C2 Scum!

Shen Yunsheng let out a soft scoff, his voice cold as he spoke. The smile that had been playing on his lips vanished, leaving his face as frosty as a winter morning.

In this world, he wouldn't tolerate anyone who hurt Xinxiao, even if that person was from the Pei family.

Pei Xinxiao changed her clothes, casting a disdainful look at Shen Yunsheng. For some reason, her gaze filled him with a sense of foreboding, prompting him to quickly wrap a towel around himself and get off the bed.

"Xinxiao, let me explain. This is all a misunderstanding!"

Her eyes fell on the rose petals scattered across the sheets, and tears welled up in her large eyes, but her pride wouldn't allow her to cry at this moment.

"Explain? What is there to explain? Shen Yunsheng, even if I never marry, I will never have anything to do with you again!"

Holding back her tears, Pei Xinxiao turned and hurried toward the door. Shen Yunsheng felt a sharp pain in his heart at her words and immediately grabbed her wrist.

"Xinxiao, please listen to me. Before coming up here, Siya gave me a drink, and then... I don't know why you ended up asleep on the bed. I..."

"You did this and now you're trying to blame Siya? Shen Yunsheng, are you even a man?"

Pei Xinxiao struggled continuously, and Shen Yunsheng, feeling anxious, pulled her into his arms, holding her tightly. In the struggle, the towel wrapped around Shen Yunsheng slipped off, leaving him completely exposed. Xinxiao's mind raced back to what had happened before, and frustratingly, she remembered her body's reaction in that situation.

Xinxiao immediately covered her eyes and screamed, grabbing an ashtray from the table in her panic and striking Shen Yunsheng on the back of the head. Not knowing what hit him, Shen Yunsheng collapsed to the floor in a dramatic faint, leaving Xinxiao staring in shock at his unconscious form.

She had to admit, this man had the looks to turn heads—a chiseled face, a strong nose, and not an ounce of extra weight on him. He truly embodied the saying, "looks slim in clothes but muscular without."

Despite everything that had happened between them, Xinxiao couldn't deny he was outrageously handsome. "What's the use of being good-looking if you're just a jerk? Serves you right!" she muttered, giving him a hard kick before grabbing her purse and fleeing the hotel in a flustered hurry.

It wasn't until she returned to the Pei family home that Xinxiao finally let the tears she had been holding back fall. Thankfully, it was late at night, and most of the staff in the villa were already asleep.

Shen Yunsheng mentioned that Zheng Siya offered herself as a gift to him, and Pei Xinxiao naturally didn't believe it. However, she still wanted to find Siya and ask what was going on.

Racing up to the third floor to Siya's room, Xinxiao was about to knock when she overheard a conversation between Zheng Rulan and her daughter. Just one sentence made her face go pale.

"Mom, ever since we returned to the Pei family, I've hated Pei Xinxiao! Why is it that we're both daughters of the Pei family, yet I have to carry the Zheng name? In terms of beauty, I'm not inferior to her; in terms of figure, I surpass her. But because of her, everyone always sees me as the illegitimate child of the Pei family. Even now, with you as Mrs. Pei, there are still whispers that I'm an illegitimate daughter. That's why I despise her. Every time I see her face, I just want to tear it apart!"

Zheng Rulan looked at Siya's beautiful, delicate face twisted with hatred. She lovingly stroked her long hair, a cruel smile playing on her lips.