The sacrifices he’d made to marry Qin Shanshan, combined with the pent-up frustration from their marriage, had pushed Su Dan to his limit. He had had enough.
When a drunken Su Dan was pushed away by Qin Shanshan yet again, the look of disgust in her eyes was the last straw.
Without a second thought, he rushed forward and slapped Qin Shanshan across the face.
"You bitch, how dare you push me!"
"Take a good look! I’m your husband!"
"I’m the one who’s your husband!"
"You dare look down on me? You dare refuse to sleep with me? Tonight, I’ll show you who your husband is!"
After the slap, Qin Shanshan was completely stunned.
’Su Dan actually dared to hit me. Su Dan hit me!’
Before she could even process her fury, a barrage of slaps rained down on her head.
He hit her until she was dizzy and disoriented.
"Su Dan, are you crazy?! You dare to hit me!"
"Why wouldn’t I dare? You bitch, I’m going to fuck you, too!" Hearing her, Su Dan’s eyes grew even redder.
"You think I haven’t seen what you were like before? And now you’re playing innocent with me? In your dreams! I’m going to have my way with you tonight!"
Su Dan grabbed Qin Shanshan by the hair, dragged her down, and began tearing at her clothes.
"Su Dan, you’re insane! The baby! What about the baby?!"
There was already a huge disparity in strength between men and women, and Su Dan’s was amplified by the alcohol. Qin Shanshan was completely powerless to fight back.
She was furious, but seeing the state Su Dan was in, she also grew terrified. She immediately shielded her stomach and screamed.
"The baby? Don’t you dare bring up the baby! You use this child as a shield day in and day out. Don’t think I don’t know! If we lose this one, we can just make another!"
Su Dan ripped open Qin Shanshan’s clothes, and the sight made him lose what little reason he had left.
He had dreamed of a moment like this for so, so long. The memory of that one night was seared into his mind for a lifetime, and he craved that same ecstasy!
Staring at Su Dan on top of her, Qin Shanshan was filled with both terror and disgust. She couldn’t push him off no matter how hard she tried. In the end, her only option was to cry out to her old adversary, Miao Fenghua, for help.
"Mom! Mom! Mother-in-law, come quick! Su Dan is drunk! I’m pregnant, something terrible is going to happen!"
The commotion had already woken Miao Fenghua. When she heard it involved her grandchild, she rushed over.
The scene she walked in on almost made her turn right back around and leave. But then she remembered her grandchild and quickly tried to pull Su Dan off.
"Dan Dan, ah, just wait a little longer! It’ll be fine in a few more days, once she’s past the first three months. Just bear with it for now."
She was just about to help Su Dan pull up his pants when, furious at having his fun ruined, he swung at Miao Fenghua without a second thought.
"Get out! Get the hell out!"
Miao Fenghua cried out in pain. "Dan Dan, I’m your mother! How can you hit me? Come out with me, now!"
At that moment, Su Dan couldn’t even recognize his own mother. The alcohol had rushed to his head, and his mind was a complete blur. All he wanted was to take a woman to bed and vent his frustrations.
"Get the hell out!"
He kicked Miao Fenghua aside and, ignoring her cries, lunged at the trembling Qin Shanshan on the bed.
"Come here, you bitch! I swear I’m going to have my way with you tonight."
Su Dan had turned into the kind of man who becomes a completely different, unrecognizable person after a few cheap drinks.
That night, the Su Family home was plunged into chaos.
Qin Shanshan’s curses and sobs, mixed with Miao Fenghua’s coaxing and crying, continued for quite some time.
When Su Dan woke up the next day, the first thing he saw was Qin Shanshan packing her bags to go back to her parents’ house.
Qin Shanshan’s eyes and face were red and swollen. She looked completely haggard, and the gaze she fixed on Su Dan was filled with nothing but disgust, hatred, and contempt.
The hangover gave Su Dan a splitting headache. He shook his head, and as the memories of last night flooded back, he was filled with immense regret.
