Staring blankly at the ceiling, Mu Xiao bit her teeth to prevent herself from crying.

He left resolutely, without even turning his head back, not even sparing a glance for her.

Leaving the room, Tian Muchen felt extremely irritated.

Last night, he merely wanted to teach her a lesson, but how did it escalate to… the bed?

What in the world happened to him? Why couldn't he control his desires upon seeing the woman in disarray?

Damn it!

This feeling was utterly intolerable!

No, it wasn’t his fault, it was that woman's!

Why did feelings he never had with other women surge so intensely with her? Therefore, it was not his problem, it was Mu Xiao's!

That woman was a natural seductress!

Tian Muchen clenched his teeth, after giving a few instructions to the servants, he left the villa, and drove away.

After getting out of bed, freshening up and changing into clean clothes, Mu Xiao, feeling dizzy, went downstairs to have breakfast.

Below, two maids were whispering, they quickly separated when they saw Mu Xiao coming downstairs. One of them gave her a tablet and a glass of water, looking down on her she said, "Madam, these are the master’s orders, please take the medicine.”

What the maid said was as if she poured a bucket of ice water over Mu Xiao's head.

Even without thinking, she knew what the pill was!

Her body was icy cold and stiff, her complexion was ghastly pale. If it weren't for the hand holding the rail for support, she would have already collapsed onto the ground.

From the beginning, she knew that Tian Muchen did not love her. His love was for someone else. She thought nothing could be worse than this. Yet now she understood, the treatment she received after hiding their marriage was enough to cause her a thousand or million times more pain.

Mu Xiao stared blankly at the small white pill in the servant's hand, feeling as if her heart had been sliced open, throbbing with pain.

She didn’t see what expression Tian Muchen had on his face when he said those words, but she could imagine.

Surely, it was as cold as ice, devoid of any emotion.

Ha, this was the man she loved for ten years, so ruthless, so heartless!

He always had a thousand ways to make her fall into the abyss just when she felt a bit of happiness and stability, to make her lose all hope.

Mu Xiao closed her eyes for a moment, forcing herself to swallow back the tears that threatened to fall.

Seeing Mu Xiao not taking the pill, the servant raised it towards her again, "Madame, don't struggle in vain. Young Master said that I must keep watch until you've finished taking the medication."

Mu Xiao pursed her lips, clenching her fists so tightly that her fingernails cut into her palm. Cold sweat seeped into her pores, causing tingles of soreness.

It seemed, Tian Muchen not only didn't love her, he despised her... Having the servant watch her take the medication – how much more humiliated could she be?

Mu Xiao gave a bitter smile, reached out to take the pill and shoved it into her mouth, swallowing it down without water.

"Is there anything else?" Mu Xiao asked.

"No, Madame, you may have breakfast now," the servant said.

So she had to consume the medicine before she could eat – was she a prisoner?

Mu Xiao's tightly pursed lips slowly relaxed, her eyes calm as still water, "I'm not hungry. You guys can have breakfast. Don't waste it."

After saying this, Mu Xiao quietly turned and ascended the stairs back to her room.

Throughout the day, she spent her time in a daze or asleep. It wasn't that she wanted to be this bored, but her head was always cloudy and muddled. By the afternoon, she realized belatedly that she was running a fever.

After swallowing two fever-reducing pills, she intended to sleep more. However, she unexpectedly received a call from her mother-in-law, asking her and Tian Muchen to come to the old house for dinner.

The thought of Tian Muchen's departing words from the night before crossed her mind: "Don't appear in front of me and annoy me anymore!"