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Chapter 1 — Marrying Him, Bringing the Photo of Another Man

"Xia He! How dare you! To think that you’d marry me while bringing a photo of another man with you! The gall that you have!"
Gu Zechuan grabbed the photo, its polished frame glistened with a shine under the lights, and smashed it on the ground as hard as he could. The sound of the frame shattering on the floor brought Xia He back from her momentary lapse. She opened her mouth and tried to explain to Gu Zechuan, but no words came to her.
"All the things that you did, all those efforts, to get to me and marrying me, why? Hmm? Why aren’t you saying anything?"
Looking at Xia He’s silence, an anger suddenly flared in Gu Zechuan. He grabbed Xia He by her wrists and demanded for answers, but Xia He didn’t answer him.
What could she say? The only thing she ever wanted was to stay by Gu Zechuan’s side. As long as she has that, she desired for nothing else in the world.
"Because I love you." Xia He said, softly.
But when Gu Zechuan heard that, the only response he threw at her is a laugh, a ruthless laugh. Coldly, and mockingly, he gave the shatter frame on the ground a kick, and once again laughed coldly, "You love me? I guess, you should know best, whether you loved my money or you loved the status of being Mrs. Gu. But whatever it is, I’m sure it isn’t me that you loved."
"I don’t want to see this man’s photo again. Ever."
Leaving her with that, Gu Zechuan turned around and stomped off. His silhouette, with his back turned coldly to her, stabbed into Xia He’s heart like a knife. Tonight, the very night of their wedding ceremony, and yet he left her alone to herself just like that, with stone cold ruthlessness.
Xia He lowered herself, and gently picked up the broken and shattered frame. Carefully, she retrieved the photo that infuriated Gu Zechuan so, and hugged the photo to her chest. Tears broke out from her eyes like a waterfall.
On the photo was a young man, a handsome young man, with a gentle smile on his face that looked like it can bring about the most vibrant and beautiful color to the world that surrounded him. But now, such a beautiful smile can exist only inside that photo forever.
All of a sudden, Xia He covered her mouth with her hands, and began coughing. Gradually, her cough grew more and more severe, until it sounded as if she would cough her lungs out. When she took her hand away, on her hand there was a splatter of bloody red. Quickly, Xia He found a piece of paper towel and wiped off the blood, then threw it away into the bin.
Xia He came to know Gu Zechuan since three years ago. As soon as she laid her eyes on him, she has decided that he is the man that she would walk beside for the rest of her life. No matter how many despised her for it, no matter how many looked down on her for it, she would be with him. No one understood, only she herself knows the reason why she would be so stubborn. She begged her grandfather to permit their marriage, but she never expected that Gu Zechuan would despise her with such passionate hatred.
In a blink of an eye, two months passed.
On this one night, when Xia He was about to sleep, from the garden came the sound of a car engine. Xia He’s closed eyes opened sharply. She knew, clearly, that no one would come to this place except for Gu Zechuan. Since the night of their wedding, the night where Gu Zechuan smashed and shattered the photo frame and left, Xia He hasn’t seen him since that time.
A sense of surprise and happiness swelled in her chest, but before she could recover, the door of the bedroom swung open with a bang, and Gu Zechuan’s large frame appeared from behind it. His steps were shaky, and his whole body reeked of alcohol. Xia He immediately knew that Gu Zechuan was drunk, very drunk.
It was two months since their marriage already, and this is the first time he came back. Xia He was about to get up to welcome him in, but before she could get out of bed, Gu Zechuan’s tall and heavy body came down on her and pressed her back down into it. His scorching breath burned on Xia He’s face, with a strong scent of alcohol.
"Xia He, you don’t even love me, why did you make me marry you with such underhanded way? Does being Mrs. Gu mean that much to you? Women like you never ends well! You know I don’t love you!" Gu Zechuan looked at the woman beneath his body, with obvious despite behind his eyes.
Hearing Gu Zechuan, a pang rose in Xia He’s heart. She could only look at Gu Zechuan, still pinning her down on the bed, and spoke softly as if she hasn’t heard his venomous words, "You finally came back."

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Chapter 2 — Does It Feel Good, Mrs. Gu?

