"Yes, I dated you only because you belong to the Huo Family. Qingyuan, didn't you get into a fight with Zhao Xinyue because of me? Look, that's how much you fancy me."

He gently grazed the blade of the knife across Huo Qingyuan's fair and tender face, sending a cold chill down her spine and making her shiver nonstop.

"Zhou Yan, I didn't expect you to be such a person."

"What's wrong with me? What kind of a person am I?"

Zhou Yan's voice was pleasant to the ears but Huo Qingyuan was absolutely disgusted by it now.

"Did you really think I'm a talented senior and a gentle boyfriend whose parents run a small business and who worked hard to earn a place in a prestigious university for himself?" Zhou Yan burst into laughter and said, "My silly Qingyuan, why are you so gullible?"

Stunned, Huo Qingyuan asked, "What do you mean?"

"I didn't receive any offer to a prestigious school at all. Huo Qingyuan, you were so silly as to even buy me a house overseas and introduce your friends to me. Now, those bosom friends of yours are being fooled and coaxed by me..."

With a maniacal gaze, Zhou Yan said, "You people are young ladies of rich families who don't know how tough life really is. Do you think you're a big deal just because your families are well to do? Why must I be a notch lower than others? Why must I be looked down upon by you people?"

Pressing the fruit knife against Huo Qingyuan's neck again, Zhou Yan subconsciously applied more force as he was incredibly agitated. Huo Qingyuan could feel the sharp pain of her skin being slit.

She swallowed some saliva gently, petrified and thinking to herself that Yan Jinyi would definitely be able to defeat Zhou Yan if she were there.

Holding her tears back as much as she could, Huo Qingyuan coaxed in a gentle voice, "I won't break up with you or blame you for cheating on me anymore, alright? Zhou Yan, put the knife down. I-I can give you money, any amount you want."

Zhou Yan ordered sternly, "Hurry up and write the shares transfer letter!"

He originally wanted to hold Huo Qingyuan captive for some time until he went abroad, but he never expected that Huo Qingyuan would run into him and another girl.

He thought that Huo Qingyuan had herself to blame for wandering about and running into them.

"Hurry up and write it!"

"Zhou Yan, you're very talented in illustrating. As long as you work hard, you will definitely become a famous artist. Why are you doing this? Zhou Yan, you're ruining your future!"

"Ruining my future? Hmph, once I get your shares of the Huo Group, I'll have a bright and promising future. Hurry up," Zhou Yan said, giving Huo Qingyuan a hard push.

Huo Qingyuan wrote a letter of shares transfer with shaky hands, filled with regret.

'It's all my fault for being willful and blinded by love.'

'I brought this upon myself. Serves me right for meeting a scumbag like Zhou Yan."

'But what do I do? I'm so scared. I'm so afraid of dying and getting violated by Zhou Yan."

The more she thought about it, the more she felt like crying. Tears began to roll down her cheek like broken beads on a string.

After Huo Qingyuan finished writing the letter of funds transfer, Zhou Yan grabbed her hand by force and forced her to press her thumbprint onto the letter.

After completing everything, Zhou Yan breathed a sigh of relief and carefully put the letter away in the drawer.

"Can you let me go now?" Huo Qingyuan asked, gritting her teeth.

"Let you go? Qingyuan, we haven't gotten intimate yet." Grazing his large palm against Huo Qingyuan's face, Zhou Yan said in a hoarse voice, "Should we now celebrate me becoming the new shareholder of Huo Group?"

"Zhou Yan!"

"Be good and remove your clothes."

Glowering at him, Huo Qingyuan said, "Dont touch me, move your filthy hand away."

"Filthy?" Zhou Yan chuckled. "If you think I'm filthy, why did you shamelessly confess your love to me and try to woo me?"

"That's because you did an excellent job at pretending."

"Everyone in this world lives with a mask on. Oh by the way, your second sister-in-law is an actress, right? She's quite pretty, why don't the two of you..."