Chapter 14: Domineering CEO’s Fierce Love

Si Nanyan then instructed Wang Quan, “Inform everyone that today’s private party is temporarily canceled.”

Wang Quan, of course, knew exactly what Si Nanyan was about to do. He nodded with great enthusiasm and even added, “Don’t worry, Brother Yan. I’ll stand guard in the living room for you. I absolutely won’t let any unrelated people in.”

His tone was fawning and eager to please.

Si Nanyan glanced at him. This kid was alright—a good little lackey.

Listening to the disgusting words of these two scumbags, Ji Yao trembled with rage. She was a living human being, yet they were arranging her fate so casually.

“What do you two want?! Let me out!”

Si Nanyan turned his head, looking at her with a wicked grin. “I am the President of the Si Corporation. Having me take a liking to you is your good fortune. Don’t be so ungrateful!”

She was already this poor; what was the use of holding onto such pride? If she attached herself to a man early on, she wouldn’t have to suffer and struggle anymore. Getting money was just a matter of a single word from him.

Ji Yao tried to run, but he easily grabbed her.

“Woman, don’t play hard-to-get with me. My patience is limited,” Si Nanyan warned in a low voice.

Furious, Ji Yao cried and cursed at the same time. “What makes you think I’m playing hard-to-get? You’re nothing but a disgusting, greasy, stinking scumbag! You’ve done every evil deed, utterly devoid of conscience. How could I possibly ever like you?! Get lost! Don’t touch me—”

Her emotions were extremely agitated. Her sharp voice pierced Si Nanyan’s ears, and her words felt exceptionally grating to him.

As a man, he could not allow a woman to trample on his dignity. Xia Lingyu was one thing—she was, after all, an heiress of a wealthy family. But what was Ji Yao? How dare she speak to him like this!

While he was momentarily stunned, Ji Yao wrenched one arm free, grabbed a vase within reach, and smashed it against Si Nanyan’s head.

Crash! The vase shattered upon impact, yet the man still didn’t fall.

Trembling with fear, she turned her head to see a trail of blood snaking down from Si Nanyan’s temple, accentuating his ferocious expression. His eyes were like those of a vicious, wild beast.

“Very good. You have successfully angered me.”

Ji Yao’s heart stopped. In the next moment, she was roughly dragged onto the bed by Si Nanyan, who began tearing at her clothes. Terrified out of her wits, she desperately clawed at his face with both hands.

Several scratch marks appeared on Si Nanyan’s face. His gaze grew even more sinister and hawk-like. “Wouldn’t it be better to just behave?! Since you’re like this, don’t blame me for not being polite.”

He took out a packet of powder, pinched Ji Yao’s mouth open, and poured it in. “Don’t worry, this powder isn’t poisonous. Taking it will let you suffer less.”

With her chin held fast, Ji Yao couldn’t move. Her heart was filled with utter despair.

What had she ever done wrong? Why did she have to encounter a man like this? Who could still save her…

Just then, someone kicked the door open. His hand jerked, and the powder spilled everywhere.

Thinking it was Wang Quan who had entered, Si Nanyan turned his head in a violent rage: “Get the hell out—”

The moment he saw who it was, his entire body went rigid.

Standing outside the door were two women. One was his fiancée, the other his unattainable first love. These two women should have been at odds with each other, yet here they stood together, watching him with cold eyes.

Si Nanyan had never imagined such a disastrous situation.

He first looked at Xiao Luo, “Luo’er…”

Just as he was about to say something, he remembered that Xia Lingyu was his fiancée and changed his tack. “Lingyu, it’s not what you think. I wasn’t trying to do anything. It’s just that this slut provoked me. I only wanted to teach her a lesson…”

From the bed, Ji Yao let out a faint, choked sob. “You’re lying! You were clearly trying to rape me!”

Si Nanyan’s face turned icy. He raised his hand to slap Ji Yao across the face. “Slut! You still dare to speak!”

