"Oh dear, sir, I added some lemon juice to the tea for flavor. Can’t you drink it?" Ye Lu asks with an innocent face.

This gives Selow an even worse toothache: "I’ve been having toothaches recently. I can’t drink lemon."

"What’s going on here?" Jun Shengnan appears very conveniently. Seeing the pained expression on Selow’s face, she immediately supports him. "Sorry, I didn’t know you had a tooth problem. There’s a dentist in my villa. Please come this way."

She leads Mr. Selow away quickly.

Then, the few girls left behind look at each other, clueless about what happened.

Ye Lu kicks the tea cup aside and glares at them, hands on hips: "Get out."

The girls fume instantly. It was Ye Lu who upset Third Young Master, why was she commanding them to leave so arrogantly?

"It’s you who should leave. You’ve upset Third Young Master and you’re not even apologizing! Why do you want us to leave? It’s laughable!" the girls say sweetly, trying to ingratiate themselves with Third Young Master Jun.

Ye Lu looks at them coldly, thinking.

"Why? Because he’s under my patronage!"

"You- your patron?!" The girls stare wide-eyed and tongue-tied. They find it hard to believe that Ye Lu, of all people, has taken Third Young Master under her patronage. How much money would it take to keep him? Ye Lu could actually afford it.

"We don’t believe it."

"If you don’t believe me, ask him. Does he owe me hundreds of rounds of a certain activity?" Ye Lu’s face has grown thicker, and she says whatever comes to mind.

The girls don’t dare question Third Young Master about it. They see his quiet gaze and absence of denial - that’s tantamount to admission.

My God, Ye Lu has Third Young Master Jun under her patronage, she’s too powerful, they can’t beat that. They just serve Third Young Master, but he has to serve her. She must be a queen with a mighty background.

The women quickly pick up their belongings and run off immediately.

Only Ye Lu and Third Young Master are left in the room.

Third Young Master is still lying on the carpet, lazily leaning against a large cushion. He looks at her with cold, slender, beautiful eyes.

"Once they’re gone, there will be other women. What can you do about it? Can you stop me from seeking pleasure?"

Ye Lu snorts: "I know you’re just putting on an act."

Flooding Mr. Selow with seduction was part of the plan, of course.

"Ha, ha, ha..."

Third Young Master suddenly laughs with a low voice. His eyes are laden with ripples. His body exudes a wicked, insouciant aura. He gazes at her casually.

"You’re so naive. Do you think that I’m really just acting? Ye Lu, this is the real Third Young Master - a man given to wild, lavish living, fond of hedonistic pleasure and treating women as playthings. I am really this kind of man. It happens that I was acting today. At least you got one thing right: I am dirty. However, here you are, provoking me again. Aren’t you afraid that I will taint you?"

The color drains from Ye Lu’s face instantly. She bites her lip, at a loss for words.

The atmosphere suddenly chills. Amid the brightly-lit room, the husky, alluring singing of a woman echoes but could not mask the icy tension between them.

Third Young Master pours himself a drink silently and downs it in one gulp.

"If you don’t like me, why did you stop me from seducing that man just now?" Ye Lu finally speaks.

"It’s my plan. I don’t like others interfering. Stopping you doesn’t mean I care about you." He drops the glass and gets ready to leave.

"I won’t let you leave!"

Ye Lu suddenly lunges at him, forcefully holding him down.

She is bracing herself for whatever comes next.