Duan Jinxun drove An Susu back to his private villa. She had been there once before and was quite familiar with the place.

He put her on the bed, then quickly went into the bathroom and filled a tub with cold water. He also took a large bucket of ice from the kitchen refrigerator and put it in the tub before carrying her, who was still moving around, into the bathtub. He was soaking wet and looked utterly disheveled.

As soon as she got into the bathtub, she was so cold that she struggled and kicked her arms and legs.

"Ah! It's so cold! No—"

Her body was alternating between hot and cold, and she was in excruciating pain, causing her to furrow her brows and cry out with her mouth open.

The cold gradually suppressed the burning heat within her body, and also brought her a moment of clarity.

"Jinxun, I feel terrible, so terrible, please save me."

"Susu, hang in there! Susu..." Duan Jinxun grabbed her hands and pressed her throbbing body down as she soaked in the bathtub. He felt a pang of sadness in his heart as well.

His hands were also very cold when they touched the ice water. So she must have been in a lot of pain, being completely submerged in ice water.

But he couldn't let her recover so quickly; once the drug took effect, she would still be under its control.

"Jinxun, save me, I'm in so much pain, please help me, don't you like me? I'll give myself to you, I'm yours tonight. Jinxun, please save me!"

An Susu was losing control of herself; she wanted to have a one-night stand with Duan Jinxun, and she was willing to accept losing her virginity.

As long as the effects of the drug on her body can be reversed, nothing else matters.

"Susu, just bear with it. The effects of the medicine will wear off soon, Susu, you must bear it." Duan Jinxun's eyes were glistening with tears. Seeing her in so much pain, he wished he could take her place and suffer the pain himself.

Who exactly drugged her with aphrodisiacs?

Once he finds that person, he'll definitely kill him.

After a long ten minutes, the effects of the medicine gradually wore off, but her face was still pale and bloodless from the cold water.

His body trembled incessantly, and his pale lips also trembled.

"Jinxun, I'm okay now, pick me up." If she doesn't get up soon, she'll die.

Ice water is not just any kind of ice.

It's the kind of cold that chills you to the bone.

She had never suffered like this before; it was too painful.

"Susu, I'll pick you up right away." Seeing that she had regained her senses, Duan Jinxun quickly picked her up, placed her on a chair not far away, and wrapped a dry towel around her.

"I've turned on the heating. I'm going out for a bit. Take off your wet clothes and put on your bathrobe."

"Mmm." An Susu nodded weakly, her voice so soft it was barely audible. She was too exhausted to say anything more.

All she wants now is to change into clean clothes and rest in bed.

After sobering up, I finally remembered that I had been drugged. I can't understand why I was drugged, since I didn't mix up the wine glass or the wrong drug.

So, Gu Qingqing must have done something wrong; she must have discovered something.

Damn it! She escaped a close call, almost causing me to get into trouble.

And I suffered so much tonight.

"I'll go to the kitchen to make you a drink. Do you want coffee or milk tea?" Duan Jinxun took a towel and dried her hair. The heating was on full blast, so it shouldn't be too cold.

An Susu gave him a faint smile: "Milk tea, please! Thank you, Jinxun. You can go out now! I want to change my clothes."

"Hmm." Duan Jinxun saw that her smile was so pale and weak, and there were tears in her eyes. She must have remembered something that made her so sad.

He walked quickly out of the bathroom, went to the kitchen to get a cup of milk tea, and boiled some hot water to brew it.

Then I took out a piece of chocolate cake from the refrigerator, washed a few strawberries and an apple, and carefully peeled and cut the apple into small pieces.

He knew she liked apples, but disliked peeling them. So every time, he would peel them and cut them into small pieces for her.

When Duan Jinxun returned to his bedroom with milk tea, cake, and fruit, An Susu had already put on her bathrobe and was just coming out of the bathroom.

"Susu, how are you feeling? Are you still cold?"

"Yes, a little bit." An Susu's face was already pale, and her lips were grayish-white.

She looked so pitiful that it made his heart ache.

He longed to hold her in his arms and cherish her, but he was also worried that she wouldn't like it.

"Susu, sit on the sofa. I've cut some fruit and cake for you. Eat up!"

"Thank you, Jinxun, you're so good to me. If it weren't for you, I would have..." As she spoke, An Susu's tears began to fall.

The two sat on the sofa, and he handed her a steaming cup of milk tea. Before she could even take a sip, tears were already streaming down her face.

"Susu, what's wrong? Don't cry. Did someone bully you? Tell me, and I'll definitely get revenge for you. Do you know who drugged you?"

He could only think that this incident would make her so upset. After all, if she hadn't run into him in the restroom at the Gu family's celebration party, but instead encountered a stranger, she would definitely have been hurt and humiliated.

Thinking of this, Duan Jinxun felt as if his heart was being torn apart. He couldn't bear to say a word to the person he loved so dearly, and he held her hand with utmost care and tenderness, yet she was being bullied by a stranger.

How could he not be furious?

To cause him pain?

An Susu covered her eyes, tears streaming down her face, her voice choked with sobs: "I...I don't know who it is. I only drank a glass of red wine before I went to the bathroom. No! It can't be! It's Qingqing!"

"Who is it? Is it Gu Qingqing?" Duan Jinxun's eyes widened, his face filled with shock.

"I remember you went to toast her, drank her red wine, then went to the restroom, and that's when this happened. Susu, did Gu Qingqing do this?"

Could it really have been Gu Qingqing who did it?

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