"On the 15th of this month, Qin Feng and I are getting married. You must come!"

In the cafe, Xia Jiwan sat with an opened red invitation in front of her. The names 'Xia Mo' and 'Qin Feng' on it were unusually eye-catching.

Facing the provocation from her step-sister Xia Mo, Xia Jiwan clenched her fists slightly, enduring the pain, and responded with an impassive expression, "I won't go. If I go, it would only be to present you with sulfuric acid."

Her boyfriend of four years from college was now snatched by Xia Mo, her own step-sister. Even after all this time, she still couldn't believe that it was true. She fell seriously ill, just recently started to recover, but Xia Mo was going to marry Qin Feng so soon, again a knife inserted deep into her heart.

She knew that Xia Mo was doing this on purpose, just to see her in pain.

Xia Mo smirked, "You wouldn't do that, you've always been your mom's obedient daughter, how could you ever do something that would get your mom beaten by my dad? Anyway, if I don't see you on the 15th, I will tell dad about your mom's ten million gambling debt that she owes to the underground moneylenders, and you should know what the consequences would be."

Xia Jiwan remained expressionless, watching Xia Mo's provocative gaze. As Xia Mo picked up her LV bag and strutted out of the café like a proud peacock, Xia Jiwan noticed her palm was bleeding from her own nails digging into it.

Ten million... a staggering ten million...

Xia Jiwan took out her phone suddenly, quickly dialed a number and as soon as the call connected she asked, "About that thing you mentioned last time, has the other party found a suitable candidate yet?"

Xia Jiwan glanced at the now empty seat across from her. The pungent smell of perfume still lingered in the air, making her feel repulsed.

The next second, Xia Jiwan said, "Then introduce me to her. I don't have any bad habits, I am healthy, and… I am very clean, I should meet her requirements."

The winter wind felt especially cold.

Xia Jiwan walked out of the café, looked up at the overcast sky, and smiled.

Two days later, Xia Jiwan resigned from her editor job at the newspaper and got into a Rolls-Royce Phantom that came specifically to pick her up. The driver gave her a glance, expressionless.

The Lu family was the wealthiest family in the province, with substantial financial resources and businesses all over the country and abroad. Thinking about her imminent meeting with Mrs. Lu, Xia Jiwan was a little nervous, her palms sweaty.

When Xia Jiwan finally saw Lady Lu, she understood what it meant to be a 'wealthy woman'.

"Lu...Lady Lu..." Xia Jiwan looked at Lady Lu, who was adorned with jewels, dazzling and full of elegance, became even more nervous than when she was in the car.

Lady Lu sat in her high chair, sizing her up from head to toe, especially focusing at her chest and rear, which made Xia Jiwan's stomach tighten instantly.

"So you still are fresh out of the cocoon?" Lady Lu asked coldly.

"Yes." Xia Jiwan thought about the decision she had made and suddenly felt less nervous, answering calmly.

"Old Wang, take her to the hospital for a physical examination, I need a health certification report and a virginity certification." Lady Lu said to the butler standing nearby.

This was to confirm that Xia Jiwan had no genetic physical health issues, and that Xia Jiwan was indeed a virgin!

Xia Jiwan had already learned about all these necessary procedures from her classmates. Although she felt humiliated, she silently endured all, because compared to the pain that Xia Mo and Qin Feng had brought her, she could bear all of this.

After a long afternoon, Xia Jiwan followed Old Wang back to the Lu's house with a pale face, and then Lady Lu had a servant change her into a set of expensive clothes and pushed her into a room.

The moment Xia Jiwan heard the door being locked, her heart skipped a beat. Add to that the fact that there was no light in the room, her heart was filled with fear and anxiety.

Just then, somebody suddenly lunged at her. She failed to dodge in time and was knocked to the ground with a cry, a jolt of pain travelling up her spine!

"So it's you, huh? Offering yourself up?" A man's voice sounded from above, slightly hoarse as if he was trying to restrain something.

Being insulted out of nowhere as a woman offering herself, Xia Jiwan’s first reaction was thinking that she had entered the wrong room. But when the man pinning her down began to tear at the robe she had just put on, her face paled, she quickly fought back: "You’ve mistaken me for someone else! Let me go immediately!"

"Mistaken you?" The man sneered incredulously. "Dare you say that you are not here to have my child? Dare you say that you didn’t take ten million from the Lu family? Even if you are a virgin, it doesn’t change the fact that you are promiscuous!”

Xia Jiwan was stupefied, she never expected that the man pinning her down was… the man with whom she intended to strike a deal, the young master of the Lu family, Lu Zehao!

She didn't know what to say.

Because she did sell herself in exchange for ten million from the Lu family. She agreed...to be a surrogate for Lu family's young master; to bear a child for Lu Family.

"What? Lost your tongue?" Lu Zehao sneered. With a strength coming from an unknown source, he stood up, pulled Xia Jiwan up, took a few steps to the side of the table, and suddenly started force-feeding her with alcohol.

"Cough...cough...no...stop..." Xia Jiwan's mouth was rudely grasped, and he forced alcohol into her mouth, causing her to cough uncontrollably.

Lu Zehao showed no mercy, pouring half a bottle of alcohol into Xia Jiwan's stomach, and then let go and watched as she fits of coughing brought tears to her eyes.

Xia Jiwan coughed for a long time, and when she thought the torturous experience had passed, she suddenly felt a strange sensation surge through her body that she had never felt before. This made her legs weak, leaving her kneeling on the cold floor.

"How come..." Xia Jiwan covered her wildly beating chest, gasping slightly. She couldn't understand why drinking alcohol would give her this feeling. It was as if she felt... a bit hollow...

"You think if you hadn't been drugged, I would touch a woman like you?" Lu Zehao's eyes were ice cold without warmth. His attractive thin lips curled up in sneer, "I just want to see, how desperate you are to sell yourself so eagerly!"

Xia Jiwan wasn't a heavy drinker. Under the combined effects of alcohol and strong medication, she quickly lost her consciousness. When Lu Zehao approached her, she clung to him, her little hands caressing his chest back and forth, murmuring, "So uncomfortable..."

Deep mockery surfaced in Lu Zehao's eyes. He emotionlessly ripped the gown off of Xia Jiwan. Yet, his cold eyes momentarily faltered when met with her flawless, icy skin.

This woman had a devilish figure, and her skin was simply stunning.

A pity that she would sell herself for money.

Upon seeing Lu Zehao's coldly mocking and disdainful eyes, Xia Jiwan regained consciousness for a few seconds, but the drug left her unable to control her rationality.

"Truly a lowly woman!" Losing his patience, Lu Zehao pushed Xia Jiwan beneath him. An intense storm was about to ensue...