Chapter 113 Try Hurting Me
Shi Nianzhi and Mu Guangcheng hid inside the room and eavesdropped.
There was a moment of silence outside the door.
Shi Nianzhi heard Su Hengyi's disdainful voice, "Is Third Master Lu unable to play games? Call the bodyguards?"
“If it were anyone else, you'd be out of a job. But you're the only son in the Su family, so I can't go too far. However, I'm teaching you a lesson on behalf of Old Master Su today. Hold him down.”
Lu Jiunian's voice came in, so cold and piercing.
Mu Guangcheng gritted his teeth, rolled up his sleeves, and was about to rush out, "That bastard, what does he want to do to Su Hengyi?"
Shi Nianzhi quickly stopped Mu Guangcheng, "Boss, don't go. He brought men, and we can't beat them. I'll go out and talk to him."
You can't go!
"It's alright, boss, he won't do anything to me."
Shi Nianzhi opened the door and rushed outside. Mu Guangcheng grabbed his hand, but Shi Nianzhi shook him off.
He rushed over and stood in front of Su Hengyi.
"Smack—"
Lu Jiunian was raising his hand to slap Su Hengyi across the face when Shi Nianzhi suddenly rushed out. Before he could retract his strength, his hand slapped Shi Nianzhi across the face.
Shi Nianzhi was knocked off balance by the slap and hit his head on the wall of the corridor, rubbing off a lot of the old wall plaster.
"Are you even human?!"
Mu Guangcheng rushed out and kicked Lu Jiunian in the lower back.
Lu Jiunian's attention was focused on Shi Nianzhi, so he was caught off guard and staggered when he was kicked. He then turned around and looked at Mu Guangcheng with extremely cold eyes.
Just as Mu Guangcheng was about to rush up and hit him, he grabbed Mu Guangcheng's wrist and forcefully pushed Mu Guangcheng to the ground, then stepped on Mu Guangcheng's face.
Mu Guangcheng was furious. He had never been wronged like this before. He got up and was about to continue hitting people.
"Grab him, and beat him if he doesn't behave."
Lu Jiunian calmly instructed the bodyguards, who then seized Mu Guangcheng and pressed his face against the dirty, dilapidated whitewashed wall of the corridor.
He got his face covered in dust.
Lu Jiunian reached out to help him up.
Shi Nianzhi brushed Lu Jiunian's hand away. He covered his face and looked at Lu Jiunian with a calm yet unfamiliar gaze. "The slap has been returned. Let him go."
A hint of anger flashed in Lu Jiunian's eyes. He gripped Shi Nianzhi's hand and demanded, "Who is your man?!"
Is he blind to the slap marks on his face?!
"Release them."
Shi Nianzhi struggled a little, but the man held her even tighter.
Mu Guangcheng, who was furious and wanted to devour Lu Jiunian, roared, "You bastard! His wrist was already like that, and you still squeezed it! If you're not good to him, why are you still with him?!"
Lu Jiunian stared coldly at Mu Guangcheng, who was speaking. Su Hengyi was afraid that Lu Jiunian would hurt Mu Guangcheng, so he forcefully broke free from the bodyguard holding him and rushed over to hug Mu Guangcheng.
He turned his back to Lu Jiunian, looking as if he was about to attack him, showing a strong protective instinct.
The bodyguards couldn't stop Su Hengyi, and thinking that Su Hengyi was going to fight Lu Jiunian, they quickly stood in front of Lu Jiunian.
The man narrowed his eyes slightly. "Are you two a couple?"
"No----"
Even so, Mu Guangcheng still wanted to shout, but Su Heng went up and covered his mouth, "Yes."
"Release them, and I'll go with you."
As soon as Shi Nianzhi finished speaking, Mu Guangcheng shook his head, brushed Su Hengyi's hand away, and shouted, "Shi Nianzhi, you idiot, why are you going with him? Run! Does he dare to eat me and Su Hengyi?"
"It's okay, boss. He won't do anything to me. See you at school tomorrow. Brother Yi is injured, so be nice to him."
Shi Nianzhi tugged at his wrist, but Lu Jiunian's hand was still gripping it. He didn't even glance at Lu Jiunian, and lowered his eyes, saying, "Weren't you looking for me? Let's go."
Lu Jiunian clearly had no intention of letting the matter rest.
Shi Nianzhi saw through it and said, "You, do you want to kick me too? I don't care, I'll give it all back to you."
As he spoke, he turned around, his back to Lu Jiunian.
Her arms, hanging down, clenched slightly.
Lu Jiunian's face grew increasingly gloomy. He walked over, grabbed Shi Nianzhi in his arms, and left.
After he walked away, the bodyguard released Su Hengyi and Mu Guangcheng.
Shi Nianzhi did not struggle; he knew that struggling was useless.
He was shoved into the car and sat by the door, trying his best to keep as far away from Lu Jiunian as possible in that space.
Lu Jiunian reached out, his fingers wanting to touch Shi Nianzhi's slightly swollen face.
Shi Nianzhi almost instinctively dodged to the side. "When are we going to get a divorce?"
Lu Jiunian's suppressed temper was instantly ignited by these words. He grabbed Shi Nianzhi's arm, pulled her to his side, and forcefully restrained Shi Nianzhi's waist.
Despite Shi Nianzhi's struggles, he simply didn't want to let him go.
