Zhou Bei, with his leg propped up, leaned back on the sofa and broke the silence, "Nanyan, the young man is so sincere, don't waste his kindness, don't squander what heaven has given."
After Zhou Bei finished speaking, Lu Beicheng snapped back to reality, giving a cold snort, "Suffering from chronic lack of love, it's time to find a man to get a couple of shots."
Upon hearing this, Gu Nanyan stood up, full of charm, and said with a generous smile, "Mubai, Old Shen, now that my husband has spoken, I'll go get those shots first. You guys take your time."
With that, she looked toward the boy beside her, "Let's go, handsome. I'll take you to get a room."
"Sure, sis." The boy agreed with Gu Nanyan and whispered a few words into her ear.
"Really! Then I'll see how good your technique is," Gu Nanyan said.
"..." Everyone.
Seizing the opportunity, Zhou Bei, along with another boy, also headed over there.
Inside the room, Lu Beicheng's refined face could hold back no longer, and he kicked something furiously.
The next second, the mahjong table was flipped over, and the mahjong tiles clattered all over the floor.
Ye Chu, standing next to him, had turned pale with fright and shouted, grasping his arm, "Beicheng."
Ye Chu was startled, and Su Mubai thought it wasn't appropriate for her to be there, so he had someone take her back first.
At the door, Gu Nanyan, without even turning her head back, asked the two boys with interest what skills they had, which positions felt the most comfortable, and whether they made good money in this line of work.
Zhou Bei looked back with a smile, feeling vindicated at heart.
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Not long after, when Gu Nanyan arrived at the door of another luxurious suite with a room card in hand, Lu Beicheng approached with an icy expression.
Sleeping with other men was out of the question.
What Lu Beicheng didn't want, no one else could even think about touching.
Seeing him coming, Gu Nanyan greeted him as if running into an acquaintance, "What a coincidence, you're here to get a room, too!"
"Where's Ye Chu? Why don't you call her over to join us?"
Before Lu Beicheng could respond, Gu Nanyan went on, "We were husband and wife, after all. Although I can't sleep with you, at least let me witness your virility in bed. Otherwise, after we get divorced, I won't even be able to answer when others ask how my ex-husband was in bed."
As Gu Nanyan teased, Zhou Bei watched from the side, smiling affectionately at her.
Lu Beicheng: "Gu Nanyan, you're truly despicable."
Gu Nanyan replied nonchalantly with a smile, "Would I be able to get a marriage certificate with you if I weren't? Could I sleep on your family's bed?"
Gu Nanyan and Lu Beicheng had only registered their marriage and had not held a wedding ceremony, which was originally planned, but Lu Beicheng canceled it last minute.
This matter had always been a thorn in Gu Nanyan's side.
Because of this, very few people knew about their marriage.
Seeing Gu Nanyan being stopped by Lu Beicheng and hearing her mention the marriage certificate, the boy following her hurriedly stepped forward, saying, "Sis, maybe you should first..."
But before he could finish his sentence, Lu Beicheng's leg shot out, landing a kick squarely in the boy's chest.
Immediately after, the boy, with a ghostly pale face, staggered backward several steps, and then with a loud crash, fell heavily to the ground.
At this point, Gu Nanyan finally dropped her usual pleasant demeanor, "Lu Beicheng, that's enough."
In defense of Gu Nanyan, Lu Beicheng grabbed her face with his hand, "Gu Nanyan, you motherfucker can even fancy this kind of trash? You can actually swallow such?"
Grasping Lu Beicheng's arm, Gu Nanyan said, "Whether I can swallow it or not is none of your business, you play your games, and I play mine, it's fair and mutual."
Challenged by Gu Nanyan's defiance, Lu Beicheng's face darkened, and he changed his grip to her throat.
The moment her neck was seized, Gu Nanyan's face turned bright red.
Zhou Bei saw that Lu Beicheng was truly angry, and immediately grabbed his wrist, "Lu Beicheng, go any further and it's too much."
Zhou Bei had just finished speaking when Su Mubai and Shen Li rushed over as well.
Seeing the situation in front of them, they hurriedly stepped forward and pulled Lu Beicheng away.
Then, they glanced at the boy who had fallen to the ground and his companion and promptly told them to leave first.
Otherwise, someone might really end up dead.
Covering her neck with her right hand and coughing for a while, until she finally caught her breath, Gu Nanyan didn't say another word and lifted her right leg, fiercely kicking Lu Beicheng in the lower abdomen.
Instantly, Lu Beicheng's face turned deathly pale.
On the side, Su Mubai and the others were all momentarily stunned.
They knew Gu Nanyan was fierce, but they didn't expect her to be this fierce.
Glaring at Lu Beicheng with icy eyes, Gu Nanyan covered her neck and said coldly, "Try and lay a hand on me again, I dare you."
With a hateful look in her eyes, Lu Beicheng's heart suddenly clenched tightly.
He also realized that he had indeed been impulsive.
So, he lowered his gaze to look at Gu Nanyan for a long moment, then stuffed his hands in his pockets and turned to the side, remaining silent.
Seeing this, Shen Li, pushing the two, said, "Enough, you've been quarreling all night, let's talk about it when we get back."
Seizing the opportunity to defuse the situation, Lu Beicheng took his right hand out of his pocket, wordlessly pressed on Gu Nanyan's nape, and took her away.
Once they reached the parking lot downstairs, Lu Beicheng stuffed Gu Nanyan into the passenger seat, after which she turned her face to look out the window.
As the car started, the atmosphere quieted down for a while, and Lu Beicheng opened the window and lit a cigarette for himself.
Exhaling smoke rings into the air, he suddenly said, "Sleeping with just anyone, aren't you afraid of getting sick?"
Unconcerned, Gu Nanyan retorted, "I wear protection."
Lu Beicheng's face darkened, "Are you a man? Do you have that thing? What protection are you talking about?"
After Lu Beicheng snapped at her, the phone in Gu Nanyan's bag rang; she took it out and saw it was Qin Haiyun calling.
Sighing wearily, Gu Nanyan answered the call, "Mom."
On the other end, Qin Haiyun's voice came through urgently, "Nanyan, did you find Beicheng?"
With one hand on her forehead and the other holding the phone, Gu Nanyan replied listlessly, "Found him, on our way back now."
She did not mention a single word about their recent argument at the hotel.
Hearing that Lu Beicheng was on his way back, Qin Haiyun said, "Nanyan, seize the opportunity tonight. It's been two years, you and Beicheng should have a child by now; otherwise, if you wait another year and Beicheng wants a divorce, you won't even have a card up your sleeve."
Qin Haiyun's nagging gave Gu Nanyan a headache.
For two years, they had insisted she have a child, and yet they were also insistent that she not. She was almost going crazy.
The key issue was that she was desperate to have a child, but Lu Beicheng was unwilling!
Gu Nanyan didn't respond promptly to Qin Haiyun, which immediately put Qin Haiyun on alert, causing her to ask, "Nanyan, don't you want to have children?"
Gu Nanyan replied, "To have, to have, I do want to have them, Mom."
Gu Nanyan's perfunctory answer earned her a disinterested glance from Lu Beicheng, who then floored the accelerator, and the car sped up.
Before long, when they returned home, the house was quiet. After Gu Nanyan came out of the shower, she couldn't help but think of Qin Haiyun's earlier advice and her own mother's frequent inquiries.
So, with determination, she went to the closet and picked out a set of black, sexy lace lingerie.
She had just pulled up her pants and hadn't yet draped on a robe when the bedroom door was suddenly pushed open.
Turning her head, she saw that Lu Beicheng had returned to the room.