"What? One hundred and forty million to marry him?!" An Ran tried to dodge his grip, but he held her firmly.
Fu Lengyu saw her attempt to dodge and a hint of coldness flashed in his eyes.
"And, to investigate the truth about the bankruptcy of the An family?" The man's voice was icy, with an irresistible pressure.
The truth about the bankruptcy of the An family...
An Ran's breath caught in her throat, and her fingers dug into her palms. He was willing to help her investigate the truth?!
But...
Why?!
Anyone could help her, except Fu Lengyu...
"These benefits are just your funeral offerings." The man saw through her thoughts and rubbed his rough fingertips against the corner of her lips. "After all, you still owe me a life debt, and you can't just die like that."
He leaned down slightly, his nose almost touching hers.
His cold breath poured into her heart.
His dangerous and low voice echoed in her ears.
His dangerous and low voice echoed in her ears.
"I have to torture you to appease her restless soul."
Life debt...
His cold words were like a sharp blade, cruelly cutting open An Ran's repressed memories.
It was four years ago, after her coming-of-age ceremony, she went to the hotel to pick up a gift according to a message from her friend.
But when she opened the door, she heard suppressed gasps...
Then, her forehead hurt, and her vision was shrouded in darkness.
The next day, she woke up to find the man next to her was him. In a panic, she answered the phone, but it was a strange woman.
She perfunctorily responded, dressed in fear, and fled.
A few days later, she learned with trepidation that the woman had mistaken Fu Lengyu for having an affair at the hotel!
"Jumping off the building to commit suicide!" An Ran trembled uncontrollably as she looked into the man's eyes filled with hostility.
"It wasn't me...I didn't kill her!" She bit her pale lips, her eyes turning red as she shook her head. "I'm innocent! It was my first time that day..."
Fu Lengyu's face instantly darkened!
He grabbed her delicate neck tightly with his five fingers, the force so strong that An Ran's face turned red instantly.
"Innocent?" The man's half-face was in the shadows, making his eyes and eyebrows look extremely sinister. "You, the little princess of the An family, have a talent for acting."
"You, who are innocent, climbed onto my bed that day? After I told you to leave, did you take off my clothes?" The man's tone was so cold that it was terrifying.
"And you deliberately destroyed the surveillance cameras, so I couldn't catch any evidence against you?"
These words were like a bucket of ice water poured from head to toe, making An Ran shiver.
Destroying the surveillance cameras...she was just afraid that he would seek revenge on her!
That day, when she found out that the person who had done that kind of thing with her was Fu Lengyu, whom even her father feared, she was so scared that her heart was pounding and her limbs were cold.
She ran away in the dark, and afterwards, she deliberately used the An family's influence to destroy the hotel's surveillance.
Unexpectedly, it became evidence of her wrongdoing!
"I didn't take off your clothes, it wasn't me..." The air became thinner and thinner, and An Ran, with red eyes, struggled to pry his fingers off. "It really wasn't me."
An Ran spoke with difficulty.
Tears rolled down her chin and dripped onto his hand.
Her despairing eyes were stunningly beautiful.
Fu Lengyu's hand paused, and his eyes were filled with emotions.
Without thinking, he rubbed her eye corner with his fingertip. This face looks so much like her...
Most similar are those eyes.
Clean and stubborn.
But in the next moment.
He fiercely pushed An Ran away, his thin lips tightly pursed, his eyes filled with hatred.
This bitch! She used this to climb into his bed!
If it weren't for the resemblance, he wouldn't have mistaken her for someone else that day!
His forehead hit the tea table, blood seeping through the gauze, causing her face to turn pale with pain.
An Ran covered her forehead, shrinking back in fear. This man is truly a devil!
Capricious!
If she were to marry this man...
All that awaited her would be extreme cruelty!
An Ran's lips turned pale as she pleaded softly, "Fu Lengyu, let me go. My mother is still waiting for me in the hospital..."
"You deserve your punishment." His cold leather shoes lifted her face, his eyes filled with hatred. "Let you go? Why didn't you let her go?"
Deserve punishment?!
An Ran wanted to retort, but stopped in his cold gaze, shrinking back in fear.
This man is not someone she can provoke.
Cruel and merciless.
Even her father had warned her that Fu Lengyu was not someone she could even look at.
An Ran bit her lip tightly, trying hard to suppress her trembling, and said, "Please, let me go..."
His cold voice interrupted her words directly.
"You think about it and tell me."
His thin hand gently patted her face.
It was like admiring the confusion and struggle of prey before death.
Then he stood up, picked up her phone and entered a string of numbers. In her fearful gaze, he stretched his long legs and walked out, leaving only a cold and tall figure.
An Ran felt weak and leaned against the cold wall. What did this man want to do?! After struggling for a moment, she managed to get up and stumbled out of the villa. She wiped the blood off her forehead and thought about what to do next, but a phone call pushed her into an even deeper abyss.
"Miss, the doctor recommends immediate surgery. Madam's condition can no longer be delayed... I've already paid 300,000 for the treatment, but it's still not enough. The funeral home is also urging us. If we don'tcremate the body soon, it will start to decay. Miss, I really don't know what to do..."
Anxious sobs made An Ran's heart tremble and her body shiver.
It took her several seconds to speak softly. "Aunt Song, don't worry. I'll figure out a way to pay for the surgery and the funeral. Thank you for taking care of my mother these past few days. I will always remember your kindness."
After hanging up the phone, her mind went numb. What should she do?! She needed to borrow at least four million yuan!
An Ran clenched her pale lips and pulled out her phone to dial every number in her contacts.
But to her horror, her friends' tones were impatient and unfriendly.
"An Ran, you're still alive?! Someone messed with your family, and I really can't help you."
"An Ran, you caused all these problems. My dad said if I dare to help you, he'll break my legs."
"Don't call me again. You're shameless. I don't have a friend like you."
"An Ran, I knew you were this kind of shameless woman. You deserve this!"
...
She didn't understand until she followed the prompt and clicked on the internet hot search. Two striking and shocking lines caught her eye - the wealthy An family had gone bankrupt, and the once arrogant An family goddess had resorted to using her body to please a big shot for money, only to be exposed in a scandal and suspected to have died.
Below was a photo of her in tattered clothes, lying unconscious in a pool of blood. Her body was blurred out, but her face was clear and deathly pale.
She had fallen to the lowest point imaginable.
An Yuchun and Yang Xu...
How ruthless they were!
Cold sweat instantly broke out on her forehead. Anger and sorrow mixed together and surged through An Ran's body, causing her to tremble all over. Her fingertips dug into her palms, and after a moment, a cold and sorrowful smile appeared on her lips.
Her eyes were filled with raging anger and fury, and her gaze gradually turned dark.
Since you have brought me to my deathbed!
Then, even if I become infamous, I will make you cough up that money!
No one can take away the burial expenses for my father!