The night fell, and the liveliness of Gold City was in full swing.
At the Junyi Hotel, the most luxurious one in the heart of Gold City, Luo Beibei stood in front of the door of the presidential suite wearing a rather revealing winter dress, for as long as five minutes. She then let out a deep sigh, plucked up the courage to slowly push open the door of the hotel room, and gently walked in.
The decor inside the presidential suite was very lavish. As Luo Beibei stepped in, an orange warm-toned liuli lamp overhead was slowly rotating. She closed the door, listening carefully to the sound of running water that came from the direction of the bathroom. Their guest was probably taking a bath.
After surveying the layout of the suite, she walked over and sat down on the large bed in front of the floor-to-ceiling window and quietly waited.
Looking down on the busy vehicular flow on the road outside the hotel, what Xie Xin had said before came back to her.
"That guest of yours happens to be one of the top personalities in Gold City. If you can please him, you won't have to worry about money for the rest of your life.
Luo Beibei, tonight's guest is a high roller worth millions. Once the deal is done, we split the gains..."
A soft "click" brought Luo Beibei's wandering thoughts back. She lowered her gaze, her fingers at her side slightly tensed up, and her heart started to race again.
Noticing the bathroom door slowly opening from the corner of her eyes, she couldn't help but think of the man who she would have to accompany to bed later.
Taking a light breath, she tried her hardest to put on her sweetest smile before lifting her head to look at the person approaching.
However, the next moment, Luo Beibei's eyes squinted sharply. She looked at the familiar face of the man in front of her, her smiling face quickly fading away. Her lips pressed together tightly, and a flicker of profound hatred flashed through her otherwise clear and bright eyes.
The man was tall and slender, wearing a loose black silk bathrobe. His strong chest was faintly visible through the loosely tied belt. Under the warm orange light, his figure was even more enticing, evoking unlimited fantasies.
Because of his recent bath, his wet hair was sticking to his sharply defined face, not messy, but rather lending him an explosive power, like a dragon breaking through the water's surface.
Water droplets on his chiselled features slowly trailed down his smooth skin, following the line of his neck and disappearing into the hollow of his stunningly perfect collarbone, extremely sensual to the eye.
All of Luo Beibei's previous conjectures were wrong. The man standing before her was ridiculously handsome.
He is the most esteemed man in Jin City.
Jie Xin's words raced through her mind again, and Luo Bei Bei watched the man standing before her with a steady gaze, a hint of scorn slowly surfacing at the corners of her lips. With a half sigh, she lowered her head, the pain seeping from her palm where her nails dug in out of sheer tension. In her eyes, as dark as ink, the history of grievances and resentment between her and this man once again surfaced.
Half a year ago, her father's company went bankrupt. Her husband, Fu Minyuan, had allowed outsiders to buy all the shares under his name. In the end, her father fell ill due to severe distress. He threatened her with the cost of the operation, saying if she didn't divorce him, her father would have no choice but to wait for death.
Luo Bei Bei had to admit that she had been naive.
Because three years ago, she had led the wolf into her house by Fu Minyuan's careful calculations, ultimately causing the Luo family's disaster.
Yes, Luo Bei Bei had never imagined that the most esteemed guest would turn out to be him.
The man hadn't missed the fleeting different color in her eyes a moment ago, but he didn't care. He watched her, his steps light as he slowly approached her.
He stood right in front of Luo Bei Bei, bent halfway down, staring at Luo Bei Bei, who was too shy to look up at him. His thin crimson lips curled into a gentle smile. "Bei Bei," he said, "Long time no see."
On hearing him address her so tenderly, "Bei Bei," like a lover's soft spoken words, made her body involuntarily stiffen. She clenched her lips, refusing to look up at him.
The Luo Bei Bei of the past was indeed hopelessly infatuated with his gentle and pleasant exterior. As a result, she did everything possible to marry him, even resorting to desperate measures to force him.
But the cost was unbearable.
Not only did she destroy the Luo family directly, but she also led to the family's current precarious situation.
Thinking of those innocents implicated and victimized by her, Luo Bei Bei felt a lump in her throat.
She stubbornly shifted her position, bypassing the standing Fu Minyuan in front of her, stood up with a clenched fist, lowered her head and walked straight out without uttering a word.
