’
Chu Han said pitifully, ‘Sister, it’s my fault, forgive me for the good deed I did, okay?’
Tian Ye laughed and gave him a sideways glance. Chu Han was stunned, and his heart couldn’t help but skip at the soft charm that inadvertently leaked out of her intelligent eyes.
The small county town was still the same as when he had left. The rapid economic development outside the mountains had not yet affected this small ancient hill town. It continued to live at a leisurely pace, without the vanity and hustle and bustle of the city. There was only peace and simplicity.
Tian Ye looked up excitedly at the sky. She took a deep, greedy breath. Although it was already noon, even the sun was cool here, and the air was fresh and pure.
My hometown! This is my hometown!
Chu Han watched her gleefully jumping about like a child and a feeling of deep melancholy welled up in his heart. Where was his hometown? Where was his home? Was it in that cold and ruthless mansion? In the skyscrapers of the most prosperous city? Or in the countless beautiful villas overseas? What did it matter if he had the power of life and death over countless people? What did it matter if he lived the most extravagant life with the most beautiful women? Could he breathe the freest and most natural air as he was doing now? At the bloody pinnacle of power is the loneliest heart. Behind the glamour and wealth is just a soul adrift in the world with no one to rely on.
‘Chu Han, I want to go home to see my grandmother. I don’t want her to see me coming back with a stranger. Don’t you have any money?’ She didn’t dare look at his face. Heartbroken, she took out another 500 yuan. She had saved 3,000 yuan with great difficulty, and now 1,000 yuan was gone. But in order to get rid of him, she had to cut her losses. ’ I’ll give you some more money, so you can explore the area. The scenery in Yishan is really beautiful, but I won’t be able to go with you!”
There was a terrible silence. Chu Han couldn’t decide whether to laugh or cry. He had been alive for 18 years, and had always only given money to women, and it had always been astronomical sums. But in one day, he had actually let this poor little woman give him money twice. Although he was now a bit down on his luck, if he wanted to, he could guarantee that this hateful woman would drown in a sea of money.
Tian Ye saw that his face was a little hideous, thinking that he didn’t like the money to be small. Hurriedly, he took out another 300 yuan with a sad face and said, ‘This is all I have, you…’
‘Shut up!’ Chu Han could no longer stand it and said viciously, “I don’t want anything. I just want to follow you, unless you kill me. I’m going to die at home anyway, so I might as well die in your hometown, and then when you go home to see your grandmother in the future, you can also take a look at my grave…” Holy Virgin Mary, how could he say such rascal words? This woman is driving him crazy.
Tian Ye was at her wit’s end. He was so grief-stricken (and she was making him even angrier), and if she didn’t let him go with her, she didn’t know what would happen. She couldn’t bear the blame of someone’s death. For the sake of the hero he played on the train, alas! ‘Let’s go, it’s already noon!’
Tian Ye’s village was more than ten kilometres from the small county town, so the two of them got into a motorised tricycle. The so-called motorised tricycle was just an ordinary farm tricycle with a plank tied across the back, and a soft seat tied to the plank, which became a ‘sofa’. Sitting on it was shaky, and it seemed like you would fall off at any time on the bumpy mountain road. You could only hold on to the handrails on either side of the cart and try your best to keep your balance.
In his heart, Chu Han cursed the damn broken cart, but on his face he looked normal, except that he had no time to enjoy the beautiful scenery along the way. Tian Mei was carefree and elated, and loudly said to the old farmer driving the cart, ‘Uncle, I can drive this cart too. Let me drive, I guarantee I can drive better than you!’
Chu Han’s face changed, ‘Sister, don’t joke around!’
The old farmer laughed and stopped the car, saying with a hearty laugh, ‘Young lady, it sounds like you’re from around here, judging by your accent.’
‘Yes, I haven’t been home for three years,’ Tian Ye smiled.
Chu Han watched as Tian Ye rode in front of him, and the old farmer climbed into the back of the truck and sat next to him. He saw Tian Ye skillfully start the car and praised, “The girls from Yishan are all good! Don’t you agree, young man?” His old eyes had long since seen Chu Han’s fear and looked at him with a smile.
Chu Han steadied his nerves and watched the small, thin girl as she sped along the winding, steep mountain road like the wind. He could only see her hair, which was neither long nor short, flying high in the wind. At that moment, something inexplicable quietly entered his heart.
When they reached the entrance to the village, they said goodbye to the old farmer and walked along the cobblestone mountain path. The village was quiet, presumably because the people were taking a nap after lunch, and only the occasional barking of dogs could be heard.
‘My house is right there by the jujube tree,’ Tian Ye pointed out to him, ‘Grandma will be so happy to see me!’
‘Sister, is there anyone else in your family?’ Chu Han immediately regretted asking this question and bit his lips, afraid to look at her.
Tian Ye, however, was oblivious to this and said happily, ‘My parents are both dead, and I have only my grandmother in the world to love me. I already feel like the happiest person in the world.’
‘Sister,’ Chu Han suddenly took her hand, ‘You still have your grandmother to love you, but although I have a mother and father, they have never loved me. I really feel that you are much happier than me.’
Tian Ya saw the sadness in his eyes and her heart ached. His gaze reminded her of a poor, injured bunny, helpless and alone. She wanted to comfort him, to let him hold her hand, but he took advantage of the situation and gently wrapped his arms around her, burying his head in her shoulders.
“Oh dear, who is this in broad daylight? Aren’t they ashamed, hugging like that!’ A sharp, mean voice suddenly appeared. Chu Han clearly felt Tian Ye’s body stiffen. He looked up, but still stubbornly wrapped his arm around her waist. He saw a young woman in her twenties wearing a small floral dress on a green base standing not far away, looking at them with a sneer. She was slim and quite attractive. The young woman’s expression revealed a look of infatuation when she met his gaze, and Chu Han snorted in his heart.
‘Sister-in-law!’ Tian Ye called out unnaturally.
The young woman let out a “ah” and said, “It’s you? You’re home?” She tried to put on a friendly appearance, but no matter how she looked at it, it was fake.
Tian Ye responded indifferently, expressionless as she walked forward. Chu Han turned back and smiled at the young woman, almost making her collapse. “Bitch, watch your mouth in the future!” He chuckled lightly and spat out words as sharp as a knife and as cold as ice. The young woman shivered.
‘Grandma, I’m home!’ Tian Ye shouted as she walked into the dilapidated gatehouse. An old woman with white hair but a lively spirit walked out. “Girl, why are you back?” The old woman was a little surprised.
Tian Ye threw herself into her arms and said coquettishly, ’I missed you. I didn’t sneak back here, Uncle Liu agreed.’
Grandma put her arms around her head and said with emotion, ‘Your Uncle Liu is a good man. He left me money when he left last time and specifically told the village chief to take care of an old thing like me. You have to work hard to be worthy of him!’
‘I know, Grandma!’
Grandma noticed that there was a beautiful boy standing next to her and asked hurriedly, ‘Who is this? He’s so handsome.’
Chu Han walked up and said respectfully, ‘Grandma, my name is Chu Han.’
Grandma smiled and took his hand. ‘What a beautiful boy, much prettier than my daughter.’
‘Grandma!’ Tian Ye whined, unhappy with Chu Han, ‘I knew it was a bad idea to let you come, even Grandma is partial!’
Chu Han laughed happily and made a face at her
She entered the house, which was simply furnished but clean and tidy. Grandmother held out a handful of dried hawthorn berries from the inner room and said lovingly, ‘Your favourite dried hawthorn berries. I’ve been waiting for you to come home to eat them!’ Then she skipped out of the room to prepare the meal.
Tian Ye threw a few dried hawthorn berries into her mouth, put the rest into Chu Han’s hands, and followed her out.
Outside the house, a small shed made of a few pieces of linoleum was the kitchen of the mountain village family. The shed was filled with the most ordinary vegetables, and there was also a piece of tofu in a bowl on the earthen stove. Grandma said with satisfaction, ‘Your eldest brother comes to see me every now and then and brings me some vegetables, so life is much better than before. Nie, as soon as you get married, I will have one thing off my mind. I think this young man, Chu Han, is quite good. He’s good-looking, seems stable, how old is he? How many people are in his family? What does he do?‘
Tian Ya’s face flushed, and she whispered, “Grandma, we’re just ordinary friends. He’s only 18, don’t get any ideas. He’ll be embarrassed if he hears you.”
’Oh, if only he were a little older,’ the old lady said with a sigh.
Chu Han couldn’t help but smile at the corners of his mouth when he heard this. He didn’t mind that she was older than him by a lot.
Twenty minutes later, Tian Ya served three dishes and a soup on the small table: fried tofu with green onions, stir-fried cabbage with vinegar, cucumber salad, and chicken feet soup. Grandma said with a smile, ‘Chu Han, try my granddaughter’s cooking. She rarely cooks at home.’
Tian Ya laughed and said, ‘Grandma, the dishes I made are just ordinary, people may not be able to eat them.’
Chu Han said seriously, ‘As long as it’s made by you, I’ll eat even poison.’
Tian Ya didn’t see the fiery gaze in his eyes. The two sat down to eat. Chu Han sipped the soup, saying, ‘Sister, are you a chef in the city? This soup is so delicious!’
Tian Ye gave a small smile and was about to reply when suddenly a quacking noise came from her bag. Her face changed slightly, and Chu Han asked curiously, ‘Are you hiding a duckling in your bag? Sister, you really are strange!’
Tian Ye’s face turned a suspicious shade of red. She reached into her bag and took out a small mobile phone. It was dreamlike, set with diamonds and green in colour, and had a cute and nimble apple shape, but it made a ridiculous quacking sound. She hesitated for a moment, and finally answered, ‘Hello?’ Her voice was as small as an ant’s.
There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone. ‘Where are you?’ It was the calm voice of Yu Tianheng, with a storm brewing just beneath the surface.
Tian Ye always hated why she was afraid of this boy, and in her heart she had drawn a line with him countless times, but when she heard his voice, her heart jumped uncontrollably, and the chopsticks slipped from her hands and fell to the ground
‘I’ve missed you so much!’ he sighed softly.
Tian Ye bit her lower lip hard. She wanted to say to him, ‘I’m sorry, it’s impossible between us!’ However, she couldn’t bring herself to say it. His voice was so affectionate as he spoke into her ear. She remembered the way he looked at her with such dominance and tenderness, the way he stroked her hair like a family member, and the way he loved her with all the innocence and passion of an 18-year-old. How could she be so heartless as to say cruel words?
Why be so weak? Why be so hesitant? Any girl who is favoured by him like this would be happy as if in a dream, but why is she so afraid?
‘What’s wrong? Why aren’t you talking?’ a worried voice.
‘Nothing, I just went back to my hometown. I’m so tired, can I call you back in a while?’ Without waiting for him to reply, Tian Ge quickly turned off her phone.
He had given her the phone as compensation. He said that she had been drunk that night and had accidentally broken her antique phone. The maid had thrown it away without her knowledge, and she had been suspicious but had been unable to do anything about it. When she was about to leave, he gave her this small phone. She refused this very attractive phone, and Yu Tianheng immediately changed his face, threatening to fire the maid who had accidentally thrown away her phone. Faced with the crying maid, she had no choice but to temporarily compromise. But the phone was so dazzling that she didn’t dare use it openly and had to keep it in her bag. She once asked him, ‘Why are you so good to me? Do you know that I don’t want to be Cinderella and that it’s impossible for us?’
The only answer she got was a domineering smile.
Chu Han acted as if she hadn’t seen or heard anything, finished her meal as if nothing had happened, and said, ‘Sister, you said that the scenery here is beautiful. Can you show it to me?’
‘Sure, the scenery here is no worse than those famous scenic spots. I’ll show you later…’ Just then, there was a loud noise outside the door. Tian Ye hurriedly ran out.
Grandma, who had just been full of energy, was now ashen with anger. In front of her was a burly man and the young woman she had met at the village entrance.
‘Grandma, what’s wrong?’ Tian Ye went up to her and helped her, then turned to the two people and said, ’Brother, sister-in-law, what’s going on with Grandma?’
The man lowered his head and remained silent, with a hint of guilt on his face. The young woman gave him a hateful look and laughed, ‘It’s nothing serious. I’m saying, sister, you’re all grown up now, and I heard from grandma that you’ve started working too. The money for your schooling was hard-earned money from my husband Fang Qingshan, who worked hard to earn it. Even if you’re siblings, you still need to be clear about the accounts, not to mention that you’re not even related…’
Tian Ye’s face changed.
‘Xiao Xing –’ Fang Qingshan called out, trying to make her stop. Grandma hugged Tian Ye and shouted at him, “Qingshan, she’s your daughter-in-law, so mind your own business!”
Xiao Xing sneered, ’Because I’m his daughter-in-law, I have to think of his best interests. You all bully him because he’s honest, and I can’t stand it. Three thousand five hundred yuan, not a penny less!’
Fang Qingshan tugged the corner of his daughter-in-law’s clothes and whispered, ‘That’s enough, it’s not easy for Grandma…’ 3b5dca501ee1e
Xiao Xing slapped his hand away, ‘Enough? You think the food and provisions you give Grandma every now and then are free? The few dollars she gives you isn’t even enough to pay for your errands!’
Tian Ye couldn’t help but say loudly, ‘Sister-in-law, how can you treat Grandma like this? Hasn’t she suffered enough for us? Delivering food and supplies is your duty as a filial son! Grandma is so old now, don’t go too far!’
Fang Qingshan said gruffly, ‘How have we gone too far? Don’t think that just because you’ve grown up and are away from home, you can speak to me like that!’
Xiao Xing crossed her arms and sneered, ‘Who knows what you’ve been up to? You’re a girl who was born without a father and raised by a mother, so what else can you do but seduce men?’
Tian Ye was so angry that her vision went black, and she wanted to go up and beat her up. But for the sake of her grandmother, she had to hold her temper and help her grandmother back inside.
Chu Han walked out and stared contemptuously at the Fang Qingshan couple. ‘Apart from bullying the elderly and women, what else can you do?
Fang Qingshan didn’t take this pretty young man seriously and snorted at him, but just as he was about to turn and walk away, Chu Han hit him hard in the face, and he was immediately covered in flowers and blood. Fang Qingshan fell to the ground, covering his face and screaming. Chu Han ignored him and looked at Xiaoxing. The young woman, who had just been unyielding, was now trembling.
‘You meddling bitch will only dirty my hands, but you must pay for your actions just now,’ he said, exuding an extremely dangerous and terrifying aura as he took a step closer to her.
‘Stop,’ Tian Ye cried out, ‘Chu Han, ignore them!’
Chu Han said coldly, ‘How can we let people like this go without a lesson?’
Tian Ye forced a smile and said, ‘Chu Han, let them go!’ Her face was pale, but her gaze was firm. Chu Han gazed at her and found that her gaze made it impossible for him to refuse her anything. Could it be that he was falling for her?
Xiaoxing helped Fang Qingshan to his feet, and the two of them fled, rolling and crawling.
After persuading the sad grandmother to go to sleep, Tian Ye sat by the bed and silently faced Chu Han. She smiled bitterly, ‘They are Grandma’s only family, and I don’t want to hurt them. I’m just a wild girl that Grandma picked up off the side of the road, you won’t laugh at me, will you?’
‘Silly!’ Chu Han looked at her tenderly, ‘I would never do that!’
If possible, I will take good care of you and spoil you,‘ he said to himself. His heart had already uncontrollably been captivated by this fragile yet strong girl. She had made his cold heart soften for the first time, and for the first time he desperately wanted to protect someone, a girl who had quietly settled in his heart.
’Thank you, Chu Han, if only I had a younger brother like you, because then you could protect me in the future and I wouldn’t have to take any more abuse from other people!’ she told him with a tone of regret.
‘No!‘ He rejected her out of hand without a second thought. “I’m not your brother, I want to-”
’What do you want?‘ She interrupted him with a smirk. She was stupid, but she could sense the heat in the teenager’s eyes. “I’ll tell you what you want. You’re going to be my little brother, and you’ll have to call me ”sister’ when you see me in the future, got it? Otherwise, I won’t talk to you anymore!’
Chu Han controlled the urge to take that petite body into his arms. He almost didn’t dare to look directly into those crystal clear and innocent eyes, for fear that his desire would be uncontrollable when he saw her. 37f0e884fbad9667e38940169d0a3c95
In this small mountain village, in this warm hut with its meagre lighting, he watched her petite figure cast against the wall, and couldn’t help but feel a sense of tenderness.
‘But I can’t promise you, sister!’
In the early morning, Tian Mei quietly came to Fang Qingshan’s house alone. The couple were shocked and scared when they saw her, but they were slightly relieved when they saw that no one was following her.
Tian Ye put a stack of money in front of them: ‘If you weren’t Grandma’s only family, I would beat you up even worse than I have already. I don’t care if you treat me badly, but I hate it when you treat your own grandmother like this! This is all the money I have, so you can do what you like with it! Tomorrow, I will leave here with Grandma.’
Fang Qingshan stuttered, ‘Grandma will go with you, but that brat beat me up so badly that my head still hurts and I lost a few teeth. How are we going to settle this?’
Tian Ye said coldly, ‘Fang Qingshan, I can tell you that Chu Han can kill someone with one blow. Believe it or not, you’re lucky to be alive!’ With that, she turned around and left.
Xiaoxing said timidly, ‘Qingshan, I think that boy is very difficult to deal with. For some reason, I get scared whenever I see him!’ The couple were speechless. When they thought of that sinister but extraordinarily beautiful teenager, a cold feeling welled up in their hearts.
Grandma followed Tian Ye to the city where she worked.
Tian Ye rented a two-bedroom apartment in a neighbourhood not far from the police station. Because she had no money, she sold the mobile phone that Yu Tianheng had given her for 6,000 yuan, half of which she used to pay the rent, and the other half she asked her grandmother to keep for her.
Chu Han said goodbye and left after getting off the train. Before he left, he only said one thing to Tian Ye: ‘Sister, my real name is Yuan Chu Han. I want you to remember my name!’
‘Oh? What did you say?’ Although they were close to each other, it was really difficult to hear what he said in the bustling crowd. She only saw him smile at her, and in that last glance, there seemed to be thousands of words, but he still left decisively, disappearing into the crowd. She didn’t call out to him because they had never really interacted, but she still felt a little lost. Although they had only spent a few days together, he had quietly taken a place in her heart. During the few days she spent with him, she even forgot about Yu Tianheng. This handsome young man was like a mystery, mysteriously appearing and then mysteriously disappearing. Tian Ya returned to school.
As soon as she walked onto the campus, everyone she knew and didn’t know greeted her warmly. Even the stern-looking headmaster smiled at her and nodded repeatedly, which was rare.
She went to the dormitory first, where Lin Xiaolan and Li Guiyuan gave her a big, warm hug. Tian Ya almost couldn’t breathe.
“You two girls are going to kill me!’
Li Guiyuan laughed, ‘You’re not very loyal. Tell me, what did you do at Yu Tianheng’s house that night? Did he eat you? The whole school is buzzing with excitement. You stayed at his house for a night, and he even called to excuse you from class. You’ve been caught red-handed!’
Lin Xiaolan pretended to be heartbroken, ‘My Prince Charming has been taken from me by you. Tian Ya, you have to compensate me for the loss of three years of longing!
Tian Ye raised her hand in surrender, unable to bear it anymore, ‘We really didn’t do anything! I swear! Please don’t spread rumours, okay? Now it’s almost time for the big exam, and I still have to study hard!’ The two then gave up.
From their mouths, Tian Ye learned that Yu Tianheng had gone to the United States three days ago, and her heart was relieved. However, a strange feeling kept winding through her heart. She didn’t want to see him, but she was thinking about him. Could this be the feeling of first love?
But a few days later, Yu Tianheng returned.
It was a lazy afternoon, and Tian Ye escaped from her study session and snuck over to Ziyuan.
This really is a paradise, an escape from the ‘roast duck’ life she once led. Facing the lake with its cool breeze, lying on the soft lawn, how pleasant. There’s no need to worry about anyone disturbing you, because no one would dare to come here, even if Yu Tianheng wasn’t here.
She closed her eyes and enjoyed herself to the full. Suddenly, there was a soft sound of footsteps. Tian Ye raised her guard, but remained motionless. A tall dark figure covered her, and the man leaned down, exuding a familiar and pleasant smell.
Tian Ye suddenly opened her eyes, and a handsome and handsome face appeared in front of her. ‘Yu Tianheng!’ She was still in shock when she was embraced by him.
She wanted to resist, she wanted to struggle, but she couldn’t move, her body was already in his grasp, under his fiery caresses, her body was no longer hers, limp and without a trace of strength. His eyes were ablaze with the fire of mad passion, as if he wanted to burn her, his lips whispered in her ear, ‘Do you know how much I’ve missed you? You’ve ruined me!’
Taking advantage of this moment, Tian Ye struggled to push him away, her face flushing red, ‘Let go, don’t do this!’
Tian Ye looked over and couldn’t help but blush even more. Not far from them, by a bush of roses, stood a beautiful young girl in a purple dress. Her bright eyes were like water, and her radiant smile was even more charming than the roses.
‘Brother, are you so impatient that you want to eat her up? And in front of your sister too, aren’t you afraid you’ll corrupt me? This isn’t like the brother I usually see!’ She smiled slyly, like a beautiful little fox.
Yu Tianheng lazily got up, ignored her, and said to Tian Ya, ‘Why can’t I get through to you?’ There was a hint of reproach in his tone.
Tian Ye’s face was still flushed, and she twisted her head angrily and said, ‘I lost my phone.’ Yu Tianheng, I’m warning you, don’t sneak up on me like this again, or I’ll show you! And hurry up and go to the school and spread the rumour that we’re not in a relationship, anything but that! I can’t stand it anymore! I want to study in peace! Study! Do you understand?’ At the end, she was practically grinding her teeth.
Yu Tianheng was taken aback, but then he laughed. ‘If you really wanted to study, you wouldn’t have been skipping class so often. Don’t think I don’t know anything!’
Tian Ye argued, ‘It’s because the teacher is so boring that I almost fall asleep. I skip class so as not to affect the other students. What do you know?’
“Fine, I can get a better teacher to teach you right away, until you stop sleeping in class!’
Tian Ye was impatient. The boy was once again using his power recklessly.
The girl was unwilling to be ignored and went up to Yu Tianheng and took his hand. ‘Brother, you value women over me! I’m going to go complain to grandpa!’
Yu Tianheng slapped her hand away. ‘I’m afraid you’ll be the one getting scolded. Now, would you please go away, you big light bulb?’
The girl in the purple dress walked away with a grievance, and before she left, she gave Tian Ya a secret wink and said, ‘Good luck, my brother really likes you!’
‘She is my younger sister, Yu Youzi,’ he said lightly.
Tian Ye suddenly understood: “So Ziyuan was named after your younger sister? You really love your sister!”
He smiled slightly and looked at her seriously: “If you want something, just say the word and I’ll give it to you!”
Tian Ye tilted her head and looked at him. His eyes were confident and serious. “What if I want you to never bother me again?” she said half-seriously.
Yu Tianheng looked at her in silence. She felt a little creepy and looked down, saying, ‘I know that proud people like you don’t like it when people lie to you, but I lied to you. I’m four years older than you, and I already have a boyfriend. I only came to school because of my grandmother, otherwise I would have married long ago. My grandmother wants me to go to university so that I can have a good support system in the future. So, I can only say sorry to you!’
After telling the big lie so fluently, she felt a little lighter, but she didn’t dare raise her head, for she was afraid of seeing his gaze.
But he was not about to let her off the hook. He stubbornly tilted her chin up so that she was looking at his face. ‘Did you mean what you said to me?’
She nodded reluctantly.
‘Who is that man, your boyfriend?’ he asked gently, his eyes half-closed, giving off a hint of danger.
Who should be the scapegoat? She racked her brain, ‘Is it that guy with the peach-blossom eyes, Yan Dayuan, who you once had a close conversation with?’ He had come up with the perfect candidate for her.
She stared at him with wide eyes, which only convinced Yu Tianheng of his judgment. Little did she know that Tian Ya was overjoyed. In the past two days, she had been scolded countless times by that fox-in-sheep’s clothing. What’s more, this self-proclaimed ‘detective’ had used the pretext of investigating the case to get close to the pretty female teacher. Hmph! I’ll just use Yu Tianheng to get rid of him again. Who told you to snitch on me in front of the old fox! She thought wickedly, all women are not innocent!
