Beyond fear, a nameless sadness welled up in her heart. "The old lady only said that the Ai family's daughter should marry you. I am Ai Shunan's biological daughter, and I have married you. I am already at your mercy. What more do you want? Why won't you let me go? I don't desire your person, nor your Qin family's wealth and power. If you are not satisfied with me, feel free to find a third, fourth, or fifth woman... I won't mind. Or, after some time, we can also get a divorce..."
"Enough!" Qin Tianyi couldn't stand hearing her say she desired nothing and wouldn't mind anything. He suddenly looked up, his gaze becoming particularly fierce. "If you desire nothing, then why did you marry me?"
Gu Susu looked at him with a tragic expression. "To... to help my father, to help the Ai family overcome their difficulties."
Qin Tianyi abruptly put down his cutlery, stood up, took out his phone, walked to her side, and flipped through the photos on his phone to show her. "Even if I didn't care whether you had stayed abroad, this is the reason you want me to find other women!"
Her eyes darkened as she stared at the photos on his phone. Chang Qingchuan's forceful attempt to embrace her had been captured. These frozen images looked incredibly intimate. How could she explain this?
But something was wrong. Why would Qin Tianyi have such photos?
She shifted her gaze from the phone and looked at him. "Did you have someone follow me?"
"You were injured just a few days ago. Who knows if someone wanted to harm me and accidentally hurt you? I just sent people to protect you. I didn't expect to find your lover so quickly." Qin Tianyi said, reaching out and gripping her neck. "You're scared because I found out you have someone else?"
"I don't. He's just a friend. It's not what you think between us..."
Qin Tianyi tightened his grip on her neck. "You're lying, keep lying! I hate being lied to the most. Perhaps you don't know my habit."
"What habit?" Gu Susu's neck was hurting badly from his grip, and she was already struggling to breathe.
"Those who lie to me will wish they were dead."
Gu Susu felt her mind go blank. She found this man in front of her terrifying.
She believed she couldn't tell him certain things, but she hadn't lied to him. Yet, he wouldn't believe her. From the very beginning, their marriage lacked a foundation of mutual trust.
She had thought she was marrying a fool and would at most have an unhappy marriage. She never expected to fall into the clutches of this terrifying man.
"I... I ran into him by chance. We just exchanged a few words," Gu Susu stammered, her lips trembling, finding it hard to speak.
Qin Tianyi flung her neck away and asked, "What were you doing in an old residential building? Did you live in a place like that? Or did you cohabit in such a filthy place?"
Gu Susu gasped for air, instinctively shielding her backpack behind the chair with both hands. The old residential buildings were just a bit worn down; how had they become filthy places?
She found this man, who considered himself noble, ridiculous. In his eyes, why were ordinary people's homes filthy?
However, she didn't want to argue with him about this now. She just tried her best to explain, "No, he's just my friend."
Qin Tianyi noticed her movement, snatched her backpack from behind her, unzipped it, and dumped its contents onto the ground.
Gu Susu frantically tried to grab the backpack and retrieve her laptop, but she was a step too slow, watching helplessly as her laptop fell to the ground. She yelled, "What are you doing? How can you just rummage through my bag?"
As she spoke, she almost knelt on the ground, picked up her laptop, and opened it to see if it was broken.
Qin Tianyi glanced at her heartbroken laptop. It was just a second-hand old laptop, not worth much. He figured it must have some sentimental value for her, which made him even angrier. He kicked it again, sending the laptop she was holding flying to the ground. The second-hand laptop cracked completely, and the screen shattered.
Gu Susu looked up, her eyes filled with utter rage, and picked up the broken laptop, throwing it forcefully at him. "Qin Tianyi! You scoundrel!"
Qin Tianyi dodged the laptop she threw and tightly grabbed her hands, then stomped on the laptop that had fallen to the ground again.
Gu Susu felt her heart shatter like the laptop. This laptop was her livelihood, and it was the most expensive thing she had bought after being released from prison. Because of his unreasonable suspicions, he had destroyed the thing she cherished most.
She no longer wanted to explain anything to him. She glared at him hatefully and said, "If it weren't out of desperation, who would want to marry a mentally ill fool like you! You're a fool, a big fool! No normal person would be as unreasonable as you!"
Qin Tianyi laughed in rage, grabbed her chin, and lowered his head to kiss her. Gu Susu retaliated by biting his lip fiercely.
But he twisted around and pinned her onto the carpet of the private room, rendering her unable to move.
"Qin Tianyi, don't..." Gu Susu realized with fear what was about to happen. "Not here!"
Qin Tianyi patted her face and sneered, "Why not? The primary rule of this place being a private club is to protect the privacy of every guest."
Gu Susu struggled desperately in fear. Qin Tianyi looked at her with cold, mocking eyes. "You still find this place distasteful? This place is cleaner than where you went to meet that man this morning."
She shook her head continuously, regretting her impulsiveness. She couldn't defeat him. "It's not what you think. I've long been heartbroken and have no other man..."
"I've heard enough of your lies. Don't pretend to be pitiful in front of me. Remember, Grandma bought you as a plaything for me." He said coldly, filled with desire. "Don't say you can't be touched. You're not a virgin anymore. Whatever I want to do with you, you can take it."
Gu Susu didn't want to cry, but tears streamed down her face uncontrollably. From the moment she married him, she should have known she was merely a bargaining chip exchanged between Ai Shunan and the Qin family.
Yet, she still didn't want to be humiliated by him so devoid of dignity. She resisted him with all her might.
He pressed against her cheek and whispered in her ear, "If you don't want him to wish he were dead, then behave."
Gu Susu looked at him in despair. Chang Qingchuan was innocent. If he insisted on misunderstanding like this, he would drag an innocent person into it.
But she couldn't let Chang Qingchuan be implicated in such a trivial matter and lose his chance to establish himself in this city.
Qin Tianyi saw the flicker of weakness and concession in her eyes, which only fueled his anger. "It seems you're willing to do anything for that man."
With that, he swept over her, taking her completely.
As he possessed her frantically, he kept telling himself that he didn't love her, only that he was a little infatuated with her body. So why should he care if she had another man in her heart?
As long as he kept possessing her, there would come a time when he grew tired of her. After he was done using her, he could just discard her like a rag.