The car before her was her lifeline. Seeing it wasn’t stopping, she grew frantic.
Forgetting all ladylike decorum, she chased after it, slapping the rear of the car repeatedly. “Stop! Please, can you stop? Please stop!”
Finally, the Koenigsegg came to a halt.
Yun Mengxi rushed to the window and pounded on it. “Please, open the door, give me a ride, I’m begging you!”
She pounded on the window while trying to open the door, but it wouldn’t budge.
Just then, the scissor door on the driver’s side suddenly swung open, and a man stepped out.
He was a young man, very handsome, with a cool demeanor. It was the lecher, Bai Jinghong!
Tonight was going smoothly, incredibly smoothly!
Bai Jinghong had deliberately had his drivers smash the glass, then made a show of turning back, creating the sounds of someone scaling the wall.
That way, Yun Mengxi wouldn’t just sit and wait for her fate.
Given her bathing habits, she wouldn’t have her things on her.
Without a car, she could only run!
He was waiting for this very moment!
Seeing who got out of the car, Yun Mengxi was momentarily stunned.
She knew exactly who this person was.
She was from Dragon Sea; how could she not know this Playboy Young Master?
But right now, it didn’t matter who he was. Anyone would do. She was truly terrified.
After a brief pause, she hastily ran around the car and rushed in front of Bai Jinghong.
She grabbed his arm, her voice trembling. “Can you help me, please?”
Bai Jinghong felt her hands gripping his arm tightly.
Her softness was pressed against his limb, a fact she herself seemed completely oblivious to.
But the fear on her face was unmistakable…
For Yun Mengxi to be so afraid, those drivers must have done a good job. Those who contributed would receive a hefty reward!
She was scared, yes, but not yet at a breaking point. Bai Jinghong needed her to experience a taste of true despair, so that her impression of him would deepen.
Therefore, Bai Jinghong gave a cold laugh and pried her hands off his arm. “Sorry, I’m busy. And in the middle of the night, who’s to say you’re not some sort of criminal? I’m an innocent young… man!”
“Can you just help me? There are… bad people attacking me. Take me away, I really…” Yun Mengxi was still full of terror and grabbed his arm tightly again.
Bai Jinghong removed her hands once more, his voice icy. “I said, I don’t have time for you. I have a very important business deal, worth tens of billions!”
With that, he turned to get back into the car.
“P-please… take me with you!”
Yun Mengxi was truly petrified, even resorting to the word “please”!
She lived in a detached villa. It was probably another two kilometers to any sign of civilization.
But those men on motorcycles would catch up to her in mere moments.
So, she hurriedly grabbed Bai Jinghong’s arm again.
“Let go of me!”
Bai Jinghong barked coldly.
Startled, Yun Mengxi still looked at him with a pleading face.
Right now, she looked truly pitiful: her hair disheveled, her face pale.
Her nightgown had not only become a mini-skirt, but the right shoulder strap had torn and was hanging down, exposing a fair, delicate shoulder and a large expanse of snow-white fullness.
Seeing Yun Mengxi exposed like this made Bai Jinghong’s heart burn intensely.
What’s more, she had fled in such a panic she hadn’t even put on shoes; her feet were bare.
In such an open area, even without the fear, she would be shivering from the cold.
“I told you to let go, don’t you hear me?” Bai Jinghong’s face remained cold.
“Please… please. I’m so scared. Just take me away from here…” Faint tears shimmered in Yun Mengxi’s terrified eyes.
Bai Jinghong remained unmoved. He snorted. “For the very last time, let… go!”
Tears finally fell from Yun Mengxi’s eyes. She looked so fragile and helpless. After a moment of hesitation, she finally released his arm.
Bai Jinghong got into his car and drove off.
Yun Mengxi watched him leave with a look of utter misery. Not daring to linger, she turned and started running along the road again.
She had thought she saw a glimmer of hope, but that hope sped away rapidly with Bai Jinghong’s car. Fear once again seized her heart.
She was a woman, after all. The loneliness and helplessness she felt in that moment was unimaginable.
She ran as hard as she could, searching for safety.
Watching her flustered, disheveled state in his rearview mirror, Bai Jinghong let out a cold laugh.
He then immediately spun the car around and drove after her.
Yun Mengxi was still running, and in her bare feet, no less.
