Su Ruanruan answered the phone.
Her voice was soft, "Have you come home?"
Bao Jingyan’s car was parked by the roadside, he said, "Not yet!"
Su Ruanruan, hearing the sound of his breathing on the other end, felt a sudden weakness.
After a while, Bao Jingyan asked in a low voice, "Did you miss me?"
Su Ruanruan hummed softly, weak and tenderly saying, "I did."
Bao Jingyan chuckled softly.
He said, "Come downstairs, and don’t let anyone notice you."
Su Ruanruan quickly got out of bed and ran to the terrace to look.
Bao Jingyan’s car was parked outside the villa; he was sitting in the car, waving to her.
Su Ruanruan, surprised and delighted, threw on a coat and ran downstairs.
Once out the door, she realized she was still in her house slippers.
She always cared about being proper, wanting to change them.
By then Bao Jingyan had already gotten out of the car and, picking her up around the waist, said, "Before someone notices Miss Su, we need to leave."
Su Ruanruan sat in the passenger seat.
She was still surprised, "Bao Jingyan, how did you come here?"
Bao Jingyan cradled her cheek, his voice hoarse beyond recognition, "Because you missed me."
Su Ruanruan wanted to deny it.
But she didn’t want to spoil the mood.
A few days apart, the longing was unbearable.
Their bodies already familiar with one another, they quickly embraced and kissed...
Intermittently, tenderly, lingeringly.
After a long time, Su Ruanruan’s eyes were filled with moist light.
She murmured, "I need to go back, otherwise mom will notice."
Bao Jingyan held her wrist; in a low voice, he said, "I’ll bring you back at daybreak tomorrow morning!"
Su Ruanruan bit her lip, "Bao Jingyan, where are we going?"
"A place that’s just ours!" He stroked her head, "Don’t you miss me?"
Of course, she did!
But Su Ruanruan was restrained, unable to say it out loud.
To say it would be like admitting she yearned for that sort of thing.
Bao Jingyan knew she was shy and didn’t tease her further.
He truly missed her too; the car sped along, reaching a private residence in less than 20 minutes.
A 200 square meter flat, very well-decorated.
Su Ruanruan took off her coat and observed carefully.
The house seemed to have been uninhabited, everything was new.
Bao Jingyan lifted her, their foreheads touching, he whispered, "Take your time to look around, I’m going to shower!"
While saying so, he caressed the silk gown she was wearing.
"It looks good, this fabric clings to the body."
Su Ruanruan hit him playfully, "Aren’t you going to shower?"
Bao Jingyan smiled, loosening this tie!
He went to shower, and Su Ruanruan looked around.
She was sure that this was a place Bao Jingyan had prepared specially, guessing he’d often bring her here in the future.
Just the thought of it made her blush.
Su Ruanruan took out two champagne glasses from the bar cabinet, pouring some champagne.
She then went to the bedroom, found a bottle of perfume, and sprayed it lightly behind her ears.
Her entire being was fragrant and alluring.
Bao Jingyan came out of the shower.
Su Ruanruan was leaning against the bar by the floor-to-ceiling windows, wearing only a champagne-colored silk slip dress.
He approached and held her.
Su Ruanruan nestled in his arms, asked softly, "How come you’ve made this place?"
Bao Jingyan kissed behind her ear, "In the future, with more kids at home, it will inevitably be inconvenient. Going to a hotel would be too demeaning for you! Later on, with someone to look after the kids at home, I’ll bring you here... Ruanruan, I’ll attend to you!"
How could Su Ruanruan not understand his intentions?
A world of just the two of them, he wanted it, and so did she!
She turned in his embrace, taking a sip of the champagne, then tilted her head back and offered her lips for a kiss...
*
Floor-to-ceiling windows.
Thin gauze curtains, with the spring light faintly visible through them.
Below the tall building, a black Range Rover was parked.
A handsome man leaned against the car, fiddling with an exquisite matchbox in his hand.
On the matchbox, the beauty remained the same.
His state of mind, however, had long since changed.
He Jitang looked up, his eyes on the entwined pair, a teardrop mole at the corner of his eye, crimson as blood...
After a long while, Shen Ci got out of the car.
He said softly, "Mr. He, after giving the present, we should return to Yangcheng. Sun Jingan has been keeping a close watch on us lately!"