At this moment, Yan Dayuan, who was sitting in his office chatting happily with the beautiful female music teacher, had an ominous feeling, and this ominous feeling was definitely related to his arch-rival Fang Tianya!
Near the bustling railway station is a Greek-style entertainment complex called Athena City. It is the most luxurious entertainment venue in the city, with a disco, bars, dance halls, game rooms, gyms and saunas all under one roof. You don’t have to worry about safety here, because the owner is rumoured to be a member of the underworld. No one dares to stir up trouble here, and even the police rarely come here.
On a Sunday afternoon, three young girls sneaked into the disco at Athena City.
The three of them were Lin Xiaolan, Li Guiyuan and Tian Ye, all third-year high school students, just looking to let off some steam after a long day of studying. Tian Ye was well aware of the pain and suffering of studying for the high school entrance exam, as she had almost peeled off a layer of skin to get into the police academy, and she had never been to a disco before.
The three of them turned past the white Roman columns, almost dizzy, when they were hit by a sea of shouts and heat that almost overwhelmed them.
Behind the red archway was a huge dance floor that could hold thousands of people. The dark blue sky was dotted with stars, and the hazy, colourful lights shone on the intoxicated young men and women. This was a place where they could let loose and sweat it out. Here, there was first-class sound equipment, the coolest and most dazzling dance music, and the most enchanting and captivating pole dance beauties.
On the high-necked stage, two girls in tight transparent tops and black miniskirts are shaking their tiny waists like snakes to the excited shouts of the crowd. Their long, exposed thighs and seductive dance moves urge the crowd to go crazy with them!
Suddenly, the sound from the audience was like crazy, almost lifting the roof, and there were countless screams from the girls. ‘Wow! Look, look, a stunningly handsome guy!’ Lin Xiaolan let out a loud scream.
Li Guiyuan looked a little calmer: ‘This guy is always surprised. No matter how handsome he is, can he compare to Yu Tianheng?’ She looked up and let out a scream even louder than Lin Xiaolan’s, and rushed into the crazed crowd.
‘Oh my god, are they all crazy!’ Tian Jie lamented, turning to look at the person standing on the lead stage. At first glance, she couldn’t keep her mouth shut.
A million spotlights shone on a wild and cold-looking young man in black. He was as beautiful as a myth from ancient times, giving a deadly attraction to everyone. At this moment, he was dancing a hot dance with the two young girls from earlier. Sometimes he was affectionate and lingering, making all kinds of provocative movements that made people’s blood boil teasing movements, and at other times, he looked like an arrogant and cold-hearted king. The audience went wild with excitement, and the atmosphere reached a climax. Accompanied by a puff of smoke from the stage, a dozen more hot and beautiful women appeared on the stage, but the young man was gone.
The mysterious and beautiful young man was only on stage for five minutes, but those few minutes set off a frenzy and made countless young girls go crazy.
Tian Ye’s ears were filled with the screams of the girls, and her eyes saw only the fervent gazes of those who had fallen for the young man. She felt dizzy. She had not expected him to appear here, but just who was he? There was an unusual calmness about him, an occasional flash of cruelty in his gaze, and an intangible, intimidating aura that was like Yu Tianheng’s. All of this indicated that he must be used to giving orders.
Tian Ye felt a vague sense of unease in her heart. She was extremely curious about him and couldn’t wait to find out who he was.
She crept towards the backstage area, but it was already packed with fans holding flowers and wanting to meet Chu Han. She simply couldn’t get through. Suddenly she felt someone tug her sleeve. She turned around and saw Lin Xiaolan. She winked at her and said excitedly, ‘I saw him. He went over there with a few other people.’ She pointed to an inconspicuous door in the corner. The two of them looked left and right, seeing that no one was paying attention, and slipped in.
After walking through a dark corridor, a light appeared. An elevator was ascending, with the indicator pointing to the sixth floor. The two of them snuck into another elevator like thieves. Lin Xiaolan’s face turned red with excitement, ‘Oh my, I never thought that apart from Yu Tianheng, there would be such a beautiful boy in the world! Tian Ye, what shall I say when I see him later?’
Tian Ye rolled her eyes, ‘Say whatever you like, I’ll just be there to boost your courage!’
‘Thank you,’ Lin Xiaolan said, moved.
When they reached the sixth floor and stepped out of the elevator, a tall, dark-clad man suddenly appeared, surveying them coldly: “What do you want? Don’t you know this is a restricted area?”
Lin Xiaolan had never seen anything like this before, and she was too scared to move. Tian Ya quickly stepped in front of her and shouted, ’We’re here to see the young man who was dancing just now. What business is it of yours?’
The man said disdainfully, ‘Two more flower-lovers! Get lost quickly, or I won’t be polite to you!’
Tian Ye gave Lin Xiaolan a wink and whispered, ‘Later, you hurry over there and run, and I’ll distract him.’ She put on a pitiful look and said timidly, ‘I like him so much, please let us see him!’ She said, slowly approaching him, and when the man wasn’t looking, she struck him with a palm strike. The black-clad man didn’t expect this delicate little girl to strike him, and he was caught off guard and beaten in a flurry. Lin Xiaolan hurriedly shook past him and ran off to find her idol.
Tian Ye easily dodged the man’s fierce kick and said, ‘I’ll tell you, I know that dancing boy. If you know what’s good for you, you’ll let me pass quickly, or I won’t be nice to you!’
The man of course did not believe her, and said contemptuously, ‘You don’t even look like yourself in the mirror, so who would believe you!’ As he spoke, his blows gradually became heavier. His kung fu was actually not just any mediocre kung fu, and the more he fought, the more fierce he became. Tian Ye was after all a girl, and besides, she had always been lazy in the past when taking takedowns and grappling in the police academy, so she gradually began to feel some strain. All she could hear was Lin Xiaolan’s screams coming from over there, as if she were being restrained. Tian Ye was startled, and when she was distracted, she received a punch on the shoulder, which instantly made half her shoulder numb. She feinted with a palm strike, and then used her full strength to kick the big man. While he was dodging, she quickly ran towards the room from which Lin Xiaolan had made a noise. She regretted letting Lin Xiaolan get involved in this unknown danger.
She crashed through the door and rushed in, but the room was pitch black, and she could not see her hand in front of her face. And there was a terrible silence in the room!
Tian Ye was wary and didn’t dare to move. The dark room was unknown in size, and she could only hear the sound of her uneven breathing. ‘Where is Xiaolan? It was clearly the sound from this room! But why is there no one here!’ Tian Ye’s heart was anxious. She tentatively took a step forward, and suddenly felt her leg hit something soft, like a large bed. She reached out and touched it, exploring inch by inch, and her hand touched a slippery body. ‘Who?’ She was startled and tried to withdraw her hand, but only heard a soft laugh, and the person hiding in the darkness of the bed caught her wrist with lightning speed. Tian Ye was pulled towards his embrace with great force. She fought with all her might to fight back, only to hear a familiar voice: ‘Sister, it’s me!’
The lights suddenly came on. Tian Ge realised what an ambiguous situation she was in. She was half-lying in the naked arms of a stunning young man, who looked at her with a half-smile, his hair half-damp from a shower, wearing only a pair of shorts. He looked even sexier than when he was dancing seductively on stage. In her sober state, Tian Ge had never been this close to a boy before, except for that drunken night at Yu Tianheng’s house, and she couldn’t help feeling ashamed.
‘It’s you? What’s going on? Where are my friends?’ Tian Ye hurriedly asked, trying to break free from his embrace. But he showed no intention of letting go, still holding her tightly. ’Sister, listen to me, okay? Your friends are fine, but I’m in trouble. There’s a woman who’s been crazy about me, but I don’t want to pay any attention to her. Please help me put on a show to make her give up, okay?’
‘What?’ Tian Ye was confused by what he said. She could only hear the commotion outside the door and a woman’s scolding voice. “That crazy woman is here, sister, pretend that we are making out, okay?” Yuan Chuhan looked at her with a pleading face, anxious on his face. Tian Ye secretly cursed herself for being soft-hearted. Although she was full of doubts, her body involuntarily cooperated with him.
Yuan Chuhan revealed a barely perceptible smile, lifted a large white sheet to wrap her inside, and then took her into his arms. Tian Ye smelled the elegant and charming manly scent on him, her face flushed. She just wanted to shrink back a little to avoid being too close to him, but then the door suddenly opened. A tall woman with big wavy hair unexpectedly rushed in, ignoring the attempts of several large men in black to stop her.
‘Han! Han! Why are you so heartless and don’t want to see me?’ The woman complained in a soft voice, but her eyes were observing the situation in the room without saying a word.
Yuan Chu Han was half lying on the bed, lazily saying, ’Don’t you know how rude it is to interrupt someone when they are making out?’
At his signal, the large man in black grabbed the woman by the shoulders. The woman, with strength she didn’t know she had, desperately shook them off and pounced on Tian Ye, who was behind Yuan Tianheng. She had a jealous, vicious look on her face, saying, ‘I’m going to smash your stinking woman’s face!’
Yuan Chuhan blocked her with his left hand, and then slapped her with his right, saying, ‘Dare to touch my woman, you must be tired of living!’
Tian Ye, who had been hiding behind Yuan Chuhan, felt some sympathy for this woman. She peeked out quietly and her eyes met those of the woman.
Black smoke rose in front of Tian Ye’s eyes, and a group of crows cawed and flapped around her head.
The woman’s face was full of surprise, but she was quickly taken away by Hong Shan and Ah Hai, with their arms behind their backs.
Tian Ye groaned and said weakly, ‘I’m dead! Yuan Chuhan, find me a piece of tofu so I can crash into it!’
Yuan Chuhan said apologetically, ‘Sister, it’s wrong of me to use you, but I can’t help it. As the star of the show here, I’m harassed by countless people every day. If I didn’t have these bodyguards, I’d be dead from the hassle.’
‘But why is she harassing you?’ Tian Ye asked.
‘That woman keeps her eyes on me whenever I appear. By the way, do you know her? It seems to me that she knows you,‘ Yuan Chuhan asked curiously.
’No, I don’t know her!’ Tian Ye hurriedly denied. How could she not know her? She was Zhang Yusheng, the police superintendent known as the “ever-changing flower of the police world”, the general most favoured by the old fox. How could she have met her? However, she could not possibly know her, a junior police officer still in training—
Yuanzhu Han couldn’t help but smile inwardly when he saw her lost in thought, her little face full of gloom. He casually threw on some clothes and made a phone call. A moment later, Lin Xiaolan came in, accompanied by his subordinates. She exclaimed in surprise, ‘Ah! I finally get to meet you, I hope this isn’t a dream!’
Tian Ye was relieved to see that she was fine, but she was furious to see her shooting original Han with her eyes, and ignoring him. ‘You’re a guy who values sex over friendship, and I was worried that something had happened to you!’
Lin Xiaolan then saw her, ‘Tian Ye, why are you here? Did you get here first again?’
Tian Ye hurriedly said, ‘No, no, I just got here too. You guys chat, I’ll go downstairs and look for Gui Yuan. She must be looking for us anxiously!’ After she finished, she didn’t even look at Yuan Chu Han, for fear of Lin Xiaolan misunderstanding her.
‘Well done!’ Yuan Chu Han said to Lin Xiaolan indifferently.
Lin Xiaolan bowed respectfully and said, ‘It was you who made the arrangements, I was just following orders!’
Yuan Chuhan nodded slightly, indicating that she could go.
After she left, Hong Shan said admiringly, ‘Young Master Han, that Zhang Yusheng has missed out again. I’m afraid she’ll have to give up in the future.’
Yuan Chuhan smiled indifferently, ‘Zhang Yusheng is quite a character. I only come back a few times a year, and she’s already suspicious. She’s worthy of being the daughter of the mayor and the flower of the police force. Unfortunately, her acting is a bit poor, and she is arrogant and haughty, far less cute than my little woman!‘ A tender smile appeared on his face, and he thought of the girl’s expressive face.
’That um—young master, have you fallen for that girl?’ Hongshan ventured to ask, “It is said that she is Yu Tianheng’s woman, and you want to take revenge on him, right?”
Yuan Chuhan’s cold gaze swept over him: ’Who is his woman?’
Hongshan dared not say another word.
Standing at the far end of the building, facing the night wind, Yuanchu looked coldly at the thousands of lights below.
Yu Tianheng, you will soon taste what it means to be in unbearable pain! 7
I will take back the woman you like and everything you have!
Tian Ye stood straight, her eyes shining, staring at the wall in front of her, but there was nothing on it. Below, there was an old and calculating head, looking like it wanted to punch her.
There was also someone standing next to the old fox, a young and heroic female police superintendent, Zhang Yusheng!
Tian Ye didn’t dare to look at her. She was a little guilty and didn’t know what to say. Even when she was at school, she had heard of Zhang Yusheng’s name. She had only graduated two years before her, but she had worked hard to get to the position of police superintendent, not relying on her father, who was the mayor.
The old fox pondered without saying a word. He surveyed the two girls in front of him. One was quick-witted and intelligent, with a sharp and aggressive air; the other, however—alas! I wanted her to do well, but who would have thought that before she could even get started, she would fall headlong into an intricate web, and even Yan Dayuan was kicked out of school for half a month because of her, upsetting his plans. She is truly a woman of disaster. But is it a blessing or a curse that this plain, ordinary baby face would be involved with two such young and deep-minded characters at the same time?
Zhang Yusheng would never have noticed this little trainee police officer, but when he heard his younger brother casually mention a ‘ugly duckling’-type girl named Tian Ye who had come along half way through, and who had unexpectedly won the favour of Yu Tianheng, even his father respected, he couldn’t help but become curious. But when he took a peek, the girl actually looked a bit familiar, especially those bright, mischievous eyes. Then he remembered Fang Tianya, who had become ‘famous’ just after starting his internship at the police station.
Last night, when she ventured to the sixth floor of Athena City, all made up and dressed up, to find out if the rumours were true, she was shocked to find the young girl making out with the suspect she was after in bed. She quickly came back to report the incident.
‘Tianya, I’m sure you’ve heard of the Dark Cloud Group,’ the old fox asked.
Tian Ye was shocked. Could it be that Yuan Chuhan was connected to the most famous international triad? She nodded and said, ‘I’ve heard of it. “Dark Cloud” is a byword for the recent rise of terror. It is the world’s largest underground money launderer and killer organisation, and it also sells drugs.’
The old fox said solemnly, ‘But its most terrifying aspect is its leader, because no one knows what kind of person he really is, how old he is, what he looks like, and whether he is a man or a woman. But everyone knows that this person now has a terrifying amount of power, and can destroy powerful opponents overnight. Now, he has once again reached out to us, and Athena City is likely to be one of their strongholds. That boy, Yuan Chuohan, is definitely connected to Dark Cloud, but we don’t have any evidence to prove it yet. But this Yuan Chuohan is definitely no ordinary person, you must be careful!’
‘Liu, from what I can see, Fang Tianya’s relationship with Yuan Chuhan is extraordinary. I don’t believe they are unrelated. And since she went undercover, not only have we made no progress on the case we’re investigating, she’s also fallen in love with Yu Tianheng, the school’s most popular guy, and now she’s getting all confused with our prime suspect. I suggest we give her a punishment and send someone else to investigate the case.’ Zhang Yusheng said coldly
‘I didn’t—’ Tian Ya weakly protested, feeling very sad.
The old fox coughed once, and said sternly, ’Tian Ya usually does a good job, and I don’t believe she has anything special going on with that boy Yuan Chuhan. But you need to go back and reflect on your mistakes, and finish the task you were assigned. Don’t cause any more trouble!’
Tian Ye was almost in tears. Only Zhang Yusheng was a little dissatisfied, not understanding why he was defending Fang Tianya so much.
Tian Ye had been in a daze for several tens of minutes. The teacher, who was lecturing, ignored her obvious distraction and continued to lecture in his usual steady manner.
She is now the most popular person in school. With Yu Tianheng backing her up, several teachers who almost got punished as precedents, and a handsome PE teacher who was driven away as a painful lesson, who would dare to manage her?
At this moment, Tian Ye was so distressed! She only felt an invisible net closing in on her, but she couldn’t grasp the edge. Fortunately, Yu Tianheng didn’t bother her again.
‘Okay, now please take out your notes and record the scope of this exam…‘
’Sorry, teacher, excuse me,’ Yu Tianheng, who had never come to class, appeared in the doorway and politely said to the teacher, “Can I take someone with me?”
The whole class looked at Tian Ye at the same time, and the teacher hurriedly said, “Okay, okay, Tian Ye, just go, I’ll give you a make-up test later!”
Tian Ye stood up abruptly, ’Yu Tianheng, you…’
Yu Tianheng walked towards her and took her wrist, pulling her out of the way. He was so strong, and his face was a little gloomy, so Tian Ye didn’t dare to resist, and let him pull her onto his bike.
The bike rushed out of the school gate and sped off into the city.
“What do you want? ! Didn’t I make it clear to you? It’s impossible!’
Yu Tianheng didn’t say anything, his lips tightly pressed together in a handsome pout, his handsome face as cold as ice. Tian Ye secretly lamented in her heart, ‘This cool guy and Yuan Chuihan are simply too beautiful, and the heavens are too generous with them. Why don’t you bestow a little beauty on this brilliant girl in the prime of her youth?’
She pretended to admire the scenery along the road and said, ‘Hey, when did this city get so many new skyscrapers? They’re so grand!’
Yu Tianheng was both angry and amused. She had been much colder to him in the past few days, and he was determined to ask her for an explanation. He turned the car around and headed towards the Golden Prime Building in the city centre.
The Golden Prime Hotel is a five-star luxury hotel, one of the 800 star-rated hotels worldwide owned by the multinational company ‘Hengtian Group’. It is managed by a famous American management company and its service level is in line with international standards. Not only is it in a prime location in the city centre, but it also has perfectly equipped standard rooms and luxurious presidential suites, complete with various conference and business centres, fitness centres, and restaurants of various styles, with more than ten international chefs.
Yu Tianheng parked the car in front of the hotel entrance and was immediately greeted by a waiter, bowing respectfully, ‘Young Master Yu!’
Tian Ye glanced inside the hotel and was dazzled. She got out of the car and said mockingly, ‘Are you trying to show off your wealth in front of me?’
‘You’ve known I’m rich for a long time,’ Yu Tianheng handed the car to the waiter and walked straight into the hotel lobby. Tian Ye made a face at him from behind and followed him in.
The style of the lobby was fashionable and elegant. There was a graceful woman in white and black playing the piano. The people scattered around the lobby were all well-dressed and chatting merrily.
Tian Ge looked at her own attire: a pair of faded jeans, a red T-shirt, and a messy short haircut, like a clown who had fallen into a palace. But that damned Yu Tianheng, no matter what clothes he wore, he always looked so noble and handsome, not to mention that he only wore designer clothes that you couldn’t buy in China. Hmph! So what? I may be ugly on the outside, but I have inner beauty. Why should I feel inferior? Aren’t we all human? We don’t have any more heads than anyone else.
The waitress, with a smile on her face, came up to them and said, ‘What would you like, Master Yu?’
Yu Tianheng calmly ordered, ‘A glass of lemonade for the young lady, and I’ll have a glass of water.’
‘No, I want water, and he can have the lemonade,’ Tian Ye said maliciously.
The waitress didn’t move, and Yu Tianheng said coldly, ‘Didn’t you hear what she said?’ The waitress hurriedly went away.
Tian Ye watched the waitress retreat angrily and asked, ‘Hey, what did you do to be so mean to her?’
‘I wasn’t mean,’ Yu Tianheng said innocently.
Tian Ye suddenly whispered in admiration, ‘Look, there are so many beautiful women sitting over there, but they all seem to be looking at you with lecherous eyes and throwing over seductive glances. Am I in their way? They look at me as if they want to bite me.’
Yu Tianheng ignored her words and said slowly, ‘Why are they so indifferent to me these days? What have I done wrong?’
Tian Ye was taken aback.
She looked him seriously in the face. In that handsome face full of youthful exuberance, she could see his dissatisfaction and sadness. She suddenly remembered the old fox’s warning to her, and a feeling of faint sadness enveloped her.
‘Heng, you’re here too!’ A gentle voice with a round, jade-like tone came from behind.
Tian Ye could not help being attracted by the heavenly voice, and when she looked back at its owner, she did not dare to blink. The beautiful woman in front of her had delicate and three-dimensional facial features of a mixed race, with slightly curled, satiny black hair that reached her waist. Her bright, jade-like eyes were full of emotion, her cherry lips were bright red, and her tall and sexy body was a perfect match for Yu Tianheng, who was 1.85 metres tall, if they stood together.
Images of several beautiful women she had seen flashed through her mind, but none of them seemed to be even one-tenth as beautiful as this girl. My goodness, how could there be such a girl who combines innocence and stunning beauty? Tian Ge was daydreaming when the girl smiled. Her smile was innocent and sweet, and it made people feel like they were basking in the spring breeze.
Yu Tianheng smiled and stood up, ‘Hello, Renji.’
Lianji’s face was full of smiles, and she glanced at Tian Ye, ‘Heng, can you introduce me?
’Of course,’ Yu Tianheng said, petting Tian Ye’s hair affectionately, ’this is my girlfriend Tian Ye, Little Duck, and this is Lianji, a friend from abroad.’
Tian Ye tried to stand up to show her politeness, but Yu Tianheng lightly pressed her shoulder and smiled at Lian Ji, saying, ‘I said I would take this little glutton to try the dim sum the chef just made. Lian Ji, would you excuse us!’
Lian Ji glanced at Tian Ye and there was a hint of surprise and resentment in her eyes. ‘Your girlfriend is really lucky to have a considerate guy like you who loves her.’ She glanced at her again and then floated away
Tian Ye was led by him into a chic restaurant. She shook his hand off and pouted, ‘I can walk on my own, I don’t need you to hold my hand!’
Yu Tianheng stopped and looked down at her with a smile on his face, ‘What’s wrong? Why are you so unhappy?’
Tian Ye didn’t say anything, she just felt a strange feeling in her heart that was difficult to describe.
She bit her lower lip, then looked up at Yu Tianheng and said slowly, ‘I think I’m a little jealous, Yu Tianheng!’
Yu Tianheng didn’t say anything, just stared at her quietly.
“I admit that I like you a little, but it’s impossible. It’s like the birds in the sky and the fish in the water, they can never be together even if they love each other. Do you understand? We are from two different worlds. You are so outstanding, with such a good family background, but I am just an ordinary girl with no qualifications. And I never believe in the fairy tale of Cinderella and the Prince. Yu Tianheng,’ she gently took his hand, which was as cold as ice, and his eyes showed no expression, “will you be my good friend?” she said earnestly, looking at him.
Yu Tianheng slowly withdrew his hand from her small hand. He did not look at her again, and turned and walked away.
In this way, the noble and cold Yu Tianheng, the gentle but overbearing Yu Tianheng, the Yu Tianheng who was the first to shower her with boundless love and indulgence, walked out of her sight and out of her world without looking at her again.
But this was her choice, a cruel choice she made after finally understanding her own heart, wasn’t it?
Tian Ge wandered aimlessly down the street. The bustling crowds and the never-ending stream of vehicles looked like phantoms to her. She wanted to put aside her chaotic thoughts, but a small voice in her heart kept calling out a person’s name. She tried to pull herself together, but no matter where she looked, it was his face that appeared.
‘Maybe people who have been heartbroken always suffer for a while. A short pain is better than a long one. Forget it! My first love, Yu Tianheng!’ Tian Ye said to herself silently.
Suddenly someone rushed past her and bumped into her, causing her to stumble. She heard a woman shouting from behind her, ‘He stole my bag, catch him!’ No one paid any attention. In this day and age, who bothers with trivial matters? It’s trouble if you can’t ignore it and it gets back to you.
Tian Ye turned around and chased after him. She would never forget her duty as a police officer. As long as she was helping people, she would do her best.
She cornered the bag snatcher in an alley. The thief, seeing that he was at the end of his rope, could not help but draw his dagger and reveal his murderous intent. Tian Ye was a little exhausted because she had not eaten lunch, and her stomach ached faintly. But she forced herself to hold back, assumed the imposing stance of a female police officer, and shouted, ‘Where are you going, you little punk? Surrender now!’
