Under the man’s deep, dark gaze, Jiang Youwan’s face couldn’t help but flush with heat, her voice as faint as a mosquito’s hum.
“M-Mr. Huo…”
The man’s fingers lightly brushed her lips, the pads of his fingertips registering their softness. Her plump mouth was pressed, its color growing even more seductively vivid.
A faint, sweet fragrance escaped from between her lips, carrying a hint of sweetness. The man’s gaze grew even more profound, his breathing beginning to quicken.
Aware of the change in himself, Huo Linyuan finally withdrew his intensely invasive gaze, pressing the blushing young woman into his embrace.
“Wanwan, don’t you think he’s utterly detestable?”
He heard his own voice speak, beneath its usual steady tone, a surging tide of jealousy churning in the depths.
“He’s betrayed you countless times. The number of women he’s taken to bed is probably something even he can’t keep track of.”
“Filthy to the core, yet still putting on an act of undying devotion—it’s truly nauseating.”
The disdain in his voice was almost overflowing. The man tilted his head slightly, his crimson lips drawing close to the young woman’s ear, his low tone carrying a seductive allure.
“Our Wanwan is such a clever girl. Surely, she wouldn’t fall into his trap, right?”
The young woman nestled in his arms trembled her lashes, then obediently raised her hand and knocked twice on the door.
The voice outside the door abruptly ceased.
Unlike the earlier loud tone, Huo Jinchen’s voice immediately softened, as if rehearsed a thousand times with practiced ease.
“Baby, you’re finally responding to me!”
“I knew you wouldn’t abandon me!”
Inside the room, the young woman was almost nestled in the man’s embrace, her hair even resting obediently on his shoulder.
Just beyond the door was her ex-boyfriend, the father of the child in her womb.
Yet the one holding her in his arms inside this room was her boyfriend’s uncle.
This absurd and immoral thought swirled in her mind, unsettling her heart and painting the corners of her eyes with a rosy flush.
Her raised hand paused at the door. She took a soft breath, trying to calm herself in this strange atmosphere.
“Huo Jinchen, don’t contact me anymore. We broke up a long time ago.”
“I never agreed to the breakup!”
Huo Jinchen’s voice immediately rang out, filled with pain.
“Why does a relationship require two people to agree, but a breakup only needs one person’s consent? That’s not fair at all!”
“I won’t break up with you! I want to marry you, Wanwan!”
“I already know I was wrong, but what man doesn’t make mistakes? There’s no cat in this world that doesn’t steal a taste, and a man like me who remains unmoved is already one in a million!”
“But I still didn’t do well enough. I should have kept my distance from Mu Jia’en from the start. Otherwise, she would never have had the chance to come between us, and Wanwan wouldn’t have misunderstood me!”
“I already know I was wrong, baby! Believe me, I’ll never do it again!”
“I’ll stay by your side, a boyfriend who loves and cherishes you. I’ll marry you, give you a grand wedding and a warm home. No one can ever separate us!”
Huo Jinchen’s voice was filled with longing, his words exceptionally fervent.
Inside the room, the young woman’s fair cheeks puffed up slightly in anger.
Huo Jinchen was truly skilled at deception. Clearly a scoundrel, yet he pretended to be devoted, even spinning grand promises for himself.
He knew his own experiences, he knew the childhood he had missed, he knew he wanted a beautiful and warm home.
He was exploiting her weaknesses, trying to break through her psychological defenses.
Huo Jinchen was truly despicable!
For a moment, silence fell both inside and outside the door. To the two men, this brief calm evoked entirely different reactions.
Huo Jinchen was confident of victory.
Standing outside the door, he even leisurely unscrewed a bottle cap and took a sip of water, waiting for Jiang Youwan to speak again.
When it came to women, he had plenty of tricks up his sleeve.
As long as Jiang Youwan reacted to his words—whether by refuting him or crying and making a scene—he knew exactly how to coax her next.
Huo Linyuan’s handsome face darkened, his features growing even more tense.
He looked at the young woman in his arms, his dark eyes deep and inscrutable, as if a myriad of emotions were tangled within.
From outside the door came a thud, as if someone had knelt on the floor.
Huo Jinchen’s voice suddenly rang out, filled with remorse and anguish:
“Baby! Please, open the door and look at me!”
“Otherwise, I’ll kneel here and never get up again!”
Inside the room, Huo Linyuan clenched his fists so tightly that his knuckles cracked audibly.
Even though he knew exactly what kind of game the other was playing, he couldn’t help but feel increasingly irritated.
He raised a hand to loosen his shirt collar, the veins on the back of his hand bulging, the intricate blue lines disappearing into his sleeves—a mix of sensuality and simmering, powerful anger.
His slender, jade-like fingers gripped the door handle tightly, as if he wanted to crush the other man.
He was ready to go out and give that brat a beating.
But the next moment, the young woman’s clear, gentle voice rang out, steady as a mountain breeze, without a trace of fluctuation:
“Looking at you would dirty my eyes.”
The moment these words were spoken, both men froze.
This really didn’t sound like something Jiang Youwan would say.
Jiang Youwan was gentle by nature, delicate and fragile in appearance, with a soft and tender personality.
She seemed like someone who would never speak harshly to anyone, nor ever utter cruel words.
Kneeling on the floor, Huo Jinchen felt as if he had been slapped hard across the face, his complexion turning deathly pale.
Her soft voice filtered through the crack in the door, each word striking directly at the dignity of Huo Eldest Young Master:
“You disgust me, Huo Jinchen.”
“Stop clinging on shamelessly. The sight of you makes me want to vomit.”
In the next instant, Jiang Youwan raised a hand to cover her mouth, her slender, delicate back even bending slightly.
She hadn’t spoken in anger just now.
She really had been angered by Huo Jinchen, and now she truly felt like vomiting.
Outside the door, Huo Jinchen was so furious his eyes seemed to smoke, his face alternating between pale and flushed.
When had he ever suffered such humiliation?
He was the most favored eldest young master of the Huo family’s younger generation, pampered and flattered wherever he went. Only Jiang Youwan, that aloof green tea woman, would dare to mock and scorn him like this!
She truly didn’t know her place.
Who knew how many times she had already been slept with by that old man before? How dare she give him attitude?
Huo Jinchen was nearly bursting with rage. He wanted to tear off all pretense with Jiang Youwan, but he remembered what his parents had said.
Uncle valued Jiang Youwan greatly; Jiang Youwan was of great use.
He was about to graduate, but Uncle showed no intention of letting him take over the family business. If he could maintain a romantic relationship with Jiang Youwan, then even through her, he could achieve his own goals.
Furious and resentful, Huo Jinchen took a large gulp of water, trying his best to suppress the raging anger within him.
He was about to humble himself again, ready to say more sweet words to coax Jiang Youwan.
But before he could speak, he faintly heard a man’s voice from inside the room—low and somewhat muffled.
“Wanwan…”
Damn it!
Where did this man come from!
Here he was, Huo Eldest Young Master, humbling himself outside, saying every nice thing he could think of, while Jiang Youwan was hiding inside the room, cheating on him and putting a green hat on his head!
A soft gasp came from inside the room, carrying a coquettish tone he had never heard from her before, the trailing note trembling slightly.
Damn it!
Huo Jinchen slammed his fist hard against the door—
What the hell were that adulterous couple doing behind the door?!
Were they getting off on listening to him beg for forgiveness while fooling around?!
Huo Jinchen was furious, pounding on the door violently:
“Who the hell dares to steal from me! Are you tired of living?!”