Chapter 16 Bearing Thorns to Plead Guilty
Su Ruan knew that her best friend had been dragged into working at the company by her father as soon as she entered college, and now she had been trained to be able to hold up half the sky.
Meanwhile, her best friend's parents had a very close relationship and often dumped all the mess at their company on her, while the couple traveled the world together to enjoy their time together.
Her best friend never complained; on the contrary, she went further and further down the path of the domineering female CEO persona, enjoying it immensely.
She just can't do that. She has too many people and things on her mind, and she can't live purely for her career.
Su Ruan returned home with a heavy heart, only to be startled by Gu Jinyuan standing at the door as soon as she entered.
"What...what are you doing?"
Under the cold white light, Gu Jinyuan knelt at the doorway, shirtless.
With heavy shackles fastened to his wrists and ankles, he thrust forward a barbed leather whip as the chains rattled.
He looked up at her with a humble and guilty expression, "Wife, I was wrong. Give me a beating to vent your anger!"
"Are you crazy? What are all these things?" Su Ruan quickly closed the door, her hands and feet trembling with nervousness.
These things in front of me don't look like anything decent. Where did Gu Jinyuan find them?
If people saw this, I wonder what they would say about her.
Anyone unaware of the situation would definitely think she's a pervert who enjoys torturing people, or has some kind of shameful hobby.
"Wife, don't know how to use it? I'll teach you."
As Gu Jinyuan finished speaking, he raised his hand and lashed his back hard with the whip. As his arm rose, the barbs of the whip drew blood from his back.
Su Ruan had never seen anything like this before, and was immediately so frightened that her legs went weak and she collapsed to the ground.
Gu Jinyuan seemed to think it wasn't enough, so he raised the whip and lashed his chest hard again.
Now, Su Ruan could see it more clearly. A cloud of blood mist exploded before her eyes, and the whip, with flesh and blood still attached, slid past her.
A bloody whip mark appeared clearly before her eyes. Su Ruan's vision went black again and again. Just as Gu Jinyuan was about to raise the whip again, she rushed forward and grabbed his hand.
"Enough...enough...enough..."
Su Ruan forcibly suppressed her fear, her hands trembling as she snatched the whip and threw it aside. She hurriedly unlocked his shackles and helped him up to walk towards the bathroom.
"Go rinse it clean, and I'll apply the medicine for you."
Su Ruan had never thought she would faint at the sight of blood before, but now, seeing Gu Jinyuan covered in blood, she felt dizzy and lightheaded, with waves of dizziness washing over her.
Gu Jinyuan noticed that Su Ruan's face was pale and blinked in confusion.
"Honey, what's wrong with you? My stepfather and his family used to love tormenting me like this when I made mistakes. Didn't you enjoy it?"
Upon hearing this, Su Ruan roared, "I don't like it! I don't like it! Go wash it clean right now!"
Seeing Gu Jinyuan hurriedly rush into the bathroom, Su Ruan closed the door and slowly slid to the floor.
She deserves to die!
What kind of awful life did Gu Jinyuan live before?
Why would anyone take pleasure in such a perverse and torturous way? It seems that Gu Jinyuan's past was even more bleak than she imagined.
Su Ruan gritting her teeth and feeling depressed for a while, then stood up when she had a little strength left in her legs and went to the living room to find the first-aid kit.
He sat motionless on the sofa, staring at the bathroom door.
It only took about ten minutes for Gu Jinyuan to finish washing up and come out.
Under the warm yellow light of the living room, he walked step by step towards Su Ruan.
The man was only wearing a narrow, thin bath towel around his waist, which could not cover his strong, muscular abs and powerful thigh muscles at all.
He seemed to be in too much of a hurry; he didn't even dry his hair.
Water droplets slid down the ends of her hair, dripped onto her collarbone, and then flowed merrily along the lines of her muscles towards her V-line, finally disappearing into the towel.
The temperature inside the room suddenly rose, and Su Ruan shamefully swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva, a blush creeping up her ears.
Under the dim lighting, even the whip marks on his chest no longer looked so gruesome, as if they were adding endless hormones to the man.
The tension and sense of brokenness are instantly heightened.
The man in front of her sat down in front of Su Ruan with his legs spread wide, sandwiching Su Ruan's legs between them.
Su Ruan inevitably felt the continuous, vigorous heat and dampness emanating from his thigh.
Su Ruan calmly picked up an alcohol swab, lowered her eyelids, and focused on disinfecting the wound in front of her.
But as the second hand ticked by, the gaze overhead grew increasingly intense, like a ferocious beast intently watching its prey.
His aggressive gaze was almost tangible, easily piercing through her protective shell and stripping her almost naked.
Su Ruan shifted uncomfortably, lowering her head even further until it was almost pressed against Gu Jinyuan's chest.
The closer she got, the more she felt his heat, like a furnace roasting her until her mouth was dry and she couldn't help but stick out her tongue and keep licking her lips.
That's so pathetic and so twisted.
At a time like this, how could she still be thinking about such things? Su Ruan deeply despised herself.
She quickened her disinfection process, then stood up and moved behind Gu Jinyuan before letting out a soft breath.
She was so nervous that she forgot to breathe and almost suffocated herself.
Now that he no longer had to face Gu Jinyuan's gaze that seemed to want to devour him alive, he finally caught his breath.
She carefully tended to the wound on his back, and couldn't help but sigh at how ruthless this man was.
In several severely injured areas, the flesh was torn open, making her feel the pain all over her body.
She took out saline solution to disinfect him, saying, "It will hurt a little, just bear with it."
Su Ruan whispered her instructions, but the man in front of her seemed completely unconcerned, "It's nothing, just a minor injury. Go ahead and do it."
Su Ruan sighed and gently poured salt water onto the wound. The torn flesh seemed to be stimulated and trembled a few times.
Gu Jinyuan's body remained completely still, as if he wasn't the one who was injured.
Su Ruan felt a mix of emotions. She took out sterile gauze and bandaged all the wounds before noticing that there were also various scars of different depths on other parts of the man's back.
New and old, new wounds piled on top of old wounds, different shapes, different degrees, were laid bare before her eyes.
Su Ruan could no longer hold back and hugged the battered man from behind, her voice choked with sobs.
"Gu Jinyuan, don't do this again. I'm not your slave owner, I won't enslave you, and I don't like to torture you."
We're husband and wife, we're equals. We'll discuss everything calmly and try our best to resolve things through communication, okay?
The man, who had been standing tall and imposing, seemed to be burned by the hot breath exhaled by Su Ruan, and trembled.
After a long pause, he finally spoke.
"I'm sorry, it won't happen again."
As a tear rolled down his back, the man in front of her moved, his strong arms tightening around her waist, pulling her into his embrace and pressing her tightly against his chest.
"Honey, I've never lived a normal life before, and I don't know how to love someone. Can you teach me slowly from now on?"
“…Okay.” Su Ruan nodded, a bittersweet feeling welling up in her heart again.
Tears welled up in her eyes involuntarily, and a tear slid down like a broken bead, landing on Gu Jinyuan's firm abs, sliding down little by little, hot enough to make one's blood boil.
From childhood to adulthood, Gu Jinyuan suffered a lot of grievances and abuse, but no one ever felt sad or heartbroken for him.
The feeling of being surrounded by warm cotton candy was quite novel to him.
He stretched out a finger, rubbed it on the teardrop, and tasted it carefully on the tip of his tongue. Surprisingly, he could taste the sweetness of honey.
Afraid of upsetting Su Ruan again, he could only gently murmur his lips against her ear.
"Honey, I want to kiss you, is that okay?"
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