Su Ruanruan was taken aback.
How did the topic end up on her?
The elders of the Sun Family were all looking at her with smiles.
Mrs. Sun Jing’an even teased, "You’ve drunk our daughter-in-law tea and accepted the ceremonial gifts, and met the parents, shouldn’t you call him ’Jingyan’ at least?"
She glanced around playfully, "I don’t believe Jingyan has no opinions on this."
She remembered something.
Once in bed, he had left her in turmoil.
She murmured his name lowly, but Bao Jingyan whispered in her ear.
Su Ruanruan, reserved as she was, naturally refused.
But he persuaded her that night, persistently until she called him so.
Now, it was brought up unintentionally by others.
Su Ruanruan felt shy.
All her cleverness was not enough.
Bao Jingse helped her out of the awkward moment.
"Ruanruan is ten years younger than my elder brother! Calling Jingyan makes her sound older."
Both Mrs. Sun Jing’an and Mrs. Sun Jingyu, being women, nodded in agreement.
At that moment, Bao Jingse added, "Calling him elder brother sounds too old! Ruanruan, you should call him brother! It’s endearing and unique."
Su Ruanruan became even shyer.
Mrs. Sun Jing’an couldn’t stop laughing.
She said to everyone, "Jingse is joking now."
Bao Jingse looked at her gently.
After leaving the Sun Family and getting into the car, she held Su Ruanruan’s hand.
"Ruanruan, you’ve given me a second chance at life."
Su Ruanruan held her hand back.
Back at the hotel villa.
Bao Ziqi was sitting on the sofa, seemingly waiting for them.
Bao Jingse checked the time.
It was already 11 PM.
She sincerely said, "Ziqi, thank you for accompanying me this time."
Bao Ziqi was very gracious, "You’ve just recovered, best to rest early."
Bao Ziqi then said he needed to make a trip to City C.
After saying this, his gaze shifted towards Su Ruanruan.
It seemed he had something to say.
Knowing he had always liked Ruanruan, Bao Jingse let them talk and first went upstairs.
The spacious living room.
Now only Bao Ziqi and Su Ruanruan were left.
Bao Ziqi walked towards Su Ruanruan.
A step away, he stopped.
He looked down at her, his voice husky, "Really want to marry into this family?"
Su Ruanruan found it hard to reply.
Bao Ziqi laughed self-deprecatingly.
He then said to her, "Su Ruanruan, if one day my mother is at your mercy, could you please be lenient towards her?"
His voice was low and sad, "Consider it for my sake!"
Su Ruanruan wanted to speak.
But he interrupted her, "You know what I mean!"
Su Ruanruan understood.
Many times, Bao Ziqi could have been ruthless towards her.
But he wasn’t; he was always awkward around her.
He never truly hurt her, rather, he had helped her a lot.
Finally, Su Ruanruan spoke with difficulty, "If she does no wrong, I naturally won’t make things difficult for her."
Bao Ziqi smiled faintly.
He picked up a suitcase from the side.
Su Ruanruan was surprised, "You’re leaving now?"
Bao Ziqi gave her a deep look and without responding, he just pulled the suitcase and left.
At the doorstep, a black sedan was waiting.
Su Ruanruan suddenly felt sad.
She had been indeed not very friendly to him.
But she would never try to reconcile; that would only hurt him more.
Su Ruanruan was troubled.
She returned to the bedroom.
On the bedside, there was a delicate paper box.
It had only one sentence: Don’t worry! Jingse has one too.
Su Ruanruan knew it was from Bao Ziqi; she opened it to see.
Inside, there was a pair of beautiful pearl earrings.
They weren’t extremely expensive.
But they suited her very well.
Su Ruanruan knew she would never wear them, just as she was about to close it—
A pair of strong arms embraced her from behind, the pure masculine scent enveloping her.
Mixed with the familiar scent of aftershave.
"Bao Jingyan." She wanted to turn around.
But he held her tightly, his voice hoarse and raspy, "Did you miss me?"