The thief shivered. He was still a young boy with a childish innocence, and he was a bit timid. Although he tried his best to look fierce, his fear was still obvious.
Tian Ye couldn’t help but say, ‘You’re still trying to rob a bag like this? How old are you?’
A woman came running up behind her, panting, and said angrily, ‘Dare to rob in broad daylight? Arrest him and lock him up in the police station for a few days, and he’ll behave himself.’
Tian Ye heard her voice sound familiar, and when she looked back, both of them froze. The woman with heavy makeup was no one else but her sister-in-law, Xiaoxing.
But at this time, Xiaoxing was no longer dressed like a village woman, but was dressed fashionably, with permed hair, gold glittering on her ears and neck, and wearing expensive jewellery that made her look particularly showy. No wonder the thief targeted her.
“Sister-in-law, so it was you? Where’s my brother?’
‘Your brother?’ Xiaoxing let out a strange laugh, ’Your brother is a loser with no talent. There are plenty of better men on the streets. To be honest with you, I dumped him as soon as I came to the city!’
Tian Ya wanted to ask how her brother Fang Qingshan was doing, but seeing her nasty face, she didn’t want to ask. She said softly to the ‘little thief’: ‘Hand over the bag and I’ll let you go, but you have to behave yourself in the future and never steal again!’
Xiao Xing said in a strange voice, ‘That’s not possible, Fang Tianya! You’re a cop, so you’re just going to let the thief go? At least you have to go to jail for a few days!’
Tian Ye said with patience, ‘Look, he’s just a child. Besides—
Xiao Xing turned her face away, “I don’t care! If you dare to let him go, I’ll complain about you and reveal all the ugly things you’ve done in the past. I’ll see how you behave from now on!”
Tian Ye’s anger made her whole body shake, but she calmed down. There was no point in arguing with this annoying woman. She could do whatever she liked.
She slowly walked up to the boy, looked at him softly and said, ‘Give me your bag. I always keep my word!’
He was finally somewhat persuaded and walked over with the bag. Just as Tian Ye was about to reach out and take it, Xiaoxing rushed over and tried to grab the bag. The boy, in a panic, hurriedly used the dagger to defend himself. Xiaoxing screamed, hurriedly pushed Tian Ye forward, and the boy was too late to withdraw his hand, and the dagger stabbed Tian Ye.
Tian Ye felt a sharp pain in her abdomen. As she was about to fall, she thought, ‘Am I going to die so young and glorious as a good police officer?’ Her vision went dark and she fainted.
When she came to, she was in a hospital bed with an IV. It couldn’t have been Xiaoxing who brought her here, so who was it?
There was a tall figure standing by the window, exuding a lonely and indifferent aura, like a flower blooming alone in the dark night.
‘Yuan Chu Han, was it you who saved me?‘ Tian Ye whispered. He gave her such a strong impression that she could recognise him just by looking at his back.
’I happened to be passing by and saw you lying there covered in blood. I was shocked. Sister, who hurt you?‘ He gritted his teeth. Who would dare to hurt his woman so?
’Never mind, I didn’t see who it was either.’
‘I don’t care, even if he hides in hell, I will find him!’ Yuan Chuhan said angrily.
Tian Ye became a little scared. When he approached, Tian Ye subconsciously shrank back. An inexplicable gloom flashed in his eyes. He leaned down close to her face and said faintly, “Sister, are you afraid of me? But I don’t want to hurt you!” He gently placed a kiss on her forehead, looked deeply at her again, and walked out of the ward.
‘Have you caught the person?”
The subordinate waiting outside the door hurriedly said, “Sir, the woman Xiaoxing and the thief have been caught.”
Yuanchu snorted coldly. His woman had a kind heart and didn’t want to turn in the person who hurt her, but he would not let the person who hurt her go.
Yan Da-yuan was driving a borrowed Audi A4 and taking Zhang Yusheng, the woman he had long admired, for a spin on the outer ring road. Along the way, he kept telling jokes to the beautiful woman beside him, but unfortunately she didn’t appreciate them and just gave perfunctory smiles. Yan Da-yuan couldn’t help feeling a little discouraged. Who could blame him for being so inferior compared to others? Zhang Yusheng was already a police superintendent, but he was only an ordinary police officer. However, he had originally had hopes of promotion, but it was ruined by Fang Tianya. When he thought about it, Yan Dayuan was so angry that he was almost ashamed.
He was just about to muster the courage to invite Zhang Yusheng to dinner when suddenly a flashy and luxurious Mercedes-Benz sports car raced up from behind and swerved past his car. Yan Dayuan quickly swerved the wheel, scared and sweating, and cursed, ‘Can’t you drive? Just because you drive a nice car, you think you’re better than everyone else?’ He immediately accelerated and gave chase.
The person in the car seemed to be driving as fast as he could, risking his life, and ignoring the red lights. Yan Dasyuan gritted his teeth and said, ‘I’ll see who you are!’
Zhang Yusheng already guessed who it was, and she advised, ‘Dasyuan, forget it!’ bc
Yan Dasyuan didn’t want to lose face in front of his sweetheart, so he increased the speed to the maximum. Fortunately, the crazy sports car finally came to a stop at an intersection.
Yan Dazhi jumped out of the car and rushed to the front of the car. He saw that the car was occupied by a handsome and cold young man. His black hair, blown about by the wind, was scattered across his beautiful forehead. His lips were pursed tightly, and his eyes, shining like stars, looked at him coldly.
‘Yu Tianheng!’ Yan Dazhi was astonished, and cursed himself for being stupid. Who else in this city would dare to drive like this except him?
Yu Tianheng lowered his eyes.
In that instant, Yan Dayuan suddenly noticed the traces of tears on his face.
No way, he must have seen it wrong!
How could there be tears on the face of this proud, always aloof teenager, this noble young man who could not be looked down upon, who had expelled him from school for a trumped-up reason? Could he cry?
Yan Dayuan couldn’t believe his eyes, and he would rather believe it was just an illusion.
‘Get out of the way!‘ Yu Tianheng said expressionlessly.
Yan Dayuan froze for a moment, and then remembered to reprimand him. He said angrily, “Do you know how you were driving just now? If you don’t want to die, we still do! Do you still have any respect for the law?”
’No!’ Yu Tianheng answered simply and coldly, ’Get out of the way! I’m only going to say this once!’
His eyes burned with a crazed flame, and deep within that flame was as if there was a thousand-year-old block of ice, piercingly cold!
Yan Dayuan shivered, and his phone suddenly rang. Yan Dayuan looked at the number and said with a smile, ‘This is really strange, how would this little girl Tian Ye call me!’
Yu Tianheng’s body trembled imperceptibly.
‘Hey, what? You’re in the hospital? -What’s that got to do with me? You’ve caused me a lot of trouble, and I haven’t even got to you yet -okay, I’ll go. Is that Shengzhong Hospital? I…‘ Yan Dayuan hadn’t finished speaking when he saw Yu Tianheng start the car and disappear like the wind.
’She really is something, asking me to lie to her grandmother. Really, we’re sworn enemies, why would she ask me? Whenever I run into her, it’s never a good thing! And that smug brat Yu Tianheng!’ Yan Dayuan said angrily.
Yu Tianheng only felt his heart racing, a fear-inducing feeling that was eating away at his heart. He ran through countless red lights, and three traffic police motorcycles were already following him, but he didn’t notice. He just wanted to see her, he wanted to make sure she was okay, and he would pay any price to exchange her safety.
He rushed into the Shengzhong Hospital and eagerly asked at the reception desk. The little nurse at the reception desk was startled by him, and when she saw that he was a good-looking guy, she blushed and said, ‘There is such a girl. She was admitted because of a stomach attack. She is temporarily hospitalized in a ward on the fourth floor for observation.’
‘Thank you!’ Yu Tianheng hurriedly took the elevator to the fourth floor without waiting for her to finish.
As soon as he arrived on the fourth floor, he felt an unusual atmosphere. The entire fourth floor was quiet, as if no one was living there. The pale lights shone on the long hospital corridor, which looked desolate and terrifying.
At the end of the long corridor stood a slender figure, with a shadow covering his face. Yu Tianheng slowly walked over, and the man also walked towards him.
In the light, he saw his face clearly.
Yuan Chuohan!
It was as if he had stepped out of the dark night, an elegant beast with the most penetrating and dangerous dark pupils and moist, beautiful lips.
This was a man without any emotions. His smile was always the most intense fragrance when the poppies were in bloom, a deadly poisoned kiss.
A seductive and charming smile was blooming on Yuan Chuohan’s face.
‘I always wondered what kind of person Yu Tianheng would like. It turns out that he just likes ordinary girls who don’t look very good.’
Yu Tianheng looked at him coldly and didn’t say a word.
Yuan Chuhan walked past him, stopped, and said softly, “But I’m in love with her!”
Yu Tianheng was struck like by lightning. He turned to look at him.
What did he say? He’s in love with his woman?
Two eighteen-year-old teenagers, the pride of the heavens, with hearts as deep as the sea hidden in their eyes. Even if there were raging storms inside, the outside would always be calm.
But now, they were revealing their true feelings, all for the sake of one girl.
‘Where is she?’ Yu Tianheng asked quietly, suppressing the torrents of emotions raging within him. He could not let him hurt the girl he loved.
Yuan Chuhan looked at him, a cruel smile in his dark eyes.
‘You won’t see her again.’
‘If you want to take revenge on me, you can come at me, but you can’t hurt her!’
Yuan Chuhan just sneered, and his finger reached for the stud in his right ear. The shiny, exquisite white gold stud was clutched in his hand with blood. ‘This was the gift you gave me at the beginning, and here it is back to you!
Yu Tianheng’s face was ashen.
‘If you don’t want me to talk about the past, then stay away from her. She’s mine now!‘
’No!’ Yu Tianheng shouted, clenching his fists. “You monster, why did you drag her into this? She’s innocent!”
The young man, as beautiful as a flower, laughed scornfully. Several black-clad attendants appeared behind him, their bloodthirsty eyes glowing like beasts in the flickering corridor.
‘I’m returning what you gave me back then, Yu Tianheng. Remember that you owe me, and don’t blame me!’ Yuan Chu’s smile was captivatingly beautiful.
Tian Ye didn’t know why she had called Yan Dayuan, but there was no other way. After all, he was her senior, and since he had said he would be back for dinner that night, in order not to worry her grandmother, she had no choice but to ask him to make the trip. The boy’s dagger wound wasn’t deep, but his stomach hurt a little. The doctor said he needed to be monitored in the hospital and would have to continue with the intravenous drip.
When dusk fell, Tian Ye had already fallen asleep.
She had a dream in which a seductive woman in a black dress and black hair stood in front of the bed, looking at her with evil eyes and screaming viciously, ‘I hate you! I hate you!’ As she spoke, she reached out her hand with blood-red nails and tried to strangle her. Tian Ye tried to resist, but she couldn’t muster any strength, and she almost suffocated to death.
Tian Ye suddenly woke up with a start, feeling cold sweat wet her entire body.
A ray of sunlight lazily shone in, and the room was a little dark. Tian Ye squinted her eyes, but she still couldn’t see clearly. The only thing she was sure of was that this was not a hospital ward, but a very large and luxurious room.
The room was quiet, as if there was no one in it. She wanted to get up, but she suddenly realised that she didn’t even have the strength to lift her arms. A strange feeling came over her, and she seemed to see Yu Tianheng walking towards her with deep affection. Tian Ye closed her eyes and muttered, ‘This is a dream, this is a dream, why would he pay any attention to me?’ She began to fall asleep again, half-asleep and half-awake, when she noticed someone feeding her a sweet soup. She had no strength to resist, and just drank it and fell asleep even more deeply.
She didn’t know that while she was asleep, a stunning young man was staring at her from the bedside, whispering in her ear, ‘Perhaps it’s the retribution of the heavens that I’ve fallen in love with a cop. Sister, I just want to love you properly for once, even if it’s only for three days. Just think of it as a dream!’
He gently picked her up. The maid had already filled the bathtub with rose-scented oil, and the bathroom was filled with a fragrant aroma. He closed the door, took off her wet clothes, and placed her in the huge bathtub. She was like an unconscious doll, letting him do whatever he wanted. His hands caressed every part of her body, and his moist lips kissed her all over.
The soup she drank was a carefully brewed ‘drunken dream soup’ extracted from poppies that could induce drowsiness and hallucinations.
In her drunken stupor, she went from being a girl to becoming a woman.
Her nightmare began.
In the corner of a dark room underground, a naked young girl with long hair curled up. Her formerly bright eyes were covered in a layer of grey, dull and lifeless, and her beautiful, smooth body was covered in bruises and scars from the rampage.
Someone came in, a slender and pretty young girl.
‘Sister Xiaofeng!’ The men who had finished with her hurriedly stood up and called out in a flattering voice.
Sister Xiaofeng ignored them all, threw the clothes in her hands at the naked girl, and said disgustedly, ‘The young master has instructed that the task must be completed tomorrow night, otherwise, you will have an even worse fate than this. Do you hear me, Lianji?’
The young girl raised her eyes and said despairingly, ‘I was just scaring the ugly girl, how could he do this to me!’
Xiaofeng sighed and said, ‘You should know that the killers of Dark Cloud cannot have emotions. Even if the young master once loved you, he will not take you seriously. Have you forgotten what happened to Yu Youzi?’
Lian Ji shot a jealous and vicious look from her eyes and said, ‘Then why did he go to such lengths to get that stinking girl? That girl is an undercover cop, our enemy—’
Xiaofeng didn’t wait for her to finish, and slapped her hard, scolding, ‘Is it your business to talk about the young master? If you can’t complete the mission, you can just wait for the torture from Dark Cloud!’
Lian Ji didn’t dare to say another word.
Her beautiful white body, coveted by everyone, was his. However, once he turned his back on her, she immediately fell to a position of pain and despair that was worse than a prostitute. Was this the retribution of true love?
She gritted her teeth in secret, hating! She hated that girl, the one who had sent her to hell.
Xiaofeng knocked on the door, and when she heard a low response from inside, she ventured in.
The extravagant, palace-like bedroom was filled with the intoxicating smell of just-completed love-making.
She quickly glanced at the girl on the bed, still asleep with her eyes closed, her bare neck covered in numerous kiss marks.
‘Had enough?’ Yuan Chuhan asked lazily, standing in front of the window sill draped in fuchsia curtains, his eyes giving off a faint chill.
Xiaofeng shuddered, and the object she was holding in her hands almost fell to the ground. She looked down in a panic, her voice trembling, ’I’m sorry, young master, I didn’t see anything, please forgive me!’
Yuan Chu Han gave her a cold stare and said indifferently, ‘If you weren’t smart enough to concoct the Dreaming of Drunkenness soup, I would have someone pluck out your eyes. Mark my words, I won’t say it again!’
Xiaofeng’s face was pale, and her body was like a leaf swaying in the wind. The hot soup splashed on her hands, but she didn’t notice, and she whispered, ‘Young master, Hong and Hai are waiting for you in the front hall. This soup…’
Yuan Chu Han looked lovingly at the girl in the bed and said, ‘Will she be alright? f7664060cc52bc6f3
Xiaofeng hurriedly shook her head and said, “I added tonics to the soup, so Miss will be fine.” She thought to herself, “After enduring a day and night of lovemaking, if it weren’t for this soup, I’m afraid she would have collapsed long ago!”
It was pitch black in this deep, dark sea, and the surging undercurrents pounded against her body with ferocity. It hurt! She frowned, and the current slowed down a little. She felt a wave of cold followed by a wave of heat, and she really wanted to hug something to ward off the painful feeling. Gradually, it felt as if warm water was slowly running over her body. A small, refreshing, sweet and sour fruit appeared in her mouth, tasting like hawthorn. She swallowed it whole, and slowly felt strength return to her limbs and her mind became clearer. She let out a sigh of relief and gradually opened her eyes.
What caught her eye were a pair of dark, sympathetic eyes. She was looking at a gentle-looking girl, whose face bore a passing resemblance to her good friend Lin Xiaolan.
Tian Ye smiled and asked, ‘Where am I? It doesn’t seem to be a hospital. I’ve been dreaming, a long, long dream.’
In the dream, there was also the feeling of intertwining and lingering with a man’s body, which made her blush and her heart race. It was a lustful yet beautiful scene. As she thought about it, Tian Ye’s face couldn’t help but turn hot. However, she could never see the man’s face clearly.
Xiaofeng looked at her innocent and bright eyes. Poor thing, she still doesn’t know what happened to her.
She leaned over her and said softly, ‘Miss Fang, you’ve finally woken up. The young master is really something, sticking to you every night. How can someone with a weak body like yours bear it?’
‘What did you say?’ Tian Ye asked with difficulty. An ominous feeling came over her. She lifted the sheets, and her body was completely naked under them. It was covered in strange bruises and scars. What was that? Who had hurt her while she was asleep?
‘Miss, you are now my young master’s woman. He adores you and spends every day with you, never leaving your side. You should be envious of how many people there are!‘
’Your young master? Who is he?’ Could it be him? No, she couldn’t believe it. How could someone with such high self-esteem take advantage of someone in such a way? It couldn’t be him!
Xiaofeng looked at her almost crumbling appearance and couldn’t help but feel sympathy for her. She said gently, ‘Didn’t the young lady and my young master know each other long ago? And you even saved the young master!’
‘Bang,’ a soup bowl on the side fell to the ground. Tian Yueru felt like she had been hit by a thunderbolt, her whole head buzzing and going blank. Her aching body mercilessly reminded her that it was Yuan Chuohan! He drugged her while she was unconscious, but she shamefully thought it was a dream!
‘Why? Why did he do this to me? Bastard! Yuan Chuohan, I hate you! I hate you!‘ Tears flowed madly down her face as Tian Jie jumped out of bed like a madwoman and ran out.
’Miss Tian!’ Xiaofeng easily restrained her, her face showing sympathy and pity. ’If you want to escape from here, you have to get well obediently, otherwise the young master won’t let you go!’
Tian Ye glared at her fiercely, ‘You—’ She suddenly collapsed. Her body could no longer support her, as she had been unable to withstand the many days of lovemaking, and her wounds had not yet healed.
Yuan Chu Han pushed open the door and saw her still in a daze. The doctor had diagnosed that she was no longer in any danger, but he could no longer force himself on her. Her body could really not take it anymore. Sunlight shone through the curtains, making her face look particularly pale. He didn’t say anything for a long time, sitting beside her, listening to her gentle breathing, and a flood of tenderness welled up in his heart. He was originally a ruthless person, and bloodshed and coldness were all that existed in his life. Meeting her was perhaps his biggest misfortune. Her chivalrous heart and her innocence and strength were like a small nail that pierced his hard shell and stabbed into his heart. He wondered in a daze how he had fallen head over heels. This was a hell for two people, his and Yu Tianheng’s.
He was a man of darkness, while she should have been a happy little bird in the sunshine, but he selfishly dragged her into his web and they sank together.
Yes, he was the devil, a devil to be hated, and let her hate him.
It was already early autumn. Tian Meng stood in the courtyard, wearing a red, thin blouse with three-quarter sleeves and simple, elegant white trousers. This was what Yuan Chuhan had prepared for her. In the wardrobe were also complete sets of designer clothes and exquisite underwear, all of which were irresistible at first glance. She had wanted to burn them all, but apart from these she had no other clothes to wear, and she couldn’t just get up naked. She had only been humiliated once.
Since waking up, she had only seen Yuan Chuhan once. That was the first time she had walked out of the house, and Yuan Chuhan was watching her from afar, his expression indifferent, as if he were a stranger with no connection to her. There was no remorse, not even the heart-stopping smile she had once been familiar with.
He had said he would not hurt her, but he had pushed himself into the abyss of hell.
She wanted to rush over and confront him. She had always regarded him as a younger brother, so why did he want to hurt her so much? She was so heartbroken and so angry! But he always deliberately avoided her, keeping his distance. Perhaps he really felt guilty!
Looking at his rapidly receding back, she trembled with anger. She wanted to leave, but it seemed like a place cut off from the world. The deep courtyard was full of large trees with yellow and green leaves and clusters of beautiful red and white flowers of unknown species. She tried to walk towards the gate, but was always politely stopped by strange men. From the ease of those men’s demeanour and the murderous intent that oozed from them, she knew she was no match for them.
She had become his prisoner!
A new girl was assigned to take care of her. But that girl was like a soulless robot, never saying a word except to carefully take care of her life. Tian Ye could not find any clues from her. But there was one fact she was sure of: Yuan Chuohan was definitely from the Dark Cloud Sect. From her injury and hospitalization to her mysterious abduction here, it was all like a well-planned conspiracy. What did he want from her?
There was everything in this mansion, even a lot of phones. But when she picked up the receiver, there was always the same voice on the other end: ‘May I help you, miss?’
She slammed the receiver down and smashed all the expensive-looking things in the room, making a mess of it. But tomorrow it would be restored to its original state, with all the things she had broken replaced. She had another idea. Fire! While the girl who followed her like a shadow went to the bathroom, she used a hidden lighter to set fire to the bedsheets in the room. The fire quickly spread, but what happened next was not what she expected. An alarm went off somewhere, and several people rushed in to extinguish the fire quickly, more professionally than professional firefighters. It was just a matter of minutes and everything was settled.
Tian Ye glared with her eyes wide open, gritted her teeth, and said fiercely, ‘Call Yuan Chuhan, or I’ll show you all how I die!’
Perhaps it was because her expression of anger and humiliation was so terrifying that a man who looked like the leader finally said, ‘Mr Yuan has never been free. I’ll try.’
It was late at night. Listening to the insects chirping in the grass outside the window, she tossed and turned on the bed, unable to sleep. Then she heard the sound of a car outside, and the lights in the dark courtyard suddenly came on. She sprang up, and the girl guarding her beamed, ‘Master is back!’ Without caring about her, she hurried out. Tian Meixin jumped for no reason, feeling a bit dazed, and followed her out.
Four or five cars drove in one after the other. There were two rows of men in black standing solemnly in the courtyard, each with a face that was awe-inspiring yet calm as water. They were definitely highly trained thugs.
She stood on the high steps and watched Yuan Chuhan get out of the car. Her gaze met hers first. She turned her face away, unwilling to look at the person she hated so deeply, but his gaze was like a burning flame, as if it wanted to devour her, and it was mixed with indescribable complexity.
Behind him, another man followed and came down the stairs. He looked at her without blinking, his heart aching with pain and remorse, an indescribable feeling!
Tian Jie could no longer move a muscle. Her fingertips felt like they were frozen in ice, and she didn’t even have the strength to tremble.
Suddenly, her vision became blurry, and she realised that her eyes were filled with tears. The next moment, she was already in the man’s arms. It was still the same warm and familiar feeling, and she felt at ease in his embrace. ‘I’m sorry, it’s all my fault!’ he said, overcome with pain.
If he hadn’t been after him, how would Yuan Chu han have bothered to get close to her and hurt her? She was innocent, but she was also the one who had been hurt the most, all because he loved her!
Tian Ye understood a little. She looked up from his arms and looked at Yuan Chu Han. He was looking at her too, fiercely, as if he wanted to rub her to pieces and melt her into his soul, to suck her into the bottomless abyss of eternal damnation, to live and die together!
Yu Tian Heng felt her stiffness and fear, and hugged her tightly, whispering, ‘It’s okay, let’s go!’
Tian Ye was almost half-carried and half-dragged into the car by him. There was already someone sitting in the car, Yu Youzi, Yu Tianheng’s younger sister. She hugged her tightly and said, ‘Tian Ye, you’re fine, which is great! Tian Ye was moved and said, “Thank you!” Yu Youzi comfortingly took her hand, but her eyes nervously glanced out the car window. Following her gaze, Tian Ye saw Yuan Chuhan, who was standing with Yu Tianheng.
A gust of wind made the leaves in the courtyard rustle. Under the bright lights, the two people, who looked like they came from a dream, looked like the gods in a myth. But the look in their eyes as they looked at each other was complicated and cold, and even the air around them seemed to have stopped moving.
‘Brother!’ Yu Youzi poked her head out and called, just catching Yuan Chuhan’s gaze. He only gave a faint smile, and it made Yu Youzi’s heart race and her breath catch. That was the lover she had once been willing to die for, and also the bloody devil who had wounded her with his own hands! She didn’t want to think about it anymore, but she couldn’t forget.
Yu Tianheng finally got into the car, sat next to Tian Ya, and put his arm around her.
