Shen Chuhe was momentarily at a loss for words and suddenly could not bring herself to ask.
Rong Yuchuan did not wait for her.
“The thoughts you and your father have are truly disgusting!”
Shen Yi had long harbored ulterior motives and had secretly pulled all sorts of tricks behind the Rong family’s back. The listening device had been installed to guard against him.
He had not expected it to accidentally record the conversation between him and Shen Chuhe.
Shen Chuhe’s fingers curled slightly. She did not know whether to speak or remain silent.
“Believe whatever you want, but I don’t have any of those intentions. I only went along with him because I didn’t want to get entangled with him.”
Rong Yuchuan’s expression was cold and stern, yet his tone seemed almost teasing.
“Is that so? You mean you weren’t coming to find me?”
“No.”
“What were you going out for?”
“It’s my private business. I don’t want to talk about it.”
The car fell silent again.
Shen Chuhe shifted her position, trying to stay as far away from Rong Yuchuan as possible.
At this point, she did not want to create any more trouble.
“Assistant Li, please drop me off at Lihua Street later.”
They were heading to the company and happened to be passing through there. Shen Chuhe had arranged to meet someone there yesterday.
But she failed to notice that Rong Yuchuan’s expression was becoming increasingly cold.
Assistant Li watched through the rearview mirror and suddenly shuddered. He did not dare respond.
“Your private business…”
Rong Yuchuan’s voice dropped several degrees as he reached over and pulled Shen Chuhe, who was practically trying to shrink into the corner of the car, toward him.
One hand firmly restrained her waist while the other turned her face toward him, forcing their eyes to meet.
“Shen Chuhe, do I really look like an idiot to you?”
Shen Chuhe’s face was held in his hand, leaving her unable to speak.
His grip around her waist was powerful enough to feel as though his fingers might sink into her flesh.
No matter how much she struggled, he remained unmoved. Only his eyes revealed a dark, sinister edge, while his expression remained cold and detached.
A deep, unwilling resentment suddenly rose within Shen Chuhe.
In her previous life, because she had loved him, he had held her fate firmly in his hands. He had taken her child from her, she had died after jumping from a building, and still that had not been enough?
In this life, she no longer wanted him, yet she still could not escape his control!
Why?
Shen Chuhe’s eyes reddened slightly. She finally freed one hand and reached up to scratch his face.
Assistant Li kept his eyes on the rearview mirror, watching in terror. He suddenly slammed on the brakes, causing both people in the back seat to lurch forward.
“I’m sorry, Rong Ye!”
Rong Yuchuan immediately released her and said nothing.
The car slowly started moving again.
“Were you trying to hit me just now?”
Shen Chuhe’s eyes were still red, but she had calmed down by now.
“You were the one who touched me first! I thought I had made myself clear enough last night!”
“Shen Chuhe, you should listen to what your own father told you. Don’t take your little act too far. When the time comes, you won’t be able to clean up the mess!”
Rong Yuchuan did not believe a single word she said.
A deep sense of helplessness rose within Shen Chuhe.
Forget it. She was going to leave the Rong family anyway. Why waste so much breath arguing with him?
Shen Chuhe mocked herself inwardly, but when she raised her eyes, she noticed that the car had taken a different route.
“Assistant Li, this isn’t the way to the company.”
Rong Yuchuan spoke lazily.
“Who said we were going to the company?”
“Then where are we going?”
“Bailu Residence.”
Shen Chuhe immediately spoke up.
“I want to get out!”
No one paid any attention to her.
“I said I don’t want to go to Bailu Residence! Rong Yuchuan, let me out!”
She seemed to be genuinely rejecting him with all her heart.
A trace of doubt arose in Rong Yuchuan’s heart, but it soon disappeared, and he did not take it seriously.
“If I let you out, how will you and Shen Yi’s little scheme succeed? Since you came out looking for me, don’t worry. I’ll satisfy you. Otherwise, how are you going to explain yourself to Shen Yi when you go back?”
