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...
It was only a little past five o' clock. No average family would make breakfast so early."From now on, breakfast will be ready according to your working hours. Sis must eat breakfast before going to work," Yi Jinli said and led Ling Yiran to the table before gently pressing her shoulders to get her to sit down.Ling Yiran obediently sat down and looked at the breakfast on the table. There was a wide variety of Chinese and Western dishes. At last, she drank a glass of milk, ate a bowl of porridge, as well as some pastries.This breakfast was much sumptuous than the simple two-dollar steamed bun she usually bought in the morning.It also made her realize that she was really and actually staying in the Yi residence instead of her small rented house."I'll ask my driver to drive Sis to the Sanitation Service Center later," Yi Jinli said."It's all right. I'll take the bus," Ling Yiran said quickly."It's not anywhere near to your Sanitation Service Center. If you take the bus, you
"No one has been able to find out which brand the scarf and gloves are from. Some say they are handmade customized items from a big brand."Some of Ling Yiran's colleagues were talking about it, and she could only listen helplessly. She did not know how her colleagues would feel if they found out that she was the one who made them.However, after Sis Xu saw Yi Jinli's scarf and gloves, she could not help but mutter, "These gloves look like the ones Yiran made before."After all, Sis Xu had been watching Ling Yiran when she knitted the gloves. Ling Yiran even asked Sis Xu for help when she was stumped. Sis Xu certainly remembered.However, as soon as she said this, she was laughed at by the crowd."Sis Xu, Ling Yiran may know how to knit a pair of gloves, but can they be worn on Yi Jinli's hand?""Yi Jinli only wears hand-knitted items by master designers. How can he wear something made by a sanitation service worker?""Hey, Sis Xu is telling us a joke!"Hearing this, Sis Xu sto
He clenched his jaw and felt his teeth ache. 'Yeah, she’s broken up with me. She has every right to find a new boyfriend, but... the thought of her smiling at another man, and kissing and hugging him makes me uncomfortable.’ Gu Lichen could not help feeling irritated."You can't find one! Do you think you can find another man like me to love when you love me so much?" he said.Zhong Keke retorted with a slightly red face, "You... You're too confident. Who are you to say I can't find one? I love you now, but I can slowly get over you. Besides, I don't need to find a man like you in the future. I just need to find an ordinary man with a good personality who treats me well! I’ll give him all my heart, and he’ll do the same!"It was more like she was telling herself that.'Yes, I can move on from him. I can do it!'However, her words seemed to have provoked him as he turned the steering wheel sharply, slammed on the brakes, and pulled over at the roadside.She was thrown forward and
The fact Zhong Keke accepted was that she feared she would love him more and more!When Yi Jinli and Gu Lichen returned to the ward, Ling Yiran was still chatting with Zhong Keke about the children, not only the new baby but also the triplets."Alright, Lichen and I are going home first. Yiran, have a good rest. I'll visit you and the baby again next time," Zhong Keke said and got up after seeing the exhaustion on Ling Yiran's face.Ling Yiran replied, "Okay. I'll let you meet my triplets next time.""Sure."After Zhong Keke and Gu Lichen left, Yi Jinli lay on Ling Yiran's bed and said, "If you're sleepy, sleep first. The doctor said you need more rest."Ling Yiran said, "I'm a little sleepy, but I had a nice chat with Keke today. Jin, you know what? I think it's great that Lichen has fallen in love with Keke. Keke's a wonderful woman, and Lichen has finally found his happily ever after."She said as she slowly closed her eyes and fell asleep.Looking at his wife's sleeping fac
"Thank you! It's a good painting, and I like it very much. I didn't expect you to draw my daughter like that.""I saw the baby when I came to the hospital that day, so I remembered," said Zhong Keke."I heard from Jin that you and Lichen both came to the hospital that day. I didn't scare you, did I?" said Ling Yiran.Zhong Keke smiled softly, "All that matters is that you're safe. Being alive is better than anything."The two women chatted while the two men looked at each other. Then, Yi Jinli said, "Lichen, let's go get some air."The two men got up and walked out of the ward.Zhong Keke looked uneasily at the ward door.Ling Yiran said, "They’ll be back soon. Don't worry. My Jin won't kidnap Lichen."Zhong Keke smiled, knowing that Yi Jinli probably had not told Ling Yiran about what happened that day."By the way, how are you and Lichen's relationship? Does he treat you well?" Ling Yiran asked."He treats me well." It was true. He treated her well. He would give her everyt
