164 Unexpected Meeting

"Please... stop... it hurts so much..." Xia Yuwei finally begged, pinned beneath Lu Yichen. His stamina was endless, yet his temper was volatile. She felt as though her lower body had gone completely numb, as if it no longer belonged to her. She had never imagined that intimacy could be so painful and prolonged, while his relentless venting continually pushed her to her absolute limits...

"How much does it hurt? I thought your cries all night sounded quite melodious..." Lu Yichen said viciously, holding her tight. Though he did not stop, he slowed his pace. She was dry now, so it was bound to hurt. Yet he was torturing her like this, just as he was torturing himself.

"It hurts even more than the first time! ...Ah!..." What did he mean by her cries sounding melodious all night? Did he expect her to cry? She was just a normal woman...

Hearing her mention the first time, he suddenly shuddered, releasing himself inside her. He pulled her close and collapsed against her, panting heavily.

"You're a beast! A lunatic!" Xia Yuwei wept, beating her fists against him and hurling insults in blind fury. Her body was covered in his cruel marks. "Lu Yichen, you're an animal! An unreasonable beast!..."

At that moment, the door suddenly swung open, accompanied by a child's voice, "Mommy! I'm back!"

Both of them froze instantly. They lifted their heads to see a small boy standing in the doorway. His facial contours were as sharp as knife cuts, with phoenix eyes and dark, brilliant pupils that now burned with absolute shock.

"Yufan..." Xia Yuwei instantly shoved the unprepared Lu Yichen off her body.

The moment Xia Yuvan walked in and saw a man pinning his mommy to the floor while his mommy wept and called the man an animal, his heart leapt straight into his throat. Someone was bullying his mommy! When both of them looked up at him simultaneously, he realized that this person was... his daddy...

He stepped forward, clenching his fists, and shouted at Lu Yichen, "How dare you bully my mommy? You're dead!" So what if he was his daddy?! He didn't want such a bad daddy! How dare he bully his most beloved mommy like this!

Lu Yichen sat on the floor with his upper body bare, looking with considerable amusement at the fiercely determined Xia Yufan.

Xia Yuwei inwardly groaned.

Oh, heavens—

Why was it that every single time, this Lu Yichen managed to reduce her to such utter humiliation... She had always been so careful to maintain her image, especially in front of her son, and now... she had no idea what her son had actually seen, or how much of it...

Before Lu Yichen could say anything, Xia Yuwei hurriedly pulled a quilt over herself to cover up and said to Xia Yuvan, "Yufan, go outside for a moment..."

"But, Mommy..." Instead of leaving, Xia Yuvan took another step forward, his tiny fists clenched tightly, looking ready to throw a punch at any second. He couldn't leave his mommy alone with a man like this. He could clearly see the bruises on his mommy's body.

"Yufan, Mommy is fine. Be a good boy and go outside first. Mommy will come find you in a moment," Xia Yuwei coaxed him gently. As humiliating as the situation was, she deeply loved the fierce protectiveness Xia Yuvan showed toward her. At the same time, a wave of anxiety washed over her. Just like that, completely by accident, Lu Yichen had met his son for the first time. Would this lead to endless trouble in the future?

"...All right." Xia Yuvan pouted, casting a vicious glare at Lu Yichen as if warning him not to pull any more stunts, or else he wouldn't let him off. Then he turned and ran out, closing the door behind him.

In the living room, Lin Chenxi was already gone—he had placed Xia Yuvan's luggage in order and left. Naturally, he hadn't wanted to disturb Xia Yuwei's sweet sleep early in the morning.

Xia Yuvan marched over, plopped down onto the sofa, and angrily turned on the television.

What a terrible daddy! Even worse than he had imagined! Anyone who dared to bully his mommy was someone he would never forgive!

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Back in the bedroom, once Xia Yuvan had left, Xia Yuwei collapsed onto the floor in sheer exhaustion and let out a long breath.

"Get up and get out!" she snapped at Lu Yichen.

"Is this your son?" Ignoring her eviction order, Lu Yichen propped himself up on one elbow, lying sideways close to Xia Yuwei with one hand resting on her chest. He had little concept of children, but he thought the little guy was quite small and looked rather amusing when angry.

Not just my son, but yours too, Xia Yuwei thought to herself, though she didn't dare say it aloud.

"Didn't you hear him call me Mommy? Whose son could he be if not mine?" she retorted irritably. Fearing he would keep tangling her up in this topic, she swatted hard at his hand. "If you don't get up, watch out—my son might come back and beat you up!"

Causing her bare skin beneath his hand, Lu Yichen paid her threat no mind and asked in a dangerous tone, "He's more than three years old, isn't he?" But considering that she and he had only divorced three years ago, no matter how he looked at it, this child didn't seem like a mere two or three-year-old... Which meant...

"What business is it of yours how old he is?" Xia Yuwei anxiously changed the subject, scrambling up to grab a bathrobe from the bed and put it on.

"If you think it's none of my business, whose business should it be?" He snatched her bathrobe and threw it to the floor. "Are you really that desperate? I've only been gone a few days and you already have another man? Can't you live without a man?"

"Lu Yichen, go to hell! Just go to hell!" Xia Yuwei finally snapped. She grabbed the decorative pillows and cushions from the bed one by one and hurled them fiercely at him. "You're no human, you're an absolute animal!" she cursed him yet again. In the past, no matter how angry she was, she had never been able to bring herself to wish him dead, but now he had finally pushed her past her breaking point. "What right do you have to judge me? What right do you have to interfere with my life? You were the one who packed up and vanished god knows where without a word, so what if I have another man? How many women do you have out there? Let whoever cares manage you!" Ignoring the fact that she was stark naked, she scrambled up to find clothes in the wardrobe.

Lu Yichen grabbed her by the leg, causing her to tumble back into his arms. "I was still your husband back then. Shouldn't I have a say when you go looking for other men?" A dangerous glint flashed in his eyes.

Without a moment's hesitation, she reached out and slapped him hard across the face. "And what about you? Did you ever fulfill your responsibilities as a husband?!"