He didn’t force the kiss on her, and his actions were very gentle, giving her ample opportunity to resist.
However, after dodging once, An Ruo did not move away again.
The man’s heart leaped with joy, and he boldly deepened the kiss, deeply kissing her.
The temperature in the room gradually rose, and the atmosphere became increasingly ambiguous.
But at the last moment, An Ruo panicked, pushing his body away with repulsion, frowning deeply.
Tang Yuchen stopped what he was doing, panting heavily and looked up at her with bloodshot eyes.
Seeing him , An Ruo felt somewhat guilty. Turning him down at such a crucial moment, even she would feel unhappy, let alone him.
Yet, she couldn’t get over the hurdle in her heart.
She couldn’t bring herself to make love to him with a clear conscience...
An Ruo simply closed her eyes and left things up to him.
She thought he would disregard everything and just go on, since they had gotten to this point and he couldn’t possibly restrain himself. But after waiting a few seconds, there was no movement from him.
Confused, she opened her eyes only to see him roll over, get out of bed, and walk to the bathroom, where the sound of water soon followed.
He had actually held back!
An Ruo was quite surprised and then felt complicated inside.
He said he wouldn’t do anything to anger her again, apparently, he wasn’t just talking.
By the time the man, who had taken a cold shower, came out, she had already fallen asleep wrapped in the blanket. Tang Yuchen climbed into the bed quietly, hugging her body and gradually fell asleep.
An Ruo had been back for a while now, and during this period, she hadn’t reached out to Xia Nuo, nor had Xia Nuo reached out to her.
She thought that perhaps Xia Nuo was utterly disappointed with her.
She took the initiative to call her, wanting to apologize and ask her out for a meal.
But when she made the call, it indicated that the phone was turned off, and no one answered.
For several days in a row, Xia Nuo’s cell phone remained off.
Had she changed her phone number?
Determined, An Ruo decided to go to her house to find her. She didn’t know where Xia Nuo’s house was after she got married, only where her parents’ house was—the place she had visited once when she was in high school.
Following her memory, she found her parents’ home, but the person who opened the door wasn’t her parents, it was a stranger. An Ruo inquired and learned that the house had long been sold.
Xia Nuo’s parents had also moved out a long time ago.
Now she had completely lost contact with her.
Walking out of the community with disappointment, An Ruo unexpectedly received a call from Aunt Zhang.
"Miss An, I know I shouldn’t disturb you, but I really had no choice, so I had to reach out to you," said Aunt Zhang.
An Ruo asked with confusion, "Aunt Zhang, what happened?"
The situation turned out to be .
After An Ruo’s Uncle, An Mingqi, committed suicide by jumping off a building, her Aunt, Xu Huwen, fell seriously ill and was taken back to her parental home for care.
But her parents had passed away, and her only brother didn’t care much for her. He even resented that the An Family had brought shame to the Xu family, so he gave her some money and sent her away.
Xu Huwen had been pampered all her life, living a life where everything was handed to her on a silver platter. She couldn’t bear hardships and was unable to earn money on her own.
Because she was penniless, she even had to resort to soliciting clients to sell her body for food. Fortunately, she had maintained herself well in the past and could still attract some clients.
Latterly, she sadly contracted an unclean disease, and with no money for treatment, she quickly became gravely ill and didn’t have many days left to live.
When she was on the brink of death, she remembered Aunt Zhang, who had worked in the An Family for more than a decade.
She contacted Aunt Zhang and pleaded with her to take care of An Xin, who was in the mental hospital, after she