Chapter 19 Naughty behavior deserves punishment

Knowing he had relapsed, Hua Cheng quickly took two pills. As the medication took effect, he remembered what Yun Jin had told him before he went on his business trip.

"If you tell me the truth, I'll tell you a big secret."

He suddenly took over the charity department, and then suddenly had to go on a business trip, specifically to Windy City. With so many coincidences, it's normal for her to suspect that she was lying... So what is her secret?

Hua Cheng couldn't figure it out, couldn't guess what it meant, and thought so hard that he felt the tumor was about to grow bigger.

After much deliberation, we have to admit that equivalent exchange is currently the most suitable solution.

But... if he tells the truth now, the project will probably be terminated by Yun Jin.

The project has now reached the on-site inspection stage, and the local government is also preparing to cooperate in publicity. If the project is suddenly terminated, it will not only mean that all previous efforts have been in vain, but it will also have an unfavorable impact on public opinion.

After much deliberation, Hua Cheng finally decided to pretend he knew nothing for the time being.

I had no idea she was hiding something.

I didn't know she was lying.

I wonder how many nights she spent in the past few dozen days without knowing what to do.

At worst... he'll ask her again once the project is settled.

Well, she probably won't be very cooperative then, but that's okay. As long as he admits his mistake and accepts the punishment obediently, she will eventually tell him.

She always softens her heart towards him, just as he does towards her.

Besides, her physical examination report from last quarter showed she was as healthy as a calf, so there's no possibility she suddenly got sick.

Unless they're sick, what huge secrets could a couple possibly have? Surely she couldn't have really cheated on him.

Hua Cheng almost laughed, but the smile only lasted a second before fading away.

He can't laugh at all when his wife is hiding something from him.

Although some things he learned by chance made him uneasy, as an adult with a terminal illness, he really didn't have much time to worry.

The three-day business trip was too rushed, so Hua Cheng didn't dare to linger. He quickly packed a couple of clothes and headed to the airport.

After he left, Yun Jin didn't go back to 2013. She ate, slept, and went to work according to her normal routine. When the three-day deadline was up, she called Hua Cheng.

No one answered.

She took a deep breath, calmed herself down, and sent a message: Don't forget your flight this afternoon.

Hua Cheng replied half an hour later: Wife…

As soon as Yun Jin saw the damned ellipsis, she knew what he wanted to say.

Sure enough, he called a minute later.

When the call connected, his ingratiating voice came through the receiver: "Honey, could you give me a few more days? I still have some things to finish."

Yun Jin: "No, we have to come back now. It's too dangerous over there."

“It’s not dangerous. It hasn’t rained at all. I only need to visit one last village. After I finish visiting this village, I can go back.” Hua Cheng spoke to her kindly.

Yun Jin's tone grew colder: "I said, no, come back right now."

On the phone, Hua Cheng paused for a few seconds, then suddenly raised his voice: "Wife...it's so strange, wife, I can't hear your voice at all, why is the signal so bad..."

"Hua Cheng, stop pretending with me..."

"What did you say? I can't hear you. Never mind, I won't say anything more. I'll be back the day after tomorrow, don't worry. I'll definitely be back the day after tomorrow. If there's nothing else, I'll hang up now!"

"Hua, Cheng!"

Beep beep beep...

The call ended.

Hua Cheng silently patted his chest, looking startled. But once he pushed open the door and went outside, he transformed back into a warm and composed capitalist. After exchanging pleasantries with the local representatives, he went into the mountains with them.

On the other side, Yun Jin looked at the phone that had been hung up and laughed in exasperation.

She immediately summoned Xiao Zhou and asked him to book her a flight to Fengcheng, intending to personally bring that person back.

Xiao Zhou was scrolling through the ticket booking webpage until it was practically sparking with fire, and finally looked at her expectantly: "President Yun, the earliest flight is tomorrow morning at eight o'clock."

"What about applying for a private airline?" Yun Jin asked again.

Xiao Zhou: "If I apply now, it will take at least 24 hours. I might as well take a plane there first thing tomorrow morning."

He considered high-speed rail, train, private car, and even bus, but the arrival time was about the same as flying. Rather than starting to catch the train now, he decided to wait until tomorrow morning.

"We'll go there tomorrow morning, it'll only take three hours. We can definitely bring President Hua back to Pingcheng before dark," Xiao Zhou reassured him.

There's really no need to be in such a hurry. Although Mr. Hua is sick, he's been in pretty good shape lately. He's not in any danger if he stays out for a couple more days. But his boss insists on bringing him back, so he has no choice but to cooperate.

