LLASBWUH Chapter 1

Abused

When Ning Yi opened her eyes, she found herself sitting in a luxurious hospital room.

In her hand, she held a needle, the tip stained with blood.

Clearly, she had just pricked someone.

Since the apocalypse, Ning Yi hadn’t used such an amusing cold weapon, so she thought: Seriously?

—Transmigration into a novel as the evil matron?

Then, the plot of a brainless rich family romance novel was quickly uploaded into her mind, and she soon learned that the incredibly handsome man lying in the hospital bed, the one she had just pricked, was none other than Gu Cheng, the most powerful business tycoon in the novel. He had been in a coma for three years after an unexpected accident turned him into a vegetative state.

In the original story, the female lead, Ding Ziyue, had a childhood engagement with Gu Cheng, which had always made her the envy of all the socialites. However, the tycoon remained unconscious for a long time. Fortunately, Ding Ziyue discovered that she was the wrongly adopted daughter, and when the real daughter, Ning Yi, was found and brought back from the countryside, the mission to marry the vegetative Gu Cheng naturally fell on her shoulders. Not only that, but Ding Ziyue was found by her real family, an even more powerful elite, and was pampered as their precious daughter!

Meanwhile, Ning Yi never had a single good day. As soon as she returned to the wealthy family, she had to keep vigil as a widow, and in comparison to Ding Ziyue’s charming life, her mentality inevitably twisted, leading her to vent her frustrations by abusing her disabled husband.

Little did she know, the tycoon’s consciousness had always been passively awake, trapped within his body. He had lost all five senses but retained the ability to feel pain! Being abused only made him more and more twisted, and when he finally woke up and took over the business world again, Ning Yi, the malicious and perverse wife, was the first to be mercilessly crushed.

After reading through the trashy plot, Ning Yi was momentarily unsure who was more unfortunate, her or the tycoon.

She felt that if they could switch places, they might find they had a lot in common.

Both of them had drawn the short straw.

However, regardless of the unfairness of it all, after surviving the apocalypse for three years, Ning Yi’s sense of morality and compassion had eroded along with her quality of life. All she considered were strategies that would benefit her.

Today was the first day the original Ning Yi was allowed to visit after marrying into the Gu family. Outside the hospital room, almost the entire upper crust of City A had gathered. Most of these people looked down on her. If Gu Cheng didn’t wake up, they would mock her for being a widow; if Gu Cheng did wake up, they would ridicule her for being unworthy.

Ning Yi looked at the needle in her hand, seriously considering—

Since she had already pricked him, why not just finish him off? That way, she wouldn’t have to worry about being tortured later.

But then she thought, this was a civilized society, not the wild wasteland where you could just kill whenever you felt like it.

Ning Yi sighed with a yawn. After finally leaving the apocalypse behind, she had ended up in this minor character’s life. When would she ever achieve her simple dream of eating well, drinking well, and sleeping peacefully?

She simply tossed the needle aside, closed her eyes, and thought, “How about I take a nap for you, hubby?”

Of course, this was just a random thought in her mind.

However, there was suddenly a slight fluctuation in the air, like a breeze brushing past her ear and the hospital bed, as if something had changed.

Ning Yi’s sharp senses kicked in, and she immediately opened her eyes.

But—why was everything still dark?

Not only that, but the constant noise she had always heard due to her hypersensitive hearing had completely disappeared. The entire world was now just the soft, plush sensation beneath her.

This felt a little like…

And as if to confirm her suspicions, the “Ning Yi” sitting by the bed slowly stood up.

When “she” opened her eyes, a dark light flickered in them, like a beast that had been caged for too long, cautiously and gloomily peering at the long-lost light.

After adjusting to standing and seeing normally again, the first thing Gu Cheng saw was his own body lying in the bed.

He was silent. Was this an out-of-body experience?

But when he slowly raised his hand, what met his eyes was a fair, slender wrist belonging to a woman, five delicate fingers… still holding a needle.

Gu Cheng squinted his eyes. So, he had switched bodies with this person.