Xia He’s calm response made Gu Zechuan even angrier. How could she be so calm even in this situation? He hated that part about her, about how nothing seemed to be able to faze her.
"Fruits picked off by force are never sweet. Don’t you even understand that?" Gu Zechuan said, holding back his ever boiling anger.
Fruits picked off prematurely aren’t sweet? Xia He thought that they’d ripen and become sweet eventually if they were left in place for a while, but they went directly to become rotten instead.
With a soft smile on her face, Xia He encircled her hands around Gu Zechuan’s neck and embraced him. She breathed and whispered into his ear, "I just happen to want to find out whether this fruit I picked off by force are sweet or not."
Her soft and warm breath blew lightly against his ears, and with the combination of the alcohol in his system, a certain part of his body began to harden. How could this woman beneath him arouse his body so easily? Again and again, Gu Zechuan said to himself that it was only natural that a man’s body would become aroused to a woman’s touch. Any man would, to any woman.
Gu Zechuan ripped apart Xia He’s clothes. Her soft skin bared before him, and he ruthlessly and relentlessly left his marks on her. There were no gentleness, and there were no words of love and infatuation. Only works. Works to exact his vengeance on her body.
This was her first time, and her first time being together with Gu Zechuan. Time and time again, Gu Zechuan forced himself violently upon the yet inexperienced Xia He with uncaring roughness. She bit down onto her own teeth, bracing herself against each of the impacts, holding on to her voice as to not scream from the pain. For a time, the only sound in the room was the exhausted and heavy breaths from the two of them.
"Xia He, what are you? A mute? You can’t even do something as simple as squealing in pleasure? How was that? Does it feel good being Mrs. Gu?" Gu Zechuan’s humiliating words sounded beside Xia He’s ears.
On the other hand, Xia He laid still, overwhelmed still by the pain of having her first time taken away from her in such a brutal fashion. Hearing what Gu Zechuan said, she responded with a weak smile, still panting, "Knowing how strong and enduring my husband’s body is, of course it felt... really... good..."
"Xia He, what a dirty whore you are."
That night, Xia He lost count on just how many times Gu Zechuan had her. The next morning when she regained consciousness, all that Xia He felt were pains and soreness all over her body as if she had been ran over by a truck. The space beside her on the bed were already empty, and in his place there was only a note, and a box of contraceptive pills.
On the note, it wrote: "Take those pills. You’re not going to have my child. Not in your dreams!"
She doesn’t even need to think to know just who left behind that note. He doesn’t love her. He won’t let her have his kid. Xia He calmly took a pill, and flushed it down the toilet. With that, she looked at her watch. It was almost time to meet with that woman. She changed into a serene and dignified long flowing skirt, covering up the numerous kiss marks on her body, and proceeded to dress up as finely and carefully as she could. When she finished packing everything away, she took her bag and went out.
Coming to the place they agreed to meet, Xia He saw the woman that called her out. That woman sat at a window seat in the cafe, dressed completely in bright red, seductive and youthful. Xia He walked over and took the seat opposite her. Her eyes quickly surveyed the woman in front of her.
"Mo Feifei?" Xia He asked.
The woman stopped in startlement for a bit, "Mrs. Gu?"
Xia He nodded lightly, in silent agreement. She was now Gu Zechuan’s wife, so of course she was also Mrs. Gu.
Mo Feifei threw a magazine on the table, hitting the table with a slap. On the cover was a photo of a young budding model called Mo Feifei, together with Gu Zechuan. Xia He only glanced briefly at the magazine. The man on the cover was as good looking as ever, good looking to the point of driving others into wanting possess him for their own. Though it was but a sheet of paper, from it came an air of strength and confidence, as expected of the man that she loved. A slight bitterness flashed across Xia He’s eyes. The title of the article was shocking and eye catching indeed, "Newlywed Supernova Gu Zechuan’s Hot Night Visit to Young Budding Model..."
Xia He smiled, a cold smile. ‘Barely a magazine cover and she thought it suffice to bare her little teeth at me?’ Indeed she may not be in good terms with her husband, just about the entire world knows of it already, but that doesn’t mean that she will simply take it when some random woman waltz into her territory and tries to walk all over her.

