"Why else would I go all the way to the Qin family?" Murong Cheng's brow furrowed with a hint of anger.
His gaze on Jiang Shiyu was like an X-ray scan.
He wished he could scan them and see where they had been intimately involved.
"Qin Yusheng got married, didn't you know?" Jiang Shiyu asked, amused and slightly exasperated.
"So what if he's married? In high society... it's practically commonplace!"
Murong Cheng's words were veiled, but Jiang Shiyu understood the implication.
Jiang Shiyu's eyes darted, she threw the keys down, and said petulantly, "Are you saying you'll do the same in the future?"
The man was clearly taken aback by Jiang Shiyu's retort.
He helplessly curved his lips, "What nonsense are you talking about?"
"You said it's a common phenomenon in high society, so will you also do that thing!"
Jiang Shiyu pretended to cover her face and cry, "So you're that kind of person..."
"I... I didn't... Wife... Don't be angry..."
Murong Cheng suddenly looked like a little boy who had made a mistake.
Flustered and at a loss, he didn't know how to appease the little woman.
Seeing that she had made her point, Jiang Shiyu wiped her tears and sniffled, "Alright, I know you didn't mean it like that. Don't say it again..."
With that, she walked upstairs.
Murong Cheng stood there for a moment, then suddenly realized.
There wasn't a single tear stain on her face.
She didn't look sad or upset at all.
He had been too concerned and lost his composure, failing to notice it at the time.
A dark glint flickered in Murong Cheng's eyes.
He strode towards the stairs.
"Ah, Murong Cheng!"
"Mmmph mmmph mmmph!"
"No!"
"Sir, Miss Le hasn't eaten anything for two days, not even a drop of water..."
Because they were on the estate, Qin Yusheng had strictly forbidden the servants from calling Zhao Shuyao "Young Madam," so the servants referred to her as Miss Le.
Qin Yusheng raised his eyes coldly and glanced at Wu Sao, who was standing before him. "If she wants to go on a hunger strike, let her!"
By the third day, Zhao Shuyao still hadn't eaten.
The meals placed outside her door remained untouched.
Qin Yusheng returned to the mansion after the meeting. Upon hearing Wu Sao's report, the hand that was untying his tie paused.
A flicker of annoyance crossed his brow.
Such a low-level tactic.
She was really going to great lengths to get his attention.
She wasn't even sparing her own body!
Qin Yusheng said coldly, "Let her be. I don't believe she can starve herself to death in there!"
Until late at night, there was still no movement.
Qin Yusheng knocked on the door a couple of times, "Zhao Shuyao, speak!"
"..."
There was no response from inside.
Wu Sao stood by, her face etched with worry, "Could she have fainted? This is a matter of life and death!"
Wu Sao's words, instead of helping, only made Qin Yusheng inexplicably irritable. He impatiently reached out to twist the doorknob.
The lock on the outside had already been opened, but the door was tightly bolted from the inside.
"Call the housekeeper to open the lock!"
Qin Yusheng's voice was laced with frustration and impatience.
Wu Sao quickly called the housekeeper, who used a key to open the door bolted from the inside.
Before the door could be pushed open, Qin Yusheng pushed it aside and quickly darted inside.
The housekeeper and Wu Sao were stunned.
Had something happened to her...
Qin Yusheng turned on the light and saw that the room was empty!
The balcony door was wide open. Qin Yusheng rushed to the edge of the balcony. This was the third floor!
Although not very high, this height was enough to break a bone!
How did this fool climb down?!
Qin Yusheng rushed downstairs and saw a rope made of bedsheets in the flowerbed below.
It was hidden so well that it was hard to spot without careful searching.
"Good! Zhao Shuyao! You actually dared to escape right under my nose!"
Qin Yusheng tightly clenched the rope in his hand, veins bulging on his forehead.
It was truly in line with her usual style!
It seemed he had been too lenient with her!
She had run abroad years ago!
He had just caught her after she returned to the country, and now she had escaped through the window!
Qin Yusheng sneered, tore at the rope, "Zhao Shuyao!"
"Achoo!"
Zhao Shuyao sneezed, feeling a chill all over.
Strange, who was cursing her behind her back?
It must be that the air conditioning was too low lately.
Zhao Shuyao finished paying and turned to leave.
She bumped into someone head-on.
Things scattered all over the floor.
"Sorry, handsome..."
Zhao Shuyao rubbed her forehead as she raised her chin.
The moment she saw the handsome man, Zhao Shuyao could no longer smile.
How did Qin Yusheng know she was here?!
A coldness seeped into Qin Yusheng's eyes. He smiled coldly and raised his hand, gripping the gemstone necklace around her neck.
"It seems you haven't changed at all. Still so greedy for money and obsessed with vanity."
Zhao Shuyao felt awkward. "I saw it in your drawer. The gemstone is so big, what woman wouldn't love it... That's right! Only your pure white lotus Xue'er doesn't love it. She only loves you! She doesn't love your money, unlike me!"
Before she could finish speaking, her neck was gripped by the man.
"You compare yourself to her, do you think you're worthy?"
The man's merciless words struck her heart like a hammer, blow after blow.
Although she had heard these words before, hearing them again after so many years still caused her scabbed wounds to ache.
"I am not worthy, of course, I am not worthy. What am I? I'm just from a bankrupt family, a slut who schemed to get close to you to latch onto a powerful figure..."
Zhao Shuyao curled her red lips.
A crystalline sheen flickered in her eyes.
Her beauty was vivid and charming, and when she smiled, there was a unique allure.
Bewitchingly beautiful, yet fragile and pitiable.
Crocodile tears!
He had seen through such tricks years ago!
They had no effect on him!
Qin Yusheng released her hand with disgust. Zhao Shuyao clutched her neck, her survival instinct making her gasp for air.
Her fair neck was clearly marked with red finger marks.
The man ignored it. Before Zhao Shuyao could catch her breath, he grabbed her hand and dragged her out as if she were trash.
Accustomed to the man's treatment, Zhao Shuyao still wanted to preserve her last shred of dignity.
She forced herself to stand up. The man's strides were long and his pace was rapid.
Zhao Shuyao had to jog to keep up with him.
The man, as if deliberately, quickened his already fast pace.
Zhao Shuyao stumbled several times, but the man paid no attention.
However, he saw it all.
Fortunately, they soon reached the car.
Zhao Shuyao quickly got into the car first.
Qin Yusheng looked at the woman sitting in the back seat, her hands resting on her lap, looking demure.
In that instant, anger and mockery intertwined.
He slammed the car door shut with a bang.
This was a luxury car worth tens of millions, yet the man slammed it shut so casually.
Zhao Shuyao sighed.
As expected of a young master from the capital, oblivious to the hardships of life.
Another slam of the car door echoed.
Zhao Shuyao quickly fastened her seatbelt.