4: Chapter 5 On the eve of the engagement banquet, I saw my childhood sweetheart, my first love, at a karaoke bar—my unrequited love!

"President Liu, why must you go to such trouble?"

Ye Yun sighed softly.

"I have already told you clearly that my heart belongs to someone else."

"She is my childhood sweetheart and first love, Xiao Xiaoxiao..."

"To be honest, the reason I'm asking to borrow money from you is because Xiaoxiao has agreed to marry me."

"But her mother is demanding a bride price of 888,800 yuan. I've managed to scrape some together, but I'm still a bit short..."

Before Ye Yun could finish.

Liu Ruyan let out a couple of miserable, sinister laughs, her demeanor turning somewhat yandere and obsessive, with a crazy, overbearing dominance.

"Xiao Xiaoxiao?"

"Ye Yun, have you lost your mind?"

"Don't you know that she is purely a green tea bitch and a slut—or rather, a gold-digger?"

"She's only with you because she treats you like an ATM to swindle you out of your money. Stop being so foolish!"

"I've seen her multiple times living together and being all lovey-dovey with a rich, blonde second-generation heir."

"I really feel it's not worth it for you. You..."

How could Ye Yun possibly listen to Liu Ruyan's advice?

He barked coldly, his eyes wide as he glared fiercely at Liu Ruyan.

"Enough!"

"Liu Ruyan, I was truly pathetic to come and humbly beg you for money, only to have you speak so insolently and insult Xiaoxiao!"

"I'm warning you, Xiaoxiao is a good girl. She is not a green tea bitch, and she's definitely not a slut or a gold-digger!"

"That blonde guy you mentioned is Xiaoxiao's 'male bestie' and her 'platonic soulmate.' They are..."

"...in a pure, platonic friendship! Don't project your filthy thoughts onto others."

"In my heart, Xiaoxiao is the purest, cleanest girl in the entire world!"

"If you don't want to lend me the money, then so be it, but there's no need to slander Xiaoxiao."

"Goodbye!"

"Uh, actually, let's never meet again!"

With that.

Ye Yun turned on his heel and prepared to leave.

A look of surprise and icy coldness welled up in Liu Ruyan's beautiful eyes.

"Stop right there!"

"Ye Yun, did I give you permission to leave?"

As she spoke.

She took out a bank savings card from her LV handbag.

Stepping forward quickly, she shoved the card into Ye Yun's hand.

"There is one million yuan in here! The password is your birthday!"

"I don't need you to beg me to borrow it."

"Stop being so foolish. In this filthy world, how could there be any pure, platonic friendships?"

"It's nothing more than one person harboring ulterior motives while the other has their own designs, both just taking what they need!"

"Furthermore, I forbid you from getting engaged to Xiao Xiaoxiao. She is not worthy of you!"

"If you dare to get engaged to her, hmph! I'll do whatever it takes."

"Ye Yun, remember this: in this world, no one is allowed to bully you. Even if someone does, it can only be me!"

"If you ever try to marry Xiao Xiaoxiao, I will tie you up and lock you away."

"For your sake, I choose to 'imprison your love.' I won't let that slut Xiao Xiaoxiao hurt you!"

Ye Yun originally wanted to throw the bank card back at Liu Ruyan.

But a single penny can drive a hero to his knees.

Xia Rong and Xiao Xiaoxiao were forcing him to produce a bride price of 888,800 yuan...

It was true that he genuinely wanted to be with Xiao Xiaoxiao.

After all.

Xiaoxiao was his childhood sweetheart and first love, and he had pursued her for so many years...

Besides.

He could just treat this one million yuan as a loan from Liu Ruyan...

Once he saved up enough money, he would pay her back.

Even though Ye Yun accepted the bank card.

...he still wanted to avoid Liu Ruyan, this yandere, crazy, and overbearing female president, as much as possible.

He treated her like the plague.

"Liu Ruyan, you are seriously sick!"

"Consider this money a loan. I will pay you back!"

Liu Ruyan pouted and gestured to Ye Yun. "Get in. I'll drive you!"

Ye Yun walked away quickly, as if avoiding a plague.

