Chapter 46: Guilt or Love Me?

Cen Wan was helpless. Ever since the one-year agreement was voided, Lu Beixun would just pounce on her, and her whole heart would jump into her throat. His stamina was truly amazing. At first, she could barely accept it, but later, she was truly scared.

She seriously suspected that Lu Beixun wouldn’t get tired. He only spared her because he was worried about her body not being able to handle it. But even so, her little waist had already run away from home.

Just the night before, after dinner, Lu Beixun said he was going to the gym to exercise and digest. Cen Wan naively believed him. When they got to the gym, she realized that the exercise Lu Beixun was talking about wasn’t the kind she understood.

Cen Wan was heartbroken. She wanted to escape, but she couldn’t. Trapped beneath Lu Beixun, her delicate face was full of tears. At this moment, she only felt that the person on top of her was a complete beast.

Lu Beixun gently kissed away the tears on her cheeks: “Uncomfortable?”

Cen Wan softly hummed in response.

Lu Beixun leaned close to her ear, his warm breath spraying around her earlobes. His voice was low and seductive, captivating: “Where are you uncomfortable?”

She seriously suspected that he was doing it on purpose. She didn’t want to give in to him. Cen Wan turned her head away and refused to look at him.

When she was aroused, Lu Beixun would always lean close to her ear and ask, “Guilt or love me?”

“Love you… and guilt…”

“Love who?”

“Love Lu Beixun…”

“Open your mouth.” Lu Beixun’s black eyes were deep.

“Ah?” Cen Wan didn’t understand what he meant.

Her lips parted slightly, and Lu Beixun blocked her soft lips.

“Ugh…”

Two hours later, she was carried back to the bedroom by Lu Beixun. When she thought she could finally sleep, Lu Beixun glanced at the time and said, “It’s still early.”

Lu Beixun carried her into the bathroom. Two hours later, they came out. She fell into a deep sleep at one in the morning.

Early the next morning, Lu Beixun told her to rest at home and not go to the company. Cen Wan insisted on going. Although the company belonged to her husband, she couldn’t take a day off every few days. She was just an ordinary employee. If she took too many days off, people would gossip behind her back.

Cen Wan finished her work, stretched, and gently pressed her hand on her waist. Chang Ning, sitting beside her, noticed her movements.

She raised her eyebrows with a knowing smile and said to Cen Wan, “Wan Wan, it was pretty intense last night, wasn’t it?”

Cen Wan: “…”

Chang Ning was about to say something else when Cen Wan smiled at her: “How much money do you still owe for rear-ending Assistant He?”

Cen Wan’s words immediately wiped the smile off Chang Ning’s lips. She used her hand to make a “two” gesture.

“Twenty thousand?”

“Just twenty thousand.” Chang Ning: “Two hundred thousand!”

Chang Ning thought about the two hundred thousand and the fact that she would only be able to eat instant noodles when she got home, and her mood soured. She was such a miserable worker.

“Work hard! I’m going to the bathroom.” Cen Wan glanced at the time. It was half an hour before work ended. Her stomach was aching. It was probably her period. She always had sanitary products in her bag. She put them in her pocket, got up, and walked towards the bathroom.

Cen Wan was sore all over. She glanced at the office door and mumbled softly, “Beast.”

When she entered the bathroom, she was right. It was her period. While she was using the toilet, she heard a faint noise outside. She thought someone else had come in, so she didn’t pay much attention. When she was done and ready to leave, the door wouldn’t open.

She heard the sound of water running outside. She knocked on the door: “Is anyone there?”

“Can you open the door for me? Thank you.”

Besides the sound of water running, Cen Wan didn’t get any response. Maybe someone had washed their hands and forgotten to turn off the water. Trapped in the small space, she thought, it was almost time to get off work. Someone would come to the bathroom eventually.

She was afraid that someone was trying to trick her. It was just a guess. After all, why would the door suddenly not open?

She tried to open the door. Maybe it would open with a little force. Two minutes later, the sound of water stopped. She thought someone had come in, so she called out twice, but still no one responded. There were only rustling sounds outside.

The door to the cubicle vibrated slightly. Cen Wan wondered if someone was trying to open the door for her, but something felt wrong. Why wasn’t the person outside speaking?

Just as she was thinking, a bucket of cold water was poured over her head. It went from her head to her toes, making her shiver. Her teeth couldn’t help but chatter.

Cen Wan understood at this moment. Her guess was right. Someone was trying to harm her. She angrily kicked the door twice: “If you have the guts, fight me head-on. What kind of skill is it to use underhanded tactics?”

