Day n of not wanting to be a kept man's canary

The two cars maintained a safe distance, but Mu Yanxin had the illusion that the person was already sitting behind her and had her throat in his grasp.

She tried hard to grip the steering wheel, but it was covered in sweat and kept slipping, making it impossible to hold on. Acidic stomach acid churned up inside her.

It must be another hallucination of hers, definitely. She was so desperate, she was resigned to her fate. Mu Yanxin suppressed her nausea and mustered her courage to look in the rearview mirror again.

The car behind had its windows closed, there was no one there, and everything seemed perfectly normal.

It was a false alarm. Mu Yanxin felt relieved, and she greedily took a few breaths of fresh air as it filled her lungs.

Others live to pursue the beautiful things in the world, but she lives a miserable existence simply to survive.

Mu Yanxin dared not take any chances, and stepped on the gas pedal to speed up, leaving the car behind her behind.

It was already past midnight when we got back to the villa.

Upon entering the villa, a pair of women's shoes were placed close to the men's shoes. They weren't hers; she didn't have the habit of displaying her shoes. Clearly, these shoes were too conspicuous.

Mu Yanxin placed her hand on the doorknob, and the door was pushed open a crack.

The man and woman were intertwined, and their engagement photo was placed on the bedside table.

In the photo, she and he are smiling brightly, but below the photo, her fiancé is naked and entwined with another woman.

How ironic that laughter is!

I may not love him, but this is truly disgusting.

This was the second time she had witnessed such a scene. The first time was on their engagement night, when Leng Tingye took her to catch them in the act of adultery.

She couldn't confront the cheating man and his mistress the first time, and she can't do it again this time.

She wasn't angry that Leng Changqing had cheated on her; she was angry that she still had to follow the path others had laid out for her and be a pawn in their game.

Shen An'an suddenly stopped kissing, a hint of panic flashing in her lustful eyes.

"What's wrong?" Leng Changqing asked urgently, his voice filled with emotion and impatience.

Do you think Sister Yanxin might suddenly come back?

"No! I called her, she went back to her parents' house." Leng Changqing couldn't wait to kiss her again.

Just as she was about to get engrossed in it, Shen An'an stopped again. Leng Changqing asked impatiently, "Baby, what's wrong now?"

"Brother Changqing, this is wrong of us. Let's not do it anymore!" Shen An'an felt innocently guilty, and her soft voice made people want to forgive all her mistakes.

Leng Changqing's eyes were full of doting affection as he said softly, "What's wrong, baby? Why are you suddenly saying such silly things!"

Shen An'an pouted, "No, it's because our relationship isn't legitimate, we always have to sneak around!"

"Oh, so that's why you're angry, my darling. You silly little thing, isn't my heart and soul all yours?"

"But she wants to be with you legitimately and openly; she doesn't want you to marry another woman!"

Leng Achangqing said affectionately, "Silly girl, isn't it enough that I love you!"

Shen An'an blinked and said softly, "Since you don't love her, why don't you break off the engagement?"

“This…” Leng Changqing hesitated.

Shen An'an angrily pounded his chest, "Brother Changqing, you're lying, you just don't love me."

Leng Changqing pinched the woman's nose. "Alright, alright, I'll bring it up at the family dinner another day."

Shen An'an looked up at the woman in the photo, her eyes filled with ambition. "The second young mistress of the Leng family can only be me."

Mu Yanxin slowly closed the door, shutting out the ambiguous atmosphere inside.

That night, Mu Yanxin had another nightmare.

……

The next day, Leng Changqing came downstairs and saw Mu Yanxin sitting at the dining table calmly eating breakfast, which startled the already guilty man. "Damn it, didn't you go back to the Mu family?"

Hearing the noise in the room, Shen An'an ran out in a sweet, coquettish voice, "What's wrong, Brother Changqing?"

Leng Changqing looked disgusted and said irritably, "Look, the jinx is back!"

He disliked the woman in front of him; she often had a cold face, a kind of icy demeanor only the dead possessed.

Seeing this, Shen An'an quickly released her hand from Leng Changqing's waist and took two steps back. "Sister Yanxin, please let me explain. I drank too much last night, so Brother Changqing brought me to take care of me. Please believe me!"

Every word Shen An'an spoke was filled with guilt. She deliberately pretended to be pitiful, not to show weakness, but because she wanted Leng Changqing to see how humble she was for loving him.

It arouses a man's strong protective instincts.

Mu Yanxin turned up the volume on her phone, scrolling through it while continuing to eat.

She could tolerate sleeping with someone, let alone this; turning a blind eye was a basic lesson she had to learn.

Besides, she had no other choice.

Leng Changqing had just deliberately hugged Shen An'an, thinking that Mu Yanxin would be angry, jealous, or go crazy.

The truth is, he was overthinking it; Mu Yanxin didn't even lift an eyelid.

"Brother Changqing, is Sister Yanxin angry with me?" Shen An'an added fuel to the fire.

Her arrogance only fueled Leng Changqing's anger. He strode to the dining table, waved his hand, and shards of porcelain flew everywhere, leaving the noodles lying innocently on the floor.

"You really think you're the second young mistress of the Leng family, putting on airs like that!"

Mu Yanxin wasn't angry. She bent over and squatted down to pick up the broken pieces of porcelain from the ground.

Leng Changqing was filled with anger, but it felt like he had punched a cotton ball, making him even more annoyed.

"Brother Changqing, please don't be angry with Sister Yanxin. It's all my fault." Shen An'an looked remorseful, pretending to comfort her before crying and apologizing, "Sister Yanxin, it's all my fault!"

The woman cried her heart out, and Leng Changqing couldn't bear to see her suffer such injustice, which only fueled his anger.

He grabbed her long hair and pulled her up from the ground, yelling at her face, "Are you fucking deaf? An'an is talking to you!"

Mu Yanxin glared at the man and reached out to grab the hand that was pulling his hair.

Leng Changqing held on tightly, showing no intention of letting go.

"Madman, madman!" Leng Changqing staggered back a few steps, almost losing his balance and falling.

His hands trembled uncontrollably, his gaze still fixed on a tuft of long hair in his hand.

Just now, Leng Changqing insisted on not letting go of her hair, trying to force her to bow her head to him. But the next second, she grabbed his hand and pulled it hard.

A tuft of hair was held alive in Leng Changqing's hand.

Shen An'an, who was standing to the side, was also terrified.

"You're crazy, you're crazy!" Leng Changqing was pale and scared out of his wits. He quickly threw off his hair and dragged Shen An'an away.

Mu Yanxin picked up a lock of her hair and placed it in her palm, saying, "Our bodies and hair are gifts from our parents."

In this high-stakes gamble of fate, she had no chips, only the body her parents had left her.

She was also afraid of pain, but she had no choice. Last night, Leng Changqing said he wanted to cancel the engagement. She couldn't imagine how Madam Mu would treat her brother after the engagement was canceled and she lost her usefulness.

She had to win this high-stakes gamble, even if it meant hurting herself.

Since then, Leng Changqing has never taken Shen An'an back to the villa, and of course, he himself has never returned either.

Aside from Madam Mu calling her every day to urge her to find a way to win Leng Changqing's heart and marry into the Leng family as soon as possible, life was relatively peaceful.

Until one evening, she received a text message on her phone.

[I know your secret. If you don't want others to know, meet me at Yiqing Winery at 10 PM tonight!]