Xu Ningxi was hit with a bombshell, her mind thundering.
Gu Huai'an and Xu Huanyan were fooling around together, and they were going to get engaged?!
How could this be possible!
She couldn't believe it and stumbled forward two steps, "Gu Huai'an, you... you were forced, right? Xu Huanyan... she forced you, didn't she?"
She would never believe that Gu Huai'an, who had been in love with her for years, would betray her!
How could this be possible?
She had been so good to Gu Huai'an, and he had said, "I will marry none other than her." How could he possibly choose to get engaged to Xu Huanyan?!
Gu Huai'an was a bit embarrassed by her questioning but still confessed stiffly, "Ningxi, no one forced me. I am indeed going to get engaged to Huanyan. You are good as well, but you can't provide me with the future I desire. Huanyan can. She has promised me the position of vice president."
As soon as these words fell, Xu Ningxi slapped Gu Huai'an's face hard!
This slap was powered by all her strength, even she didn't know how she had mustered it.
It was probably a culmination of all her hatred and unwillingness, a slap that was as painful as it was liberating, leaving her palm tingling!
She had never imagined that Gu Huai'an, the most esteemed talent from Beijing University in her eyes, would stoop to such lows for the position of vice president, betraying her to latch onto Xu Huanyan!
Gu Huai'an's face was turned aside by Xu Ningxi's slap, and a red palm print instantly appeared on his handsome face.
It pained Xu Huanyan to see this.
She glared at Xu Ningxi, "You're going too far! What's it to you if we're getting engaged? You're the one who's going to marry Lin Hao. What right do you have to hit someone?!"
Xu Ningxi had seen her shamelessness and retorted, "You're the one who should be marrying Lin Hao! He specifically named you!"
At this, Xu Huanyan couldn't help but gloat and eagerly said, "You don't know yet, do you? I Photoshopped your private photos and sent them to Lin Hao, telling him that you were still a virgin, that everything before was just an act! He believed me, and now his interest in you has been rekindled. He wants you to marry into the Lin Family! Just wait and endure the torture in the Lin Family! Hahaha!"
After calming down, she could smell that something was off about the whole affair.
Xu Ningxi was deeply in love with Gu Huai'an, so why would she be seeking pleasure in nightclubs?
It was nothing more than a smokescreen concocted by Xu Ningxi herself.
Since Lin Hao was a pervert, she conveniently Photoshopped Xu Ningxi's private photos for him, which hit the spot.
This "good fortune" had fallen back onto Xu Ningxi's head!
Xu Ningxi felt as if she had been struck by a hammer again, grinding her teeth, "Shameless!"
Anger made her lips tremble and her body go cold.
"Shameless but effective, isn't it!" Xu Huanyan was gleeful, "Sister, having lost Gu Huai'an, you must be feeling despondent now. Luckily, Lin Hao is willing to take you in. Just be obedient to him. I hope both of us sisters will achieve our marital bliss!"
Xu Ningxi looked at Xu Huanyan's cunning face, feeling utterly cold inside.
She coldly dropped a sentence, "Xu Huanyan, I won't let you get away with this!"
Unable to stand the couple any longer, she turned and walked out.
But little did she expect, her exit was met by two bodyguards from her family! The two of them blocked her way in unison!
Xu Hongyuan came out, his face stern, "To avoid any complications, you'll stay at home properly! The future daughter-in-law of the Lin Family should not be making public appearances!"
Xu Ningxi realized in an instant that she was under house arrest.
They were planning to send her to the Lin Family to get married in three days!
She clenched her teeth in secret and returned to her bedroom without a word.
Xu Hongyuan, seeing that she was complying, finally breathed a sigh of relief.
At lunchtime, a servant went upstairs to bring Xu Ningxi her meal.
The Xu family was quietly having lunch in the dining room downstairs.
The table was laid with a variety of delicious dishes, and each of their faces was filled with joy.
Solving a major worry, they were obviously happy.
And just then, a servant ran down from upstairs, exclaiming in alarm, "Something terrible has happened, something terrible!"
Xu Hongyuan's expression hardened, "What's all this panic about!"
The servant spoke with trembling fear, "There's no one in the room, the eldest miss... she has climbed over the wall and escaped!"
"What?!" Xu Hongyuan's brows furrowed deeply, and he swiftly headed upstairs.
Xu Huanyan also decisively dropped her chopsticks and hurriedly followed him.
Indeed, Xu Ningxi's room was empty, but the window was wide open, indicating she had likely jumped down stepping on the air conditioner unit outside.
And right in the center of the pristine white wall, Xu Ningxi had left behind her defiant red words: "Xu Hongyuan, you sell your daughter and lose all humanity! I, Xu Ningxi, would rather marry a pig or a dog than marry Lin Hao! If Lin Hao wants to marry a bigamist, let him come and take her in three days!"
The words were indeed as resolute as iron.
Xu Hongyuan was completely stunned.
This rebellious daughter was threatening them.
Was she going to register for marriage?!
Xu Huanyan understood immediately, sneering directly, "Gu Huai'an is mine; her dream of getting married in such a short span is just a fool's fantasy!"
After speaking, she clenched her teeth in fury and roared at the two bodyguards by the door, "All you do is eat idle bread, now go and search for her in the back mountain!"
With the main gate guarded by someone, the back mountain was the only route Xu Ningxi could have taken to escape!
...
When Xu Ningxi arrived at the hotel, her clothes were ragged.
The vines and thorns of the back mountain had torn her clothes and also cut her legs; she had endured the pain all the way to the hotel.
She used her ID card to open a room, but when she tried to pay with her phone, she found it was broken and wouldn't switch on.
It likely got damaged when she jumped down from the building; she had been too hurried in her escape to notice.
The cashier at the front desk was urging her to settle the bill, but she didn't have a penny on her.
In an instant, Xu Ningxi felt utterly embarrassed.
Just as she was finding it awkward, the elevator doors opened, and Fu Hanzheng walked out.
He spotted Xu Ningxi, her face covered in shame, and strode over to ask, "What's wrong?"
Seeing him, Xu Ningxi's face turned beet red in an instant.
Why did she have to keep running into this gigolo?!
Instinctively, she took a step back, trying to use her hands to cover her disheveled appearance.
Unfortunately, it was hardly effective at hiding anything.
Seeing that she didn't respond, the cashier sister took the initiative and said, "Sir, this lady's phone has malfunctioned, and she can't pay for her room."
Immediately, Xu Ningxi felt even more mortified, wishing she could just vanish into thin air.
Just last night, she was a wealthy heiress who could afford his company for an entire night, and now she found herself in such disarray, on the verge of being homeless.
He probably had never seen such a "tragic" client before!
Then, the gigolo's voice, as rich and seductive as a cello, reached her ears, "No problem, put it on my tab."
Xu Ningxi was taken aback, full of astonishment.
She suddenly looked up to meet the gigolo's beautiful, bright eyes.
He tilted the corners of his lips slightly in a smile, like a night-blooming cereus opening up, causing Xu Ningxi's face to grow even redder.
At the same time, she was particularly shocked that the gigolo offered to pay for her.
They were not familiar with each other.