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"Stop... please don't... Gu Yanting."
"Brother Yanting, I beg you."
The man cradled Zhuo Ya, who had already been bathed, and laid her on the bed, then heard the woman's murmurings.
He placed Zhuo Ya on the bed, his fingers gently caressing her body.
"Zhuo Ya, you belong to me, for the rest of your life."
Having said this, the man continued to press himself upon her, commencing a second round.
As dawn approached, Zhuo Ya opened her eyes, her throat felt like it was on fire, and her limbs were weak; her back was drenched in cold sweat.
She coughed dryly twice, and an ice-cold hand was laid upon Zhuo Ya's forehead.
"Ah Ya, you have a fever."
"It hurts."
Zhuo Ya rubbed her cheek against Gu Yanting's palm, her rosy cheeks full of grievance.
"Young master, the chicken soup is ready."
The butler came in holding the chicken soup, bowing to Gu Yanting with respect.
"Bring it here."
Gu Yanting held Zhuo Ya in his arms, ordering the butler.
The butler didn't dare hesitate, handing the chicken soup to Gu Yanting and turning to leave, but Gu Yanting called him back.
"What's the situation with the madam?"
The butler hastily reported.
"Skin trauma, she needs a few days of rest."
"Is Gu Xiaoxiao taking care of her?"
"Yes."
"Have the doctor watch her, prepare some nourishing food for her, moreover, the psychologist must visit her daily, constantly paying attention to her mental state."
"Madam doesn't like the psychologist."
The butler hesitated for a moment, then explained to Gu Yanting.
Gu Yanting's dark eyes flashed with a cold chill.
"If she refuses the psychologist, then she must return to the hospital for treatment, she can choose either option."
"Understood."
The butler, intimidated by the penetrating chill emanating from Gu Yanting, didn't dare say more. After bowing to Gu Yanting, he left dispiritedly.
The young master is unsparing even towards his wife; the Gu Family is bound to be restless hereafter.
"Big brother."
Gu Yanting put down the soup he was holding as Gu Xiaoxiao's aggrieved voice came from the doorway.
Gu Yanting lifted his chin towards Gu Xiaoxiao: "Go back and take care of mom."
"Are you only now thinking of caring about mom's injury? How do you plan to avenge her?"
Gu Xiaoxiao's beautiful eyes seemed to spit fire as she glared at Zhuo Ya, who lay asleep on the bed.
Little slut, only good for seducing big brother with her body.
"What would you like to do?"
Gu Yanting's hand rested on Zhuo Ya's back as he lifted his eyelids to glance at Gu Xiaoxiao and asked.
Seeing the threatening air in Gu Yanting's eyes, Gu Xiaoxiao swallowed her saliva and stammered, "Mom was harmed by Zhuo Ya to this extent, you surely can't indulge Zhuo Ya. No matter what, you have to make her pay back double…"
"Only I am allowed to bully Zhuo Ya, if anyone dares to bully her behind my back, death."
Gu Yanting's gaze held a piercing coldness as he swept it over Gu Xiaoxiao, exuding a strong murderous intent.
Gu Xiaoxiao, feeling oppressed by this chilling intent, was filled with resentment: "Big brother, are you now putting Zhuo Ya before mom's concerns?"
"Zhuo Ya is our enemy."
"Shut your mouth."
Gu Xiaoxiao, emotional and upset, rebuked Gu Yanting.
Seeing Gu Yanting's cold demeanor, Gu Xiaoxiao held back the words she wanted to say.
She knew all too well the kind of person Gu Yanting was.
If she continued to provoke Gu Yanting, he would surely not let her off.
"Big brother, Zhuo Ya has been with little uncle before."
Gu Xiaoxiao's eyes shifted as she took out a pocket watch from her pocket.
"I found this in little uncle's room."
"Little uncle spends most of his time at the military base, having a clean social circle without any scandals, and this pocket watch has a woman kissing little uncle. Although the woman's face is blurred, I recognized the necklace on the woman's neck."
"Zhuo Ya is just like her mother, adept at seducing men. She doesn't know when she climbed into little uncle's bed."
Gu Xiaoxiao grew more and more indignant as she spoke, her fingers pinching the pocket watch as if to crush it.
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Gu Yanting's handsome face showed no expression.
Gu Xiaoxiao stood in place, her expression somewhat uneasy.
