[GB] Boss Ruan, your husband doesn't want you anymore.

Huo Jingmo ignored Ruan Qian'an, only thinking about breaking free of the handcuffs, and his wrists were bloodied and mangled from the excessive force.

Ruan Qian'an bit her lip as she watched Huo Jingmo struggle desperately to break free, and forcefully pressed down on Huo Jingmo's wrist.

He shouted sternly, "Stop!"

Upon hearing this, Huo Jingmo raised his head, staring at Ruan Qian'an with bloodshot eyes that seemed to be bleeding.

Huo Jingmo stared straight at Ruan Qian'an without flinching, his hands moving nonstop, as if he would break free of the handcuffs even if it meant losing his own.

Ruan Qian'an's hand trembled slightly as she held Huo Jingmo's hand. She remained silent for a moment, but her heart ached with bitterness.

But she gritted her teeth, ignoring what he was doing, and even more disregarding the pain in Huo Jingmo's hands, she grabbed his collar and dragged him toward the basement.

Chi Xiao turned her face away, unable to bear seeing Huo Jingmo in such a miserable state.

Ruan Qian'an threw Huo Jingmo into the basement without any pity: "You'd better stay put."

Huo Jingmo stood up unsteadily, looked around, and then looked toward the exit of the basement behind Ruan Qian'an.

Without looking at Ruan Qian'an, he said, finding it absurd, "When did you prepare this place?"

Ruan Qian'an remained silent.

Huo Jingmo: "What exactly do you want to do? Is this the only method you know?"

Ruan Qian'an: "Believe me, you won't want to experience anything else."

Huo Jingmo: "What? What do you mean? You want to give me away to someone else?"

Huo Jingmo sat on the bed and smiled gently at Ruan Qian'an, but his eyes were full of contempt, and the bloodshot in his eyes had not subsided at all.

It was as if they had been forced into a corner.

Ruan Qian'an felt a sharp, stabbing pain in her heart, and her throat went dry: "Huo Jingmo, do you have to demean yourself like this? You're not like this."

Huo Jingmo licked his lips and said with a lewd air, "Are you happy that things have turned out this way?"

Ruan Qian'an's nails dug into her palm as she watched Huo Jingmo lick his lips, as if he were reminding her of what he had done.

Ruan Qian'an stepped forward, grabbed Huo Jingmo's chin, and kissed his lips fiercely before releasing him, saying, "Is this the same mouth you used to kiss someone else?"

Huo Jingmo showed no reaction, looking at Ruan Qian'an with cold eyes: "Why ask again about what you saw with your own eyes?"

Ruan Qian'an clenched her hands beside Huo Jingmo. Looking at Huo Jingmo up close, she could see the coldness in his eyes more clearly, which made her feel at a loss.

Ruan Qian'an: "I'm sorry, I should have had my people stop it. I didn't know it would hurt you. As for Chen Jue, I..."

Huo Jingmo's eyes darkened: "So you really did send someone to spy on me?! Then why didn't you save her!"

Ruan Qian'an sighed and said, "I'm doing this all for your safety."

With a click, Huo Jingmo's hands were handcuffed again. These handcuffs were obviously not going to cause Huo Jingmo too much injury.

Huo Jingmo burst out laughing and said viciously, "This behavior is just like you. You're so cold-blooded and heartless!"

Huo Jingmo shook the chains in his hand and said, "And then what? Are you going to lock me up for life?"

Ruan Qian'an: "Why not? It's better than letting you go out and become a slut!"

Huo Jingmo gave a sarcastic smile, placed his foot on Ruan Qian'an's thigh, and said provocatively, "Your treasure can't compare to others."

Ruan Qian'an grabbed Huo Jingmo's foot, pulled it towards her, and then carefully put the shackles on him.

She stood up with a dark expression.

Huo Jingmo lay down on the bed and said, "So, didn't you want me to lie under someone else and moan and groan a long time ago?"

"I'm helping you fulfill your wish! What do you mean by locking me up like this?" Huo Jingmo grinned, his eyes filled with malice.

Ruan Qian'an: "That's enough!"

"Hahaha, hahaha." Huo Jingmo laughed until tears streamed down his face: "How is that enough?"

Huo Jingmo spoke too hastily, and his face appeared somewhat flushed.

Ruan Qian'an silently looked at Huo Jingmo, then felt his pulse: "Chen Jue's death has such a big impact on you?"

"Is she really that different to you?!"

Huo Jingmo said, "Yes! She's different!"

Ruan Qian'an felt a sharp pain in her heart upon hearing Huo Jingmo's words.

She whispered the words that broke Huo Jingmo: "But she's dead, and you'll never see her again!"

Huo Jingmo stood frozen to the side, his fawning smile completely vanished.

He grabbed a book from the side and smashed it on Ruan Qian'an's head, saying, "Get out!"

"Get out of here!"

Ruan Qian'an neither dodged nor flinched, letting the book hit her head, scraping her skin until it swelled up.

Ruan Qian'an pressed Huo Jingmo down: "Don't rush, the effects of the medicine on your body haven't dissipated yet."

What medicine was Huo Jingmo thinking of?

He then took out the dagger he had taken from the living room, held it to his throat, and said to Ruan Qian'an, "Don't move."

The dagger left a red mark on Huo Jingmo's neck, and he said viciously, "Anyone is fine, but not you!"

Ruan Qian'an gritted her teeth, stopped what she was doing, and stood up. She could feel Huo Jingmo's extreme pain.

"I will have Chixiao bandage your wounds and remove any remaining medication from your body."

"Haha, hahaha." Huo Jingmo laughed so hard his whole body was shaking.

"Ruan Qian'an, you coward! What are you doing now? You might as well just let me die."

Huo Jingmo rubbed his wound and gasped for breath: "Uh...ha."

Ruan Qian'an glanced at Huo Jingmo and then left.

Chi Xiao came in and gave Huo Jingmo an injection to prevent the wound from getting infected again.

Then she placed a pill by the bedside: "Remember to take this, otherwise the medicine in your body will be too strong."

Looking at Huo Jingmo, he sighed and said, "Do you think the boss has no way to make you submit?"

"If you hadn't degraded yourself like that, the boss wouldn't have locked you up."

Chi Xiao said, "You can do whatever you want to the boss."

Huo Jingmo turned his face numbly and said, "She's a heartless person, what's the use of dealing with her?"

Chi Xiao walked out: "Yes, you've found the weakness."

Chi Xiao came out of the basement and looked at Ruan Qian'an, who was squatting on the ground, and said, "Boss, Lan Meng is pressing us harder and harder, what should we do?"

Ruan Qian'an covered her cheek with one hand and her heart with the other, forcing a bitter smile.

She pressed her arm in pain, half of her body still burning.

"I shouldn't have let Lan Meng and the others get away with it out of jealousy."

Ruan Qian'an raised her head and looked at Chi Xiao, asking, "Do you also think I did something wrong?"

Chi Xiao hesitated, feeling uneasy about the things his boss had asked him to do, which only made his boss feel worse.

Ruan Qian'an propped herself up and said, "I really didn't think things through regarding Chen Jue's matter."

Chi Xiao sighed softly, unsure of what to say...

They had no idea how to solve this problem.