It was over. Everything was over.
Lin Xiao cried. He didn't cry because he had lost his virginity the moment he came down from the mountain, nor because he had been forced. It certainly wasn't because he had surrendered within just an hour. It was because of what his grandmaster had told him: his physique was very special, commonly known as the Nine Dragons Sacred Body.
Before one's cultivation was greatly accomplished, this physique could not be violated. If it was, ninety percent of his cultivation would enter the woman's body, temporarily stored within her Dantian. To reclaim it, he had to unite with the woman again within three months. In other words, Lin Xiao had to get intimate with this woman a second time in the next three months. Otherwise, he would lose his cultivation completely.
That was the cultivation I had painstakingly accumulated over more than a decade. I was just one step away from becoming invincible!
Su Qingning didn't cry. With the aphrodisiac's effects gone, her rationality had fully returned. She was clearly aware that Zhao Qingqing had drugged her and that a beggar had just violated her. Yet she did not cry. It wasn't that Su Qingning was not heartbroken or unaffected; she simply couldn't cry.
Three years ago, her father died unexpectedly, and the Su Corporation he had built with his own hands was seized by her uncle. Now, her mother was seriously ill in the hospital, and the rest of the family couldn't wait to eradicate them both. The successive blows had already left Su Qingning battered and scarred.
Lin Xiao cried out, "Su Qingning, you have to take responsibility for me!"
Su Qingning's pretty face turned grim. I'm clearly the biggest victim here, yet this guy not only violated me, but he also has the gall to demand I take responsibility for him. Even if this incident wasn't his fault, what right does he have to say something like that?
"Why should I take responsibility for you?"
"Because you took my first time."
His words pierced Su Qingning's heart. "Bastard, listen here! It was my first time too!"
Lin Xiao cried even harder. "I don't care! You can't just get dressed and pretend this never happened!"
"You…" Su Qingning trembled with rage. This guy is nothing but a scoundrel!
"What do you mean, 'you'?! I, a pure, chaste man, have been utterly ruined by you! Shouldn't you take responsibility? However..." Lin Xiao's tone shifted. "If you don't want to take responsibility, then you can just do it with me one more time."
Su Qingning was so angry she could have spat blood. This guy isn't just a scoundrel; he's a shameless rogue! No wonder Zhao Qingqing would use someone like this to defile me.
Just as they were speaking, the door to the room was suddenly flung open. Zhao Qingqing strode in, her expression full of arrogance.
"Well, well. The foremost beauty of Jinling City, defiled by a filthy beggar. If word of this gets out, imagine the sensation it would cause!"
The humiliation was blatant and absolute. Su Qingning's eyes turned crimson with rage.
"Zhao Qingqing, you despicable creature!"
Zhao Qingqing's expression soured at her words. "You filthy beggar, how do you want this bitch to take responsibility?"
"Of course she should marry me!"
I see now. Su Qingning hates me to the bone. Getting her to sleep with me a second time will be as difficult as ascending to heaven. I'm better off marrying her first and then slowly enticing her to be with me again. Besides, I took her first time, so it's only right that I take responsibility. Marrying her is the best way to do that. Especially since this girl is in such dire straits, marrying me would allow her to soar to new heights in a single bound.
Zhao Qingqing's eyes lit up. Why didn't I think of that? Once Su Qingning marries this filthy beggar, Liu Shaoyang will give up on her completely!
With this in mind, Zhao Qingqing said with a sinister smirk, "Filthy beggar, I agree!"
"I won't marry!" Su Qingning burst out angrily.
If I marry this beggar, my life will be utterly ruined.
Zhao Qingqing sneered. "You won't marry him? Fine. Then I suppose you want your mother thrown out of the hospital. And you want that pathetic little bar of yours to go bankrupt."
BOOM!
The blood drained from Su Qingning's stunningly beautiful face.
I never expected Zhao Qingqing to be this vicious. These two things are my lifelines. If Mom is kicked out of the hospital, she won't last long. I've already lost my father; I can't bear to lose her too. And the bar isn't just my only source of income—it's also critical to my chances of reclaiming the Su Corporation. Even though I want to fight her to the death right now, what's the use? After agonizing over it, I know that if I refuse, Zhao Qingqing is absolutely cruel enough to follow through on her threats. And even if she did, I would be powerless against her. After all, she's the precious daughter of a premier family. I'm better off agreeing for now and finding a chance to divorce this beggar later. Besides, right now I'm like a juicy piece of meat that countless men in Jinling City want to take a bite out of. Marrying this beggar would at least give me a shield.
Having come to this conclusion, Su Qingning said in a heavy voice, "Fine. I'll marry."