The moment these words were spoken, the air fell silent.
Ning Yuan tensed up and stared silently into his strangely distorted eyes for a moment.
She suddenly closed her eyes and couldn't help but laugh: "Ha...haha..."
After watching her laugh for a while, Xiang Ziye's eye twitched, and his face darkened: "What are you laughing at?"
Ning Yuan took a deep breath and said helplessly, "Is this the only low-level tactic you men can use to deal with women who have offended you...? You know I've been doing business since..."
She tilted her head and thought for a moment: "Oh, no, it started when I was sent to the countryside and offended a sleazy guy in the same team. All the men I've offended have used the same tactic. Can't they use a different tactic?"
Xiang Ziye choked, looked at Ning Yuan, and after a while, he also chuckled: "It seems that Consultant Ning is really a veteran, and has offended quite a few people."
He paused, then raised an eyebrow: "Take a guess, why do the men you've offended always use this kind of tactic against women?"
Ning Yuan looked at him and said casually, "It's probably because they're despicable and brainless, their brains are only filled with their genitals."
Xiang Ziye paused, then suddenly couldn't help but laugh: "Heh... Hahahaha... Little Ning, you really are bold and funny... Hahaha... Are you taking this opportunity to insult me?"
Ning Yuan rolled her eyes: "What, Young Master Xiang, did you enjoy being scolded?"
She knew that this kind of twisted mentality could not be treated with common sense.
If you continue to be agreeable as before, he will quickly lose interest in talking to you and then he will try to take action against you.
Having dealt with many dangerous people, she had gained some experience and knew how to keep him interested.
Xiang Ziye barely managed to suppress his laughter, raising an eyebrow: "Since ancient times, sleeping with a woman who has offended him or his enemy has never been just for physical pleasure for men. The most important thing is—a means of punishment, power acquisition, and humiliation of the enemy."
He paused for a moment, then suddenly reached out and placed his hand on her collar: "This feeling is probably like a wild animal in the mountains urinating on enemy territory and leaving its scent, of course, provided that the woman isn't too old or ugly."
Ning Yuan tensed up, and smirked, "Young Master Xiang is indeed a scholar, his theoretical research is thorough. Are you telling me now that men are no different from beasts?"
Xiang Ziye slowly began to unbutton her clothes: "In a sense, you're absolutely right. What, Rong Zhaonan isn't like a wild beast in bed?"
He smiled, his eye twitching slightly: "That shouldn't be the case, Rong Taisui looks so weak?"
Ning Yuan felt a chill at her collar, and she suddenly said expressionlessly, "Xiang Ziye, even if you sleep with me, you won't let me go, right?"
Xiang Ziye paused, looking at her with a strange, ambiguous smile: "Oh, what do you mean?"
Ning Yuan chuckled lightly: "Kidnappers will only be completely open and honest when they are certain they will kill the victim."
If she wasn't sure before whether he would kill her, now, after all he'd said, there was no doubt about it.
Xiang Ziye, a desperate criminal, was ruined himself and powerless to save his family.
If revenge against the "enemy" fails, the last resort is to kill her, the enemy's wife.
Xiang Ziye looked at Ning Yuan for a long while before sighing regretfully, "You're right. If you had followed my original plan and turned against Rong Zhaonan because of the Ye siblings, you might have survived. What a pity... Wouldn't you say that you were too clever for your own good?"
His eyes were cold as he hooked his fingertips around the second button of her shirt: "If you weren't Rong Zhaonan's woman, you wouldn't have had to suffer all this. Blame it on your own eyes for falling for the wrong person. You were after his power and wealth, and now you're willing to die for him."
Just as he was about to unbutton the second button, Ning Yuan suddenly asked, "Did you ever love Ye Qiu?"
Xiang Ziye's hand, which was unbuttoning her second button, suddenly tightened, and he roughly grabbed her collar, pulling her forcefully in front of him.
The two were nose to nose, eye to eye.
Ning Yuan's face turned pale from being strangled, and she could clearly see the ferocity, anger, and humiliation in his bloodshot eyes.
"I told you, don't mention that bitch's name!!"
Ning Yuan endured the pain and looked at him coldly: "Your theory about rape is indeed correct. If Ye Qiu was gang-raped in the reservoir back then, do you think she was being punished, abused, or provoked?"
She knew she was safe for the time being.
Xiang Ziye froze instantly, his pupils contracted sharply, and even the hand gripping Ning Yuan's collar tightened.
Ning Yuan resisted the urge to struggle, and simply continued to stare at him as she spoke—
"Haven't you always wanted to know what happened back then? Let me tell you, Ye Qiu did lose her virginity that rainy night. She was violated by four hunters and almost died. In your eyes, wouldn't that count as her being cuckolded?!"
Xiang Ziye stared at her, his lips trembling: "Shut up... Impossible!"
Ning Yuan said without regard for the consequences, "Someone wanted to kill or maim Rong Zhaonan. Ye Qiu just happened to walk into the scene and became the second victim... She was almost strangled to death, but she survived. She was scared and terrified, but she still desperately tried to save people..."
"Shut up! I don't believe you're making excuses for Rong Zhaonan!" Xiang Ziye tightened his grip on her collar, his bloodshot eyes widening as if that would shut Ning Yuan up!
"Xiang Ziye, are you afraid to hear the truth? You coward!" Ning Yuan looked him straight in the eye.
Fortunately, he had just unbuttoned one of her clothes, and although her neck was sore from being strangled, she could still speak.
"Lying! You're lying! Why didn't she say anything if she encountered something like that!" Xiang Ziye twisted his face and roughly grabbed Ning Yuan's neck with his other hand.
"Because...look at the way you called her a slut, do you think she could bring herself to say that she was violated by four men! Do you deserve her love and trust?!"
Ning Yuan shouted sharply, gripping the edge of the bed tightly to prevent herself from pushing him and prematurely revealing her trump card.
Xiang Ziye seemed to have been struck by lightning, and his hand loosened.
Ning Yuan finally caught her breath and relaxed completely, then began coughing wildly: "Cough cough cough cough... cough cough..."
Damn it, I almost got strangled to death by that bastard!
Xiang Ziye closed his eyes briefly, his Adam's apple bobbing. His distorted face remained contorted, and his voice was hoarse.
“Ning Yuan… if you can’t keep this lie, you’ll regret trying to distract me by talking about Ye Qiu! There are many ways to play a woman half to death.”
Ning Yuan gasped for breath, her eyes misting over, and looked at him coldly: "...Xiang Ziye...after that night at the reservoir, before Ye Qiu broke up with you and called off the engagement, did she...cough cough...ask you a question?"
Xiang Ziye froze for a moment, then looked at her with a sinister expression: "..."
"Don't you remember? Didn't she ask you a question like this—would you marry an unclean woman? And how...cough cough...you answered?" Ning Yuan looked at him mockingly.
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