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In a dark room, Shen Qi was lying alone on a big soft bed, barely covered under the quilt.

Tonight was her wedding night with the Ye Family’s Second Young Master.

However, there were no weddings nor banquets; there was only the rear view of a middle-aged man in a wheelchair and his unkind words—wash her clean and send her to my bed. I want to inspect her.

Inspect her…

To him, she was just a commodity for their mutually beneficial exchange.

Suddenly, the door opened, and Shen Qi’s entire body tensed up as she grabbed the quilt tightly.

Rumor had it that the Second Young Master of the Ye Family was a hideous man with a violent temper. It was said that after he turned impotent due to his disability, he had been moodier than ever.

There were even rumors that he had jinxed his five ex-wives to death. Thus, no one in the city, even those who were eyeing the wealth of the Ye Family, dared to marry off their daughters to him.

However, the Shen Family was an exception.

The Shen Family was in a dire financial state because their company’s source of capital had been cut off, and they were on the verge of bankruptcy. Her father’s decision to take up a loan from high-interest loan sharks had plunged the group and the Shen Family into greater crisis.

Debt collectors showed up one after another and viciously threatened to kill them.

It was at that time, their savior—the Ye Family—appeared. Her parents were reluctant to sacrifice her innocent younger sister, so in turn, they sent her, who was a divorcee, to them.

Guilt-tripped by her father’s pleas, Shen Qi came here in her sister’s stead to marry the terrible Second Young Master of the Ye Family.

As the sounds of the wheelchair moving across the floor got louder, Shen Qi held her breath nervously.

Through the darkness, she could see a figure coming closer and closer to her…

The quilt was suddenly lifted, and then a giant hand started stroking her body. His hands were just like him—rough and cold.

“Ah!” Shen Qi couldn’t help but scream.

Soon after that, she heard a sneer, followed by a man asking in a low voice, “Are you afraid?”

Meanwhile, the hands didn’t stop caressing her. The slender fingers descended all the way from her cheeks, across her thin neck and her delicate collarbone, before heading to the direction of her infinitely alluring bosoms.

Shen Qi grabbed the quilt tightly, trying her best not to escape.

He didn’t pause there; instead, he ran his fingers along her lower abdomen without stopping, and as his hands went lower and lower…

“Stop! Stop!” When he was about to touch her sensitive parts, Shen Qi finally couldn’t bear it anymore and grabbed his big hand.

It was said that sexually dysfunctioned men were usually psychologically twisted and had special kinks, such as… sexual abuse!

Thinking of this, Shen Qi’s body shuddered even more intensely as she stammered, “Y-Young Master Ye, can you please stop? I—”

“No.”

Her body instantly stiffened, and he could obviously feel her trembling since she was grabbing onto his hand.

“Hehe, how innocent. You are truly a great actress, huh? Stop trying to pretend that you’re still a virgin.” His cold voice was filled with mockery.

Lying on the bed, Shen Qi’s pupils constricted after hearing his words. Could it be that he…

The next second, the lights were switched on before her eyes closed involuntarily.

The man withdrew his hand as he glared at her with his sharp eyes. Through his thin lips, he said, “Should I call you Shen Yue or Shen Qi, my dear?”

His icy tone made Shen Qi tremble on the bed. As soon as she opened her eyes, she was met with a pair of deep and cold eyes.

Both the man’s eyebrows and eyes were razor-sharp; under his wolf-like eyes was a high nose bridge, and his thin lips were pursed into a sneer. Although he was sitting in a wheelchair, he had an aggressive and intimidating aura around him, making it hard to approach him.

So this is the rumored ugly-looking man?

Shen Qi was slightly stunned, and only after the atmosphere had tensed up that she sat up from the bed while avoiding his eyes. Then, she said guiltily, “O-Of course I am Shen Yue…”

“Heh.” Ye Moxuan’s eyes grew colder as he took out an envelope from his pocket and threw it in front of Shen Qi.

She carefully picked it up and opened it, only to find that it was full of photos and information about her sister, Shen Yue.