He and Song Qingyao were not even friends."You don't have to explain this to me," said Zhong Keke. They had broken up, and she did not need these explanations.Besides, she knew better than anyone that he had always been in love with Yiran.Thinking of Yiran, Zhong Keke said, "I want to go to the hospital to see Yiran. Can I?" The last time she visited Yiran, Yiran was still unconscious, so she wanted to check on her.Hesitation flashed across Gu Lichen's face."Don't worry. I won't say anything to trigger Yiran. I’ll still pretend to be your girlfriend in front of Yiran. If Yiran asks you, you can say we're doing quite well. When Yiran has recovered, I can make an excuse to say we've broken up. Of course, I can take all the blame. For example, I thought being with you attracted too much attention, or I couldn’t get used to being with you, or I had fallen for someone else—"Before she could finish speaking, she was suddenly pulled into a wide embrace.His hands held her tightly
Zhou Xinmian: [I said you were living with Gu Lichen now. Then they said nothing and left readily.]"..."Zhou Xinmian: [Did you block their phone numbers? They said you're not answering your phone.]Zhong Keke: [Yeah.]She should have blocked her uncle's family's phone numbers long ago. Even blocking them now was considered late!Zhou Xinmian: [Well done! But didn’t they try calling you using another phone number?]Zhong Keke: [They did. But as soon as they spoke and I heard their voices, I hung up and blocked their phone numbers.]In other words, she did not give them a chance to talk.She did not want to listen to what they had to say anyway. They had worn out the last of her affection.Zhou Xinmian: [Have you made up your mind this time?]Zhong Keke: [I’ll just consider that my grandparents only gave birth to my father!]In other words, she no longer considered her uncle and his family her family!Zhou Xinmian: [You should have done that long ago! They told me Gu Lichen
It was why he had said such things at the time to keep the woman from leaving!"Maybe I've liked you since then." It probably started earlier than he thought.Zhong Keke's eyes watered as tears were about to pour out. She raised her hands and covered her eyes, "Gu Lichen, stop telling me such things!"Such things would only make her waver when her resolution was hard-won. Did he know how much determination and perseverance it took her to ask for a break-up and keep her distance from him to stop loving him when she loved him so much?Though her hands shielded her eyes, they could not stop the tears.His fingers pulled her hands away. "Alright, I'll stop. I'll stop talking. Don't cry."Her tears had always left him flustered.He hugged her and coaxed her. The indifference in his phoenix eyes had become affection.Zhong Keke finally stopped crying, but she still sniffled occasionally.Holding a tissue, Gu Lichen carefully wiped the tears from her face. After a moment, he said,
"Do you care about me?" She smiled bitterly. "That word isn’t only something you say but..." She did not continue speaking after a pause.However, he already knew what she was going to say.Gu Lichen turned pale. He knew that the incident at the comic fiesta was something that bothered her.He was the one who caused it!"Also, I think we'd better talk about the possibility of me getting pregnant!" she said."Okay, go ahead," he said as he asked the others in the living room to leave."Will you insist that I have the baby if I get pregnant?" she asked, looking at him."If you’re pregnant, I don't want to lose the baby," he said. He had never longed for children even though his parents had always wanted grandchildren, even if it was out of wedlock.However, such ideas had never occurred to him.Now, he wanted to have the baby because they would be... his baby with Keke!"Even if I don't want the baby, are you still going to stop me from having an abortion?" she asked.He was s
Even though he did not love her, she still thought she was a better candidate than Zhong Keke.However, to her disappointment, the way Gu Lichen looked at her was still icy."I'm not interested in you. The Song family you're so proud of will no longer exist in Shen City a year later. Perhaps the Song family can keep some things if you start planning now. Otherwise, you'll have nothing left."With that said, Gu Lichen left the ward, leaving Song Qingyao standing where she was in a daze.Other than reluctance, resentment, and jealousy, there was more shock and fear on her face.'Does Lichen intend to eradicate the Song family within a year? Is... Is he going that far for Zhong Keke? He doesn't love Zhong Keke, right? Why is he doing it? Why?' Unfortunately, no one could give her the answer.Gu Lichen walked out of the hospital and got into the car. He slowly closed his eyes as Song Qingyao's last words flashed through his mind.'It doesn't matter... even if I don't love her?'Kek
Song Qingyao's heart sank. Sure enough, he could find out anything he wanted to."Why did you do it?" Gu Lichen said coldly.Song Qingyao suddenly laughed. "You're asking me why? Gu Lichen, I’ve loved you for so many years. What do you think?""I wouldn't love you even if Zhong Keke didn't exist. If I wanted to fall for you, I would have done so from the beginning," said Gu Lichen.Song Qingyao's mouth was full of bitterness. She knew that!However, knowing was one thing. Her being reluctant and unwilling to accept it was a different matter!She shouted, "Why did you choose Zhong Keke? You love Ling Yiran because Ling Yiran saved your life when you were a child. What about Zhong Keke? Why her?"She accepted losing to Ling Yiran because she had never saved Lichen's life.However, how could she accept losing to Zhong Keke? "Because she's the one who saved me from the messy relationship," replied Gu Lichen."What do you mean?" Song Qingyao was puzzled.Instead of explaining, he