Chapter 8 The Bet Can Only Be Herself

By the time everyone was ready, the sky had long turned pitch black.

As someone specially requested by Li Beicheng himself, Yan Xiaye naturally had to be arranged for tonight's most important guest.

At the entrance of the Angel Club, Yan Xiaye got out of the car and went straight inside, trying hard to ignore the throbbing pain in her ankle.

The delicate makeup concealed her fatigue and weakness, and her waist-length hair was loosely tied up, highlighting her unique poise and graceful beauty. The smile on her lips was the perfect touch of casual indifference.

In a mere few dozen meters, she easily became the sole focus of everyone's attention.

"Stop the car,"

Behind her, a Hummer's dark shadow merged with the night, silently coming to a halt outside the crowd.

The one-way window was lowered, revealing the handsomely unparalleled profile of the man inside.

The glimpse of that slender figure flashed in his peripheral vision, and Li Yuntang withdrew his gaze, furrowing his brows slightly and instructing the driver to continue on.

He had heard of this kind of club before. It was no place for her to be.

Had he seen incorrectly...

...

Guided by an attendant, Yan Xiaye quickly found the private room that was hers for the evening.

Along the way, countless beautiful and sexy women draped themselves seductively around men's sides, but no matter how elegant and extraordinary the decorations were, they were just a façade to disguise the drunken luxury of opulence.

She felt a flicker of panic, but remained composed, forcing herself to keep moving.

Finding Huang Qian still required the assistance of Li Beicheng. However, considering her current relationship with Li Beicheng, it would be delusional to ask for his help.

Given that, she had to rely on accompanying the guests tonight to make her presence felt. Ideally, her involvement would become indispensable throughout the negotiation process, and perhaps she could use this as leverage to exchange for the files.

With that thought, Yan Xiaye took a deep breath and gently pushed open the door to the private room.

Contrary to what she had expected, there was only one distinguished guest tonight.

On a pure white leather sofa, the young man raised his eyebrows and his eyes lit up at the sight of her.

Then, in a carefree manner, he kissed the cheek of the beauty in his arms and handed her a gold card to send her away.

Leaning on the sofa and lighting a cigarette, the young man seemed hollowed out by the luxuries of life, looking sickly as he beckoned to Yan Xiaye, "Come sit here, just call me Yan Er, you're from Beicheng's side, what's your name?"

Yan Xiaye hesitated before approaching, guessing that stage names were used in these situations, but she couldn't quite think of an appropriate yet sincere name on the spot.

Fortunately, Yan Er didn't care for her response, instead complaining, "Beicheng really isn't much of a brother, hiding such good quality from me until now... But if he's willing to send you to me, it looks like he's determined to get that contract."

From the hint in his words, it seemed he and Li Beicheng were already acquainted.

Yan Xiaye relaxed slightly, choosing a spot at the right distance to sit down, ready to persuade the man with the information and talking points she had crammed in the afternoon to sign the contract.

"You must be aware of the summer resort planned by Li Corporation in the east of the city..."

Yan Er smiled faintly, his posture carefree as he blew a smoke ring in her direction, interrupting her uncomfortable coughing with a calm remark, "Stop talking nonsense, take it off."

The coughing abruptly stopped, and she looked up in shock.

Through the haze of smoke, she clearly saw Yan Er's bloodshot, cloudy eyes filled with overpowering desire!

"What's the matter, you come representing Li Corporation to negotiate a contract with me and you don't even have this much sincerity?"

Yan Xiaye watched him for a moment before breaking out in an easy smile, "Why be so charmless? How about we have a couple of drinks to get to know each other first? Once you've signed the contract, we'll have plenty of time to... take it slow..."

She intentionally elongated the last few words, her insinuation clear without saying it outright.

Five years of life in prison had not left her without gains, apart from self-studying and completing her university courses, there was much more she had acquired.

If she only had to deal with him alone, she was confident she could get away unscathed.

Yan Er scoffed with a hint of surprise, leaning forward to grab a wine glass from the coffee table.

Being an old hand in the world of sensual pleasures, he could of course tell that her words were insincere.

What was interesting, though, was that even so, when she asked him with that expression, there were few men who could bear to refuse her.

But...

His movements paused almost imperceptibly, and he pushed the wine glass into Yan Xiaye's hands, "Drink this, and perhaps I'll consider your proposal."

Yan Xiaye looked down at the amber liquid in the glass, a flicker of hesitation in her eyes.

The alcohol content in this glass must be very high, and she had little experience with being drunk.

Seeing Yan Xiaye smile faintly as she drank half the glass, Yan Er also felt a thirst in his throat.

Dispensing with the superfluous chit-chat, he grabbed her slender arm and pulled her forcibly into his embrace, sighing sincerely, "Keep me good company tonight, and I promise you anything."

Under the dim and suggestive lighting, Yan Xiaye, with a clear goal in mind, pressed down his wandering hand without losing her smile, "We should sign the contract first."

Realizing that Yan Xiaye wasn't as fragile and gullible as she seemed, Yan Er squinted his eyes and waved his hand, smashing the wine glass.

As the shattering sound crisply filled the air, the secret door in the room moved, and two expressionless bodyguards came out to execute the order.

"You don't want to undress yourself, it seems I need to find someone to help you."

The bodyguards, upon receiving the order, used brute force to subdue the struggling Yan Xiaye, pinning her down on the sofa, rendering her immobile.

As Yan Er took liberties with her clothes, revealing her beautiful back and snow-white neck and shoulders.

Forced onto the sofa, Yan Xiaye fell with a thud that made her see stars, and she felt pain in every inch of her body.

She had underestimated the other party's perversity; who could have anticipated that in such a setting, there would be two bodyguards listening in from behind the wall!

"Hel..."

Before she could utter the first syllable, a bodyguard immediately clamped her mouth shut, forcing her to swallow the cry for help.

She whimpered and struggled, her composure on the verge of shattering, betraying the real panic and fear in her heart.

Yan Er's face bore a wicked smile, his fingers lazily tracing her smooth skin, moving towards the place men most yearn for.

Yan Xiaye was both panicked and scared as she felt the man's fingers creeping over her body like caterpillars, and in that moment, her heart turned to ashes.

From the moment she entered this place, she wasn't naïve enough to not anticipate the danger.

However, to find out the whereabouts of Huang Qian and her son, other than taking a huge risk, she had no other choice.

Being penniless, the only stake she could gamble was herself, betting that Li Beicheng, ridden with guilt, wouldn't really let someone else spoil her.

If she lost, it was to be expected...

"Bang—!"

Without warning, the door burst open with a loud noise, the locks shattering in all directions.

Everyone trembled involuntarily, their eyes unanimously turning towards the door.

A tall and upright silhouette stood against the light, his eyes coldly taking in everything, disrupting the seductive atmosphere of the room.

At the sight of the newcomer, Yan Xiaye's pupils suddenly contracted, and her feigned bravery finally crumbled.

Yan Er quickly shifted from his previous debauched demeanor, nervously trying to ingratiate himself with a forced smile, "Uncle Li, what brings you here? I really had no ill intentions, it's just that this woman, she wasn't what Beicheng said she would be... I couldn't help myself... please do not tell my father..."