Ding Yin was utterly manic.
Effortlessly, he pinned Lin Chuyue to the ground.
Then, raising a hand, he tore the new dress she had just changed into.
"Ah—"
Lin Chuyue cried out, desperately trying to cover her exposed, fair shoulders and collarbone.
But Ding Yin grabbed her arms, pinning them firmly to the ground.
"What are you afraid of? Once you get a taste of it, you'll be begging me to fuck you!"
"Oh, I forgot. You're probably still a virgin. Never tasted what a real man can do."
"Don't worry, I'll teach you a good lesson. You'll never forget that your first man was me, Ding Yin!"
As he spoke, Ding Yin gave a wicked order to the thugs behind him. "What are you idiots standing around for? Drag that old bastard Lin Aoshan over here! Let him watch with his own two eyes how I 'train' his precious granddaughter."
"Oh, right. Tonight, everyone gets a piece of Lin Chuyue! You can play with her however you want!"
"But if any of you dares let a word of this get back to Young Master Han, I'll have your entire family's lives!"
The grim threat made all the Han Family's thugs nod in agreement.
Compared to the treat they were about to get, they couldn't care less if Han Fei married Lin Chuyue!
Getting to have their way with the number one beauty of Jiangcheng was something they could brag about for the rest of their lives!
"Bastards! You're all animals! Let me go!"
"Ding Yin, if you dare harm my granddaughter, I, Lin Aoshan, will hunt you down even as a vengeful ghost!"
Lin Aoshan struggled with all his might, but was still dragged before Ding Yin by the Han Family's thugs.
"Hmph! I'm not afraid of you when you're alive, so why would I be afraid of your ghost? What a joke!"
"Hold him down! Pry his eyelids open so he can get a clear look at his granddaughter's coming of age!"
"Haha, hahaha!"
Ding Yin laughed triumphantly, his right hand already reaching for Lin Chuyue's waist.
Once he ripped off that inconvenient dress, he would consummate the marriage on Young Master Han Fei's behalf tonight!
When that happened, fortune would favor him, and his Ding Family would also rise to prominence!
Lin Chuyue was pinned down, unable to move a muscle.
Tears of humiliation streamed from her eyes.
She thought she had escaped last night's fate, but in the end, she couldn't escape a destiny of humiliation.
'If this is how it's going to be, why should I even go on living?!'
Without a second thought, after one last, desperate glance at Lin Aoshan forced to his knees on the ground, Lin Chuyue bit down hard on her own tongue!
'Grandpa, take care!'
"Trying to die? Not so easy!"
Ding Yin instantly sensed Lin Chuyue's intention.
He grabbed Lin Chuyue's delicate chin, and with a forceful twist and push…
KRAK!
…he easily dislocated her jaw!
Lin Chuyue's eyes widened in shock, her jaw hanging slack, unable to close.
At this moment, she couldn't even kill herself to preserve her last shred of dignity!
Completely broken, Lin Chuyue's eyes were filled with utter despair as tears rained down her face.
'Who can save me?'
'Save the Lin Family?'
Meanwhile, Lin Chuyue's helpless appearance only made Ding Yin's lust flare up even more.
He excitedly unbuckled his belt and bent down to pull off his pants. "Brothers, today I'll let you witness how I enjoy Eldest Miss Lin's tender red lips!"
"Brother Ding is the man! Hurry up, the rest of us can't wait either!"
"Animals! You pack of animals will face divine retribution!"
"What are you yelling for, old bastard? Don't be in such a hurry, everyone gets a turn! The boys will give you a taste of it later, too!"
The vulgar filth only made Ding Yin more excited.
He crawled forward on his knees. "Miss Lin, I'm coming to teach you how to serve a man!"
"No—"
Lin Chuyue shook her head frantically, screaming hysterically in her mind.
But with her jaw dislocated, she couldn't make a sound!
The foul stench so close to her made her stomach churn, and she threw up on the spot.
SLAP!
