Huatian Hotel.

Lin Xia sat on the pure white bed, her mind was in a stupor.

Where was this?

Fragmented memories gradually pieced together in her mind, recalling every single thing that had happened yesterday.

Biting her lip tightly, her face instantly turned deathly pale.

Last night, for the first time in three years of marriage, her mother-in-law invited her and her husband for dinner. But unexpectedly, her mother-in-law drugged her wine and handed her to a man reeking of garlic and body odor.

If she hadn't pushed the door open with the last bit of strength she had, she might have been raped.

"You really can sleep!" A husky, sexy male voice interrupted her contemplation.

Huh?

Three seconds after her thoughts paused, she sat up in horror, staring in surprise at the man sitting cross-legged in front of her bed. Her mouth opened wide enough to fit an apple, "You, you, you…"

The corner of his mouth curled up, revealing a streak of indifference in his brows, "Weren't you quite open last night?"

"Last night?"

Did they... last night?

Thinking of something, Lin Xia's heart skipped a beat. She swiftly lifted the blanket, and when she saw her completely naked body, her eyes widened.

No, this couldn't be true, she must be dreaming!

With such thoughts, she slapped her face, but everything in front of her did not disappear. The handsome face of the man opposite her remained, and the prickly pain on her face reminded her that she had cheated last night in this room!

"So, you can't remember, huh? Need me to jog your memory?"

He abruptly got up and sat in front of Lin Xia. His handsome face was just inches from hers. When they were this close, she could see that he was good-looking.

Thick eyebrows, deep eyes were like a profound pond, and his distinguished features outlined a cold and stern look. Thin lips were slightly raised in a shallow curve, and his off-kilter bangs covered half of his face and eyes, refracting a devilish light.

He had a unique charm about him that made it hard for anyone to look away.

Lin Xia was so stunned by him that she was almost lost. When she snapped back to reality, he was staring at her disdainfully, his gaze was like that of a patron looking at a prostitute.

Startled back to reality, Lin Xia was secretly annoyed, she was going insane, she was actually comparing herself to a prostitute!

"Last night we..."

"Last night?" Gu Tingyun mocked with a smile, his voice hoarse and low, "You went through such great lengths to climb into my bed, how could I not live up to it with this great body of mine?"

Lin Xia rolled her eyes inwardly, she didn't know about his abilities in bed, after all, she wasn't conscious at all last night. However...

No one could beat him when it came to narcissism.

Knowing that she couldn't explain herself clearly, Lin Xia simply ignored him and was preparing to get up and get dressed. The atmosphere in the room suddenly became awkward, as if the traces of last night's intimacy were still lingering.

"Who sent you here?" The atmosphere was depressingly silent when Gu Tingyun abruptly asked.

"What?" Lin Xia was still recalling what happened last night and didn't quite catch his question.

Gu Tingyun chuckled coldly, mocking, “Liu Wanyong’s methods are getting more vulgar each time!”

Upon turning after getting dressed, his eyes, dark as ink, lingered on her, a sardonic smile spread across his lips. "How much money do you want?"

It dawned on Lin Xia now, he was treating her as if she was a call girl.

Dammit!

She couldn't help but swear internally. Vulgar rich people with their distasteful sense of humor.

She rolled her eyes at him, got up to put her clothes on. "No one is interested in your money, save it for the real call girls."

Getting out of bed after getting dressed, Lin Xia put forth a frosty explanation. "I was drugged yesterday. I stumbled into your room by accident. Considering you're a man, I assume you're not at a loss. I shouldn't be responsible, right?"

She didn't want to explain, but she didn't want to be misunderstood either, so she did.

A playful curve appeared on Gu Tingjun's lips, he swept her into his arms with a big swing of his hand. "Your excuse is quite perfunctory."

Their bodies collided again, even though they were separated by clothes, Gu Tingjun felt a current run through him. Damn it, he actually enjoyed her company.

Lin Xia was startled by his sudden move, her fair cheeks turning crimson. It took her a while to respond, and she hurriedly pushed him away, awkwardly saying, "Believe it or not, given your designer outfit, I assume you wouldn't want me to be responsible anyway. I should go now."

Had her heart just raced?

Just as she was about to leave, Gu Tingjun held her back. His eyes were half-closed, his voice husky and devilishly charming. "Did I say you shouldn't take responsibility?"

After being stunned for a few seconds, Lin Xia's face stiffened. She shouted angrily, "I was the one who ended up in bed with you! I'm the one at a loss! You're lucky I'm not blaming you, and now you're asking me to take responsibility?"

Is this guy out of his mind?

Gu Tingjun let go of her after taking a long look, said without expression, "You think it's easy to sleep with me, Gu Tingjun?"

"Gu Tingyun?"

Startled, Lin Xia gaped at him, her mouth wide enough to fit an egg. So, what she did last night was sleeping with the CEO of the Gu Corporation in Jincheng?

Oh my God!

Lin Xia lamented in her heart, wishing she could just run into a wall and be done with it.

It was bad enough that she had been drugged and handed over to another man by her mother-in-law; now she had slept with a diamond bachelor, she really felt like she could die.

The atmosphere abruptly became awkward. Lin Xia stood there sulkily for a long time before finally speaking, "So what do you want?"

Gu Tingyun straightened out his suit carefully, his narrow eyes glanced at her phone. An icy smile lifted at the corner of his mouth. He took her phone, dialed his own number, waited until a string of unfamiliar numbers displayed, then handed it back to her, "I am at your beck and call!"

Lin Xia was dumbfounded, not understanding what he meant.

"Don't get it?"

"I don't get it!"

"You don't need to. Just know that when I call you, you must come."

Lin Xia thought to herself, is he crazy? I'm not a call girl!

But he was the CEO of the Gu Corporation, rich and overbearing, she didn't dare to talk back, so she just stayed silent.

"You can leave now." Finally, Gu Tingyun broke the icy silence in the room.

Lin Xia certainly didn't want to stay any longer. She grabbed her stuff and ran off as fast as she could.

Leaving the hotel, she directly hails a taxi and goes home.

As soon as she walks in the door, Zhang Qiaohui is sitting on the sofa, an expression of sternness on her face, her voice tinged with anger, "Where were you yesterday?"

Lin Xia glances at her, her face expressionless as she says, "Don't you know where I went?"

Zhang Qiaohui suddenly stands up, furiously saying, "What do you mean by that!"

"No special meaning." Lin Xia walks past her towards the bedroom. When she gets to the door, she suddenly stops, turns around and looks at Zhang Qiaohui, "Mother, 'the gods are watching above us', how can you conscience handle what you're doing?"

Since the first day she married Zhou Zixuan, Zhang Qiaohui found a million faults in her but never did she expect that as an elder, Zhang Qiaohui can be so cold-hearted.