Bo Yan was dealing with the files that piled up after days in the study when he heard a miserable cry in the silent house."Ahhh—"Bo Yan's expression immediately changed as he stood up quickly. His right eyelid jumped wildly, which he thought a bad omen.He dashed out of the room, only to see Shen Zhiwei fall off the stairs and collapse on the soft carpet; Shen Rou was standing at the top of the stairs and drew back her hand with a panic expression flashing across her eyes."Shen Rou!" He gnashed his teeth as he shouted at her."Bo Yan?" Seeing him, Shen Rou became even more panic-stricken. She went to him in a hurry and explained, "It's not like what you've seen. I didn't push her. She fell off herself, and that day in the hospital, I didn't...""Get lost!"Bo Yan pushed her aside forcefully, his aura furious. "If she's ever hurt, I'll kill you!"After saying this, he rushed downstairs and carried Shen Zhiwei in his arms to her room.After the great shock, Shen Rou followed
Shen Rou felt stunned as if she was struck by lightning.She almost exploded with anger.She had not expected the maid to go against her!"What nonsense were you talking about? I didn't push her! And what does it have to do with me that Shen Zhiwei got hysteria? Did anyone pay you to frame me?"Shen Rou went up to the maid in rage and slapped her in the face. Then, she put on a pitiful look as she tugged at his sleeves."Bo Yan, I didn't push Sister Zhiwei. She set me up because of those irritating words I said to her in the hospital that day."Slap—Shen Rou was smacked in the face all of a sudden.The right side of her face became swollen and was stinging in pain."She set you up? When she fell, you were the only one at the top of the stairs, and it's also you who said that this maid witnessed everything! Don't you think your words are lame? Shen Rou, I had wanted to give you another chance, but you asked for it!"Bo Yan withdrew his big palm and shot a chilling glance at t
"Them?"Who is he referring to?"Shen Rou looked to the door with both surprise and fear, oppressed by sinister forebodings.The next second, the steward and bodyguards walked in with three men beyond recognition.They dropped them on the ground. Black and blue and covered in blood, the three men shivered, with bruises and wounds all over their bodies. The moment they saw Shen Rou, they started to beg her."Miss Shen, please help us. It's you who asked us to kill Mrs. Bo and her son..."A shudder ran through Shen Rou's body. She had never expected that those gangsters would actually be caught.She turned to look at Bo Yan.Bo Yan showed no emotion on his face, but she still felt invisible pressure from him. "They told me they were hired to kill Xiaobao by you, is that true?"Shen Rou denied excitedly. "It's not me! I don't know them at all. I have no idea what they are talking about. Don't behave like you know me well, you ba*tards! Throw them out, guards!"The gangsters beca
Shen Zhiwei gazed with unnerving stillness."So, Bo Yan has long realized the truth!"Yet, he chose to stand by Shen Rou, he chose to forsake the safety of our baby?!"You're no father to our baby, Bo Yan... You're not worthy...""DON'T COME NEAR! GO AWAY! I WILL NOT GO TO THE PENTHOUSE! YOU, SHEN ZHIWEI! YOU BITCH!"Shen Rou flailed and winced wildly like a cornered beast, thrashing and kicking as she hurled more curses at Shen Zhiwei. "You! This is all you, isn't it? I knew it! This must be a plot of yours. I...""Please let us go, Mr. Bo... We told you everything..."The desperate pleas of the thugs interlaced with Shen Rou's never-ending litany of expletives in the cacophony.With his eyes dyed red like a bloodthirsty demon from the depths of Hell, Bo Yan glowered over the kneeling ruffians,"You want me to let you go free? Certainly! But only after I'm pleased. What Shen Rou wanted you to do to Shen Zhiwei, you shall now return the favor unto her. Continue until I'm pleas
With the desire to please Bo Yan driving them like a whip, the men shoved their members inside her with frenzy. The look of ecstasy on Shen Rou's face slowly faded, only to be replaced by a grimace of pain as her privates began to swell; they had been rubbed so raw by their rough abuse that she began to bleed!But the thugs paid no heed to her discomfort. With bloodshot eyes filled with lust and the will to finish their chore at Bo Yan's behest, the abuse they inflicted upon her continued.With each thrust threatening to skewer her through!"No... please... No more..."Shen Rou could take it no more. With each drive into her, the savage men were similar to spiked clubs being plunged into her, only to drive it in and pull it out without stopping. The pain finally urged her to squeak. "Arrghhh! Please... let me go... I beg you!"But the men ignored her. They flipped her over on all fours and patted her round bottom, all of them flashing lecherous grins."ARRGGGH..."More agonizing
After a few days of care, Shen Zhiwei's condition slowly began to improve and her memory gradually returned. But it also made her revolted at Bo Yan's presence. One morning, they were sitting together at the dinner table having breakfast.Bo Yan thoroughly chopped fried eggs into small bits and pushed the plate to her."Eat this one, I've chopped it to smaller sizes for you."His gentle voice was reciprocated with only a cold glare from Shen Zhiwei who did not look up and quietly nibbled at her own food, completely ignoring the plate of chopped eggs. Bo Yan frowned and reached out a hand to take hers."Don't touch me!"Her hand withdrew so rapidly like she was avoiding the sting of a scorpion, leaving his hand frozen in its tracks.A still and awkward silence hung between them both for seconds until Bo Yan's hand shot forth and gripped firmly on hers, his eyes blazing fervently as he spoke,"Is this what you want? To be like this with me for the rest of our lives? We lost our Xi
Later that night, Bo Yan was still working in his office when he received a message from his housekeeper.On the message, it said: Shen Rou cut her wrists to try to kill herself!One of the servants—who was bringing her dinner—found her lying motionless in the bathtub. The floor was a sheet of red from the blood that had trickled from the cuts on her wrist, and she was equally bathed in red too. Bo Yan merely smirked at the message callously.He laid down the document he was holding and got up, finally deciding to return.A weakened Shen Rou laid in her bed, groaning with pain as the doctor dressed her wounds. Her pupils quivered back and forth—a convincing feint of madness—as she moaned,"You're here... Bo Yan... You finally come to see me... I didn't harm Sister Zhiwei... It really wasn't me..."Only Bo Yan could not be swayed. Not anymore by her damsel-in-distress playacting. With an expression as hard as stone, he asked the doctor, "How is she?""It's fortunate that the serv
Each and every word they uttered reminded her of one of her most obscure memories: that scorching afternoon seven years ago.Bo Yan encountered a car crash on his way to school and she, at great risk to her own safety, clambered through the wreckage to pull him out.He wrote a word in the center of her palm then.A word: Bo, for Bo YanHe was drifting in delirium—his eyes squinting, unable to focus and see with clarity who it was who had saved him. With what was left of his breath, he managed, "I will remember you. For this. Forever."That was when he fainted. As the car exploded, she threw herself to the ground and fainted from the concussion to her head.When she woke up later, she could hardly wait to write about everything into her diary.She was filled to the rafters with anticipation, thinking that the boy who saved her would forever shine a light unto her gloomy life.Only, her dreams of a Cinderella story shattered when she visited him at his sick ward. Shen Rou was the