She knew that Fu Minyuan had bought her to exact revenge and humiliate her.
Back then, he was originally with Bai Xinyan. To win him over, Luo Beibei went to great lengths to separate them. In the end, she finally forced him to marry her, as she desired.
But the bitter fruit she reaped was his calculated moves over the past three years. After he had successfully taken his revenge, she was ruthlessly discarded, from a wealthy lady to a common girl. As for him, he could finally be with Bai Xinyan without any concerns.
Luo Beibei had already reached the doorway, and behind her, Fu Minyuan slowly straightened up. He watched the woman who remained silent and had no intention to respond to him, the smile at the corner of his lips gradually fading.
He walked to the wine cabinet, took a sip of the Lafite red wine in the glass, and then casually remarked, "Luo Beibei, I remember spending a million to buy your first night, don't I?"
Luo Beibei's steps faltered, she turned to look at him, her hand still clutching the door handle, calmly responding, "I'm not selling anymore."
"Oh?" Fu Minyuan seemed surprised. He tilted his head to look at her, his expression resembling a smile but not quite, "Then who is Beibei planning to sell to?"
He was smiling, gently, perfectly, but in Luo Beibei's eyes, she felt the coldness emanating from his smile.
"Anyone but you." She suppressed her hatred for him, lifted her head which was previously devoid of any expression, and smiled, revealing her delicate chin.
The man didn't speak, the glass of red wine which he had been gently swirling stopped, and his smile in the light became somewhat blurry. A cold glint began to flicker in his eyes as he looked at her.
"Fu Minyuan, I want to ask you a question." Luo Beibei looked at him, realizing that in the six months since they divorced, his life had become even more comfortable, while hers was a pitiful sight.
"Speak." Fu Minyuan put down the wine glass and walked over to the leather couch, stretching out lazily on it.
"Did I not sleep with you when I stripped naked in the beginning, but now you're willing to buy me, are you stupid?" Her sarcastic words fell, Luo Beibei didn't even look at the man's cold face, opened the door, and walked right out.
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Jincheng was very cold in the winter, Luo Beibei fled the hotel at the fastest speed and shivered as she plunged into the icy wind.
She gathered her thin winter long skirt and hugged her arms, she was running towards her home.
She didn't have money for a cab ride, and she couldn't bear to spend it.
She thought about the failure this time, didn't know how Jie Xin will blame her tomorrow, but for now, Luo Bei Bei couldn't care less about all these.
She remembered Fu Min Yuan's blurry and mocking smile, a mockery of her still being a virgin after three years of marriage.
Yes, after three years of marriage, she was still a virgin.
During this period, Fu Min Yuan never touched her once.
Now, half a year after her divorce, in order to humiliate and retaliate against her, he even spared no expense to spend one million to purchase her the first time!
Whenever she thought of this, she was so furious that her whole body was shaking,
She ran in the cold wind for nearly half an hour before she returned to her place, she was almost frozen to death.
This was a basement, filthy and messy.
She couldn't afford to rent a better place, she had to save for the medical bills for Luo Cheng and her father, as well as Luo Ying Ying's tuition. She spared no effort to repay them.
Exhausted, she lay on her small bed, in the dark night, she remembered Fu Min Yuan's face again, and remembered all the past when she was with him.
The more she thought about it, the more her heart ached, she sat up abruptly, wanting to smoke, but found out she had none.
Initially, she gave up smoking to win over Fu Min Yuan.
Now thinking about it, she didn't know how many stupid and foolish things she had done for him back then.
Forcing herself to stop thinking about it, she firmly pressed her hand against her chest, bent her legs, curled up her body, and bore the incessant pain in her heart with all her might.
She thought she had long forgotten him. However, she was wrong. Seeing him today again, the painful memories of the past flooded back into her mind.
She remembered the day he threatened her, if she did not sign the divorce papers, he would not pay for her father's operation.
She remembered the day she knelt on the ground, crying bitterly and begging him for help. Yet, he just looked down on her in disdain, and then threw a divorce agreement with nothing to her name at her like a devil.
Half a year has passed and today, she felt the same again.
Luo Beibei thought, that must be the feeling of hatred.