Yuan Chu Han walked towards the steps with his back to them, raised his hand to indicate that the people behind him should make way, and then Yu Tianheng’s car drove off.
Only then did he turn around, his deep eyes flashing with a mad flame.
He had gotten from Yu Tianheng what he had wanted for many years, but there was no joy in his heart at this moment, just a loss as if someone had hollowed him out. No! He would not let her go easily!
Yu Tianheng ignored Tian Ye’s objections and took her back to his villa. Under the coercion of the two siblings, she reluctantly ate a little and called home again. Hearing her grandmother’s voice, she finally felt at ease. Her grandmother just blamed her for only caring about work and told her to take care of her health. She also praised her boyfriend, which made Tian Ye feel confused. It wasn’t until she asked that she found out that Yan Dayuan had been taking care of her grandmother for a few days. She couldn’t help but feel moved and guilty.
Yu Tianheng watched Tian Ye go upstairs to rest in the company of Yu Youzi. Leaning against the stairwell, he felt like he had no strength left in his body.
During dinner, when his eyes inadvertently fell on her neck, the unhealed kiss marks on it pierced his heart like a knife. Tian Ye also felt his gaze and subconsciously pulled her collar up, looking at him carefully and fearfully.
Yu Tianheng hated himself even more. She was hurt so badly because of him. Yuan Chuhan had used her as a tool against him.
He gritted his teeth, his eyes red with anger. A valuable vase on the table was smashed against the wall, and a famous painting hanging above it fell to the ground. Several servants came in to see what the noise was about. Yu Tianheng, with bloodshot eyes, roared at them like a wounded beast: ‘Get out!’
Yu Youzi came in quietly and said, ‘Brother, do you want to wake up Sister Tian?’
Yu Tianheng turned around, his handsome face bearing a terrible murderous air
Yu Youzi was shocked. She had never seen her brother lose his temper like this before. In her heart, he was always so calm, as if nothing in the world concerned him. But this time—
She said softly, ‘For Tian Shijie, you gave up a plan you’d been planning for a long time, a plan worth billions of dollars, and you used the company’s account to launder his dirty money. Aren’t you afraid of the consequences if Grandpa finds out?’
He sneered, ‘What do I have to fear? I can’t stand by and watch the girl I love being hurt like this.’
Yu Youzi was speechless, her heart trembling. The image of someone else, as beautiful as her brother, came to mind. It was the person she hated to the bone, but also the person she loved most in this life. For him, she was willing to give everything! 4
Tian Ye lay on the bed, her eyes staring blankly at the ceiling.
She heard light footsteps approaching, and Yu Youzi, barefoot, flashed in like a ghost.
‘Sister Tian!’ She threw herself into her arms and sobbed quietly. Tian Ye was at a loss as to how to comfort the little girl who made her heart ache with love. All she could do was pat her shoulder gently and say, ‘What’s wrong? Has someone been bullying you? Tell me, and I’ll go and beat him up!’
Yu Youzi burst into laughter. ‘No wonder your brother loves you so much, you always think of others! Tian Jie, shall I tell you a story?’ She climbed into Tian Ye’s bed and the two of them lay side by side.
Yu Youzi whispered in her ear, ‘Once upon a time, there was a very beautiful and noble woman, the descendant of a general. Her husband was a diplomat from a wealthy family, and they were known as the golden boy and the jade girl. However, they were not happy together and divorced when their son was three years old. The diplomat married a woman from a wealthy family and had a little daughter. However, no one in his family liked her, and they only valued the noble woman’s son. Even the girl’s mother only doted on her ex-wife’s son and treated her coldly. One day, they threw the little boy a grand party to celebrate his fifth birthday, inviting celebrities and important guests from society. That night, the little girl was playing alone and sad in the garden when she suddenly saw a bloody boy lying in the corner of the garden. He said he had escaped from a rich family. She pitied him and secretly rescued him. Because even the servants in the family didn’t pay attention to her, she hid him in her room for several days until one day she woke up and found that the boy was gone. Her parents and a large family rushed in and yelled at her as if the world had come to an end. It turned out that the boy was a member of a gang, and they had conspired together to kidnap her brother. She was so scared. Her brother was rescued, but he didn’t blame her at all, and he wouldn’t let anyone bully or scold her, including her mother. Since then, the girl has regarded him as the closest person to her. However, more than ten years later, she ran into the boy who had caused her harm again, and recognised him at once. He was already a breathtakingly beautiful teenager, surrounded by so many beautiful girls, but he was only nice to her. The girl was so foolish that she fell into his trap again. Although she hid it from her closest brother, he still found out. He wasn’t angry, but set a trap for the boy. It turned out that he just wanted to toy with her and didn’t really love her. He said he didn’t love anyone, and that he wanted to take revenge on his brother because he had ruined a big drug deal and left him devastated. Tian Jie, do you think the girl in the story is foolish?’
Tian Ye hugged her shoulders, feeling only that she was trembling, and couldn’t help but feel both pity and sadness. ‘She’s not stupid, she’s just following her heart to love someone she shouldn’t. At that time in a person’s life, there are many things that we can’t control. I think she’s still in love with the person who hurt her, because sometimes our hearts can’t help themselves, can they?’
Yu Youzi let out a long sigh and said, ‘Sister Tian, only you understand her conflicted and painful heart. But now he has hurt the person my brother loves most, she will never forgive him again! As long as my brother is around, you have nothing to fear!’
Tian Ye understood who she was talking about, and the pale moonlight shone in. ‘I’m not afraid, because I promised my grandmother that no matter what difficulties I encounter, I will be a strong person!
‘Sister Tian, you are really amazing, no wonder my brother is so infatuated with you. Do you know that he fell in love with you at first sight? He told me that he is under your spell, because you are neither a good student nor a beauty, but he still cannot help falling in love with you. What else can it be if it is not under a spell?’
Tian Ya had not yet recovered from the previous blow, and when she heard her say this, she was even more depressed. She said, ‘I’m finished! Am I really that unbearable?’ The two of them teased each other for a while, when suddenly they heard the maid knocking gently on the door: ‘Young master knows that Miss Zi’er is here. Please go back to your room and don’t disturb Miss Fang while she sleeps!’
‘Brother really loves you, Sister Tian,’ Yu Yuzi said helplessly, “by the way, Sister Tian, you must never tell my brother what I said tonight, or I’m dead!”
Tian Ye nodded hurriedly in agreement. She hugged her knees, her thoughts surging, unable to sleep again. Her heart was both bitter and conflicted. She wanted to cry, but although modern girls don’t place a high value on their first time, it was the greatest humiliation of her life, a pain she could never forget.
Yuanzhihan! Yuanzhihan! I hate you!
Sister! Sister! I don’t want to hurt you! It seemed as if she could hear his whispering voice again, along with the smile that had enchanted her, on the edge of his lips. ‘Why did you have to hurt me like this? Why?’ she sobbed, covering her head in pain.
She fell asleep at some point and when she woke up in the morning, the room was filled with fresh and beautiful fire lilies and white roses. The room was full of sunlight, and with the intoxicating floral fragrance, it was like being in a fairyland of flowers. Sandwiched between the flowers was a small piece of paper with Yu Tianheng’s handwriting: ‘Little duck, I will always love you!’
Tian Ye was moved to tears. She gathered her strength, hurriedly freshened up and went downstairs.
The maid saw her in a hurry and hurriedly greeted her, ‘Miss, the young master is in the study in the front hall. Would you like to have breakfast first?’
‘No, I’ll go find him!’
The maid looked embarrassed. She wanted to say, ‘The young master has instructed that no one is to disturb him,’ but everyone knew that the girl in front of her was the young master’s sweetheart, so the words were swallowed back into her mouth.
But what should she say to him? Thank him for rescuing her? Or… Tian Ge went to the study and, after a long hesitation, knocked on the door. The door was ajar and opened with a push. Tian Ge had just taken a step in when she heard a soft sound accompanied by a burning sensation. There was a small hole in the door just an inch away from her head.
Tian Ye was shocked and cold sweat broke out all over her body.
She saw a man in black leather sitting on the sofa, head down, playing with a small pistol in his hands. ‘Tian Heng, when did you get such an unattractive maid? And she barged in so recklessly. Fortunately, I was merciful, otherwise her life would be over!’
Yu Tianheng, who was standing on the balcony of the study with his back to Tian Ye, turned around and saw her. His face suddenly turned pale. ‘Why is it you?’ He hurriedly went up to her and held her tightly in his arms. Oh my god, he almost lost the whole world.
Tian Ye’s anger shot up above her head. She pushed him away and looked at the smelly man who had almost caused her death, sitting on the sofa, angrily. Her chest rose and fell, and she couldn’t speak.
Yu Tianheng frowned and scolded the man, ‘You’re too reckless, Chen Feng!’
It was the first time the man had seen him treat him so harshly, and he couldn’t help but stand up and glance at Tian Ye again, ‘So she’s the girl you like! She doesn’t look very good!’ If it had been another girl, she would have probably fainted from the shock of the shot, but she was still so calm, so he couldn’t help but look at her a few more times. Tian Heng likes her, and there’s a bit of reason for it.
Tian Ye looked at the man in front of her. He was several years older than her, with a hard and slightly ruthless face. He was neither as handsome and noble as Yu Tianheng nor as charming and seductive as Yuan Chuhan. However, one could not see much complexity in his deep eyes, only a light of puzzlement and amusement towards her.
‘How dare you treat human life so lightly, and—your marksmanship is so poor, and you dare show off?’ Tian Ye shouted at him.
The man froze for ten seconds, unable to believe what he was hearing, and looked at her in disbelief, ’You—you—you said my marksmanship is poor? Wait, did I hear that right? Cousin Tian Heng, who on earth is she?’
Yu Tianheng seemed not to hear him, just looking at Tian Ye with concern: ‘Haven’t had breakfast yet? Don’t be angry with him, it’s not good for your health if you get angry!’
The man on the side heard this and his body went numb. Was this the same Yu Tianheng that his whole family worshipped like a god? When did he learn to coax girls? It was also mushy and unbearable to hear.
Tian Mei’s heart was sweet, but a shadow floated back up, and she whispered, ‘I want to say goodbye to you. I’m leaving.’
‘Where are you going back to?’
She sighed lightly, ‘You should know who I am by now. I’m going back.’
After a moment of silence, Yu Tianheng held her chin up with his hand and looked at her with watery eyes, ‘I know who you are, but that won’t become an obstacle between us. Stay, okay? I will give you the happiness of a lifetime!’ He vowed that he would never let anyone hurt her again, vowing with his life.
Her heart was pounding like a fawn, afraid to meet his heartbreaking eyes. She was afraid that she would sink into his deep affection from then on, and that she would no longer be herself. Suddenly, she used all her strength to embrace him, burying her head in his arms, deep, deep.
Finally, she looked up, her eyes sparkling with laughter, and said, ‘I may be a very stupid girl, but I still have responsibilities to bear, and I have to face them!’ She put her feet up on tiptoe and gave him a light kiss on the lips, then turned and ran out.
Yu Tianheng felt as if he were still in a dream. The fragrance of her was still in his arms, and the gentle, wonderful feeling lingered on his lips. However, his heart was cold.
The wind was blowing outside the window.
Tian Ya thanked the Yu family chauffeur who had driven her back, and ate a bowl of ravioli at a small restaurant not far from the police station. She couldn’t help but regret a little that she hadn’t eaten breakfast before running out of the Yu family villa.
When she arrived at the police station, she didn’t see Director Liu. It turned out that he had gone to Beijing for a meeting, and Zhang Yusheng was now in charge of her case. Tian Ya was intimidated when she met her, but she had to meet her anyway. As she was thinking about how to report the situation when she met her, she ran into Yan Dayuan in the corridor. He still looked carefree, ‘Hey, little sister, I heard that you were going to marry into a wealthy family, so why were you kicked out?’
Tian Ye was originally a little grateful to him, but at this time, seeing him like that, she was angry again: ‘Brother, I was not kicked out as fast as you were!’ Yan Dayuan’s rare blush said, ‘It’s not your Mr. Yu who caused this! Let’s cut the small talk. Where have you been hiding these few days? Is it true that you’ve been hidden by that brat Yu Tianheng? How dare he kidnap a police officer without permission? He’s got no respect for the law!’ cf004fdc76fa1a4f25f62e0eb5261ca3
It turned out that apart from Yu Tianheng and his sister, no one else knew that she had been imprisoned. But should she tell anyone? Yuan Chuhan acted with such impunity, was he not afraid that she would sue him when she got out? Or did he and Yu Tianheng reach some kind of understanding? From the moment she was picked up, Yu Tianheng didn’t say anything, but she could tell from his arrangements that he didn’t want anyone to know about this. And there was something strange about their relationship, like there was an ambiguous atmosphere between them.
Yan Dayuan looked around to make sure no one was around, then pulled her into an interrogation room next door and said sternly, ‘You probably don’t know, but Chief Liu is going to be transferred to another place to be the police chief there!’
Tian Ye was shocked: ‘Why?’
Yan Dayuan’s face was solemn: ‘This is an order from the top. The official transfer order hasn’t come yet.’
Tian Ye interrupted him, anxiously saying, ‘I don’t care about that. I just want to know what’s happened to Director Liu?’ He was another family member in her heart besides her grandmother.
Yan Dayuan said, ‘Seeing that you still have some conscience, the old fox has not raised you in vain! But he is not here right now. By the way, you have been with that brat Yu Tianheng for the past few days, and your grandmother has just let it go? Don’t rush back to work. The world will continue to turn without you. Go home first!’
‘Thank you, brother. I’ll go right back!’ Tian Ye understood that her disappearance had been cleverly concealed these past few days, but she didn’t want to think about anything else right now. She was intent on going home to see her grandmother first.
At the door, she took a deep breath, determined not to let her grandmother see her listless expression. “Grandma, I’m home!” She called out happily as usual, but there was no response from inside the house. Could it be that Grandma wasn’t there? Just as she took two steps forward, she suddenly sensed something unusual in the room. A silver light rushed towards her, and she narrowly avoided it, as a dagger grazed the tip of her nose. Then a young girl in black walked out of the room with a pistol in her hand, beaming from ear to ear, ‘Hello, we meet again.’
‘Who are you?’ Tian Jie asked calmly, desperately trying to think of a response. This young girl seemed to be familiar from somewhere. Her beautiful face and malicious gaze… Yes, she was the same Ren Ji she had met once at the Jin Yuan Building, but it also seemed like she had met her somewhere else once before…
‘We’ve met twice, once at the Jin Yuan Building and once when you were asleep. That time, I almost died for you! I just can’t understand why two outstanding men like Yu Tianheng and Yuan Chuhan would both fall for a brat like you!’ Lianji said, aiming the black muzzle of her gun at her.
‘Miss Lianji, I don’t think we have any deep-seated hatred for each other. Who sent you to kill me? Where is my grandmother? What have you done with her?‘
’We have no hatred, but the mistake was that the man I loved fell in love with you, and he hurt me for your sake! So I want you and your loved ones to die, so that he gets nothing!’
‘Is it Yuan Chu Han again?’ Tian Ye gritted her teeth, “He has already pushed me into hell, and now he sends you to take my life?”
Lian Ji was taken aback. Tian Ye stepped forward, her eyes full of despair and hatred, ’Go ahead and shoot. Tell Yuan Chu Han that even in death, I will become a vengeful ghost and haunt him!’
For some reason, Lianji hesitated. She knew that Yuan Chuhan loved the girl in front of him to the point of despair, and he had forced himself on her. That was the most tragic kind of love, the kind that destroys everything! But it also made her hate him to the bone!
‘Why haven’t you done it yet? Don’t you want me dead?’ Tian Ye took another step forward. Lianji steeled her resolve. Suddenly, someone rushed in through the door and threw himself on Tian Ye’s body. The gunshot had already sounded, and blood was pouring from the man’s back.
‘Xiaolan!’ Tian Ye exclaimed, looking at the young girl on top of her. She never dreamed that Lin Xiaolan would appear and take a bullet for her. Lin Xiaolan weakly opened her eyes, “I’m sorry, I betrayed you. I’m originally Han’s person…”
She shook her head desperately, her gaze gradually becoming unfocused, ’Sister……….’
‘Xiaolan! Xiaolan!’ Tian Ye hugged her, her hands already covered in blood. Lin Xiaolan forced open her eyes, “Please save my sister, only you can save her…” Her voice gradually faded away, her eyes still wide open, filled with a pleading expression.
Tian Ye could not bear to look anymore, and when she looked up, Lian Ji had disappeared.
Xiaolan died in her arms. The young girl, like a flower, left with so many mysteries. Tian Ye wiped away her tears fiercely. The noise in the house had already alerted the neighbours, and someone had already called the police.
Tian Ye did not have time to change out of her blood-stained clothes. Before her colleagues arrived, she went out to the road and stopped a car. ‘To Athena City!’
The car soon arrived. She stood in front of Athena City. It wasn’t yet time for people to go to work, and the parking lot was deserted. Only at night was this place a crazy paradise.
She walked over, and a waiter at the door politely stopped her: ‘Miss, it’s not yet business hours.’
‘I’m here to see your manager!’
The waiter said arrogantly, ‘Miss, our manager is not available to just anyone. Do you have an appointment?’
Tian Ye was enraged by his expression and barged in, shaking him off. The waiter shouted, ‘Someone crazy is coming in, come quickly!’
Suddenly, a dozen men who looked like bodyguards swarmed around her menacingly. Tian Ye’s eyes were red and she clenched her fists.
‘Wait!’ A voice said slowly, and a gentle man in a suit came over with a smile, ‘Miss, what can I do for you?’
‘I’m not here to see you, I’m here to find someone! A man named Yuan Chuohan!’
The man’s face changed, but it quickly returned to normal. He looked the girl in front of him over carefully. “I’m sorry, miss, but there is no one by that name on our staff.”
Tian Ye sneered, ’But I’m sure you’ll find a way to find him, because I need to see him!’
The man asked cautiously, ‘May I ask your surname?’ She was a little girl who dared to call out the name that was taboo in their hearts. He had a hunch that this girl and that person must have an unusual relationship, otherwise she would not have spoken to him so arrogantly. Although he was not in a high position in the organisation, he was considered a well-known figure in the city.
Tian Ye’s sharp gaze shot over: ‘I am Tian Ye. Tell him that I will only wait for him for an hour. Otherwise, he will never see me again!’
The man gasped, ‘Please wait a moment, I’ll be right there!’ and hurriedly left. Immediately, someone invited her to sit in the room, and all kinds of tea and snacks were sent up, but they were all swept to the ground by Tian Mei, and the person guarding the door didn’t dare to make a sound.
Ten minutes later, four cold-looking men in black entered in succession, all with cold sweat on their hurried faces. The leader was Hong Shan, the bodyguard of Yuan Shuihan whom she had met before. He respectfully said to her, ‘Miss Tian, please go outside and get into the car!’
A row of black cars had stopped at the entrance, and several neatly dressed men in black stood guard in front of the cars, looking around warily. Tian Mian snorted, ‘Are we going to meet the president? The stadium is so big.’ Hong Shan smiled, ‘Mr Yuan just received news that someone wants to do you harm, so he sent us to protect you!’
The car drove as fast as it could to the outskirts of the city, to a wide open space. This was a construction site that was being completed, with rows of factory buildings and office buildings of considerable size. It was already getting dark, with the momentum of an approaching storm. Entering the office building, it was large and empty inside, with freshly paved marble floors as shiny as a mirror and a frightening silence. There was a wind blowing through the never-quiet glass windows, bringing with it the irresistible coolness of autumn.
She saw Yuan Chuhan.
He was leaning against a huge, smooth pillar in the middle of the hall, wearing a simple, plain black jacket and white shirt. His simple, ordinary clothes made him exude a fatal sense of sexiness and wild beauty. Dozens of attendants were lined up next to him. Tian Ye suddenly remembered when she first met Yuan Chu Han. He looked like a down-and-out young vagrant. Now, he was high above them, like an ancient emperor, cruel and dangerous.
His gaze had followed her since she had entered, and every change in her face was visible to him. She looked haggard and tired, as if she no longer had the strength to hate him. She walked towards him step by step, head bowed, as if every step took a lot of effort. Suddenly, she staggered and fell to the ground, but her eyes were fixed on his, filled with sadness, helplessness and pain. Yuan Chuhan’s heart was almost broken, and he grabbed her without thinking, ‘Sister-’
Something cold and sharp pressed against his waist, sending a sharp chill through his clothes and into his heart. ‘I’ll take that chance!’ She looked at him coldly and slowly stood up. The incredibly sharp dagger in her hand was the weapon that Lianji had used to assassinate her, but now it was pressed against his supple waist, the fatal spot on a person.
No one expected such a turn of events. Yuan Chuhan’s subordinates, furious with anger, surrounded her, pointing countless murderous guns at her.
‘Sister, you win!’ Yuan Chuhan’s expression did not change, his dark eyes revealing a faint smile. He turned his head and coldly commanded Hong Shan, ‘You all withdraw. No one is to enter without my order! And, no matter what happens, no one is allowed to harm her!’
Hongshan did not dare disobey and had to retreat with everyone else in the hall. bc6dc48b743dc5d013b1abaebd2faed2
‘My life is now yours, you can kill me at any time!’ Yuan Chuhan said easily, as if he were talking about something unrelated to himself.
Tian Gemeng hated him to the bone, so much so that she didn’t know what to do next. All her strength was focused on the dagger, but her hands were shaking uncontrollably, and she accidentally stabbed him. A shocking red patch immediately appeared on his snow-white shirt.
‘Where is my grandmother? And, your people, that woman called Lianji, she killed my friend, hand her over!’ Tian Jie hissed.
Huan Chu Han said slowly, “Sister, I know I’m sorry, but I really like you, even if I die at your hands, I’m willing!” He lifted his hand and involuntarily wiped her tears for her. Tian Jie hurriedly avoided it, only to discover that she was already in tears.
It was getting dark, and the heavy dusk swept in like a grey tide. She felt his breathing grow heavier and heavier, but the black pupils burned even more fiercely, and she remembered that night, when she had cried in Yu Tianheng’s arms, and the way he had looked at her, burning with such fierce desire to reduce her to ashes!
The torment of internal conflict and the pain of bone-deep hatred filled her entire brain, like an endless cobweb leaving her with no escape.
‘You want me, don’t you? I’m here. Please let him go!’ A soft, clear voice rang out. Lianji, dressed in a plain white dress and boots of the same colour, stood prettily in the doorway, her waves of light flowing, peerless in her beauty. Who would have thought that just a few hours ago she had been a cold-blooded murderer? You’re looking for me, not him!’ she said quietly.
A wan smile appeared on Yuan Chuhan’s face. She would never believe Lianji. What she hated most was herself! How could the excruciating pain in his body and the wound in his heart compare to her hatred? He had destroyed her life with his own hands!
‘Where is my grandmother? What have you done with her?’ Tian Ye could not control herself and asked anxiously, regardless of the fact that this would make her opponent feel threatened.
Lian Ji smiled and said, ’Let him go, I guarantee that your grandmother will be fine, and I will do whatever you want! Besides, you are a policeman, you should know very well that without any evidence, what crime would it be if you threatened a foreign businessman who has invested heavily in setting up a factory here with a knife? Trust me and let him go, otherwise you will regret it for the rest of your life!’
Tian Ye was secretly shocked: what a formidable woman! She glanced at Yuan Chuhan. Was he a foreign businessman? Wasn’t he one of Dark Cloud’s people?
“I don’t suppose you watch TV or read newspapers, do you? Chuhan is a Thai businessman who came to China to invest. He invested more than 8 billion yuan in this development zone to support the development of the city’s economy, and he also solved the unemployment problem for tens of thousands of people. He is of extraordinary importance and his status is extraordinary! How will you explain to your superiors when you seriously injure him?’
He is only eighteen years old, so how could he have such abilities and a complicated background? Who exactly is he? Tian Ge was shocked, and suddenly remembered all kinds of things about him, from the robbery of her own in the hospital, to his confrontation with Yu Tianheng – in this place, where Yu Tianheng almost has a monopoly, his apprehension of him was also obvious. Could it be that Yuan Chuhan was not just a simple triad figure?
‘But unfortunately, I have already decided not to be a cop anymore! If you don’t let my grandmother go, I’d rather burn with you!’ She looked at him coldly.
