Chapter 23 If I don't scare her, she won't learn her lesson.

Chapter 23 If I don't scare her, she won't learn her lesson.

Jiang Ruan looked in the direction of the sound.

Gu Shixi was wearing a well-tailored suit, and his gentle, sunny face was adorned with a slight smile. When he looked at her, his eyes were apologetic, and he gave off a very approachable vibe.

“These bodyguards are rude, I hope Miss Jiang won’t take it to heart.” Gu Shixi walked in and sat down in a chair, pouring her a cup of tea. “Come sit down, let’s talk about the ring.”

"I don't want to sell anymore." Jiang Ruan looked at her phone, which still had no signal, and decided to leave.

"Miss Jiang, you'd better reconsider." Gu Shixi handed her the poured tea. "If you refuse to sell because of my lateness and the bodyguards' lack of manners, I can apologize to you."

"It's not because of that, I just suddenly wanted to keep it as a souvenir," Jiang Ruan said.

Gu Shixi stroked the teacup, as if he had become a different person: "Is that so?"

Jiang Ruan: "Yes."

“Miss Jiang may not know me very well.” Gu Shixi spoke slowly. “I’m the kind of person who rarely takes the initiative to ask someone to buy something. If the other person cancels at the last minute, I’ll be very unhappy.”

Jiang Ruan unconsciously tightened her grip on the bag.

Gu Shixi took a sip of tea and said slowly, "Why don't you name a price?"

"Fifty million." Jiang Ruan wanted to discourage the other party.

"I sincerely want to buy it, so please don't take advantage of me, Miss Jiang." Gu Shixi put down the cup in his hand, his expression still gentle. "How about two thousand yuan?"

If Jiang Ruanruo still didn't realize that the other party was teasing her at this point, then she would be a fool.

She gripped her phone tightly: "Not for sale."

"Then I'll have to offend you." Gu Shixi winked at the bodyguard.

The two immediately surrounded her. Jiang Ruan realized something was wrong and quickly pressed her emergency call button, but before she could finish pressing the button, she was forcibly dragged away and taken into custody.

“This is robbery,” Jiang Ruan accused him.

"Who told you I was going to take your ring?" Gu Shixi walked towards her, reached out and hooked her chin, saying according to the lines someone had given him, "Before, you were protected by Huo Zhizhou and I couldn't touch you, but now I can finally let you pay off the debts your father owed."

Jiang Ruan's heart skipped a beat.

Before she could ask anything, Gu Shixi ordered the bodyguard, "Tie her up, blindfold her, and put her in the suite next door. I'll be there in a bit."

“My friend is downstairs. If I don’t come down within ten minutes, she will call the police!” Jiang Ruan had no choice but to say these things in an attempt to intimidate him.

But he didn't care at all.

Jiang Ruan could only be taken away by the bodyguards in a state of fear and terror.

After Gu Shixi saw the person disappear from the conference room, he spoke to the small room in the conference room: "This is your little wife whom you cherish and pamper. You really have the heart to scare her like this."

"If we don't scare her, she won't learn her lesson," the man's cold voice rang out. Immediately afterward, Huo Zhizhou, dressed in a gray suit and exuding an aloof air, stepped out. His gaze, fixed on the direction where Jiang Ruan had disappeared, was filled with suppressed icy energy.

They even dare to sell rings.

If we don't teach them a lesson, who knows what kind of trouble they'll cause next time.

"Don't scare her too much," Gu Shixi said, showing more compassion for the girl. "If she gets really badly frightened, you'll be the one who's worried."

Huo Zhizhou didn't respond to his words, thinking about everything he had just seen inside, his unfathomable gaze fixed on his hands.

Gu Shixi felt uneasy under his gaze: "What kind of look is that?"

"Which hand did you use to touch her just now?" Huo Zhizhou's words were laced with danger.

Gu Shixi: "?"

Gu Shixi didn't expect him to be so concerned about even this: "I acted according to the script you gave me. You wouldn't be so heartless as to blame me for this, would you?"

"You said it yourself, it's outrageous," Huo Zhizhou said calmly.

"No, are you serious?" Gu Shixi didn't expect him to be this kind of person. "If you're going to do this, I won't help you with anything in the future. I can't bear being both the bad guy and the sinner."

Huo Zhizhou said coolly, "Promising."

Gu Shixi: "..."

If this person weren't his brother, he would throw him out the window right now!

"Take your men down there." Huo Zhizhou's eyes darkened as he thought of the people next door who might be crying from fright. "No one is allowed to come up without my permission."

"I know, I won't bother you while you're doing your work." Gu Shixi said sarcastically, but still reminded him at the end, "But you should still be careful, that girl looks really scared."

Huo Zhizhou glanced at him sideways.

Gu Shixi immediately said, "Okay, okay, I won't say anything more, I'll leave, alright?"

Without further hesitation, he left the conference room with his bodyguard and secretary. Huo Zhizhou only went to Jiang Ruan's room after they got off the elevator.

The moment the door opened, Jiang Ruan's bound body trembled uncontrollably. She wanted to say something, but because her mouth was sealed with tape, she could only make muffled sounds.

As the sound of leather shoes on the floor drew closer, her fear intensified.

Deprived of her sight, she could see nothing, and her senses were amplified to an infinite degree.

Huo Zhizhou came to the bedside and felt a moment of tenderness when he saw her terrified expression. But when he thought about how she had sold the ring he had given her without his permission, a fire ignited in his heart.

He reached out and stroked her face, his rough fingertips gently tracing her delicate, smooth skin.

"Ugh—" She shook her head vigorously, trying to avoid his touch but couldn't move an inch.

Not long after.

Two lines of cold, clear light flowed from under the black cloth covering his eyes.

When he touched the warm liquid, Huo Zhizhou's eyes darkened.

He took out his phone, opened an app, typed in a sentence, and pressed play. A strange man's voice came through the phone: "Don't you know that tears are like an aphrodisiac for men?"

Jiang Ruan was so frightened that she dared not move.

Who is this person?

Is this the distinguished guest Gu Shixi mentioned?

Before she could think it through, she suddenly felt a man's warm breath on her neck, followed by a series of wet, hot kisses. Perhaps she was too scared, or perhaps she had a physical aversion to the touch of a stranger.

Jiang Ruan suddenly felt like she couldn't breathe, and the suffocating feeling in her chest grew stronger and stronger. After a while, her fair and flawless face suddenly turned red.

Huo Zhizhou noticed and immediately tore off the tape from her mouth, trying to allow her to breathe through her mouth.

Jiang Ruan was terrified. Her fear, combined with being bound, made it difficult for her to breathe. She felt her head getting heavier and heavier, and her vision going black and she felt dizzy.

"Jiang Ruan." Huo Zhizhou patted her face in a deep voice.

Jiang Ruan was still struggling to breathe.

He lowered his head and kissed her lips, breathing into her mouth. At that moment, his hands quickly untied the ropes binding her, giving her the freedom to control her body.

It took Jiang Ruan about ten seconds to regain her breathing.

She gasped for breath like someone suffering from oxygen deprivation, and the flush on her face gradually subsided after she was able to breathe.

Seeing that her breathing was gradually stabilizing, Huo Zhizhou removed the black cloth covering her eyes. The concern on his face faded at this moment, leaving only his usual cold indifference: "You've recovered?"

When Jiang Ruan opened her eyes, she saw him looking down at her. Thinking about the fear and dread she had felt earlier, anger welled up inside her once again.

"Was it fun?" Her eyes held a questioning tone and a growing distance between them.