Chapter 12: We're both married, what's there to be shy about?

Xi Yan brought Qin Yucen to her office, dropped the blinds to cover the glass walls, and facilitated a change of pants for Yucen.

"Were the injuries on your foot caused by President Huo?" Xi Yan, looking at Qin Yucen who was tidying up her appearance, said, "Do you know? Today, you might have destroyed a deal worth hundreds of millions for President Huo. It's a wonder he didn't take your life. You should be thankful for suffering only minor injuries... President Huo has never been easy to talk to!"

"It wasn't him who injured me." Qin Yucen bit her lip, the deal worth hundreds of millions—he might hate her to death. The thought of this possibility made her frown helplessly, she really was too impulsive, "What about the deal?"

"You should worry more about yourself," Xi Yan said as she opened the door, "Let's go."

When Qin Yucen left Tanghuang Group, it was four ten in the afternoon, and the meeting had taken only forty minutes. There were five main competitors, all of whom were formidable. She was not one hundred percent certain about the contract.

She returned to Guanshan Group, exhausted in both mind and body, wanting to lie on the sofa to rest for a while. But as soon as she pushed open the door of her office, she saw Guan Haoyang's sullen face.

"I heard you went to Tanghuang?" Guan Haoyang put down the teacup in his hand.

"I'm tired, I don't want to talk," Qin Yucen said without looking at him, walking towards her desk.

Seeing Qin Yucen's bad attitude, he got up, came forward without saying a word, and grabbed hold of her wrist, saying coldly, "Come with me."

"Where to?" Qin Yucen steadied her steps, one hand gripping the desk firmly, not budging.

Looking at Guan Haoyang's gloomy complexion at that moment, she felt a chill wind blow through her heart.

"To the hospital," Guan Haoyang yanked her hand away from the desk.

"Why go to the hospital?" Qin Yucen had never liked hospitals since she was a child, so as soon as she heard the word "hospital," she felt apprehensive.

"You'll know once we get there." Guan Haoyang, with his natural advantage in strength, easily pulled Qin Yucen away.

"Aren't you afraid of people outside seeing us like this and starting rumors?" Qin Yucen reminded him, "This is the company, you ought to be a bit mindful of your status, shouldn't you?"

Guan Haoyang laughed carelessly, "Rumors? Qin Yucen, we are legally married. Even if I were to enjoy conjugal bliss with you in this office, it's absolutely justified. No one can say anything about it! Stop struggling and come with me to the hospital willingly. Otherwise, I don't mind carrying you out."

"Guan Haoyang, you are shameless!" Qin Yucen couldn't think of any other words to describe him and instinctively blurted out.

Anger painted a thin pink blush across her fair face.

"I'm shameless?" Guan Haoyang's eyes were icy, his brows knitted together, "Qin Yucen, do you remember whose bed you woke up in this morning? You are the wife of Guan Haoyang; even though I haven't touched you in these five years, that doesn't mean you can't withstand being alone. Tell me, how many times have you cuckolded me, and honestly, who is more shameless!"

As a woman, not being touched by her husband even once in five years, isn't that a tragedy?

Qin Yucen bit her lip, "Is this what you think of me in your heart?"

"Is it not?" Guan Haoyang retorted, "Come with me, I'm giving you a chance to prove it!"

"I don't need to prove anything." Qin Yucen rejected the opportunity he offered.

She was human, she had dignity, and she would not accept such humiliation! Even if he was her husband, even if she cared about him, it was not permissible. That was her last shred of self-respect. She had to stand by it no matter what!

"Feeling guilty? Afraid to prove it? You have no choice. Qin Yucen, whether you like it or not, I must have an answer." Guan Haoyang was resolute, his grip on her wrist tightening, so strong that it seemed as if he would break her delicate wrist.

Qin Yucen's struggles were in vain; she was still blatantly taken away by Guan Haoyang.

He had already cleared the way at the hospital for an examination.

When Qin Yucen was taken by Guan Haoyang to the front of the ultrasonography room, the doctor was already waiting there, "Give her a gynecological examination, I want to know how long she has been sexually active."

"Alright," the doctor nodded to Qin Yucen, "Come in."

Qin Yucen, looking at Guan Haoyang's handsome thin lips uttering humiliating words, widened her eyes in disbelief, her gaze flickering with pain and shock, "Guan Haoyang, what are you saying?"

"It doesn't matter what I say, what matters is that I need to know just how cheap and promiscuous you are." Guan Haoyang met her questioning eyes, cold and merciless, which utterly tore Qin Yucen's heart apart.

Her eyes began to redden gradually, yet her voice was unwaveringly firm, "No matter how cheap and promiscuous I am, I won't let you humiliate me like this!"

"Qin Yucen, just take the exam obediently, don't test my patience," Guan Haoyang grasped her defiant chin, "If you refuse, then fine, I'll tell your grandmother, who seems to have high blood pressure and can't afford to be angry or stimulated."

Guan Haoyang actually dared to use Qin Yucen's beloved grandmother to threaten her! This was truly despicable and shameless!

"Fine, think this through. If you insist on making me take the exam, then any affection I've had for you these past five years will vanish. I will… hate you! Even so, you won't change your mind?" she asked him, her eyes not showing pain, but mockery instead.

The man with the stern features standing before her was the husband she had yearned for over the past five years. She gave everything, only to be met with his suspicion and humiliation!

Guan Haoyang watched Qin Yucen, who had been angry just moments ago, and now she was eerily calm, the water in the pool still like dead water. His brows furrowed, his thin lips pressed into a line.

The air between them turned icy and tense, as if the first to speak would cause it to shatter. After a moment of silence, his handsome lips uttered words that disappointed Qin Yucen, "This is your duty as a wife, it's an obligation!"

Qin Yucen found it laughable, yet she could not bring herself to smile. Her body and heart were colder than the winter's frost and snow.

"I'm not obligated!" Qin Yucen took a deep breath.

She turned around, trying to leave, but was held in place by Guan Haoyang; she couldn't struggle free, so she bit him, tasting the blood as she broke his skin, he didn't even frown.

"Be good and go in, don't make me force you," Guan Haoyang's throat struggled to swallow, he raised his hand, and gently caressed her hair that fell onto her chest— uncommon tenderness from him.