NOVEL NEXT Chapter 18: dislike
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For two days, aside from eating and using the toilet, Gu Dandan hardly left her bed.
The soreness between her legs remained, making her walk like a waddling penguin. In front of Gu Ao, she was so embarrassed that she didn't even dare to lift her head. A passionate night had taken most of her energy.
Since then, Gu Ao hadn't touched her again, but she couldn't help but wonder if she would frequently need to do this with Gu Ao in the future...
The painful tearing made her feel terrified by physical intimacy between men and women, deeply repulsed by it.
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At seven o'clock in the evening, Gu Ao came home, followed by a middle-aged woman wearing black-rimmed glasses.
From that night on, for Gu Dandan, another ordeal was about to begin...
"No... No." Gu Dandan whispered in horror. In front of Gu Ao, she never dared to raise her voice...
"Get up." Gu Ao threw some clothes onto the bed.
"G-Gu... Gu Ao, I don't want to... I don't need a tutor."
Gu Dandan's face was tear-streaked. Upon hearing that Gu Ao had hired a private tutor to help her with her studies, her already anxious mood plummeted into despair.
Gu Ao said that they would study Chinese in the evenings and focus on math and English during the day, meaning she would be immersed in studying all day long. She originally thought that not having to go to school meant liberation, but now... how could she bear it?
"If you don't study, what do you want to do? Gu Dandan, I don't like fools," Gu Ao's eyes were filled with sternness, leaving no room for refusal.
She understood his meaning well. "I... I am a fool, I'm stupid, I... I can't learn, nor... do I want to."
But these words didn't matter; she always ended up nodding obediently.
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In the study, Gu Dandan sat properly opposite the tutor, holding a pen and flipping through books. The middle-aged tutor reviewed the test papers Gu Dandan had completed earlier, frowning, shaking her head, and sighing.
Gu Dandan glanced at the tutor's expression and sighed inwardly herself. She wasn't cut out for studying; her stubborn mind was destined to be unlearned. Studying required talent, and hard work alone wasn't enough. Moreover, she seemed to have never put her heart into it.
Two hours later, the middle-aged tutor, looking troubled, packed up her things, bid farewell to Gu Ao, and hurriedly left.
"G-Gu... Gu Ao..." After reading too much white paper with black ink, Gu Dandan felt a slight headache and walked weakly to Gu Ao's side. "Hiring a tutor... is also a waste of money."
Gu Ao, holding a wine glass, took a sip of red wine and continued to bury himself in documents, his handsome face showing no extra emotion.
"Gu Ao... I..." Gu Dandan tugged at Gu Ao's sleeve, pleading softly like a little lamb.
"Go bathe and sleep." Gu Ao closed the document, his voice steady and strict.
Gu Dandan didn't dare say more, took her pajamas, and went into the bathroom, her gaze lifeless as water splashed against her back, creating layers of ripples.
She knew that Gu Ao hiring a tutor for her was for her own good, but she also knew that continuing like this was just a waste of time. By then, not only would she be disappointed, but so would Gu Ao. She didn't love studying, simply didn't... just didn't...
Drying her wet long hair, Gu Dandan sat on the bed. "G-Gu... Ao. Gu Ao..."
After bathing, her body emitted a faint fragrance.
Gu Ao gazed at Gu Dandan's rosy cheeks, her thick and curly eyelashes, and her slightly parted red lips, which seemed to invite him to taste them. A primal desire arose within him.
Suddenly pressed down onto the bed, what followed was Gu Ao's dominating and passionate kiss, repeatedly nibbling on her bright red lips, his hot tongue entwining with her tender one...
"Mmm..." Gu Dandan slightly raised her chin to catch her breath, a certain hunger stirring inside her.
Gu Ao's hands caressed every inch of Gu Dandan's skin, trying to part her fair thighs, but she tightly clamped them shut.
"W-What are you doing?" The scene from that day flashed before her eyes; she sensed that excruciating pain would repeat itself.
"It won't hurt anymore." Gu Ao forcefully parted Gu Dandan's thighs, his male desires having been suppressed for a long time.
"N-No... It hurts, I... I still hurt." She was truly terrified of such acts.
"Gu Dandan." Gu Ao narrowed his sharp eyes, pinching her fair thigh.
"G-Gu... Gu Ao, please... I... I really hurt." Gu Dandan frowned tightly, tears ready to spill.
"How bad does it hurt? I'd like to see." A mocking expression appeared on his stern face.
"G-Gu... Ao, don't..."
"Gu Dandan, if you give in to me, your evening lessons will be canceled." Gu Ao knew exactly how to manipulate her weakness.
He had never begged a woman for intimacy before; everyone who saw him pounced like wolves and tigers. Today, he was breaking his own rules.
"You... How can you do this, I..." Gu Dandan was caught in a dilemma, afraid to resist due to Gu Ao's authority. "I... I don't like it, I don't want to. Gu... Gu Ao, it's late, let's sleep..."
Gu Dandan timidly moved away from under Gu Ao and quietly lay down at the edge of the bed.
"Not liking it"—this statement wounded a man's pride. Which woman didn't surrender seductively beneath him, eagerly begging for his touch? Gu Ao grabbed Gu Dandan's foot and dragged her back beneath him, his voice alone capable of captivating anyone. "How do you mean 'not liking it'?"
"G-Gu... Gu Ao." Whenever his tone turned harsher and his expression more serious, she shrank back...
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