Xia Xiaowan said, “I’m going to sue you. This is kidnapping!”

Jiang Kaiwei spoke indifferently. “Go ahead and sue me. I won’t let you go if you don’t make things clear.”

The man’s voice sounded behind her ear, carrying some kind of insistence, like a child in a fit of pique.

Xia Xiaowan suddenly became afraid and struggled with all her might, but it was futile. She knew Jiang Kaiwei. Once he flared up and got stubborn, he would even dare to do something more lawless, let alone kidnap her.

She felt that she was like a little bug getting caught in a spider web. The more she struggled, the tighter she got stuck to it. He just watched her coldly, waiting for her to be exhausted before he swallowed her up.

However, she was not the weak Xia Xiaowan as she was a few years ago. When she realized she could not get rid of him, she started to scold him. She racked her brain to curse him with the most vicious and sinister words.

However, Jiang Kaiwei was like an insensate stone, turning a deaf ear to Xia Xiaowan’s naked insults.

But the driver who was driving the car in front of them was shocked. After driving for so long for Jiang Kaiwei, this was the first time he had seen someone who was so bold as to curse his boss like this. However, what the driver did not expect was that the boss just let her curse himself without saying a word. The driver knew very well what kind of person his boss was, who would definitely seek revenge for the smallest grievance. If the boss didn’t say anything now, he would settle the score in the future! The driver sighed in his heart, full of sympathy for Xia Xiaowan.

Xia Xiaowan’s cursing that lasted for quite a long time didn’t lead to any result, only making her tired. She rested her head on the man’s shoulder and took a deep breath. “Let me take my hands out. Your holding like this makes me uncomfortable.”

Jiang Kaiwei didn’t agree. “Do you think I’m stupid? You will hit me if your hands get free.”

Xia Xiaowan said, “Do you think that there’s nothing I can do when I can’t move my hands and feet?”

Jiang Kaiwei snorted. “What can you do?”

Without saying anything, Xia Xiaowan opened her mouth and bit his neck. The flesh on his neck was so tender that when Xia Xiaowan bit it, she felt that her teeth were about to stab into his flesh. She got panicked as this reminded her of “Vampire Diary”, an American drama she had binge-watched. Then she loosened her teeth and only bit it neither lightly nor heavily.

Just as Jiang Kaiwei felt a stab on his neck, the sharp pain disappeared in an instant. He only felt two soft lips were pressing against his neck. It was a strange feeling that made him feel at a loss. His entire body froze. Countless dazzling fireworks seemed to rise in his mind, one after another, accompanied by a low and muffled sound…

He was stunned, and his arms could not help but tighten the hold on her as if he wanted to set her into his body.

After a long while, he tilted his head and gently rubbed his face against hers. Such a good time had once happened. Because it was too precious, he locked it in his heart and didn’t even dare to look at it for once.

At that time, he was always surrounded by many women, and he had fun with them, living an unbridled life. Only to her, he did not dare to be rash, other than that kiss in Hawaii. Every time she came to see him, they always went out to have a meal as if there was nothing else to do except that. Then he would send her home after the meal. In the car, they always sat in a well-behaved manner, saying some unimportant words.

But there was one exception. It was when she leaned against the car window and looked at the night outside. When she saw a very beautiful landscape light and told him to have a look, he leaned over. Then her lips touched his face as she happened to turn around. She cried out in surprise and her head instinctively leaned back. He reached out to hold the back of her head and kissed her without hesitation.

When they separated, his hand was still holding the back of her head, and his forehead was against hers. Both of them were gasping for breath. Their breaths were entangled together and hard to distinguish from each other as they were sucked in and exhaled out by the two.

The feeling was so wonderful that he couldn’t help but want to kiss her again. However, he held it back in the end. He tilted his head and gently rubbed her face, causing her to tremble. However, he let go of her in an instant and then lit a cigarette as if nothing had happened, treating her in the same way as he did to his girlfriends.

But she blushed. She didn’t dare to look at him, turning to look out the window. At that time, she had long, straight hair that was spread out on both sides, revealing her white neck glowing with a faint layer of pink, like pearl luster. He didn’t expect even her neck would turn red. He stared at her for a long time, and an inexplicable feeling rose in his heart.

It was not that he had never kissed a woman before. But it felt completely different when kissing her. That kiss made him infatuated and intoxicated. It was as if he had suddenly opened up a novel world, causing him to be unable to help but only want to ask for more, almost unable to control himself.

Just when he was lost in a trance, he suddenly noticed that the woman in his arms was shaking like a sieve. He felt his neck was cold and wet. It turned out that Xia Xiaowan was crying. Her voice was choked with sobs. “Let me go, I want to go back to the hospital… What if he can’t see me when he wakes up…”

He asked, “Who is in the hospital?”

Xia Xiaowan just cried and said, “Let me go, I want to go back to the hospital… I must be at his side…”

His heart sank. He suddenly felt that what he did was so meaningless. Why did he imprison her like this? He couldn’t change anything. No matter what he did, it was all pointless! He smiled bitterly and slowly released his grip.

Xia Xiaowan did not even notice it, still lying in his arms and crying.

He became annoyed and pushed her away. He said in a rough voice, “Why are you crying? It’s not like I won’t let you go!”

