Yihao Hotel in City D.
"Xiaoxiao, go to room 1501 and wait there. I have something urgent to attend to and have to go home. Don't worry, Xiangbei will look for you soon."
At the elevator door, her mother, Gao Zhenning, smiled kindly. With that, she left in a hurry.
Ye Xiao nodded obediently and pressed the button for the 15th floor.
She was about seventeen or eighteen years old and was wearing a simple white sweater. Her bright black hair was draped over her shoulders, accentuating her porcelain-white face. Her features were delicate, and her eyes were bright and clear, like an elegant lily in the morning fog, exuding a faint fragrance.
With a ding, the elevator door opened. Ye Xiao was looking for the door number when the lights in the corridor were suddenly switched off. It was pitch dark.
"Did… the power go out?" she thought uneasily.
She could hear the sound of hurried footsteps coming towards her suddenly. In the next second, she was knocked to the ground. She heard a man's hoarse voice. "Give it to me…"
She could not see the man's face clearly. She struggled with all her might, but she could not escape. Soon he covered her mouth and dragged her into a corner…
As a sharp pain attacked her, Ye Xiao whimpered in pain, "No…"
• • •
At the same time, a burly man in his fifties groped his way in the dark into Room 1501 with a key card in his hand.
"Little darling, I'm here." He switched on the lights with a lustful look, but… the room was empty. "Where is the promised little beauty?" he wondered.
After leaving the room, he shouted into the phone as he walked, "Gu Yicheng, are you f*cking messing with me? Let me tell you! Don't even think about signing the contract! Your Gu Corporation will be finished!"
There was a pause.
The elevator door opened at this moment. A man in black walked past him with a walkie-talkie in his hand. "Chairman Wang, Han Zhen is gone… Don't worry, our brothers are looking for him…"
• • •
Five years later, in the secretary's office of Han Tai Corporation.
"Xiaoxiao, come to my office." A deep, husky voice came from the receiver.
"Alright, Young Master Han." After putting down the phone, a figure in a black suit walked to the CEO's office, knocked lightly three times, and pushed the door open.
As soon as the door was closed, a discussion started in the secretary's office.
"Why is Young Master Han looking for her again?"
"That's right, we're clearly better looking!"
"Can it be that Young Master Han's taste in women has changed? Is he sick of delicacies and wants to have plain porridge and side dishes?"
There was a pause.
"Cough, cough, cough." Secretary Zhou coughed violently, and the gossipy women immediately fell silent.
• • •
In the CEO's office.
Ye Xiao, who should now be called Gao Xiaoxiao, stood quietly in front of a cold and imposing desk.
She had tied her hair into an old-fashioned bun. Her face was fair and delicate, without any makeup, and she was wearing a pair of oversized black-framed glasses… At a glance, she was a plain woman.
Ten minutes later, the door to the lounge opened and a tall figure walked out.
He was Han Zhen, the CEO of the renowned Han Tai Corporation in City D. He was born with a silver spoon and was the darling of the gods. He was also her husband. They had wedded secretly in a fake marriage three years ago.
He had married her probably because she was simple, obedient, and an orphan. These qualities could save him from all sorts of unnecessary troubles.
Han Zhen had a very handsome and pleasing face.
Under his thick, well-shaped eyebrows, his attractive, amorous eyes were dark like obsidian. He had a high nose bridge and seductive thin lips. Coupled with his perfect chin and fair skin, he exuded boundless charm.
He was wearing a white shirt in a laid-back way, with the buttons undone!