The Xi family's old mansion.
Outside, the howling wind and thunder were loud, yet they posed no disturbance to the beautiful girl lying on the bed.
Gu Shengxia slept heavily due to her high fever but was vaguely aware of someone lying next to her.
It was not until the person suddenly gripped her hand that was outside the quilt and a cold, ruthless aura instantly enveloped Gu Shengxia’s body.
Before she could fully react, she heard the man's deep, mocking voice.
"Gu Shengxia, you look just like the eager whore waiting to be taken. So impatient, aren’t you?"
His enticing lips were tightly pursed, letting out an extremely cold voice. His voice was as cold as they come from a freezing abyss.
Because of the man's words, Gu Shengxia instantly sobered up.
In the next moment, the man's cold eyes narrowed sharply, his fair hand tightly gripped her jaw; his gaze was piercing as he glared at her. "Do you know the consequences of provoking my limits, you hypocritical woman?"
"You... let go!"
Though Gu Shengxia's voice was hoarse because of her high fever, to the man's ears it was an indirect provocation.
The man's demeanour became even more intimidating because of her words, and the grip on Gu Shengxia involuntarily tightened.
Without any warning, he abruptly ripped off Gu Shengxia's tightly wrapped quilt. His eyes appeared unusually ferocious as his large hands tore at her nightdress without any sense of pity.
Gu Shengxia panicked. In her mind, the scene from three years ago at the hotel was replaying. The him who was drunk, and her who still had a trace of sanity left...
But back then, she wanted to resist, yet she was powerless. All she could do was deeply feel the man running rampant in her like a wild beast, ravaging her.
"No, let me go."
"Let go? Heh, I see you would rather spread your legs."
The struggle from Gu Shengxia only made the man more enraged. A shameless woman, even his touch on her made him feel disgusted.
"Just wait for me to take you!"
His voice was icy cold and bone-piercing, just like a Satan from hell. The temperature in the air seemed to drop drastically because of his words.
"No, I didn't..."
"Ding-ding, young master and mistress, the old lady is inviting you to the living room."
Suddenly, a respectful voice from the butler sounded from outside the door, interrupting the man's menacing action.
Seizing the man's momentary pause, Gu Shengxia gathered up all her strength and shoved the unguarded man off her.
She ran from the bed to the corner of the room at the fastest speed.
Gu Shengxia, tightly clutching the clothes that had been torn up by the man, was trembling all over.
As she turned around, she saw the man’s cold and handsome face, meeting his frosty, sword-like gaze.
Even in her fear, Gu Shengxia still looked up at him, her voice hoarse with distance, "Mr Xi, unless absolutely necessary, I will not disturb you."
Indeed, unless absolutely necessary, she would never contact her husband in name only - whom she hadn't seen in three years - Xi Nianchen, the heir of the illustrious Xi family of Rong City.
Though he was only 27, he already became a legendary figure who owned a business empire in S city.
In the corporate world, he was aloof and ruthless, touted as the most brutal executioner on the professional field.
Yet in his personal life, he was even more vicious than Satan himself.
Gu Shengxia felt uneasy deep down, her round eyes always on guard around the man before her.
He despised her, she was well aware, but be it her past self or her present self, neither had any room for choice.
"Young Master, Young Mistress?"
It seemed the butler standing at the door repeated his respectful query as there was no response from within the room.
"Tell the matriarch, I will be down shortly."
His almond-shaped eyes narrowed slightly as they bore intensely into the woman cowering in the corner. His aloof gaze sharpened further; the words he spoke were chilling and alarming.
Feeling his piercing glare, Gu Shengxia felt uncomfortably self-conscious, her head going lower.
Her heart pounded fearfully, her hands gripping the front of her clothes tighter.
"Gu Shengxia, remember your status. Don’t provoke me lightly - or bear the consequences!"
said the man, rising from the bed, casually pulling out a pack of wet wipes from the bedside table. He meticulously wiped his hands clean, acting as if he had just touched something utterly repugnant.
The man gracefully turned around, his eyes slightly squinting and darkening. As he approached the door, he halted to say, “If you are desperate enough for a man, I don’t mind arranging a few for your satisfaction!”