Yun Muxi's fear grew by the minute. The forced calmness and sensible thinking had long gone. Instinctively, she shouted loudly, "Help! Someone helps! Save me!... "

Master Hu snorted and remarked sarcastically, "Stop shouting, save your voice for later! Do you really think that someone would come and save you? Don't be silly! Don't you know where you are? People will think you're being silly! But little beauty, you're really tasty, I can't wait!"

Yun Muxi was not ready to give up. She continued to shout for help, clinging onto a mere chance of survival. However, all she got in return was Master Hu's violent actions.

He lowered his head and covered that small mouth of hers. The lips were as sweet as jelly, making him seem to forget everything. Yun Muxi bit harshly onto his lips and a thick b.l.o.o.d.y smell filled her mouth. Master Hu raged immediately and gave her a tight slap, scolding, "Stupid b.i.t.c.h, you don't know how to be grateful! I'm telling you to behave yourself. If I'm in a good mood, you'll be repaid. If you dare to trigger me, I'll sell you to Hua Yun Pavilion and your destiny will be fixed forever."

After which, Master Hu sent a tight slap across her face again. Yun Muxi felt like her face was on fire and her head was spinning. She bit into her lower lip and her mouth was filled with a thick smell of blood. She did not know whether it was hers or his.

Master Hu continued to kiss her aggressively and his hand roamed everywhere.

At this moment, Yun Muxi felt like she was a fish on a cutting board, bound to be cut open by others. There was no one coming to save her despite her desperate cries for help. Perhaps today was the day... she was full of regret now; she should not have run around recklessly, she should not have fought with Duanmu Gongyu... she desperately wished that time could go backward, but what was done cannot be undone. Yun Muxi was in complete despair and tears rolled down her cheeks silently.

All she could see was Duanmu Gongyu's gentle face and all she could hear was Duanmu Gongyu's soft voice. Her tears rolled even more and the scenes of his good qualities flashed past her mind.

Duanmu Gongyu treated her so well, why did she get into a fight with him! She closed her eyes and called out in despair, "Duanmu Gongyu..."

At this very moment, someone broke through the window. It was a man who gave off a very cold vibe. He took a leap and jumped into the room.

Master Hu's plan was disrupted and he shouted furiously, "How dare you! Which idiot is it? How dare you to interrupt me!"

Dark light shone into the room through the broken window. The small ray of low light entered the pitch-black room. However, it was not bright enough for Master Hu to see the new-comer's face. Despite so, his cold aura and hostility were enough to make Master Hu s.h.i.+ver in fear. He called out quickly, "Help! There's an a.s.sa.s.sin! Help..."

Before he spoke that last word, a brutal cold light flashed past. Just like that, a sharp sword caused a split between his neck and shoulder. It all happened too fast; Master Hu did not have enough time to react. He pointed at that man in shock and blurted, "You...", before falling over.

At this moment, Yun Muxi was encamped in despair, wallowing in her own sorrow. She did not know what happened; she only felt a heavy body smas.h.i.+ng on top of hers again. Feeling her chest in pain, she cried out, "Ah..."

In the next instant, the heavy weight on top of her was carried away. It was replaced by a warm embrace. The familiar fragrance of faint plants seeped into her nostrils. Yun Muxi unconsciously cried out softly, "Gong Yu..."

Yun Muxi thought that her desire for him caused her to be imagining things. Hence, her tears flowed uncontrollably.

But unlike what she thought, that familiar voice of his rang in her ear, accompanied by a bit of trembling and hoa.r.s.e. "Xiao Xi, it's me! Sorry that I came late..."

Yun Muxi could not believe that Duanmu Gongyu really came to save her. After hesitating, she confirmed, "Gong Yu? Is it really you?"

His hoa.r.s.e voice answered, "It's me! It's really me! Xiao Xi, I'm sorry."

At this moment, Duanmu Gongyu put all the blame on himself. Moonlight highlighted her unkempt clothing, red cheeks and glaring blood stain on the corners of her mouth. All these hurt his heart deeply, and his eyes were filled with anger.

Duanmu Gongyu hurriedly took off his outer coat and wrapped it around Yun Muxi. He held her small and weak body tightly in his embrace. He held her very tightly, not wanting to let go of his hands ever again. He held her so tightly, as if he was trying to merge her body into him!

After receiving confirmation and feeling Duanmu Gongyu's stiff and warm embrace, Yun Muxi started bawling immediately. "Gong Yu, you're really here, you're really here. This is so good, you're finally here. This is really so good, I thought you wouldn't come, I thought..."

