"What a vixen," Wu Zhenhai's voice grew rough as he forcefully pushed her onto the bed, untying her hands with his belt. "I'll die on top of you sooner or later."
"Then let me go." Zhou Xu seemed used to this treatment, and said with a half-smile.
Her eyes were slightly upturned at the corners, exuding charm.
"You vixen, you vixen who's going to kill me!" Wu Zhenhai cursed as he pressed down on him impatiently, "Let's see how you scratch me like this!"
"You little devil, you're the most ruthless. Last time you made me the laughingstock of my colleagues, let's see how you stir up trouble this time."
Zhou Xu bit Wu Zhenhai's shoulder hard.
Wu Zhenhai cried out in pain and raised his hand to slap her.
Zhou Xu was pinned down by him and couldn't move, but she still smiled and raised her face.
Wu Zhenhai: "Damn it, I'll die on you sooner or later."
He lowered his hand and pinched her slender waist.
"You keep repeating the same thing over and over, and I haven't even seen you actually die."
"You ruthless vixen, are you just hoping for my death?"
"Don't die now, you're still useful," Zhou Xu said bluntly.
No matter how much I try to please you, it's no use, is it?
Don't you like this feeling of being suspended?
She didn't know if all men were perverted, but Wu Zhenhai definitely was!
The clouds dispersed and the rain stopped.
Wu Zhenhai did not rush to untie Zhou Xu, but instead got up naked, grabbed a cup of tea and took a big gulp.
Zhou Xu looks a bit disheveled now (imagine it yourself, hehe), but the only thing that remains unchanged is her beautiful eyes, which have a hook-like quality that makes you both love and hate her.
"He's definitely getting old; he's getting worse and worse."
"Pah!" Wu Zhenhai spat. "Stop trying to provoke me."
He pulled up a chair and sat down on the bed, then maliciously tickled her. "You think I don't know you're trying to get something from me again, so you're deliberately provoking me? Zhou Xu, I'm not stupid after all these tricks."
Every time he hurt her badly, he would feel guilty afterwards and would grant her every request.
The girl clearly knew exactly what he was doing.
Wu Zhenhai said he wouldn't fall for it this time.
"Uncle Wu," Zhou Xu's gaze swept over him, and she said meaningfully, "You've grown up."
Wu Zhenhai's mind went blank, and he felt all the blood rush to his head uncontrollably.
Seriously, he's going to die on her sooner or later.
I'll say it a thousand times, but it'll always come to the same conclusion.
She was an addiction he couldn't break.
He knew he shouldn't touch her, he knew her motives weren't pure, and she herself made no attempt to hide it.
She said they were each getting what they needed and using each other.
Once one party is no longer of any use to the other, the other party will simply turn their back on them.
She was only fifteen or sixteen years old, yet her heart was harder than his!
He truly meant it when he said he would die at her hands sooner or later.
But what could he do?
He just couldn't get interested in those weak girls; he only liked her type.
The tide of fame has turned once again.
Zhou Xu's black hair cascaded down her body, further accentuating her fair skin and icy bones.
Those defiant eyes will forever draw Wu Zhenhai to explore them.
She paused for a moment, then got up and dressed.
"No rush to leave," Wu Zhenhai said, sitting down beside him in his robe.
"Unless you want to be discovered," Zhou Xu said with a sneer.
Wu Zhenhai suddenly got angry and grabbed her wrist. "If anyone finds out, I'll go to the Governor and ask for your hand in marriage!"
"Is that so?" Zhou Xu's face showed no emotion, but rather a detached calmness, even mockery.
Enraged Wu Zhenhai retorted, "Your reputation is ruined, do you think you can marry someone else?"
For over a year, he was completely infatuated with her.
He also had countless impulses to keep her by his side.
At that moment, he was grateful for her tarnished reputation.
It's like a stubborn rock, ignored by everyone, but only he knows that there's a gem hidden within.
This gave him a sense of possessive pleasure.
The thought of her marrying someone else was unbearable for Wu Zhenhai.
In his heart, he already considered Zhou Xu to be his woman.
"Is your reputation any better than mine?" Zhou Xu said sarcastically. "Would my grandfather marry me off to a homosexual?"
Hearing her mention this incident only fueled Wu Zhenhai's anger.
"How dare you say that? I was only doing it to protect you..."
"Don't talk like you're so selfless; you're protecting both me and you."
As they spoke, Zhou Xu had already dressed, her hair casually tied up and loosely secured with a gold hairpin, not caring whether it was neat or not.
Wu Zhenhai leaned back in his chair, licked his back teeth, narrowed his eyes, and adopted a condescending, scrutinizing posture.
Whenever he showed that expression, his men would be so frightened they wouldn't dare utter a sound.
However, this tactic clearly failed against Zhou Xu in the long run.
Wu Zhenhai was immediately somewhat frustrated. "What have you been busy with these past few days? Has Madam been giving you a hard time again?"
"You should ask me, when has she ever not made things difficult for me?" Zhou Xu asked.
Wu Zhenhai cursed, frowned, and pondered for a moment, seemingly finally making a decision.
"I'd better go and propose to the governor. If we keep seeing each other like this in private, what if you get pregnant one day? It wouldn't be good to wait until then to marry you."
Zhou Xu said casually, "It's okay, we'll just fight. It's not like we haven't fought before."
Upon hearing this, Wu Zhenhai jumped up instantly, strode over, grabbed Zhou Xu's chin, and gave her a menacing look.
"What did you say! Zhou Xu, say it again!"
Zhou Xu winced in pain, but her gaze showed no sign of yielding.
"What's wrong with you again? It hurts."
"Whose child did you hit?"
"What do you think?" Zhou Xu said, "Look how closely I'm watching you, how can anyone else get close to me?"
"You..." Wu Zhenhai was so angry that he was trembling all over, and he really couldn't help but want to slap her.
How dare she!
"How dare you, how dare you..."
Zhou Xu said, "You said that you haven't married all these years because you were worried about the confusion between legitimate and illegitimate children, which would cause your precious son to suffer. In all these years, haven't you ever caused anyone's death while you were out there?"
She believed that Wu Zhenhai's three-year-old son was not the only one who had escaped the net.
The others simply didn't have the chance to be born.
Wu Zhenhai angrily retorted, "I didn't! I always give her contraceptives!"
"I misunderstood you then, but now I have," Zhou Xu said coldly. "You and I, we once had one. But I was the one who did it, and the sin will be borne by me."
"You're lying to me, aren't you? Are you trying to use me?" Wu Zhenhai said. "Tell me, if you tell the truth, I'll consider this your success and help you! Tell me, did you have a child or not?"
"It's gone now."
"I said, did it happen or not!" Wu Zhenhai was on the verge of going insane.
However, Zhou Xu remained calm and composed, completely unaware of her dangerous situation.
"Yes, it happened when we were only three months apart," Zhou Xu said, "But I had an abortion after two months."
"You..."
"Wu Zhenhai, stop pretending to be infatuated, stop being so sentimental. Neither you nor I are that kind of people."