The younger sister pretends to be hypnotized, and her older brother gets addicted.

"Baby, I gave you a chance."

In the quiet night, Jiang Yanci, his eyes deep and unfathomable, picked something up from the box.

Ruan Yang was even more frightened.

Her slender fingers gripped the sheets tightly, as if trying to escape.

But she was grabbed by the waist by a large palm and pressed back onto her husband.

"No..." Ruan Yang sobbed.

Not only was she afraid of the pain, but she also felt it was a humiliation.

The next second, her almond-shaped eyes narrowed sharply.

Jiang Yanci then took her hand.

Ruan Yang's red and wet eyes were filled with confusion.

Jiang Yanci spoke up, "Hit me."

Ruan Yang was stunned, tears clinging to her eyelashes.

"...What?"

Jiang Yanci raised his hand and gently brushed away the stray hairs on her forehead, speaking softly.

"If I punish you too lightly, you won't learn your lesson; if I punish you too severely, I won't be able to bear it."

"A wife's philandering is a sign of her husband's incompetence."

"So, you'll learn your lesson if you hit me this time."

Ruan Yang dared not make a move.

Ruan Yang knew that he was doing it on purpose.

Suddenly, a familiar feeling flooded my mind, and it even corresponded to the scene in my dream.

……

In the quiet room, Ruan Yang sobbed softly.

"...Is it okay now?"

Jiang Yanci asked with affection, "Have you learned your lesson?"

Ruan Yang nodded, tears falling in a steady stream.

Jiang Yanci then asked, "Why did you go with him that day?"

Ruan Yang didn't want to lie anymore, but she couldn't reveal Ke Yun's secret. She bit her lip, looking pitiful.

Jiang Yanci: "Continue."

Ruan Yang felt wronged. "No."

I said…

Ruan Yang finally confessed.

She was the one who hit someone, but she was crying miserably.

She cried, "Ke Yun doesn't like women and doesn't want to get married, but she's fighting with my uncle for the inheritance, so she wants me to pretend to be her date... The pearl necklace was a thank-you gift she gave me. She really doesn't like me, I swear, if I'm lying, may I be—"

The oath that followed was not uttered.

It got blocked.

His wife was young and kind, but too naive and didn't understand the wickedness of people.

Ke Yun said he doesn't like women, does that mean he really doesn't like women?

It's just a tactic to win over pretty and naive girls.

Italian men are the least trustworthy.

Ruan Yang cried uncontrollably, looking extremely pitiful.

Jiang Yanci's heart softened, and he pulled her back into his arms, his voice gentle, "Will you still lie to your husband in the future?"

Ruan Yang shook her head and hugged him tightly with both hands like vines, "No, no."

This was more painful for her than punishing herself.

"Okay, stop crying." Jiang Yanci kissed her.

The night is still long.

"You're crying like this now, what will you do later?"

Ruan Yang looked up blankly and saw Jiang Yanci take out a palm-sized box from the bedside table, his voice low and sexy.

"We've practiced for so long, it's time for a spot check, honey."

……

Inside the old Jiang residence, the bedside lamp in Jiang Yanci's bedroom stayed on all night.

Jiang Zhuo drank at the bar until the early hours of the morning.

When Qiao Lingling arrived, Jiang Zhuo was already passed out drunk on the table.

"Ah Zhuo." Qiao Lingling felt heartbroken and quickly stepped forward.

"Ah Zhuo, wake up." She gently nudged the drunk Jiang Zhuo.

Jiang Zhuo slightly opened her eyes and saw the person in front of her. Her amber eyes lit up, and she hugged the person tightly, a hint of coquetry in her exhaustion.

"You've arrived."

Qiao Lingling blushed. "Yes, I've come to pick you up and take you home."

"Okay, let's go home."

Jiang Zhuo was incredibly obedient; he did whatever she said.

The bar owner, a friend of Jiang Zhuo, secretly raised an eyebrow: "Tsk, it's rare to see Young Master Jiang so obedient."

Qiao Lingling's face turned completely red.

My friend asked, "Did you drive here?"

Qiao Lingling shook her head. "Take a taxi."