Just as Gu Xiaoxiao felt panicked, Gu Yanting extended his hand toward her, asking her to hand over the pocket watch she was holding.
Without a word, Gu Xiaoxiao immediately handed the pocket watch to Gu Yanting.
Gu Yanting took the pocket watch, his dark eyes flickering with a cold glint.
Upon opening the pocket watch, there was a photograph inside.
The man was Gu Jin, clad in a military uniform, looking dashing and commanding, while the woman wore a light blue cheongsam. Her features were blurred, but the necklace around her neck caused Gu Yanting's pupils to constrict sharply.
It was the necklace he had forced Zhuo Ya to wear, the only one of its kind in the world, with no identical pieces.
"Big brother, you see Zhuo Ya's true colors now, don't you? This slut..."
"Get lost."
Gu Xiaoxiao's vulgar curse words brought a cold look to the bottom of Gu Yanting's eyes.
Gu Xiaoxiao felt the chilling coldness emanating from Gu Yanting at that moment.
She stiffened her neck and muttered, "Big brother, you can't be bewitched by Zhuo Ya, or our Gu Family will be finished."
After saying that, she left in a crestfallen manner.
After Gu Xiaoxiao left, Gu Yanting threw the pocket watch onto Zhuo Ya's face.
The sharp pain hit her, instantly rousing the originally groggy Zhuo Ya.
She lifted her eyelids, her eyes hazy as she looked up at the cold and unfeeling Gu Yanting standing in front of her.
"It hurts."
Zhuo Ya looked bewildered, raising a feeble hand to the spot where she had been hit, her little face full of grievance.
"Did you sleep with Gu Jin?"
Sleep with... what?
How could she not understand what Gu Yanting was implying?
As Zhuo Ya was lost in confusion, Gu Yanting directly grabbed her chin, pressing his handsome face close to hers and asked with a cold sneer, "Did you sleep with Gu Jin? Have you kissed him? Have you embraced him? Zhuo Ya, if you dare to lie, I'll strangle you."
"It's unbearable... let me go."
The man's almost crazed behavior was causing Zhuo Ya great distress.
She lifted her foot and kicked out at Gu Yanting.
But she was weak from fever, with no strength in her body, easily overpowered and pinned down by Gu Yanting.
"You've thoroughly enraged me, Zhuo Ya."
After coldly taunting her with a heartless tone of voice, Gu Yanting flipped back the covers on Zhuo Ya's body and pressed his body directly onto hers.
Zhuo Ya's eyes widened in dumbfounded shock, staring at the Gu Yanting who was so close at hand.
Gu Yanting...
Zhuo Ya's lips quivered, her hands feebly pushing against the man's chest, but she was powerless to push him away; in the end, she could only endure the man's tempest.
"It hurts... Gu Yanting."
His rough actions were almost tearing her apart.
Zhuo Ya's body had not yet recovered, and with her current cold, she could hardly endure such intimacy.
But Gu Yanting, in his fury, cared nothing for Zhuo Ya's pleas.
All he wanted was to vent, to make Zhuo Ya understand that the only person who could touch her was him.
Besides him, anyone who touched her would die!
Downstairs, Gu Xiaoxiao listened to the noises above, grabbed a cup in anger, and smashed it to the ground.
"Miss, don't let the young master see this."
Seeing how angry Gu Xiaoxiao was, the butler quickly reminded her.
Gu Xiaoxiao's eyes reddened.
"Are you telling me to stand by and watch Zhuo Ya bewitch my big brother?"
"You know the young master's temper. No one can change what he's decided."
"Moreover, Miss Zhuo Ya is a very nice girl; the young master likes Miss Zhuo..."
"Are you out of your mind?"
Gu Xiaoxiao interrupted the butler harshly upon hearing him speaking up for Zhuo Ya.
"Does that bitch Zhuo Ya deserve to be part of our Gu Family? What international joke are you making?"
"Or are you saying that you also climbed into the bed of that little bitch Zhuo Ya?"
Gu Xiaoxiao's unrestrained words infuriated the butler.
"Miss, some words are better left unsaid."
"Hmph, you haven't climbed into that whore Zhuo Ya's bed, yet you still speak on her behalf?"
"She killed our little uncle, and now she's seducing my big brother. I will not let that slut off."