"Mr. Yun, let's go tomorrow morning. There's plenty of time," Xiao Zhou advised again.

Yun Jin: "He's in the same county."

Xiao Zhou was taken aback: "Same... same county?"

Is this Mr. Yun's hometown?

“Yes, the same county.” A hint of annoyance flashed in Yun Jin’s eyes when that place was mentioned.

Xiao Zhou was still a little confused: "But Hua Zong's schedule shows that he has been in Fengcheng, the provincial capital, recently. Why would he suddenly go to Tongxian?"

"Because he has been lying all along."

Hearing Yun Jin's confident tone, Xiao Zhou wanted to ask her how she knew, but seeing her expression... he didn't dare to ask.

As everyone knows, Tongxian County is a taboo subject for Boss Yun. They haven't dared to mention it for so many years. Yet Boss Hua went there directly and refused to come back no matter what. Is it because he's about to die and suddenly wants to go crazy?

Yun Jin had no idea what he was thinking, so she simply asked, "How long does it take to get from the airport to the mountains in the same county?"

She never landed at the airport in Windy City, so she didn't know the exact route.

Xiao Zhou immediately checked the navigation, and after some calculation, nodded: "It's a nine-hour round trip. If the flight isn't delayed and the capture of Hua Zong goes smoothly, we can catch the last flight back and arrive in Pingcheng before 2 a.m.

"That's settled then. Anyway, we must bring him back tomorrow no matter what," Yun Jin said coldly.

Looking into her fierce eyes, Xiao Zhou silently felt a pang of sympathy for President Hua.

The plane tickets were booked quickly, and Yun Jin went straight home after finishing her work.

It was just getting dark, and there were still more than ten hours until boarding time. Yun Jin couldn't sleep, so she simply turned the crown of her watch counterclockwise, preparing to go see Hua Yu.

In the instant that time and space distorted, she suddenly thought of something: Liu Zhuangzhuang and Hua Yu had already left the bar, so how could she find them this time?

Before she could think it through, she found herself on a bed from 2013, with her 2013 cell phone beside her.

I haven't been back for three days. My phone only has about 10% battery left. When I turned it on, I saw a string of unfamiliar numbers. Apart from one call from two days ago, all the others were from ten minutes ago.

Yun Jin had a bad feeling and immediately called back.

The phone was answered after only one ring, and Liu Zhuangzhuang's breathy voice came through the line: "Sister Yun, something bad has happened! Hua Yu has been kidnapped!"

Her premonition came true. Yun Jin closed her eyes and asked, "Where were they taken?"

"Haihe Hotel, room 1203," Liu Zhuangzhuang hurriedly said. "I've been secretly following them, but there are too many of them, so I don't dare go straight at them. I'm trying to figure out how to rescue Hua Yu..."

"Didn't we tell you to resign? Why were you arrested after resigning?" Yun Jin asked.

Liu Zhuangzhuang suddenly stammered, "Um... well... Sister Yun, please don't call the police! Hua Yu has been acting all mysterious; he probably has a criminal record. I'm afraid he'll get arrested if you call the police..."

"I'm coming over now." Yun Jin hung up the phone.

In one day, the same person, at different ages, broke his promise to her twice.

It was so absurd that Sister Yun almost laughed.

"Grass……"

Annoyed as she was, she went out immediately. But as soon as she stepped out, things started to go wrong. Someone had thrown a tattered box at her door. It was incredibly heavy, and she had to push it twice before it finally moved aside.

On the way to rescue people, Yun Jin was unusually calm, to an abnormal degree.

Liu Zhuang had told her about the aftermath of Hua Cheng's heroic rescue of Pang before. It was simply that Xue Hong didn't get any advantage from Hua Yu, and the more she thought about it, the more unwilling she became. In the end, she took some people to a bar and kidnapped him.

When he was arrested, Liu Zhuang followed him and took the opportunity to sneak into the room where he was being held.

Liu Zhuang arrived quickly. Although Hua Cheng was already handcuffed and locked to the bed, Xue Hong hadn't had time to do anything yet.

Their innocence was preserved, but they were discovered as soon as the handcuffs were removed. The two could only run and fight, and with injuries all over their bodies, they jumped into the Zhentian River outside the hotel.

First, he was hit on the head with a bottle, and before his injury had healed, he drank a whole bottle of whiskey. Finally, he jumped into the river to go rafting. Yun Jin thought that it was quite a gift that Hua Cheng was diagnosed with a terminal illness in his thirties.

