"Um, Xu Fan, are you saying you love me or Pei Huan?"
"Love you, babe, of course, I love you! That woman is like a corpse, can't even kiss."
"Hehe, Xu Fan, I love you too!"
I stared at the cell phone screen for a long time, almost boring a hole in it. My hand gripping the phone creaked, "Li Xu Fan…"
I never thought that on my return from a business trip; I would receive such a video. The man in the video was my boyfriend Li Xu Fan, the man who had pursued me for three years, swearing to be with me for a lifetime.
I couldn't help shaking, I grabbed my coat, dragged my suitcase, and hailed a taxi— "Sir, to Emperor Grand Hotel."
I looked at the text message on my phone, written "Room 8808, Emperor Grand Hotel. Hurry up!".
I want to see who exactly Li Xu Fan is with.
The car quickly arrived at the Emperor Grand Hotel. I got off the car and received a few more videos on my phone on and off. Just like the previous ones, they showed scenes of a man and woman in motion. I could barely hold back my disgust. Almost crushed my phone, there's just one thing on my mind, to get even with this cheating couple.
I rushed into the elevator and quickly found room 8808. I was a bit shaky when I got to the door. My hand was frozen in mid-air, unable to move down, but the second later, seeing another video on my phone, I fiercely knocked on the door, releasing my anger.
"Open the door, you scumbag Li Xu Fan, open the door for me."
I banged the door violently, which seemed incredibly creepy in this silent floor. "Open the door, you two scumbags, got the guts to book a room but not to open the door? Li…"
Before I'd finished speaking, the door was opened, and I pushed the door hard, sending a slap on its way, "How could you do that to me? Li…" My hand froze in mid-air, staring in surprise at the unfamiliar man in front of me, "Where are they?"
As I said, I was about to push past the stranger, but my hand was suddenly caught, "Woman, you've got nerve!"
The man held my hand tightly, his sharp eyebrows held a frightening gaze, as if he wanted to devour me. I couldn't help but shudder, trying to pull my hand out of his grip, but found that I couldn't move at all.
I cast my gaze downward, giving the man a head-to-toe once-over. He had only a towel wrapped around his waist, no clothing covering his upper body at all. His bronze skin was kind of enticing, especially because the man's physique was simply bursting with appeal, his body lines almost perfectly sculpted. Droplets were falling from the man's hair, showing he had just finished bathing.
"Seen enough?" A gloomy voice came from the man, and I suddenly felt a chill all over.
I swallowed, questioning in my mind as to what went wrong. But before having a chance to think more, the man fiercely clasped my neck, demanding, "Who sent you here?"
Unable to fight back as he was choking me, I could only glare at him furiously. "What 'who sent me here'? Where are they? Where did those two jerks go?" I clearly hadn't forgotten why I came tonight!
"What jerks?" The man furrowed his brows, his dark eyes landing on my face. "Don't try to play tricks on me. Who told you to come?"
The man's words had barely left his lips when a "click" sound came from the door. A flurry of flashes followed. My brain was momentarily blank as I looked at the man choking me in confusion, "You ..."
"Mr. Li, may I ask what your relationship is with this lady?"
"Mr. Li, rumors say you are indifferent to women, and you've never had a woman by your side, so this lady is..."
"Mr. Li..."
The man's face worsened by the minute, his hand tightening around my neck. I kept desperately slapping his hand, attempting to loosen his grip, "Let... let go, you..."
"Get out!" The man angrily threw me aside, his face growing increasingly livid. "Everyone, get out!"
"Mr. Li..."
As I was thrown to the floor by him, my head slammed against the door, causing a buzzing to sound in my ears. Something told me this man was dangerous and not to be messed with. But the throbbing pain from my head made me grit my teeth. "Li, where are they? Don't think I don't know about your secret threesome. I am telling you, cross me, and I'll skin him alive."
"What did you say?" The man had a furious look on his face as he marched towards me, hoisted me off the ground, and then forcefully swung the door shut, thereby sealing off the reporters outside.
Only then did I realize the gravity of the situation, as I looked up at the man who was merely a meter away. I turned to run away, but the man's long arm reached out and once again yanked me into the air, "Old lady? Threesome?"
After much struggling and kicking, I admitted defeat, realizing the vast disparity between us. I couldn't harm him in the slightest. "I... I presume I got the wrong room and mistaken another person."
On the verge of breaking down in tears, I was certain this man was not the person I sought. "I, I, I came to catch my... my boyfriend. The text message mentioned him being in this room, Sir... Li, Li..."
"Li Heng!" The man introduced himself.
Upon hearing his name, it was as if I were struck by lightning. My legs gave out and I ended up sitting on the floor, "Li, Lord Li!"
With narrowed eyes, Li Heng looked down at me from his superior height. His cold gaze was imposing, like an emperor condescending to a subject, "Lord Li?"
His voice was bone-chillingly cold. He leaned forward, gripping my chin, "So, you know me?"
With a terrified expression, I nodded swiftly and then shook my head, "No, I don't recognize you, I really don’t. I... I had no idea this was your room, Lord Li, I..."
I was terrified!
Rumor has it that Li Heng's brutal methods were as clean as they were cruel, swiftly eradicating anyone who dared cross him. These were no mere tales.
Even though I was a lowly employee, I had heard plenty about Li Heng. In Jiang City, who hadn't heard of Lord Li?
In Jiang City, the word of Li Heng was law, his every utterance a royal decree. Such as when he asked, "Do you know the consequences of crossing me?"
I shook my head vehemently, "Lord Li, I truly didn't mean it."
"I'll make sure you know the consequences of crossing me!" Li Heng's fingers brushed my cheek, wiping away my tears, "To such a crybaby!"
I had no clue how I got out of the Emperor Grand Hotel. All I remember was being enveloped in cold when I left, and my phone continuously pinging with incoming videos. With trembling hands, I stared at the phone screen displaying images of a man and woman. The man lost in his crazed assault, then he flips the woman beneath him.
My eyes widened in disbelief as I stared at the woman on the screen, my body uncontrollably quivering. In the video, the woman clung to the man's shoulders, straddling him, provocatively staring back at me.
With a roar, I lifted my phone and smashed it violently onto the ground, screaming in anguish, "Li Xufan, Lin Yunjia! I swear I'll kill you both!"
