After the Mute Canary Ran Away, Miss Huo Went Mad

At a party, Huo Shuyun spotted Yan Zhaoshu sitting quietly in a corner, demure and still. Her pale green qipao made her slender, well-proportioned figure stand out. Even without saying a word, her natural grace set her apart from everyone around her. Someone beside Huo Shuyun told her, “Miss Huo, that's the eldest daughter of the Yan family, your family's sworn enemy. What do you think? Isn't she a knockout?” Huo Shuyun slapped him across the face on the spot. “I thought your face looked a little crooked. Now it's straight.” Yan Zhaoshu seemed to be talking to someone, her lips moving soundlessly. They were delicate, rosy, and full. Huo Shuyun wanted to kiss them. Later, the Yan family fell from power, and Yan Zhaoshu went from an heiress to a mute everyone despised. Huo Shuyun got her wish and kept Yan Zhaoshu locked up by her side. But she also resented the little mute for being unable to speak. She stayed with her through lengthy psychological therapy, but nothing helped. She figured she'd keep her for a year, and then, once she'd had her fill, throw her away. The day she realized she'd fallen for her, she never expected that she, Huo Shuyun, would be the one thrown away first. Later, they met again amid the glittering world of wealth and fame. Unable to control herself, Huo Shuyun kept demanding to know why Yan Zhaoshu had abandoned her. Yan Zhaoshu sneered. “Didn't you say you'd get rid of me when the year was up?” “Why are you putting on an act, President Huo?” A new partnership required a thirty percent stake. Huo Shuyun offered herself as collateral for a month. Just like the first time they'd met, she knelt before Yan Zhaoshu. “Zhaoshu, you can do whatever you want to me this time.”