The bodyguards who entered immediately dragged the fat pig away.
“Crazy. Eggplants, cucumbers, winter melons, watermelons—once eaten and excreted, they’re all the same. In a place like this, being picky won’t keep you alive.”
Rose rolled her eyes, disdainful.
How dare she compare him to these people?!
Li Yuan’s thin lips tightened as he looked down condescendingly at the expressionless Rose on the sofa. After a long moment, he laughed.
“Are you getting back at me? Jiang Xiaoman…”
Seeing him pierce the pretense of not knowing each other, even the usually unflappable Rose couldn’t help but show a complicated expression.
“You’re not that important, sir. What, disgusted by me? But wasn’t it you, Mr. Li Yan, who made me fall from a high and mighty young lady to a lowly prostitute?”
Her tone was sarcastic, and her gaze held nostalgia, regret, resentment… but not a trace of hatred.
So she’s still a lovesick fool.
Li Yuan raised an eyebrow, his contempt for her growing.
He knew he should be coaxing her, but the thought of her putting anything and everything in her mouth filled him with displeasure.
“I never made you become a prostitute. Isn’t it your own choice to degrade yourself? What does it have to do with me?”
“Did you come just to insult me? Does seeing me so down and out make you happy? Seen enough? Satisfied? Then get lost.”
Enraged and humiliated, Rose raised her hand to push him.
Instead, he grabbed her by the neck and pinned her down on the shabby sofa.
“They say it’s worth dying under the peony to be a romantic ghost. Do you think I’d let you get away with what you did to me?”
With her breath cut off, Rose’s face turned red instantly, yet her eyes brimmed with wanton defiance. She struggled to speak, “You can’t bring yourself to kill me.”
A statement, not a question.
Li Yuan looked down at her for a long, long time—so long she nearly suffocated—before loosening his grip and letting out an ambiguous chuckle.
“You’re right. But I can’t be sure you’ll always be able to make me sleep. Behave, darling. Don’t disappoint me…”
“Cough, cough, cough… No, massaging is too tiring. I don’t want to do it. You might as well just choke me to death.”
He thought she would cling desperately to this hard-won opportunity, but instead, she refused with clear disgust, lazily closing her eyes and waiting for death.
Li Yuan: “…”
This damn woman, playing mind games with him.
“What do you want?”
“Let me sleep with you. Didn’t you say I should eat something better? I’m used to rough fare—I really want to try some delicacies now.”
That was Rose’s demand.
Li Yuan looked at her as if she were insane.
A lovesick fool, truly terrifying. At death’s door, and she’s still coveting this face!
“Pick something else.”
He refused without a second thought.
“What, think I’m dirty? Your hands are stained with blood, mine with fluids. Who’s nobler than whom?”
Rose sneered, her mockery evident.
Li Yuan was taken aback, then let out a low laugh.
This arrogant, crazy woman really suited his taste. He was growing more and more curious about what she’d look like bowing in submission!
Toys that were easily obtained and destroyed were boring—he preferred a challenge.
“Fine. If you can get a reaction out of me, I’m all yours.”
He revealed an expectant smile and relented.
“You said it yourself…”
Rose eagerly pushed him down onto the sofa, but this time, no matter how hard she tried, she couldn’t arouse his interest.
The proud goddess looked utterly defeated.
“Is that all you’ve got? You’re a disgrace to your profession!”
Li Yuan’s words seemed to have angered her. She glared at him furiously for a long time, then suddenly curled her red lips into a smirk and slapped him across the face.
“Useless trash, what good are you?!”
The sharp “smack!” left both of them stunned.
Had she gone mad?
Li Yuan’s face was full of disbelief, but what shocked him even more was his own physical reaction.
“So you’re into this kind of treatment. I’ve seen plenty of sadists, but never someone who actually enjoys being humiliated. You disgusting piece of trash.”
Rose laughed, her eyes overflowing with contempt and mockery.
The more unrestrained her insults became, the more aroused he grew…
Li Yuan shut his eyes in shame.
“Now, can I fuck you, whore?”
Rose leaned close to his ear, asking with a light laugh.
Enraged and humiliated, Li Yuan abruptly pinned her beneath him, his eyes burning like a wild beast ready to devour its prey.
“Worthless trash, serve your big sister well. Only when I’m satisfied will I reward you with a meal.”
Rose showed no fear. While hurling insults at him, she seductively wrapped her legs around his narrow waist and suddenly pulled him forcefully toward her body.
The young wolf had impressive stamina.
They carried on from afternoon until nearly 3 a.m., when Li Yuan finally fell into a deep sleep while holding her.
When Li Yuan woke again, it was already evening of the next day.
Jiang Xiaoman wasn’t beside him. The emptiness in his arms left him with a faint sense of discomfort.
“Where is she?”
After pulling on his pants, he walked out of the cramped bedroom and asked the subordinate guarding the door.
“She’s at the casino.”
Li Yuan froze, then quickly took out his wallet.
Damn it—all the money inside had been taken by Jiang Xiaoman.
“Hah.”
He let out a cold laugh before leaving.
‘Ding—’
Rose glanced at the message from an unknown number on her phone.
【You’re dead if you dare sleep with other filthy sluts!】
The arrogant tone made it obvious who it was without even thinking.
She sneered and fired back a retort.
【Come lecture me after you’ve washed the blood off your hands.】
Just as she was about to lose most of the money she’d taken from Li Yuan’s wallet, the people sent by Li Xue to pick her up arrived.
Returning to the familiar manor, Li Xue warmly invited her to sit.
“Xiaoman, if you’re willing, you can work by my side from now on.”
“Can I really?”
Rose put on an expression of excitement and disbelief.
“I admire you. Talents like you are wasted in the Lower City District. Stay with me, and you’ll get everything you want.”
Li Xue smiled and nodded, giving her confirmation.
Her words sounded sweeter than a song, but Rose knew the only reason she was making an exception to take her in was to use her to please the ‘Dark Emperor.’
A woman touched by the ‘Dark Emperor’ could never remain in a dump like the Lower City District, doing the lowest form of work by selling her body.
During this time, she had been watched by two groups—one sent by Li Yuan, and the other, naturally, by Li Xue.
No one else had caught the ‘Dark Emperor’s’ eye, but ‘Jiang Xiaoman’ had. How could Li Xue pass up such an opportunity?
Naturally, Rose left the Lower City District and entered the Upper City District, beginning her work for Li Xue.
Her main role was as the ‘manager’ of the public relations department, responsible for accompanying Li Xue to social events.
The original host could drink well, and her former identity as a wealthy girl gave her broad experience. Whether men or women, they were all charmed by Rose, and within less than a month, she became Li Xue’s trusted assistant.
In the following period, Li Yuan never appeared again. It wasn’t surprising—his main base wasn’t in Yue Country. The busy man only remembered her existence as a plaything when he couldn’t hold on any longer.
Rose originally thought it would take some time to return to Hua Country and meet Ran Yuan and Li Yan. Little did she expect the opportunity would come so soon.