Mu Yuxin didn't know what Guan Yang was up to, but she always felt he was very busy.
Especially this time, when he returned, his dark circles were very heavy, and his complexion was very haggard, looking like he hadn't slept for several days.
Guan Yang arrived, covered in fatigue and dust. The moment he saw Mu Yuxin, his tightly furrowed brows seemed to relax slightly, but the change was so subtle that no one else could notice.
As soon as he entered, the household servants immediately stepped forward, but he waved them away. His dark eyes fell coldly on Mu Yuxin. "I didn't keep you in this house to be a pampered young lady!"
His meaning was obvious. Mu Yuxin stepped forward and took off his suit jacket. Just as she was about to hang it on the rack, Guan Yang impatiently spoke, "Tie!"
Mu Yuxin quickly handed the jacket to a servant and stood in front of Guan Yang to untie his tie.
Guan Yang was a meter ninety tall. Standing in front of him, Mu Yuxin could only reach his chest. She had to tilt her head to untie his tie.
Even though they could maintain some distance, untying the tie required her to touch him. Mu Yuxin's heart pounded rapidly.
Guan Yang must have smoked a lot. The smell of smoke on him was strong but not unpleasant.
It was just untying his tie, yet Mu Yuxin felt more nervous than she had during her college entrance exams. After finally removing the tie, before she could even fold it, her slender waist was suddenly embraced by a strong, powerful arm, and then she was lifted off her feet.
"Down!"
Guan Yang gave a cold command. The servants, understandingly, left the living room. They wouldn't reappear for at least an hour.
In the bright daylight of the living room, Mu Yuxin felt ashamed and anxiously grabbed his arm. "Let's go to the bedroom!"
Guan Yang didn't reply. He lowered his head and kissed her.
His actions were still rough, his force heavy. Mu Yuxin gritted her teeth, forced to endure his release.
Guan Yang hated seeing her endure such discomfort, as if he had caused her great suffering. He used his thumb to part her tightly closed lips, bit her earlobe, and then said coldly, "Scream."
Mu Yuxin shook her head. Guan Yang could be shameless, but she couldn't.
Even if the servants were gone and there was no living soul in the house, she still couldn't scream.
Guan Yang let out a soft hum. The more Mu Yuxin resisted him, the more he wanted her to yield. But Mu Yuxin, even if she bit her lip until it bled, didn't utter a sound.
Guan Yang grew angry. He directly pulled her up. Mu Yuxin was terrified and instinctively tried to cover her body with her clothes, but Guan Yang didn't give her that chance. He dragged her directly to the swimming pool in the backyard.
The moment Mu Yuxin saw the swimming pool, the fear from that night resurfaced. She instinctively tried to escape, but Guan Yang pushed her fiercely into the water.
When people are scared, they unconsciously gasp for breath. The slightly cool water rushed into her mouth, and she instantly felt difficulty breathing, her mind going blank.
Guan Yang watched coldly as Mu Yuxin struggled in the water. For a moment, he thought of just letting this woman die, then their hatred might be resolved.
Resolved?
Heh... how could that be possible?
As long as she was alive, she could be molded however he pleased.
If she were dead, it would be meaningless.
The feeling of suffocation was extremely painful. Mu Yuxin experienced that near-death sensation again and again.
She could feel Guan Yang's murderous intent. Last time, with so many people around, she was even saved by Guan Mingxu. This time... she was likely going to die here.
The next second, she was suddenly pulled out of the water. The moment she touched fresh air, she coughed violently, her throat feeling as if it were pricked by needles. Every breath hurt.
Before she could recover, her mouth suddenly hurt. Guan Yang pinned her against the wall by the pool and kissed her ferociously.
That day, Mu Yuxin thought she would truly die.
Even if she didn't drown, she would be tormented to death by Guan Yang. When her consciousness was muddled, she still thought how embarrassing it would be to die like this.
"Hey, hey, hey... Did you guys hear? The new transfer student got into a fight with our school's bully again. After losing, the bully was so angry that he found some hooligans from outside school to teach the transfer student a lesson."
"I heard they arranged to fight at the abandoned steel mill, and many people are going to watch!"
"Sigh, that transfer student is so handsome. It would be a shame if his face got hurt!"
Mu Yuxin had just finished a math test when she overheard students in the classroom discussing this. The high school she attended was a middle school in Lin Hai Town. Although it had produced many students who entered prestigious universities, there were also quite a few rebellious and unruly underachievers.
Guan Yang had transferred to the school in September. He caused quite a stir as soon as he enrolled, not for any other reason than his handsome looks and his air of arrogance, as if he were the most important person in the world.
High school was an era where looks were paramount. Guan Yang's face instantly became the dream lover of more than half the girls in the school. The school bully at the time had a girlfriend who, upon seeing Guan Yang, immediately fell for him and wanted to break up with the bully.
The school bully had always been the one to bully others and had never suffered such humiliation. Moreover, the entire school knew that his girlfriend was about to dump him for a transfer student. How could he swallow this indignity? So, he went to find Guan Yang, intending to teach him a lesson.
Who knew that Guan Yang was no pushover? The school bully and several others weren't a match for him.
This instantly caused the school's top bully to lose face, so he made a threat.
The bully's family was a notorious local power, and his brother was a leader among the hooligans. Naturally, he had to avenge his younger brother.
Mu Yuxin had started working part-time in high school, so she hadn't seen the legendary transfer student. She wasn't particularly interested. Her time was precious. Besides studying, she was making money. She believed that knowledge could change destiny, and she had to get into a good university and leave this place.
After school, Mu Yuxin would finish her homework before going home, because once she got home, she had to do various chores and had no time to write assignments.
This day, it was already eight o'clock in the evening when she finished her homework. She only brought an English book home, intending to use the time before sleeping and after waking up to memorize vocabulary.
It was already dark, and her stomach growled with hunger, so she quickened her pace home. As she passed a small alley, she suddenly heard sounds of fighting and screams.
Mu Yuxin stopped abruptly. She quietly moved to a corner and saw several men with tattoos on their arms and heads surrounding a boy in a black t-shirt, wielding baseball bats.
The fight was chaotic, and Mu Yuxin watched with a pounding heart, cursing the men inwardly.
Where else could they fight but to block her way home?
Although this road wasn't the only way home for Mu Yuxin, it was the shortest. If she took a different route, it would be a long detour, and she might not get home until ten o'clock. Then Feng WanHui would surely beat her to death.