C1 Wrong Encounter

Cold, so cold.

Gu Ruoxi felt chilled to the bone. The chill hit her body and she couldn't help but open her eyes.

Where is this?

Gu Ruoxi looked at the red ribbon on the ceiling and blinked. She sat up from the bed and was surprised to find that she was completely naked. The pain that came from her lower body, the messy sheets, the strange man, all showed what she had done last night …

Gu Ruoxi held her head and turned the man over. Her pupils constricted. That man was not a stranger, but someone she wholeheartedly wanted to marry, her sister's fiancé — Yuchi Wei!

When he recalled last night, Gu Mannni's 22nd birthday party, her father's business partner and the Gu family's relatives were all present.

As the sister of Gu Mannni's mother, Zhao Meng, Zhao Ru and her son, Yuchi Wei, personally came to the scene. Gu Ruoxi's eyes were fixed on the elegant and graceful man.

However, her dream was to kneel before Gu Mannni and propose at the grand birthday banquet last night. Standing far away, she could only hear the sound of her heart breaking.

Gu Mannni's happy smile, Zhao Ru's satisfied expression, and Yuchi Wei's excited expression all hurt Gu Ruoxi's heart.

"Mann, this is the jade bracelet our Yuchi Family ancestors passed down, it can only be passed down to our future daughter-in-law. Now, it's yours." Zhao Ru personally put on the jade bracelet for Gu Mannni.

She hid in a corner and called for a glass of red wine. She couldn't remember how much she drank, she could only remember the smiles on Yuchi Wei and Gu Mannni's faces. Those two really were like a golden couple, and she was destined to be a speck of dust in comparison to them.

It wasn't until Gu Ruoxi was drunk that she broke into a room and forgot everything else.

Gu Ruoxi looked at the man who was still sleeping, bit her lip, and was about to escape when her arm was grabbed. Before she could react, she was knocked into the wall behind her.

"Why is it you?!" Yuchi Wei's angry voice was beside her ear, but Gu Ruoxi's vision had already blurred. The pain coming from her back and the smell of blood in her mouth made her unable to think.

"Peng!" The door to the room was forcefully pushed open. Gu Mannni stood in the doorway.

"Ah!" Gu Mannni screamed.

"Mann, listen to my explanation!" Gu Ruoxi heard the sounds of flustered voices and crying of women. She raised her eyes slightly and looked towards her elder sister.

"Ruoxi, what have I done to you? Why did you climb into his bed? He's your future brother-in-law, do you know that?! " Gu Mannni pointed at Gu Ruoxi's face, her face full of disappointment.

Gu Ruoxi wanted to say something, but her apology was feeble and pale. She wanted to explain that she had no idea why this had all happened.

Gu Mannni ran out in tears. A group of guests rushed in from outside. Among them was the furious Zhao Meng, the shameless Zhao Ru, and a bunch of relatives who were all pointing fingers at her.

Yuchi Wei left the bed almost at the same time as Gu Mannni ran out. Before he left, he took a glance at Gu Ruoxi.

She would never forget this glance. Yuchi Wei, who once made her happy, was now looking at her with a look of disgust, as if she was a virus or a plague.

She had lost him, Gu Ruoxi thought.

Not long after this happened, Gu Mannni left a letter and left the Gu family to travel overseas.

On the other hand, Gu Ruoxi had wrongly married her brother-in-law, becoming the Eldest Madame of Yuchi Family.

… ….

Within the villa.

Gu Ruoxi sat by the window, staring at her toes in a daze, one hand caressing the cat's back.

"Young Mistress, why are you sitting here barefooted again? It's already late autumn, you might get sick." Ruan Tang walked over with a blanket in her arms and covered Gu Ruoxi with it.

Gu Ruoxi raised her head to look at Ruan Tang. Her small, white face was imprinted with bruises. Her lower lip was also somewhat cracked, and blood was seeping out slightly.

"Thank you, Ruan Ruan. You're the only person in this world who cares about me." Gu Ruoxi smiled gently. A slight dimple appeared on her left cheek.

"Young Mistress, don't say that. Young Mistress has good intentions, so there will be even more people who will care about you." The corners of Ruan Tang's eyes started to moisten as she looked at Gu Ruoxi.

Young Mistress had already married into the Yuchi Family for a year, but the injuries on her body would only increase and not decrease each day. She did not understand why the Young Master would treat the Young Mistress like this.

"Young Mistress, Young Master... He … Did I hit you again? " Since she was young, she had lived in Yuchi Family's villa and had always been serving her two young masters. Ever since Gu Ruoxi had married into the family, she had volunteered herself to be responsible for taking care of her daily life.

In Ruan Tang's eyes, Yuchi Wei didn't seem like someone who would use violence. He was just a bit cold, but he was still a good person. Only for Young Mistress … It was a little different.

"It's fine, I'm already used to it." Gu Ruoxi buried her face in her knees and spoke in a voice as calm as water, as silent as her own.

"Young Mistress …" Ruan Tang wanted to say something but hesitated. She turned around and walked out of the room. Not long later, she came in with a plate of hot eggs.

"Young Mistress, let me cover your face. This is a side room, I often fell when I was young, this is what my father did for me. Tomorrow, the scar on your face will disappear!" Ruan Tang happily began to peel the eggs, hot enough to blow her hands.

"Ruan Ruan, there's no one else here, so don't call me Young Mistress. Didn't you know my name? You can just call me Creek from now on. " Gu Ruoxi obediently allowed Ruan Tang to cover her face.

"How can that work!" Ruan Tang was a little flattered. She was only a servant at Yuchi Family.

"There's nothing wrong with that. In this family, only you would think of me as a Young Mistress." Gu Ruoxi smiled bitterly.

This was already the second year after she had married into the Yuchi Family. Back then, when she found out that she was going to marry Yuchi Wei in place of her elder sister, she said in her heart that being unhappy was a lie. She told herself that Yuchi Wei would fall in love with her one day.

However, two years had passed. Every day, she would never have a good time. Yuchi Wei would never let her be happy because he hated her to the bone marrow.

"Young … Brook, don't be sad. " Ruan Tang didn't know how to say anything and didn't know how to comfort Gu Ruoxi. All she could do was stay with her and stay loyal.

"Right." Gu Ruoxi looked at Ruan Tang, who had been taking care of her for the past two years, and smiled knowingly.

"Peng!" The door was suddenly kicked open by someone. Ruan Tang jumped in fright, rolling the egg in her hand to the side of the door …