The CEO's wife is reborn and vows to pay for her crimes in blood.

Chapter 1 Framed

"Honey, I'm waiting for you at the entrance of the Xingyuan Hotel. Come down and find me after you finish meeting your client. Honey, I have a surprise for you—I'm pregnant!"

Chu Xinglan stopped editing the text. She touched her lower abdomen, a happy smile spreading across her beautiful face. She then deleted the words "I'm pregnant," wanting to tell him the good news in person.

These past few days she's come to understand that although her marriage with Gu Ye wasn't based on mutual consent, since they've become husband and wife and now have a child of their own, she should try her best to maintain it. It's precisely because she'd always been too cold to Gu Ye before that she's taking this initiative to be nice to him so seriously. After learning that Gu Ye was meeting with clients at the Xingyuan Hotel, she drove there overnight. Speaking of the Xingyuan Hotel, this was the first place where she and Gu Ye had ever crossed paths. Now she's going to tell him the good news of her pregnancy here. Isn't this a kind of fate?

After Chu Xinglan sent out the above text, she wanted to send another one: Husband, after that incident, I have been blaming you in my heart, which is why I have distanced myself from you. But I have seen and remembered how good you have been to me these past few days. So, shall we start over?

But she suddenly discovered that she couldn't find her husband's QQ number in her QQ contact list.

Chu Xinglan panicked. What was going on? Could it be... that her husband had deleted her from his friends list?

No, impossible. Gu Ye wouldn't do that. There must be some hidden reason behind it!

As Chu Xinglan was thinking about giving the phone to Gu Ye, three burly men suddenly rushed out of the hotel, grabbed Chu Xinglan's hand, knocked the phone out of her hand, and stomped it to pieces on the ground by one of the men.

Chu Xinglan tried to call for help, but another man covered her mouth with his hand and forcibly dragged her into the hotel.

Realizing something terrible had happened, Chu Xinglan saw a man walking towards her and quickly tried to ask him for help.

"Waaaaah..."

But her mouth was covered, so she couldn't make a sound.

Chu Xinglan panicked. She kept twisting her body, struggling to lunge at the man for help.

"Stop fooling around, baby, you'll scare passersby." The man who covered Chu Xinglan's mouth put his arm around her shoulder affectionately and smiled at the passersby. "My girlfriend, she's drunk!"

Chu Xinglan shook her head vigorously, but the man didn't notice anything unusual. He just glanced at them strangely and then left.

Watching that person leave, Chu Xinglan felt like she wanted to die.

"Come on, baby, we're going to take good care of you."

The three men pushed Chu Xinglan into a room, and the moment the door closed, Chu Xinglan was plunged into hell.

For a full four hours, Chu Xinglan was tortured by those three beasts!

"Mrs. Gu and Mr. Gu have been married for almost three months. I didn't expect Mrs. Gu to be so tight. It seems that Mr. Gu is not good in that area. It's good that we brothers made Mrs. Gu have a good time."

One of the men was putting on his clothes as he spoke, while the other two were also putting on their clothes, revealing mocking smiles. Suddenly, one of them saw a pool of blood spreading out beneath Chu Xinglan's body.

"Blood, a lot of blood!"

"Won't someone get killed?"

"What's the panic? Let's get out of here while no one's watching!"

So the three men grabbed their pants and ran away.

The thunder roared and the earth shook. One lightning bolt after another exploded in mid-air. Under the torrential rain, Chu Xinglan walked forward like a walking corpse, stepping through the puddles that were up to her calves.

The storm lashed at her, chilling her to the bone, but Chu Xinglan felt nothing. She walked slowly in the rain, not knowing how long she had walked, until she lost consciousness, her legs mechanically dragging her towards home.

Inside the magnificent Jingyuan Villa, the lights were on, and a tall, handsome man stood at the door, looking at the heavy rain outside with his brows furrowed.

He dialed the number again and again, but no one answered.

"Sir, it's so late and it's raining heavily. Madam... probably won't be coming back."

The young nanny, in her early twenties, murmured softly.

"When did Madam leave? Why did she leave?" Gu Ye stared sharply at the nanny.

The nanny lowered her head in fright, her voice even softer: "Where is Madam going? Why would she tell me?"

At that moment, Gu Ye spotted a small figure walking slowly through the torrential rain. He rushed into the rain, bent down, picked up Chu Xinglan who was walking blankly in the rain, and quickly ran towards the villa.

The nanny was startled by Gu Ye's actions. When she came to her senses, she saw Gu Ye running back with Chu Xinglan in his arms.

"gentlemen……"

The nanny quickly took out a dry towel, wanting to help Gu Ye wipe himself.

"Quickly prepare dry clothes for your wife."

Gu Ye gave a stern order, snatched the towel, and personally wiped Chu Xinglan's body.

Chu Xinglan looked as if she had just been pulled out of the water, her whole body soaked.

"Are you stupid? Why don't you find somewhere to take shelter in this heavy rain?" Gu Ye scolded her angrily.

"Gu Ye, why did you delete me?" Chu Xinglan raised her misty eyes and stared intently at Gu Ye.

She didn't know if the water in her eyes was rain or tears, or perhaps both.

Gu Ye was completely confused by her question: "What did you say?"

"Forget it, it doesn't matter anymore!" Chu Xinglan said resolutely. She pushed Gu Ye's hand away and went straight upstairs.

Chu Xinglan soaked herself in the bathtub, scrubbing her body again and again, but she still felt very dirty, very, very dirty. She wished she could scrub her skin off, but what good would it do? She was already unclean, and no amount of washing would help.

"Lanlan, are you alright?"

Gu Ye's voice came from outside the bathroom; he gently knocked on the bathroom door.

"Get out!" Chu Xinglan shouted with all her might.

Gu Ye paused for a moment, his raised hand inexplicably clenching, then he said in a still gentle voice, "I've already asked Xianghe to prepare ginger soup. Drink it after you come out, so you don't catch a cold!"

Gu Ye glanced at the bathroom door as he spoke, sighed softly, and turned to walk out of the bedroom.

Since their marriage, they have slept in separate rooms. He felt somewhat guilty towards Chu Xinglan. If that incident hadn't happened, she would probably be married to her first love and have children now, instead of becoming his wife, Gu Ye. This was also the reason why Chu Xinglan had been depressed since marrying him.

Where did Chu Xinglan go tonight? Why did she come back so late? And why was she even colder to him when she returned?

Gu Ye dared not think too much. He only hoped that Chu Xinglan could consider his status. Even if they could not be loving, they should still support each other through thick and thin.