Feeling wronged and humiliated, Xin Yu's dark eyes suddenly welled up with tears.
Since her mother left and her father remarried, Xin Yu had moved out of the house. Although the changes in her family had dealt her a heavy blow, at least no one had ever coldly insulted her like this before.
The key was all because of a pig's head…
"Let go!" Xin Yu struggled fiercely. "You threw that pig's head at me suddenly, then slammed me to the ground. I haven't even cursed you yet, and you think you're right! Do you think you can twist the truth just because you have power and influence?"
She actually dared to call her a liar!
Mu Yichuan's gloomy eyes were filled with darkness. He was clearly worried she would hurt herself, and she dared to accuse him of twisting the truth?!
"Someone like you, who can't reason with people and only relies on power and wealth to bully the weak, let me tell you, I'm not afraid of you!" Xin Yu stiffened her neck, looking at Mu Yichuan with arrogance.
He stared at her, his expression unreadable, his voice hoarse with suppressed emotion. "Starting to lecture your husband? Hmm?"
Educate him? She had no time for that!
She was merely fighting for her dignity…
"What are you doing?" Xin Yu leaned back, dodging his outstretched hand. "Getting so angry you want to kill me?! With your kind of magnanimity—"
"Killing you? That's easy for me!" Mu Yichuan grasped Xin Yu's chin, giving a light snort. "My magnanimity depends on who I'm dealing with, on—"
Before he could finish the word "you," a rapid knocking sounded at the door.
"Mr. Jiu!"
Xin Yu recognized the voice. The person who had called Mu Yichuan away when she was having dinner with Zhang Chen last time—probably his personal assistant?
Mu Yichuan remained still, simply uttering a single word indifferently, "Speak!"
A few seconds of silence followed outside the door. Xin Yu knew the man was wary of her presence. Pshaw, did he think she wanted to listen?
She wanted to leave this wretched place right now! Xin Yu stirred, but froze, caught in Mu Yichuan's hawk-like gaze.
"Get out if you won't talk!" For Mu Yichuan, there was no weakness, no one he needed to avoid, especially not his woman!
"Something's happened with the Master; please come over." A voice quickly sounded from outside the door, tinged with regret.
...
Xin Yu felt the burning sensation on her chin leave with Mu Yichuan. Ah, he was supposed to be a completely cold person, but every time she was near him, she felt a burning heat.
After the sound of the car starting faded for a moment, Xin Yu stared blankly at the pig's head on the ground. The only thing in this study that gave it a sense of life, she had destroyed!
Were they incompatible...?
Finding a bag, Xin Yu carefully placed the shattered pig's head pieces inside. There weren't many coins, just about ten banknotes.
Wait...
Xin Yu unfolded the banknotes; inside was a drawing with a strange pattern, not a coin. What was this? She stared for a while, unable to figure it out. After tidying up, she stood up and looked out the window. The sky outside, dotted with stars, carried the crisp, cool air characteristic of autumn, which ironically made Xin Yu feel a sense of liveliness.
Yes, compared to this cold study, the outside world was incredibly bustling.
"Be a good girl and wait for me to come back." Mu Yichuan's words before leaving echoed in her mind.
Hmph, wait for him to come back and continue to dominate and humiliate her?!
She turned to leave!
Fortunately, no one stopped her. Xin Yu made it to the city center without incident, spending the only hundred-yuan bill in her wallet.
Then she tragically discovered that she was penniless, so poor that all she had left was the pig's head in her backpack and the black card Mu Yichuan had given her.
But she couldn't use either of those things…
A flash of inspiration struck her. That's right, she could report the loss and get a replacement for her old bank card!