"Little uncle is dead, it must be very saddening, right?"
A chilly and lifeless voice echoed from behind Zhuo Ya.
The girl's delicate body involuntarily trembled due to the man's words.
She clenched the handle of her umbrella and turned back to see Gu Yanting standing behind her.
The man was without an umbrella, his stern face becoming even more striking and profound beneath the rolling rainwater.
Those deeply engraved black eyes rested on Zhuo Ya's face, as if they wanted to scorch her whole.
"Brother Ah Yan... I just wanted to come and accompany... him."
Zhuo Ya cowardly shrank her neck, stepping back involuntarily.
"Lie down."
Gu Yanting slowly lifted his hand to unbutton his coat and ordered Zhuo Ya.
Zhuo Ya, realizing what the man wanted to do, opened her eyes wide in panic and said, "Don't... Brother Ah Yan, we can't do it here."
"Do you like him a lot? It would be a fine sight for him to see."
Gu Yanting threw his coat to the ground, lifting his chin, instructing Zhuo Ya to lie down.
Zhuo Ya's eyes reddened, and her pale face was filled with fear.
"You can't do this; today is his funeral, we can't..."
"Ah Ya, not being a good girl?"
The man's dark eyes flickered with a hint of madness and paranoia as he stepped forward, grasped the girl's chin, and forcefully pressed her to the ground.
"It's not the first time after all, are you shy in front of him?"
"Gu Yanting... I... will hate you."
Zhuo Ya clenched her fists, pounding on Gu Yanting's chest and yelled in anger.
Gu Yanting seized her wrists, pinning them beside her head, and smiled dismissively, "Do you think I care?"
"Wait till you have the power to kill me, or, of course, you could let me die on top of you."
The man's bewitchingly red lips neared Zhuo Ya's ear, an ambiguous scent mixed with frivolity and wickedness, agitating Zhuo Ya's nerves; the girl's body trembled nonstop, Zhuo Ya's eyes widened as she frantically shook her head, but she couldn't stop the man's actions.
The cold rainwater on Zhuo Ya's skin added a layer of decaying pallor.
The man's eyes grew deeper as he caressed the woman's waistline, Zhuo Ya opened her mouth wide, gasping like a fish on the brink of death, her eyes moist, unable to tell if it was rain or tears.
This sentence had been said many times, yet the shame never ceased.
Gu Yanting leisurely looked at the girl beneath him, her face flushed; Zhuo Ya held her breath and closed her eyes, unwilling to see the face before her.
The rain and tears dampened the girl's eyelashes, making her appear all the more heartbreakingly lovely.
"Ah Ya, I've said it many times, don't have any thoughts about anyone else, you always try to test my bottom line."
His warm hand brushed over the woman's smooth skin, carrying frenzy and a maniacal desire for control; Zhuo Ya, frightened, turned her face pale and sobbed weakly, "Ah Yan, I didn't... please let me go, wuu wuu wuu."
The wind stirred the branches in the cemetery, the cold rainwater strangely turning scalding hot. Zhuo Ya bit the man's shoulder, her face filled with loathing.
She lifted her eyes and stared at the profoundly handsome face before her: "I will kill you."
Gu Yanting smirked rather than became angry, bowed his head to capture the woman's red lips; "Alright, I'm waiting for you, but don't make me wait too long."
Zhuo Ya didn't know if it was because of the rain causing a cold or because of Gu Yanting's words that enraged her, but she fainted into Gu Yanting's arms.
Gu Yanting looked at the unconscious Zhuo Ya, his Phoenix Eyes clouded with a trace of gloom and irritation.
The man picked up Zhuo Ya in his arms, turned back to glance at the rain-soaked tombstone, and coldly said, "Little uncle, rest in peace, she is mine!"
She'll never escape for the rest of her life!
...
Gu Yanting brought Zhuo Ya back to the villa, and sitting in the living room was Gu Xiaoxiao beginning to throw a tantrum.
"Brother, she is a malicious spirit. Now she has even caused the death of little uncle, how much longer will you protect her?"
A month ago, Fu Lie had been hit by a car while trying to save Zhuo Ya.
Gu Xiaoxiao had originally been against Fu Lie bringing Zhuo Ya home to raise her, and now she despised Zhuo Ya to the point of wanting to tear her to shreds.
However, Gu Yanting always protected Zhuo Ya, leaving Gu Xiaoxiao beside herself with rage.
"Go back to your room."
Gu Yanting dismissed Gu Xiaoxiao, carrying Zhuo Ya upstairs.
Seeing Gu Yanting ignore her, Gu Xiaoxiao called out from behind, "Big brother, her mother caused the death of our father and even turned our mother into a mental patient; have you fallen in love with her?"
When Zhuo Ya was brought home by Gu Yanting, she was eight years old.
Her mother was Gu Yanting's father's first love, and the two of them couldn't help themselves and got together after meeting each other.
Gu Yanting's mother couldn't bear the shock and caused trouble for Zhuo Ya's mother, the distressed woman attempted to kill Zhuo Ya's mother but was stopped by Gu Yanting's father.
In the end, Gu Yanting's father died trying to save Zhuo Ya's mother, and Zhuo Ya's mother, stricken with grief, soon departed from this world as well.
And Gu Yanting's mother became insane; she's now being treated at the capital's largest mental hospital.
"My business is none of your concern."
No emotions could be read on Gu Yanting's imposing face.
Gu Xiaoxiao, with red-eyed anger, pointed at Zhuo Ya in Gu Yanting's arms, "She even seduced little uncle, you don't know I saw little uncle embracing her... "
"Gu Xiaoxiao, don't test my limits."
A trace of sullenness flashed across Gu Yanting's Phoenix Eyes as he warned her.
Frightened by the man's powerful presence, Gu Xiaoxiao trembled and pouted, "Big brother."
Indeed, big brother was seduced by Zhuo Ya.
"If I find out you've bullied Ah Ya behind my back again, I won't be lenient."
Gu Yanting's warning made Gu Xiaoxiao shrink her neck in fear.
She had been tormenting Zhuo Ya regularly, even in school she didn't let her off.
Gu Xiaoxiao pouted, her eyes accidentally catching a glimpse of the red marks and bite marks on Zhuo Ya's calf.
What was that...?