Wen Shimo, upon being slapped, raised his hand to retaliate against Qiao Ran but suddenly drew back upon seeing Qiao Ran's trembling, blood-stained hands.
He forcefully withdrew the hand he had half-raised to hit back.
In actuality, the force Qiao Ran exerted wasn't strong; what she thought was a hard slap didn't really hurt Wen Shimo much.
But though the physical pain was insignificant, the humiliation for Wen Shimo, who had never been slapped in his thirty years, was profound.
Qiao Ran's hand trembled nonstop after slapping Wen Shimo, her whole body shaking from the pain. She leant against a wall, head bowed, chest heaving as the pain made her gasp for air.
Before she could recover from the pain, her wrist was seized fiercely, and then her body was heavily pinned as Wen Shimo leaned over her.
As Qiao Ran turned her head, his kiss landed on her neck, but what scared her more were Wen Shimo's actions.