Their eyes met.
There were a few seconds of dead silence.
The sound of snow falling was clearly audible.
Fu Hanjiang's face was like the sky before a storm, dark and oppressive, making it hard to breathe.
His gaze fixed on her, his voice low, "Don't tell me you were with him all night?"
Sheng Xiangsi opened her mouth, "Yes, but..."
"Ha!"
However, Fu Hanjiang couldn't stop, "Yes?"
His eyes instantly turned ferocious.
"Sheng Xiangsi!"
Suddenly raising his hand, he grabbed her chin, his handsome face almost pressed against hers, smiling coldly.
"You did it on purpose, didn't you? You deliberately gave the dress to Yao Leyi to have a reason not to go to the banquet, so you could meet your ex-boyfriend! Isn't that right?"
Faced with his sudden fury, Sheng Xiangsi was a bit dazed.
Zhong Pei, still beside them, seeing things turning bad, quickly explained, "Second Brother Fu, don't misunderstand. Last night, Xiangsi fell off her bike. I just took her to the hospital..."
"Shut up!"
Fu Hanjiang suddenly glared at Zhong Pei, eyes blazing with fury.
"And you!"
He abruptly raised his hand, grabbing Zhong Pei by the collar.
"Daring to touch my girlfriend, are you tired of living?"
Before he finished speaking, he raised his arm and punched Zhong Pei hard!
"Ah!"
Zhong Pei, his leg still not fully healed, had no ability to fight back and instantly fell to the ground, his face turning pale from the pain.
"Zhong Pei!"
Sheng Xiangsi was terrified.
Seeing Zhong Pei like this, she felt more and more like she was an unlucky person. Was anyone who was good to her doomed to suffer?
Without thinking, she rushed over, kneeling on the ground, shielding Zhong Pei with her body.
Looking up at Fu Hanjiang, "Stop hitting! Zhong Pei is telling the truth!"
Tears welled up in her eyes as she suddenly lunged at Fu Hanjiang, hugging his legs, "Zhong Pei, run! Run away!"
"Xiangsi?" Zhong Pei hesitated, unwilling to leave. "If he hits you..."
"He won't!"
Sheng Xiangsi was frantic, "Run! He won't hit me!"
She knew Fu Hanjiang well enough to be certain that, although he was horrible, he wouldn't hit a woman.
"Go! If you don't go, I won't be able to explain!"
With her repeated urging, and with Zhong Pei's driver pulling and dragging him away, he finally left.
Ha.
Fu Hanjiang looked down at the woman clinging to him, feeling utterly desolate.
"Sheng Xiangsi! You're my girlfriend! What does this make me? Do you really see me as your boyfriend?"
He couldn't bear to imagine, "You spent the whole night with Zhong Pei. What did you do? Huh?"
Had they hugged, kissed, just like they had? The mere thought of it burned him from the inside.
"Sheng Xiangsi! Are you out of your mind? Treating me like this for Zhong Pei? If he was reliable, would you have been framed by Liao Qingru?"
His disappointment was deep, his eyes black and impenetrable.
"Fu Hanjiang."
Sheng Xiangsi felt a shock. She was frightened by his gaze.
What kind of look was this? It was like catching a wife in an affair.
She nervously grabbed his arm, "Listen to me, I didn't betray you! Last night, I was just in the hospital under observation!"
"Really?"
"Really!" Sheng Xiangsi nodded desperately.
"No, I don't believe it!"
Fu Hanjiang suddenly bent down, lifting her from the ground, "Get up, come with me!"
He carried her off the ground and into the car.
The door slammed shut with a thud, as if it hit Sheng Xiangsi's heart. She nervously bit her lip, "Where are you taking me?"
Fu Hanjiang didn't speak or look at her.
Starting the car, he pressed down on the accelerator, speeding up to the maximum.
"?" Sheng Xiangsi looked out the window, confused by the route. This was the way to Silver Beach.
He was driving too fast. Luckily, it was early morning and snowy, so the roads weren't too busy. They arrived quickly.
The car drove into the yard, heading straight for the garage.
With a screech, he braked sharply, the tires even sparking on the ground.
Looking at his increasingly dark profile, Sheng Xiangsi felt frightened. She undid her seatbelt and hesitantly spoke.
"Fu Hanjiang, ah..."
As soon as she opened her mouth, he pressed her into the car seat.
At the same time, the car seat clicked down, lying flat. Sheng Xiangsi lay there, and then he leaned over her.
"?" Sheng Xiangsi's pupils contracted, "What are you doing?"
"I can't wait!"
Fu Hanjiang raised his hand, reaching for her neck, "Didn't you say nothing happened with Zhong Pei? Fine, I'll check! I'll check right now!"
What? Sheng Xiangsi was stunned. She knew exactly what he meant by checking.
"No, don't!"
Sheng Xiangsi shook her head, pushing against his chest with all her strength.
"Let go! I don't want this!"
"Don't want it?"
Fu Hanjiang, eyes red with jealousy, couldn't hear her.
"Why don't you want it? We've done this before... what, now that you've seen your ex, you're playing the virtuous woman? Did something happen last night? So now I can't touch you? Are you saving yourself for him?"
What nonsense!
Sheng Xiangsi, white with anger and trembling, suddenly raised her hand and slapped him hard, "Bastard! Fu Hanjiang, you bastard!"
"I'm a bastard?"
Fu Hanjiang, hit by the slap, became even angrier.
His tongue pressed against his cheek, "Yes, I'm a bastard! In your eyes, I'm naturally not as good as Zhong Pei!"
"Yes!"
Sheng Xiangsi gritted her teeth and shouted, her eyes bloodshot.
"Zhong Pei is better than you! He's a gentleman, upright and bright, unlike you! You're not worthy!"
"You!"
Fu Hanjiang raised his fist but held it in the air, clenched tightly, not bringing it down.
"Ha!"
He laughed, a chilling sound.
"Yes, I'm not worthy! I'm inferior to Zhong Pei in every way. But what now? You're mine!"
With that, he lowered his head and kissed her fiercely.
"Ugh!"
Sheng Xiangsi winced in pain.
This wasn't a kiss; he was biting her! Was he going to tear her apart and swallow her whole?
In the confined space of the car, Sheng Xiangsi struggled desperately but wasn't strong enough.
"Let go... let go..."
But the man, like a beast out of control, couldn't hear her. He couldn't stop!
It hurt, it hurt so much. Sheng Xiangsi had never experienced such pain, as if she was being split in two!
Or as if a heavy machine was crushing her!
Besides, images flashed through her mind...
"..."
Sheng Xiangsi closed her eyes. She had no strength to resist.
"Xiangsi, Xiangsi."
Fu Hanjiang called her name over and over, his fingers threading through her hair, entwined with resentment.
"You're mine, mine!"