He had clearly promised to take good care of Nian Nian, yet she actually went behind his back and sneaked off to a place like a nightclub.
If he hadn’t discovered she was there, wouldn’t he have been completely kept in the dark?!
What she went there for—there was no need to even think about it.
He, Li Boyan, was a man with face and self-respect, yet in Su Ning’s eyes, did it really mean so little?!
Every fiber of the man’s being was screaming, seething with rage.
Su Ning had always been intimidated by Li Boyan, and now, seeing the man consumed by fury, she didn’t even dare to look at him.
Little did she know that her reaction only infuriated Li Boyan further. His grip tightened as he spat out words laced with menace:
“Do you know, Su Ning, my patience has its limits? I am your husband, your man. If you want something, just tell me directly. Why must you use such methods to provoke me, hmm?!”
As he spoke, he tore open Su Ning’s clothes.
His intention was unmistakable!
“No! Li Boyan, I’m a murderer. I killed your wife. We are enemies. Do you understand? We are enemies!!!”
Su Ning roared out in terror. For Grandma’s sake, she had plunged straight into hell and married Li Boyan. To her, it was nothing but humiliation, filled with guilt.
Now, faced with the man’s actions, she was truly terrified to the core.
She knew Li Boyan was a demonic presence, but she had never imagined he would go this far?!
So, she wanted to use her words to provoke him into letting go.
She could accept him hitting her, even killing her, but this kind of behavior—she couldn’t accept it.
They had no feelings for each other!
They were truly enemies!
“That’s right, we are enemies. You, Su Ning, are my enemy!
But right now, you are my wife. So, as long as I live, you must obey me. Do you understand?!”
Li Boyan gritted his teeth, his words resounding with finality, then he harshly gripped Su Ning’s chin, pressing his cold lips toward her pale ones.
But the next second, Su Ning mustered all her strength to turn her face away.
“I will obey you, but I have my own affairs too, Li Boyan. I am your wife, not some pet you keep.”
The man laughed coldly: “Now you remember you’re my wife? When you went to that kind of place, why didn’t you think about being my wife, hmm?”
“I didn’t go there for what you think. If you don’t believe me, I’ll show you, Li Boyan. Take a good look!”
With that, Su Ning, fueled by some unknown strength, shoved him away and then turned around—
Exposing to his gaze the five characters, symbols of humiliation, that Li Boyan had ordered branded onto her back with a hot iron, leaving them completely visible.
“Do you see, Li Boyan? This is what you’ve done to me. You ordered people to torment me relentlessly, making my entire life one of disgrace!”
If he didn’t want her to have peace, she had nothing to say!
But she never expected that after branding her with such a mark of shame, ensuring she lived her whole life in humiliation, he could still think of her in that way?!
Hah!
How ridiculous!
Seeing Su Ning’s originally fair back, Li Boyan was unusually stunned.
Clearly, he was shocked by the state of Su Ning’s body.
Even those horrifying characters stung his eyes.
He knew that Su Ning had suffered during her five years in prison and had always believed she deserved it!
But he never knew that such a disgraceful mark had been branded onto her back?!What shocked him even more was that she claimed he had ordered it to be done?
With his power and influence, Li Boyan could move heaven and earth. Even if he loathed Su Ning to the bone, would he resort to such despicable means to humiliate her?!
Who on earth had the audacity to use his name to reach into the prison and inflict such cruelty upon Su Ning?!
“Why aren’t you saying anything?!”
Seeing Li Boyan remain silent, Su Ning asked in a trembling voice.
She knew perfectly well that Li Boyan was someone she couldn’t provoke, and that she had no right or standing to refute or protest.
But thinking of those cruel scars branded on her back, she still gritted her teeth and demanded:
“Do you think I can just carry on like nothing happened and be with someone else normally?”
“Tell me, can I?!”
“…”
Thud!
Finally, unable to bear it any longer, Li Boyan let out a rough roar as his fierce fist slammed into the wall.
The impact was so forceful that the tiles on the wall cracked, and the back of his hand was cut, leaving a shocking splash of red on the wall, like a vivid crimson rose.
The next second, the man turned and left.
With a ‘bang,’ he heartlessly shut the bathroom door, locking Su Ning inside.
He was still punishing her!
“Ah—”
The moment the door locked, Su Ning couldn’t help but let out a scream.
The sense of shame rising from the soles of her feet spread like venom from her heart to every limb, corroding not only her body but also her soul.
She collapsed weakly onto the floor, like a rag doll emptied of its soul.
Outside the door.
Li Boyan’s face was dark, his unfathomable eyes filled with gloom. The sharp lines of his face were taut, and he exuded a chilling aura.
He seemed like Yama himself, emerging from hell.
Assistant Song approached, looking at his bleeding hand. “Master Li, your hand is bleeding. Let me take you to the hospital to treat the wound.”
“It’s fine. I won’t die from this!”
Li Boyan refused, his voice unbearably hoarse.
“What’s the situation with Nian Nian?” he asked his assistant.
The assistant told him the truth, “We’re still searching.”
Li Boyan fell into a silent, unreadable stillness, his entire heart as if plummeting into an abyss, suffocating and terrifying.
Shen Mu’an, Nian Nian’s mother, had already died at Su Ning’s hands. How could Su Ning have lost her only daughter like this?!