Don't you want to earn money anymore?

Sheng Shi opened his eyes in the dimmed-light room and looked at the weak Gu Lanshan.

She seemed to be exhausted. Her eyes closed. She was limp and too lazy to move.

Such a Gu Lanshan made Sheng Shi's heart flutter. His gaze instantly softened as he stared at her, and his gaze stilled.

The entire room was extremely quiet.

Only the sound of both their breathing could be heard.

Gu Lanshan was very beautiful—half-wet hair, fair skin, and red lips. After the passionate entanglement just now, she looked even more charming and sexy. After staring at her for a while, Sheng Shi could not help but bent down.

However, the moment their lips touched, Gu Lanshan's eyelashes fluttered and she slowly opened her eyes.

Sheng Shi stopped himself from kissing her. He quickly sat up and began to put on his clothes unhurriedly.

Gu Lanshan could not help but stiffen. She looked at Sheng Shi's figure and thought for a while before carefully saying, "5,000 yuan for having dinner with you, 5,000 yuan for a bath, and 10,000 yuan for doing it twice. The total is…"

Sheng Shi stopped dressing abruptly and then silently continued on.

His back was facing her, so Gu Lanshan could not see his expression. However, she clearly felt a strong sense of oppression coming from him.

Gu Lanshan sensed this was a sign of Sheng Shi's unhappiness.

Gu Lanshan paused for five seconds before uttering, "30,000 yuan."

Bang!

Before Gu Lanshan could finish her sentence, Sheng Shi grabbed the nearby remote control and threw it. It hit the white jade ruyi of the Qianlong era. The expensive jade artifact lost its balance and fell to the ground, shattering into pieces with a rattling sound.

Sheng Shi fastened the last button of his shirt. Accompanied by a dark expression, he looked at Gu Lanshan, who was lying on the bed. He sneered coldly and took out a check from his pocket. He took a pen and signed a line of numbers before handing it to Gu Lanshan.

Gu Lanshan silently reached her hand out to take it. Sheng Shi looked at the indifferent Gu Lanshan and felt an inexplicable anger rising in his heart. He suddenly laughed out of anger with his cold eyes he said, "Gu Lanshan, you're really good. You can sell yourself so cold-bloodedly!"

It was not that Gu Lanshan did not hear the sarcasm in his words, but her expression did not change. Or rather, it was as if she did not hear him at all. She quietly took the cheque from Sheng Shi's hand.

Looking at how calm Gu Lanshan was, Sheng Shi was even angrier. Besides, there was also a deep sense of defeat.

He clenched his fists and sneered. Then, he straightened his body and turned to leave.

…

A few servants were shocked by the shattering sound of the white jade ruyi. When they saw Sheng Shi walk out of the master bedroom with a dark expression, they immediately greeted him respectfully, "Mr. Sheng."

Sheng Shi did not even look at the servants. With a cold, handsome face, he just walked downstairs.

Any discerning person could tell that he was angry.

Although he did not say a word, he still exuded an overly fierce aura, scaring the servants so much that they held their breaths and did not dare to say anything.

It was not until the sound of the car starting and leaving came from outside the house that everyone heaved a long sigh of relief. However, they still felt a chill in their hearts.

After a while, the servants came back to their senses and quickly walked to the master bedroom door. One of the servants knocked on the door and asked, "Miss Shan, are you alright?"

"I'm fine." Gu Lanshan paused and added, "Go and rest."

"Yes, good night, Miss Shan."

The servants replied through the door and dispersed, quietly discussing among themselves.

"Mr. Sheng and Miss Shan quarreled again? I think they dropped something. It was so loud."

"You'll know what shattered when you tidy up that room tomorrow. It's rare for Mr. Sheng to come home, and he even parted with Miss Shan so unhappily."

"That's right. Mr. Sheng hasn't spent the night at home for a month. Sometimes, when I think about it, I feel that Miss Shan is quite pitiful."

"Actually, Mr. Sheng wasn't like this in the past. Ever since that time, he has become like this with Miss Shan."

…

The sounds outside the room gradually became silent, and Gu Lanshan's ears finally quieted down. However, she could not fall asleep. After lying on the bed for a while, she could not help but turn over. She thought that the servants were right. She and Sheng Shi had indeed parted "again" on bad terms. She could not remember how many times Sheng Shi had fallen out with her inexplicably like tonight.

Actually, the servants were right. Sheng Shi was really not like this in the past. When did he become like this? The servants said it was "that time". Which time was it? Gu Lanshan naturally knew which time it was.

***

Gu Lanshan had no memory of how she fell asleep last night.