Ding Yin struck her across the face. "Stop playing innocent! You've ruined my mood!"
"You think I'm just going to give up because you puked?"
"Heh, in that case, just wait to feel the pain of being torn apart!"
SHRRRIP—
No matter how much Lin Chuyue struggled, the dress was ripped from her body.
She curled into a ball in despair, but was still positioned like a toy, left in a shameful pose.
Ding Yin gulped, about to make his move. "Here I come! This feels…"
He hadn't finished his sentence when he suddenly froze in place.
The next second, a spray of crimson erupted from his throat, and his ugly head rolled to the ground with a THUD.
The spurting blood splattered all over Lin Chuyue.
She was stunned into a stupor, staring blankly at the body of Ding Yin kneeling over her.
No, to be precise, the headless body of Ding Yin.
'Who?'
'Who appeared out of nowhere and killed this animal?!'
Lin Chuyue struggled to look around and saw a pair of simple, square-toed cloth shoes.
Black uppers with white soles, old-fashioned in style, yet exceptionally clean and spotless.
Following the shoes upward, her gaze traveled up a pair of long, powerful legs.
A narrow waist, long arms, and a posture as tall and proud as the wind.
Beneath unruly, half-tied hair was a handsome face that was surprisingly familiar.
It was Xiao Ye, the man she'd had a one-night stand with on the cruise ship not long ago!
'Him?'
'How could it be him?'
Lin Chuyue was shocked, embarrassed, and delighted all at once.
Shocked, she wondered how Xiao Ye had found this place. 'Did he follow me?'
Embarrassed, because Xiao Ye had seen her in such a wretched and exposed state.
Delighted, because Xiao Ye had arrived just in time and directly beheaded Ding Yin, a man worse than an animal!
In that moment, Lin Chuyue's thoughts were a tangled mess.
She just lay there quietly, staring intently at Xiao Ye as he strode toward her.
She even forgot about the headless corpse still kneeling on top of her!
"What kind of mutt dares to bully my woman!"
"You were courting death!"
Xiao Ye barked, and in the time it took to speak, he had already reached Lin Chuyue.
He kicked Ding Yin's completely cold corpse away, then bent down and held out his hand to Lin Chuyue. "Are these yours?"
In his large, broad hand were two sparkling rhinestone buttons.
They glittered under the light, more dazzling than crystal.
Tears welling in her eyes, Lin Chuyue stared at the two decorative buttons, feeling as if something had struck her hard in the chest.
'This man… he barged in, killed Ding Yin on the spot… all just to return her buttons?'
"They're just buttons. No need to be so moved you start crying, right?"
Xiao Ye chuckled. With a slightly rough hand, he clumsily wiped the teardrops from the corner of her eye. "You're too pretty to cry. It'll make you ugly."
"Damn it, your jaw is dislocated? I let that bastard die too easily!"
Xiao Ye's expression darkened. He raised a hand and popped Lin Chuyue's jaw back into place.
He then pulled her into his arms, grabbing the tattered dress to cover her exposed skin. Only then did he ask in a low voice, "Tell me. Besides that son of a bitch just now, whose life do you want?"
Curled up in Xiao Ye's embrace, listening to his powerful heartbeat, Lin Chuyue finally felt like she had truly returned from the depths of hell.
All her prior despair vanished in an instant!
She had been backed into a corner with no way out, and this man had descended from the heavens to save her and the Lin Family!
This was a debt she, Lin Chuyue, would absolutely repay!
After taking a deep breath, Lin Chuyue finally managed to reclaim her usual cold aloofness.
She extended a slender finger, pointing at the Han Family thugs still holding down Lin Aoshan. "All of them… must… die!"
Anyone who humiliated the Lin Family would not be spared!
Xiao Ye cracked his knuckles. "Good. My woman isn't some bleeding-heart saint."
"This reunion might be a bit bloody, but I like it!"
"Alright, you pack of bastards," he said. "Tell me, how do you want to die?"