A very dangerous man.
Wen Yi tried to see the man's face clearly, but the room was too dark. She could only make out the outline of his body and could not see his face.
Perhaps it was because the room was too dimly lit, or perhaps it was because the other person had a strong aura, but Wen Yi felt very uneasy and fearful in this situation.
"You..." Wen Yi tried to ask, initially wanting to ask 'Who are you?' but at the end, she changed her question to, "What is your purpose?"
"Purpose?" The man seemed interested in this question.
Suppressing his fear, Wen Yi negotiated, "What is your purpose in bringing me here?"
"Oh, it's nothing." He said casually, "Just look at the little bride the Wen family gave me."
These words instantly put Wen Yi on alert. She opened her eyes and stared at the man in front of her again, but it was too dark around her and she could not see the man's face clearly.
But the man's words set off alarm bells for Wen Yi, and she even began to guess his identity.
Wen Yi clenched her small fists silently, suppressing the panic spreading in her heart.
She forced a smile. "Sir, you may have misunderstood. I am not engaged to anyone, I..."
"Hmph." The man scoffed at Wen Yi's words. "I sent the Wen family a set of clothes, and you happily wore them to a press conference. The photos were uploaded online and spread far and wide, and now you're here denying it to me, huh?"
The man's words are becoming increasingly sarcastic.
As Wen Yi listened, a chill ran down her spine, and her fingertips trembled violently.
They sent the Wen family a set of clothes, held a press conference to launch the film, and spread the word widely...
These harsh words automatically reminded Wen Yi of a few days ago, before the press conference for "Sword and Qin" starring Wen Ge, when her mother was gentle with her and gave her a dress, saying that even an assistant should look glamorous and beautiful.
The excitement Wen Yi felt at the time now feels increasingly cold the more she thinks about it.
Even so, Wen Yi refused to believe it. "Sir, you really misunderstand. The dress I wore a few days ago was specially bought for me by my mother."
"Really?" The other person replied casually, clearly disbelieving.
At the same time, a gust of wind suddenly blew in from outside the window, causing the curtains to flutter and the outside light to shine in. Wen Yi could clearly see the face of the man sitting opposite her and was immediately startled.
The curtains fell, but Wen's expression of astonishment and fear remained.
The face I had just seen kept replaying in my mind.
What a... scarred face it was!
The crisscrossing scars and the large burn area under his left eye made him look like a demon from a movie.
So ugly, even more terrifying than the rumors!
Wen Yi's heart pounded, and she braced herself on the chair, wanting to escape from this place.
However, the man seemed to see right through her, and slammed something onto the table where Wen Yi was sitting. With a 'thud,' the desk lamp on the table turned on.
The first thing they photographed was that terrifying, demonic face, which startled Wen Yi once again.
"Little bride." The man smiled eerily at her.
Wen Yi's tears were already falling.
She rarely cried. Over the years, the times she cried the most were when she was with Gu Huaixu, but this time she was crying because she was scared by this man.
This is... the person her mother desperately wanted her to marry in place of Wen Ge.
Such a devil, such a terrifying person.
"Lower your head," the man commanded.
Wen Yi refused; she was terrified, her mind went completely blank.
It wasn't until she felt someone press down on the back of her head and force her face against the table that she was forced to see the photo on the table clearly.
It's a photo of Wen Yi smiling brightly at the press conference for the start of filming, wearing what she thought was a dress given to her by her mother.
Next to these smiling photos are the address of the Imperial Garden residence, as well as photos and receipts showing people from the Imperial Garden delivering clothes to Wen Yi's mother.
There's also a video on the phone.
When Yu Tingyuan handed the clothes to Wen Yi's mother, she said, "This is a gift from the Second Master to the young bride. I wish her a smooth start to filming."
The mother accepted it with a bright smile, saying, "Please go back and tell Second Master that his little bride will definitely wear a dress and appear in the most beautiful way."
The video freezes on that moment, showing the mother smiling brightly as she holds the dress.
The smile was exactly the same as when her mother gave her the dress.
Wen Yi even wondered if her mother hesitated at all when she chose to give up Wen Yi for Wen Ge, whether she knew that the Second Master of Yu Ting Yuan was such a terrible person, and whether she had any hesitation or heartache.
But in that video, including Wen Yi's frantic recollection of her mother giving her the dress, she couldn't find a single trace of her mother's hesitation or reluctance.
Wen Yi lay on the table, tears streaming down her face, then suddenly burst into laughter.
"What are you laughing at?"
A man with a face full of scars suddenly approached. His burned face was more terrifying than anything else, especially under the lights and in this environment, which completely frightened Wen Yi. She didn't know where she got the strength, but she pushed him away violently, shouting, "Get away!"
She fell off the chair, braced herself with her hands on the ground, and shuffled backward.
The man wasn't angry at all when Wen Yi pushed him onto the sofa.
"Tch, why are you hiding?" he said, puzzled. "Back then, when I saved your Wen family, I promised to marry my daughter to the Imperial Garden. The Wen family agreed quickly, saying that I would definitely like their eldest daughter because she was beautiful and well-behaved. Now that the time has come, our eldest daughter is indeed beautiful and well-behaved."
The man looked at Wen Yi and commented, "She's just a little slow."
Wen retreated step by step; the man's words chilled her to the bone.
When the Wen family had their accident, Wen Ge was ten years old and Wen Yi was only in high school. From that time on, her mother decided without hesitation to give up on her.
Wen Yi's emotions were complicated, but she suddenly wanted to laugh.
From childhood to the present, she has always been the one who was abandoned.
"I will not marry you!"
Wen Yi suddenly shouted firmly, "I don't owe you anything, I don't owe the Wen family anything, I will never be a sacrifice, I will never!"
She shouted it out loud, as if making an oath, with unwavering resolve.
She was a good older sister and a dutiful daughter for 27 years, but she would never let her later life become a sacrifice.
"Absolutely not!"
Wen Yi propped himself up from the ground, stubborn and determined.
The man, who had been so terrified of her that his legs went weak, now seemed resolute, which he found quite amusing.
"Oh, you don't want to marry?" He shrugged. "Fine, I don't like forcing people. If you don't marry, either the Wen family will pay you money, or you'll have to pay them another one."
After the man finished speaking, he waved his hand and said, "Go back."
The man's reaction surprised Wen Yi; she stood still.
"Not leaving?" the man countered.
As she turned her head, the light shone directly on her burned face. Startled, Wen turned and ran away without thinking.
No one stopped Wen Yi from leaving.
As she slammed the door shut in a panic, the room lights came on, and the man lounging on the sofa chuckled.
He reached out and tore off the mask of fear and trauma, revealing a stunningly beautiful face.
A slight upturn at the corners of his lips, and his almond-shaped eyes narrowed slightly, gave him a rather meaningful look...
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