Lu Jiunian pinched Shi Nianzhi's chin, his eyes icy cold. "Who gave you permission to give me that kind of look? Didn't I tell you? This relationship between us is mine to decide!"
When Shi Nianzhi heard Lu Jiunian say this, there was still pain in his eyes.
But he has learned to be calm. When Lu Jiunian doesn't want him, he picks himself up, silently accepts the fact of being abandoned, and then licks his wounds alone.
Gu Zijian will be unhappy.
When Shi Nianzhi said those words, it still felt like a knife was cutting into her heart.
Lu Jiunian indeed fell silent for a moment.
Shi Nianzhi spoke with a pained look in her eyes, "Whether I'm happy or not is not important, but Gu Zijian will be unhappy. You love him so much, how can you bear to see him unhappy? You've already decided to give Gu Zijian a title, so we're going to get a divorce eventually. I'm going to leave you."
What is it that Lu Jiunian is reluctant to part with?
The car was quiet for a while. Lu Jiunian released Shi Nianzhi, lowered his head and lit a cigarette.
The bitter smell of tobacco permeated the car.
The man then rolled down the car window to ventilate the car.
Shi Nianzhi moved back to the car door furthest from Lu Jiunian.
"If you have no feelings for me, why are you reluctant to let me leave?"
Although he spoke slowly, Lu Jiunian felt that he was being somewhat aggressive.
Although Shi Nianzhi's eyes were full of pain, there was still a glimmer of hope deep in his eyes.
He hoped that at least Lu Jiunian had feelings for him, or at least had feelings for him in the past.
That way, he'll feel better.
Lu Jiunian frowned slightly, then he realized he shouldn't worry too much about such a trivial matter. Shi Nianzhi was from the countryside; why should he bother to coax her?
He spoke directly and frankly, "The doctor said that Zijian's body needs a year to recover and he can't have sex. I'm a normal man with needs."
Lu Jiunian looked at Shi Nianzhi, exhaled a heavy puff of smoke, and said, "You're clean and suitable. You'd be perfect as my mistress. Most importantly, you resemble him."
Shi Nianzhi thought she had already accepted a lot, but Lu Jiunian's words still came out.
His eyes instantly turned red.
He stared at the man in front of him in disbelief, feeling as if he had never met him before.
Although Lu Jiunian had once given him a feeling of fear and unfamiliarity, he had also shown tenderness, especially during their recent intimate moments.
The man once looked at him with deep affection and said, "Don't leave me."
She once whispered in his ear, "I miss you, I miss you... I love you, brother."
Each sound was gentler than the last.
Were all of those things fake?
Shi Nianzhi blinked, tears streaming down her face, "You...."
He seemed choked up and unable to speak for a long while before asking Lu Jiunian in a sobbing voice, "How could you humiliate me like this? I'm just not very bright, I'm not stupid. You're treating me like a tool. In your eyes, I've been reduced to a mere tool, but I'm a person, a living, breathing human being. I'm not like Gu Zijian!"
Lu Jiunian, however, pinched Shi Nianzhi's chin, looking into his watery eyes with a hint of pleasure in his gaze.
He leaned closer to Shi Nianzhi, who seemed too heartbroken to react, and then brushed his thin lips against the corner of Shi Nianzhi's mouth.
That cool, detached voice said, "What's the difference? Even your voices are so similar, otherwise why would I marry you?"
Shi Nianzhi's pupils dilated, and he seemed to tremble slightly with anger.
He spoke haltingly, “When we got married, you said you loved me.”
"I was lying to you."
You told me not to leave you.
"I have many sweet words, but I don't say them to you."
"But you called out my name, you called out Nianzhi's name!"
Looking into Shi Nianzhi's eyes, Lu Jiunian seemed to want to say the most heartless words in the world, so cruel and cold, "That's only because I can tell the difference, but it doesn't matter at all. When I look at you, I'm thinking of my beloved."
Shi Nianzhi raised his hand, about to slap Lu Jiunian, as if he were on the verge of collapse.
Everything you thought you knew, all your smugness, was nothing but a deception.
He had once foolishly believed that he could compete with Gu Zijian, but it turns out that from beginning to end, he was nothing more than the most ridiculous joke.
Lu Jiunian gripped Shi Nianzhi's wrist tightly, then suddenly looked at her with cold eyes, "Be a good girl and I'll treat you the same as before, at least for the next year."
Shi Nianzhi was about to slap someone when someone intercepted him halfway. He closed his eyes, his eyelashes trembling as he cried, tears streaming down his face like they were free.
He chuckled softly, his voice trembling with tears, so distant, "How can things be the same as before, Lu Jiunian? You've broken my heart. How can I still foolishly love you like before?"
Lu Jiunian felt a sudden pang in his heart, and he abruptly sneered, grabbing Shi Nianzhi's chin.
In a cold, emotionless tone, he said, "I don't need your love, just your presence is enough. But I don't like hearing that, baby. You'd better learn to please me, or you'll suffer. Because when I'm in a bad mood, I won't have the patience to take good care of you!"
Lu Jiunian pinned Shi Nianzhi down. Shi Nianzhi put her hand in her pocket and then took it out again, holding a sharp knife in her hand.
Lu Jiunian didn't take it seriously at all, so confident and fearless, "If you're so capable, try hurting me!"
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