Lian Ji’s face showed an imperceptible trace of panic, and her eyes couldn’t help but look at Yuan Chuhan. He wore a faint smile on his face, but he was just looking at the person who held his life in the palm of his hand. In terms of mental strength and physical prowess, how could Tian Ya be his match? Was he under her control on purpose?
‘Tianya, you are destined to become mine, so stop struggling!‘ He said lovingly, and his body moved. Before Tianya could react, his hand firmly grasped her wrist holding the dagger, and blood spurted out, splashing on the white column behind her.
’Young master!’ Lianji exclaimed in pain.
‘Yuan Chu Han!’ Tian Ye immediately counterattacked in shock and anger, but she was still no match for Yuan Chu Han, who was seriously injured. He easily grabbed her arms and held her in his arms. She was filled with hatred and shame as she opened her mouth and bit down hard on his shoulder, as if she wanted to tear it apart. A low, desperate whimper escaped her throat—
Yuan Chu Han didn’t move a muscle, allowing her to bite his bloody shoulder.
This sudden change in the situation caused the entourage, who had been watching closely from outside, to rush up. ‘Stop right there!’ Yuan Chu Leng ordered in a cold voice, his eyes flashing with hatred as he shot them at the motionless Lian Ji. ‘Seize this woman!’
Suddenly at this moment, the sirens sounded outside, and more than twenty heavily armed police officers appeared silently all around. ‘Nobody move!’
Having been taken control of by the police, Lianji giggled and said, ‘Fang Tianya, I’ll give you some advice: you can’t escape from him in this life, unless you die! Hahaha…’
‘Tianya!’ Yan Dayuan anxiously said, ‘Are you okay?’
Tian Ye looked up blankly and saw blood around her mouth. She looked horrified. ‘Brother, I…’ She threw herself into his arms and burst into tears.
Lian Ji was taken back to the police station, where she readily confessed to her crime but denied any knowledge of Tian Ye’s grandmother’s whereabouts. Yuan Chuhan was immediately taken to hospital for treatment after losing a lot of blood.
After giving her statement at the police station, Tian Ye had to face the comfort and sympathy of her colleagues, as well as their vague doubts. Yan Dayuan called her aside with an unusual look on his face and said in a moment of silence, ‘Do you know that the situation is now very unfavourable for you? You can testify that Yuan Chuhan threatened many people with a knife. He can turn on you at any time, but we have no evidence to prove his real identity. His public identity is a foreign investor who has come to invest, and it is said that the investment amount is quite large. Now the case has alarmed the higher-ups, so get ready for the worst. Do you want to talk to Chief Liu and let him intercede for you?‘
’No!’ Tian Ye said quickly, ’Don’t tell him. I’ll take responsibility for my own actions!’
‘You’re responsible for yourself? Can you afford it?‘ Zhang Yusheng, dressed in a police uniform, threw a stack of documents on the desk in front of them and looked at Tian Ye coldly, “You threatened a foreign businessman, which constitutes a crime. Even if he doesn’t pursue it, our police station will. Fang Tianya, what you did has simply tarnished the reputation of our police!” She spoke with indignation, her delicate face full of distress.
’So what?’ Someone behind her said indifferently. 3b
The investigation hall, which had just been full of noise, suddenly fell silent. In this police station full of uniformed officers, he was like a bright pearl dropped in. Everyone turned to look at him, and his appearance took everyone’s attention and breath away.
‘Tianheng, why are you here?’ Zhang Yusheng said in surprise.
Yu Tianheng ignored her and just pulled Tian Ya, who was standing with her back to him and afraid to look at him, into his arms. She bumped into his arms and said in a flustered voice, ‘What are you doing? Let go!’
‘Tianheng, this is a police station,‘ Zhang Yusheng whispered in warning.
’I know,’ Yu Tianheng said arrogantly, “and now, I am in charge of this woman! If you want to pursue her, talk to my lawyer.” He took Tian Ye by the hand and walked out, and people automatically made way for them, intimidated by his invisible aura of power.
Yan Dayuan said with a sigh of relief, ‘This kid is always so arrogant, but only he can save her.’
Zhang Yusheng held back his anger, unable to let it out. Two serious-looking middle-aged men who had been following Yu Tianheng came forward, ‘We are Mr Yu’s lawyers, please talk to us about anything-’
‘Let go of me!‘ Tian Ye, who had been pulled outside the door in full view of everyone, tried to break free of him. “I said I’ll take responsibility for my own affairs!” Yu Tianheng suddenly let her go. His face, which had been cold as ice, was now smiling instead of angry. “If I let you go, are you going back to the embrace of the original cold person?”
’Pang!’ A slap hit his face. Tian Ye’s face turned pale, and she trembled with anger, with all kinds of feelings welling up in her heart, including grievance, sadness and pain.
‘Who do you think you are? Even if you did save me, do you have the right to accuse me of anything?”
Yu Tianheng looked at her in a daze. He had completely forgotten what he had just said. When the person who had been following her reported the situation to him, he couldn’t describe the feeling in his heart. He understood that Yuan Chuohan had really fallen for his woman. He was no longer simply seeking revenge on him. He was afraid that he would do anything to take her away from him!
The moonlight was cold and bright, spreading on the ground like broken silver. She stood in front of him in the moonlight, like a little fire-breathing dinosaur, making him love and hate her at the same time. He kicked the parked car hard, ‘You’re driving me crazy, do you know that! Why did you go to him without asking me? Couldn’t you just leave everything to me? Fang Tianya, you’re such a fool!’
Fang Tianya, who had been looking for somewhere to vent his anger, immediately punched him in the stomach. Yu Tianheng easily avoided it and grabbed her hands, saying, ‘You see, you don’t look like a cop. Your kung fu is so bad, you must not have studied hard at school.’
‘What do you care!?’ Fang Tianya was almost mad. Humiliated by Yuan Chuhan for half the night, was he going to be laughed at again? He couldn’t help but hate himself for always slacking off during the grappling lessons at the police academy. Now the consequences were here!
‘Okay, don’t provoke her. Little girl, look who this is,’ said a man who had climbed out of the car, laughing. It was Chen Feng. Then the car window lowered, and from inside it revealed a face that made Fang Tianya ecstatic, ’Grandma!’
Yu Tianheng’s villa.
After nagging his grandmother for half the night and seeing her fall asleep soundly, Fang Tianya tiptoed to Yu Tianheng’s room and was about to knock on the door when it opened. ‘I knew you’d come,’ he said with a smug smile.
Tianya pouted her lips and turned to leave, but then she heard the footsteps of the maid coming up the stairs. She was afraid of being seen, so she had to sneak in. His room was filled with a light floral fragrance. Although this was the second time she had been here, Tianya had not taken a close look at the room. Following the scent, she found that outside the huge French windows was a sky garden of several dozen pings, with graceful shadows of flowers and a faint fragrance floating in the air. In the hazy light, Yu Tianheng was leaning lazily against the bed, looking at her with a half smile.
‘Don’t say anything to me unless you’re willing to give yourself to me!’
Tianya blushed, and then hung her head, whispering so that no one could hear, “Thank you really! If you hadn’t arranged it, Grandma would have been implicated, just as you said. I’m not worthy to be a policeman, I’m really useless! Laugh at me if you want!”
Yu Tianheng laughed softly. Tianya was a little flustered, avoiding his burning gaze as her eyes looked away. I have one more thing I want to ask you. Do you know that Lin Xiaolan is someone from Dark Cloud?‘
’Lin Xiaolan was originally sent by him to spy on me, but I didn’t take her seriously, so she was able to get into the school. But I only go to class two days a week, and I have people everywhere, so she couldn’t get anywhere near me. But I didn’t think that when I went abroad for a few days and didn’t have anyone to protect you, that moment of carelessness would give him a chance. Tianya, it’s my inability to help that has harmed you!’ He was disheartened.
Fang Tianya went up to him and took his hand. ‘Don’t blame yourself! I still want to thank you!’ Yu Tianheng was deeply moved by her gentle gaze. He gently took her in his arms and whispered in her ear, ‘I’ll let Zi accompany you to a place where you can relax. Promise me that I’ll handle the rest, okay?’
Fang Tianya felt a rush of sweetness in his heart, but immediately shook his head and said, ‘No, I still have to track down Lin Xiaolan’s whereabouts, and you—’
He placed his index finger by her lips, ‘Leave it to me!’ His gaze was so firm and trustworthy, with a confidence beyond his age, that Fang Tianya couldn’t help but sneer, ‘Are you really a high school student? I really can’t imagine what a person of influence you will be when you truly grow up!’
Yu Tianheng smiled without answering, and a shadow passed through his mind. ‘I have to go back, it’s almost dawn, I have to go back to catch some sleep!’ Tianya rubbed her two panda eyes and yawned. Yu Tianheng’s hand was still on her waist without any intention of letting go. Through the thin clothes, Fang Tianya could feel his hot skin, and inexplicably, her face started to burn again. ‘I have to go -’ she said with difficulty, beginning to regret coming to see him on impulse.
‘You should know how dangerous it is to go to the house of a hot-blooded man in the middle of the night!‘ He breathed in her ear. Fang Tianya smiled weakly, “You forget that I am a cop after all.”
’Since I was five years old, I have been undergoing rigorous training,’ he lightly laughed as he restrained her hands and feet in just a few moves, ’There is only one person in the world who can be my match, Tianya, don’t run away from me!’ It turned out that he had been hiding his true strength from her. She had even been complacent about her own kung fu, but in his presence it was just childish! Fang Tianya suddenly felt that he was a stranger to her. At this moment, the shadow of Yuan Chuohan inadvertently enveloped her heart. She began to break free, but she didn’t know that her actions only made his blood boil more. His usual calm self-control was always out of control in front of her. She could only be his person, and he wanted the traces left by Yuan Chuohan on her to disappear completely.
‘Brother, what are you doing?’ Yu Youzi’s voice from outside the door. Fang Tianya took the opportunity to push him away, heartbroken, “Yu Tianheng, what’s the difference between you and Yuan Chuhan? I admit that I like you, but I just realised today that I was wrong about you. I’m such a fool!” He rushed out the door.
Yu Youzi was shocked. She saw her brother looking at her expressionlessly. With great courage, she said, ‘Brother, Grandpa called early this morning. And, and…’ She secretly observed his expression and said with great courage, ‘Brother, if you go on like this, Tian Jiejie will hate you to death!’
Yu Tianheng seemed to have just awakened from a dream and muttered, ‘I’ve still hurt her!’
Fang Tianya returned to her room and saw her grandmother sitting on her bed, quietly watching her. She couldn’t help but feel a little flustered and stammered, ‘Why are you here? Didn’t you get any more sleep?’
Grandma sighed and said, ‘Girl, where have you been?’
“I… I went to thank the people. Grandma, why are you up so early?’
Grandma didn’t answer, and after a long while she said, ‘I don’t know what’s going on. I think you, being a cop, will always run into some danger. I won’t ask. It’s just that I’m not used to living in such a big and luxurious house. And what’s your relationship with that boy who kept staring at you along the way?
‘Him?’ Fang Tianya didn’t know what to say. She had never lied to her grandmother before, but how could she explain to her the relationship that she couldn’t even sort out herself? “We’re good friends, we get along very well,” she could only say.
Her grandmother’s old eyes looked at her earnestly: ’Although my eyesight is a bit blurry, I can still see that the other person doesn’t consider you a friend. When you slapped him in front of the police station, the other person took the beating but could only vent their anger on the car. Do you have such a broad-minded friend?’
Fang Tianya remained silent. Although her grandmother had not asked her, she had seen everything.
‘You know, the way this child looks at you reminds me of someone.’
‘Who do you think of?’ she asked, surprised and puzzled.
‘It’s Chu Han, the one who went back to your hometown with you. I wonder how he is doing now. Hey, what’s wrong, are you cold? Come and sit next to grandma.’ Fang Tianya shivered a little and forced a smile, “It’s okay, grandma, why did you think of him?” She sat down calmly.
Grandma fondly stroked her hair and said, ‘I don’t know why I just thought of them. Both of those boys are very handsome, but there’s always an air of aloofness in their eyes that makes people afraid to get close to them. Alas! My girl, you’ve grown up, and there’s nothing I can say. I just hope that you can find an ordinary person to spend the rest of your life with, and that will be enough for me!’ 996a7fa078cc36c46d02f9af3bef918b
Fang Tianya’s heart ached, and he put his arms around his grandmother’s neck and said coquettishly, ‘No! I want to be with you forever!’
The two were talking affectionately when Yu Youzi barged in, her pretty face full of fear and despair like he had never seen before. Her big eyes were full of tears, and she said shakily, ‘He—he’s dead!’
‘Who died?‘ Seeing her in this state, Fang Tianya couldn’t help but panic a little. 7f39f8317fbdb1988ef4c628e
’Yuan Chuhan, he’s dead, he was killed in the bombing…’ Yu Youzi muttered, and collapsed to the ground in exhaustion.
Tian Ye understood in her heart that this innocent and lovely girl actually loved the person who hurt her so much. But did she know that the person she loved was even more terrifying than the devil?
However, Yuan Chuhan did not die. It is true that an explosion occurred in the hospital where he was staying, but the one who died was a multimillionaire who lived next door. It was his rival in the business world who hired someone to kill him, and the case was quickly solved. However, Yuan Chuhan, the mysterious multi-national billionaire, became an instantly popular and powerful figure. In the past few days, the hospital’s doors were almost trampled on by the large and small officials and local celebrities who came to offer their condolences, and even the police had to be deployed to protect him day and night.
Yu Tianheng was urgently recalled to the United States by his grandfather. Before leaving, he looked far away at Fang Tianya, who was alone in the garden, but in the end he didn’t say a word and turned around and walked away.
Fang Tianya looked at his back and tearfully fell to his knees. Sometimes happiness is so close at hand, but when you get closer, it’s just an illusion!
The new Director Li, who had always respected Director Liu, rejected Fang Tianya’s resignation report. On the phone, Director Liu also scolded her, telling her to stop crying in front of the new Director and not to let her down.
The new director said sternly, ‘Fang, I know there are a lot of rumours about you in the police station, but Director Liu believes in you, and so do I! You should pull yourself together, for the sake of your loved ones, understand?’
Fang Tianya nodded silently.
‘You should also know how terrifying our opponents are. Behind the Dark Cloud Group, there is an even bigger organisation. We have rescheduled our plan to deal with them, but due to the complexity of the situation, we can only conduct investigations in secret. According to our understanding, Yuan Chuohan seems to have something up his sleeve with you, and we will take advantage of this. But Fang, I know this is difficult for you. He is a very dangerous person, and no one knows his true intentions. But you are the best person to get close to him. Are you willing to take this risk for the sake of the case? Don’t worry, we will never force you to agree!’ The new chief said sincerely. e2c0be24560d78c5e599c2a9c9d0bbd2
Fang Tianya struggled with her heart. She never wanted to see him again in her life, but the words of Lin Xiaolan’s dying words flashed through her mind – ‘I promise!’ she said firmly. She knew that she would never become an outstanding police officer, but at the very least, she wanted to fulfil Xiaolan’s wish!
The police chief nodded with relief. ‘And, this matter must be kept absolutely confidential! From now on, you are no longer a member of the police force. This is part of the plan. I will take care of your grandmother’s safety, don’t worry.’
Night. The autumn dew is heavy, the cold is piercing, and a crescent moon hangs in the treetops.
A sneaky figure flashes past the heavy guards and climbs a tree. Protected by the shadows of the trees, he goes up to the third floor windowsill with great agility and enters the ward. Her feet landed on the thick carpet, making no sound as if she were stepping on a pile of cotton. There was no smell of disinfectant, which is typical of ordinary hospital rooms, but instead there was another kind of intoxicating aroma. She couldn’t tell if it was the smell of flowers or something else, but it was somewhat familiar. She suddenly remembered the three days and nights she could not bear to think about, and that the dream was filled with this aroma. She gritted her teeth in pain and said angrily, ‘Yuan Chu Han, are you still alive?’ But there was no answer in the room.
‘This is the room, but why is there no one here?’ She muttered suspiciously, while trying to suppress her inexplicable fear and feeling her way to the light switch on the wall. Suddenly, she was picked up from the ground without warning and thrown onto the bed, followed by a body pressing down on her, with moist lips covering hers. She felt dizzy and confused. Although she had been prepared for this, she was shocked by her body’s reaction, which was completely out of control. Passionately and skillfully, she danced with him, as if they had done it a thousand times before. It was a pleasure like no other, a feeling of floating in the clouds. ‘Let go,’ she said, trembling, almost pleading, as tears of humiliation poured out.
He paused, tenderly kissing away her tears and sighing softly. Silly, you do love me, don’t you?’
At that moment, there was a sound of hasty footsteps outside the door, the door was slammed open, the lights were turned on, and the people rushing in all blushed.
They saw a pair of smooth girl’s legs under the white quilt hastily scrunching back, and the beautiful young man beside her, who looked like a patient, calmly covered them for her, lazily lifting his eyes and saying, ’I’m sorry everyone, did my girlfriend and I make too much noise and wake everyone up?’
The embarrassed crowd turned around, and one person said, ‘Since Mr. Yuan is fine, we’ll leave now and not disturb the two of you.’
Yuan Chuhan smiled faintly, ‘With an elite like Officer Yan protecting me, not even a fly can get in. It’s just that my little woman missed me too much, but there were too many people during the day, so she sneaked in at night to visit me. Don’t you agree, Tianya?’
‘Tianya?‘ Officer Yan’s mouth hung open in surprise.
Underneath the quilt, she couldn’t help but kick Yuan Chuhan, but he just smiled and gently caught her foot and pushed it back under the quilt. “You’re not a cop anymore, no one dares to bother you now, are you still afraid of meeting people?”
’Shut up Yuan Chuhan!’ The girl finally revealed her head in anger: ’Do you have to tell everyone in the world that I’m in your bed?’
Yuan Chuhan put away the joking expression and stared at her solemnly, ‘I just want everyone to know that you, Fang Tianya, are no longer the police who is ordered around by people, but my woman. If you are my woman, why do you want to hide it and not let people know?’
‘You—’ Fang Tianya was so angry that he was at a loss for words. He dared not look directly at Officer Yan, who was glaring at her fiercely. He was Yan Dayuan, and at this time, his face was ashen. After a while, he said, ‘Let’s go!’ and turned around to push the door with the others.
‘Wow!’ Fang Tianya burst into tears, sat up from the bed, and the red sweater he was wearing was unrecognisable from being crumpled. He felt aggrieved, and after crying for a while, he looked up. Yuan Chuhan was looking at him with an unfathomable expression in his eyes and said slowly, “This time, I will never let you leave me, no matter how much you hate me, or even if you want to use any means against me!”
She sneered, ’You know that I hate you and want to deal with you, so why do you still keep me around?’
He laughed loudly and got up. His slender figure under the lights implied a threatening air. ‘Yu Tianheng doesn’t deserve you. He’s a coward with no courage. Only I can love and hate as I please. Everything is in my hands. Who dares to do anything to me?’
‘Don’t you dare insult Yu Tianheng!’ Fang Tianya was furious. Although her heart ached when she thought of him, she still couldn’t tolerate others belittling him. ‘You’re not even worthy to compare with him!’
A sneer formed on the corner of his mouth, but when he saw the tears still on the girl’s face and her red, puffy eyes, he couldn’t help feeling pity for her. ‘Tell me, for whom are you crying?’ He gently touched her face with his hand. She avoided his hand with disgust, but it only aroused his anger. He pinched her chin and turned her towards him. She didn’t resist because she knew she was no match for him. So the tears in her eyes fell drop by drop, landing in the palm of his hand.
On the last Sunday before returning to the United States, Yu Youzi drove out with her family’s little chef, the lively and clever little Bai, to do some big shopping. She had been depressed for a few days because her grandfather, who had always trusted her brother, had been furious with him for using the company account without permission and abandoning the factory construction plan in the development zone that her grandfather valued. She also learned from someone that her brother was in love with a policewoman, which made the situation even worse. Fortunately, her brother was rescued in time, and he was summoned back to the United States early. As a result, she was scolded by her parents.
Maybe some girls will choose to go shopping in the mall when they are in a bad mood. Anyway, she has a lot of money, so buying a bunch of things she won’t use is a way to vent. Xiaobai, however, was very happy. Going shopping with Miss was the most rewarding experience for her, because Miss would always end up throwing everything at her.
The two of them parked the car at the famous Jinbaihui supermarket. Xiaobai suddenly exclaimed, ‘Miss, look, isn’t that Tian Jiejie you told Brother Feng to find?’
Yu Youzi followed her line of sight and saw Fang Tianya standing in front of the mall door, his face listless. Next to her, a tall and beautiful man was standing lazily, attracting the attention of passers-by.
‘Miss, who is that person? Why is he with Sister Tian? And they’re so affectionate…‘ She suddenly stopped talking because she noticed that the lady was pale and her eyes were fixed on the boy, who was even more dazzling than the sun.
’Miss, what’s wrong?’ she asked carefully.
Yu Youzi took Xiao Bai by the hand and whispered, ‘Let’s follow them and see what they’re doing.’ Xiao Bai didn’t quite understand, but she could read hatred in her mistress’s eyes, and she wasn’t sure who it was directed at.
Fang Tianya asked the person next to him with a cold face, ‘What do you mean? Didn’t you say you were going to take me to meet the person I’m looking for?’
Yuan Chu Han shrugged and said, ‘Of course I keep my word. But you first promised to go to the underground restaurant here for dinner, and I only let you meet her after that. Is that too much to ask?’
She said coldly, ‘The meal you had in the hospital was equivalent to half a year’s expenses for an ordinary family, so was it worth it to come here?’
“Because, I looked in many places, and only the congee and tea eggs here are the best.’
Fang Tianya looked up at him in puzzlement, and he put on an innocent expression again: ‘Do you forget that when I first met you, you treated me to these? Later, I gave the owner of the place a sum of money to let them open a shop in the city, so that it would be convenient when I want to eat.’
Fang Tianya stared at him for a long time without saying a word.
The two of them walked into the underground ‘Flavour Gourmet World’. The restaurant was not big, but the simple and elegant decorations gave it a unique style. What’s more, there was not only congee with eight treasures and tea eggs, but also a wide variety of other snacks on the menu. The waitresses in green uniforms and white aprons were bustling around serving customers enthusiastically. It was almost noon, and the whole place was filled with delicious aromas. There was a steady stream of people coming in to eat, so it was clear that business was good.
A plump woman in a leather jacket and skirt came up to them. Her round face was smiling, her eyes beaming, and she said to Yuan Shuohan in a flattering manner, ‘You’ve finally come? I’ve prepared a seat for you.
Fang Tianya stared again. Is this the proprietress of that small restaurant? She was covered in jewellery, and only her eyes, which were barely visible behind her smile, were vaguely recognisable. The proprietress turned her smile back towards her, and said with a sigh, ‘Oh my, you are truly blessed, young lady. If it weren’t for your love of this, we wouldn’t have caught Mr Yuan’s eye, and we wouldn’t be here today.’
Yuán Chūhán showed signs of impatience, took Fang Tianya’s hand and led him inside. They had already entered the private room before Fang Tianya reacted and tried to shake his hand off. The proprietress immediately started bustling about, personally arranging the dishes and other objects, and shouting loudly for several neat and tidy waitresses to bring water and towels.
Fang Tianya couldn’t bear to watch, frowned and said, ‘Proprietress, you’d better tell them to go and do something else, there’s no need to go to all this trouble.’
The proprietress understood and said, ‘Oh, I’m so old and forgetful!’ and hurriedly sent them downstairs. At this time, another waitress came in with a delicate tray carrying two bowls of steaming, fragrant eight-treasure porridge. Fang Tianya was overjoyed at the long-lost fragrance. He only heard Yuan Chuhan say, ‘I haven’t seen you smile in a long time. If I had known that a bowl of porridge could make you so happy, I would rather become it too!’
Fang Tianya grunted. In a moment, the table was filled with all kinds of snacks, such as tea eggs, crab roe buns, cakes, etc. No girl in the world would refuse the temptation of delicious food, not to mention that these were Tianya’s favorite foods. The proprietress was also on hand to make fun of him, making her temporarily forget her troubles. Yuan Chuhan just greedily looked at her, loving her face, which was slightly reddened by the steam of the congee, and her sparkling eyes. He only picked up a crab roe bun to eat.