Even someone made of iron couldn't withstand such torment, let alone someone who is just a mortal.

She arrived quickly and saw Liu Zhuangzhuang sneaking in as soon as she reached the hotel entrance.

Yun Jin walked over expressionlessly, grabbed him by the back of his collar, and pulled him back.

Liu Zhuangzhuang almost rolled his eyes when she pulled him, but as soon as he saw her, he immediately felt reassured: "Sister Yun!"

After calling her name, he looked expectantly behind her.

It was completely empty.

Liu Zhuangzhuang was stunned for a moment: "Sister Yun, where are the thugs you brought?"

"What thugs? There are no thugs here." Yun Jin walked straight towards the hotel.

Liu Zhuangzhuang hurriedly followed, "No... Sister Yun, are you planning to go all out by yourself?"

"Isn't there you?" Yun Jin retorted.

Liu Zhuangzhuang was at his wit's end: "I definitely have to go, but I alone aren't enough!"

They have a whole van full of people; even if he were Ultraman, he couldn't take on that many!

But it's too late now...

Liu Zhuangzhuang wiped his face: "Sister, how about this, I'll go alone, and you don't need to cause trouble. Otherwise, if a fight breaks out, I won't know whether to save you or Hua Yu."

Yun Jin was too lazy to waste words with him and directly pressed the elevator button to go to the floor he mentioned.

Xue Hong had heard the news from the moment she openly appeared at the hotel. She wasn't surprised to see her, and simply waved her hand dismissively: "Little sister, we meet again."

"Sister Xue," Yun Jin smiled knowingly, "what's the meaning behind this whole thing today?"

"It doesn't mean anything, I just have my eye on you, is that a problem?" Xue Hong, wearing a silk nightgown, leaned lazily against the sofa, smoking, her eyes full of provocation as she spoke.

Yun Jin replied calmly, "Of course it's fine. It's his honor that Sister Xue has taken a liking to him, but to kidnap him without even asking me is a bit disrespectful to me."

"Face?" Xue Hong narrowed her eyes. "You want face from me again? Don't you have any shame yourself?"

Despite the unfavorable situation, Liu Zhuangzhuang couldn't help but retort, "How dare you talk like that!"

"Do you even have the right to speak?!" the crew-cut man behind Xue Hong immediately yelled.

His head injury hadn't healed yet, and just two days ago he found out that this woman named Yun Jin was a fraud. She had never appeared at the Lan family's private banquet and didn't know Dean Wang at all. It was all just her bluffing from beginning to end.

If he just tolerated it, wouldn't he have gotten that bottle of liquor for nothing?

"Since you're here today, don't even think about leaving here unscathed unless you kneel down and apologize to Boss Xue," the crew-cut man yelled.

In fact, even if she knelt down and apologized, he wouldn't let her leave so easily... at least he should return this bottle to her first.

Liu Zhuangzhuang glared at her, about to retort, but Yun Jin raised a finger to tell him to shut up.

He immediately shut up.

Seeing this, the man with the buzz cut was about to mock him again, but Yun Jin gently asked him with concern, "Does your head still hurt?"

Crew cut: "..."

It wasn't hurting anymore, but after she looked at me, it started hurting again.

The man with the buzz cut wanted to continue cursing, but suddenly felt a chill on the back of his head.

Seeing that he had become obedient, Yun Jin looked at Xue Hong again: "Sister Xue, give me the person, and I'll pretend that nothing happened today."

Xue Hong was amused by her words: "What if I don't give it to you? What are you going to do? Make up another story about a private banquet at the Lan family? Bring my husband into it?"

Upon hearing this, the people around her burst into laughter.

Liu Zhuangzhuang felt a pang of panic and instinctively looked at Yun Jin.

Yun Jin's expression was calm: "Has Renjia Hospital covered its 40 million deficit from last quarter?"

Xue Hong's expression suddenly changed, and the wine glass in her hand fell to the ground and shattered into dozens of pieces.

"Did Dean Wang know about his illegitimate son abroad? Did you arrange for him to gamble? Your brother got into a fight and injured Director Liu's son. Are you trying to find someone to take the blame...?"

"Enough!" Xue Hong interrupted, her face pale, a hint of fear in her eyes. "Who...who exactly are you..."

Liu Zhuangzhuang was also very curious, so he stared at Yun Jin with wide eyes.

Yun Jin gracefully smoothed her hair: "Sister Xue, Pingcheng is too big, full of hidden talents. If you can't find out someone's background, it might be because that person doesn't have any background, or it might be because their background is beyond your reach, understand?"

