Gu Yunting stared at the girl in front of him for a long time. Ye Wan's skin crawled under his gaze, and she subconsciously swallowed. Truth be told, she was still quite afraid of him.
"Speak, where were you last night?" Gu Yunting demanded in a cold voice.
"I... I was giving piano lessons to children. I took a part-time job yesterday," Ye Wan replied truthfully.
"A part-time job left you looking like this?" Gu Yunting stood up, walked closer, and sneered.
"It's just..."
Her wrist was suddenly grabbed. Gu Yunting raised Ye Wan's injured hand, which had been cut by broken glass, and said coldly, "Think carefully before you speak! If I find out myself..."
Ye Wan's breath hitched. She knew he was capable of it!
With no other choice, she told him what that beast had done to her yesterday.
"Good, very good, you're truly something!" Gu Yunting suddenly pulled her with immense anger. Ye Wan fell to the ground, her head hitting the wall. She gasped in pain.
Gu Yunting strode out of the bedroom.
Ye Wan tried to stand up twice before succeeding. The wound split open again as she pushed herself up, and blood flowed out again, staining the expensive carpet.
She tried to steady herself, but her vision suddenly went black, and she fainted.
...
Gu Yunting had the man surnamed Wang beaten severely and sent to the police station. He then discovered Wang's falsified salary records and bribery, sending him directly to prison. Upon seeing this, Wang's wife immediately took their daughter and fled the country, severing all contact with him.
...
When Ye Wan woke up, she was still in Gu Yunting's room. Sun Ma was watching over her. Seeing that she was awake, Sun Ma exclaimed happily, "You're finally awake."
"Sun Ma, what time is it?" Ye Wan remembered she had to go to the cruise party tonight. She absolutely couldn't miss such a rare opportunity to earn money. Fifteen thousand was a huge pressure for a student like her.
"It's half past twelve. What's wrong? You want to go out? You have a fever, and the young master forbids you from leaving." Sun Ma said.
"Oh, it's still early." Ye Wan had arranged to meet Jiang Mi at five in the afternoon.
"What happened to me?" Ye Wan looked at her bandaged hand, feeling a bit dazed.
"You have a fever, your hand is injured, and your feet are covered in blisters. What exactly happened to you?" Sun Ma got a glass of water and handed it to her.
"It's nothing." Ye Wan never liked showing weakness. She could only wrap herself in a shell to prevent others from seeing her fragility.
"Still saying it's nothing. You need to take care of yourself. Two years ago, when you had a fever, you were unconscious for three days and three nights, and the young master stayed by your side the entire time. Dr. Jin said you wouldn't make it, and the young master almost got into a fight with him." Sun Ma rambled on.
Ye Wan looked at her in surprise. "You're saying Gu Yunting stayed by my side?"
This was the first time she had heard about it.
"Yes, I could tell the young master was very worried then."
"..." Ye Wan didn't believe Gu Yunting was truly worried about her health. He was probably afraid that if she died, he would have no one left to get revenge on.
"When the young master left, he said you weren't allowed to go out, so you should rest at home obediently. Don't worry, as long as the young master is here, no one will dare bully you," Sun Ma said, comforting her.
Ye Wan: "..."
In the afternoon, when Sun Ma went out, Ye Wan was already gone. The housekeeper, upon learning this, chuckled with schadenfreude and immediately called Gu Yunting to report it, hoping he would severely punish Ye Wan.
Gu Yunting was indeed furious upon hearing this. She was injured and sick, and running out was like courting death.