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

Huo Jingmo's hands were restrained, his face was deathly pale, and he had not yet recovered from Ruan Qian'an's reckless driving skills.

Huo Jingmo saw Gong Chen being dragged away by Yan Ling. He wanted to stop her, but when he met Ruan Qian'an's eyes, he stopped himself from speaking.

Looking at the person who was almost scared out of their wits and even somewhat dazed, Ruan Qian'an frowned, feeling quite displeased. So she said, "What kind of look is that? Are you afraid of me?"

Suddenly, Huo Jingmo's hands began to struggle. Ruan Qian'an snapped out of her displeasure and smiled. She knew this man was restless.

Huo Jingmo struggled to take out the scales and explain everything to Ruan Qian'an, otherwise something terrible was bound to happen.

The other hand, which wasn't being held, was groping around on his body, trying to hand something to her.

He was about to take out the scales on his body to explain to Ruan Qian'an.

However, Huo Jingmo's series of actions deeply angered Ruan Qian'an.

Ruan Qian'an turned Huo Jingmo's face towards her and said, "Aren't you very concerned about your reputation?"

As she spoke, she pinned Huo Jingmo down and pressed his hand onto the shard of glass, causing Huo Jingmo to turn pale and cry out in pain.

When Huo Jingmo realized what Ruan Qian'an was doing to him, he trembled with fear.

Ignoring the pain, she struggled violently, shouting, "Get out of here, Ruan Qian'an, get out of here!"

"How could you do this!"

"Bastard! Bastard! Ruan Qian'an, you're a fucking bastard!?!"

Huo Jingmo struggled as if he had lost his mind, ignoring the pain in his lower body and on his body: "How could you treat me like this!?"

"Get away!"

But Ruan Qian'an seemed oblivious, a slight smile playing on her lips as she looked at Gong Chen, who was being held captive not far away.

It took several people to hold Gong Chen down. His cheeks were flushed and veins were bulging as he struggled, but he couldn't break free. He still shouted, "Ruan Qian'an, what are you doing to him? Let him go!"

From Gong Chen's direction, all he could see was Huo Jingmo's swaying hair and painful cries, as well as Ruan Qian'an's smiling face.

Ruan Qian'an grabbed Huo Jingmo's hair and said to him, "Look, you're shouting so loudly, your friends are so worried about you."

Upon hearing this, Huo Jingmo finally broke down in tears, overwhelmed with embarrassment and humiliation. He felt utterly ashamed and wished he could just die right then and there.

Ruan Qian'an withdrew her gaze and looked at Huo Jingmo, who was barely breathing, biting his lip tightly and enduring her violence without uttering a sound.

Huo Jingmo's face was as pale as paper, and his face was streaked with tears, which made Ruan Qian'an feel a sense of déjà vu. She felt that this scene was extremely familiar.

Huo Jingmo's body trembled as he gripped the scales tightly in his hands, clearly seeing them as his only lifeline. The force he used left deep marks on his hands.

Ruan Qian'an pulled Huo Jingmo up and pressed his hand on the wound on his wrist, saying, "This is what you owe me, and you have to repay it little by little."

Huo Jingmo lowered his head, making it impossible to see his expression, but his trembling body made him look unusually vulnerable.

He regretted provoking Ruan Qian'an.

Ruan Qian'an showed no pity: "You deserve this."

Ruan Qian'an gently picked up Huo Jingmo, avoiding his wounds, and walked over to Yan Ling, saying to her, "Ling, clean this place up, or they'll cause trouble over there."

Then he got back into the car.

Yan Ling shuddered violently upon hearing this address, and exchanged a glance with Chi Xiao beside him, both seeing disbelief in each other's eyes.

Yan Ling stammered, "Boss is in a good mood, huh?"

Chi Xiao nodded blankly at Yan Ling, looking at the devastation, and said, "Yeah, I don't know what they're so happy about."

Chen Siqi said expressionlessly, "Alright, stop gossiping."

Chi Xiao approached Chen Siqi with a mischievous grin and said, "Why do I get the feeling you're unhappy?"

Chen Siqi silently recalled the scene he had just witnessed, and the way Ruan Qian'an carefully picked up Huo Jingmo, and said to Chi Xiao, "It's an illusion."

Chen Siqi murmured, "How pitiful, why didn't they escape?"

Upon hearing this, Yan Ling asked in confusion, "How could you possibly escape? What are you thinking?"

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In the car

Ruan Qian'an looked at Gong Chen beside her and said, "What are you standing there for? Come over and bandage me."

Gong Chen gritted her teeth as she looked at Huo Jingmo's pitiful state.

Looking at this extremely strange Ruan Qian'an, she had a necklace around her neck and heavy chains on her hands and feet, a bizarre fetish.

Gong Chen frowned and said, "Why did you treat him like this?"

Ruan Qian'an smiled, touched Huo Jingmo's earlobe, and said, "If we don't teach him a lesson, what if he runs away again next time?"

"Right, Mr. Huo?"

Huo Jingmo trembled slightly and brushed away Ruan Qian'an's hand.

Huo Jingmo forced a smile at Gong Chen, as if he were a broken, fragile object, telling him not to worry about him.

Gong Chen had never seen his best friend like this before, but there was nothing he could do. He could only resign himself to bandaging Huo Jingmo's wounds.

Ruan Qian'an looked at the person who was reluctant to leave and said, "Why aren't you leaving yet? Do you still want to watch?"

Huo Jingmo closed his eyes and felt extremely embarrassed, as if everything around him was telling him how ugly he was now.

Forcing herself to stay calm, she said, "Gong Chen, you go first. I'll talk to her."

Before leaving, Gong Chen gave Huo Jingmo a disappointed look, wondering what was the point of talking to Ruan Qian'an. What Gong Chen didn't understand was that letting him go was to protect him; every second he stayed with Ruan Qian'an meant an extra second of danger.

Only by facing Ruan Qian'an up close can one truly understand how terrifying she is.

After Gong Chen got off, Ruan Qian'an said to the driver, "Let's go."

Ruan Qian'an: "Does it hurt?"

Huo Jingmo: "It hurts."

Ruan Qian'an: "Still dare to run?"

Huo Jingmo shook his head.

Ruan Qian'an touched Huo Jingmo's cheek affectionately and said, "I don't want the people around you to die one by one. Do whatever I tell you to do."

Huo Jingmo: "Do I have a choice?"

Ruan Qian'an leaned close to Huo Jingmo and kissed his forehead, her movements gentle, a stark contrast to her cruel demeanor just moments before.

Ruan Qian'an: "The project you invested in is nearing completion. You should go and see who got the results."

Huo Jingmo: "Do you have to humiliate me like this? Why don't you just kill me?"

Ruan Qian'an: "That's so boring."

Looking at Huo Jingmo's pained expression, Ruan Qian'an felt her heart pounding as if it had come alive.

"You want to die so badly? But I refuse to let you have your way."

As she spoke, she handed a stack of papers to Huo Jingmo and said, "Look, Mr. Huo, you owe me quite a bit of money."

Huo Jingmo paused for a moment before saying, "I will pay you back."

Ruan Qian'an: "What will you use to repay me?"

Huo Jingmo stammered, unsure of what to say. He had nothing left and truly couldn't repay Ruan Qian'an.

Ruan Qian'an: "President Huo can repay with his body."

Ruan Qian'an's eyes gleamed with a malicious light.

Huo Jingmo sneered: "What exactly do you want to do!?"

Ruan Qian'an: "Do you have anything else of value?"

"I gave you away to someone."

Huo Jingmo looked at Ruan Qian'an in horror.