The Other Shore City is a nationally-known entertainment haven, filled with opulence and grandeur, unashamedly extravagant.
The resplendent room showcases a warm light that fills the air, leaving no room for shadow.
An enveloping warmth permeates every cell in the body, its pulse almost at the brink of explosion.
"So hot, it's so hot... uh..." A woman's uncomfortable whimper echoes in the warm-lit space, accompanied by the sound of panting.
Sat on the clean, naturally warm stone floor is Su NuanNuan, her attractive slender figure hinted beneath a loose Korean-styled nightgown.
Droplets of sweat slowly trickle down her flawless oval face, sliding from the corners of her ruddy lips to her pointed chin, and then dripping onto her delicate and lustrous collarbones, outlining endless sensuality and allure.
Despite the unbearable heat, she reluctantly fiddles with her collar, her clear gaze still strong and unyielding as she locks eyes with Tian YiLan across her.
"Su NuanNuan, give up. In another half an hour, you will die of dehydration. You're a fool for challenging my endurance. You know I naturally handle heat well, unlike you.”
Compared to a blushing Su NuanNuan, Tian Yilan maintains her cool complexion, sitting steadily across, confident in her expressions and words.
She really can't take it.
Her boyfriend of three years cheated on her with her best friend.
When she caught them tangled together on the bed, her patience had exploded.
Given her anger and despair back then, what's this little bit of hardship now!
A cold smirk tugged at the corner of Su NuanNuan's mouth, as sweat blurred her vision. "Even in death, I won't admit defeat, let alone let you go!"
She had endured the worst of humiliations, why should she now let them, a pair of immoral lovers, go scot-free!
"It wouldn't be fair for her to suffer all by herself, would it?"
"Why bother when you're already engaged?" Tian Yilan questioned.
Engaged? There was a flicker in Su Nuannuan's starry, crystal-clear eyes, and her smooth brows knit slightly in response.
"It's not too late to admit your loss now. Otherwise, you'll end up like it, and it won't be pretty," Tian Yilan said, casting a glance at a tray nearby.
In the tray was a chicken. It was half-cooked a moment ago, but the high temperature in the room had fully cooked it now.
Wiping away a bead of sweat trickling down her forehead, Su Nuannuan gathered her thoughts. A derisive smile curled up at the corner of her beautiful lips. "Who's the winner and who's the loser isn't set in stone yet."
Even though Tian Yilan was putting on a show, she could tell his hand was shaking. He must be reaching his limit.
"It's just a game. It wouldn't be good if it costs a life. How about we play something else? A single round to decide the winner," Tian Yilan suggested.
"What do you want to play?" Regardless, she would accompany him.
After all, she would not stand idly by while they had fun.
Tian Yilan gazed at the chicken in the tray. "Whatever I do to it, you'll do the same to the first person you see when you step out of this sauna. If you dare not, you admit your loss."
A cheap trick. He surely wouldn't mount this roast chicken.
"Fine," Su Nuannuan responded without hesitation.
Tian Yilan smiled faintly and bent down to peck the chicken's butt gently.
Su Nuannuan was left dumbstruck.
Tian Yilan looked at her smugly. "Admit defeat!"
Su Nuannuan clenched her fists. For his pursuit of Dai Xiuxiu, he really gave all his might, completely disregarding his dignity!
In their three years of love, he had done so much for Dai Xiuxiu, never taking her feelings into account.
Should she admit defeat?
All along, she had accepted defeat. Since she was abandoned at the orphanage at the age of three, then later when she started working and began providing some value to the family, they took her back home. She accepted defeat.
Later, for the sake of profit, they arranged her marriage to a fool she had never met. Should she accept defeat?
Whether she should admit defeat or not, it was up to her!
Whether she should succumb to fate or not, it was all within her control, wasn't it?
Su Nuannuan gritted her teeth. She was well aware that if she lost this time and let Tian Yilan go, it would be tantamount to her accepting her engagement with that fool, Liao Li.
Suddenly, she stood up. Due to prolonged sitting and the blazing heat, her head felt kind of dizzy, and her body swayed a few times. But she didn't care, stabilizing herself, she went straight to the sauna room door.
As her gaze fell, a man in a black suit walked in, tall and straight, with deep eyes as profound as the ocean; his sharp eyebrows brought out his noble aura.
Su Nuannuan scanned the room; he was the only one there.
"Excuse me, sir." Su Nuannuan spoke.
Her beautiful eyes tried to hide her panic. Though she knew it was inappropriate to speak to a stranger this way, and she felt uneasy, but to prove herself, she had no choice.
The man lifted his eyelashes lazily, his lofty gaze landed on her, following her flushed face down to her collarbone moist with sweat, her natural charm making the man's eyes slightly squint.
"Can you please take off your trousers?" Su Nuannuan asked, forcing a sweet smile, gentle as a breeze, harmless.
The man's eyes glistened with surprise, then his sexy lips curved slightly upwards, nearly smiling but ice-cold—a commanding gaze fixated on her.
"Do you want to sleep with me?"