So, he knew my true identity from the very beginning?

Shen Qi’s grip on the envelope tightened a little before biting her lower lip. Then, she glanced at Ye Moxuan calmly with her black, shiny, impenetrable eyes.

“Did the Shen Family think that they could fool me just because I’m crippled?”

Shen Qi lowered her eyes and defended herself softly, “I’m also the Shen Family’s daughter…”

“The daughter who just got divorced? Does the Shen Family take the Ye Family as a recycling station?” Ye Moxuan’s eyes turned cold again.

His sarcastic and straightforward words reminded her of the terrifying night a month ago. She bit her lower lip tightly, trying to use the pain to remind herself not to lose it.

However, before she could calm down, the man lashed out coldly again, “I’ll give you five minutes to get out of the Ye residence.”

“What?” Shen Qi looked up, and her eyes met his jet-black ones.

If she were to be chased out, the Ye Family would definitely hold grudges against the Shen Family. Her entire family depended on her, so even if she was reluctant to stay, she couldn’t just stand and watch the Shen Family get ruined by her.

After calming down, Shen Qi plucked up the courage to look directly at him and said, “I know that this marriage was arranged by your parents. You don’t really care who you marry. Otherwise, you wouldn’t have agreed to this marriage. Rather than marrying again, you should let me stay. I promise that I won’t get involved in your life.”

As soon as she said that, Shen Qi raised her hands as a token of guarantee. Her eyes were filled with determination, but cautiousness was written all over her face as if she was afraid that he would not accept her proposal.

She looks like…

Ye Moxuan narrowed his eyes as he looked at her.

In the end, he curled his thin lips into a smile. “Do you really want to stay that badly?”

Shen Qi looked at his grin, and her instinct told her something was off, but she still nodded in response.

The corner of Ye Moxuan’s lips curled up even more contemptuously. It was not the first time that he had encountered greedy women like her who were willing to replace their sisters and marry into the Ye Family in hopes of prosperity and wealth.

His gaze was fixed at the person on the bed as he said, “I will give you a chance to stay—”

As soon as the light of joy flashed in Shen Qi’s eyes, she heard the evil man finishing his sentence. “—but you have to please me first.”

Stunned, Shen Qi stared at the man beside the bed in disbelief.

“What’s the matter? Can’t you understand my words?” Ye Moxuan sneered, “Don’t tell me that a divorced woman doesn’t know how to please a man.”

Hearing what he said, Shen Qi clenched her fists tightly.

She was indeed married to Lin Jiang for two years, but the latter had always used the excuse that he was busy to avoid sleeping with her. Then, one night a month ago, she caught Lin Jiang and an enchanting pregnant woman messing around on their marital bed.

Her nightmares started from that moment…

“Speak!” Her silence obviously made Ye Moxuan lose his patience. He then stretched out his hand to tear off the quilt she was holding in front of her, revealing the woman’s fair body…

“Ah!”

In a panic, Shen Qi grabbed the quilt to cover her body before wrapping herself up as if someone was bullying her.

Although Ye Moxuan only had a glimpse of her alluring beauty, his eyes darkened slightly, and his cold voice sounded hoarse as he started to be filled with lust.

Then, he chuckled. “You suck at acting innocent.” With an icy look in his eyes, he continued, “If you can’t please me, then get the hell out of here!” With that, he pushed the wheelchair and turned away.

“Wait a minute!”

Looking at Ye Moxuan’s indifferent and ruthless back, Shen Qi was so anxious that she got out of the bed while still wrapped in a quilt. Then, she shouted at his back, “You can’t do it anyway, so why are you torturing me like this?! Isn’t it better for us to live in peace? It also saves you the trouble of remarrying.”

Her words caused Ye Moxuan to pause along with his wheelchair.

His body stayed still, but his head turned around slightly. He then threw her a stern look from the corners of his eyes as his devilish voice declared, “Who says that I can’t do it?”

Ye Moxuan’s eyes were as dangerous as a dormant beast in the dark night. It felt as if he would immediately pounce forward to kill her if she said another word.

