Shen Lihua sighed, "I can't match the pace of you youngsters. Only you can understand what you're thinking. Just go with him on this business trip, alright?"

"Why would I?"

"What a defiant daughter-in-law," The woman sneered, "Not bad. Either you go with him to the business trip where he would stay busy with his work or else I can make him cancel his work and send the servants on a holiday. You both can spend some quality time alone in this mansion. The choice is yours."

She waved at her before walking out of the room only to be met with her son who was standing with a cold expression on his face, "Let her go with you." She said before walking away.

Yu Mei sat there frozen in her spot as she thought about what her dear mother-in-law just said.

"The woman is a she-devil…" She murmured to herself, "So…Zixuan is a businessman…"

What business is he doing?

She shook her head.

Tsk...It has nothing to do with her.

Rather than staying alone with him in this mansion, it was better to accompany him on the business trip. At least, he will be busy with work.

'Bang'

She was startled by the sudden noise and looked up.

"Do you want to break the door?" She looked at the man in disbelief, "Anyways, I don't want to see you now. You can just leave…"

The man did not respond to her as walked straight towards her before grabbing her jaw in one hand, "You are not talking to her like that ever again," He enunciated each word in a low yet dangerous voice.

Her eyes teared up at the amount of pressure his fingers applied on her cheeks.

She grabbed his wrist tightly trying to remove his hand off her face.

But he seemed to have become someone else.

She was confident about her physical strength but the man didn't even flinch. She was well trained in martial arts and she knew there were not many men who could compare to her.

But in front of him, her strength seemed negligible.

A lone teardrop escaped from the corner of her eyes as it slid down her cheeks before landing on his hand.

As he felt the wet sensation on his fingers, he blinked before looking into her eyes.

Those inky black eyes had a glassy shine in them.

The sight of tears in her eyes…made him uncomfortable.

His grip on her cheeks loosened and she pushed him away right that instant.

'Pak!'

She stood up from the bed before giving him a tight slap.

"I think I never knew you before. Or I just misunderstood your true nature," Her words sounded like a whisper, "Jun Zixuan… You are a devil…" She mumbled before running out of the room.

Jun Zixuan stood there rooted to his spot as he raised his hand towards his cheek.

He was slapped.

But the thing that bothered him was the tears in her eyes and that redness on her translucent skin.

He was worried whether it was painful to her while she was the one who misbehaved with his mother and slapped him.

Strange, isn't it?

Yu Mei did not pay attention to anyone as she ran out of the mansion.

Without looking back at anyone or thinking about anything, she went to the rose garden that she entered last time.

She walked towards the largest pine tree in her view before sitting under its shade. She leaned back on its girth while her fingers drew circles on the layer of snow that covered the ground.

Whatever happened today…she would just take it as a reminder to stay away from Jun Zixuan in the future.

She misbehaved with his mother because they had already discussed that she will pretend to be a bitch in front of her. She thought he agreed to her plan at that time. Then why did he treat her as such…?

The university will be reopening soon as the blizzard was over and she will be able to complete the final year within a few months. She decided to shift back to the dormitory.

She would be receiving a detailed health checkup report very soon which might solve her overweight issues.

Amidst all this, their divorce will be processed. Everything would be fine as long as she didn't get entangled with this dangerously mysterious man.

Sometimes, life is just too unfair. First of all, she had to die on her birthday. Secondly, she was reborn in the body of an illegitimate young miss who is the wife of this tyrant.

Couldn't she be reborn in some peaceful middle-class family so that she could accomplish her goals without hassles?

"Stop being greedy, you foolish human," A childish voice spoke.

She was startled.

"Who is it? Where are you?" She furrowed her brows. As much as she knew there were no children in this mansion, then where did this kid come from?

And what's up with this rude voice?

"Who are you calling a kid, you moron?!"

Yu Mei paled. That was something she thought inside her mind, how could someone know her thoughts?

''It's suffocating here…Get me outside of your pocket if you do not want me to kill you…"

P-Pocket?

Disbelief was written all over her face as she extended her trembling fingers towards the pocket of the trench coat she was wearing.

She took the little furry thing out of her pocket, "I-Is it you who is talking to me?" Earlier when Jun Zixuan's mother was talking to her, she had put it in her pocket sneakily so that she wouldn't see it.

"Is there someone else here?"

Yu Mei closed her eyes before taking a deep breath, "So, what are you?" she calmly asked looking at the palm-sized creature in her hand.

The little thing snorted as it looked at her with its round hazel eyes, ''Why are you not shocked?"

"I am alive right now…this has got something to do with you, isn't it?"

The creature's round eyes visibly widened as it bit her finger with its sharp teeth before landing on the ground elegantly.

"Sss…" She sucked in a cold breath and glared at the thing whose color matched with that of the snow there.

"I am not telling you about anything. You should be grateful that you are alive right now, how dare you ask for a better life?" The creature scoffed at her in disdain.

She glanced at it coldly, "What kind of thing are you?"

"I don't find it necessary to share that with you…"

The woman lowered her head in disappointment, appearing somewhat pitiful, ''I feel like I am all alone in this world…" She softly mumbled, her words giving off the vibes of loneliness.

The little thing's large ears twitched slightly as he looked at her pitiful face. It opened its mouth to speak, "I am a…."