Lu Yu Nan, noticing the lights in the house were out, tiptoed into the room. He crept to Jun Jiu Li's bedside and stared at her sleeping face with a lecherous, covetous gaze.
He unconsciously reached out, intending to caress the sleeping person's cheek. Jun Jiu Li grabbed his wrist and twisted it backward. With a *crack*, bone dislocated.
Before Lu Yu Nan could even cry out, Jun Jiu Li stuffed his other hand into his mouth. She then kicked him in the abdomen, sending him sprawling to the floor.
She pressed down hard on his face with her foot, and Lu Yu Nan felt his entire jawbone threatening to shatter, his nose also being crushed and dislocated. Still not satisfied, Jun Jiu Li grabbed a selfie stick from the cabinet and beat him with it.
Finally, she used the curtains to tie around his waist and hung him outside the balcony. Lu Yu Nan could only emit muffled whimpers, his cries going unnoticed. After finishing, Jun Jiu Li found a guest room to rest in.
The next morning, Lu Yu Nan was discovered by Steward Li. He was bruised and purple from the cold, his face contorted, greatly alarming everyone. He was carried back into the house, and a doctor was called. After all, family shame should not be aired publicly.
The doctor who arrived happened to be Qin Hao. After treating Lu Yu Nan, Steward Li slipped him a large red envelope, asking him not to spread the word.
Qin Hao glanced at Jun Jiu Li's expression before accepting the red envelope. He gave a general description of the injuries, stating that surgery would be needed for his nose bridge to recover. Finally, Steward Li politely saw him out.
When Lu Yu Nan woke up, he was furious, directing his anger at Jun Jiu Li for the first time.
"How could you hit someone so casually? I was making noise."
"I didn't know it was you. You sneaked into my room in the middle of the night. Of course, I was scared and had to defend myself. I didn't even pay attention to your voice."
"What do you mean 'sneaked'? Isn't it okay for me to enter my wife's room?"
"But I have amnesia right now and wasn't prepared at all. If you love me, you should respect me. Otherwise, you don't love me."
"You... What am I going to do with you?"
"Handle it."
Lu Yu Nan was so angry he couldn't speak. Steward Li quickly stepped forward, bringing tea and water to appease him, then chided Jun Jiu Li.
"Madam, you've gone too far this time. Usually, no matter how much you fuss, the young master indulges you. How could you hit someone? And so hard too. What if something went wrong with the curtain and the young master fell? Wouldn't you be the one to suffer then?"
"Why would I suffer? With money, looks, and widowhood, life would be wonderful."
Looking at Jun Jiu Li's smug expression, Lu Yu Nan felt suffocated, unable to vent his anger directly. *This damned woman wants to be a widow? Not in this lifetime.*
"Uncle Li, how do you do your job? Are you trying to scald me to death with this scalding tea, so that woman can become a widow?" He then threw the teacup at Steward Li.
Steward Li could only apologize and resignedly clean up the mess. Jun Jiu Li, however, paid them no mind.
"Since you're not dead yet, I'll be leaving. Don't want to be an eyesore here." With that, she turned and walked out. As she reached the staircase, she exclaimed dramatically.
"Oh my, what is this? It looks like some kind of mechanism!"
She then pressed it, and a square opening appeared in the floor beneath the stairs. Jun Jiu Li, in her high heels, walked towards it.
"It looks like a secret basement. Lu Yu Nan, are you hiding some treasure from me down there? Or perhaps a secret lover?"
Down in the basement, Qiao Yuan Yuan felt ecstatic. These past few days, Lu Yu Nan had come to torment her whenever he was displeased.
She had known Xia Xi Lin was back for a while. A flicker of hope ignited in her vacant eyes. If Xia Xi Lin could discover her, she would be saved.
She opened her mouth, trying to make a sound, but her throat was dry and sore, only managing shallow breaths, unable to attract Jun Jiu Li's attention at the entrance.
Qiao Yuan Yuan's entire body was bound by ropes. She struggled to twist her body, trying to make a sound to attract Jun Jiu Li to come down.
Jun Jiu Li had already stepped onto the first stair. Qiao Yuan Yuan was so excited she burst into tears. At that moment, Steward Li rushed out from the house to stop her.
"Madam, this basement is used to store unwanted items. It's dirty and messy inside. If Madam wants to see, I can tidy it up, and you can visit another day."
Qiao Yuan Yuan nervously chanted in her heart, *Don't go, don't go*. But things were not to be as she wished.
"Is that so? Then I'll go upstairs."
Lu Yu Nan and Steward Li both breathed a sigh of relief.
Qiao Yuan Yuan, however, felt worse than death, her heart twisting like a knife. Is it wrong to love someone? Yes, she was wrong. She was wrong for falling in love with something that wasn't human.
After Jun Jiu Li went upstairs, Steward Li quickly went down to relocate Qiao Yuan Yuan, moving her to the basement under the flower room.
Shui Wa: "Host, are you happy to play a prank?"
Jun Jiu Li: "I love seeing her hopes dashed. It's very amusing."
"Pervert."
"What did you say?"
"I mean, Host, you did a great job. It's my honor as a system to be bound to you. ‧˚₊*̥(∗︎*⁰͈꒨⁰͈)‧˚₊*̥"
"That's more like it. You know what's good for you. Here's a reward!"
"Yes, Master. (ー_ー)!!"
"Hahahaha~"
In the afternoon, Lu Yu Nan took a private jet to another country for plastic surgery, while Jun Jiu Li indulged in extensive shopping at home.
She explored the high-end restaurants and every corner street stall in City A.
When she had nothing else to do, she would visit Xia Xi Yue at A University, gossiping about her and Qin Hao's affairs, which was as exciting as watching a soap opera. Shui Wa would always erupt in laughter.
"Sister, is it really okay for you to stay by Lu Yu Nan's side like this?"
"Of course, it's okay. Can he eat me? Don't worry, just focus on your studies. Your sister can handle this."
"Sister, why don't you divorce him? That way, I can feel more at ease."
As she spoke, she looked at Jun Jiu Li with the eyes of someone pitying an idiot, as if to say her sister was like a romantic lead who had fallen for a man who abused her.
Jun Jiu Li gave her a light rap on the head. "What are you thinking with that little brain of yours? I'm just using him as a tool to make money. Isn't life good right now?"
"Sister, as long as you think it's good." Xia Xi Yue rubbed her head, while Qin Hao looked at her with concern.
When Xia Xi Yue wasn't looking, he shot Jun Jiu Li a blaming glance, expressing his suppressed anger to the fullest.
Shui Wa: "Lonely Host, come quickly and eat dog food."
Jun Jiu Li: "Shui Wa, are your palms itchy?"
"I was wrong, sob sob sob~＞_＜~."