The woman's eyes were bright red at the corners, her expression panicked. "What exactly do you want?"
Lu Jin smiled and cupped Shen Yue's head with his large palm, kissing her lips.
The unfamiliar scent made Shen Yue instinctively struggle, but she was quickly pinned down by the man's threatening gaze, becoming completely still as he kissed her.
Lu Jin felt the woman slowly give up struggling. This was his first kiss.
Before, Lu Jin had considered kissing to be a disgusting act, exchanging saliva, which he found nauseating.
But now, Lu Jin's mind was a blank, a burning fire called infatuation ignited to its extreme.
He kissed the woman ferociously; everything was spiraling out of control.
Shen Yue's eyelashes were soaked with tears, clumped together. A layer of mist formed in her dark, beautiful eyes. Lu Jin kept his eyes open, observing every subtle expression on Shen Yue's face.
When he saw Shen Yue's tears fall, his spine tingled, and his heart pounded.
***
Old Master Xie was urging them again.
Perhaps it was his age, but Old Master Xie's only wish now was to have a chubby grandchild.
He put the pressure on Xu Tian.
Xu Tian was also helpless; she couldn't do anything alone!
Xie Jiangsheng returned to the villa. This villa belonged to him. Xu Tian rarely stayed here, only occasionally having to stay overnight for urgent matters.
They lived separately, with Xu Tian staying in the guest room.
They were husband and wife, but in reality, they were no different from strangers.
Xu Tian asked a servant if Xie Jiangsheng had returned.
The servant replied, "Mr. Xie is in the study."
Xu Tian walked to the study door and knocked. A deep, magnetic voice came from inside.
She walked in and closed the door. The man looked down at his documents, too lazy to even lift his head.
Xu Tian casually found a place to sit. She looked openly at Xie Jiangsheng. "Did you break up with your little lover?"
Xie Jiangsheng seemed not to have heard her.
"No way, did you two really break up?" Xu Tian was a very intelligent person; she got her answer from Xie Jiangsheng's silence. She sounded curious and gossipy. "Xie Jiangsheng, didn't Shen Yue beg you to stay?"
It wasn't that Xu Tian asked this without reason. Shen Yue's previous image was too deeply ingrained in her mind. She always felt that Shen Yue was a clinging vine who couldn't live without Xie Jiangsheng.
However, Xu Tian then recalled seeing Shen Yue at the cake shop that day.
She was different.
Very different.
Xu Tian continued on her own, "I saw Shen Yue a few days ago. How should I put it, she gave me a very strange feeling..."
Before she could finish, Xie Jiangsheng looked up, his gaze icy. "You went to find Shen Yue?"
Startled by his look, Xu Tian quickly waved her hands. "Don't misunderstand, I have no intention of breaking you two up. We just chatted a bit."
Xie Jiangsheng frowned. "Chatted about what?"
Xu Tian deliberated, then slowly said with hesitation, "It wasn't much, just that if she had a child, she should give it to me to raise, so it wouldn't worry the old man so much. But she refused, and even said..."
Xu Tian hesitated to say the rest.
Xie Jiangsheng said dismissively, "And what else did she say?"
Xu Tian looked at Xie Jiangsheng, her expression quite complex. "She said she had no further relationship with you and apologized to me."
Xie Jiangsheng sneered, full of mockery. "Putting on an act. If she begs me later, I won't even acknowledge her."
Shen Yue's gentle and clean eyebrows reappeared in his mind, her dark, clear eyes looking at him moistly, the deep emotions within them almost overflowing.
It was love untainted by any agenda.
Xie Jiangsheng, who had just vowed never to acknowledge Shen Yue again,
Now, he thought, if Shen Yue knew her place and came to apologize to him soon, he wouldn't be so cold-blooded and ruthless.
Considering how much Shen Yue loved him, he could give her one last chance.
Seeing Xie Jiangsheng like this, Xu Tian found it peculiar and odd. Although Xie Jiangsheng's mental state seemed stable now, without any abnormalities, Xu Tian felt something was off everywhere. The calmer Xie Jiangsheng became, the stranger it felt.
Xu Tian didn't dare to ask or to delve deeper. She tentatively said, "I think Shen Yue seems really sad. Why don't you go comfort her?"
Xu Tian spoke without thinking, regretting it almost as soon as the words left her mouth. She didn't expect Xie Jiangsheng to actually agree or act on it. After all, who was Xie Jiangsheng?
He was such an arrogant person; how could he possibly lower himself further?
Especially to a woman.
It would likely be a laughing matter if people heard about it.
Xie Jiangsheng's expression indeed turned colder.
"Oh, oh, just kidding, just kidding," Xu Tian quickly smoothed things over, forcing a laugh. "I was just saying it casually. After all, I see you seem to like Shen Yue quite a bit, so I thought if there were any misunderstandings, they should be cleared up..."
"Misunderstandings?!" As if his sore spot had been poked, Xie Jiangsheng stood up abruptly, his hard jawline seeming to cry out with cold fury. His expression was grim, his aura chilling and terrifying. "What misunderstandings? That foolish woman is ungrateful, and it's all her own fault! She wants to leave? Then let her go! It's best if she never appears before me again!"
Xie Jiangsheng said this, but his eyes were bloodshot, and his body exuded a strong aura of hostility, making Xu Tian's scalp tingle.
Xie Jiangsheng's appearance was like a vengeful spirit from a battlefield, making Xu Tian's heart pound and a shiver run down her spine.
"Yes, yes, the Shen woman is not worthy of you. Since you don't care, why are you so angry?"
This sentence seemed to jolt Xie Jiangsheng. His gaze sharpened, piercing her with eyes as cold as a thin blade.
Xu Tian stiffened, unable to withstand his sharp gaze. She raised her hands in surrender, "There's no point in you looking at me like that. I didn't say anything wrong."
Xu Tian knew quite a bit about their past. She pondered for a moment and cautiously asked, "Xie Jiangsheng, don't you think you've done anything wrong?"
He paused slightly, his eyes growing colder, his narrow eyes filled with darkness.
"As an outsider, I actually think you've been quite excessive. Shen Yue has amnesia now, right? She doesn't remember what happened before. Don't you remember? She was pregnant. Did you forget?"
Pregnancy, the two words seemed to be an invisible switch, causing the memories Xie Jiangsheng had deliberately forgotten to rush back like a tide, hitting his nerves.
Club, drunk, suite, pregnancy, car...
Xie Jiangsheng felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar, chilled from the top of his head to the tips of his toes.