The car had already been parked in the courtyard of the Jiang family mansion. The driver did not know where Jiang Kaiwei wanted to go, nor did he dare to ask, so he drove the car home on his own initiative.

Xia Xiaowan cried as she pushed open the car door and got out. She didn’t want to cry, but she couldn’t hold back her tears which kept coming out like water from a broken tap.

She blamed herself for being so useless, showing weakness in front of Jiang Kaiwei. She hated him so much that she wanted to peel off his skin and tear his bones apart. However, when she was caught in the man’s arms and surrounded by the strange yet familiar aura, she got lost. She couldn’t beat him, and he ignored her curse. There was nothing she could do. Tears fell silently as she felt helpless and wronged.

She hadn’t set foot in this place for many years. It didn’t seem to have changed at all. She still saw the European-style courtyard lamps, arbors by the wall, tall magnolia trees, and the wide drive…

She used to read books in the rocking chair under the arbor, take photos under the magnolia trees, and learn to drive in the drive… No, she couldn’t look at this place, think about it, or recall it. She randomly wiped her tears and quickened her pace in panic.

Jiang Kaiwei looked at her staggering figure and leaned against the back of the chair tiredly. He almost didn’t even have the strength to open the car door. He just sat there as if he had collapsed.

Servants peeked out from the corridor, but none of them dared to come forward. Even the loyal old butler only stood by the door, waiting for his young master to call him.

It was still the same as before that the good times were always short. After that was a long time of self-torture. Just like that night, after he kissed her, he did not say anything and silently sent her home.

However, when he returned home, he locked himself in his room and threw a tantrum. He smashed a red glazed flat bottle made in the reign of Kangxi Emperor. She had said this bottle was beautiful. Because she liked it, he destroyed it.

On what grounds? On what grounds?

He walked around the room like a trapped beast. On what grounds did he long for her like this? Why was he so restless? Why did he force himself into such an irritable state? He was extremely indignant. He really disliked this feeling. He was the king. Only he could control others, and no one could control him. No, there was no such person in the past, and there wouldn’t be any in the future!

Perhaps he started to hate her from that night. He hated her for causing him to be possessed, and hated himself even more for being unable to control himself.

Failing to fall asleep in the middle of the night, he took the car key and went downstairs. When the butler heard the sound and came out, he ran even faster. Without thinking, he drove the car to the entrance of her house. Through the big iron gate, he saw the Spanish-style villa of the Xia family standing silently under the moonlight. No light was on in all rooms. She must have fallen asleep. He got angry again and pressed the horn two times. Why was she sleeping well at home while he was restless at her door? On what grounds?

Probably the person on night duty heard the sound and turned on the lights in the corridor. His heart tightened and he slipped away as if escaping.

When he reached the main road, he was like a mischievous child, wantonly honking the car horn all the way home.

After that night, they did not meet again for a long time. She did not come to him, and he did not go to her either. However, from then on, he had gotten himself bound by an invisible shackle. Whenever his will was weak, he had himself firmly locked in place and didn’t allow himself to visit her.

That woman was poisonous, and he would be worse than death if he touched her. For so many years, he had been warning himself and maintaining a high level of vigilance. But he still left that warning behind in an unguarded moment.

He felt that her faint scent seemed to still linger in his arms. It was faintly fragrant. He slowly raised his arm and put his hand under his nose. Then, he maintained that posture until his hand ached slightly.

He lit a cigarette, took a puff, and put his hand on the edge of the car window, quietly watching the smoke rising in the air.

He was very surprised when he saw Xia Xiaowan smoking for the first time. However, she was very familiar with the way she smoked. She held the slender cigarette with her two fingers and slightly raised the rest, showing a different kind of style. He could easily tell at first glance that she was experienced. Was that also what she learned in the sanatorium?

Thinking of this, Jiang Kaiwei seemed to suddenly wake up. He wanted to ask her about her life abroad. How did it end up like this?

He took another puff and threw the half cigarette out of the window. He took out his cell phone to call Shen Li and asked, “Is Gu Nianbin hospitalized? What illness did he suffer from?”

Shen Li didn’t answer his question directly. “It’s rare for you to be concerned about Gu Nianbin. You want to visit him but feel shy. Then you want me to go with you, right?”

He ignored Shen Li’s teasing and asked, “What illness?”

“Nothing serious. It’s alcohol intoxication. He has been unconscious for almost a week and hasn’t woken up yet.”

He frowned. “How is it so serious? Why didn’t you tell me?”

Shen Li said, “He is of no relation to you, why would I tell you? Do you want to take advantage of the Gu Group’s lack of a leader to take it down in one fell swoop?”

He smiled. “This is not impossible. However, how could he get alcohol intoxication? I barely attacked him recently, but he can’t hold on anymore?”

Shen Li seemed to hesitate for a moment before slowly saying, “You know Gu Nianbin’s character. There is no one else but Du Xiaoxian who can make him drink to ease his worries.”

“What did Du Xiaoxian do to him?”

“They broke up.”

Jiang Kaiwei slowly took the cell phone off his ear. So that was the story. Gu Nianbin took too much alcohol and was sent to the hospital because Du Xiaoxian left him. In fact, Gu Nianbin and Jiang Kaiwei were very similar. Both of them got themselves in a mess because of their beloved women. What’s the point of continuing the fight between them since they were both heartbroken?