At some place, Jiang Ruiling, who was still unconscious, was finally waking up to her senses. She heard some voices whispering to each other at her side, but she couldn't clearly hear it. Her eyelashes fluttered, and she slowly opened her eyes to see a hazy white ceiling above her.

  She blinked her eyes a few more times and weakly moved her irises to look around. On her left side, those voices belonged to three people, whose figures looked blurry to her. She furrowed her brows, and she gained some clarity.

  A man was on a chair with his chin supported by his fingers as he watched her. There were two elderly women beside him who were talking to each other in soft voices.

  Her body froze as she recognized the man. She recollected everything that happened to her, and she woke up with a jolt.

  "Xian Xue!"

  Xian Xue raised his brow but said nothing.

  She trembled and pointed her finger at him. She furiously clenched her jaw as she roared. "How dare you!!"

  She didn't know if she should be enraged about her kidnapping or the fact that he had betrayed the Jiang family.

  "The Jiang family treated you so well, and this is what you give!? First, you betrayed my family, then shamelessly put all the blame on my fiance, and now you even kidnapped me! Is there any limit to how lower you can stoop!"

  Her chest heaved breathlessly. She was so angry that if she had a knife in her hands, she would have already stabbed him to death.

  Xian Xue narrowed his eyes.

  Jiang Ruiling threw away the blanket and got up to stand, but she wobbled and collapsed back. The back of her neck was still slightly stung by the chop with which he made her unconscious.

  "Dear, please calm down. Lean your back on the bed and take some rest."

  Jiang Ruiling realized the presence of other two years women in the room. She was so furious at Xian Xue that their presence completely slipped past her.

  She stared at the woman in front of her.

  It was an extremely familiar face that she had seen multiple times, especially with Lihua.

  "You……Mrs. Zhang?"

  Mrs. Zhang, Lihua's neighbor, looked concerned.

  "What are you doing here?" She gasped. "Did Xian Xue kidnap you too!?"

  Hearing that, his brow twitched in disdain. But he still remained silent.

  Mrs. Zhang's smile faltered a bit. "No, dear-"

  Jiang Ruiling glared at him. "You even kidnapped my sister-in-law's neighbor!? Are you crazy? She doesn't have anything to do with this!"

  Xian Xue chuckled. "Oh, she is involved in all this as much as all of us."

  She gritted her teeth. "What? Are you targeting all the people that we ever know of? Xian Xue, let us go! Trust me. Once Shen Yang came to know this, he won't ever spare your life!"

  "HAHAHAHAHA!"

  She jolted, hearing him burst into a loud laughter. He laughed so hard that he clutched his stomach.

  "Won't spare……spare my life? You mean to save you?" His laughter grew louder as if he was in a comedy show.

  "This isn't funny!" She exclaimed.

  "You are right. This isn't funny at all. But I am still laughing because the funniest part here is your stupidity. To think Shen Yang will come and save you……Ahhh, that was a good joke."

  "You are a psycho!"

  "At least I am way lesser than your supposed fiance who betrayed your family," he sneered.

  She widened her eyes. "Will you stop that already? You are still going on about your accusations?"

  Xian Xue tilted his head. "Do you know where you would have been right now if I hadn't brought you here?"

  His off topic question took her aback. "Huh?"

  "Jiang Zhan is celebrating his victory with his most trusted aide, who is your fiance. I am curious to see the faces of your family members when the wolf's clothing of that sheep will come out."

  "Xian Xue, stop talking in circles!"

  "Shen Yang would have laughed at you so hard. You fell in love with him and even got engaged to him. He must think how foolish you must be. You were going to marry a traitor."

  "You-"

  "But that day wouldn't have ever come. And that's because he would have discarded you as trash today. Do you know what he does when he discards anyone after he thoroughly used that person? Jiang Ruiling, you would have been under one of his men's bed right now as he would have violated you."

  Jiang Ruiling blankly stared at him.

  "And do you know the most amusing part of all this for Shen Yang? He would be sitting there, watching the whole show of your violation with popcorn in his hands. You would be desperately pleading with him to save you because you trust him so much. But he would just smile at you and do nothing. And if you said anything that angered him, he would call more men of his to ruin your dignity."

  She shivered, and her eyes teared up. "How……you are a monster……how could you say such things about Shen Yang?"

  "Say?" He chuckled. "You are already crying after just listening to me. What would you have done if you were actually in that situation?"

  "Enough Xue," Mrs. Zhang hit his elbow and shot a deadly glare at him. "Enough talking. Can't you see she is crying?"

  He glared back at her. "It's reality that she should finally know now. It's high time somebody burst the bubble of her romantic fantasy land."

  "You don't have to use such harsh words!"

  "I don't have the habit of sugarcoating things!"

  Mrs. Zhang gritted her teeth and helplessly looked at the woman beside her.

  "Your son really needs to watch his words. Isn't he afraid that lightning would strike him one day?"

  The woman glanced at Xian Xue. "Xue. Quiet."

  There was authority and a trace of coldness in her voice. He ignored them and kept quiet.

  Mrs. Zhang sat on the bed and gently held her hands. "Ruiling. Please ignore his words. He doesn't know how to talk to people."

  He sneered. "I talk the right way. It's you who go way too soft on people. Reality check is given by being harsh, not using honeyed words."

  "Xue, if you say one more word, I will throw you out of this room."

  "Fine! Try making this woman understand with your sugary words then. Let me see how much she cooperates with you."

  Mrs. Zhang sighed in helplessness. "Why aren't you a little bit like your sister?"

  He sneered. "No, thanks. I prefer not having any brain rather than having a head like her that always floats in the clouds."

  Mrs…… Zhang slapped him mercilessly. "Don't talk about Lihua like that!"