As a Second-Order Cataclysmic Awakened, Ai Li was very fast.
So, it took just two seconds for dozens of stairs to disappear beneath her feet!
Rushing up to the second floor of the villa, Ai Li saw a scene of Qiu Tu carrying a struggling and crying Yanyan into a room at the end of her line of sight.
With a shout, Ai Li cried out, "No!" and then charged straight to the door of the room Qiu Tu and Yanyan entered!
Sounds of clothes tearing and Yanyan's sobs were already coming from the room.
Standing at the door, Ai Li's face was filled with hesitation. Her heart vacillated between "honoring the bet" and her own best friend!
Just like that, after a second, Ai Li finally made up her mind, lifted her foot, and kicked the door open!
The door flew open, and what appeared in Ai Li's eyes was Yanyan being pressed down on the couch by Qiu Tu, her outer garments already torn, her underwear pushed up.
Qiu Tu was biting Yanyan's earlobe, whispering something unknown, while Yanyan's eyes were red, her body trembling uncontrollably, filled with terror.
Seeing this scene, Ai Li's face turned crimson with rage, and she was about to say something.
However, just then, Qiu Tu suddenly turned his head and glared at Ai Li!
In that instant, Ai Li felt as if she was facing a massive primordial beast, towering and eclipsing the sun!
The creature's eyes were bigger than her entire body, gaping its bloody maw, staring at her fiercely!
And accompanying the almost tangible psychic pressure was an overwhelming momentum, like a tidal wave sweeping over her!
In just that moment, Ai Li, already disturbed and unstable, "thudded" to the ground, pressured to her knees!
Qiu Tu let go of Yanyan's chest and slowly stood up.
Black uniform on his body, in the dim light, the irregular, chaotic shadows made him seem like a Demon God.
Together with Yanyan curled up on the sofa behind him, her clothing torn and weeping, he was even more framed as a villain.
He approached Ai Li, who was kneeling on the ground, without expression, then lifted her delicate face and said in a deep tone, "Ai Li, your sportsmanship is truly pathetic."
Hearing Qiu Tu's words, Ai Li quickly looked up at him and responded, "No, no. Qiu... Bureau Chief. I'm not unwilling to honor the bet."
"I just... just... I initiated this bet, Yanyan is innocent."
"Could... could I take her place?"
As she spoke, Ai Li bit her lip, then began to unbutton her own uniform.
As her clothes fell off one by one, what appeared before Qiu Tu was the pale body of a young woman.
Qiu Tu looked at Ai Li before him, just watched.
After a moment, he took off his uniform jacket, threw it to Ai Li, and told her, "Lost interest. Remember from today, you belong to me."
Having said that, Qiu Tu stepped past Ai Li, who was on the ground, and left the bedroom without looking back.
Ai Li, who was prepared to lose herself that night, looked back at Qiu Tu's towering silhouette with disbelief in her eyes.
The dark ground contrasted sharply with the girl's pale body, like a famous painting brought to life...
After a moment, Ai Li came to her senses and remembered Yanyan still curled up on the sofa. She quickly rushed over naked, holding her clothes and embraced Yanyan, "Yanyan, it's okay now, it's over."
Hearing Ai Li's words, Yanyan seemed to find her support and released all her emotions.
Her tattered clothes clung to Ai Li as she burst into tears.
Seeing this, Ai Li tenderly embraced Yanyan, gently patting her back and assuring her, "It's all right, it's all over."
After ten minutes, the two, dressed in the clothes provided by the maid, silently drove away from Qiu Tu's villa.
Ai Li drove while Yanyan sat in the passenger seat.
The atmosphere in the car was somewhat silent...
After a while, Yanyan lowered her head and whispered, "Qiu Tu... why did he let us go?"
Hearing Yanyan's words, Ai Li tensed slightly.
Yanyan continued softly, with her head down, "It was me who urged the bet, and you approached him. He was completely passive in accepting it."
"Actually... we should honor our bet."
Yanyan turned her face towards the car window, the dim streetlights reflecting on her face.
She murmured, "I was just too scared earlier, I felt he was a bit rough, straightforward..."
"Actually... with some mental preparation, I would've been willing."
Hearing Yanyan's words, Ai Li's guilt grew deeper. She softly cut Yanyan off, saying, "Stop it."
"This isn't your problem anymore."
"I will take care of it."
At Ai Li's words, Yanyan looked at her in disbelief, then asked, "How will you solve it?"
"You bet both me and Xue'er to him for a night. You even bet yourself to him."
As she said this, Yanyan seemed to suddenly realize, her face showing shock and surprise, "You're not really planning to follow him completely, are you?"
Yanyan quickly added, "Don't be foolish, Ai Li. There's no such thing as actually giving oneself away in a bet."
Ai Li quietly drove, not speaking.
Seeing this, Yanyan tried to persuade her one last time, "Yanyan, if it's really too much for you, you can go and talk to Chairman Huang. Let him help deal with it."
"It's not that you can't afford to lose, it's that your bet wasn't fair on either side."
"Plus, you were definitely heated up, outwitted by Qiu Tu, words leading to that."