Yu He paused, her gaze unusually calm, and asked, "Who are you?"
The line on the other end suddenly went silent. Yu He looked down and saw that the call had been hung up.
She stared at her phone screen, her eyes eerily serene, and a chilling atmosphere permeated the room.
On the other side.
Qi Yuanyuan heard the sound of running water from the bathroom stop, followed by the sound of the door opening. She immediately hung up the phone.
"Who told you to touch my phone?"
A chilling aura suddenly came from behind her. Qi Yuanyuan turned and saw Qin Beiting, clad in a bathrobe, his hair still damp, exuding an unbearable coldness.
Unlike usual, his cheeks and earlobes were flushed with an abnormal redness, a sign of the herbal medicine.
"Bei Ting Ge Ge..."
"Get out!" Qin Beiting snatched his phone back, putting distance between them. His eyes were sinister, as if he would kill her if she took another step closer.
Qi Yuanyuan couldn't help but swallow and glanced at the door, saying with a look of innocence, "The door... it's locked from the outside."
As soon as she spoke, Qin Beiting's expression darkened, and the surrounding temperature dropped several degrees.
Tonight's dinner was organized by Qin Xinhong at Qin Yongchao's behest. Even Old Madam Qin II was present, making it impossible for him to refuse.
He had thought it was just a meal, but he never expected someone to drug his food.
Now, with Qi Yuanyuan locked in his room, the intention was obvious: to force them to consummate their relationship, thus solidifying this marriage.
The Qin family, the foremost of the four great families, resorting to such despicable tactics!
"I'm sorry, I didn't know it would turn out like this."
Qi Yuanyuan frowned, still maintaining her innocent expression. "While I like you, I don't like forcing people. What they've done is truly too much."
After speaking, she quickly added, "But don't blame them, they just meant well."
Qin Beiting ignored her words. He glanced at his call history; the first entry was "Bao Bao." His brow furrowed, and his eyes grew even more sinister.
Seeing that he was ignoring her, Qi Yuanyuan said, "The drug in your system can still be resolved. Can I help you with that?"
As she spoke, she took a step closer to Qin Beiting.
She didn't like forcing people, and her mother had always taught her that a woman should be demure.
But after six years of being demure, what had she gained?
Him entering and exiting hotels with other women! Him being affectionate with other women!
Now, with such a golden opportunity, she didn't want to be demure anymore!
Even if Qin Beiting didn't like her now, if she conceived his child, she would become Madam Qin VII.
As long as she secured the position of Madam VII, there would be plenty of time in the future. She was sure she would make Qin Beiting fall for her.
The floral scent from the woman made Qin Beiting's suppressed urges surge uncontrollably.
"Don't come any closer!" Qin Beiting warned, his eyes bloodshot.
He gripped his phone, turned, and re-entered the bathroom, not forgetting to lock the door.
Qi Yuanyuan's face turned pale as she heard the lock click. She froze in place.
He would rather take a cold shower than touch her. Did he really hate her that much?!
In the bathroom.
Qin Beiting turned on the shower. The icy water cascaded down, chilling him to the bone and lessening some of his agitation, but it couldn't extinguish the fire within him.
After a full half-hour of showering, he turned off the water, picked up his phone, and opened WeChat.
On the other side.
Yu He lay on her bed, staring blankly at the ceiling for half an hour, until the notification sound of a WeChat video call abruptly broke the silence.
She glanced at it. It was Qin Beiting.
She sat up. As soon as the video call connected, a screen full of the man's wet, handsome face filled her view.
His face still held a residual flush, his lips were full and plump, alluringly beautiful and tempting.
Yu He's breath hitched, but thinking of what had happened half an hour ago, her gaze returned to its icy coldness.
Qin Beiting looked at the girl on the screen, her expression blank and her gaze cold, knowing she must have misunderstood.
"Bao Bao... I was drugged..."
His lips moved, his voice hoarse, tinged with a slight tremor from the cold.
Yu He's eyelashes fluttered. She looked at the man on the screen and remained silent.
"I've been showering in cold water for almost an hour, and the effects haven't subsided. Do you have any way to help me? That woman is still outside," Qin Beiting said.
The situation was explained clearly: he would rather take a cold shower for an hour than touch the woman outside.
Yu He felt the knot of frustration in her heart instantly dissipate.
"If you're like this, won't that woman outside lose face?" she teased.
"What does it matter to me if she loses face?" Qin Beiting's voice was hoarse.
She was just a woman who tried to climb into his bed by drugging him. If his people hadn't been diverted, that woman wouldn't still be in his room right now.
Hearing his heartless tone, Yu He was completely convinced of his earlier explanation.
"If an hour of cold shower can't suppress it, it means the drug is potent. You have to release it, otherwise, it will stay in your system," she said.
If she were there, she might have had some way, but with over three hundred kilometers separating them, it would be too late for her to rush over.
Qin Beiting: "Is that the only way?"
Yu He looked at the man on the screen, his eyes glazed over and his cheeks flushed, and inexplicably felt a dryness in her throat.
"Yes," she replied.
Qin Beiting: "..."
Yu He: "At this point, you can only rely on your left and right hands."
"..."
Qin Beiting was silent for a moment, found a spot, propped up his phone, and looked at the girl on the screen. "Lower the camera a bit."
Yu He thought of something, and her cheeks flushed. "You..."
But she still lowered the hand holding the phone a little. On the screen, her fair, slender swan-like neck and delicate collarbone were visible.
Yu He's ears turned red as she listened to the indecent sounds and the man's heavy breathing coming from the phone...
The next morning.
Yu He was woken by a knock on the door. She realized she must have fallen asleep at some point last night. Her phone was on the bedside table and had automatically shut down due to a dead battery.
She wondered how many times Qin Beiting had... last night.
Thinking of them video chatting to do such a thing last night, her cheeks still felt warm.
The knocking continued. Yu He suppressed the expression on her face and went to open the door.
It was Chun Hua.
"Miss Yu, the Old Madam is awake. Could you please go and see her?" Chun Hua said excitedly.
Yu He yawned lazily and glanced outside the door.
The bodyguards who had been on guard last night were gone. It seemed the Lu family had lifted her house arrest.
"Oh." Yu He unhurriedly washed up and changed her clothes before following Chun Hua to Old Madam Lu's room.
In the room, Lan Manshu and Li Jieying were already attending to Old Madam Lu, vying to be the most filial daughters-in-law.
As soon as Yu He entered, Li Jieying immediately stood up and approached, greeting her with a smile, "Miss Yu, did you sleep well last night?"
Yu He frowned. Something unusual was afoot.