At that moment, there was a knock on the door. The proprietress said, ‘I wonder what my husband has cooked for us again,’ while opening the door. She let out a surprised ‘Eh!’ and said, ‘Miss, you’re here for dinner, right? Please come in…’
The person outside the door said in a sweet voice, ‘No, I’m here to see the person inside.’
Fang Tianya almost choked on the congee and coughed violently. Yuan Chuhan hurriedly patted her back to calm her down, but she avoided it and whispered, ‘It’s Zi!’
Yu Youzi raised her eyebrows in displeasure, ‘Boss, tell her to get lost!’
Yu Youzi had already dodged with the help of Xiaobai. The fat boss barged in, her arms crossed, her anger surging. ‘Fang Tianya, you disappeared without a word for a few days, leaving everyone to worry about you. So you’ve been hiding here with your brother’s enemy. How can you do this to my brother?’
Fang Tianya stood up and said anxiously, ‘It’s not what you think. Yu Youzi, can I talk to you later?’
‘What? I saw it coming a long time ago. You like Yuan Chuohan too, don’t you? Otherwise you wouldn’t have stopped me from visiting him, but you went to see him secretly instead. You’ve been deceiving your brother’s feelings all along. You’re so evil!’ Yu Youzi had already lost control of her tongue in the flames of jealousy.
Fang Tianya was unable to defend himself. He felt a sharp pain in his abdomen and a fishy smell rising from his throat. ‘This porridge—’ He collapsed weakly. Yu Youzi was shocked to see her suddenly faint. Even the proprietress was too scared to move. She saw an anger and a murderous aura in Yuan Chuhan’s face that she had never seen before. Just one look at her caused her to have nightmares from then on.
‘If anything happens to her, I’ll make sure you all die with her!’ He picked her up and rushed out.
The boss’s wife cried out, “Oh no, is this really happening? This is going to kill me!” The boss rushed over as soon as he heard the news. He was also pale and trembling, ’It’s over, let’s escape, we can’t afford to provoke that person!’
The boss’s wife suddenly remembered and turned to Yu Youzi, who was still standing there, and said, ‘It’s all your fault, you little demon! I’ll tear your mouth off!’
Xiaobai hurriedly stepped in front to protect the lady, and in the midst of the chaos, a pair of malicious eyes were smiling with satisfaction in the corner.
It was a rare occurrence for some of the most famous doctors in the country to visit the city centre hospital together within a matter of hours. Each of them was in a hurry, accompanied by their own bodyguards in black suits, and as soon as they got out of the car, they went straight to the resuscitation room.
After more than ten hours, the lights in the operating theatre finally came on. The dean, dressed in a surgical gown, walked out. From a distance, the beautiful young man leaning against the hospital’s snow-white wall looked at him fiercely and coldly. Behind the young man were the black-suited bodyguards who had come with the famous doctors, and it was obvious that they were also his men.
He walked tremblingly up to him, ‘The operation was a success, the poison has been neutralised, except that-’ he didn’t dare say it, but although he was the biggest in this hospital, in front of these famous doctors he was just a nobody, so he was only fated to be cannon fodder.
‘Except what?’
‘Except that, the lady is almost a month pregnant, but the poison in her body is too strong, I’m afraid the foetus cannot be saved.’ The poor dean had given up.
‘What did you say? She-’ For the first time in his life, Yuan Chu Han turned pale, barely holding himself together. His subordinates saw something was wrong and hurried forward. They saw him hanging his head and coldly ordering, “Find out who did this in the shortest time possible!” A cold smile appeared on his face, ’I’ll show him what happens when he provokes me!’
Fang Tianya lay on the hospital bed with a worried expression. She still remembered when she woke up and found a group of serious and nervous doctors surrounding her, she was shocked and even wondered if she was going to be dissected by them. At this time, she saw Yuan Chuhan. The room was full of doctors and nurses in white coats, except for him, who was standing behind them in black, aloof and indifferent, looking straight at her with longing.
When he saw her wake up, his face revealed a look of ecstatic joy. He took a few steps to her bed, but didn’t dare go near her, as if he was afraid of breaking something precious. His thin lips were slightly parted, but he couldn’t say anything. No one in the room dared to breathe. Although they had revived the girl, none of them dared to take the first step out of here, because the young man was manipulating their lives and the lives of their families. Before the girl woke up, he had looked at the wall clock and gritted his teeth, vowing that if she didn’t wake up in the next three minutes, they would all be sent to hell together! Is this still human? Where is the justice in the world? If she doesn’t wake up, are they, the six nationally renowned medical elites, going to be buried together with this unknown young woman?
When Yuan Chuhan finally nodded and signalled for them to go down, they felt as if they had just taken a step into hell and then retracted their foot.
Fang Tianya frowned, her ever-thinner baby face almost becoming a melon face, but her eyes were becoming more and more melancholy. When the cramps made her die and live, she distinctly felt something flowing out of her lower body. In the blur, she heard someone say urgently, ‘The fetus can’t be saved…’
It was a terrible feeling, but at the same time it made her heart feel lighter. It was his, she doesn’t want it!
Someone knocked gently on the door and entered. Her slim body and pretty face were exactly what Fang Tianya had been looking for. After she came in, she kept her head down and didn’t say a word. Fang Tianya couldn’t help but cry out, ‘Xiaofeng!’ Xiaofeng looked up and smiled, her smile melting like snow in the sun.
‘Yuanchuhan, what have you done to Xiaofeng?’ Fang Tianya asked anxiously.
Yuan Chuhan ignored her and looked at the flustered Xiaofeng with a faint smile, saying, ‘I’ll leave her in your hands. When she’s better, I’ll set you free. Remember, don’t try any tricks on me, or you’ll be asking for trouble!’
‘Yes!’ Xiaofeng replied mechanically.
Once he was gone, Xiaofeng sadly threw herself at Fang Tianya’s feet, ‘Tianya, save me!’
@Fang Tianya had never seen such a beautiful island. From the plane, on the surface of the blue velvet sea, this emerald island was like a pearl bestowed by the heavens. Around it were snow-white, crystal-like beaches, and the thick, luxuriant coconut trees were reflected in the water, like a dream.
It was dusk when the plane landed at the island’s private airport, and dozens of people had already been waiting to greet them.
According to Xiaofeng, Yuan Chuhan had bought five or six such islands as holiday destinations. The island’s ecology has not changed, but many modern facilities have been added. It is a kind of luxury leisure hotel and health resort. Fang Tianya was incredulous at Yuan Chuhan’s multiple identities. She had thought he was just a simple underworld figure, but she never imagined that he would be so rich and powerful. She couldn’t help but laugh a little. What could she possibly use to compete with him? Brains? Tactics? He could see right through her and she had nowhere to hide. Skills? She was a joke. She had graduated from the police academy, but in front of him she was like a child.
Among the people who greeted them was a fit and beautiful girl with bronze skin, long legs, a supple waist and eyes like dark jewels. She wasn’t very beautiful, but there was an attractive vitality about her, a natural sex appeal.
The girl said enthusiastically, ‘My name is Aya. Master Yuan told me to make sure that Miss Fang has a good time on the island. From now on, I will be your personal maid. If you need anything, just let me know!’
Fang Tianya was about to speak when Xiaofeng said coldly, ‘Aya, aren’t you Master Yuan’s personal maid? You don’t need to serve Miss Fang.
Aya gave a bright smile, showing her white teeth. ‘Sister Xiaofeng, you are too kind. No matter what, I am after all the young master’s servant, serving the young master’s future wife is my blessing. I envy you, being able to be by Miss Fang’s side every day. In the future, please speak well of us to the future wife!’
Xiaofeng snorted, her face showing her disdain for her. ‘You know better!’
Seeing the undercurrents between the two, Fang Tianya hurriedly said, ‘Aya, in the future, you can just call me Tianya like Xiaofeng does.’
‘No way!’ The two protested in unison. Xiaofeng gave Aya a dirty look, but Aya didn’t look at her and said to Fang Tianya with a straight face, ‘Miss Fang, I can see that you are a very kind-hearted girl, so Aya begs your forgiveness! I will always be the young master’s servant, so how can I call you by your name? The young master would never allow it! Miss, the room is ready, please go and rest, dinner will be ready soon!’
Fang Tianya felt a little uncomfortable. To be honest, she quite liked this warm and straightforward young girl, even though she could hear from Feng Xiao’s hints that there was an ambiguous relationship between Aya and Yuan Chuhan.
Opening the wooden window, the sea breeze with a warm breath blew in her face, and in the distance came the sound of waves lapping the shore. The night sky over the sea was clear and remote, with countless stars.
Fang Tianya looked up at the sky, lost in thought. Where would her own destiny lead her? Would he really control her whole life? She didn’t want to see that powerful and frightening boy for even a second longer, but in order to save Xiao Feng – Xiao Lan’s only real sister – from Yuan Chuohan’s clutches, she had to be patient for now.
Xiao Feng came in, reached over and closed the window, scolding, ‘You forgot, you can’t let the wind blow on you.’
Fang Tianya sighed and said, ‘I’ve never heard of acute gastroenteritis preventing someone from even blowing in the wind. Is Yuan Chuhan not letting you tell me the truth? I’m not stupid, I know my own body.’
Xiaofeng’s face showed a surprised expression, ‘You know? Then do you know that someone who has just had a miscarriage shouldn’t blow in the wind?’
Fang Tianya pretended to be unconcerned and turned away. ‘I know! Xiaofeng, I will definitely make him release you as soon as possible,’ she said softly.
The sun had risen in the east, and in the bright sunlight, the colour of the sea water appeared different from near to far. Near the shore, the sea water was transparent; away from the beach, it slowly turned pale blue, a little like the crystal clarity of emeralds; a little further away, the dark blue sea water still gave a feeling of clarity; and in the infinite distance, there was only a kind of depth, a feeling like the night sky. The white beach lazily lies around the island. From a close distance, it is hard to tell where the sea ends and the beach begins. Perhaps the sea is originally an extension of the beach, and the beach was originally just the support of the sea. From a distance, the sky and sea become one, and it is hard to tell where the sea ends and the sky begins. Perhaps it is just a reflection of each other.
Fang Tianya was wrapped up tightly and lying on a beach chair with thick cushions, basking in the sun. She felt like an ancient mummy. Perhaps it was by order of Yuan Chu Han that everyone on the island revolved around her. Wherever her eyes turned, someone appeared immediately. It was like the moon surrounded by the stars, but she couldn’t help laughing or crying because she had never been someone who was pampered.
Aya wore a fiery red sleeveless vest and white hot pants, with her wavy hair draped over her graceful back, giving off an irresistible sexy charm. Holding a cup of hot milk, she opened her red lips and said, ‘Miss Fang, I had someone add fresh coconut milk to this milk. Would you like to try it?’
Fang Tianya smiled and thanked her, and Xiaofeng took it over with a smile, saying with a sneer, ‘The young master commanded that I personally taste everything given to Miss Fang. He is afraid that if Miss Fang accidentally drinks something unclean again, I will be held responsible and I won’t be able to explain myself.’
Fang Tianya saw that Aya was embarrassed, and her heart could not bear it. She quickly took it from her hands and took a big sip, exclaiming, ‘It’s delicious.’
Xiaofeng said in a huff, ‘So you’re not going to drink the lychee and red date soup I made with so much effort?’
‘Of course I will. Why wouldn’t I?’ She simply took a sip from both bowls and coughed violently, scaring everyone around her.
‘What are you doing?’ someone behind her said coldly.
There was a moment of dead silence.
Aya’s face showed joy, but it immediately faded as she saw the man’s gaze fall only on the girl in the middle, who was in a sorry state. It was a kind of deep affection that anyone with discerning eyes could see, an obsessive fervour.
‘I told you to take good care of Miss Fang, and this is how you do your job?’ The displeased gaze moved from Aya to Xiaofeng, who was standing behind Fang Tianya. Xiaofeng lowered her head as her heart pounded wildly.
Fang Tianya had finally stopped coughing. He had bent down and used the tissue handed to him by the maid to carefully wipe the remnants of soup from the corner of her mouth. She didn’t dare move and let him do as he pleased, and he couldn’t help but smile in affection.
‘You all go!’ he said to them as he looked up.
On the beach, which was as white as snow, there were only the two of them left. The waves lapped gently, and seabirds flew leisurely across the surface of the sea.
‘Do you like it here?’ he asked in her ear. Fang Tianya felt hot all over, and his eyes were gazing at her hungrily. “It’s OK!” She didn’t want to look directly at him, and said in a muffled voice, “Why did you come? Didn’t we agree that Xiaofeng would keep me company?”
His fingers played with a lock of her hair, and he said carelessly, “I don’t trust you!” ad972f10e08
Fang Tianya turned his head away, and his fingers played with a lock of her hair as it slipped through his hands. ‘My body is fine, so you can let Xiaofeng go.’
It seemed that he hadn’t heard what she said, as he just stared intently at her face. It wasn’t a beautiful face, but since meeting her, even the most beautiful person in the world could not capture his attention. On this face, there were the purest and kindest gaze, and the strongest love and hate. This was the most real face he had ever seen.
He loved this little woman, and he wanted her to be completely his!
Fang Tianya saw that he was not answering and was greedily looking at her, so he raised his voice in anger, ‘Yuánchūhán, did you hear me when I was talking to you?’
Yuánchūhán’s mouth curved into a nice arc. When she got angry, it softened his cold, bloodthirsty heart. ‘Let the doctor do a full examination on you, and then I’ll decide whether to let her go or not,’ He teased her on purpose.
Fang Tianya jumped up anxiously, ‘I’m already better, if you don’t believe me, just look.’ She spun around on the beach, and the large shawl she was wearing fell down carelessly. She was only wearing a linen white short shirt and an apple green skirt underneath. Because it was hot on the island and she was tightly covered up, the thin shirt was already soaked with sweat, and her face was flushed. Yuan Chu Han’s gaze on her flared up with heat. He reached out to pull her, and she stumbled and crashed into his arms, struggling desperately. He had already firmly wrapped his arms around her waist, and the two of them fell onto the beach. She felt that his body was even hotter than the sand beneath them, and his kiss fell. She was overwhelmed with confusion and ecstasy, and she weakly closed her eyes. Since she could not resist, struggling was useless.
He suddenly stopped, looked at her tenderly, smoothed out the skirt he had messed up, and then carried her to a chair. ‘I can’t hurt you anymore!’ he murmured into her eyes.
The entourage of Yuan Chuohan formed a semi-circle far away, blocking their view in front of them. Xiaofeng looked at the distracted Aya and grinned with glee on her face, ‘Aya, give up. Master only has eyes for Miss Fang!’
Aya said angrily, ‘Xiaofeng, what do you mean? Don’t think that because Fang Tianya is backing you up, you can sneer at me!’
‘Haha, you’ve finally shown your true colours,’ Xiaofeng said viciously, ‘You should know what happened to Tailianji!’
Aya’s face changed. Tailangji had been a girl favoured by the young master, but she had offended him by hurting Fang Tianya, and finally died suddenly in prison. It was said that she had died of a strange disease, and her beautiful face, which she had been most proud of, had become hideous. She herself had indeed been favoured by the young master, but she had never been arrogant because of his love. As for Fang Tianya, he had seen at once that she was a good girl, but would she do anything to harm him?
Xiaofeng looked at her for a long time without saying a word, and Fang Tianya thought to herself that she had finally been scared. She secretly gloated. Aya looked up, her dark, gem-like eyes shooting out a look of hatred. ‘I think Lianji was killed by the medicine you, the great doctor, concocted, wasn’t she? I have long heard that Sister Xiaofeng’s level of dispensing medicine is top-notch, otherwise the young master would not have valued you so highly!’
‘It was Master’s order!’ Xiaofeng replied, with a faint smile on her pale face.
Back at the leisure villa on the mountainside of the island, servants had already prepared everything for the bath. The bath tub was a natural hot spring on the island. The sun shone in through the glass skylight, and the floor, paved with agate and jade, was resplendent. The villa is built on the side of the hot spring. Due to its different formation mechanism from that of geothermal and magma-formed hot springs, the water is sweet and beautiful, pale yellow and clear, rich in trace elements and minerals, and completely different from the generally cloudy, sulphurous-smelling hot spring water, making it extremely rare. Yuan Chu Han felt very good. Although Fang Tianya didn’t say another word to him, she looked a little brighter when she faced the blue sky and sea. As soon as she saw the hot spring emitting plumes of steam, she couldn’t help but be tempted to try it, because the sticky feeling on her body was really uncomfortable.
Yuan Chu Han swept his gaze, and everyone retreated. Fang Tianya was still excitedly testing the temperature of the spring water with his hands, saying, ‘Xiaofeng, this spring water is so hot, but it also has a floral fragrance.’ Turning around, she saw that there was only the two of them left in the large hall. He looked like he was smiling but not smiling, and said, ‘Do you want me to help you take off your clothes? Don’t worry, I won’t take advantage of you.’
Fang Tianya angrily said, ‘None of your business, just go!’
Yuan Chuhan’s face fell. ‘No one has ever dared to say “get lost” to me!’
She looked him in the eye without flinching. ‘I’m going to say “get lost”, and what are you going to do about it?’ Despite the dangerous animal-like gaze in his eyes, which held the power to destroy the world, she did not flinch.
Finally, he laughed. ‘You use my love as a weapon to take revenge on me. Tianya, you make my heart ache!’
Fang Tianya lowered her head gently. The faint water vapour from the spring mistyed her eyes, along with a faint fragrance. It turned out that a star-like flowering tree was blooming in a bare patch of soil in the corner, with white flowers as snow-white as orchid blossoms. Some petals fell into the spring, carrying the fragrance with them. Surprised, she bent down and picked one up with her hand. How could such beautiful flowers bloom here?
His gaze fell dreamily on the tiny flower bud lying in the palm of her hand. Her eyes sparkled with confused and unbelieving joy, but it wasn’t for him.
Tianya, why don’t you believe that with me you will be the happiest woman in the world. Because my world, the empire I built with money and power, is what everyone in the world dreams of, but I am only willing to offer it at your feet, just to win your happy smile and your heart that is pure and beautiful beyond all else. If time could turn back, I would like to return to the time of our first encounter. I was just a poor boy with nothing, but you gave me your smile without hesitation, making me feel as if I were in a dream.
I once despised so-called love. I have heard countless girls’ voices of heartbreak. Their pretty, delicate faces and their tears are an irresistible weapon for men in the world, but not for me, and not for Yu Tianheng. We were two people with very similar personalities, and I once saw him as my only rival in the world. When I first learned that he had fallen head over heels for a girl, I was very surprised, because I had sent my favourite Lianji to be by his side, but he was not moved at all. What kind of girl could make him fall in love?
So, that morning, I saw you! Sincere and kind, brave and vulnerable!
My cold heart moved for the first time,
and heard the sound of my own heart shattering into pieces
Yu Tianheng and I both fell in love with you! But you made us both suffer every night, unable to sleep!
At that time, all you could think about was Yu Tianheng. But you rejected him, only for your ridiculous mission – yes, I say it’s ridiculous, because your boss actually sent you, an inexperienced young cop with no heart, to be an undercover agent in a futile attempt to obtain evidence of the Dark Cloud Group’s crimes. Do you know that the Dark Cloud Group has a huge network of hitmen and spies that can easily destroy any target? It has made the heads of some countries tremble with fear. Even Yu Tianheng, who has a strong background, has to deal with the terrifying power of the Dark Cloud Group with care.
But we have to admit a terrible truth – the person who originally sent you on your mission is the most terrifying of all! He sent you, and you have conquered us – two pretentious teenagers who think they can rule the world and turn it upside down! Perhaps he never imagined that, without the use of any weapons, we would be completely conquered by the people he sent and become your prisoners!
To love you but not be able to have you is a torment that cuts to the bone! I cannot bear to see you with Yu Tianheng for even a moment. I want to be your first man. Even if you hate me for the rest of your life, I will not regret it, because a woman will never forget the first man she gives her virginity to!
Maybe I am crazy! I am obsessed and infatuated with love, and it is no longer the same person who grew up in the midst of bloodshed.
And Yu Tianheng, is he not the same? His actions have alarmed his family. They have carefully cultivated a successor, but he is just as crazy about a little woman as I am. They must be panicking!
Even that woman, my biological mother, who has never acknowledged me, is here to interrogate me about her beloved ‘son’!
But no matter what happens, I will never let you go, and you have no choice but to be my woman!
Suddenly, Yuan Chuohan heard a splash, and when he looked up, he saw Fang Tianya emerge from the hot spring in a sorry state. It turned out that she had been looking at the petals in the water by the spring, and had slipped in accidentally.
Yuan Chuhan quickly fished her out of the hot spring. She was soaking wet, and her graceful curves were now unmistakable. His heart stirred, and he could only smell the faint, ethereal fragrance on her body. Her rosy face, with a hint of shyness, was like poison that instantly invaded the depths of his soul.
Never before had a woman so easily aroused his body and soul, so easily aroused his desire, making him like a moth to a flame, willing to burn and die.
As if sensing his unusual reaction, she alertly tried to push him away, but it was too late. He took her hand and pulled her into his arms. She was so cold, and he wanted to set her on fire.
‘Let me go!’ Fang Tianya resisted desperately, “Xiaofeng! Xiaofeng! Where are you?” She shouted anxiously, hoping that Xiaofeng, who was outside the door, could come and save her.
He let her bite and struggle, and the beautiful, dark, glistening eyes revealed the longing of a beast: ’It’s useless! No one dares to take a single step in without my order. Baby, I will love you well!’
‘Bastard! You’re the devil!‘ She shed tears of despair and shame, but they didn’t move him at all. He roughly tore off her clothes: “Then just think of me as the devil!” In an instant, the girl’s helpless naked body was exposed before him. In the misty fog, he slowly covered her.
’I didn’t want to do this so soon, but you forced me to!’ he whispered.
Aya leaned softly against the wall. She could no longer hear the cries for help, and from inside came intermittent moans. Was it a cry for help in pain, or was it the suppressed sound of bone-chilling ecstasy? Aya instinctively wanted to cover her ears, but she was afraid that she would not hear the young master’s orders. She could only stand outside the door with difficulty, her long fingernails digging deep into the palm of her hand as she struggled desperately inside.
At this time, Xiaofeng had already been sent to prepare the medicine. Apart from the bodyguard guarding the door, there was only her and the maids in the room. The expression on their faces was one of envy and jealousy. Who wouldn’t want to gain the favour of their master? She wanted to too, but ever since arriving on the island, she no longer existed in his eyes.
It seemed like an eternity before she heard Yuan Chu Han calling her name, and she hurriedly bowed her head and carried the clean laundry into the room. Yuan Chu Han took it from her hand, and Aya peeked over her shoulder. There were several deep scratches on his strong, sexy back, and there were also scratches near his chin, as if he had been in a fierce battle. She saw him wrap a bathrobe around Fang Tianya, who was lying by the spring, and then take a white towel and gently wipe the alarming bloodstains between her legs, which were still bleeding from the fierce struggle. He had hurt her, because he had hurt her uncontrollably and seriously, her body still not fully recovered from the abortion!
Aya dared not make a sound, Fang Tianya kept his eyes tightly shut, his dark hair pressed against her pale face, her cheeks unknown whether they were tears or water. Yuan Chuhan, dressed in a bathrobe, had a dangerous charm, and his tall figure, full of power and beauty, was breathtaking. But at this moment, in her eyes, he was no different from a demon.
Yuan Chuhan picked up Fang Tianya, and with a ‘pop,’ she opened her eyes and used all her strength to slap him.
‘Young master…’ Aya cried out in fear for Fang Tianya. How dare she hit him? Did she even know who he was?
But Yuan Chuhan didn’t even bat an eyelid, and carried Fang Tianya straight up the stairs to his room. This time, Tianya didn’t dare to struggle, only because she was now naked. She closed her eyes and didn’t dare to look at the maids standing on either side of her, afraid of seeing contemptuous glances.
She was extremely tired after being plundered and didn’t have the energy to resist anymore. She let Aya and the maid blow-dry her hair, change into soft pajamas, and finally fell asleep on the bed without knowing it. She slept until sunset, and the last trace of the rosy sunset shone through the window.
‘Xiaofeng!’ she called out as soon as she opened her eyes, but Aya walked in.
