“Baby, can’t handle it already? Hmm?”
“Take off your clothes!”
The air in the room was stifling as the man of immense power and influence closed in step by step, his voice low and oppressive!
Ji Ran, however, was both terrified and timid, like a soft, obedient little rabbit, afraid and wanting to cover the collar of her shirt.
But the red marks on her neck had already betrayed her.
She was in a relationship.
She feared nothing in the world, but what she feared most was being found out by Fu Jingyuan, her ‘guardian’!
Fu Jingyuan was nine years older than her, a family friend from generations past, and wielded immense power in the capital. With his unpredictable temper, Ji Ran usually avoided him whenever she could.
“U-Uncle Fu, that…”
Though the young girl was terrified of Fu Jingyuan, she still clenched her small fists to defend herself: “I’m just in a relationship! You’re not my guardian! What right do you have to control me!”
Ji Ran was only staying at the Fu family’s home temporarily.
“Besides, I’m already an adult! Y-You can’t look at my body!”
As she said this, Ji Ran’s face flushed bright red, yet she still resisted, tightly clutching the collar of her shirt.
This action made Fu Jingyuan’s eyes suddenly turn dark and unfathomable.
His gaze slowly fell upon the lingering red marks on the young girl’s neck.
Abruptly, Ji Ran’s small face was gripped by the man’s large, well-defined hand.
His cold fingertips slowly slid down, reaching her slender, fair neck.
Ji Ran instantly grew extremely tense. She could only feel the man’s fingertips lightly and heavily rubbing against the red marks near her collar, full of aggression.
The man’s hand was very cold.
Ji Ran’s skin trembled from the sudden chill.
“Uncle Fu… w-what are you trying to do…”
Ji Ran swallowed nervously, as if wanting to say something, but was interrupted by the man.
“What am I trying to do?”
The man’s expression was dark and suppressed: “Ranran, if I can’t look, then who are you planning to show it to? That wild boy?”
As Fu Jingyuan spoke, the aggressive sound of his leather shoes stepped closer and closer.
Ji Ran was forced to retreat repeatedly until—thump—her leg hit the bedpost, and she fell onto it.
“N-No… that’s not it…”
Facing the man now right in front of her, Ji Ran was so scared that her long eyelashes trembled. She closed her eyes, wanting to escape.
But Fu Jingyuan’s gaze grew colder and colder.
The oppressive atmosphere closed in, stealing her breath, making it difficult for her to breathe.
“Look at me, Ranran!”
Fu Jingyuan forced her to open her eyes: “Tell me honestly, who is that wild boy?”
“H-He is…”
Actually, the man who had taken advantage of her was Fu Jingyuan himself!
It was Fu Jingyuan who, drunk last night, had forced himself on her!
But Ji Ran absolutely could not admit it!
This man was too strict, rigid and boring—Ji Ran had no desire to be with him in the future.
So, the young girl mustered her courage, opened her red, pitifully large eyes, and stammered out her request to move out.
“Uncle Fu, I… really can’t say. I’m already an adult. Who I date is my freedom.”
“I want to move out!”
“What did you say!”
Fu Jingyuan’s expression instantly changed drastically, the fury in his eyes as terrifying as a storm.
His powerful hand gripped Ji Ran’s small face again, squeezing until it hurt.
“Ranran, dare you say ‘move out’ one more time? It seems your heart has grown wild—you want to go out and wag your tail for other men!”
In that moment, Ji Ran felt that Fu Jingyuan had become so obsessive and frightening!
“Uncle Fu, l-let me go!”
“Let go? Come here!” Ji Ran was thrown into the basement by the furious man.
“Reflect carefully here, Ranran. You were right—you really should move. From now on, this will be your home!”
“From now on, no one is to let the young lady out without my orders!”
“Yes, President Fu.”
Immediately, the iron door of the basement slammed shut with a loud clang. Ji Ran’s face turned pale with fear as she looked at the basement behind her.
Under the dim light, the basement was fully furnished with furniture.
In the center stood a large black bed, and from it extended a long golden chain—