However, his wrist was caught by Xiao Luo. Si Nanyan turned his head, suppressing his anger as he said, “Luo’er, move aside. I’m going to teach this cheap woman a lesson today.”

But in the next instant, Xiao Luo fiercely slapped him across the face.

Si Nanyan’s head buzzed. He couldn’t quite process what had happened for a moment. Xiao Luo had actually hit him. How dare she?!

Xiao Luo no longer bothered to pretend to be polite to him. The expression on her face was icy cold, and her eyes carried a hint of disgust. “Si Nanyan, I truly misjudged you. You say you like me, yet behind my back, you got engaged to Xia Lingyu. And time and again, you’ve coveted my friend and made moves on her. Besides your title as President, what else do you have? You’re nothing but the dregs of society.”

Si Nanyan trembled all over. Why? How could Xiao Luo say such things about him? She was the woman he liked. How could she utter such hurtful words?

He raised his eyes and glared at Xiao Luo, his gaze filled with disappointment and fury, repressed resentment and unwillingness—everything except remorse and shame.

In his view, men who achieved great things didn’t bother with trivial details. He would one day become a man standing at the pinnacle. So what if he toyed with a few women?

Even if he had done wrong, Xiao Luo shouldn’t speak of him this way. She didn’t understand him at all. It truly disappointed him too much.

Watching Xiao Luo’s action, Xia Lingyu’s gaze deepened.

Before, no matter how persistently Si Nanyan pestered her, Xiao Luo had never completely fallen out with him. Yet now, because of Ji Yao, she had finally been unable to hold back and tore off all pretenses?

Xia Lingyu’s mood was no better. After slapping him, Xiao Luo immediately busied herself straightening Ji Yao’s clothes.

Seeing it was Xiao Luo, Ji Yao threw her arms around Xiao Luo’s waist. Her tears flowed incessantly, like a breached dam. “Xiao Luo, it’s you again. Thank goodness… Wuwuwu…”

At this moment, Ji Yao’s entire heart clung to Xiao Luo. She wished she could become an accessory attached to Xiao Luo and never let go.

But not letting go was impossible. Xia Lingyu suddenly walked over and forcibly pushed her arms away. “Miss, you should first check if you’re injured anywhere. I’ll call the police for you.”

Upon hearing the mention of police, Ji Yao immediately released Xiao Luo.

She cast a hateful glare towards Si Nanyan. Yes, she absolutely had to send this demon to prison!

Si Nanyan ignored Ji Yao, instead looking at Xia Lingyu with an expression of utter disbelief. “I’m your fiancé, and you actually want to call the police?”

How could this damned woman be so ruthless? They were about to be married, and she actually wanted to send him to the police station?

A flicker of impatience crossed Xia Lingyu’s cold, gorgeous face. “Si Nanyan, I’m not like you. I am a person of principles and integrity. You’ve cheated behind my back time and again, never taking me, your fiancée, seriously. So this is the punishment you deserve.”

Si Nanyan clenched his fists, then released them. He took two deep breaths, gritted his teeth, and suddenly knelt before Xia Lingyu. In a voice laden with deep emotion, he said, “Lingyu, I was wrong. I shouldn’t have done this. Can you give me one more chance? I promise I’ll only love you from now on… This time was just an accident, really!”

It took immense courage for him to decide to kneel before Xia Lingyu, but inwardly, he kept warning himself: Endure this moment, and in the future, he would repay today’s humiliation with interest.

As for those two women, Xiao Luo and Ji Yao, he’d put them aside for now and deal with them slowly later…

“Too late,” Xia Lingyu parted her red lips and cruelly uttered. “We already called the police on the way here. They’ll be arriving very soon.”

As soon as she spoke, hurried footsteps sounded from outside. A group of police officers walked in and immediately locked their eyes on the man on the floor.