My friend glanced at the time and said, "Okay, I'll drive you back."

Qiao Lingling nodded and tried to help Jiang Zhuo up.

Jiang Zhuo suddenly grabbed her, crying, "Yangyang, don't go, I was wrong... I only felt sorry for Qiao Lingling, I don't like her at all, please don't ignore me."

Qiao Lingling froze on the spot.

Her cheeks, which had just been flushed with embarrassment, were now as pale as paper, and her already thin and slender body looked as if she would faint if blown away by the wind.

When his friend heard this, he was also very embarrassed.

He never expected Jiang Zhuo to be so shameless.

Before, when Ruan Yang was chasing after him, he acted all high and mighty.

Now that they've broken up, she's resorting to acting cute and vulnerable.

What were you doing all this time?!

"Well..." The friend touched his nose, "Miss Qiao, I'm sorry to trouble you to make this trip. I'll take A-Zhuo home myself. You can't carry him in his current state."

Qiao Lingling clenched her fingers. "...Fine."

After the person walked away, Qiao Lingling squatted down helplessly, tears streaming down her face.

Why is everything different from what Song Lejiao said?

……

The next day, Jiang Zhuo woke up in a daze.

He remembered that he had drunk too much last night, and Ruan Yang came to pick him up.

Upon opening his eyes and seeing his friend, he frowned and said, "What, it's you?"

My friend sneered, "I'm not worth your time. I should just let you sleep on the streets."

Jiang Zhuo pinched the bridge of his nose. "I remember Yangyang came last night?"

His friend gave him a sympathetic look. "Your girlfriend is here, the one named Lingling."

She's not my girlfriend.

"Yeah, she's not. The couple vlog was filmed by her and me, okay?"

"..."

Jiang Zhuo had a splitting headache.

My friend didn't say anything more, but instead asked, "Why did you drink so much? Didn't the news say you just ate poisonous green beans? What, can alcohol kill the poison in green beans?"

Jiang Zhuo ignored his friend's sarcasm.

He asked, "Da Chun, tell me, how do you break up a couple?"

Da Chun was astonished. "Holy crap! You're going to be a mistress?"

"No! Someone deceived Yangyang."

"A fraud? That's easy, just expose him. If he's pretending to be a rich kid, expose him as a poor bastard; if he's pretending to be an intellectual, ask him if he knows CNKI (China National Knowledge Infrastructure) or who the last Nobel Prize in Mathematics was."

"..."

At first glance, it sounds outrageous.

But after thinking about it carefully, Jiang Zhuo narrowed his eyes, patted Da Chun on the shoulder, and said, "Thanks, bro!"

Didn't the eldest brother always pretend to be a decent person in front of Yangyang?

If Yangyang knew her elder brother's true colors, she would definitely leave him in fear and return to her own side.

*

At that time, the Jiang residence.

The bed sheets had been changed to be dry, and Ruan Yang lay on them, too tired to keep her eyes open.

Before Jiang Yanci left for work, he kissed her and said, "I'm going to work."

Ruan Yang mumbled, "Don't kiss me anymore..."

Last night's crying and pleading made her voice hoarse and her throat sore.

Jiang Yanci chuckled lightly.

"Little liar, didn't you say you had great stamina?"

Last night, considering his wife's inexperience, he took a shower after the second time.

Even so, the little girl was exhausted.

After Jiang Yanci left, Ruan Yang slept until the afternoon, when she was woken up by a phone call.

She answered the call listlessly.

A familiar yet unfamiliar voice rang out from the opposite side.

"It's me, Sun Yiyang."

Ruan Yang suddenly regained consciousness.

He was her former male partner in the theater troupe.

He harassed her at first, and then had a stage accident that resulted in the amputation of one of her legs.

The man's voice was low and hoarse, filled with resentment and madness, "Ruan Yang, do you know your husband is a monster? That stage accident back then wasn't an accident at all!"

At the same time, Jiang Yanci's eyelids twitched in the office.

Assistant Lu rushed in.

"President Jiang, something bad has happened. The second young master has contacted Sun Yiyang, and Sun Yiyang has arranged to meet with Madam this afternoon."