"Back when the shipwreck happened at Crocodile Bay, how did you get rescued?" Sheng Qianchi concealed all emotions, gentle as water, completely different from his previous indifferent and domineering demeanor towards others.
His eyes were sharp, accurately capturing the marks on her neck, which he left.
Remembering last night, his gaze became tender. Her body carried a subtle fragrance of pure orchid, enchanting all his sensory nerves throughout the entire process.
Such a woman is poison; once a man has her, he wants her again—hard to resist. Though Sheng Qianchi was indifferent, he was still a normal man, especially after tasting the forbidden fruit, savoring its marrow and discovering its essence.
Gu Jiayin sat coldly on the sofa, her red dress outlining a hint of allure, showing no intention of speaking. She didn't believe they were from the same world, and besides, they were indeed unfamiliar.
Last night was a mistake, and he hadn't clearly seen who was beneath him. So she could completely pretend nothing had happened.
Always praised and flattered by everyone, Sheng Qianchi didn't get angry and continued to slowly, softly inquire, "After being rescued, how did you go to Suri?"
He had just instructed Mo Jun to investigate, indeed she had always lived in a constitutional monarchy country across the sea from Licheng City, Suri, and had worked for several years as a Royal Detective.
Gu Jiayin remained silent, treating Sheng Qianchi as if he were air.
He quietly watched her for a few seconds and then spoke softly again, "Do you plan to keep silent towards me?"
Gu Jiayin slowly raised her eyes and smiled, there was an almost indistinct blush of playful laughter at her lips, "Brother-in-law, you spent a hundred million to buy me, did you report to my sister?"
Her eyes were filled with mockery and sarcasm, "If you bring me back like this, what if my sister gets jealous?"
The man's thin lips quickly formed a straight line, his eyes filled with a layer of emotion, seemingly thinly spread ice.
She called him brother-in-law?
Heh, it's not wrong. He indeed has a marriage agreement with her half-sister.
Her sister is her enemy, so he is probably considered an enemy in her eyes too, no wonder she holds such disdain for him.
In the man's silence, Gu Jiayin gently flipped her long hair, "Brother-in-law, since you bought me, what do you want me to do?"
"Be my woman." His response was decisive, without a hint of hesitation.
Gu Jiayin froze for two seconds, then laughed even more sarcastically, "Spending a hundred million to buy a woman, huh, you rich people really know how to play."
She cutely tilted her head, her long hair wrapping around her small face, "Unfortunately, I'm not an Eagle Emperor person. They don't have the right to auction me, so you don't have the right to own me. You spent that hundred million in vain, brother-in-law."
"Don't call me brother-in-law again!" Sheng Qianchi inexplicably found this address particularly grating.
Looking at the man whose eyes clearly darkened with anger, Gu Jiayin taunted with a lazy, seductive tone, "Indeed, I'm not a Qin Family member, don't have the right to call the Qin Family's eldest daughter 'sister,' naturally don't have the right to call you brother-in-law."
Suddenly her expression turned icy cold, "Sheng Qianchi, dreaming that I would become your mistress!"
Gu Jiayin and her brother were twins, took their mother's surname. Qin is her father's surname.
Back then, her father Qin Zhennan was a son-in-law from the Gu Family, and now all the wealth the Qin Family possesses comes from the Gu Family.
Seven years ago, Qin Zhennan, cold-heartedly and cruelly caused her grandfather's death, secretly engineered the shipwreck, causing the deaths of her mother, brother, and herself, while bringing in his lover and illegitimate children, building today's Qin Family.
This is a blood debt.
Sheng Qianchi leaned forward suddenly, his thin lips curling up, ambiguous and seductive, "Then why did you climb into my bed last night?"
Bang!
Gu Jiayin felt her mind go blank for a moment, her heart sinking sharply. He clearly hadn't seen her face clearly, so why...
Sheng Qianchi continued leaning forward, hooking the chin of the woman who tried to stay calm, "Did you think that by escaping in the darkness, I wouldn't be able to find out who you are, hmm?"
He brushed aside her long hair, caressing the marks on her neck, "Aren't these left by me?"
Gu Jiayin bit her soft scarlet lips, making a final struggle, "These marks could have been left by any man for me. Young Master Chi, how twisted are you, insisting on attributing this to yourself?"
Sheng Qianchi wickedly curled his lips, smiling yet not smiling, elegantly stretching out a hand, and Mo Jun immediately understood, handing over a paper bag.
He offered the paper bag to Gu Jiayin, "If you didn't want to be found by me, you shouldn't have run off wearing my clothes."
Gu Jiayin lowered her gaze, looking at the black men's shirt, suddenly her cheeks burned hotly, flushed like a rose, with humiliating scenes flashing through her mind again, leaving her chest tight with frustration.
Seeing Gu Jiayin's reaction, Sheng Qianchi smiled with satisfaction, his voice icy yet enticing, "Sleep with me and still think you can escape. Do I, Sheng Qianchi, seem so easygoing?"
Gu Jiayin suddenly stood up excitedly, cold air swirling, "That was an accident!"
"An accident?" Sheng Qianchi elegantly stood up, suddenly reaching out to hold the woman's slender waist, pulling her into his embrace, looking down at her, "This kind of accident is the probability of a small asteroid ending the world. Since you wanted to climb onto my bed, I'll give you a chance. Don't play hard to get and act pretentious."
Play hard to get?
Heh, he says she's playing hard to get!
God knows she wishes she could be a million miles away from him, avoiding him like the plague.
Gu Jiayin lifted her bright smile again, but there was still mockery and coldness hidden in her eyes, "Young Master Chi really thinks himself so charming that any woman would want to pounce, huh? Qin Yishu's man, if I sleep with him once, I'll be sick for a lifetime."
Qin Yishu, her half-sister whom she hates, naturally casting her distaste over even her surroundings.
No woman had ever dared speak to him like this. Proud and noble as Sheng Qianchi was, at this moment he was truly enraged, strands of cold air rising like mist, seemingly freezing the surrounding atmosphere.
He suddenly grasped her chin, pressing out deep indentations, "What about Pei Nianchen then?"
He stared straight into her eyes, his thin lips curving into a cool arc, "He's marrying Qin Family's second miss Qin Xueyao tomorrow."
To Sheng Qianchi, Pei Nianchen was a thorn in his heart.
Someone like him, with no warmth of familial love from an early age, couldn't love nor easily hate, just particularly cold inside. But Pei Nianchen indeed annoyed him.
Because Pei Nianchen was Gu Jiayin's first love.
Back then, every day he had to watch their sweet affection, and the kind of jealousy that drove one mad was unpleasant. He utterly hated it; their love contrasted so sharply with his loneliness.
Sure enough, the name Pei Nianchen caused Gu Jiayin's expression to change.
Yes, these three words pierced the most tender part of her heart.