With Ah Xuan

"Except, Jiang Shuqin, I suppose you had no idea." Su Hua's red lips curled into a smirk. "The one who's been with Ah Xuan is me. The one who crashed the wedding was also me."

"What?"

Jiang Shuqin's eyes widened in shock once again.

Ever since Lin Xuan left the Lin Family, the one who had been supporting him was actually Su Hua!

Jiang Shuqin recalled every moment from the past.

No wonder, on the day Lin Xuan got into a fight and needed a guardian, that person who claimed to be a lawyer from Su Corporation showed up to help him.

No wonder Lin Xuan had the funds to establish Skyline Group.

And no wonder he walked out of the police station unscathed.

So, it was all orchestrated by Su Hua behind the scenes.

Jiang Shuqin's mind buzzed with disbelief.

She had assumed that after Lin Xuan left the Lin Family, without their protection, he had nothing left. She never imagined he would turn around and latch onto Su Hua.

No wonder he had been so confident when he walked away from the Lin Family...

"Ms. Jiang, let me clarify something." Su Hua's voice was icy. "Ah Xuan and I are not in a sugar daddy relationship. We are equals—lovers. I will never let go of Ah Xuan in this lifetime. We will marry and have children."

In Su Hua's eyes,

Lin Xuan was never beneath her. If anything, there were times she felt inferior to him.

After all, the one who falls in love first, the one who loves deeper, loses first.

Fortunately, Ah Xuan reciprocated her love.

Jiang Shuqin remained on her knees, unable to process the situation.

How had things come to this...?

"Jiang Shuqin, you should brace yourself for what comes next." Su Hua narrowed her eyes. "Anyone who dares to harm Ah Xuan must be punished."

Su Hua reclined in her chair, crossing her legs elegantly, her back resting against the seat, hands resting on the armrests.

She exuded the aura of a queen.

Jiang Shuqin knelt before her, trembling uncontrollably as she took in Su Hua's imposing presence.

"I recall an incident where Ah Xuan fell into a swimming pool, and you all saved Lin Li while leaving him to drown, didn’t you?"

"Then you should experience firsthand what it feels like to suffocate."

Su Hua signaled for the prepared water to be brought forward.

A large barrel was revealed, half-filled with blood.

Then, several more buckets of water were poured in, filling it to the brim.

"Jiang Shuqin, do you know what this is?"

Su Hua raised an eyebrow. "This is half a barrel of blood drained from over a dozen people. You’ll get to savor the sensation of drowning in it."

A thick, metallic stench rose from the barrel.

"Guh—"

Jiang Shuqin gagged, clutching her chest as she knelt and dry-heaved.

It took her a while to recover.

"CEO Su!" Jiang Shuqin crawled to Su Hua’s feet. "I’m Lin Xuan’s mother—your mother-in-law! Please, spare me!"

"Mother-in-law?"

Su Hua scoffed and kicked her away.

"Ah Xuan has no family."

The only person close to him was her.

"Men!"

Su Hua commanded coldly, "Hold her by the barrel. Let her experience what suffocation truly feels like."

"Yes."

Two bodyguards stepped forward and restrained Jiang Shuqin.

"No!"

"Please, no!"

"Su Hua, I’m your mother-in-law! You can’t do this to me!"

Jiang Shuqin screamed.

Su Hua remained seated, swirling a glass of deep red wine, watching Jiang Shuqin with mocking amusement.

Jiang Shuqin thrashed wildly, but her struggles were nothing against the trained bodyguards.

"Mmmpfh—!"

Her head was forced into the bloody water.

The foul liquid invaded her nostrils as she flailed against the surface.

A minute later,

just as Jiang Shuqin was on the verge of passing out—

"Whoosh!"

The bodyguards yanked her back by the hair.

She gasped for air—

"Whoosh!"

Her head was plunged back in.

This cycle repeated dozens of times, forcing Jiang Shuqin to endure the brink of death over and over.

It was torture—both physical and psychological.

"Whoosh!"

After the forty-ninth dunking,

"That’s enough."

At Su Hua’s command, Jiang Shuqin was thrown to the ground.

"Su Hua—no, CEO Su! Please, let me go! I’ll never treat Lin Xuan like that again!" Jiang Shuqin begged.

She had a terrible premonition.

Something even worse awaited her.

"Jiang Shuqin, do I need your promises?" Su Hua’s lips curled coldly. "The man I protect is untouchable."

Jiang Shuqin shivered.

"Men." Su Hua ordered again. "Bring the whip."

A bodyguard promptly handed one over.

"CEO Su, here."

Jiang Qing presented a pair of pristine white gloves.

Su Hua took them and slid them on with deliberate grace.

Jiang Qing watched, shaking her head.

In the past, Su Hua never wore gloves when executing someone. She once said she loved the sensation of warm blood coating her hands.

But ever since Young Master Lin remarked that he didn’t want blood staining her hands,

Su Hua had worn gloves for every execution since.

Truly, a husband-whipped woman.

Whip in hand, Su Hua strode toward Jiang Shuqin.

"Su Hua… you’re going to whip me?" Jiang Shuqin trembled.

She recalled the scars covering Lin Chang and Lin Li’s bodies.

Was she about to suffer the same fate?

"Isn’t it obvious?"

Su Hua smirked and raised the whip—

"CRACK!"

The lash struck Jiang Shuqin’s body.

"AHHH—!"

She curled into a ball, writhing in agony.

Su Hua’s gaze darkened.

This was how Ah Xuan had been tortured by the Lin Family. Back on the island, she had seen the countless scars—old and new—covering his body.

She would repay every ounce of suffering he endured.

"CRACK! CRACK! CRACK!"

Lash after lash rained down.

"AAAAAHHH—!"

Screams echoed through the basement.

Jiang Shuqin rolled on the floor, her body soon covered in over twenty welts.

"Jiang Qing, didn’t Lin Chang and Lin Li have their fingernails and toenails ripped out?" Su Hua asked coolly.

"Yes," Jiang Qing confirmed.

"If the husband and son suffered it, the wife and mother shouldn’t be exempt." Su Hua’s tone was indifferent.

Jiang Shuqin shuddered.

Su Hua was going to pull out her nails?!

"CEO Su, the pliers."

A bodyguard respectfully handed over a gleaming pair.

Jiang Shuqin’s teeth chattered at the sight.

"Su Hua, I’ll do anything—just let me go, please!" she pleaded, voice shaking.

The mere thought of the pain made her want to faint.

"Hold her down!"

Su Hua commanded.

"Yes!"

The four bodyguards pinned Jiang Shuqin to the ground together.

Jiang Shuqin couldn't move a muscle.