"Did I frighten you?" he asked.She hesitated. "I know you're just treating me like a game. You're interested in me now because you think it's fun. Once your interest wanes, then I'm worthless. If I offend you by accident, things might be as worse as what it was like in prison."She did not want any more of those dark and miserable days!"Aren't you afraid that you'll offend me now by saying that?" he asked.Her body suddenly stiffened. Yes, of course, she was afraid, but she chose to say it anyway.Her expression said it all.There was a terrible silence all around.Ling Yiran lowered her head, and all she could hear was her breathing and heartbeat. Yi Jinli did not say anything, but she could feel that his eyes were on her.No one knew how much time had passed. Suddenly, she heard his voice. "If I say I'm not treating you as a game, will you want to stay with me?"She raised her head suddenly and looked at him in astonishment as if she had not expected him to say that."Wil
She nibbled her lip and sat down. Her uninjured right hand was holding the chopsticks to pick up the food. She was eating it mouthful by mouthful.He sat quietly beside her, holding his chin in one hand while looking at her quietly.Under the lamplight, her eyelashes had a natural curl, which became more obvious when she dropped her eyelids. His hands seemed to be able to cover her palm-sized face completely.Her delicate nose and her constantly moving cheeks as she chewed her food made her look like a small animal that was eating. There was an indescribable cuteness about it.He had not known before that watching a woman eat could be so enthralling.The more he looked at her, the more he seemed to want to hide her. He wanted to hide her where no one could see find her, where only he could look at her and where only he could approach her.No one else could covet her!Ling Yiran was eating with her head down, but she could feel Yi Jinli staring at her all the time.The air seeme
As he finished his sentence, his lips moved closer to hers, almost completely pressed against her lips.Ling Yiran's face could not help but turn red. "Don't..." she said, flustered.He paused as his eyes fixed on her. "Then Sis should tell me how you know him.""It was because someone stole his bracelet once. The thief knocked into me, and it fell into the pocket of my shirt. He wanted to take it back, and that's how I knew him,” Ling Yiran said hurriedly."Is that so?" he muttered. "How many times have you two met since?"She never counted the number of times she met Gu Lichen! However, looking at Yi Jinli's approaching face, Ling Yiran quickly counted them in her head and said, "Four... Four times. One was when he said he wanted to thank me for the bracelet by inviting me to a meal. Another occasion was at the county, and another chance encounter at the hospital my grandmother was hospitalized in. The most recent one is at the film set where I was an extra."His eyes glistened
"Hmm..." Ling Yiran subconsciously raised her hand, trying to push him away. After he caught her right hand, without thinking much, she raised her left again.As his fingers pressed against her left hand, she gave a sudden gasp and unconsciously opened her mouth to cry out, "It hurts!” It was a cry that allowed him to deepen the kiss.She was almost suffocated by the kiss.It was some time before the kiss ended, and he let go of both her hands.She felt her legs go limp, and she almost slipped off the chair.He held her waist in one hand and lifted her left hand gently in the other. "Did I hurt you, Sis?"Ling Yiran bit her lip and glared at Yi Jinli. "Why did you do that just now?""Because I don't like to hear Sis say things that I don't want to hear." He smiled softly, looking gentle as could be. "I don't mind kissing you again if you're going to say something.""..." She was stunned but said nothing more for fear that he would mean what he said.Yi Jinli looked down carefu
She simply packed her luggage, which was just some change of clothes. As for the other toiletries, he only said that they were all available at Yi residence, so she did not need to bring any with her.He did not want her to take her clothes there as well, but she said, "I'm used to wearing these clothes. They're comfortable."He could say nothing more and allowed her to take her clothes with her.After she was done packing, Ling Yiran was about to carry her duffel bag, but Yi Jinli picked it up first and said, "I'll take care of it."They walked out of the rental house with Ling Yiran following behind Yi Jinli.Sometimes, she felt that he was unpredictable. He could be gentle one moment, but in the next, he would act as if he could knock you into hell at any time. Now that she was going back to Yi residence with him, it seemed that their relationship would become even more ambiguous. When would she finally have nothing to do with him? Would she have to wait until he got tired
Uncle Kwan looked thoughtfully at Ling Yiran. There was a hint of surprise in his gaze.Ling Yiran took the initiative to greet him. "Hello, Uncle Kwan.""Miss Ling, if you need anything, just let me know." Uncle Kwan smiled."You can just call me Yiran," she said, feeling uncomfortable at the appellation."You are the Young Master's guest, of course, I should call you Miss Ling," Uncle Kwan said, looking unapologetically polite.Ling Yiran did not insist on it since she would not stay here for long anyway."Uncle Kwan, please show her the rooms and let her choose one," Yi Jinli instructed."Just give me any room," Ling Yiran said immediately."About this..." Uncle Kwan looked at Yi Jinli."Take the annex on the third floor, then," Yi Jinli said lightly."Yes," Uncle Kwan answered.Ling Yiran was a little confused. What was an annex? However, Uncle Kwan soon led her to the third floor, and she did not ask any more questions.On the third floor, Uncle Kwan opened the door of
Ling Yiran thought to herself as she crept up to the bedside table, only to be shocked when her eyes fell on the picture frame on it. She stared at the picture with her almond-shaped eyes wide in disbelief.It was a picture of her!The problem was that she did not remember ever taking a picture like this, and if she looked at her eyes in the picture, they were not facing the camera.Who took this picture? Why was it here? Whose room was this...Click.Someone pushed open the door of the room and Ling Yiran looked up. It was Yi Jinli."Well, looks like Sis already knows that the two rooms interconnect with each other without me telling you." Yi Jinli walked forward with a smile. His eyes were on the picture frame Ling Yiran was holding in her hand. "What do you think of this picture?""How come there's a picture of me here?" she asked."I was the one who took it, of course," he said, taking the frame out of her hand and putting it back on the bedside table. “I miss you so much w
She should be afraid of him, right? He was a man who could easily grasp her pain and embarrassment. His words could easily knock her into hell.However, why did she feel out of control when he was so close to her and when he was breathing in her ear?This man was simply too much for her. Even if he called her ‘sis’, in the end, she was only a pawn in his hand. She was a chess piece for entertainment in his spare time!Yi Jinli, on the other hand, looked down and picked up the picture frame on the bedside table. He looked at the person in the picture–those apricot eyes were looking ahead while the corners of her lips were curling upwards, smiling lightly.Her beautiful face made people feel some sort of comfortable peace and elegance.It was as if he had acquired something he never thought of before."Sis," Yi Jinli muttered softly as he ran his fingers over the lips of the person in the frame. Then, as if unable to restrain himself, he kissed the lips in the picture.Just now...