Rekindled Hearts: The Tycoon’s Reluctant Love
Chapter 493 - Chapter 493 Chapter 491 Alone on the Island

Chapter 493: Chapter 491: Alone on the Island Chapter 493: Chapter 491: Alone on the Island Perhaps too exhausted, Wen Yuci fell back into a deep sleep after Fu Yunshen left.

She had a faraway dream.

In the dream, she returned to the verdant days of youth, standing on the basketball court, cheering for Fu Yunshen during his game.

Fu Yunshen was handsome, academically outstanding, and skilled at basketball, making him quite popular in school.

Back then, their relationship hadn’t been confirmed yet.

Like other girls, she was one of his little fan girls.

The way he flicked his sweat-drenched hair and lifted the hem of his shirt to wipe off sweat was so cool it was ridiculous.

She held a bottle of mineral water in her hand, ready to hand it to him when he rested.

But another girl ran ahead of her.

He took the water from that girl, unscrewed the cap, and gulped it down.

At that moment, she saw it and was quite angry.

Without watching the second half of the game, she turned and ran away.

After that, she stopped paying attention to Fu Yunshen.

She acted as if he was invisible, and her attitude toward him cooled down.

Once, after an evening self-study session, she was ready to go home when he stopped her.

He pulled her into a small grove and asked her why she had been so cold to him lately?

Sulking, she complained about what had happened on the basketball court that day, but instead of comforting her, he laughed and stroked his forehead after hearing her story.

She was so angry that her little fists balled up to hit him.

He laughed while running forward.

“Ci Ci, why are you so silly? That was my cousin. She came specially to see me play basketball and said if I didn’t drink her water, she would tell the adults about us. You’re so timid, if the adults knew, would you still like me?”

Back then, his laugh was clear and clean, like a brook in the woods, with no darkness in sight.

But the scene shifted, and he turned into a devil.

He personally handed her over to a middle-aged man.

She cried and begged him, yet he remained indifferent.

His gaze made her feel estranged, cold, and scared.

He was no longer the Fu Yunshen who used to protect her in everything.

He and she could never return to the past.

Tears slid out from the corners of her eyes, one by one.

In her chest, a suffocating pain surged.

It hurt so much that she nearly couldn’t breathe.

Opening her eyes abruptly, she looked at the ceiling overhead, feeling a dryness in her throat.

This sleep had taken her from day to night.

Tears slid to her lips, tasting of a salty bitterness.

Those memories of sweetness and sorrow, laughter and tears, overlapped and intertwined in her mind, as if an invisible giant hand was viciously tearing at her chest.

It made her insides feel shattered into pieces.

A heart-wrenching pain.

Why, why had she and Fu Yunshen ended up in this situation?

Deep into the night, Wen Yuci’s stomach growled with hunger.

She left her room, intending to leave.

But as she walked out of the villa, she realized she was surrounded by the sea.

The villa was on an isolated island.

He had brought her to a place where she couldn’t contact the outside world.

Wen Yuci felt both anger and hatred.

Having no choice, she had to return to the villa.

Unable to bear the hunger, she went into the kitchen.

The fridge contained noodles, eggs, tomatoes, and she cooked herself a bowl of tomato and egg noodles.

After serving herself, she placed the bowl on the dining table, then went back to the kitchen to tidy up the sink area.

When she returned to the dining room, she noticed an added tall silhouette.

The man, wearing a bathrobe, sat on a chair, eating the bowl of noodles she had prepared.

Wen Yuci bit her teeth, “That’s mine.”

The man looked up at her, the phoenix eyes beneath his glasses dark and profound, “When even you belong to me, what’s the problem with eating a bowl of noodles you made?”

Wen Yuci clenched her fists tightly, “Fu Yunshen, I have never been yours.”

No sooner had her words fallen than the man’s long arm stretched out toward her, he directly grabbed her wrist and pulled her into his embrace.

His classical handsome chin grasped by his hand, he leaned his distinguished and handsome face close to hers, his thin lips curving into a dangerous arc, “It seems you’re not hungry enough to have the energy to talk back to me.”

His large palm caressed her slender waist.

Realizing what he intended to do, Wen Yuci quickly pressed down on his hand.

“Let go of me!”

“Eat your noodles obediently?”

Wen Yuci gritted her teeth, “I’ll eat, now release me.”

The man let go of the hand gripping her waist, and when Wen Yuci tried to stand up, he pressed her back down into his embrace.

“Sit on my lap and eat.”

Wen Yuci glared at him.

His thin lips moved close to her ear, “Be good, you know I’m in a bad mood right now, don’t provoke me.”

As he spoke, his breath fell on her, causing her body to break out in goosebumps.

She knew she couldn’t outstubborn him and reluctantly picked up her chopsticks to eat bite by bite.

Actually, she really wanted to starve herself, but what good would that do? The only thing it would harm was her own body!

Although she disliked the domineering Mother Wen, she was still her mother, and with Father Wen still in jail, the Wen family needed her to stay strong.

She only hoped the agreement would expire soon so she could get away from this devil.

After eating her fill, Wen Yuci struggled again to rise from his embrace, but the man pulled out a tissue to wipe her lips, “Have you had enough?”

Wen Yuci nodded her head, “Can you let go of me now?”

The man laughed quietly but far from letting her go, he instead took her chin and kissed her deeply.

Wen Yuci instinctively tried to push him away, but he held fast to the back of her head.

As her mind became a blur, she heard his husky voice by her ear, “Ci Ci, be a little more obedient.”

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Wen Yuci lay prostrate on the couch, tears sliding from the corners of her eyes.

The man’s long arms reached from behind, pulling her back into his embrace.

His thin lips kissed away the tears at the corner of her eyes, “Why have you become such a crybaby now, hmm?”

Wen Yuci tightly pressed her lips together, remaining silent.

Her beautiful face still flushed, now bejeweled with tears, resembled a rose bathed in rain, both dazzlingly beautiful and pitiful.

Fu Yunshen lifted her chin to kiss away the tears on her face, one by one.

Wen Yuci pushed him away with force.

“Fu Yunshen, you’ve gotten what you wanted, so stop pretending to be affectionate, it truly disgusts me!”

Underneath his glasses, Fu Yunshen’s phoenix eyes gleamed with a scattered yet profound cold light, “Wen Yuci, don’t act innocent when you’re anything but!”

His words deeply wounded Wen Yuci’s heart.

She raised her hand and fiercely slapped his handsome face.

A crisp slap resounded, and five red finger marks appeared on his face.

Wen Yuci, seeing that he didn’t dodge and took the slap squarely, was completely stunned.

At the same time, fear surged up from deep within her.

Would he strangle her next and send her to meet King Yama?

Fu Yunshen, however, didn’t strangle her but merely curled his lip into a dangerous smirk, “Seems like you have plenty of energy.”

By the time Wen Yuci realized what that meant, her slim body was once again enveloped by his tall stature.

This lunatic!

Wen Yuci, unwilling to show weakness, fiercely scratched at him, leaving his body covered in wounds.

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