Jiang Chenyu got out of bed and walked to the door.
Shi Nianhuan thought he was going to leave. Although she did not know why, hope suddenly flared up in her heart again.
However, she did not hear the imagined sound of the door closing.
Instead, the scene before her suddenly brightened.
The sudden, intense light was so dazzling that Shi Nianhuan could barely keep her eyes open.
She raised a hand to cover her eyes. After a while, she slowly opened them and saw Jiang Chenyu standing by the door, looking at her as though nothing had happened.
Jiang Chenyu was bare-chested, wearing only a pair of loose boxer shorts. There was no denying that his physique was very sexy; the outlines of his abdominal and chest muscles were faintly visible.
Shi Nianhuan swallowed and looked at the man, unclear why.
Jiang Chenyu was expressionless, yet he stood perfectly still, staring straight into Shi Nianhuan's eyes.
He was angry.
Extremely angry.
Shi Nianhuan could already feel the ice cold aura emanating from him, yet she stared at him blankly, at a loss.
“Shi Nianhuan, I am warning you. If you dare cry in front of me one more time, I will upload your nude photo to the internet.”
Shi Nianhuan slightly frowned. It was as though a bomb had gone off in her mind, exploding with a loud “bang.”
She stared at Jiang Chenyu in disbelief, then slowly asked, “What did you say? Whose nude photo did you say?”
The corners of Jiang Chenyu's mouth slowly lifted, revealing a wicked, alluring smile.
He looked smugly at Shi Nianhuan, who had been frightened senseless, and slowly said, word by word, “Yes, you heard me correctly. Your nude photo.”
Shi Nianhuan stared at the man in disbelief, her anger instantly reaching its peak.
She climbed off the bed without caring that she was naked, leaped to Jiang Chenyu's side, and reached out to strangle his neck.
At that moment, Shi Nianhuan's eyes were filled with fury. She truly wished she could tear Jiang Chenyu into a thousand pieces.
“Why did you take my nude photo? Are you sick? Jiang Chenyu, you are a bastard, an absolute bastard.”
She became hysterical for the first time in her life, screaming and shouting, having completely lost her usual ladylike image.
However, seeing Shi Nianhuan acting so wildly, Jiang Chenyu could not help laughing even more happily.
Yes, he really had gone mad. Only someone mad would like watching her lose her temper like this so much.
“Shi Nianhuan, you had better think carefully. If you keep making a fuss, I really will release your nude photo. By then, you may even become an internet celebrity.” He spoke slowly, his tone brimming with provocation.
Shi Nianhuan froze at once, her gaze empty and lifeless.
She hated him.
She slowly squatted down, wrapping both hands tightly around her knees, helpless and despairing, leaving Jiang Chenyu with only the sight of her smooth, beautiful back.
The alluring sight stimulated Jiang Chenyu so much that he nearly suffered a nosebleed.
It further strengthened his thought that this Woman definitely had an unspoken secret; even the slightest movement from her could arouse him until he lost all reason.
He slowly squatted down as well, reached out to pinch Shi Nianhuan's chin, and smiled wickedly and slyly.
She met his gaze, and fury seemed ready to shoot from her eyes.
“Shi Nianhuan, I have said this more than once, haven't I? As long as you obediently listen to me, I guarantee I will treat you well too.”
Shi Nianhuan glared at him, expressionless and completely unresponsive.
Jiang Chenyu's hand covered her lips—soft, sensual lips.
“What exactly do you want before you are willing to let me go?” Shi Nianhuan had no strength left. She slowly asked the question.
Jiang Chenyu gave a cold laugh, then said with a smile, “You. Become my lover. Whenever I want to sleep with you, I will.”
Shi Nianhuan bit down hard on her lower lip, refusing to let her tears fall.
Such a disgusting request could probably only have come from Jiang Chenyu.
For the first twenty years of her life, she had always been innocent and kind, never doing anything wrong. So why did fate have to treat her this way?
“What if I refuse?” Shi Nianhuan asked.
“If you refuse, then you should know the consequences. You probably will not be able to remain with the Jiang family any longer. And with my abilities, I can certainly ruin your reputation. I cannot guarantee that you will still be able to continue your studies. As for finding work…”
Jiang Chenyu was deliberately making his words so ambiguous.
Shi Nianhuan no longer knew what to do.
She knew that Jiang Chenyu truly was a highly capable man. Just two years after graduating from university, he had successfully become president of the Jiang Group. Even Uncle Jiang had retired from the company ahead of schedule, confidently handing the entire company over to him.
For someone like Jiang Chenyu, making it impossible for her to survive in this world would be a matter of minutes.
Shi Nianhuan lowered her head. In that instant, she even thought of death.
Perhaps only death could set her free.
“Well? Have you made up your mind?” Jiang Chenyu looked at her with a smile and slowly asked.
“Why me?”
There were clearly so many Women who liked him, so why did it have to be her?
Jiang Chenyu thoughtfully looked Shi Nianhuan up and down, then slowly said, “Shi Nianhuan, since you asked, I will tell you. It is because I hate you. I want to see you suffer. That is the only way I can be happy.”
“…” Shi Nianhuan shook her head, unclear why.
“Shi Nianhuan, do you think that after staying with the Jiang family for so long, you are no different from the Jiang family's biological daughter? Let me tell you, all of that is an illusion. You will never be able to enter the Jiang family's gates.”
Shi Nianhuan gave a helpless, bitter laugh. She had never even thought of entering the Jiang family's gates. She truly did not know where Jiang Chenyu's strange thoughts had come from.
“I hate you because of your mother.”
Shi Nianhuan suddenly raised her head and looked in confusion at the man before her, whose eyes gleamed with murderous intent.
He had mentioned her mother again…
Shi Nianhuan slightly frowned and asked, “What does this have to do with my mother?”
She always felt that some secret she did not know was hidden within all this.
Jiang Chenyu looked at her thoughtfully. A trace of guilt flashed through his eyes, but he still spoke in a deep voice: “Your mother was my mother's best friend back then, yet she seduced her boyfriend—my father. Later, my mother and father got married, and only then did she give up.”
Shi Nianhuan was completely confused.
“But Uncle and Auntie have never mentioned any of this.”
Jiang Chenyu pressed his lips together, a trace of irritation flashing through his eyes. “Do you think that just because no one talks about it, it never happened? Do you think you know why my father brought you to my home back then? Shi Nianhuan, you are just like your mother—cheap, and only good at seducing men.”