‘Miss Fang, Xiaofeng has already left. The young master said he promised you that he would set Xiaofeng free. Since you were still asleep when she left, the young master didn’t let her disturb you!”
Fang Tianya was stunned. He was both happy and worried. He was happy that Xiaofeng had finally been set free, but worried about where he would go from here. She wanted to get out of bed, but as soon as she moved, she felt aching all over, and she couldn’t help but let out a soft “ai”. Aya hurriedly helped her up: ‘Young master really is inconsiderate. You are about to get engaged, and you can’t go out looking like this!’
‘Engaged? Aya, what are you talking about?’ Fang Tianya was shocked.
‘Young master is going to get engaged to you, didn’t you know? The invited guests will be here in a few days, young lady, it’s going to be a grand ceremony!’
Fang Tianya felt like the world was spinning.
For so many days, Director Li had never sent anyone to contact her. She suspected that Yuan Chuhan had discovered her, but she had no proof. Yuan Chuhan had been meticulous in his every move, and those around him had never mentioned a word about him. Even now, she still couldn’t figure out his real background. She had thought that he was just the leader of Dark Cloud, but everything was more than that. 70c639df5e30bde
What kind of formidable opponent is he? Why did even Yu Tianheng have to concede to him? Now she is all alone, and she can’t even protect herself, so how can she complete the task assigned to her by Li Ju?
She fell into deep thought.
‘Tianya!’ A familiar voice called timidly.
Fang Tianya looked up in surprise, ‘Brother—Fang Qingshan, why are you here?’ She never dreamed that she would meet him here.
Fang Qingshan was standing uncomfortably in the doorway wearing a designer suit. His shiny leather shoes were too afraid to set foot in the room that dazzled him like a palace of luxury. He could only wring his hands and stand there, not knowing whether to go forward or back.
Aya knew that he was afraid to come in. This was the young master’s bedroom, and if she wasn’t serving Fang Tianya, she wasn’t qualified to come in either.
Fang Tianya was puzzled and asked, ‘Why are you here? Where’s Grandma?’
Fang Qingshan seemed relieved. Seeing as it was for her grandmother’s sake, she had not held a grudge against him after all, otherwise he would be dead for sure. Without her doing anything, the people behind her could easily have killed him with a flick of a finger. ‘Grandma is very well! I heard that you are getting engaged, so I hurriedly asked her to let me come. She is old and cannot fly, but she is very happy that you have found a rich and powerful boyfriend…’
‘Shut up!‘ Fang Tianya was furious. “Who said I’m getting engaged? Who told you to come?”
’I told him to come!’ Yuan Chuhan’s voice was neither fast nor slow. Fang Qingshan hurriedly retreated to the side, not daring to lift his head. This arrogant and imposing young man was the one who had changed his fate! I wonder where this unremarkable girl gets her great charm?
He walked over with a radiant face, and the red scratches on his face did not diminish his dazzling radiance. Aya sensibly withdrew, taking the still dazed Fang Qingshan with her, and gently closed the door.
He leaned close to her, a smile on his lips, and looked at her unashamedly. It was a kind of naked, undisguised love, and she blushed all the way up her neck when she looked at it. She was furious: ‘Now—now that I’ve given you what you want, I want to leave here right now, and I don’t want to see you again!’
His smile suddenly disappeared, and cold determination filled his eyes. ‘No way!’
She choked: she was so stupid. How could Yuanchu Han let her go so easily? Xiaofeng was gone, but Fang Qingshan was back. She could ignore him, but she couldn’t not think about her grandmother. In her heart, her grandmother loved this unworthy grandson very much. How could she let her grandmother be sad?
“Why won’t you let me go? You know, I—I don’t love you at all!’ she whispered.
Yuan Chuhan was regretting his harsh words, and seeing her pitiful appearance made him feel even more distressed. He didn’t know how to please her. He offered her the latest fashions from Milan and Paris, priceless and beautiful jewellery, everything a woman could dream of and dare not hope for, and all the luxuries money could buy, but she didn’t even look at them. For her sake, a dozen chefs and nutritionists on the island rack their brains over her diet, coming up with all kinds of new ideas, but they haven’t made her even a little bit fatter than before.
He sits beside her, watching her drooping eyelashes tremble gently, her messy black hair draped around her neck, uncombed because she just got up. He reaches around her shoulders, and she doesn’t even resist. His hand explored inside, and the pajamas slipped gently off her shoulders, revealing the countless kiss marks on her skin. Her body was covered in his scent and his traces.
A rich, fragrant floral scent drifted in from the window. It was from the intoxicating butterfly orchid, an extremely beautiful flower transplanted from South America.
‘I don’t care! As long as I love you, that’s enough,’ he said, biting her small earlobe as he became familiar with her, and wanted to make further advances.
‘Young master, Mr. Liu and the others are here and want to meet the future young lady of the house!’ Aya knocked gently on the door. Yuan Chu Han’s face turned pale with anger. “I told them to come tomorrow, not so soon!”
Fang Tianya was limp from his bite and took the opportunity to hide from him. He saw her intention and smiled slightly, ’Tianya, haven’t you always wanted to know who the leader behind Dark Cloud is? He’s here, do you want to meet him?’
Fang Tianya looked at him in disbelief. ‘Isn’t the leader of Dark Cloud you?’
He said adoringly, ‘Silly child, you don’t know you’ve been sold.’ After a moment’s hesitation, he added, ‘Forget it, you’d better not meet him.’
Fang Tianya looked at him suspiciously. It seemed that he didn’t want to tell her anything else. He called in Aya and commanded, ‘Arrange for them to be put up in Langwan Building. I’ll be there in half an hour.’
Aya obeyed and left. Fang Tianya pretended to be unconcerned and said, ‘Aya is capable and attentive. Yes. 3988c7f88ebcb58c6ce932b957b6f332
Yuan Chuhan glanced at her, and her little tricks were written all over her face. ’She’s not one of Dark Cloud’s people, she’s just a relatively clever girl.
‘She’s also one of your mistresses, just like Tailianji, isn’t she?’ Fang Tianya said sarcastically. As soon as the words came out of his mouth, he suddenly felt a sour taste and hated the idea of biting his tongue off. “I didn’t mean anything else, so don’t get the wrong idea,” she hastily explained.
Yuan Chuhan’s eyes revealed a faint hint of bloodshed. The scene with Lianji must not be repeated with Aya. He would not give anyone else the opportunity to hurt his beloved again.
Fang Tianya, however, did not know that her unintentional remark almost brought death to Aya. She only saw him gazing at her, gentle as water. Under this gaze, she was given the illusion of being in a dream. If it weren’t for his dark background, she was afraid that she would really fall in love with him. Under his strong love attack, who would refuse to give in?
‘Didn’t you say you wanted to go to Langwanlou? Can you take me there?‘ Fang Tianya mustered his courage.
He lifted her chin and looked at her as she slowly shook her head: “That’s a man’s world, too dark and cruel, I don’t want you to get involved.”
’Just because I’m a cop? But I’m not anymore.’ She showed the grievances of a little girl.
He almost got confused by her cute and wilful manner. She rarely pouted at herself, and the sparkling eyes on that face looked at him with longing, making him reluctant to refuse. But, sure enough, she knew the truth… He couldn’t take that risk.
‘Be a good girl, I’ll be back soon. Go and have dinner first. I’ve invited some singers to liven up the evening, in case you get bored. Oh, and ask Fang Qingshan to come too. Don’t you want to hear the news about Grandma?‘ He coaxed her like a child.
Her “beauty trick” had failed, and he cunningly diverted her attention by refusing to take her there.
’Okay,’ she compromised for the time being.
Fang Qingshan followed Aya with a smirk on his face. Ever since he first laid eyes on her, his heart had flown to her. In the past, he would never have dared to dream of such a beautiful young woman, but now it was different. She was only a maid, and he was now her master’s brother-in-law.
Aya suppressed her disgust and busied herself directing the people in the hall. Poor master doesn’t know how to spoil his woman, he even summoned a famous foreign chef just to cook for her. The dining room took up half the floor space, with scarlet carpets and floor-to-ceiling windows on almost two walls – bright and airy, and looking out over the beautiful bay. On the long dining table, delicate pink phalaenopsis orchids and white roses were arranged in crystal vases, and the crystal chandelier overhead was sparkling with light. Every single item of furniture here was exquisite and luxurious.
Fang Qingshan was like a country bumpkin entering the Grand View Garden. He couldn’t care about the beauty in front of him, and reached out to grab a novelty gadget on the table. It was a doll in a cloak made of platinum, with the cloak covered in diamonds that shimmered in the light. It turned out to be a chic ashtray.
He was transfixed, thinking, ‘Just this one thing is worth more than my whole life.’ Just as he was about to sneak it into his bosom, he heard a loud yell, ‘Fang Qingshan!’ He shuddered in fear and hastily let it drop. Fang Tianya came towards him with a dark face. He now had the utmost respect for this younger sister, and hastily put on a face of flattery, ‘Younger sister, you’re here? Where’s my brother-in-law?’
‘Who’s your brother-in-law?‘ Fang Tianya hated him so much he could have beaten him to a pulp: “Don’t talk nonsense anymore! Let me ask you, where’s Grandma now?”
’She’s being taken care of by Xiaoxing. Don’t worry, she wouldn’t dare be the least bit unfilial to Grandma, or I’ll kick her out. We’re rich now. Hehe, the first time I saw your brother-in-law, I knew he wasn’t ordinary…’
‘Will you shut up?’ Fang Tianya interrupted him angrily, feeling a little strange. Director Li had clearly promised to send someone to take care of Grandma, so why… Looking at Fang Qingshan, he saw that he no longer looked as down-to-earth as he did at home, and had a sense of wealth and arrogance under the packaging of famous brands.
Aya came over with a smile, ’Miss Fang, please go over there and have a seat, the food will be served in a moment.’
‘What’s so good to eat?’ Fang Qingshan asked with a smile, boldly eyeing her snow-white neck and pair of jade legs.
Aya didn’t look at him, and with a stern face she said, “Mr. Fang, you’ll find out later.”
Fang Tianya looked apologetic, saying, ’Aya, don’t pay any attention to this kind of person. If he dares to think anything or take anything, just have someone throw him out, and don’t worry about me!’
Aya felt slightly relieved when she heard her speak sincerely, and nodded gratefully.
Fang Tianya dragged Fang Qingshan to the corner of the balcony and whispered, ‘I don’t care how you got here, but you have to find a reason to leave tomorrow, or don’t blame me for being rude!’
‘Why? I was invited to your engagement ceremony, sister, why are you so heartless? Even if I was mean to you in the past, I’m still your brother for your grandmother’s sake…’ Fang Qingshan refused to give up.
Fang Tianya could stand it no more: ‘If you don’t go, I’ll tell him that I hate you and I don’t want to see you at all, and ask him to throw you into the sea. After all, he listens to me!’
Fang Qingshan had no incantations to recite. He was afraid of Yuan Chuhan, a deep fear born from the bottom of his heart.
Whenever a dish was served, Aya, who was standing nearby, would explain it in great detail: ‘This is fried calamari balls with almond slices. It’s made with pure calamari meat, and the balls are covered in almond seeds. Take a bite and you’ll see a rich crab sauce well up. It’s delicious. This is mango pudding, which is refreshing and sweet. This is charcoal-grilled pork and barbecued pork pancakes, which are chewy but not tough, not burnt but slightly crispy, and perfect for soaking up the gravy; this is Thai pomelo salad, made with grapefruit, fresh shredded coconut, chopped peanuts, coconut sugar, shredded lemon leaves, and mixed with freshly squeezed lemon juice; and Japanese sushi and sashimi –
Fang Tianya interrupted her with a smile, ‘Aya, you look so cute when you’re serious. You don’t need to tell me about these dishes, they look delicious just by looking at them. Look, there’s such a big table of food, how can my brother and I finish it all? Why don’t we all sit down and eat together?’
Aya looked around. At that time, almost everyone on the island had a good impression of this unpretentious, kind and approachable girl. Seeing her inviting them so warmly, and without Yuan Han by her side, they were all delighted and excited.
Langwan Building was on the other side of the island, an independent European-style white building surrounded by a coconut grove. Dim light shone from within the building in the gloomy night. Fang Tianya snuck out while no one was following him while he was using the toilet. Just as he was about to approach the building, unexpectedly, Aya flashed out. She quickly surveyed the surroundings and pulled her to the corner, ‘Miss Fang, don’t you want to live?’
‘I just want to see who’s inside, if it’s a pretty young girl,‘ Fang Tianya said with a dry laugh.
Aya looked worried, “Don’t lie to me, I know what you want. The young master is crazy about you, he doesn’t want to hurt you, sometimes it’s better to be ignorant! Miss, take my advice, don’t think about investigating any further, seize the moment, wouldn’t it be nice to be the happiest woman?”
’Happy? With Yuan Chuihan? Don’t you know, he ruined me!’ Fang Tianya said excitedly.
‘That’s because he loves you so much!’ Ayaton paused, and her body trembled slightly. ‘I’ve never seen the young master love a woman like this before. Don’t you know that his heart is always torn between heaven and hell? Tianya, be more forgiving towards him and yourself!’
Fang Tianya took her hand, which was cold. ‘Ayaton, do you consider me your friend?’
“I considered you a friend in my heart from the moment we met.’ Aya looked her straight in the eye, and the courage and passion shone in her eyes: ‘Xiaofeng may have told you that I was one of the young master’s women, but there are many things you don’t know—’
Before she could finish, she suddenly felt her body go limp and she collapsed. ‘Aya, what’s wrong?’ Fang Tianya exclaimed, rushing to her side. At that moment, two people silently walked out of the darkness, savagely dragging Aya from her arms and walking towards the small building.
‘Bastards! What have you done to Aya?’ Fang Tianya pounced on them. One of them blocked her, while the other continued to drag Aya inside. Fang Tianya’s eyes flashed with anger, and she fought with all her strength against the other person. The other person seemed to be afraid of her and dared not hit her hard, just avoiding her. Seeing that she was about to break through, the other person was forced to use a heavy blow to knock her out.
Sunlight filled the room, and a faint floral fragrance mixed with the scent of her body surrounded her nose. Fang Tianya opened her eyes dazedly and subconsciously used her hand to block out the brightness in front of her. An arm reached over next to her and pressed down on her body. She jumped in surprise and suddenly felt so ashamed that she wished she could die from the impact.
Yuan Chuhan lazily watched her as she hurriedly put on the clothes scattered on the carpet and laughed softly. ‘If it’s like this every day, I don’t mind working a little harder at night so that you won’t wake up in the morning!’
Fang Tianya blushed at his ambiguous words, and suddenly turned to him, angrily asking, ‘Where is Aya? Where is she? You devil, did you kill her?’ Tears flowed down her face.
Yuan Chuhan looked at her seriously, ‘Silly girl! It’s just a maid, why are you so nervous? Crying in the morning.’
‘You!’ Fang Tianya was so angry that he could hardly speak, and all he wanted to do was to pounce on him and tear him to pieces.
He yawned nonchalantly, clapped his hands, and a young girl’s voice sounded outside the door: “Young master, young lady, what can I do for you?”
Fang Tianya was dumbfounded: “Aya?” He hurriedly opened the door and saw Aya standing there perfectly fine, her wavy chestnut hair tied into a ponytail, looking spirited and mischievous.
‘Miss, what would you like for breakfast? I’ll have it prepared right away,‘ she said with a warm smile.
Fang Tianya was a little at a loss: “Aya, were you okay last night? Where did those people take you?”
Aya was a little surprised: “I was fine last night.”
’Huh?’ Fang Tianya stared at her, and Aya looked innocently at Yuan Chuhan. He gave a little smile and said, ’Go downstairs!’
Fang Tianya turned back and glared at him, ‘You must have scared her, right? Otherwise, why would she be afraid to say anything?’
Yuan Chuhan got out of bed and slowly picked up his clothes. Fang Tianya turned away, even though they had been intimate many times, he still didn’t dare to look at his naked body.
“You went to bed early last night, and you didn’t even watch the show I prepared for you. You took pity on my bed and took it over, and you kicked me aside. How are you going to make it up to me?’ He wrapped his arms around her waist from behind and breathed in her ear. Fang Tianya was speechless. At this time, the phone by the bedside rang. Yuan Chuhan picked it up with impatience, “What is it?”
Fang Tianya looked at him and saw his face turn dark. After a while, he sneered, “Dream on if you think you can find evidence from there. I’ll let him investigate slowly while I keep laundering another 10 billion yuan!” He hung up the phone. 9b
‘You’re laundering money?‘ Fang Tianya pointed at him, and a feeling of pain and disappointment welled up in his heart.
He shrugged nonchalantly, “Baby, I’m just playing a game with a friend.”
’What game? And another 10 billion yuan?‘ She didn’t believe him.
’It’s 10 billion yuan,’ he corrected her, unable to hide his smugness. “Guess what game I’m playing?” Fang Tianya couldn’t believe it. He was playing a game with an astronomical number. What on earth was he up to? She couldn’t guess.
He opened the window, and the moist sea breeze blew in, the sunlight sprinkling on his body, but making him seem even more evil and beautiful and cold. ‘If someone who is high above suddenly falls from the clouds, and overnight, loses everything, his fortune and his reputation, do you think this game is fun?’
‘Who are you talking about? Is it Yu Tianheng?’ She couldn’t think of anyone he would have such a grudge against, except for Yu Tianheng, a name that was deeply buried in her heart.
His face turned pale as he looked at her, and a raging fire of jealousy flared up in his heart. ‘You’re still thinking about him, aren’t you?’ She didn’t admit it, but just looked silently out of the window at the sea.
He was furious, turned her over her shoulder, threw her on the bed, pinned her down like a beast, and bit her lips, her neck, and the buds on her breasts. He became the demon from hell again, abusing and torturing her, just to banish the figure of that person from her heart.
On the silvery beach, the light breeze blew, and the sun shone through the green coconut grove, casting a dancing shadow.
A blonde man who had just returned from swimming in the sea was comfortably lying on a large beach chair. Several hot beauties hurried over to him, some offering him fresh fruit juice, while others rubbed sunscreen all over his body with their soft, delicate hands. He flirtatiously kissed the beauty with the red lips shaved as thin as a goose feather, and laughed, ‘Why are you the only ones left?’
The beautiful woman’s eyes wandered, and her lips nudged towards a small wooden cabin not far away, from which came waves of laughter and moans.
“They sure know how to have fun! But you can’t all come to me, so why don’t you go take care of our young master?’
The thin-haired beauty pouted her lips and gave the cold-blooded young man lying on the side a reproachful glance. He was frowning and wondering what he was thinking: ‘Who would want us? He said he would listen to us sing last night, but in the end he made him wait for three hours and didn’t even see a single person!’
The blonde man laughed, ‘You’re really ungrateful. We paid you so much money, but not only did you not have to work, you also got to enjoy such a good sunbath. How dare you complain? If you make our host angry, you’ll suffer! Go over and apologise!’ He narrowed his seductive eyes and threatened.
The beautiful women looked at each other in fear, and finally the thin-haired beauty walked over with a swaying waist.
The blonde man said exaggeratedly, ‘Boss, seeing that the work is done, why aren’t you happy at all? Is it because of your precious? She is really a wonderful person. Just look at the new claw marks on your face. Are you worth it?’
Yuan Chuhan subconsciously touched his face with his hand to feel the new wounds, and said coldly, ‘My woman doesn’t need you to meddle!’
Tai Yan looked at him and laughed, but he didn’t dare say anything else, so he just turned back to flirt with the beautiful woman in a swimsuit beside him. ‘By the way, those old guys left early. I don’t think Lao Liu is going to make it. He’s been demoted two levels in a row, so the people above him must have doubts about him.’
‘Then get rid of him!’ Yuan Chuhan softly uttered a few words, and the graceful lips issued a command of death. For him, people who are useless have only one way out: death. As if nothing had happened, he grabbed the thin-haired beauty next to him, who had a pale face but didn’t dare to make a sound, and put her in his lap. His hands became restless. The thin-haired beauty, however, shivered and sat on his lap, afraid to move. Such a beautiful young man had such cold and vicious eyes, and in the blink of an eye, he could determine the lives and deaths of others as if it were a game.
She forced a smile and said, ‘Mr. Yuan, I heard that you are going to be engaged before you turn twenty. How many girls will be heartbroken!’
Yuan Chuhan’s face fell, and he pushed her to the ground and said, ‘Get out of here!’ The beautiful girl, full of grievances, ran away crying. Tai Yan sighed and said, ‘What’s the point of this? You obviously love her desperately, but you don’t allow anyone else to say a word. Now, we are full of curiosity about the girl who has our boss eating out of her hand. It’s about time we got to meet her, isn’t it?’
Yuan Chuohan did not say anything, and stood up.
Three people walked out of the cabin one after the other, all of them teenagers in their late teens or early twenties. Their expressions were lazy, but there was an indescribable murderous aura about them, as if they were always on the alert, even when they were just having fun. Together with Tai Yan, the four handsome teenagers stood in front of Yuan Chuohan. They are a group of ambitious young people. They are the elite of the killer world, but also the unstoppable aristocratic new blood. Their powerful money and influence that penetrates every corner allows them to do whatever they want. What is hidden behind them is an invisible mysterious dark empire under the sun. Will this world become their world?
Dark clouds blocked the sunshine, and muffled thunder rumbled faintly in the sky. The waves became turbid.
Aya finally found her in the room Fang Tianya had stayed in when she first arrived.
As soon as she pushed open the door, she was almost unable to breathe from the strong sea breeze that hit her face. The windows were wide open, and the wind whistled as it blew the fringed curtains back and forth. Fang Tianya was curled up in the corner, her hands around her knees, tears still on her face. She was clutching a ball of paper in her hands.
“Tianya?’ Aya called out to her softly. She looked up, and Aya gasped. Her exposed neck was covered in hickies from the ravages of passion, her lips were red and swollen, and her snow-white face was accentuated by her dark eyes. She lowered her eyes, ‘Aya, is there something wrong?’
Aya’s nose grew moist, and she said gently, ‘I didn’t see you at breakfast this morning, and I was worried about you. Let’s go, I’ll get you some ointment to put on it…’
‘No need,‘ Fang Tianya said indifferently. “Aya, has my brother left yet?”
Aya hesitated for a moment and said, “Not yet. It’s changed outside, but the young master didn’t want to leave, and he’s having fun in the game room right now.”
Fang Tianya leaned against the wall to get up, and he gave her a smile that was full of desolation and sadness. “Aya, you said that you would treat me as a friend, didn’t you?”
’Yes!’ Aya said firmly, ’I am your friend.’
She took out a lighter and lit the ball of paper in her hand. Tears rolled down Fang Tianya’s eyes, but her tears fell drop by drop into Aya’s heart.
‘Tianya, you can tell me, I will help you!’
Huan Chu Han walked nervously towards the hot spring villa. Tai Yan and the other three, seeing the dark cloud on his face, dared not speak and followed behind him in silence.
As soon as they entered the lobby, everyone was stunned. On the winding staircase, a young girl was slowly descending. The wind lifted her dress, giving her a sense of floating. She was not particularly beautiful or moving, but her eyes were dark as night, her red lips like a blooming rose. When she smiled, it was like the clouds in the sky dispersing, the sun shining brightly, and her pure, watery gaze like the clear blue sky on a beautiful day.
Yuan Chu Han felt as if he were in a dream. Her smile made him feel as if it were from another world. How long had it been since she had smiled at him like that? He couldn’t believe his eyes. She came towards him, and the fragrance of her orchid-like body filled his nostrils.
‘Han!’ She lightly placed a kiss on his lips, her toes curling up as she did so, the sound of her petals blooming. His heart pounded wildly, his mind a blank, only the warmth of her lips lingering on his lips. She called him “Han”! Only when they were indulging in passionate love, when she was cornered by him and had no way out, did she ever call him by that name. Was this a dream? If it was a dream, I don’t want to wake up. If it wasn’t a dream, how could I bear this immense happiness?
Fang Tianya’s face turned a little red. She kissed him, and the two of them stood there, dumbfounded, not knowing what to do.
Finally, someone broke the silence from behind them. The blonde Tai Yan giggled, ‘This must be our future sister-in-law, right? Boss, isn’t she?’
Yuan Chuhan finally came back to his senses and saw his beloved girl standing in front of him, looking a little angry and shy, her red lips slightly pursed, her messy but layered black hair flowing softly behind her, and a pale green scarf tied around her neck. He understood and, overcome with remorse and heartache, whispered, ‘I’m sorry. I couldn’t help hurting you this morning. Do you still hate me?’