Yun Muxi started blabbering. Seeing her like this, Duanmu Gongyu's heart ached for her. The woman in his embrace was like a child, bawling with no restrictions, venting out all her feelings of fear, despair, helplessness, and discrimination...

This incident pained both terribly. It was like a boiling hot iron, making a print onto their hearts. After a long period of healing, it would leave behind an ugly scar. No one dared to touch it, it would be kept hidden forever and they would attempt to forget about it.

Gong Yu woke up startled from his dream. The woman in his arms changed between crying, shouting, struggling, sobbing and bawling. She would not wake up no matter how hard he tried to wake her.

Full with pity, he held her tightly in his embrace and caressed her back gently. His heart shrunk into a tiny ball, seeing her so scared and frightened. He wanted to comfort her with his best ability.

He did not know what kind of terrible things she dreamt of, but he felt comforted, knowing that she had called out his name when she was in her most vulnerable state. In his heart, the contradicting feelings of pain, pity, sweetness and comfort were all mixed together.

After an unknown period of time, Yun Muxi changed from sobbing in fear to bawling in helplessness. This stirred up Gong Yu's complicated feelings again. The raging waves in his heart began to surge and his eyes were filled with the complication of pity and slight anger.

He lowered his head to kiss that never-ending stream of tears on her cheeks. This gentle move calmed her down a bit. The frequency of such light pecks then increased.

Yun Muxi was finally brought back to reality by that soft gentle touch. When she opened her eyes, all she could see was Gong Yu's enlarged handsome visuals, all she could smell was his faint fragrance of plants.

She had yet to walk out of her dream. It was her worst memory, one that she was willing to forget forever. But today, she went through the whole process again and it left a daunting impression in her heart. That fear and despair could not be wiped away easily.

Suddenly, she was brought back to reality. The horrible memory made her very agitated, as if the air in her lungs were sucked away. She could not breathe and was suffocating!

Gong Yu's handsome visual smiled at her and she instantly cried out in shock, "Ah! You, why am I with you?"

Alarmed, she sat up and escaped his embrace. The blanket slid off her body and she instantly felt a cooling sensation. Looking down, the bomb in her head exploded and everything froze!

Then, yesterday's incident replayed like a film in her mind. The feelings of fear, humiliation, helplessness, and despair from yesterday... they were all so clear. She wanted to pause and delete them, but it was impossible.

Everything was forcing her to recall every single detail of yesterday, purposely reminding her of what happened.

Yun Muxi immediately pulled up the blanket to cover her body. She turned her head and saw Gong Yu lying on his side, single-handedly supporting his head, looking at her with a sinister smile.

Yun Muxi's cheeks flushed red immediately. She roared, "You! What have you done to me!"

Gong Yu sniffled and the corners of his mouth went up. He teased, "Why didn't you ask what you did to me?"

It was as if his voice was magical. It was s.e.xy and husky, hitting her heart directly, causing it to skip a beat. Yun Muxi's redness ran from her cheeks to her ears, and her heart started beating faster.

Yun Muxi was at a loss and Gong Yu saw it. He was happy and in a good mood. From yesterday till today, it all felt like a dream to him. Forgetting about the unhappy moments, all that happened with him were good in his eyes. Forgetting about the sweet benefit last night, this incident confirmed that he was still as important in Yun Muxi's heart.

This made him really happy, as reflected on his face. Yun Muxi could not ignore his vibrant smile that shone like the sun.

He had a nice smile and it captured Yun Muxi's heart again in that moment. She looked at him in a daze and could not move her gaze away.

Gong Yu waved his finger in front of her fixated eyes. "Why? Don't you find me charming? Don't you want to do something to me?" #

Yun Muxi turned around awkwardly and coughed. Then, pretending to be calm, she said, "What nonsense! What could I possibly do to you!"

Yun Muxi did not know why Gong Yu was so happy, nor did she know the reason behind it. However, in this instant, she could not help but admit that she was indeed drawn into him just now. This morning, Gong Yu was very attractive. He had the unique aura of a man, and she could not take her eyes off him.

Gong Yu neared Yun Muxi. His head went past her shoulder and his arms stretched behind her. She became nervous instantly.

Gong Yu snorted and reached for his phone on the bedside table. He regained the distance between them and teased, "See! You're the one that's expecting something!"

Yun Muxi felt a hot sensation burning in her cheeks. She was p.i.s.sed at his joke and flames rose in her eyes as she stared at him. However, what he was going to do in the next second was going to make her even more furious...