Ning Yi was inwardly cursing.

An inexplicable connection told her that she had indeed swapped bodies with the tycoon.

If she had known this would happen, she would have thrown the needle away. No—if she had known, she would have just finished him off!

Gu Cheng had already picked up the needle, examining it.

The sharp pain in his arm earlier—”—was caused by this?”

Ning Yi heard the cool, magnetic voice and realized that even after swapping bodies, they could still directly communicate in their minds. She quickly mustered what little politeness she had left and explained, “I didn’t mean to prick you, it was all a misunderstanding…”

However, before she could finish, she felt the cold needle point touch her arm, slowly dragging across it, sending a wave of goose bumps over her skin.

“—Afraid?”

Gu Cheng lowered his gaze, looking at his own body without any emotion, his heart filling with malice. “How does it feel?”

Unable to see, unable to move, plunged into darkness, completely at the mercy of others.

Fate had treated him harshly, allowing such a lowlife to trample over him.

Now that he had woken up, she had better not blame him…

“?”

Just as the darkness in Gu Cheng’s eyes began to spread, he suddenly found himself back in his own body.

Meanwhile, Ning Yi was standing by the bed, blinking her eyes.

—Sorry, she had just randomly thought about it, and they had swapped back.

So, the swapping was this arbitrary!

All she had to do was think about it???

On the other side, Gu Cheng also realized that the body swapping was under the other person’s control, and his heart sank heavily—this meant he was completely passive and at her mercy.

What would this malicious woman do?

—Ning Yi looked at the tycoon lying in bed, her gaze gradually becoming touched.

Who would have thought this trashy transmigration story could have its perks?

After three years of being surrounded by the constant noise of mutated creatures in the apocalypse, always on edge, never having slept a full night, and now she had a place where she couldn’t see or hear anything, and it was soft and clean—wasn’t this tycoon’s body like a soundproof, zero-pressure, five-star hotel bed? And she could check in anytime for free.

Ning Yi: —Luckily, I didn’t finish him off! TvT

So, Ning Yi methodically disposed of the “cold weapon,” stuffed a juicy, sweet orange into her mouth, and then patted the tycoon’s shoulder before eagerly and smoothly swapping bodies with him again.

Having done all that, Ning Yi happily lay down on the bed, content and at peace.

When Gu Cheng opened his eyes again, he was standing by the bed.

Looking down, he saw that the needle had been wiped clean.

And bent into a heart shape.

Ning Yi slowly closed her eyes, “Hubby, heart for you.”

Gu Cheng: “…”

He clenched his fist, his eyes filled with gloom.

This woman was likely the wife arranged by his family, a woman so malicious she would abuse her husband, suddenly pretending to be all affectionate. She must be trying to gain more benefits.

Gu Cheng lowered his eyes, turning the hospital bed into a negotiation table without showing any emotion. “I believe you’re aware of my status. If we cooperate, I can give you everything you want.”

There was only silence from the other side, no response.

Gu Cheng’s heart sank further, his eyes flickering.

It seemed this woman wasn’t just a fool who only knew how to use needles; she was also quite cunning and patient.

Gu Cheng controlled his tone, retreating slightly to advance, “Of course, the initiative is yours. If you…”

He spoke slowly, his voice growing hoarse, but the other side remained silent, like a master strategist who knew how to play the long game.

Gu Cheng’s cold, indifferent face finally showed a hint of apprehension.

—”What exactly do you want?”

After a long while, there was finally a response from the other side.

Ning Yi: “zzZZZ”

Gu Cheng: “?”

Gu Cheng: “…”

Gu Cheng, who had endured three years of torment, nearly lost his composure.

She was snoring.

Meanwhile, outside the hospital room.

Since the door hadn’t opened for a long time, the socialites were starting to get restless.

Ning Yi hadn’t come out for so long, could it be that Gu Cheng had really woken up?

After all, the business empire that Gu Cheng had built was still running according to his rules, and the Gu Group’s market value was unmatched in City A. When you added in Gu Cheng’s unmatched handsomeness… if the tycoon opened his eyes, there would still be countless people eager to marry him.

