Xu Nianchu had been cheated on.
Her best friend had invited her to a bar to cheer her up, and in her dazed state, she drank far too much.
Raising her glass, she shouted,
“Miss Xu is paying for everyone’s drinks tonight!”
She tossed a black-and-gold bank card to the waiter before returning to her drinking.
When she woke up again, she found herself standing in a pitch-black alley.
Behind her came the greasy voice of a man.
“Come on, beauty. Just give in to me.”
“I promise that after we get married, I’ll make sure your family survives. Be good and listen to me.”
Xu Nianchu turned around.
The man looked like a gas cylinder that had come to life—a walking Michelin mascot.
She had no doubt that if she fell into the hands of someone like him, he’d crush her to death with his weight alone.
Had she run into some creep who preyed on unconscious women?
As the man’s hand reached toward her, Xu Nianchu drove her foot hard into his groin.
While he doubled over in pain, she turned and ran.
She had no idea how long she’d been running. Her legs felt like they were about to burst into flames.
When faced with danger, the first priority was to head somewhere with people.
Ahead was a large courtyard shared by several families.
She darted inside like a fish slipping into water.
As her body grew hotter and hotter, she rushed into a small, low house where the lights were still on.
“Can you help me call the police?”
The only response she received was a man’s deep, cold voice.
“Get out.”
Xu Nianchu rubbed her legs together uncomfortably and replied in a soft voice,
“I can’t… I can’t leave.”
As a pampered young heiress, everything she knew about being drugged came from novels.
She had never experienced anything like it in real life.
But she realized that her symptoms were exactly like someone who had been drugged.
She needed a man.
Only then did she raise her head to look at the man who had just barked at her.
He sat on the heated kang bed, one hand supporting a roll of bandages while the other applied medicine to a bloody wound at his waist that was still bleeding.
Ignoring the injury, the man had sharp brows, bright eyes, a tall, upright figure, and firm, powerful muscles across his waist and abdomen.
He was exactly her type.
The body of a rugged soldier.
The face of a refined scoundrel.
The bearing of an elegant nobleman.
She practically started drooling.
Seeing that Xu Nianchu remained motionless, the man sped up his movements and quickly finished bandaging his wound.
While he was occupied, Xu Nianchu quietly snuffed out the kerosene lamp on the table.
Then she weakly leaned against the door.
Compared to the man outside, this one was far more handsome.
She could tell at a glance who was the better choice.
After tying off the bandages, the man grabbed her wrist and pinned her into a corner.
His voice was icy.
“Talk. Who sent you?”
Xu Nianchu hadn’t expected an injured man to possess such overwhelming strength.
It felt as though her wrist was about to snap.
“Ah… that hurts! No… someone’s chasing me. Please save me.”
The man tilted his head, listening to the noises outside.
Sure enough, someone was stumbling around, barging into other people’s homes before being driven away.
Even so, the woman’s suspicion had not been cleared.
He reached out and lifted her chin.
A face no larger than his palm came into view.
Slightly upturned peach blossom eyes.
Naturally rosy cherry lips.
Under the moonlight, her entire face seemed to glow.
Her skin was so fair it was almost startling.
For a brief moment, he lost himself.
Then he heard her murmur,
“Hot… so hot… I’m so hot…”
As she spoke, she pulled one side of her thin clothing halfway off.
Her figure was alluring, every curve exactly where it should be.
With that careless tug, the alluring scenery beneath threatened to spill into view, her fair skin dazzling to the eye.
Xu Nianchu felt her breathing grow ragged and her heartbeat accelerate.
She had no doubt that if this continued,
she would burn up from the inside.
“Big brother… help me… please?”
Her voice was soft and sweet.
The man’s Adam’s apple bobbed.
“How?”
Xu Nianchu’s eyes widened.
Don’t tell me this guy was completely inexperienced.
How could he not understand something so obvious?
Was she, an unmarried young lady, really supposed to teach him?
Where was she supposed to get that kind of experience?
Weren’t men supposed to figure these things out naturally?
Besides, as a proper young heiress, there was no way she could bring herself to explain it outright.
Left with no other choice, she extended one of her long, slender legs and slowly brushed it against his, hoping he’d get the hint.
Lu Beichen was speechless.
And she claimed nothing was wrong?
Earlier that day, while carrying out a mission, he had been forced to consume an aphrodisiac.
Coincidentally, the leader of an enemy spy ring had come under attack.
Lu Beichen had deliberately taken a knife for him to earn his trust.
Now, a beautiful woman had appeared out of nowhere.
Could there really be such a coincidence in this world?
His eyes narrowed.
The woman’s movements didn’t stop.
Sweet, breathy sounds escaped her throat.
“Don’t worry… I won’t take advantage of you without paying… I’m very rich!”
She might be beautiful,
but he was handsome too.
When forced to rely on someone else, it was best to be humble.
Besides, if money could solve the problem, who could resist its temptation?
As she spoke, she pulled out a dazzling golden wallet from her pocket.
After shaking it for quite a while, she finally watched helplessly as a single one-mao note slowly floated out.
She swallowed.
The situation before her became even more confusing.
Where was all her money?
Where were her bank cards?
She was broke.
Without money, she could only rely on promises.
“You can trust me. Tomorrow… I’ll definitely pay you tomorrow.”
Her actions had stirred up the fire within Lu Beichen as well.
He wasn’t some saint immune to temptation.
He had taken the drug himself.
Though he had managed to stay clear-headed until now,
the sweet fragrance drifting from her body as she moved made his head begin to spin.
Fortunately, he hadn’t forgotten his mission.
With a few swift movements, he tested her reactions and quickly determined that she possessed no combat ability whatsoever.
Her waist was as slender as one of his thighs.
At least she wasn’t a spy.
One thread of tension in his mind finally relaxed.
Meanwhile, Xu Nianchu, sprawled on the floor, was so angry she almost laughed.
“Big brother, if you don’t want to sleep with me, you don’t have to hit me.”
She was such a gorgeous beauty.
Who had she ever offended?
Whoever had drugged her…
Once she got through this, she’d make sure to repay them properly.
Lu Beichen froze.
Looking at Xu Nianchu twisting awkwardly on the floor, he asked,
“Are you alright?”
Grinding her teeth, Xu Nianchu writhed helplessly.
Her eyelashes trembled.
Her eyes shimmered with desire.
Her clothes barely covered the most important parts of her body.
“If you won’t do it… then find me another man… one just like you.”
Lu Beichen’s gaze turned cold.
“You may be casual about it, but my brothers aren’t.”
He knew full well how important a woman’s reputation was in this era.
The woman before him was only acting so boldly because she had been drugged.
Once she regained her senses tomorrow, she might very well throw herself into a lake over losing her chastity.
He had no intention of doing something that would weigh on his conscience.
Xu Nianchu was so furious that the veins at her temples throbbed.
She wanted nothing more than to jump up and curse him.
Unfortunately, she had no strength left.
Even her words came out weak and soft.
“Are you even a man?”
Clenching his teeth as he suppressed the turmoil raging inside him, Lu Beichen opened the adjoining room and carried out a bucket of water.
“Take a bath yourself. I’ll wait outside.”
What a ridiculous situation.
In the middle of the night, he couldn’t even stay in his own home.
Xu Nianchu glanced at the bucket.
Her instincts told her it wouldn’t help.
Taking a deep breath, she reached out and grabbed the leg of Lu Beichen’s trousers.
If he walked away now,
she would truly have no one left to turn to.