Si Yanli narrowed his long, slender phoenix eyes slightly, his voice clear and pleasant. "Let me think about it."
Tang Wu's heart, which had leaped to her throat, instantly felt as if it was plummeting to the bottom of a valley.
What was he thinking about?
Was he not talking about her?
Was she flattering herself again?
Looking at the woman's expression, which had visibly grown a bit more tense, a clear and delighted chuckle escaped from Si Yanli's throat.
Tang Wu glared at him in annoyance. "Si Yanli, if you already have a type you like, why did you kiss me?"
Si Yanli's thin lips curled up slightly. "I like women who are proud and radiant, arrogant and with a bit of a temper, like a Persian cat."
The tight corners of Tang Wu's lips unconsciously lifted upwards.
"The type you mentioned seems a bit close to me, doesn't it?" She balled her small hands into fists and lightly pounded the man's chest. "Are you talking about me?"
The man didn't answer her. Instead, he sealed her lips with a kiss.
As a black commercial vehicle drove past the Cullinan, someone inside saw the scene in the car.
Sitting in the commercial vehicle, Lin Qianxue looked through the open window of the Cullinan and saw the scene of the man kissing the woman inside.
That scene made the blood in Lin Qianxue's entire body feel as if it were freezing into ice.
Wasn't he the most averse to kissing a woman's lips?
Why was he kissing Tang Wu?
No, this couldn't be real!
Had Tang Wu cast some kind of spell on him?
Lin Qianxue's eyes instantly turned completely red.
Si Yanli was a huge liar.
Claiming he was someone who would never marry was all a lie!
Trembling with anger, Lin Qianxue had never felt such intense hatred before!
Since Si Yanli didn't care about her feelings, then he couldn't blame her for exposing his secret!
...
Tang Wu drove back to the Yujing Mansion.
As soon as she entered the apartment, the man pressed her against the cabinet in the entryway.
As he leaned in to kiss her, her arms wrapped around his neck.
The ambiguous atmosphere ignited instantly.
It was unclear who started stripping off clothes first, but the two of them kissed all the way from the entryway to the bedroom.
Seeing the usually gentle, proper, cold, and abstinent man lose control made Tang Wu's heart flutter wildly.
Every time she felt sad, disappointed, or intensely jealous, she would remind herself not to be bewitched by him again.
However, as long as he took the slightest initiative, she would completely surrender.
There was nothing she could do; she liked him too much, so she was always the passive party.
The electric curtains in the bedroom slowly closed.
Their night had only just begun.
...
In the middle of the night, Tang Wu, aching all over, was awakened by the sound of a message notification.
She turned her head and glanced at the man sleeping soundly beside her.
Fortunately, the notification sound hadn't woken him up.
Tang Wu took her phone and went into the bathroom.
It was a message from Xia Zhiwan.
"Wuwu, your dog of a man is trending!"
The little bit of sleepiness left in Tang Wu's mind instantly vanished.
She quickly opened the post Xia Zhiwan had sent.
The post contained a short video clip.
It was a teenage Si Yanli. His hands and feet were tightly bound, and his lean body was lying on a sofa in a private room. Three wealthy women dripping with jewels were half-kneeling beside him.
Not long after, Si Yanli slowly woke up. He struggled with all his might but couldn't break free.
His long, slender phoenix eyes were bloodshot and crimson.
Because he struggled so hard, bloody marks were left on his wrists from the bindings.
One of the wealthy women gently patted his handsome face. "Tonight, you are our feast."
Ignoring Si Yanli's struggles and resistance, the wealthy woman leaned in to kiss his pink, thin lips.
Just as she was about to touch Si Yanli's lips, he spat in her face.
Furious, the wealthy woman raised her hand and slapped him hard.
Immediately after, she shoved a white pill into his mouth.
"You'll be begging us soon enough!"
The video suddenly went black, but Si Yanli's hoarse, furious roar could be heard. "Get lost, all of you get away from me!"
"Hahaha, he's got quite a temper! But we love taming young bucks like you!"
"My family won't let you off!"
"Your family? Wasn't it your father who sent you here? Who told you to anger your father?"
The video came to an abrupt halt there.
The incomplete video left a lot to the imagination.
Even though it was late at night, the video quickly shot up the trending lists.
The comments section was already a bloodbath.
While there were comments sympathizing with Si Yanli, most were from people who just wanted to watch the drama unfold.
— Oh my god, it's actually Vice Director Si from the Translation Institute. Was he defiled by three rich women when he was young? And to think I always treated him as my idol. So dirty, yuck!
— Being given to rich women by his own biological father, he must have done something incredibly unfilial!
— Third Young Master Si looks so aloof and noble on the outside, I never expected him to have been played with and ruined so long ago. So disgusting.
— Unstanning.
— Unstanning +1.
Seeing these comments slandering Si Yanli, Tang Wu felt as if her heart was being twisted by a knife.
She remembered the scene of him brushing his teeth incessantly when they were at the Ba tribe, and his lonely, decadent figure at night. Tears unconsciously welled up in her eyes.
She had misunderstood him!
She didn't find him disgusting at all; she just felt an ache in her heart for him.
She knew his father was a scumbag, but she never imagined he was this much of a scumbag.
Handing one's own son over to three rich women was something only an animal would do!
Tears streamed down Tang Wu's face.
Soon, she noticed the video had disappeared. Obviously, the Si family had caught wind of the news and had the post deleted.
Hopefully, since it was the middle of the night, the video hadn't gained too much traction yet!
Tang Wu walked out of the bathroom. She wanted to hug the man on the bed, but found that he was no longer there.
Tang Wu's heart tightened uncontrollably.
She looked everywhere but couldn't find any trace of him.
Tang Wu walked to the entryway and noticed that the leather shoes he had worn were gone.
Could it be that he had left?
Just as Tang Wu was feeling confused and anxious, her phone rang.
It was a call from Old Master Si.
"Wuwu, can you get in touch with Third Brother?" Old Master Si's tone sounded somewhat anxious.
"He must have just gone out." Tang Wu didn't have time to change out of her pajamas. After putting on her shoes, she ran towards the elevator.
"Grandpa, I'll go look for him first."
Tang Wu took the elevator down to the garage, just as a black Cullinan sped past her.
Tang Wu saw the man inside the car. His face was as cold as frost, his eyes were completely bloodshot, and his expression was a gloomy, cold ruthlessness she had never seen before.
Tang Wu's heart instantly leaped into her throat.
She took out her phone and called Si Yanli.
But his phone was turned off.
He must have seen the trending news.
Even as a bystander, seeing a video like that would make one feel suffocated.
Let alone the fact that he was the person involved?
No one knew what kind of despair and darkness he had experienced inside!
Unable to get through to Si Yanli and unable to catch up with his car, Tang Wu had no choice but to call Old Master Si back.
Old Master Si told her to return to the old family estate.
After changing her clothes, Tang Wu took a taxi back to the Si family's old estate.
