Li Sinian let go, and the boss did not dare to stay for an extra second, even avoiding looking at the man who had easily brought him down, scrambling up from the ground and quickly disappearing into the corridor.

Then he crouched down and reached out his hand towards Xiao Man.

Xiao Man recoiled in fear, still terrified, her eyes filled with panic.

Li Sinian did not leave, he continued squatting there, his hand constantly reaching out to her.

Xiao Man had no place to hide, her back against the wall, unable to retreat any further.

The lighting was poor; he seemed to want to see her face clearly, his long fingers pinching her chin, making her face lift slightly.

Her eyes were closed, and her somewhat moist eyelashes trembled slightly. Through the touch, he felt her whole body shaking.

"Open your eyes," he spoke in French.

She slowly opened her eyes, finally meeting Li Sinian’s gaze again, fluttering her eyelashes.

"Lake," he did not turn around but spoke in Spanish to Lake behind him, "Go fetch something."

"Yes." From where Lake stood, he couldn’t see clearly what the woman looked like.

Even though Lake was a bit concerned about her background, Li Sinian didn’t tolerate doubts in his actions; it was not their place to question.

She looked terribly disheveled.

Li Sinian saw her forehead was bleeding, slight swelling on her left cheek made her face asymmetric, and her lips had bruises as well. Half of her shirt was torn, and she had various wounds on her body, evidently suffering quite a bit of physical pain.

This was more than what a girl could endure.

"What is your name?" he asked.

"Xiao Man..."

"Xiao Man?"

She nodded slightly.

"Who is he?"

"The boss..."

"What company?"

"I am a model."

Li Sinian looked at her, "Is this voluntary?"

Xiao Man shook her head vigorously, "No..."

"Come with me."

"?"

"Come with me, I won’t hit you, won’t force you, and will give you everything you want."

His words surprised some people standing behind him.

Because he had never done such a thing before, never casually bringing a mysterious stranger home.

Xiao Man looked at him puzzled, "Why?" 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

"No reason. If you wish, come with me; if not, go back and get beaten. I give you three seconds to think, miss this chance, and you will never meet me again."

...

Nighttime.

Only a night light was on in the room, so the light was very dim.

Xiao Man lay in bed, having already slept for a while, reached her hand to the bedside, finding it empty.

She opened her eyes and slowly propped herself up, seeing a dark shadow.

Li Sinian was sitting in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, drinking red wine in the dark.

He seemed to like the darkness.

Xiao Man got out of bed, barefoot, walking towards him on the floor.

Li Sinian did not need to turn around; he could feel her slowly approaching.

Xiao Man intended to sneak up on him quietly, but he put down his wine glass, reached out his long arm, and pulled her directly towards himself.

Xiao Man exclaimed as she fell into his embrace, held tightly by him.

She looked up, and although the lighting was bad, the bright moonlight still allowed her to see his extraordinary eyes.

"I should have told you, don’t try to approach me from behind," Li Sinian said somewhat sternly, "I know it’s only you and I in this room, and that’s why I didn’t do anything to you. Otherwise, next time, you might just lay down and never get up again."