He was driving, so he caught up quickly.
Yun Mengxi noticed a car chasing her, assumed it was her attackers, and screamed, running desperately.
Bai Jinghong was speechless. This woman had really been frightened out of her wits.
He drove up parallel to her, rolled down the window, and shouted, “It’s me!”
Only upon hearing Bai Jinghong’s voice did Yun Mengxi finally stop and turn her head to look at him.
Bai Jinghong stopped the car, unlocked the doors, and said flatly, “Get in.”
Yun Mengxi felt like someone drowning, unable to struggle any longer, had just been pulled to safety by a rescuing hand.
She hurriedly pulled the door open, got in, and quickly shut it behind her.
She shut the window, too.
And then, over and over, she said, “Thank you!”
Bai Jinghong said flatly, “If it wasn’t for the fact you’re a woman and so pitiful, I would never help you!”
Yun Mengxi had no idea that everything tonight was orchestrated by Bai Jinghong.
Her heart now brimmed with gratitude. She nodded profusely. “Thank you. I will definitely remember this kindness!”
Having said that, she still glanced back fearfully and urged, “Can you drive? The bad guys might catch up any moment!”
Bai Jinghong couldn’t help but glance again at her long, beautiful legs and the large expanse of tender, white skin exposed on her chest.
He didn’t say anything.
Yun Mengxi paused, noticing Bai Jinghong’s gaze.
She looked down and only then saw her bedraggled state. She couldn’t help but blush.
She hastily grabbed the torn shoulder strap of her nightgown, holding it in place to cover her chest.
With her other hand, she desperately tugged the nightgown down, trying to cover her slightly exposed underwear.
But the nightgown was just too short; it couldn’t cover everything.
Bai Jinghong laughed inwardly. He took off his own jacket and handed it over, saying, “Put this on!”
Although it was a simple gesture of offering a jacket, it carried a more calculating undertone.
“Th-thank you!” Yun Mengxi reached out a hand.
But by reaching out, the torn strap of her nightgown fell again, revealing the large expanse of snow-white skin once more.
It almost slipped off entirely, with a faint peach hue faintly visible.
Bai Jinghong stared, then quickly coughed. “Put it on, quickly!”
“I’m driving late at night, and being influenced by you, having Wanton Thoughts—what if I drive us right into a ditch?”
Hearing this, Yun Mengxi blushed, not daring to look at him, and gently put the jacket on.
As she put on the jacket, a wave of warmth washed over her. The unique scent belonging to Bai Jinghong on the jacket also assailed her senses.
That masculine scent made her heart involuntarily skip a beat.
“A bit better?”
Yun Mengxi nodded gently.
She wrapped Bai Jinghong’s jacket tightly around herself. Finally, her body felt warm, and the fear in her heart gradually faded.
Her body finally stopped trembling so violently.
Only after glancing at her did Bai Jinghong start driving away.
After driving for a while, he couldn’t help but glance over. He saw Yun Mengxi gently flexing her feet.
She had run out barefoot and sprinted along the road for so long. Her tender soles were probably all scraped up.
Faint traces of blood could be seen where her feet rested.
“There are tissues in the glove compartment. You can put some under your feet for now.”
Yun Mengxi bit her lip and stole a glance at Bai Jinghong.
Then she opened the glove compartment, took out the tissue box, folded a small stack, and placed it under her feet.
Stepping on the soft tissues was indeed much more comfortable.
“How about I take you to a hotel?” Bai Jinghong suddenly suggested.
Once they were at a hotel, everything would be… hehe!
But Yun Mengxi’s response made Bai Jinghong freeze for a moment.
She quickly shook her head. “Could you take me to my parents’ place instead?”
Bai Jinghong was himself momentarily choked up.
Damn it, he’d totally forgotten this woman’s parents also lived in Dragon Sea.
After something like this happened, her first choice would naturally be her family home, not a hotel with a strange man like him.
What a miscalculation!
But it wasn’t a total loss. At the very least, this favor was now etched into Yun Mengxi’s heart.
Bai Jinghong pondered. A long-term approach was needed to catch a big fish. Besides, provoking Ye Chen step-by-step was the safer bet.
So, he didn’t refuse Yun Mengxi’s request.
After asking for the address, Bai Jinghong headed straight there.