The person outside still didn’t speak. Cen Wan was sure that there was only one person outside.

Suddenly, the bathroom lights went out. It was pitch black. There was no movement outside the bathroom. She was left alone, trapped inside.

The temperature in Kyoto in early November was around 10 degrees Celsius. Cen Wan shivered from the cold. The bathroom was eerily quiet, and her lower abdomen ached. Her face was pale. Her period plus a bucket of cold water, this was a recipe for death…

The workplace was temperature-controlled. She had taken off her coat and hadn’t worn it. Now, the thin black knitted sweater she was wearing was soaked through, clinging tightly to her skin. She frowned in discomfort.

Her phone was on her desk. She looked at the closed door and kicked it hard twice, but it wouldn’t open. She shouted a few times, but no one responded.

She didn’t want to sit there and wait for death. She gathered all her strength and kicked it a few more times. The mop leaning against the door loosened, and the partition door was kicked open by her. The mop fell to the ground.

Cen Wan shivered from the cold, her lips pale. She walked towards the bathroom door and twisted it a few times, but the handle wouldn’t turn. She knew that no one would come for a while. If someone was trying to get her, why would they let her out easily?

She fumbled around and turned on the bathroom light. Now, she could only hope for Lu Beixun and Chang Ning, the little cutie.

She leaned against the door, her body shivering uncontrollably from the cold.

She hoped that Chang Ning, the little cutie, would discover her soon. If Chang Ning, the little cutie, left directly after work, Lu Beixun wouldn’t be able to find her for a while. Who would think that she would be trapped in the bathroom?

The cliché villainous tactics used in TV dramas were actually happening to her. It was so cheesy.

After work, everyone in the company left one after another. Chang Ning still hadn’t waited for Cen Wan. Had she gone to the bathroom and left directly after work?

She looked at her phone, which was left on the desk. Chang Ning thought that it couldn’t be. In this era where everyone is inseparable from their phones, who would leave their phone behind? Besides, her bag was still there.

Just as Chang Ning was hesitating whether to leave, Lu Beixun and He Yi returned together. She thought Lu Beixun had come back to help Cen Wan get her bag. She picked up her phone and bag and walked towards Lu Beixun and He Yi: “Mr. Lu, Wan Wan’s bag and phone.”

Lu Beixun took them and asked coldly, “Where’s Wan Wan?”

Lu Beixun had just finished a meeting in the sales department. He hadn’t seen Cen Wan. He waited downstairs for a while, but she didn’t show up. He called her, but her phone was on silent and no one answered.

“Mr. Lu, didn’t you see her?” Chang Ning asked.

“No.”

Chang Ning said, “Wan Wan told me she was going to the bathroom an hour ago, and she hasn’t come back.”

Lu Beixun’s brow furrowed slightly. He walked towards the bathroom. Chang Ning froze for a few seconds, then ran after him, thinking, could something have happened?

When they reached the bathroom door, the bathroom door was closed, and there was a yellow sign outside that said “Out of Order.”

Lu Beixun looked at Chang Ning: “When did the bathroom become out of order?”

Chang Ning looked confused: “I was able to use it when I came here at three o’clock this afternoon.”

Cen Wan vaguely heard Lu Beixun and Chang Ning’s voices. She stood up and knocked on the door: “Lu Beixun, Chang Ning, I’m in here.”

Lu Beixun’s eyes narrowed dangerously. There was a bucket at the door, with a mop inside. The mop seemed to be leaning against the door casually, but it was actually wedged tightly against the doorknob. If you didn’t look carefully, you wouldn’t notice it.

Chang Ning, who often watched idol dramas, realized something was wrong.

Lu Beixun walked over and kicked away the things at the door. He twisted the door open. When he saw Cen Wan, soaked through, her lips pale, and her face bloodless, his whole body exuded coldness, and a storm gathered between his brows.

Lu Beixun held her in his arms, took off his coat and put it on her, then carried her horizontally and walked out.

Cen Wan saw his brow furrowed and his jawline tight. She tugged at the corner of her lips and called his name: “Lu Beixun…”

“I’m giving you two choices. Either announce our relationship tomorrow, or you quit.” Lu Beixun looked down at her, his expression gloomy, his eyes filled with anger.

Cen Wan asked, “Is there a third option?”

Lu Beixun’s voice was cold and hard: “No.”

Cen Wan had already adapted to this job and didn’t want to quit: “I choose the first one.”