Everyone felt a mix of reluctance and relief, but no one dared to bet on that slim chance.

Among them, only Ding Ziyue smiled faintly, exuding the aura of a beloved winner in life.

Others might not know why Ning Yi hadn’t come out of Gu Cheng’s hospital room for so long, but Ding Ziyue knew—because she had seen the future in a dream! She knew that her dark-hearted sister had already started abusing Gu Cheng.

Ding Ziyue smiled softly—too bad Ning Yi would never know that Gu Cheng could sense everything and would wake up soon!

So, as long as she found a way to heal Gu Cheng after Ning Yi’s abuse, when Gu Cheng made his triumphant comeback… she would be the light that had helped him through the darkness!

As she was thinking this, the hospital room door suddenly opened—

Gu Cheng walked out, expressionless, his face covered in a frosty shadow.

At this moment, he was in Ning Yi’s body, but his presence caused the people outside to fall silent.

Such a cold beauty…

Even though Ning Yi was a disgrace from the countryside, she was indeed stunningly beautiful… Her delicate features, with her half-closed deer-like eyes, the alluring shade at the corners of her eyes, the perfect balance of thin upper lip and slightly fuller lower lip. Her slim figure exuded a certain elegance, and the cold, sharp aura she now carried added an air of mystery to her.

“Wow, was she always this pretty?” someone whispered.

A nearby socialite scoffed. “What’s the use of being pretty?”

One look at her expression and you could tell Gu Cheng hadn’t woken up. Otherwise, why would “Ning Yi” look like she was mourning?

For a moment, the socialites felt a mix of disappointment and relief as they gathered around to scrutinize “Ning Yi.”

Gu Cheng, having not interacted with people for a long time, felt deeply uncomfortable and coldly said, “Move.”

That imposing, cold, oppressive aura from a superior made the people who had crowded around him freeze for a moment.

But then they burst out laughing. Ning Yi was quite the actress, huh?

Gu Cheng hadn’t woken up, yet here she was putting on airs?

Someone sneered, “Oh my, with that attitude, you’d think Gu Cheng himself had shown up!”

Another added, “She’s from the countryside, being able to marry into the Gu family is already a leap in social class~ Of course, she’d put on airs!”

Gu Cheng coldly observed these faces, people who had always smiled at him in the past.

He had never seen these expressions before.

Ding Ziyue took the opportunity to step forward, her demeanour filled with concern and understanding as she gently said, “You all shouldn’t speak like that, Xiao Yi must be feeling really sad…” Otherwise, why would she abuse Gu Cheng?

Everyone knew that Ding Ziyue had just been reunited with her biological family, was the apple of their eye, and had the eldest son of the Gu family as her protector, so they all showed her respect.

“Ziyue is truly beautiful and kind~”

“No wonder she’s a true noble daughter!”

Ding Ziyue smiled modestly, but her eyes couldn’t hide her pride and satisfaction.

She glanced at the hospital room door. Although she wanted to rush in and heal the suffering Gu Cheng, it wasn’t the right time with so many people around.

So, she took “Ning Yi” by the arm and said warmly, “Come, let me show you around the Gu family estate.”

Gu Cheng: “?”

Gu Zeyu, tall and imposing, walked over, “Ziyue, I’ll accompany you.”

Ding Ziyue naturally didn’t refuse. Gu Zeyu’s protective stance was sure to provoke Ning Yi. The more twisted Ning Yi’s mentality became, the more it would highlight her own kindness!

“Let’s go~” she said with a smile.

Gu Cheng didn’t refuse.

This was a good opportunity to observe the current state of the Gu family and quickly fill in the gaps from the past three years. By now, the projects he had initiated before his accident should be bringing in returns.

As they walked through the grand Gu family estate, Ding Ziyue smiled brightly with nostalgia, “Ah, I used to come here often as a child. Aunt Song Lan was very fond of me back then, but it’s a pity I’m not her daughter-in-law now…”

After saying this, Ding Ziyue seemed to suddenly realize her words might hurt “Ning Yi,” and quickly added, “Ah, I’m sorry, sister, I didn’t mean it.”

