After signing, he threw the check onto the ground beside him icily, preparing to turn around and leave.
An Xiaomian grabbed the check and tore it into pieces.
Then, she fiercely threw the pieces onto Shangguan Xiu's back and said calmly, "Mr. Shangguan, last time, because of a private family matter, I sold myself, and I know I've become a despicable person in your eyes. I won't explain myself. But I'll tell you, I will absolutely not have this child. It's an accident, destined not to come into this world, so no matter how much money you give me, I won't deliver him."
Shangguan Xiu's departing footsteps suddenly halted.
Then, he slowly turned around, a trace of anger igniting in his eyes. He frowned and looked with disdain at the girl standing by the bed who had just torn up the check and spoke her mind.
The rage in his eyes grew fiercer.
He strode forward abruptly, without warning rushed up to An Xiaomian, and suddenly reached out with his long hand, forcefully grasping her slender neck. Lifting her so that her feet couldn't touch the ground, he then let out a sinister, hellish cold laugh, terrifyingly eerie: "You're An Xiaomian, right? You're the first person who doesn't follow my orders. Tell me, how do you want me to kill you, hmm?"
"Cough cough cough... Let go of me..." An Xiaomian had not expected him to be so terrifying, to suddenly grab her neck and speak of wanting to kill her.
She didn't want to die.
A mocking cold smile appeared on Shangguan Xiu's lips, then he threw her onto the soft bed beside him. Looking down at her from above as she clutched her neck, coughing and trying to breathe, his face was as cold as ice: "Just stay here comfortably, give birth to the child safely, and I'll give you a significant reward. If you dare disobey me again, I have many ways to make you regret it. I advise you not to provoke me!"
After delivering his message, Shangguan Xiu didn't look at her again. He turned and left, closing the door with a bang.
Then there was a series of hurried footsteps, gradually fading away.
Climbing onto the bed and still rubbing her neck that he had painfully squeezed, An Xiaomian felt very uncomfortable hearing him leave.
That first day she met him, he seemed like someone not to be trifled with.
But there were too many things on her mind at that time, she hadn't paid much attention to him. Plus, he had been drugged then, probably not fully lucid.
She hadn't expected the sober him to be so frightening.
The icy coldness and ruthlessness in his eyes when he looked at her clearly conveyed to An Xiaomian that if she did anything wrong, he might actually strangle her there and then.
But she truly didn't want to have this child.
Isn't having a child something that a married couple should decide to do?
Why, when she and that man didn't know each other and had nothing to do with one another, did he insist on forcing her to have his child?
An Xiaomian clenched her fists. She didn't care; she didn't want to be trapped here. She had to find a chance to escape and then get an abortion.
As long as she had the abortion, even if he found her again, he wouldn't bother her anymore.
...
It was a beautiful thought in An Xiaomian's mind, but reality brutally slapped her in the face.
Ever since that night, after an unpleasant meeting with Shangguan Xiu, he hadn't come back.