The light by the river dimmed. The night that had lost its light grew even darker. The city had fallen asleep.
Lu Boyan stood in the garden in the sky. There was a red spot of light on his cigarette held between his fingers. The thin smoke wafted up, passing his sight and then disappearing.
Leaving behind the thick smell of smoke.
The last time he smoked had been the night after Su Jianan had been held hostage. She brought soup to visit Jiang Shaokai at the hospital and did not return until it was very late. It was as if she had forgotten that she was married and had a home and a husband.
He had been behind her in the day and had untied her. She rushed toward Jiang Shaokai. He called her name, but she cried for Jiang Shaokai.
Then, he wondered if Shen Yuechuan was right and that the person she liked was Jiang Shaokai.
If so, should he let go?
It seemed that he should. The Jiang Family's background was clean and Jiang Shaokai had suffi
Actually, it wasn't a sandbox love between her and Lu Boyan but the secretary looked highly satisfied after she made things up herself. Su Jianan did not want to explain too much. She drank a few mouths of porridge and put down her chopsticks and returned to lie down in the room. She thought about it carefully and realized that there were many things Lu Boyan had not told her about in detail. She had been taken hostage by a killer a few days ago and he had appeared at the scene. He brought people to save her when he found out that he had been surrounded. He happened to pass by the police station and picked her up after she worked through the night. Yesterday, he had come back early intentionally... He had done all of these naturally and had never told her much about it. She was not a careful person and she would slowly forget things as time passed. But now that she pieced everything up together, she realized that Lu Boyan had already done many things for her.
Su Jianan was hiding. Lu Boyan could see it now. She had always been fearful of taking medicines. He had once stayed ad interim in her home, occupying one of the vacant rooms there. During then, there was one time when she, a ten-year-old girl, suddenly came running to him. Nimble and agile like a fish in the ocean, she slipped into the bedroom he was then occupying and hid under his covers. "Brother Boyan, don't tell my mom I'm here." Her mother had come looking for her shortly after. Only then did Lu Boyan find out that she had been trying to avoid taking her medicine. In fact, he learned that she would willingly engage in a battle of strength and wits with her entire family just for that. Afterwards, it had been him who had coaxed Su Jianan to swallow down the colorful pills of various sizes. He had promised to take her out to play. In the end, he did not keep his promise. After so many years, she was still the same. The mere sight of pills woul
This time, Su Jianan was careful in placing the orders. After that awkward incidence at the Moon Chasing House where she ran into Lu Boyan and ended up ordering an entire table of food that she did not finish, she swore she would never allow that kind of thing to happen again. She had picked the meat, the vegetables and then finally, the vegan dishes meticulously. By the time she was handing over their menus, a staff had brought out their soup. The soup had been prepared with seafood and bone. It was white and had a thick, brothy texture with a pleasant aroma. Pieces of red, plump goji berries floated on the soup's surface, like tiny red flowers that had blossomed overnight on snowy plains. All in all, the soup looked absolutely tantalizing. Su Jianan turned up the heat in a well-practiced manner. Soon, the surface of the frothy soup began to bubble. Outside the window, the opera was still playing. The play had moved into the farewell scene between the ki
"Last night... Lu Boyan only did that in the heat of the moment, right?" Although he was quite a bit of a b*stard at times, Su Jianan was still willing to believe that he was not some kind of crazy, evil maniac. As she let her thoughts drift away, images from last night flashed across her mind frame by frame, like a movie stuck on replay. His scorching lips, the possessive way he had kissed her, his irresistible touches, and his hot breaths... Every moment from last night reappeared before her eyes vividly. Luckily in the end... Or else, she herself could not be sure what would ensue. Su Jianan patted her cheeks, which had grown a little warm. She slipped into Lu Boyan's jacket, pulling it tight around her. Then, she stepped out. To her surprise, Lu Boyan was nowhere to be found in the bedroom. The door to the study was ajar and she could vaguely hear Lu Boyan's voice which came from the study. Carefully, she walked towards the study.
It would seem that Su Jianan was completely unfazed after the incident where she had been taken hostage. But in truth, she had merely kept her fears to herself. The fact was that her terror had come after the incident. Now, Lu Boyan was telling her, "Jianan, you don't have to feel scared anymore." Those words were akin to a dose of sedative. Every word had soothed her troubled heart. This also seemed to be the first time Lu Boyan had spoken so many words to her. She had once thought of Lu Boyan as the type who valued his words as if they were gold. She thought he would never utter so many words in the same breath. Realizing that he was being scrutinized, Lu Boyan frowned. "What's wrong?" "Were you the one who released the ropes on my hands that day? My brother said he saw you go upstairs." After so many days, Su Jianan was finally willing to bring up that incident. She was finally willing to face and deal with whatever that had happen
Su Jianan put on her shoes obediently. Once done, she reached for Lu Boyan's hand and tugged. "Let's go," she said. She dragged Lu Boyan out the door excitedly, her grin so wide that it was as if her lips had stretched all the way to the bottom of her eyes. She did not seem to have noticed at all that she had voluntarily reached for his hand. Lu Boyan regarded her alabaster hands, which were slender and small. All of a sudden, he realized that this was what he wanted. Fame. Money. None of them could compare to this unintended but affectionate gesture of hers. When she had dragged Lu Boyan out of the hotel, Su Jianan turned around and looked at him smilingly. "You're not going to ask where I'm taking you?" Lu Boyan smiled back at her. "Well, you can tell me now." "Actually, I'm not even sure if I can find the place," Su Jianan said, holding out her hand. "Phone." Lu Boyan handed her the phone, the same one he had grabbed on the way out
"Still not too late to do something?" "What does he have in mind?" Before Su Jianan could even wrap her head around his words, she noticed Lu Boyan's features enlarging as he closed the distance between them. For a second, she panicked and clutched at Lu Boyan's shirt. Her eyes fluttered close. However, the warmth of his lips that she had been expecting did not come. Instead, she heard a soft chuckle beside her ear. Her eyes shot open and immediately, she was met with the teasing glint in Lu Boyan's eyes. This was the first time she had seen Lu Boyan smiling so openly, and yet it was because he had utterly toyed with her! "B*stard!" When she realized that she had actually been anticipating Lu Boyan's kiss, Su Jianan blushed. The redness on her face right then trumped that of a poppy. She struggled to free herself from Lu Boyan's embrace, though Lu Buoyan refused to let her
Holding the mobile in her hands, Luo Xiaoxi smiled purposefully. Something must have happened between Su Jianan and Lu Boyan! She knew Su Jianan too well. However, they made progress even though having been married for just three months. There was no progress made at all instead even she had been going after Su Yicheng whom she liked for more than ten years. She was such a failure that she had disparaged all the respected ancestors of her ancient generations. So she must grab the contract of Huaxing into her pocket today. She had to prove it to Su Yicheng that she was not that kind of conceited ladies who could only live on their parents. She just did not want to be engaged in the things which she had disliked and that was all. If she started to hold a serious attitude, she could shine brightly as well. Before attending the appointment at noon, Luo Xiaoxi had done her makeup elaborately and had got changed with a suit of sexy l