What’s going on? How could this clearly disabled man be emanating such a strong aura?

Ye Moxuan had already adjusted the direction of this wheelchair and was slowly approaching her, his eyes as dark as night.

Seeing this, Shen Qi, who was wrapped in a quilt, took two steps back subconsciously.

Before long, he, who was sitting in a wheelchair, had already arrived in front of her. Following that, he quickly raised one hand and clasped her thin, fair wrist, while snatching away the quilt on her body with the other hand.

“Ah!” Shen Qi immediately fell onto his lap.

“What did you say just now?” Ye Moxuan said through his cold lips, his sharp eyes fixated on her.

“It’s rumored that y-you are impotent…” In a panic, Shen Qi tried to cover her body as she said with a flushed face, “Let me go!”

His sudden approach caused her to panic as the hot masculine aura on him surrounded her.

How vigorous, domineering, and dangerous!

This feeling… reminded Shen Qi of the man in the car at that time. The aura on his body was as oppressive as the person currently in front of her.

Shen Qi’s face turned pale; she would never forget that shameful night.

A month ago, after witnessing her husband’s betrayal, she was loitering on the streets dejectedly when she was suddenly caught and dragged into a car by a man. After that, everything went out of control.

She struggled and screamed, but all her resistance was futile under those giant hot palms.

She was used and roughed up within an inch of her life like a rag doll.

Just like that, her first time was stolen from her on that hopeless night. What was worse, she didn’t even get to see who that man was…

“So you’re going all lengths to become my wife, eh?”

The man’s voice by her ear made her snap back to reality, thereupon her body stiffened as she found that his manhood was pressing against her excitedly. She had experienced such a traumatizing event just a month ago, so how could she not know what this was about?

Suddenly, Shen Qi’s forehead was drenched in sweat. Covering her chest with one hand while pushing against him with the other, she said, “Let me go first.”

His current lustful state is too dangerous!

“Heh.” Ye Moxuan sneered, “Why are you so nervous? Is this your first time?”

Shen Qi glared at him stubbornly and said, “Don’t push me to my limit!”

“For the last time, you can stay only if you please me.”

All colors drained from Shen Qi’s face as her lips trembled.

Looking at his resolute eyes, Shen Qi finally mustered up the courage and tried her best to shake away the feeling of shame as she revealed her entire body in front of the man. She then reached out her trembling hands and began to unbutton his shirt.

First button, second button…

Suddenly, a wave of nausea swept over her.

“Blech!” Shen Qi retched uncontrollably.

Following that, she felt a sudden pain in her jaw; he was grabbing her chin with one hand with a deathly aura emanating from his body. “Am I really that disgusting?”

“It’s not that…” Perhaps due to the pain or her anxiety, Shen Qi had already started to tear up.

I’ve already gotten this far. I can’t fail now! I must successfully stay in the Ye residence.

“I was just— argh!”

Before she could explain, Ye Moxuan pushed her away. “I’m even more disgusted by b*tches like you who act innocent!”

Without looking at Shen Qi, who had fallen to the ground, Ye Moxuan turned around and wheeled himself away.

Seeing that he had left, Shen Qi gently bit her lower lip.

He didn’t ask me to leave the Ye residence, so this means that I can stay, right?

Once again, she wrapped herself in the quilt and returned to the bed. Seeing that no one had chased her out after more than ten minutes, she was relieved. It seemed that she had succeeded.

…

Shen Qi slept in the empty room alone the whole night. It seemed that Ye Moxuan had accepted her proposal—them being husband and wife on paper, but not getting involved with each other’s life.

Then, Shen Qi got dressed and went downstairs, where a group of servants was busy working.

She was just about to step forward to ask them where the kitchen was when a broom suddenly appeared under her feet. With that, Shen Qi staggered, and she immediately fell forward uncontrollably.

“Ah!”

Just as she was about to fall down to the ground, a pair of strong hands helped her up in time.

Still in shock from the fall, Shen Qi looked up, thereupon her eyes met a pair of gentle eyes.

“Are you alright, sister-in-law?”