"No need. I'll ride a shared scooter. It's eco-friendly!"

Having said that.

He whipped out his phone and scanned the QR code on a shared electric scooter by the roadside.

He hopped on the scooter and sped away until he was out of sight.

He hadn't ridden very far.

"Beep, beep, beep—"

The horn of a luxury supercar blared.

Liu Ruyan was driving her hennessey venom f5 supercar along the motor vehicle lane.

She threw a flirtatious wink at Ye Yun.

"Hey, Ye Yun, can you not be so stubborn? What's wrong with me driving you?"

"I'm not a tigress, and I won't eat you. Why are you avoiding me?"

This scene filled the passersby with envy.

A crowd of random bystanders, extras, and onlookers...

...all stopped in their tracks, sighing in amazement.

They were so envious that their cells were practically undergoing plasmolysis.

Their faces contorted with jealousy.

"Oh my god, holy crap, isn't that Liu Ruyan, the heiress of the top-tier prestigious Liu Family and the overbearing female president?"

"Damn! Comparisons really are odious. If Empress Ruyan chased me for three blocks, I'd be willing to die right on the spot!"

"I also want to know what it feels like to be frantically chased for three blocks by Goddess Liu!"

"With such a luxury car and a beautiful woman, if I hesitated or acted bashful for even a second instead of getting in, it would be a total disrespect to Goddess Ruyan!"

"No, but seriously, I'm curious. Who is that guy? What is he acting so tsundere about? What does he have to be so proud of?"

"Hehe, I've heard some rumors. They say Empress Ruyan is an extremely yandere and crazy woman. She's super twisted and sick!"

"Fuck! Who cares about being so dramatic? Goddess Ruyan is known as the number one beauty in Jiangzhou. I'd gladly lie flat and let her... ride me!"

"Ah, come on! My yandere, crazy, overbearing chaebol goddess president, Goddess Ruyan, ravage me mercilessly! Don't show me any pity!"

"..."

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An urban village, a self-built residential building.

A rented apartment.

That memory surfaced in Ye Yun's mind...

In order to secure the 888,800 yuan bride price for his childhood sweetheart and first love, Xiao Xiaoxiao...

...driven by desperation...

...he had gone to borrow money from Liu Ruyan.

This also probably let her know...

...that he was about to hold an engagement banquet with Xiao Xiaoxiao.

This was the exact trigger that led to Ye Yun being drugged by Liu Ruyan's people...

...and even kidnapped to her mansion, where he was imprisoned for a whole day and night!

Originally.

Liu Ruyan had thought that by giving her first time...

...to Ye Yun and taking possession of his body...

...she could perhaps...

...bind Ye Yun to her completely.

Who would have thought?

In the end.

Even if Ye Yun had to jump out of the window, plunge down the steep cliffs, and fall into the sea to escape...

...he still rejected and resisted Liu Ruyan's love!

At this moment.

Ye Yun recalled that day and night when he was imprisoned in the Sijiu Chengzhai Courtyard - Tianxi No. 1...

Although it was exhausting and he was forced by Liu Ruyan...

...it was actually the happiest and most blissful time of Ye Yun's life.

Liu Ruyan's perfect, exquisite, and graceful body, along with the endless, enchanting scenery...

...had made Ye Yun experience the sheer pleasure and delight of a wedding night!

"*Sigh*, Liu Ruyan, why must you go to such lengths? I can't be with you..."

"I'm sorry, but I promised Xiaoxiao that I would hold an engagement banquet with her and marry her."

"Perhaps Xiaoxiao was just under too much pressure on the eve of the engagement banquet and went to get a full-body SPA massage and therapy session!"

"I shouldn't overthink things or doubt her!"

"Indeed, two people in love need to have a certain level of trust."

No matter what.

He had borrowed the money from Liu Ruyan and given the 888,800 yuan bride price to Xia Rong and Xiao Xiaoxiao...

Once the engagement banquet was held...

...then his marriage to Xiaoxiao would finally be set in stone.

Wouldn't it?

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A month later.

Jiangzhou.

Sijiu Chengzhai Courtyard - Tianxi No. 1.

