Chapter 188: Their hearts beat wildly for each other
Lian Li occasionally envied those who could easily trouble others, because she couldn’t.
Asking Pei Qingji and Madam Pei for help to check the jade pendant bracelet was already a breakthrough in her desperate situation. She wouldn’t trouble Pei Qingji again.
Jin Shi Yue understood this about Lian Li; unless she was willing to trouble him herself, anything he did would only be meddling.
Jin Shi Yue always unconsciously compared himself to Jin Yan Ting.
Lian Li’s steps towards Jin Yan Ting were resolute. However, her steps towards him seemed like they could turn back at any moment.
He believed he understood Lian Li better than Jin Yan Ting, yet Lian Li seemed more willing to approach Jin Yan Ting.
Even if Lian Li said she liked him, he still felt a sense of unreality.
Did Lian Li truly like him?
On sleepless nights, more than joy, there was a constant fear of loss.
Countless nights, Jin Shi Yue watched Lian Li sleeping in his arms, one moment happy, the next worried, fearing it was all a dream.
Lian Li excluded everyone from her world, including him.
The two seemed intimate, but in reality, a constantly flowing river separated them.
He couldn’t enter her world;
She didn’t want to enter his.
Jin Shi Yue had previously thought Lian Li didn’t like him, which was why she was unwilling to get closer.
But she liked him.
Liking him yet resisting him, what was she afraid of?
…
“What?” His topic jumped a bit too quickly, and Lian Li didn’t react for a moment.
“You’d rather find Jin Yan Ting and Pei Qingji than me,” Jin Shi Yue stared at her. “What are you afraid of?”
In the past, he wasn’t her first choice. He thought making him her emergency contact would bring them closer.
However, it didn’t.
He called her during the day and sensed her emotions were off, knowing she didn’t want to discuss it over the phone.
So he rushed back to ask her in person, but she still wouldn’t tell him.
Lian Li roughly understood what Jin Shi Yue meant; he wanted to hear her talk about her mother from her own lips, but he had already interfered too much in her life. Wasn’t that enough?
“You knew without me telling you,” Lian Li met his gaze. “Besides, that’s my own business.”
Her own business had nothing to do with him; she had the right not to tell him.
“Lian Li,” Jin Shi Yue gazed at her deeply. “We’re together, so I have the right to know your affairs.”
Lian Li pursed her lips, feeling a bit stifled. “I’ve let you interfere in many things. What more do you want now?”
Jin Shi Yue said, “I want more from you.”
“What if I can’t give it to you? Do you want…” Lian Li didn’t say the last two words, but Jin Shi Yue knew she meant a breakup.
“Impossible,” he flatly rejected the idea of a breakup, then continued, “Why can’t you give it?”
“If I can’t give it, I can’t give it. What’s with the ‘why’?” Lian Li said with a hint of self-abandonment.
Jin Shi Yue pressed on, his eyes chilling. “You can give it to others, but not to me.”
“You didn’t want what I gave to others before, did you?” Lian Li remembered his picky, tsundere reaction when she made him tea.
“Whether I want it or not is a different matter from whether you give it.”
The Eldest Young Master’s hidden difficult personality resurfaced, unreasonable and self-righteous.
“Then I won’t give it,” Lian Li said, about to get down from the desk. Jin Shi Yue hooked her waist first, stopping her.
Lian Li was trapped between the desk and the man, unable to move. She looked up and glared at him.
Jin Shi Yue, however, felt pleased by her gaze and said lazily, “Why are you glaring at me? Speak if you have a mouth.”
Lian Li ignored him, turned around with difficulty, and silently turned her back to him.
Jin Shi Yue couldn’t help but laugh.
Lian Li heard his light chuckle from above her head, making her even more unwilling to engage. Unexpectedly, the man behind her suddenly lifted her waist with one hand and pressed her back with the other.
Lian Li was controlled by his strength, her toes lifting, her upper body leaning forward, resting on the desk.
Her pupils widened abruptly, and she turned to look at Jin Shi Yue. “You…”
“Is it going to kill you to ask me?” Jin Shi Yue’s voice was deep, with a hint of harshness at the end. “Hmm?”
“You already know, so why do you insist I say it?” Lian Li was displeased and tried to kick him, but he pinned her legs.
“Your voice is nice,” Jin Shi Yue’s answer was both serious and playful.
Lian Li struggled in vain and finally gave up. Her upper body lay completely on the desk, her body bent at a ninety-degree angle, her curves adding a touch of seductive charm.
“Are you happy now, knowing all my embarrassing moments?”
She had encountered Jin Yan Ting and Duan Shiqing being intimate in a hotel in New York, and Jin Shi Yue found her sitting alone and dejected in a foreign alley;
The night she was abducted by Zhao Lizheng, Jin Shi Yue happened to appear;
Now, abandoned by her birth mother and possibly an illegitimate daughter, Jin Shi Yue also knew.
Lian Li thought that every time she encountered Jin Shi Yue, nothing good happened.
Her tone was filled with resentment. Jin Shi Yue lifted her skirt with his long fingers, opened a drawer, took out a small packet, opened it, and smoothly put it on.
The large study room was silent, amplifying the subtle sound of tearing.
Lian Li was lost in melancholic memories and didn’t immediately grasp the sound. It wasn’t until he intruded that she understood what the noise was about.
Jin Shi Yue’s arm went around her waist, pulling her up. His long fingers pinched her chin, forcing her to turn her head. “Will I harm you?”
Lian Li’s legs trembled slightly, and under his force, she said, “You can know a person’s face, but not their heart.”
“How can you not know?” Jin Shi Yue lowered his head and kissed her.
How could she not know.
She knew his heart was hers.
Lian Li remained silent, her lips tightly shut, causing the man’s breathing to become heavy. With a rough move, she instantly softened and completely accepted him.
“You know so much about me, but I don’t know anything about you,” Lian Li felt depressed and a little indignant.
“What don’t you know?” Jin Shi Yue kissed her neck, his voice hoarse with desire. “Say it, and I can give you an answer.”
Lian Li couldn’t take it, her breath unsteady. “You come out first.”
“Just a little longer,” Jin Shi Yue hugged her from behind, his movements deep and slow. Lian Li bit her lip, trying to process the strange intensity.
Not long after, a scream suddenly echoed from the study.
The faint, ethereal scent in the air mingled with an ambiguous aroma.
Their breaths were ragged, their hearts pounding wildly for each other.
Jin Shi Yue cleaned up, adjusted Lian Li’s slip dress, and carried her, now weak, to a leather chair.
Lian Li had exhausted her emotions and mental energy during the day and her physical strength at night. Now, every part of her body was drained.
Her forehead rested on Jin Shi Yue’s shoulder, her senses overwhelmed not only by his scent but also by his presence.
After resting for a while, Lian Li weakly opened her eyes and was about to speak when she noticed her mobile phone on the desk continuously popping up with new messages.
Lian Li didn’t want to move and ordered Jin Shi Yue to get her phone.
Who else had long arms?
His girlfriend wasn’t being polite with him, so Jin Shi Yue’s lips curved as he reached out and handed her phone to her.
Lian Li was simply too weak to say much, not even bothering to say thank you.
She unlocked her phone, and countless red dots flooded her vision.
Her WeChat messages had exploded.
Lian Li’s eyelids twitched.
What was going on?