“Sister-in-law?”

“I am Moxuan’s elder brother. My name is Linhan,” Ye Linhan said softly.

Before Shen Qi could answer, a cold voice could be heard. “It seems like I’ve arrived at the wrong timing.”

This voice… Shen Qi looked over to the source of the voice to see Xiao Su pushing Ye Moxuan over; the latter was sitting in a wheelchair with a thin blanket covering his legs.

Although he was sitting in a wheelchair, he still looked like a proud king.

His eyes were cold, and his gaze fell sharply on Shen Qi’s face like a blade.

Meeting his icy stare, Shen Qi couldn’t help but shiver.

Only then did she realize that she was still in Ye Linhan’s arms. Immediately, she quickly took two steps backward to keep a distance from him before lowering her head guiltily.

“Moxuan, it’s rare to see you at home.” Ye Linhan smiled at his younger brother.

However, Ye Moxuan treated him with a different attitude; he merely nodded slightly without any expression on his face. “Linhan.”

“Alright then, I’ll be on my way for now.”

With that, Ye Linhan looked at Shen Qi and said gently, “Sister-in-law, I have to go to the company now, so I’ll be leaving first.”

Hearing this, Shen Qi nodded blankly and watched as Ye Linhan left. Just as she was about to withdraw her gaze, she heard Ye Moxuan mocking her, “Are all divorced women this desperate? You just can’t wait to seduce men, can you?”

Hearing this, Shen Qi suddenly came back to her senses. “What did you say?”

Ye Moxuan’s eyes were pitch-black, and there were dark shadows under his eyes. Shen Qi could feel his hostility toward her.

Shen Qi bit her lower lips before saying, “I’m not as nasty as you think.”

“Really?” Ye Moxuan had a sarcastic smile on the corners of his lips. After all, he looked down on women like her the most. “How can you say that a woman who got remarried right after her divorce isn’t nasty?”

Shen Qi clenched her fists, anger welling up in her.

Was she the one who wanted this? She was also forced to marry him.

“You better keep your promises and keep your distance from the Ye Family. If I find out that you are doing despicable things outside under the name of the Ye Family, or have any bad intentions toward my family, I’ll make you suffer.”

“Xiao Su.”

With that, Xiao Su wheeled Ye Moxuan away.

After they left, a maid came over and said to her, “Second Young Lady, the Old Master wants to see you.”

Old Master? Is he Ye Moxuan’s grandfather? Shen Qi suddenly became nervous.

Her mother said before that none of the Ye Family had seen Shen Yue before, which was why they married her off instead of Shen Yue.

But now that I’m going to meet the Old Master, will I be exposed?

Thinking of this, Shen Qi followed behind the maid nervously.

“Second Young Lady, please enter.” The maid had a very reverent attitude. With that, Shen Qi thanked her and walked into the study room cautiously.

The study room was adorned with classical decorations and bookshelves, just like what she had imagined. There were all kinds of pens, ink calligraphies, and paintings on the shelves, making the room look solemn.

Shen Qi only took a brief look at her surroundings before immediately retracting her gaze to look at the person in the room. “H-Hello, Old Master.”

Then, Shen Qi’s eyes met the shrewd gaze of the Old Master of the Ye Family.

At this moment, he was giving her a once-over.

At the thought of her identity, Shen Qi suddenly became nervous and lowered her eyes at a loss, for fear that Old Master Ye would see the guilty conscience in her eyes.

She had temporarily won over Ye Moxuan, but what if Old Master Ye found out that she was not Shen Yue?

“Shen Yue.”

“Huh?” Shen Qi raised her head reflexively, and then quickly lowered her head after meeting the Old Master’s gaze.

Old Master Ye’s eyes were sharp, and he spoke with a serious tone.

“Moxuan has been in poor health since he was a child. Since you have married him, you should take good care of him in the future. I don’t have to teach you your responsibilities as a wife, do I?”

“I understand.”

“From tomorrow onward, you will work with Moxuan as his assistant.”

