It had always been like this.
He had never paid her any mind, even knowing her feelings.
Heh—
Caroline curled her lips in self-mockery.
With so many women who liked him, so many women who had been in his bed, what was she?
Caroline took the gun without hesitation, cocked it, pulled the trigger, her movements fluid and seamless.
"Bang," the silencer spat smoke, but it fired a blank.
Having narrowly escaped death, Caroline couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
She walked up to Christiano, half-kneeling, wanting to check the wound on his hand.
The man avoided her, saying expressionlessly, "Don't let her take risks again."
"Yes," Caroline replied.
Her hand, frozen in mid-air, retracted.
"Let's go."
His tone was cold.
Caroline stood up, disappointed. Although she knew he disliked talkative women, she took it upon herself to ask, "Is there anything you need me to do?"
"Ruoxin and Rong Jingyang."
Her relationship with Christiano was a secret; Du Ruoxin didn't know.
"You don't need to interfere," the man said indifferently.
—
Grace returned to her room in a daze, consumed by self-reproach.
If she hadn't wanted to eat, Du Ruoxin wouldn't have been drugged and kidnapped, nor would she have been harmed.
She had almost caused a catastrophe!
Grace couldn't forgive herself.
A voice in her mind urged her on, tempting her.
[Du Ruoxin is so badly injured, how can you be unharmed?]
…
Qin Yunxi came to find Caroline, thinking of romance and passion, feeling somewhat excited.
It was unavoidable; it was a normal physiological reaction for a man in his prime.
Upon reaching the door, he noticed it wasn't fully closed.
Qin Yunxi pushed the door open, "Caroline? Hello?"
There was no response.
A gust of wind blew, and he smelled blood in the air.
"?!"
What was going on!
With his keen sense of smell, he quickly ran to the kitchen.
Heh!
Qin Yunxi's eyelids twitched. "Grace, are you crazy!"
Are you sick!
Who cuts their own hand with a knife, watches the blood flow onto the floor, and smiles eerily!
You must be insane!
Qin Yunxi cursed as he snatched the knife from her hand, quickly pulling her to the living room. He called his assistant to bring a first-aid kit.
"What's wrong that you'd resort to self-harm?"
Looking at a perfectly fine woman, so sharp and intelligent, how could she do something like this?
Qin Yunxi couldn't understand.
He pressed a tissue to her hand to stop the bleeding and rebuked her, "Grace, do you have a mental illness?"
Perhaps he should find two psychiatrists to examine her.
"You don't need to mind!" Grace roared, "Qin Yunxi, you're the one who's sick!"
"Let me go!"
Hey, the one who's sick is calling him sick?
Seeing Grace struggle fiercely, Qin Yunxi tightened his grip. "Don't move, stay put."
Grace couldn't break free from his hold even with all her strength, and she became furious.
In a fit of rage, she bit him.
"Hiss—"
Qin Yunxi's eyes blazed.
Damn it, is this woman a dog!
In his thirty years of life, this was the first time a woman had dared to bite him.
Qin Yunxi also lost his temper.
He pinned Grace's hands behind her back with one hand and gripped her chin with the other, as if to crush it.
Grace cried out in pain and released her mouth.
But she didn't let Qin Yunxi off easily either, kicking him hard. She struck him in his most vulnerable spot.
"Ugh—"
Qin Yunxi was in excruciating pain.
He leaned down, pinning Grace tightly beneath him, and gritted his teeth, "I've found that you're a thankless woman!"
—
ps: To let you in on a secret, Qin Yunxi and Grace are a couple.
In the future, Qin Yunxi will love Grace dearly, like a devoted husband.
However, their personalities are too different, so their relationship will definitely not be smooth sailing. For those who like this pair, read on slowly and savor it.
What Gong Zi wants to express is: there are no soulmates born perfect for each other in this world; there are only couples who accommodate and tolerate each other, and two hearts that are determined to spend a lifetime together.