She was a bit flustered, was this man planning some trick again?

A few hours ago, in the wardrobe, she had already endured one of his excessive behaviors!

Now with food and drink, this man is even more susceptible to lust—

Before coming to A Country, he promised not to bully her, but his words are simply untrustworthy!

"Si Yuheng, if you want to see Xiaoxiao, come tomorrow." She felt as if his gaze was pushing her to the edge of a cliff, one wrong step and she’d be shattered to pieces.

Before, she could scold him boldly, but somehow, for some time now, she’s found herself increasingly powerless in front of him.

He finally arched his brows: "This is my house, you’re kicking me out?"

"Then what do you want to do?" She asked, heart racing, anticipating the inevitable answer.

Sure enough, he was always so straightforward and shameless: "Worried that it’s your first night with Xiaoxiao, you aren’t used to sleeping. I’ll sleep with you tonight."

Damn! This is too much!

Watching her change clothes wasn’t enough! This man is truly an insatiable beast!

She refused: "Si Yuheng, I’m fine with it, I and Xiaoxiao can sleep anywhere, we’ll sleep till dawn... don’t need your company."

Yet he was already there, stepping forward, wrapping her waist and lifting her onto the bed, casually turning off the lights.

She felt him embrace her from behind, fearing he might take things further.

This was his domain, his home, she was truly helpless here.

She couldn’t resist too much, lest she provoke his anger.

"Si Yuheng, we’re just ’sleeping’... nothing else, okay?" She spoke cautiously.

Was she really that afraid he’d do anything else? This fear-laden sentence surfaced, and even if he wanted to do something, he lost the mood.

A trace of strange emotion climbed into his heart.

What was he doing? Ignoring so many women, yet coming to the side of the woman most estranged from him, holding her, doing nothing all night...

Gradually, she could sense he truly wouldn’t do anything else, lying quietly in his arms, suddenly saying: "Si Yuheng, your subordinates don’t like you being too close to me... it’s better you don’t come."

"Shut up."

"Why be so angry." She pouted.

"Don’t want me angry, shut up." He pressed her head, holding her tightly in his embrace.

"..."

In the increasingly familiar atmosphere, she spent her first night in his hometown.

****

Meanwhile, outside the bedroom.

At the end of the hallway, a slender and graceful figure was intently staring at Liang Anya’s bedroom door, usually gentle eyes now gleaming with jealous fury.

He clearly said he was too tired, wanted to rest, turns out he came to spend the night in this Asia woman’s room.

Has the Hall Master become unable to leave this woman for even a day?

Only when the bedroom light dimmed did she rush downstairs, exiting the castle, calling for a servant, instructing: "Prepare the car, I’m going out."

"Where is Miss Vivi off to, so late?"

"Don’t talk nonsense." The woman’s voice had a commanding coolness and arrogance, as if she were the mistress of the mansion behind her, leaving no room for argument.

The servant dared not ask more, leaving in haste.

Ten minutes later, a silver car stopped in front of Vivi.

She got into the car, shutting the door with a light slam, the crisp sound exploding within the night, the engine started, speeding away.

...

The car departed from the Si Family’s castle, gradually entering the city, speeding along the main road for over ten minutes, finally stopping at a hotel.

She parked the car, entered the hotel, took the elevator, reaching the aimed floor.

This was a long-term suite, evidently, usually unoccupied, no dust anywhere, windows bright and clean, only visited when the owner needed.

Vivi pushed open the door.

By the floor-to-ceiling window stood a tall and straight man, hands behind his back, appreciating the night view outside, having arrived earlier than Vivi.

Light brown hair under the night scene’s light appeared coated in gold sand.

He heard footsteps but didn’t turn around: "Miss Vivi, long time no see. What brings you here?"

Vivi raised an arrogant swan-like chin: "Someone in China kidnapped Liang Anya, demanding the Hall Master to ransom alone, even leading to the Hall Master getting injured. Was it you behind this?"

"Miss Vivi came today to ask this?" The man chuckled.

"Rest assured, even if it’s you, I won’t interfere, nor tell the Hall Master. I’m here for something else today."

"Go ahead."

"The Hall Master brought that Asia woman back to the country, you should know."

The man shrugged: "Yes."

Vivi curbed her anger: "The Hall Master announced in front of many people tonight that the child born by that woman is the future small heir, even allowed her to stay in the castle... he’s exceptionally fond of that Asia woman."

"So what?" The man seemed to have guessed her intention.

A streak of determination flashed through Vivi’s noble snow orchid irises: "I want to cooperate with you again, do as you did before!"

’Do as you did before’.

These six words twisted her beautiful features slightly.

The man remained silent for a few seconds, as though recalling something he preferred not to bring up, then chuckled lightly: "A woman’s jealousy is truly terrifying. But why should I help you this time?"

Vivi raised her beautiful lips: "That Asia woman is now the Hall Master’s new favorite. If you can get close to her, gain her trust, you would know all about Beiming Hall and the Hall Master’s affairs, wouldn’t you?"

Pausing, her tone carried a hint of indistinct taunt: "Besides, this kind of sabotage is something you’re already familiar with, isn’t it? No difficulty for you."

The atmosphere fell silent for a few minutes.

Lengthy, cold, the entire room as though a lifeless cave.

The man said nothing, and his eyes watching the distant nighttime view downstairs revealed a trace of strangeness.

*

Staying at Beiming Hall for a few days, perhaps due to having studied in Europe before, Liang Anya adapted fairly quickly.

Xiaoxiao was quite well-behaved too, like a little piglet, comfortably eating and sleeping every day without crying or fussing.

Since Si Yuheng suddenly appeared that first night, for the subsequent nights, Liang Anya was somewhat anxious, fearing he might show up again.

If he came, she’d want to avoid him, avoid him, avoid him, scared of getting even a bit closer.

If he didn’t, the room seemed empty, inexplicably lonely.

In the evening, Beth was tidying up in the bedroom.

Watching Beth busy herself, Liang Anya asked out of boredom what Si Yuheng had been up to lately, why she hadn’t seen him.

Beth said the Hall Master just returned, a lot of things needed handling, then winked: "If Miss Liang wants to see the Hall Master, you could go find him proactively."