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Chapter 3 — She Who Came Baring Her Fangs

"What are you trying to say?" Xia He said, in a calm manner.
Mo Feifei laughed, her smile seductively entrancing, "I don't know just what reasons Mr. Gu could possibly have for marrying you, but one thing I do know is that he doesn't love you. And since he doesn't love you, why are you still so fixated on being Mrs. Gu? You should have given up this seat gracefully and let someone else more deserving of it than you have it!"
On Xia He's face was an expression that speaks calmness and nothing else. What Mo Feifei said was indeed true. But then again, what can anyone else say even if she does choose to remain as Mrs. Gu? She is his wife, his lawfully wedded wife after all. What rights could a random stranger possibly have to tell her otherwise?
"Now just where might this wild little duckling came from? Looking for publicity and fame here, are we?" Xia He took the magazine and tossed it at Mo Feifei’s arrogant and overly confident face. She smiled, coldly, "What? You think you can talk to me on equal ground simply by bringing a little magazine? You think too highly of yourself. Though I can indeed understand that with Gu Zechuan’s appetite being as big as it is, occasionally he’d prefer something a little more on the lean and dry side when he tires of his usual... delicacies."
Angered by Xia He’s taunts, Mo Feifei rose to her feet with the coffee cup in her hand and was about to throw it and its content directly into Xia He’s face, but she held back at the last minute. Though Gu Zechuan was indeed dissatisfied with Xia He, she was still someone that Mo Feifei couldn’t afford to mess with. Or rather, her family background that Xia He represents.
Xia He lowered her eyes, took a paper towel and began to wipe her fingers, "If in the future you should choose to bare your teeth against someone, always be clear of the value of the cards you hold in your hands first and foremost. What could you possibly have with you that’s powerful enough to make me give up my seat as Mrs. Gu? Gu Zechuan’s love? Please, don’t be silly, he has more women around him than there are stars in the sky. I probably know more of them than whatever he would ever let you on. And with that, our time is up. Goodbye."
Finishing off, Xia He stood from her seat and left gracefully. Only until she walked completely out of the cafe, did Xia He breathed out slowly. It was so taxing and exhausting to put on a front, always acting the invincible and invulnerable woman, but what else could she do? She couldn’t possibly let Gu Zechuan and his little nymphs make a fool of her, she could not and she would not. The last thing she wanted was to appear the part of a grudging unfavorable hag of a wife, much less appearing as one before Gu Zechuan.
In the company’s president’s office...
"President Gu, today is your wife’s birthday. How do you wish to go about handling the matter of preparing a gift for your wife?" Xu Feng, Gu Zechuan’s special assistant, asked carefully. Gu Zechuan didn’t look too pleased when he came to the company in the morning, and he dared not trigger whatever it was that might be bothering him.
Upon hearing what Xu Fens said, Gu Zechuan’s already darkened face became even darker, so dark that it looked as if it might start thundering and shooting off lightning.
"Birthday present? I think not. Mr. Xu, you should learn to forget what you should not remember. Do not, ever again, mention anything about that woman to me."
Xu Feng was frightened. As the company president’s special assistant, his job is to pay particular attention to everything about the president. And this time he very much accidentally infuriated the president and brought trouble upon himself.
"Today… is also Ms. Qinglian’s birthday." Asking again, ever more carefully than before, Xu Feng took out and unfolded his handkerchief, and wiped off the cold sweat on his forehead.
"What did I give her last year?"
Xu Feng replied humbly, "Last year you gifted her a most prized Italian handmade evening dress."
Gu Zechuan fell silent into his thoughts for a while, "Mind your other duties. This year, I shall choose her gift myself."
Coming out of the cafe, Xia He went directly to the hospital. In the doctor’s office, Xia He asked the doctor about her conditions calmly, almost as if they were someone else’s conditions entirely.
"Doctor, if I should want a child... is it possible?" Xia He asked.
At Xia He’s enquiry, the doctor looked up in worried surprise, "Mrs. Gu, the condition of your body is such that I simply cannot recommend having children. You’re only expected to live for another year, two if you’re lucky, compounded with the fact that we’d have to put your medications on hold during pregnancy... In that case, you’d only have one year to live, tops, or perhaps even shorter. You might not even have enough time to go through the entire process of pregnancy, might I suggest..."
"I understand, doctor." Xia He cut in through the midst of the doctor’s explanations. In simple terms, what the doctor just said that, she won’t be able to have children at all for the rest of her life. Her body won’t allow it, and neither would whatever little time that she still has.

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