“Rong Yuchuan, you bastard!”
By the time they arrived at Bailu Residence, half an hour had passed.
Shen Chuhe was dragged all the way into the bedroom and thrown onto the bed.
Rong Yuchuan kicked the door shut with a loud bang.
“Rong Yuchuan! You can’t!”
Shen Chuhe had been his lover for four years. She knew exactly what he wanted to do.
Rong Yuchuan released her and tugged at his tie.
Shen Chuhe had just tried to sit up when he pushed her back down. His long legs immediately pinned her in place.
He removed the tie from around his neck and used it to bind both of Shen Chuhe’s hands.
“Don’t!”
Rong Yuchuan leaned down and met her reddened eyes.
“Rong Yuchuan! What are you doing? I told you, I don’t want this! I don’t want to be with you…”
“If not with me, then who do you want?”
“Anyone is fine, just not you!”
There was a sob in Shen Chuhe’s voice. Rong Yuchuan’s eyes reddened with anger, and he completely lost his temper.
“Heh! Very good! Shen Chuhe, you’re really something!”
Rong Yuchuan made it as though he were about to tear her clothes.
“You said to yourself that you never force women. You don’t keep your word!”
“So what if I don’t? What are you going to do about it?”
Despite his words, Rong Yuchuan stopped his movements.
“Shen Chuhe, are you really determined to carry this little game of playing hard to get all the way through?”
Shen Chuhe did not answer. She simply closed her eyes, and a crystal clear tear slipped from the corner of her eye, making her look especially pitiful.
“Rong Yuchuan, please let me go.”
After a long while, Rong Yuchuan got up from her.
“Let you go? We haven’t settled the matter of the kidnapping yet!”
Shen Chuhe opened her eyes.
“You think I brought you here just for that?”
Then why?
“You have two choices. Stop this little act you’re putting on, or go kneel in the dark room yourself!”
Rong Yuchuan returned to his usual cold demeanor.
The dark room?
Shen Chuhe’s heart trembled, and an inexplicable bitterness rose within her.
Across both lifetimes, his cruel image seemed to overlap.
He had always been this cold and heartless. How had she ever fallen in love with him in her previous life?
After being given another chance at life, could she still not escape this punishment? Was she still going to remain in his hands?
“I won’t kneel! I already told you, I didn’t kidnap anyone. Why should I kneel?”
She was clearly about to leave soon…
“Then your little act ends here!”
Shen Chuhe did not dare say another word.
In the end, she still entered the dark room.
Rong Yuchuan had his bodyguards throw her inside.
The dark room was in the basement of Bailu Residence.
It was a tiny, completely sealed room with a damp and filthy environment.
Occasionally, the squeaking of rats could be heard.
She had been locked in here once in her previous life, and the experience had left her traumatized.
It was far too dark here, and she still could not help being afraid.
Shen Chuhe crawled toward the corner and curled herself into a ball. She took out her phone and opened it, finding a message waiting for her.
“Didn’t we agree to meet at Lihua Street at three this afternoon? Where are you?”
Shen Chuhe gritted her teeth and wiped away the tears in her eyes before typing,
“Sorry, something came up. I’ll definitely report tomorrow!”
She might have to spend the night in the dark room.
It was fine. Everything will be better after tonight!
She will leave tomorrow!
Tomorrow, she will finally be able to escape Rong Yuchuan completely!
Just endure a little longer! She had to endure a little longer!
Shen Chuhe comforted herself as she slowly closed her eyes.
She did not know how much time had passed before she fell into a deep sleep.
Suddenly, a flash of light swept through the dark room.
A tall shadow fell across the floor before gradually disappearing back into the darkness.
By the faint light of the phone screen, Rong Yuchuan saw her pale, cold face.
Tiny beads of sweat covered her forehead.
Rong Yuchuan crouched down beside her and looked at her, his expression filled with bone chilling coldness.
“So you’ve really grown up. You have more ideas now and have even learned these low class tricks. Truly irritating!”