Chapter 24 - 21: Scandalous News
On the bed behind her, Yin Shuyao was crying uncontrollably, clutching the quilt. Her thick black hair spread across the pillow, tears soaking a corner of the pillowcase. Her muffled voice came through, "I don’t know, I don’t know..."
Qin Fan walked to the center of the room, found his shirt and put it on. As he buttoned it, he paced back to the bed, laughing angrily, "You damn gave me the room card, told me to wait here. I woke up and found you lying in my bed, and then you say you don’t know? Who are you trying to fool?"
He yanked the quilt away, startling the heartbroken Yin Shuyao. A tear hung at the corner of her eye as she looked at him in fear.
Qin Fan pinched her chin, forcing her to lift her face. His beautiful almond eyes no longer showed gentleness or affection, only cold darkness.
"Yin Shuyao, isn’t it that you want to be the young mistress of the Qin Family yourself, using your cousin as a guise to set me up?" Qin Fan gave her a smile, but it didn’t reach his eyes. His gentle tone held a hint of threat, "Let me find out you’ve cheated me. It’s gonna be bad for you."
Yin Shuyao’s body trembled, tears streaming down.
"What do you take me for?" She shook off Qin Fan’s hand, her chin aching from his pinch, not as much as her heart, "Like those women in the pleasure houses you summon and dismiss at will?"
Her despair didn’t seem like an act. Qin Fan suppressed his anger and pointed at her, demanding, "Then tell me, how did you end up in my bed?"
His words were contemptuous and hurtful. Yin Shuyao bit her lip until it bled, crying, "I sent you a text message, told you my cousin changed her mind last minute and wouldn’t be coming. You didn’t reply. I was afraid you were waiting at the hotel, so I came to tell you. Who knew... who knew..."
She covered her mouth, her eyes reddened, voice choked to the point she couldn’t finish a sentence.
Qin Fan, eager to know the truth, impatiently said, "So what happened, say it."
Yin Shuyao wrapped the quilt, sat up, and said to him, "As soon as you opened the door, you hugged me and kissed me. I told you I wasn’t Shen Jianian. You didn’t listen, kept calling me Jianian. You were drunk, so strong, I tried pushing away several times but couldn’t, and you dragged me all the way to bed..."