Chapter Five: The Price of Marriage

“I knew the marriage could save my family. Not that it would save us by consuming you.” “I'll record that as debt, not a grudge—for now.” At the Lu estate, Jiming gave her an ancestral black-diamond ring worth eighty million. Zhiwei immediately handed it to an auction-house manager. “Mortgage it. Use everything to acquire Hengfeng Foods.” Hengfeng was the shell company through which the Lu family paid Aftertaste. The manager looked at Jiming. He smiled. “Do as she says.” The mansion dimmed. A bloody circle opened around Jiming's ring finger, while whispers filled Zhiwei's ears: Want her. Own her. Make her sign. “Control your gift,” she murmured, taking his arm.