“Sir, please come with us to the station…”

The sight of these uniformed officers reminded Si Nanyan of those days he’d spent locked up. Every day there felt like an eternity. His face instantly turned ashen.

…

Xiao Luo, Xia Lingyu, and Ji Yao also went to the police station to give their statements. They came out an hour later.

Si Nanyan, meanwhile, was detained at the station for attempted rape and interrogated. One moment he was declaring the law couldn’t bind him, the next, his face was slapped by reality.

Wang Quan was also detained as an accomplice.

Outside the police station, Ji Yao tightly hugged Xiao Luo’s arm. Xia Lingyu stood to the side, watching this scene, a cold glint appearing in her eyes.

“Miss Ji, he’s been locked up. Surely there’s no need for you to be this frightened?” Xia Lingyu said, her tone utterly devoid of emotion.

Ji Yao seemed to sense the faint hostility coming from the other woman. Subconsciously, she hugged Xiao Luo’s arm even tighter. “No, I only feel a bit more at ease with Xiao Luo here.”

Xiao Luo also thought Ji Yao must have been quite traumatized. After all, Si Nanyan had almost succeeded again. Tonight had left a huge shadow in Ji Yao’s heart.

She softly comforted her. “It’s alright now, don’t worry.”

Ji Yao’s eyes glistened with tears as she nodded. “Mm.”

Xiao Luo turned her head and said to Xia Lingyu, “Miss Xia, I’ll take Ji Yao home now. You should head back too.”

She had intended to hail a cab, but Xia Lingyu said, “I have a car. It’s on the way, so I’ll give you both a ride. Get in.”

“There’s no need to trouble you…” Xiao Luo said.

Xia Lingyu replied, “It’s no trouble, it really is on the way.”

And so, Xiao Luo and Ji Yao got into the back seat of Xia Lingyu’s car. In the back, Ji Yao continued to cling to Xiao Luo, murmuring quiet words of thanks.

“Thank you, Xiao Luo. If you hadn’t saved me, I really don’t know what would have happened…” Ji Yao gently wiped the corner of her eye.

Xiao Luo said, “Actually… Miss Xia also contributed. If she hadn’t had the access to the hotel, we couldn’t have opened the door in time.”

Ji Yao paused, then said quietly, “Thank you, Miss Xia.”

Xia Lingyu remained silent, driving attentively, as if deliberately cold-shouldering Ji Yao.

Ji Yao, very sensitive, clearly felt the hostility emanating from Xia Lingyu. She was already somewhat wary of Xia Lingyu to begin with, and now a degree of dislike grew within her.

So she clung to Xiao Luo again, whispering quiet secrets.

Before long, the chill coming from Xia Lingyu grew heavier and heavier.

After dropping Ji Yao off at the entrance to her apartment complex, Xia Lingyu sat in the driver’s seat and watched Ji Yao holding Xiao Luo’s hand, then hugging her. The flames of jealousy inside her had long since scorched her beyond recognition.

The moment she saw Ji Yao cup Xiao Luo’s face, preparing to kiss her, she could finally sit still no longer. She got out of the car, rushed up to them, and shoved Ji Yao away.

Stumbling two steps back, Ji Yao looked at Xia Lingyu with a wronged expression. “Miss Xia, what are you doing?”

Taking Xiao Luo’s hand, Xia Lingyu said coldly, “I’m sorry, Miss Ji, but Xiao Luo and I still have some private matters to settle.”

Then, holding Xiao Luo’s hand, she returned to the car and pushed Xiao Luo into the passenger seat.

Xiao Luo asked, “What matters do you have now?”

Without a word, Xia Lingyu pulled the seatbelt over and fastened it for her. Her expression was frighteningly dark. Then she got into the driver’s seat herself, stepped on the accelerator, and drove off.

Xiao Luo noticed again that this was not the way to her home. She asked nervously, “Where are you taking me?”

Xia Lingyu slightly curled the corner of her mouth and said, “Don’t be afraid. I’m taking you to a nice place.”