After being reborn, I hugged the villainous boss tightly.

Ye Zhuxi died in a dark and damp cave.

Her death was extremely gruesome. She was thrown into a slum and devoured by a hundred people. The starving crowd pounced on her, and in the end, not a single bone was left of her.

When she opened her eyes again, she was back in the time before the Ye family was executed.

"You deserve to die for talking back to my young lady!"

Ye Zhuxi looked around at the familiar decorations. This was the backyard of the Ye family mansion. She looked up and saw Fu Jingyuan being tightly tied to a pillar, with several servants punching and kicking him.

She was reborn five years in the past!

Ye Zhuxi was too shocked to react, because she saw the future emperor who would unify the three kingdoms staring intently at her, his eyes seeming to wish he could tear her to pieces and shred her body to death.

The boy's handsome face was covered in bruises, his clothes were tattered, and he was shivering in the cold wind.

Despite his disheveled appearance, there was not a trace of pleading in his eyes. When he looked at Ye Zhuxi, he was like a wild wolf poised to pounce, waiting for the opportunity to pounce on her and tear her apart.

"What are you looking at? How dare you look at our young lady like that!"

When her personal maid, He Ye, saw Fu Jingyuan glaring fiercely at Ye Zhuxi, she walked up to him without a word and slapped him across his bruised face.

Upon seeing this, Ye Zhuxi instantly sobered up. Although Fu Jingyuan was only the adopted son of the Ye family, his true identity was the fifth prince of Zhao Kingdom.

For the past few years, the emperor of Zhao Kingdom has been secretly searching for Fu Jingyuan. The first thing he did after being found was to attack Qi Kingdom and then find and kill all those who had hurt him.

Why would he repay kindness with enmity when it was Qi Guo who raised him?

Ye Zhuxi has the most say in this matter. Although Fu Jingyuan is ostensibly Ye's adopted son, he was actually picked up by Ye Zhuxi's second uncle on the road when he returned to Beijing.

Second Uncle was a righteous and kind man who raised Fu Jingyuan as his own son. But no one expected that a few years later, he was sent to quell the border war but died on the battlefield, and his remains could not be found.

As a result, rumors began to circulate in the Ye family that Fu Jingyuan was an unlucky person because his arrival had caused the death of the second uncle. The Ye family grew increasingly disgusted with him and eventually locked him in the backyard to fend for himself, living a life worse than that of a servant.

One of the culprits behind Fu Jingyuan's tragic childhood was Ye Zhuxi herself.

She had admired Mu Zichen from the Ministry of Rites since childhood, but Fu Jingyuan was superior to Mu Zichen in every aspect, including chess, calligraphy and painting. This made her even more disgusted with Fu Jingyuan. After her second uncle passed away, she often came to cause trouble for Fu Jingyuan.

Over time, people got used to bullying him, and even the servants would kick him when they saw him.

But Fu Jingyuan is no pushover either. One of the reasons he's survived this long is that he's incredibly patient!

Recalling his past life, a servant once splashed hot water on Fu Jingyuan. At first, he did not show anger, but waited until the dead of night to strangle the servant to death and then threw him into the frozen lake, where he remained for two whole months.

The servant was pulled from the water and died a gruesome death; his body was bloated and festering from being submerged in water, and he had numerous wounds of varying sizes all over his body.

Looking back now, it's fortunate that the people in the Ye family died quickly, otherwise, given Fu Jingyuan's mad personality, he would definitely have killed everyone in the Ye family and then whipped their corpses.

Seeing that He Ye was about to slap her again, Ye Zhuxi was so frightened that her eyes widened. She rushed forward and grabbed He Ye's sinful hand that was about to fall.

Turning back to meet Fu Jingyuan's gaze, which seemed to want to devour her whole, she tremblingly reached out and touched his delicate and handsome face.

The soft touch of her fingertips startled Fu Jingyuan slightly. He then realized what she meant, frowned deeply, and asked her, word by word, "Ye Zhuxi, what else do you want?"

Seeing the murderous look in his eyes, Ye Zhuxi stammered, "B-Big Brother, are you alright?"

Fu Jingyuan: "..."

Lotus Leaf, standing to the side, was so shocked she couldn't speak, her eyes wide: "Miss, what's wrong?"

Ye Zhuxi ignored the surprised looks from the people present. Even though she was wearing a thick tiger-skin cloak, she could still feel cold in the current weather, let alone Fu Jingyuan, who was only wearing a thin and tattered piece of clothing.

"Quickly take your older brother back inside. Don't you know it's cold?"

The servants looked at each other in bewilderment, but since this was Ye Zhuxi's order, they quickly helped Fu Jingyuan down and into the house.

Ye Zhuxi followed her inside, feeling uneasy. This was her first time visiting Fu Jingyuan's place.

The Ye family mansion, while not as luxurious as the imperial palace, was certainly very wealthy. However, Fu Jingyuan's room was quite simple, containing only a clean wooden bed and a thin quilt.

There's a big hole in the roof, so it feels like if it rains heavily outside, it will drizzle inside too, offering absolutely no protection against the cold.

This was the first time Ye Zhuxi had seen such a dilapidated house in the Ye family mansion. If she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, she wouldn't have believed that there was such a place in the Ye family mansion.

After Fu Jingyuan entered the room, his eyes, filled with hatred and disgust, remained fixed on Ye Zhuxi, silently watching to see what tricks she would play next!

Because Fu Jingyuan's gaze was so terrifying, Ye Zhuxi moved in front of him fearfully, looking at him bound hand and foot, and cautiously said, "I'll let you go, please don't be angry, okay?"

Fu Jingyuan remained silent, simply staring coldly at her.

Ye Zhuxi bit her lip and reached out her fair and slender hand to untie the ropes binding Fu Jingyuan.

The moment the rope was untied, Fu Jingyuan, who had been silent, suddenly stood up and lunged at Ye Zhuxi.

Before she could dodge, she felt her body fall backward, and then Fu Jingyuan pressed her to the ground, his cold hands gripping her slender neck tightly.

Fu Jingyuan unleashed all the resentment he had harbored for years due to Ye Zhuxi's bullying, using all his strength without holding back.