Gu Cheng gave her a glance.

What a low-level manipulator.

Gu Zeyu, standing beside her, impatiently said, “Ziyue, why do you keep apologizing to her? You’ve already given up your position to her; what more does she want?”

That domineering protection was irresistible to a young girl.

Ding Ziyue’s cheeks flushed, and she subtly observed “Ning Yi,” pleased to see that he appeared to be deep in thought.

Gu Cheng did remember Gu Zeyu.

He turned to look at him, and calmly said, “You cried your eyes out when you forgot your lines at the Gu family shareholders’ meeting two years ago. Did you ever become the executive director after that?”

Gu Zeyu’s face suddenly changed. Except for the big shots and elders present at the time, no one knew about that incident. How did Ning Yi, a recent addition to high society, know about it?!

He instinctively turned to Ding Ziyue, “Did you tell her?!”

Ding Ziyue’s eyes widened in shock and she quickly denied, “Of course not!”

She truly hadn’t expected this. She had underestimated Ning Yi! She had already started sowing discord between her and Gu Zeyu?!

Indeed, people with dark hearts couldn’t stand to see others happy!

Ding Ziyue hurried to clear her name with Gu Zeyu.

But Gu Cheng didn’t care about them.

He didn’t care if this would make enemies for Ning Yi.

—What did her situation have to do with him?

He was just about to head to the main house when he heard a long yawn in his ear.

Ning Yi had woken up.

It hadn’t been a long nap, but it was the first deep sleep she had experienced in ages!

Lying in bed, Ning Yi felt a delightful weakness all over, so content that she didn’t want to get up.

At times like this, direct communication through the mind was very convenient, so she asked Gu Cheng, “Where are you?”

Gu Cheng glanced around and coldly replied, “The kitchen.”

Ning Yi responded with surprise, “How did you know I was hungry? Should we swap back now?”

Gu Cheng sneered. This woman did nothing but sleep and eat.

Firstly, he had just happened to walk there.

Secondly, if Ning Yi wanted to swap, he had no control over it.

However, after a few seconds, they still hadn’t swapped back.

Ning Yi’s puzzled voice came through, “Eh? Why isn’t it working?”

—Had it malfunctioned?

Gu Cheng paused.

It seemed that while the initiative was on her side, the timing… or the number of swaps was limited for her as well.

So—he wasn’t completely passive in front of her.

A dark, malicious smile slowly spread across Gu Cheng’s lips, his eyes filled with pitch-black malice like a rising tide.

Ding Ziyue, having finally calmed Gu Zeyu down, was feeling annoyed, but when she turned around and saw “Ning Yi” with a cold, wicked look on her face, her mood brightened once again.

Yes, that was the look. “Ning Yi” must be twisted and perverted by now!

Gu Cheng curled his lips and left the kitchen.

On the other side, Ning Yi, having tried a few times to swap back, didn’t insist.

“Hubby—could you bring me a few cakes, hubby~?” Ning Yi called out without a trace of shame. “I haven’t had any in years. Make them chocolate-flavoured.”

“—Hmph.” Gu Cheng almost let out a cold laugh.

“Ning Yi,” he coldly said her name, “I advise you to behave.”

Ning Yi sighed in her heart, still lying on the bed.

As expected, he would flip his attitude in a second!

Good thing she had been prepared.

She spoke with concern, “If you don’t bring them to me, I’ll drool with your face.”

Gu Cheng: “?”

Ning Yi leisurely continued, “I tested it; your mouth can move about 1mm. And right now, someone is holding your hand. It should be your mother.”

Gu Cheng: “…”

Ning Yi: “So, how about it?”

She paused, then began babbling nonsensically, “Blah blah blah…”

Gu Cheng: “Enough!”

A vein throbbed at his temple, black aura practically seeping out of him.

After a long pause. “Chocolate flavour, right?”