Hearing that, Shen Qi raised her eyes in surprise. “But—”

“It’s been decided. You’ll go with Moxuan when he goes to work tomorrow and stay by his side!”

Shen Qi was not given a chance to refuse at all. Old Master Ye had directly made the decision and waved his hand, signaling her to leave.

Although Shen Qi was reluctant, in order to avoid causing unnecessary disputes or exposing her true identity, she decided to quit her original job and followed the Old Master Ye’s arrangement.

The next day, Old Master Ye immediately asked Ye Moxuan to bring her to the company.

“I know the reason why you’re not willing to hire an assistant, but since Shen Yue is already your wife, let her be by your side to take care of you.”

Shen Qi was curious because the tone Old Master Ye spoke to Ye Moxuan was the same as when he was talking to her. What’s going on? She thought they should be close to each other since they’re a family.

Just when she was deep in her thoughts, Shen Qi felt an intense glare on her face, and she immediately knew who it was.

Ye Moxuan looked at her sarcastically and said, “Sure.”

Shen Qi was a little surprised because she thought he would refuse.

“Well, go ahead.” Old Master Ye’s facial expression had softened a little.

Ye Moxuan sat on the wheelchair expressionless while Xiao Su nodded and said, “Old Master Ye, then we’ll go to the company first.”

Shen Qi had no choice but to follow Ye Moxuan from behind.

When they were in the garden, Ye Moxuan sneered, “You’ve established such a good relationship with Old Master Ye so quickly! You want to keep an eye on me, don’t you?”

Shen Qi was stunned, and she frowned. “I don’t understand what you are talking about.”

“Hmph!” Ye Moxuan sneered. “It’s better for you not to understand what I meant. Otherwise…”

Ye Moxuan didn’t continue his sentence, but Shen Qi knew that he was threatening her.

Shen Qi was irritated; she had quit her job because of him, and now she was obligated to follow him around.

Initially, they had agreed not to get involved with each other’s lives, but they were now forced to stick together. It was not like she wanted it to happen.

They walked all the way to the door in silence. Ye Moxuan, who was sitting in a wheelchair, was being lifted into his private car. Out of reflex, Shen Qi wanted to tag along as she had bent down and was about to get into the car, but Xiao Su had reached out to stop her.

“Miss Shen, this is our Young Master Ye’s private vehicle.”

Shen Qi was taken aback. “What do you mean?”

Ye Moxuan turned to look at her, his calm and deep eyes filled with mockery. “You are still not qualified to be my assistant.”

Hearing this, Shen Qi’s expression changed and she asked, “Then why did you agree with your grandfather just now?”

Ye Moxuan ignored her and averted his cold gaze. Just as Xiao Su was about to close the car door, Shen Qi reached out to block her and asked, “If you leave, then what should I do? How should I explain this to grandfather…”

Upon hearing her mentioned Old Master Ye, anger flashed through Ye Moxuan eyes, and he stared at her fiercely with his squinted eyes.

“Xiao Su, tell her the way and let her walk there!”

Shen Qi was speechless. How can such an awful person exist?

Xiao Su informed her of the route without any expression and then shut the car coldly.

Ye Moxuan’s icy eyes glanced at the petite figure standing at the gate through the rearview mirror for a moment before retracting his gaze.

A moment later, he thought of something and said, “Any news regarding the woman I’ve asked you to look for?”

Regarding this matter, Xiao Su replied apologetically, “Young Master Ye, there wasn’t any CCTV on that road, and it was raining heavily that day; the night was too dark to see the passersby clearly. But if you give me a little more time, I believe we can find her.”

Hearing this, Ye Moxuan’s aura became cooler and said, “It has been a month. If I’m not wrong, she should be pregnant at this time.”

Xiao Su was startled. An unknown woman is pregnant with a Young Master Ye’s child? That’s not something to be taken lightly! Xiao Su had a serious look on his face at that thought.

“Understood! I’ll send someone to investigate at the hospital.”

Ye Moxuan then closed his eyes.

He had never had a woman before, which made the woman from that night his first!

Therefore, he had to find her at all costs!