"No way, her tolerance is this low? She's out already? Well, looks like we're in for a treat... Hehe!"
Jiang Nianxi's brow furrowed tightly, cold sweat beading on her forehead as if she were trapped in a horrifying nightmare...
The next second, she snapped her eyes open, gasping heavily for air.
Realizing she was being hoisted out of the booth by two leering, unsavory-looking men, she instinctively struggled, but her arms were grabbed even tighter. "Come on, sweet cheeks, a night like this is worth a fortune. Let's go have some fun with us, yeah?"
"Let me go!"
As Jiang Nianxi struggled, a figure suddenly appeared in front of her and landed a fierce punch squarely on the creep's face!
"Ah!" The man was knocked to the floor, sending the drinks on the coffee table crashing down in a shattered mess.
A young, handsome man stood there as if descended from the heavens, speaking coldly: "Get lost, or I'm calling the police."
The moment she saw him, Jiang Nianxi was struck with absolute disbelief!
It was actually Ji Yanxiu!
She would recognize this scumbag even if he were reduced to ashes!
But how could he be here? Hadn't he poisoned her to death with his own hands? Why was she seeing him?
And why did he look several years younger?
No, this scene was too familiar. It was unmistakably—the scene from five years ago when her step-sister Lin Shuran had tricked her into coming to the nightclub to find Ji Yanxiu.
She had actually been reborn!
Memories of her past life flashed through her mind—
Ji Yanxiu was two years ahead of her, a senior in college, basking in the halo of a top student, campus heartthrob, and student union president. Countless girls adored him, and she was one of them.
At the freshman orientation ceremony, she had fallen in love at first sight with Ji Yanxiu as he spoke on stage as the student representative. She pursued him madly, though he rejected her every single time.
This only served to fuel her competitive drive, prompting her to devise endless ways to win him over.
In the end, perhaps simply unable to fend off her relentless advances, Ji Yanxiu had "reluctantly" agreed to date her.After that, he constantly acted as if he were at a disadvantage in their relationship, using endless excuses to hint that she should give him money and gifts.
Being hopelessly lovesick and lavish with her money, she unwittingly fed Ji Yanxiu—who had come from an ordinary background—until he became a millionaire.
Once he founded his own company, he began to swindle investments out of her. Tens of millions, even hundreds of millions, were poured into projects at her word; she bore every cost of his trial and error.
Gradually, his company grew larger and larger, while the Jiang Group suffered one loss after another due to her poor decision-making.
Enraged, her father kicked her out of the company, and Lin Shuran naturally stepped in to take her place.
Without money, she lost all utility to Ji Yanxiu, whose attitude toward her grew increasingly cold. Finally, after successfully colluding with Lin Shuran to strip her of everything, he forced an entire bottle of poison down her throat.
Publicly, they claimed she had suffered a mental breakdown and taken her own life. They even ordered doctors to "do their best" to save her, not out of mercy, but to deny her a quick death, forcing her to feel the deadly poison slowly erode her bodily functions and destroy her internal organs.
To make her die in agony while maintaining a virtuous reputation to the outside world—they were truly vicious!
In the final moments of her life, she realized that Ji Yanxiu and Lin Shuran were childhood sweethearts who had been together all along, conspiring to treat her like a clown and play her for a fool.
And tonight.
Lin Shuran told her that Ji Yanxiu was working part-time at a nightclub and that a girl was pestering him. She had rushed over in a fury and started an argument with the girl.
The girl challenged her to a drinking contest, saying that if she dared to finish the bottle of red wine on the table, she would withdraw from the competition.Little did she know, this person had been arranged by Lin Shuran. Foolishly, she drank it right down, never expecting the wine had been drugged. As her consciousness drifted, someone tried to lay hands on her, but Ji Yanxiu arrived just in time to rescue her.
In that exact moment, she fell completely in love with him.
From then on, she willingly gave everything for him!
As Jiang Nianxi stood there in shock, Ji Yanxiu turned to her and asked, "Are you alright?"
"You bastard!"
Hatred surged wildly in her chest. Jiang Nianxi grabbed a wine bottle from the coffee table and smashed it fiercely against his head!
*Bang!* The bottle shattered, and blood began to trickle down Ji Yanxiu's forehead.
"Ah—!" He shrieked, collapsing to his knees, utterly unable to comprehend why she would hit him.
Panting heavily, Jiang Nianxi glared at the beast who had ruined her family in her past life, wishing she could send him straight to hell!
Yet right at that moment, she suddenly felt an intense, unnatural heat.
The drug's effects were striking with a vengeance.
This place was no longer safe; she had to get out immediately.
Inside the nightclub, the music was deafening, and flashing multi-colored lights dazzled her eyes, making her head spin more and more...
Stumbling through the corridor, Jiang Nianxi rounded a corner and abruptly crashed into a solid chest.
The next second, her wrist was caught in a large, strong grip, and a deep, angry voice sounded from above her, "Jiang Nianxi! Who gave you permission to come here? How dare you!"
This voice—
Jiang Nianxi raised her head, parting her lips in astonishment.
The man before her was young and tall, with handsome, profound features. Dressed in a tailored black suit, his aura was icy and sharp, exuding the overwhelming presence of someone in power. The moment he appeared, everything around him faded into the background!
Xie Zhiyuan...
Her nominal uncle, only five years older than her, who had lived under the Jiang Family's roof as a child alongside his mother. Her grandfather had treated him very well, viewing him like his own flesh and blood, and even adopted him.
When he turned eighteen, members of the Xie Family came and took him back.
Originally, her relationship with her uncle had been quite good. Later on, because he opposed her being with Ji Yanxiu, her attitude toward him grew increasingly hostile. Combined with Lin Shuran's instigation and sowing of discord, he became utterly disappointed in her, went abroad, and cut off all contact.
She never expected that before her dying breath, he would actually return, rushing like a madman into her hospital ward, his reddened eyes brimming with grief and despair...
After all the ways she had hurt him, he still felt such pain for her—he truly hadn't been worth it.
This time, she would never again hurt the people who cared about her.
"Uncle!" Sobbing, Jiang Nianxi threw herself into the man's arms, her tears gushing forth like a breached dike.
Xie Zhiyuan froze completely in place, his eyes filled with astonishment.
What is wrong with her?
Jiang Nianxi cried so hard she was gasping for breath, smearing all her tears across his custom-made shirt.
After several seconds, Xie Zhiyuan finally recovered his breath, reached out, and lifted her chin. "What are you crying for? You come to a place like this to mess around, and you have the nerve to cry?"
The man carried the crisp, cool scent of cedar. Instinctively, Jiang Nianxi rubbed closer against his chest. "I feel terrible... so hot..."
Behind him, his assistant Zhou Yan stepped forward two paces. "Mr. Xie, Miss Jiang doesn't look right."
Xie Zhiyuan had naturally noticed the girl's unusual body temperature in his arms, as well as the suspicious flush on her face. Realizing what had happened, his expression abruptly turned ferocious!
Jiang Nianxi could no longer hear what they were saying. The drug had taken full effect, and like a drowning person clutching a piece of driftwood, she clung entirely to Xie Zhiyuan.
As her reason slipped further away into chaos, her trembling hands twisted his shirt into a crumpled mess.
"Uncle, help me..."