Aunt Zhou and the other servants, seeing Si Ye's furious demeanor, all kept their distance, bowing their heads, no one daring to so much as glance at them.
"Si Ye, you're insane! Let go of me!" In his grasp, she felt like a dead dog, only able to be mercilessly dragged along by him.
"..."
"Did you hear me, let go of me!!!" Chen Zhi grabbed onto the railing beside the last step, trying to stop his advance.
The man looked back, his expression cold and grim.
Without a word, he stepped forward and forcefully jerked her hand back, simply dragging her along by both hands.
Her body scraped over the soft carpet, the smooth floor, and then the cobblestones of the garden.
Just as Chen Zhi's mind went dizzy with pain, she suddenly found herself flung into the air—
"Splash—" She crashed into the swimming pool with no warning.
"Gurgle—gurgle—" Water flooded into her mouth and nose; in her panic, she forgot how to swim and struggled wildly instead.