"Shanshan, I was wrong. I wasn’t in my right mind last night, really. I’ll never hit you again, I swear!"
Su Dan immediately dropped to his knees, hugging Qin Shanshan’s legs and begging for her forgiveness.
Qin Shanshan looked at Su Dan, let out a cold laugh, and kicked him away.
"Su Dan, you’re truly disgusting!"
"A few sips of alcohol and you show your true colors, is that it? I really was mistaken about you. You don’t even deserve to be called human!"
Qin Shanshan was absolutely livid.
From the moment he started hitting her last night until now, she didn’t even know how she had managed to get through it.
’She had originally thought she’d just married a good-for-nothing loser and could just endure it. But now she realized she hadn’t married a man at all—she’d married a monster!’
’He even dared to hit her while she was pregnant! He was worse than an animal!’
"Shanshan, I was wrong. I was really wrong. I just lost my head yesterday. I was just so miserable."
Su Dan lunged forward again and grabbed her legs. "It’s because you never let me touch you. A couple of nights, you even called out for Brother Tang Yuan in your sleep. It hurt so much. I thought you didn’t like me, that you still had Tang Yuanxiao in your heart. I was just in so much pain, I was just too jealous, that’s why I..."
Su Dan started slapping his own face. "It’s my fault, it’s all my fault. I shouldn’t have hit you. No matter what, it’s all my fault. Shanshan, please don’t leave me!"
"I can’t live without you."
Su Dan clung to Qin Shanshan and refused to let go.
Listening to him, Qin Shanshan felt angry, resentful, and utterly helpless.
"I told you a long time ago, now that I’m married to you, I’ve forgotten about Tang Yuanxiao!"
’She couldn’t believe she’d actually called out Tang Yuanxiao’s name in her sleep.’
’From Su Dan’s words and his behavior last night, she knew her constant rejections had made him resentful.’
Qin Shanshan hadn’t let Su Dan touch her partly because she was genuinely afraid something might happen to the baby. The doctor had said they couldn’t have sex during the first three months, and she had kept that in mind.
Although she had her own schemes, she was ultimately not as worldly as Su Dan, and so she didn’t fully understand the reasoning behind the doctor’s advice.
Of course, the more important reason was that she was truly disgusted by Su Dan.
She didn’t like him, so she was unwilling to be intimate with him.
The result was...
Feeling both resentful and a little guilty, Qin Shanshan’s packing slowed down.
Sensing the softening in her attitude, Su Dan launched into another round of vows, and Qin Shanshan reluctantly forgave him.
"Su Dan, this is the first time, and I hope it’s the last. From now on, you will drink less, and you are forbidden from hitting me. If you ever dare to hit me again, I’m going back to my parents’ house!"
Su Dan hastily nodded and swore, "Okay, I’ll listen to you. I’ll listen to whatever you say."
He took the opportunity to stand up and hug Qin Shanshan. Seeing that she didn’t struggle, his hands began to wander.
Just as Qin Shanshan was about to scold him, he quickly spoke.
"Shanshan, don’t worry. Our son is in your belly, I know. I know how to be careful, I would never hurt him. I just missed you so much, I just want to hold you."
Qin Shanshan could only stop moving.
Su Dan’s eyes lit up, and his hands grew bolder.
Qin Shanshan’s body trembled, and she went limp. "Don’t..."
’She wanted to push him away, but her arms had no strength. She was still disgusted by him, but she was also afraid he would get the wrong idea again.’
In that moment of hesitation, it was already too late to react.
Su Dan carried Qin Shanshan back to the bed and finally got his satisfaction.
Although he had some regrets about not being able to go all out, it had still felt incredible.
Holding Qin Shanshan and kissing her back, Su Dan’s eyes gleamed with a startling light.
Before, when his friends saw how much he spoiled and doted on Qin Shanshan, they would call him spineless. They’d said that women only learned to obey after a good beating and scolding. He hadn’t thought much of it at the time, but now, he felt there was some truth to it.