The intoxicating memories of last night suddenly came rushing back, stirring the most primal reactions in her body.
Li Wu’s face burned terribly. She immediately looked away and pretended to be indifferent. “It was just okay. You should practice more.”
Jiang Xun’s dark eyes were unfathomably deep, and a trace of mockery entered his low voice.
“So the eldest daughter of the Li family means that I should practice every day?”
Li Wu froze and turned to look at him.
She could not tell whether he was serious or merely teasing her.
Of course, practicing every day would be good for her.
She would not be losing anything.
But during the day, she had to maintain her image as the “vicious female supporting character,” and her main task was to humiliate him.
She had to be reserved.
She absolutely had to be reserved.
She definitely could not let him realize what a greedy little glutton she was.
She snorted coldly, keeping a composed expression.
“In your dreams. Do you think someone like you can enjoy this fine grain? Do you even know how to appreciate it?”
The expression on Jiang Xun’s face disappeared as he slowly advanced toward her.
Li Wu panicked and instinctively took a step backward.
Her body hit the edge of the bed, and she nearly fell.
He bent down, his lips almost touching Li Wu’s ear, and whispered in a voice only the two of them could hear, “But yesterday, the eldest daughter of the Li family ***…”
When she heard exactly what he said, Li Wu’s entire face turned crimson.
Her body stiffened as though she had been struck by electricity, and a wave of embarrassment surged through her.
She could hardly imagine it.
How could words like that come out of the mouth of someone like Jiang Xun, the “good child from someone else’s family”?
She completely forgot to resist.
Jiang Xun watched as her delicate face gradually turned red, then slowly straightened his body. His expression gave away neither joy nor anger.
Only the hand hanging at his side was trembling violently.
He had struck directly at the desires hidden in her heart, yet the pain and pleasure of having done so remained concealed from his face.
“Eldest daughter of the Li family, your body doesn’t lie.”
Li Wu surrendered.
She was no match for Jiang Xun when it came to bringing up old accounts.
If this continued, she really would pounce on Jiang Xun and force him to do what he had done the previous night all over again.
Humiliated and furious, she snapped, “Satisfied. Satisfied. I’m very satisfied, all right?”
He curled his lips. “Then does what the eldest daughter of the Li family said last night still count?”
Li Wu was momentarily confused.
Last night?
“What did I say?”
“You said that if I satisfied you with my service, you would agree to one condition of mine.”
“What do you want?”
“Release my parents.”
Li Wu froze for a moment before immediately refusing him. “No.”
Whether she was going to be pleasured to death or electrocuted to death, she could still distinguish which choice was more advantageous.
If she released his parents, the System would electrocute her to death.
“The time isn’t right yet.”
Jiang Xun’s brows furrowed slightly.
Not the right time?
Wasn’t releasing his parents something that could be done with a single word? Why would she think it wasn’t time yet?
Li Wu raised her hand and swore, “I can promise you that I’m treating your parents well, giving them plenty of good food and drink. I won’t do anything to them.”
Jiang Xun’s expression turned cold.
He did not believe her.
The room became extremely quiet, as though even their breathing had grown heavy.
Li Wu noticed it as well.
Whenever the subject involved Jiang Xun’s adoptive parents, the atmosphere immediately became especially serious.
Originally, she could have completely ignored Jiang Xun’s feelings, but she had worked so hard to increase his favorability even a little the previous night. She did not want to throw all of that away.
At least before that damn System discovered anything, she could still do a few things without crossing the “line.”
She wanted to train the dog.
She could not simply give orders and rely on punishment. She still had to give him a little sweetness at the appropriate moments.
She cleared her throat and gave Jiang Xun a way out.
“Come out with me today. If you satisfy me, I’ll give you an opportunity tonight to speak with your parents over the phone.”
Jiang Xun had no objection.
An hour later, Li Wu’s Rolls-Royce stopped outside a private horse-racing club in A City.
The horse-racing club had extremely strict privacy standards and operated on a membership system based on net worth.
Those who could enter a place like this were basically the wealthy and powerful heirs of A City, with fortunes worth hundreds of millions.
Today, she had arranged to meet several of her fake best friends at the racecourse.
Of course, she had no interest in this kind of social gathering, nor was she interested in horse racing. After all, such occasions were usually just an excuse for a few spoiled heirs of wealthy families to secretly compete with one another.