Fang Tianya bit his lip and after a while said, ‘Just now, were you with another girl?’ There was an unmistakable note of grievance and jealousy in his tone.
Yuan Chuhan was taken aback, and a sexy smile that made countless girls swoon spread across her face. ‘Baby, I swear I’ll never do it again!’ He lightly put his arms around her shoulders, unable to resist rubbing her against the depths of his body.
The four of them let out booing sounds and giggles at the same time. Fang Tianya turned his face towards them and said, ‘Look at our love and affection, you should go hide and be jealous, we’re having a private show!’
The four of them froze for a moment, their eyes wide in disbelief. They were all powerful figures, but no one in the world would ever look down on them like this young girl who had their boss in the palm of her hand. Fang Tianya hid his unease. Although these four people were all as beautiful as jewels, they had a hostile expression on their faces, and even their smiles were a little grim and cold.
Yuan Chuhan had never been happier than he was right now. His heart was full of happiness, and he would give up the whole world for her. ‘Tianya, they are my brothers and my most capable assistants. By the way, it’s going to rain soon. Why are you dressed so lightly? I’ll have someone bring you a coat.’
Aya had already brought a light aqua-green cashmere shawl. Fang Tianya said to her, ‘Is my brother still in the game room?’ Aya nodded, and Fang Tianya frowned, his face darkening.
‘What’s wrong? What’s upsetting you?’ Yuan Chuhan didn’t like seeing her sad, and just heard her say unhappily, ‘He just cares about playing by himself, and doesn’t even care about Grandma.’
‘How come? Isn’t your sister-in-law taking care of Grandma?’
‘Her? I don’t trust her,’ Fang Tianya said, looking at him with wide eyes, ‘I want to call Grandma, okay?’
He rubbed her hair and said, ‘Little fool, what do you want to do that you can’t?’ He gestured to Tai Yan to give her his satellite phone, and Tianya ran ecstatically into the study.
‘Boss, this girl’s eyes are very clear, no wonder you’re so fond of her. It’s just that she’ll probably be the enemy’s weak link in attacking us!’ Ying Yuanlun, with his deep features and long, girl-like hair, spoke up.
‘With them?‘ Yuan Chuhan sat down and laughed, “Then let him taste what it’s like to go against us!”
’Of course, they won’t have a good ending, but,‘ Tai Yan said softly, “what if it’s her own doing? Don’t forget, she came here on orders!”
’And don’t forget, her escape route has been completely blocked by the boss, she only has—’
Just as he was talking, Fang Tianya came out, with red eyes, and threw herself into Yuan Chuhan’s arms, ’Grandma is sick!’
Yuan Chuhan knew that she was very close to her grandmother, but really didn’t want to let her go back, so he comforted her, ‘Don’t worry, why don’t we let Fang Qingshan go back first, okay?’
‘But isn’t it going to rain?’ Fang Tianya said helplessly.
Yuan Chuhan called Hong Shan, who was outside the door, over and instructed him, ‘Go to the airport right away and arrange for them to go out to sea.’
Tai Yan said to Fang Tianya, ‘Don’t worry, sister-in-law, we have world-class pilots here, what’s a little weather? !’
Fang Qingshan was led over, trembling with fear, and faced with five stern teenagers. He was so scared that he didn’t dare to look up.
‘I’ll send you away right away. This is a little something for your grandmother. Please give her my regards!’ Yuan Chuhan asked someone to give him a cheque. Fang Qingshan took it, almost scared to death by the number on it, and couldn’t even say thank you.
Yuan Chuhan saw the look on his face and said, ‘What else do you want? I can give you anything you want!’
Fang Qingshan glanced at Aya on the side and plucked up the courage: ‘I like Aya, can I have her?’
Fang Tianya angrily said, ‘Are you crazy? How could I have a brother like you?’
Yuan Chuhan stopped her and laughed, ‘It’s nothing. Aya, just go with him.’ Aya’s face was ashen, and she nodded in agreement.
Fang Tianya anxiously said, ‘No, I don’t want him to hurt Aya, he has a wife.’
Fang Qingshan said boldly, ‘I’ll divorce her as soon as I get back. Who let her secretly wear a green hat for me? Besides, she ran away with someone long ago and disappeared. I say, sister, what do you want with such a sister-in-law!’
Fang Tianya was at a loss for words and looked at Yuan Chuhan with undying heart. Aya spoke up, ‘Miss, don’t speak for me anymore. I’ve decided to go with him.’
Fang Tianya stared at her, ‘Aya, have you gone crazy too? Ten thousand Fang Qingshan are not worthy of you! I can’t let you down!‘
Seeing her face turn red with excitement, Yuan Chuhan said softly, “My dear, I won’t force her. Why don’t you let Aya choose whether to go or stay?”
’I want to go with Fang Qingshan!’ Aya said firmly, and Fang Tianya was at his wit’s end.
The storm finally arrived. The sky was like ink being poured, and the roaring sound on the rough sea was getting closer and closer, threatening to engulf everything.
Fang Tianya looked nervously out of the window. Large raindrops were cracking on the glass, and the coconut trees on the island were swaying in the wind and rain. Feeling the warmth behind her, she turned her head. The living room downstairs was filled with warm light, the scent of flowers, soft music, a magnificent thick carpet, a comfortable sofa, and the beautiful, strong young man in front of her.
Inside and outside the window, two different worlds.
He picked her up and sat her on the sofa, letting her head rest on his lap. He reached for a crystal-clear grape, carefully peeled off the skin and put it in her mouth.
‘It’s too sweet, I like sour things,’ she said, puckering up her lips.
He leaned in close to her lips, a smile in his eyes, ‘If you like sour things so much, it can’t be that you’re pregnant with my child again, can it?’
Her heart skipped a beat, and she turned her face away in embarrassment. He turned her face and pressed his sexy lips on it, sucking on her sweet taste. She obediently cooperated with him, wrapping her arms around his neck and pressing her body against his. It was like lighting a fire. While he was endlessly taking from her mouth, he unbuttoned her dress, and her clothes slowly fell onto the carpet.
In the midst of the beautiful spring light and ecstasy, he whispered in her ear, ‘Ai, you are my true hell!’
She didn’t quite understand, but it was the first time she had let herself indulge in the physical pleasures of love. She was his hell, but who was hers? It was him, of course!
The sea breeze outside the window no longer roared like a wild beast. Outside the window, the rain curtain and fog were blocking the view, and the natural disaster of dark clouds looming overhead was already faintly revealing bright colours.
The wine is like blood. The beauty is like jade.
A love song with a high-pitched voice flew out of the delicate voice, and a devilish figure was wrapped in a long dress as transparent as a cicada’s wings. The charming eyes occasionally drifted towards the handsome guys sitting there: the blonde Tai Yan, the feminine Ying Yuanlun, and the twin brothers A Yang and A Piao. Unfortunately, yesterday they were all warm and fragrant, but today they are like ice sculptures, all dressed in a dignified manner, impervious to the flirtatious glances of the beautiful female singers.
Because their boss’s woman is here.
They were ordered to put a stop to their frivolous behaviour, to suppress the fire in their hearts, and to put on a serious face.
The woman yawned in the arms of her boss, immediately attracting the scornful glances of the self-conscious beauties. They are stars who have become famous in China, and many dignitaries would like to invite them, but if it weren’t for the fact that the people who invited them are rich and handsome, and can have a good time on this small island in the world, they would not come.
Tai Yan and the others lowered their heads in pity for these beautiful women who were only concerned with striking a pose and not singing properly and were confused about the situation.
Yuan Chuhan changed his position so that the woman could lie more comfortably in his arms.
‘Tai Yan?’
Tai Yan looked up with a sneer: ‘Yes, boss.’
‘Are you a singer or a hypnotist?’ Yuan Chuhan smirked, his eyes full of a chilling coldness. ’You call these people for a few million?’
At this point, the island’s bodyguards had already politely invited the singers and beauties to go backstage to rest. Faced with the eagle-like, fit men, they had no choice but to obey like chickens.
Tai Yan was sweating profusely and dared not speak. Fang Tianya sensed something and hurriedly laughed, ‘It’s not that they can’t sing, it’s just that Tai Yan and the others are all handsome guys with a lot of charisma. They’re just little girls, so how could they not be distracted? If it were me, I’d do the same thing!’
Tai Yan was almost moved to tears. She had saved his life! Because the eldest brother, who had grown up with them since childhood, was the youngest but also the most ruthless. Even if they, as brothers, made a mistake, they would suffer harsher punishments than the average subordinate. Only she could make his heart soften, she was truly an angel! The other three felt the same way.
‘At that time, the most handsome one was still our boss, and we were just second-rate!’ Tai Yan climbed up the ladder of success and said sweetly. Yuan Chuohan had seen through his innermost thoughts early on, and with a stern gaze, Tai Yan obediently shut his mouth.
Fang Tianya couldn’t help but look back at him: a stunning young man with an imposing presence that his peers could never match, a symbol of endless wealth and power, an emperor-like cruelty and domineering, yet also the tenderness of a lover like water, adored by everyone. He was the dream of many girls‘ hearts, and many girls would break his heart!
’What’s wrong?’ Yuan Chuhan lightly bit her finger that she felt touching her lips, smiling ambiguously, ’Does your future husband deserve you?’
‘What are you talking about!’ Fang Tianya was embarrassed and quickly withdrew his finger.
Hongshan came quietly and whispered, “Master, they are here.”
Yuan Chuhan’s smile paused, and he couldn’t help but look at Tianya. She was also looking at herself in puzzlement. The sea in her eyes was quiet and clear, and from it he saw the lost self.
‘Aiya, there are a few guests I want you to meet, is that okay?
Four pairs of eyes nearly rolled out of their sockets. When had the boss ever sought anyone else’s opinion? At the same time, she decided in her heart that this woman would be the focus of her flattery from now on!
If missing someone is a dull knife, then her heart has long been numb with pain. The moment she saw Yu Tianheng, when that kind of sadness and unforgettable pain hit her like a hurricane, she just raised her face slightly and said with a smile, ‘Hi, how are you?’ greeting like an old friend. Only the palm of her hand, held by Yuan Chuohan, was sweating. 5f0f5e5f33945135b874349cfbed4fb9
His hair had grown a little, and his handsome face had grown a little thinner, but his temperament was still as unattainable as that of the snow lotus. ‘You’ve become more beautiful than before,’ he said coldly, and turned away.
The afterglow of the setting sun was a blush of rouge, with its final splendour and desolation.
‘Thank you!’ she said mechanically, turning her head to look at Yuan Chu Han: ‘Han, I’m a little tired, can I go up and rest?’ Yuan Chu Han looked at her, and in her eyes, which were misty with smoke, he couldn’t see what he was hoping to see. His heart was broken, and once again he fell back into the darkness and loneliness of the cold.
‘Go to sleep,‘ he said, placing a kiss on her forehead.
His lips were cold.
’Wait!‘
’Fang Tianya!’
She was about to turn and leave when two people called out to her at the same time. She turned in surprise to see Yan Dayuan and Zhang Yusheng in civilian clothes. Beside them was a graceful noblewoman with a refined air and eyes like the autumn moon.
‘Tianya, hello!‘ She said quietly, her voice as soft as jade. Her eyebrows and eyes were similar to Yuanchuhan’s, but without the sharp eyes like ice and the passionate emotions like fire. She was like a beautiful jade that had been polished over the years, exuding warmth and gentleness.
’Hello!’ Fang Tianya said respectfully. Faced with such a divine and noble woman, yet also kind and gentle like a mother, she could only feel respect and closeness. Is she Yuanchuhan’s mother? But why does Yuan Chuhan look so cold and ruthless?
‘I am Han’s mother. I heard that he particularly likes you, and that my other silly son also likes you, so I came here especially to meet you,’ she said. ‘Can I speak to you alone?’
Fang Tianya was very puzzled. Did she mean that she was the mother of Yuan Chuhan and Yu Tianheng? He only heard Yuan Chuhan laugh coldly, ‘Mrs Yu, didn’t you hear what my fiancee just said? She’s tired!’
Yu Tianheng said with a hint of anger, ‘Han, please don’t be rude to your mother!’
Yuan Chuhan looked at him coldly, ‘A person who can’t even protect their family business has no right to speak to me like that!’
‘That’s because you used despicable means to ambush me!’ Yu Tianheng changed colour.
‘Assassinate?‘ Yuan Chu Han’s mouth curled up in contemptuous laughter: “Now that there are two police officers here, please produce the evidence.”
Yan Dayuan’s face was solemn: “Although we and the international police have not yet obtained evidence that you are manipulating the underground banking and stock markets behind the scenes, the net of justice is wide but not leaky, and you will always show your true colours!”
’Brother, if you don’t have any evidence, please don’t say such things about Han!’ Fang Tianya plucked up the courage to say.
Yan Dayuan was almost furious. She really doesn’t know how to be grateful. Does she want to degenerate and become the woman of this man with blood on his hands? She’s crazy! He said angrily, ‘Are you stupid or just plain dumb? Don’t you know that he’s not a good person? You fell into someone else’s trap. Since you disappeared without a trace, Director Li nearly died of self-blame. He only found you when he saw the news that you were getting engaged. You’re coming with us today.’
Zhang Yusheng held him back and said, ‘Tianya, maybe you don’t know yet, but both Director Liu and Lin Xiaolan’s sister Lin Xiaofeng are dead. Director Liu was in a car accident on his way to take up his post, and Lin Xiaofeng drowned in the sea. According to our investigation, they were both killed in a deliberate murder!’ As he said this, his eyes glanced over at Yuan Chuhan.
Fang Tianya’s hands and feet were cold. He looked at Yuan Chuhan, who just sneered. His deep, dark eyes were like a storm at sea, and his tightly closed lips were as beautiful and cruel as the blood-red maple leaves.
‘Did you kill them?’ She was too weak to hear her own voice, and her vision became blurry.
‘Do you want to know why I killed Lin Xiaofeng and Director Liu? Okay, I’ll tell you! It’s because Lin Xiaofeng plotted and schemed to avenge her sister, and she even colluded with my enemy to poison the porridge you were drinking, which resulted in your miscarriage. I’ve longed to kill her a thousand times, but you only wanted to protect her. But how could I let a cancer grow next to the woman I love? So she had to die! And your beloved Director Liu, because Yu Tianheng found him and told him that he had his eye on you, he made up an excuse and arranged for you to be by Yu Tianheng’s side, which was how it all began. I don’t hate him, without him we wouldn’t have met, but he used you to exchange for his shaky position! My woman, she is a human being, not a bargaining chip to be exchanged, so he has to die too! Aiya, do you know that everything I have done is just for you. You are the poison in my blood, and now I am beyond saving!‘
’Han!’ Mrs Yu called out hesitantly to the young man standing by the bed. He had not asked the servants on the island to come and serve him, but was alone, guarding the girl, looking so foolish and so stupid. Such a cold-hearted person was just like his father, crazy about just one person, his beloved!
This is her biological son, whom she has never acknowledged, the son of the man she loves and hates at the same time! He is so much like that man! Is it love? Is it hate? Is it guilt? Is it remorse?
That is her son! He is standing there so pitifully, with desperate recklessness and sadness. Just like that night, when she resolutely and heartlessly left her son, who was not yet a month old, there was the same despair in that man’s eyes!
‘My child, I know you love her, but you cannot chain her with love and hurt her with the reasoning of love!‘ she whispered.
The originally cold and fierce Han turned around: “Who told you to come? Leave! I don’t want to see you!”
’Han!‘ she said sadly, “I am your mother!”
’Mother?’ he sneered, ’since I was three years old, there has been no such word in my world!’
Tai Yan and the other three appeared in the doorway. Tai Yan said to Madam Yu with difficulty, ‘Madam, it would be best if you didn’t bother him. Master Tian Heng is still waiting for you downstairs.’ It was only because she was his biological mother that they had the temerity to let her in, but he didn’t recognise her at all.
Tears welled up in her beautiful eyes. This was her retribution!
‘Why did you kill them?‘ Fang Tianya opened his eyes and looked at him. He pressed her hand to his face, which was wet, as if he had just cried. Could he cry too?
’Because they deserved to die!‘ he said calmly. “They weren’t the people you thought they were!”
’I know. Xiaofeng poisoned me. I don’t blame her. I didn’t want that child anyway.’
Yuan Chuhan squeezed her jaw. ’What did you say?’
His eyes were so frightening, but she shouted out: ‘You caused the death of my beloved Uncle Liu, the person closest to me except for my grandmother. And I never wanted your child in the first place! I hate you! I hate you!’ She yelled.
Yuan Chuhan laughed in anger. ‘What if you have another child of mine?’
‘Impossible!’ she sneered. ‘Xiaofeng secretly mixed the medicine for me, and I will never have another!
‘Hmph!‘ Yuan Chuhan turned his back. The sky had quickly darkened, and the sea breeze brought a salty, fishy smell. Fang Tianya had never felt the smell so unbearable today that she almost vomited.
’She mixed it for you. It’s the most nourishing medicine for women!‘ he said.
’What? I don’t believe it!’ Fang Tianya yelled, jumped off the bed and tried to run outside. He stopped her, his face gloomy.
‘You devil! I want to go home, I want to go back with my colleagues, let me go!‘ She punched and kicked him, hysterical.
’You can’t! They’ve already left!’ A hard slap sent her to the ground, blood dripping from the corner of her mouth. “Keep an eye on her! If she’s harmed in any way, you’ll all wish you were dead!” He slammed the door behind him and barked orders to his entourage.
What kind of world is this?
She looked up at the glittering chandelier on the ceiling with tears in her eyes. The dismal lighting made her feel as if she were in a dream. He would never let her go, he just wouldn’t!
The four strong maids around her kept a close watch on her without blinking. As soon as she moved, two of them immediately came up to her, keeping a wary eye on her.
‘I want to take a bath,’ she said lightly. They glanced at each other. Their master had only told them to keep an eye on her, but he hadn’t said anything about not letting her bathe. Besides, she was the master’s favourite, and that was obvious to all. She had only momentarily angered the master, and if she was provoked, who knows how she might retaliate later. f4552671f8909587cf485ea990207f3b
‘Let us serve you, young lady, please!’ one of them said quickly.
The pink Portuguese marble bathroom was filled with toiletries from the French brand Hermes. On the dark mahogany paneling was a luxurious Jacuzzi bathtub set off by a mural. In the corner was a pot of green tea flowers blooming, exuding a faint floral fragrance.
The maid put the water in place, and the steam slowly filled the entire room. She began to undress, looking at them a little shyly. They smiled at each other, walked out, and thoughtfully closed the bathroom door.
The water was rushing loudly. Fang Tianya quickly dressed, used a special tool to pry open the window, and then climbed out with difficulty and care.
This villa with a panoramic view was built on the cliff on one side, and the sea was like an abyss below, with waves rolling and roaring below. She carefully descended from the terrace along the rope that had been prepared in advance. Most of the rooms in the villa were dark, and no one would discover her bold and crazy behaviour.
When she reached a room on the third floor, there was a faint light coming from inside. She hurriedly pressed her body against the wall. The curtain that had been hanging down was blown up by the wind somewhere, and she saw a naked teenager inside.
She widened her eyes. She couldn’t believe what she was seeing! Thunder rumbled overhead, and beneath her feet was an abyss!
‘Now I have nothing left. I can only use myself to exchange for her freedom,’ Yu Tianheng looked quietly into his eyes.
Yuan Chu Han moved his lips, but did not speak. His flawless, sculpted body no longer aroused his interest. Noble Yu Tianheng, Yu Tianheng who would rather die than bend, would rather endure such humiliation for her, the humiliation he had once suffered! He would never forget it in his life!
Yu Tianheng moved closer to him, slowly unbuttoning his shirt, smiling as he did so, and kissed him on the lips. ‘Isn’t this what you’ve always wanted?’ he whispered in his ear. Yuan Chuhan did not move, he just gritted his teeth and looked fiercely ahead, his cold gaze as if he wanted to freeze the whole world.
He turned his head.
The wind blew the curtains open, and outside the window, in the darkness, was the pale face of the young girl.
‘Tianya…’ Yuan Chuhan said with difficulty.
‘Tianya!’ Yu Tianheng just wanted to die immediately.
A smile blossomed on her lips. Then she let go of the rope and fell like a fallen leaf.
‘No–’ a desperate cry.
Breaking news: The young and promising heir to a multinational group, who had a bright future ahead of him, was disheartened by a major setback in his career and committed suicide. He was sent abroad for treatment by his family. As a result of his influence, the company’s stock price fell sharply, dealing a severe blow to the company.
In other news: a mysterious billionaire is looking to buy the group, and the two sides have reached a preliminary agreement. It is reported that this person is as rich as a nation and once had a fiancée, but the lucky woman unfortunately drowned a few days ago. After asking around, it was learned that the woman had been an intern at the police station, but the police department vehemently denied it.
In the waiting room of the train station, a handsome young man folds the newspaper and puts it in a rubbish bin as he passes by.
He doesn’t want a life of wealth and luxury, he just wants to take control of his own destiny. He gets on the train to the north, a land that will be unfamiliar to him.
But can he really escape the pursuit of that terrible man?
Or is this just the beginning of another even more terrible and tragic chase?
Please watch the next part of ‘Fang Tianya’
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Yu Tianheng’s extra
I know she hates me. From the day I left her, I could still feel the pain of her haunting gaze burning behind my back. But in this war between Han and me, I, Yu Tianheng, who was once the pride of the heavens, was destined to be the loser. Because he wants her, he is even willing to threaten her with our dirty past. How could I, so proud as I am, bear the contemptuous look in her eyes when she learns the truth? I would rather flee than have that secret exposed like a stinking corpse cloth in the sun. How could I let the slightest speck of dust get into her eyes that are as bright as the sun?
But I still hurt her. I pushed her into the arms of that devil with my own hands, and let her suffer humiliation. Tianya, I would rather you kill me yourself than let me suffer such torture in the world. My most respected grandfather and my dear mother, they wouldn’t let me die, but they would rather see me living in the world like a walking corpse. They said, there is more than one good girl in the world like you, but the deepest pain in my heart and the love I hold most dearly can only be for you!
That night must have been a nightmare! I always woke up in a cold sweat at midnight. In the darkness, I could almost see your shadow again, coming towards me softly, just as you were when we first met, innocent and lively.
Tianya, I believe that you will not die. When I get up again, I will find you and never let you go!
Han, in this war, neither you nor I will be the winner. Although you have taken my kingdom, it will not end like this!
Extra scenes from the original Han
‘Did you find it?’ They trembled in fear in the face of my menacing gaze, unable to raise their heads. Silence! All I could see in my hands was the angel doll with the broken diamonds on the table. She tilted her head, looking at me as if she were laughing.
With a crisp sound, it finally burned up, and the diamonds all over the floor shone like stars, like tears falling to the ground, her tears! She was taking revenge on me. She hated me, always hated me!
She never loved me!
My heart ached with an empty pain. Her eyes, like water, like the moon, were entangled in my life just like that, and then, in the most tragic way, they were removed from my life. I was still me, without a loved one, just me, standing alone in the darkness.
My father hated me because I could not bring back the woman he loved; my mother rejected me because she wanted to escape the person she hated—my father. I was just a poor unwanted child. Despite the peerless looks and endless wealth they bestowed upon me, I was unable to possess the heart of a girl, which was what I longed for most!
Tai Yan and A Lun walked in. Their faces were expressionless, but there was a twinkle in their eyes. My heart tightened a little, but I remained calm.
‘The people monitoring Aya said that Aya and Fang Qingshan’s family disappeared just an hour before Miss Fang jumped into the sea. We don’t know where they went. At that time, our people wanted to follow them, but the police appeared at that time and we lost the trail,’ Taiyan said.
Aron continued, ‘I checked the records of the ships that entered the island in the past few days, and there was one that was a bit suspicious because it was a fruit delivery ship. It was an old customer that Aya had been in contact with, and they said that the ship broke down and needed repairs, so it was delayed until the evening. At that time, everyone was busy and distracted, so no one on the island paid any attention.’
I understand, I understand everything.
I suddenly got up, which also relieved everyone else. ‘Tell everyone to stop searching.’
Tianya, you can get away with it for a few years, but your man can only be me.