Thinking of the humiliation from last night, Jing Huanyan sat up abruptly, swiftly slapping the man next to her.

The man who was in a deep sleep jerked awake. As he opened his eyes, a shocking spark erupted from his dark pupils.

Gu Jingyuan sat up, firmly gripping her slender, pale neck. He slowly tightened his grasp, his voice cruel and cold, "Do you want to die?"

Her neck strangled, Jing Huanyan felt slightly suffocated. She opened her mouth, unable to speak, yet she stared back at him defiantly, refusing to back down.

Just as the two were locked in a standoff, the door was suddenly pushed open. A swarm of reporters rushed in, their flashes creating blinding lights that pierced through the room like sharp arrows, capturing the intimate marks on their bodies.

At the instant the flash went off, Gu Jingyuan immediately reacted. He pulled up the quilt over Jing Huanyan, then coldly stared at the two figures who had just walked in, one with a self-satisfied smirk, Jing Weilan, and the other grim-faced and grim, Gu Xidong.

His mind was quickly playing back the events of the previous day. In just a few minutes, Gu Jingyuan had figured out the whole situation. As he looked at the young girl beside him, a touch of guilt flickered across his dark pupils.

"Huanyan, if you fancy Third Master Gu, you should have told your father. How could you carry out such a filthy act, tarnishing the reputation of both the Wu and Gu families?" Jing Weilan walked past the crowd of reporters, looking at the two stark naked figures. Just when he turned to look at Gu Xidong, he wore a righteous expression, "Xidong, although Huanyan is not my biological sister, she grew up in the Wu family. As a brother, you should give us an explanation."

"What happened?!" Gu Xidong stared at Gu Jingyuan's bare upper body. The numerous scratch marks angered him, causing his head to throb. He reproachfully exclaimed, "Other than causing trouble for the Gu family, what use are you, you bastard!"

The term 'bastard' turned Gu Jingyuan's previously dark eyes cold. As an illegitimate child of the Gu family, he had lived in the shadows from a young age, forbidden from entering the Gu family property.

If it weren't for the Gu family's old man growing fond of his grandchildren in recent years, he might still be unable to show his face publicly.

Even if she were slow-witted, at this moment, Jing Huanyan understood that they had both been drugged and set up last night. Regardless of the cause, they were now in the same boat.

What touched her more were the words 'bastard' that Gu Xidong had spoken.

Being an abandoned girl adopted by the Wu family, she had suffered countless disdain and mockery since childhood.

To her as a young child, such derogatory comments were some of the most cruel and hurtful words in the world.

Feeling the anger and restraint of the man beside her, Jing Huanyan could deeply empathize. She lowered her gaze slightly, and her hand secretly covered Gu Jingyuan's tightly clenched fist under the blanket.

Gu Jingyuan's body stiffened slightly. He turned his head to look at her, his complicated gaze filled with something unclear.

Jing Huanyan stuffed her hand into his gradually relaxing palm, and squeezed Gu Jingyuan's hand before giving him a small smile.

"He is an adopted son of the Gu family, and I am an orphan adopted by the Jing family. We are a perfect match." Jing Huanyan raised her head to look at the two of them, enduring the pain in her heart, she smirked and counter-questioned, "He's unmarried, I'm unmarried, both of us are willing partners, how has this brought troubles to both families?"

"Jing Huanyan!" Gu Xidong didn't wait for her to finish, he roared furiously. He stormed to the side of the bed, gripping her chin tightly and forcing her to look him in the eye, he asked bitterly, "You keep saying you like me, is this how you show your affection?"