A lifetime of imprisonment

  But she remembered those past events, remembered everything he had done without scruples. She suddenly laughed.

  "I would rather be tormented to death by the Guo family than lie under you like this!"

  The words were so hurtful that even he, who had always been calm and tolerant of her unreasonable behavior, was thoroughly enraged. His fingers tightened forcefully around her chin.

  "Xu Liu'ou, you think it's easy to die? I'll let you experience what it means to be worse off than dead! They say I'm despicable, don't they? They say I have no shame, right? Well, now I'll show you just how despicable and shameless I can be!"

  He finished speaking and suddenly lifted up her T-shirt, his large hands roughly covering her naked body, unscrupulously rubbing against her, she let out a sharp cry and scolded him angrily.

  "Let me go! Let me go!-- You despicable man!"

  But she struggled and shouted and cursed to no avail, his strength was so great that she couldn't move at all, and even her mouth was covered by his lips, unable to make a sound. As she was about to suffocate from his intense kisses, she thought of how she had lost her lifelong marriage in his scheme, and tears fell down her face.

  How could this be? She thought he just wanted to get her young body, play with it and then let her go when he got tired of her. How was she to know that he would use marriage as a pawn to trap her for life?

  She doesn't love him, how can she marry him? Shouldn't marriage be something that only people who are in love with each other can do? After Chen Qingchu, she never thought she would fall in love with anyone again, let alone want to marry someone, but now...now...

  She felt more and more fearful, more and more desperate, her tears flowing more and more turbulently. Her tears made Lu Zhou, who was kissing her, feel increasingly annoyed. He stopped his movements, panting, and pinched her tear-stained face, staring at her for a while before finally letting out a cold hum and releasing her to walk towards the bathroom.

  Since that night when she was in a high fever, he vowed that from then on, every time they made love, she would be awake and aware of the person in front of her, and remember that it was him who was loving her. This should be a beautiful thing between lovers, and he didn't want to force her again.

  "Agreement! I want to see that agreement!"

  She suddenly shouted hysterically behind him, Xu Liu'er refused to give up the last bit of hope, she wanted to see that agreement with her own eyes, and naively hoped that those words just now were just his scare tactic and there was no marriage involved.

  He stopped in his tracks and turned to look at her, and after seeing the longing in her eyes, the gloom at the bottom of his eyes became even heavier. Was marrying him making her so miserable that she still had hope until now? Or was his love for her making her so doubtful that she didn't believe he truly married her?

  His hands, hanging by his sides, clenched and unclenched as he resisted the urge to hit her. He strode over to the desk by the window, grabbed a document, and tossed it at her with a scowl. Then, he stood at the bedside, arms crossed, staring coldly at her.

  After Hurriedly flipping through the contract, she didn't have the mood to think about what other property division clauses might be in such a selling herself agreement. She only saw the last line: He would help Xǔ Dìngbiān get out of this frame-up and ensure his safety for the rest of his life; he would bear all the expenses for her mother's medical treatment and old-age care; she, marry him as his wife.

  The city's roses have finally bloomed, a whole month later than elsewhere, and I've been waiting to capture their clusters of flowers in full bloom.