The moment she stepped onto the grounds of the horse-racing club, the System immediately issued her an order.
Humiliate Jiang Xun in public.
Li Wu had already become completely numb to these perverse orders from the System.
Humiliating Jiang Xun came naturally to her.
From a distance, Li Wu could already see that two of her fake best friends were watching the race from a private box.
Through the enormous floor-to-ceiling windows, several active thoroughbred horses could be seen racing wildly around the track outside.
Meanwhile, tens of thousands of spectators filled the stands.
Under the blazing sun, they were packed shoulder to shoulder at the viewing platforms, sweating profusely.
Some screamed, some grew furious, while others looked confused or cursed angrily, each displaying a different expression.
Perhaps they had bet their entire fortunes and were counting on the horses on the track to live up to their expectations.
Perhaps they had won a bet in the previous race and were now putting all their winnings back in, hoping to make a huge comeback.
Separated by a single pane of glass, the high-end VIP area of the horse-racing club revealed two completely different lives belonging to two different social classes.
Her two fake best friends were perfect examples.
They wore designer custom-made dresses and exquisite makeup, sitting elegantly on luxurious leather sofas while savoring ’83 Lafite and tasting exquisite royal desserts personally prepared by a top chef specially invited from Britain. They chatted and laughed as they watched the race, discussing things befitting their identities as wealthy young ladies.
Life was peaceful and beautiful, filled with elegance and grace.
Li Wu was one of them as well.
Usually, she was the most pretentious one in their circle of fake best friends.
Today was no exception.
She put on airs, arrived late, and made a deliberately grand entrance.
Behind her came a group of bodyguards, along with Jiang Xun, whom she had forced into a custom-made suit.
Jiang Xun was dressed impeccably in a suit, his expression cold, yet the moment he appeared, he was devastatingly handsome.
Quite a few people inside immediately turned their attention toward them.
It gave Li Wu more than enough face.
She motioned for the bodyguards to leave, taking only Jiang Xun with her into the VIP area.
Before they even reached the private box, her two fake best friends had already stood up.
They were not deliberately coming to greet her.
Jiang Xun was simply too eye-catching.
One of them recognized him, her voice filled with surprise and delight.
“Jiang Xun.”
Jiang Xun remained expressionless.
Li Wu smiled brightly. “Oh, Pearl, you know Jiang Xun?”
Her two best friends were Cui Zhenzhu and Su Mo’er, both of whom had grown up playing with the original Li Wu.
On the surface, the three of them had been close friends, but in reality, they were secretly competing through their three wealthy families.
Before Cui Zhenzhu could say anything, Su Mo’er had already jumped in.
“Who doesn’t know Jiang Xun? He’s the campus heartthrob of A University. Your younger brother, Li Shu, can only rank second in front of him.”
Cui Zhenzhu stared straight at Jiang Xun.
“Jiang Xun, do you still remember me?”
Jiang Xun glanced at Cui Zhenzhu without expression. “I don’t remember you.”
Cui Zhenzhu’s face fell, her expression full of disappointment.
Li Wu looked at Cui Zhenzhu in confusion and asked, “Why do you look like you’ve just been dumped? Don’t tell me you have a crush on him?”
Su Mo’er, who had absolutely no filter, immediately chimed in.
“Of course she does. Everyone knows Pearl likes Jiang Xun. You didn’t know? Pearl even gave Jiang Xun a love letter and chocolates.”
Li Wu’s eyes widened.
Was there actually something like this?
Cui Zhenzhu glared furiously at Li Wu. “Why are you pretending? You clearly knew I liked Jiang Xun, yet you kept making things difficult for him.”
Li Wu thought about it.
The System had never told her about this either.
It really was not her fault.
Seeing the awkward atmosphere, Su Mo’er immediately stepped in to smooth things over.
“Oh, come on, don’t let a man ruin your friendship after all these years. By the way, Li Wu, why did you bring Jiang Xun here? Have the two of you gotten closer?”
Li Wu looked completely innocent. “No. Our relationship is terrible.”
Jiang Xun kept a cold expression and said nothing.
Su Mo’er pressed further. “Then why did he come here with you?”
Li Wu hesitated before saying, “Uh… I forgot to introduce him. He’s my male servant now.”