Lan Lan's eyes widened. "You dog, what madness are you spewing now? I haven't finished eating."
"Does that concern me?" Liang Yufeng retorted, lifting her and taking her to the wall.
Liang Yufeng was a man who had never understood the meaning of "cherishing a woman's beauty," acting like a clumsy oaf.
Lan Lan was pinned against him, her waist nearly breaking. Even for an experienced woman like herself, she couldn't handle him.
Liang Yufeng himself seemed oblivious to his own violence. He even leaned in, biting her ear, his voice muffled as he warned, "Don't even think about escaping. I won't let you go."
"Keeping a woman who's not interested in you by your side, are you a masochist?" Lan Lan gripped the wall, her freshly done nails almost breaking. If she weren't facing away from him, she would have scratched his face with these long nails right now!
"Can't you be less petty? It's not like I dumped you just once, is it that big a deal?"
The more Lan Lan spoke, the more ferocious Liang Yufeng became, as if he wanted to kill her right there. Discretion being the better part of valor, she simply fell silent.
Before long, Liang Yufeng took her to the bedroom again. He usually had an icy demeanor, but when he lost his temper, he was like someone on drugs – excited and brutal. Now, he had taken off his glasses, his deep, dark eyes locked onto her face, the possessiveness in them evident, moist and wild.
Even for an experienced woman like Lan Lan, facing Liang Yufeng, she could only yield. By the time he calmed down, she was too exhausted to even move her fingers.
Yet, the man beside her seemed to still have plenty of energy. He even warned her, "Don't let me hear those words again." This implied he wouldn't let her go.
Lan Lan opened her eyes and looked at the clingy man beside her. She couldn't even be bothered to curse him anymore. What a ridiculous display of male pride and possessiveness!
"You want to sleep with me, don't you?" Lan Lan said to him. "Fine, I'll make an exception. Come find me when you want me. It's okay if I go out and find others for a change, right?"
As expected, the moment she said this, a storm brewed on Liang Yufeng's icy face. Men's possessiveness was like that of a tomcat marking its territory by urinating; where it had stepped, it would leave its mark, not allowing other cats to tread there.
Lan Lan had always been popular with men. Because of this, she and Liang Yufeng had clashed more than once. Liang Yufeng did not allow her to have any intimate contact with any man. "You can try," Liang Yufeng's tone was icy, laced with killing intent. "See if you die first, or he dies first."
How would she die? Killed by him!
"What, Mr. Liang, do you want to play the 'kill if I can't have it' game? How many CEO novels have you read?" His arrogant tone made Lan Lan's cheeks ache from smiling. She was almost thirty, and these were the lines he was spouting.
Lan Lan didn't believe him, but Liang Yufeng was serious. He grabbed her chin, his handsome eyes fixed on her, filled with a strong warning. "I'm not joking with you, Lan Lan."
"If you dare let anyone else touch you, I'll kill him first, then kill you." He pinched her chin until it left marks.
Lan Lan detested this behavior the most. She pushed him away. "Then go ahead and do it! I've slept with so many men before, you'd need a truck to haul them all. Go kill them all if you have the guts!"
"What happened in the past, I won't pursue." Although he said this, his heart did not think so.
Lan Lan knew very well how dissatisfied he was with her private life. She sneered, "Don't act so generous. It's useless even if you want to pursue it."
"You'd better remember my words." With that, he got out of bed and went to the bathroom.
Lan Lan rolled around on the bed, feeling incredibly annoyed. If time could turn back, she would never have provoked this scoundrel Liang Yufeng in college. You can know a person's face but not their heart. Perhaps he was always like this, but she hadn't realized it.
Lan Lan's initial contact with Liang Yufeng was to inquire about Xing Zheng's college days for Lin Mei. Later, they met during a company collaboration. That night, after drinking, they ended up sleeping together.
Lan Lan wasn't opposed to developing a friends-with-benefits relationship with an ex. She was single at the time, and Liang Yufeng happened to be single too, so they got together. Not long after, Lan Lan proposed they break up. Unexpectedly, Liang Yufeng threatened her with her job, and thus, they became entangled, a situation that had not ended to this day.
How could someone as clear-headed as Lan Lan give up her job for a mere man? It wasn't easy to climb up to a middle management position. By the end of the year, she had a chance for another promotion. Giving it up for an annoying ex-boyfriend would be a loss.
For her to break up with Liang Yufeng, he would have to actively let go, or she would have to disgust him, or find a man more formidable than him. Both options were difficult.
However, just a few days later, an opportunity came knocking on her door.
One day, Lan Lan went out to meet a major client. This client turned out to be Liang Yufeng's older half-brother. He bore a strong resemblance to Liang Yufeng in his features, but his personality was much more engaging than Liang Yufeng's. He smiled, was sweet-mouthed, and was the type Lan Lan usually liked.
The client, upon seeing her, was also well-prepared. "I've heard a lot about you."
Lan Lan smiled, feigning ignorance. "Mr. Zhou, where did you hear my name?"
"You're so smart, you must have already guessed why I'm looking for you, right?" Zhou Yu got straight to the point.
Conversations between intelligent people never required much effort. Since he was so direct, Lan Lan didn't beat around the bush. "Because of Liang Yufeng?"
"You are indeed smart," Zhou Yu said. "I know a little about your situation. He's forcing you to stay with him, isn't he?"
"It's not easy to make a living," Lan Lan said. "An arm can't twist a thigh. It's my own incompetence."
"When the thigh is crippled, the arm can not only twist it but also chop it into pieces," Zhou Yu said with the gentlest smile, uttering the most cruel words. "Want to try?"
Perhaps it was his vivid description, but Lan Lan's mind was immediately filled with certain bloody images, almost making her gag. As expected of half-brothers, some perverted tendencies were identical.
"What do you want me to do for you, Mr. Zhou?" Such a shrewd man would never help her for no reason.
"Be with me," Zhou Yu said. "I'm quite interested in you."
Lan Lan began to size up Zhou Yu again. He was estimated to be over 1.85 meters tall, with excellent气质, witty conversation, and seemingly experienced in the ways of romance. He was a good prospect.
Zhou Yu didn't mind Lan Lan's scrutiny as he "pitched" himself to her. "He can't tolerate betrayal the most, especially betrayal involving me. There was a senior executive in the company who met me privately, and he was fired by Liang Yufeng. That executive was a very outstanding employee who had done a lot for him."
Liang Yufeng was born out of wedlock, a status that destined him to be intolerant of betrayal. Zhou Yu's words also proved how much he disliked Zhou Yu.
If she really developed a relationship with Zhou Yu, Liang Yufeng would likely be thoroughly disgusted with her, and they could go their separate ways, which wouldn't be a loss.
However, "Aren't you afraid he'll come after you?"