Living room.

Liu Ruyan stood before the French windows.

Her eyes were red and swollen, her eyeballs bloodshot.

Her ice-cold face was dull and lifeless.

She gazed out at the vast sea with its churning, stormy waves.

Her state of mind was just like the sea, far from peaceful.

On the mahogany table behind her...

...lay a hospital examination and diagnosis report—

Her period was late.

Embryo implantation confirmed with signs of pregnancy; the possibility of multiple births could not be ruled out.

During her ovulation period, after that night of wild passion with Ye Yun...

...Liu Ruyan was pregnant!!!

Source: Internet — Liu Ruyan [4]

"Sister Ruyan!"

Her personal bodyguards, Xuanyao and Kun Wu, walked straight into the living room from outside.

The two of them bowed respectfully to Liu Ruyan.

Liu Ruyan turned her face slightly, furrowing her brow as she asked in a low voice,

"Xuanyao, Kun Wu, what have you found out?"

Xuanyao was the first to reply.

"Sister Ruyan, it has been finally confirmed that the young master-in-law, Ye... Ye Yun, did not drown. He is still alive!"

"Furthermore... it has been announced that he will hold his engagement banquet with his childhood sweetheart and first love, Xiao Xiaoxiao, on schedule!"

A trace of grim coldness swept across Liu Ruyan's face.

"Ye Yun, oh Ye Yun, you really are something. You'd rather hurt and betray me, yet you still refuse to give up until you face grim reality!"

"You just insist on getting engaged to that green tea bitch Xiao Xiaoxiao!"

Her dull yet domineering gaze fell upon Kun Wu.

"Kun Wu, what about you? Any harvest?"

Kun Wu nodded and handed a USB drive to Liu Ruyan.

"Sister Ruyan, it's just as you expected."

"That Xiao Xiaoxiao is indeed an absolute green tea bitch and a slut!"

"On the surface, she claims that the rich, blonde second-generation heir, Young Master Chen Kun, is her 'male bestie' or 'platonic soulmate'."

"But in reality, it's said that Young Master Chen Kun is Xiao Xiaoxiao's white moonlight. And so, over the past few months..."

"Young Master Chen Kun accepted Xiao Xiaoxiao, and when this couple of scoundrels got together, they were like dry tinder and raging fire. Without exception, Xiao Xiaoxiao cheated and stepped out on him!"

"What's more, with the engagement banquet between Ye Yun and Xiao Xiaoxiao just around the corner, Xiao Xiaoxiao used the excuse of paying tribute to her white moonlight..."

"...to fool around with Young Master Chen Kun in a top VIP private room at the Jiangzhou Tianlai KTV for seven days and seven nights!"

"This USB drive contains the footage I had someone secretly record and copy by installing a pinhole camera in the Tianlai KTV."

Liu Ruyan took the USB drive, a sinister smile crossing her face.

"Excellent!"

"Xuanyao, Kun Wu, you've done a wonderful job!"

"Young Master Chen Kun? The eldest young master of the Chen Family, which boasts of being a first-class prestigious clan in Jiangzhou?"

Kun Wu nodded in response.

"Yes, Sister Ruyan!"

Liu Ruyan smiled faintly. "Hmph! The Chen Family is nothing but mediocre!"

"Xiao Xiaoxiao, you green tea bitch, you slutty whore who dared to bully my Ye Yun! I will make you show your true colors!"

Xuanyao and Kun Wu exchanged a glance, their expressions freezing slightly.

They cautiously and tentatively advised,

"Sister Ruyan, you have already done everything you possibly could for Ye Yun. Why continue to subject yourself to his cold shoulders?"

"Exactly, Sister Ruyan. We both feel it's really not worth it for you."

"Ye Yun doesn't know how to cherish you and insists on getting engaged to a cheap whore like Xiao Xiaoxiao. He's bringing this upon himself."

Liu Ruyan sighed softly and said in a thought-provoking manner,

"Xuanyao, Kun Wu, you wouldn't understand."

"Ye Yun saved my life. A drop of water received in need should be repaid with a bursting spring. Besides..."