Xue Hong was breathing heavily, her face contorted in pain. The people around her noticed something was wrong, and their gazes toward Yun Jin gradually changed.

Yun Jin didn't answer, but instead asked Liu Zhuangzhuang, "Which room is he in?"

Liu Zhuangzhuang immediately led the way.

Yun Jin ignored Xue Hong and her group and followed Liu Zhuangzhuang forward. Just as the crew-cut man was about to stop her, Xue Hong slapped him.

As the two moved further away from them, Liu Zhuangzhuang couldn't help but call out, "Sister Yun..."

"Shut up," Yun Jin interrupted.

Liu Zhuangzhuang suddenly realized and nodded seriously.

As expected, Sister Yun is actually quite shrewd; her previous statement about having no background was just modesty.

Led by Liu Zhuangzhuang, Yun Jin quickly arrived at the door of 1203. Before Liu Zhuangzhuang could ask someone for the room key, the man with the crew cut timidly came to open the door.

A few notes sounded, the door opened, Yun Jin pushed the door open and went in. Liu Zhuangzhuang was about to follow when she shut the door out.

In the dimly lit room, Hua Yu was handcuffed to the bed frame and was trying to free herself.

Upon seeing Yun Jin, he was visibly taken aback: "Why are you here?"

Yun Jin didn't speak, but lowered her eyes and locked the door from the inside.

Hua Yu didn't notice her actions and was still agitated: "Did Fatty send you...? Is he crazy?! Knowing you can't handle it, why did he call you here? Leave right now, I don't need you..."

"You don't need me?" Yun Jin slowly walked to the bedside, stared at him for a few seconds, and then leisurely crossed her arms. "Are you sure?"

Hua Yu was taken aback by her cold tone, then realized that she seemed to be angry.

He tried to explain, "I didn't..."

"Nothing? Didn't go back to the bar? Didn't they kidnap you? Didn't disobey me and insist on doing that damn job?" Yun Jin interrupted sharply.

Seeing the fleeting annoyance in her eyes, Hua Yu suddenly felt a chill in her heart. All the fear she had been suppressing until now suddenly erupted into grievance, and she turned her face away, refusing to speak.

At this moment, his arms were forced out, and both his hands were handcuffed to the iron railings on the side of the bed, where they were already chafed and bleeding.

His clothes were dirty, and he had abrasions on his cheeks, showing that he had suffered a lot before being caught.

Yun Jin didn't understand. How could he still be so stubborn and show no remorse when he was in this state?

It's really infuriating.

"...Go away, I don't need your help," Hua Yu said, forcing herself to remain calm.

Yun Jin ignored him and began to look around the room.

Although it was already autumn, the room's doors and windows were tightly closed, and with the scented candles lit to create ambiance, the air was still somewhat stuffy.

It was clear that Xue Hong was genuinely interested in him. Although the room wasn't large, it was well-equipped with everything. In addition to a dozen scented candles, there were also more than a dozen props on the long, low table next to the bed.

Although he would be successfully rescued in both the original story and the plot she rewrote, Yun Jin still felt offended when she saw these things.

My mood worsened.

"Do you know what?" she said slowly, "even if she did something to you tonight, it wouldn't constitute rape under our laws."

Hua Yu was slightly taken aback and looked up at her.

Yun Jin didn't look at him. She picked up a leather whip and gently played with it around her hand: "Of course, I guess you won't call the police, because Xue Hong has a million ways to make you agree to settle out of court. In the end, she will probably give you some money and you will just accept your bad luck."

Thinking of this possibility, Yun Jin smiled and said, "You would probably even refuse money for the sake of your so-called pride."

Hua Yu didn't like how she looked now; it made him feel unfamiliar with her and he was also resistant to her.

“She can’t succeed,” he said blankly. “I’d rather die than let her succeed.”

Yun Jin raised an eyebrow: "He really is a chaste and virtuous man."

Hua Yu's face darkened instantly: "What chaste and virtuous husband? I'm just stating the facts. You don't need to mock me like this."

“Mocking? You said it yourself.” Yun Jin, whip in hand, slowly walked up to him.

Just as Hua Yu was about to ask me when I had said that, the thin handle of the whip lifted his chin.

I don't know what material that thing is made of. It's cool and hard, and when it touches my skin, it immediately gives me goosebumps.

He turned his face away in resistance, and because of the large movement, the handcuffs binding him made an ambiguous jingling sound.

"Don't you like it?" Yun Jin asked. "Then why do you ignore what I say?"

