Chapter 138

Chapter 138

Night magnified countless senses. Jiang Baichuan’s breath spilled against the side of her neck, and Yun Li instinctively leaned away.

He had noticed.

But after that flash of shock, Yun Li mocked herself. How could he possibly not have noticed?

She had been so obvious…

“I’m not scared of you.” Her hand came up to stroke his cheek, and Yun Li leaned in, nuzzling him. Her voice was faint. “Jiang Baichuan, this has nothing to do with you. It’s my own problem.”

“What problem?” The hand gripping her waist tightened. He leaned back, bringing Yun Li with him.

A movement like that only made the distance between them even more intimate.

Yun Li’s body stiffened. She said nothing.

Jiang Baichuan waited. Waited for her to speak.

But all he got from Yun Li was: “Give me some time. Let me try.”

“Try what? How are you going to try?” Jiang Baichuan wouldn’t allow her to retreat. It was precisely because he had guessed she would run away, would shrink back, that he had to push her.

He couldn’t let go. And he absolutely never would.

Yun Li bit her lip and still refused to speak. Her eyes burned with moisture. If the lights had been on, he would have seen tears shimmering in them.

“Jiang Baichuan, you can’t force me.” Her hands rested on his shoulders, her body instinctively leaning back. It was an unmistakable posture of someone trying to withdraw.

“Okay.” Just that one sentence, just the faintest hint that she wanted to flee, and his heart softened in fear.

Jiang Baichuan pressed a hand to her back and held her against his chest, his voice low. “I won’t force you. But Yun Li, you have to promise me. No matter what’s trapping you, no matter what you’re afraid of, you can’t leave me. Never.”

His hand slowly slid down and caught the hand with the ring on it. Jiang Baichuan clasped it tightly and pulled it to the place where his heart was beating, his attitude forceful. “Now that this hand is holding on to me, don’t even think about letting go. If you dare to leave, you might as well take my life.”

Her answer was a warm tear.

The tear fell onto the back of his hand, turning cool, then cold.

She was crying.

But Jiang Baichuan didn’t know why.

His thin lips kissed her eyes, and Jiang Baichuan held her tightly. “Be good. Don’t cry.”

Tears streamed down Yun Li’s face.

She didn’t want to cry either. But how could she not?

Meeting Jiang Baichuan was the greatest luck of her life.

If she had a perfect family too, if she were clean and unburdened, she wouldn’t retreat.

She would have openly accepted his confession and, without any worries, done the things a young couple was supposed to do.

She would have expressed her love to him passionately and accepted this happiness that had fallen from the sky as if it were only natural.

Jiang Baichuan’s hands couldn’t wipe away all the tears she shed. Sensing that he was about to get up, Yun Li pressed down on his hand and shook her head, her voice choked. “Don’t turn on the light.”

“I won’t. I’m getting tissues.” Jiang Baichuan felt a little guilty for making her cry. He felt around in the dark, found some tissues, and wiped her tears while deliberately trying to make her laugh. “How are you made of water? Our Boss’s Wife isn’t just as beautiful as a flower and precious as jade, she’s also gentle as water…”

He dragged out the ending, sounding every bit like a seductive male fox spirit.

Yun Li smacked his shoulder twice. Sitting like this was uncomfortable.

Something was digging into her.

She had just twisted her waist, wanting to adjust her position, when a suddenly ragged voice startled her into freezing.

“Don’t move.” Jiang Baichuan seemed to hiss, his voice carrying restraint and forbearance.

When he sensed that Yun Li had really been scared into not moving, he let out another laugh. “You really are… my good girl.”

Yun Li: “…”

“It’s pitch-black, and the woman I love is sitting in my arms. Not to mention, she keeps lighting fires everywhere.” Jiang Baichuan exhaled deeply.

Yun Li stayed perfectly still. “…”

Jiang Baichuan continued, “Be good. Now is not the time to test your boyfriend.”

Yun Li: “…”

She didn’t know what Jiang Baichuan was feeling right now, but she knew that, because of those few teasing words from him, her own body had gone hot and flushed.

His coaxing her was so obvious. There was no way she couldn’t see it.

After Jiang Baichuan finished speaking, he went quiet, as if cooperating with Yun Li’s silence.

“What’s wrong?” Because he couldn’t see her expression, Jiang Baichuan frowned, his tone threaded with worry.

Light from outside the floor-to-ceiling window spilled in. Though it was dark enough that she couldn’t make out his features, Yun Li’s hand still found Jiang Baichuan’s slightly cool lips with precision.

Her entire body was tense.

Hearing the sound of her own quickening heartbeat, her voice trembled faintly. “Jiang Baichuan, let’s try.”

As for what she meant by try, it became self-evident when the girl in his arms suddenly lifted her shirt over her head and took it off.

Jiang Baichuan froze, his Adam’s apple bobbing rapidly several times.