Hua Yu's lips were almost pressed into a line. After confirming that she was deliberately picking a fight, she made up her mind to ignore her.

He could tell that she was so calm and collected because she must have already dealt with those people... Thinking back to the momentary worry he felt when he saw her, he couldn't help but laugh at himself.

Yun Jin smiled silently. The cold handle of the whip landed on his lips, making him shiver with coldness, and then slowly slid down, past his jaw and Adam's apple... He didn't know if his coat was lost when he was arrested, because he was now only wearing a dirty white T-shirt with the collar torn a bit too big, so the thin handle easily slipped inside.

Hua Yu originally intended to continue the cold war to the end, until that disgusting thing went deeper and deeper, and he finally couldn't take it anymore.

"Yun Jin!"

Hua Yu looked at her stubbornly, her beautiful eyes blazing with two flames: "What exactly are you doing?"

"Can't you tell?" Yun Jin raised the corners of her lips, her eyes filled with coldness. "I'm punishing you."

Hua Yu was slightly taken aback.

The whip handle lifted his chin again, forcing him to look into his own eyes.

Yun Jin's expression was indifferent, and her words were even colder: "Shouldn't disobedient fellows be punished?"

Hua Yu was so angry that her chest heaved violently. After a long while, she gritted her teeth and said, "What right do you have to punish me?"

"Because... you are mine," Yun Jin said calmly, as if reciting a textbook, "no matter when you were, no matter what you were like, you are mine."

"Madman..." Hua Yu's eyes turned red with anger.

Yun Jin laughed: "Madman? This is nothing. I haven't even unbuttoned your clothes, stripped you naked, or used those things on you yet. You may not be used to it at first, but gradually you will perceive a little pleasure from the so-called pain, and then a lot of pleasure."

"You can't..."

"I can't do what? Can't I treat you like this?" Seeing his frightened look, Yun Jin's displeasure gradually dissipated. "I'm sorry, I really can, and in this world, only I, the me right now, the me at this moment, have the right to do this."

"See that rope? I'll use that rope to put you in a state of temporary suffocation, so that between life and death, your eyes and heart can only hold me. I also like seeing you in pain, seeing your restrained yet yearning expression, it makes me feel alive."

Hua Yu was so stiff by what she said that she couldn't help but follow her lead and glance at the things on the table.

Before he could even see any rope, he snapped out of his daze and immediately looked away.

Yun Jin smiled and dropped the whip, gently parting his white T-shirt with her fingertips, her fingertips lightly caressing his collarbone.

She didn't use much force, but Hua Yu inexplicably felt a lot of pain, as if every cell in her body was filled with rejection.

But he stubbornly refused to reveal any of his true emotions.

A hint of mockery flashed in Yun Jin's eyes as she pressed her fingertips down the white T-shirt, gradually eroding its boundaries.

"You'll like it too. You like possessing me and letting me possess you. You like tight hugs, the feeling of being one with someone. You like me being your family, your lover, your friend. You like everything I give you, including the pain. You'll like it. You're just... not obedient enough."

She spoke at a measured pace, her tone so beautiful it was as if she were singing hymns in a sacred church. But Hua Yu's reason was gradually eroded and destroyed. By the end, she couldn't understand anything at all and was on the verge of collapse.

The handsome young man was even beautiful when he broke down emotionally, staring at her with his reddened eyes, gritting his teeth and refusing to back down.

He trembled slightly when her fingers touched the drawstring of his trousers, and his voice choked with emotion as he tried to remain calm: "Do whatever you want, but I will never forgive you in this lifetime..."

After he finished speaking, he waited for Yun Jin to humiliate and mock him more, but Yun Jin just looked at him quietly.

The room was so quiet that even his slightly heavier breathing sounded like suppressed sobs.

Yun Jin ultimately said nothing and did nothing, only patted the dust off his body and leaned over to gently hug him.

“Hua Yu, although it’s not very obvious, I’m really afraid of losing you,” she said. “Can you be a little more understanding and stop making me worry?”

She held him tightly, without the slightest tremor, and Hua Yu's body suddenly began to tremble, then trembled more and more.

"I don't……"

A touch of scalding heat fell on Yun Jin's neck, adding a hint of dampness to the dry air.

"I did not disobey you; I have already... resigned."

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Author's Note: Hua Cheng: I would never let anyone else succeed, even if it meant death. But with my wife, it's like she can do whatever she wants, right? Disgusting!

Xiaohua choked up.

Draw a 50 RMB red envelope~