Yu Wenye’s heart sank slightly.
At this moment, Shang Ruyi was instead more calm and sober. She half propped herself up from the bed. Although she was beneath him, there was an illusion of looking down at him from above.
She stared intently into Yu Wenye’s eyes, articulating each word: "I want you to answer me, between us, is it real, can it be real?"
"If so, then I, everything I have, can be yours."
"But if it’s not real, if between us, it’s ultimately just a transaction—then I, I will no longer have such delusions, nor will I have any more fanciful thoughts about you."
"And my body is not part of the transaction, I can’t give it to you."
After saying the last word, she moved back an inch.
Though it was just an inch, between them, it seemed as if a chasm had suddenly opened. In a daze, Yu Wenye even had the illusion that he couldn’t reach her even if he stretched out his hand.
Suddenly, a nameless fire arose in him.
He gritted his teeth and said, "If you don’t give it to me, who will you give it to?"
Shang Ruyi looked at him in astonishment, never expecting to receive such a response.
The next moment, she was also incensed.
She had only asked him for an answer, or rather, for something proper and legitimate, yet he was being unreasonable. Was this the time to care about such things?!
So she frowned and said, "If it’s just a transaction between us, then it’s none of your business."
Yu Wenye’s eyes suddenly flared with fire.
He was already annoyed, annoyed by every word of this little girl, as if she was threatening him, and it was with her body she threatened him even more frustratingly, he felt he actually was being threatened by her! And now, she even said it was none of his business!
Yu Wenye stretched out his hand and directly pulled Shang Ruyi, quilt and all, into his embrace, holding her tightly, he gritted his teeth and said, "You say whether I care or not!"
Shang Ruyi was also angry enough to want to break free from him, but her shoulder was still numbed, lacking strength, and she was also wary of his shoulder injury. If she exerted herself now, the wound might split open again. She was so anxious she could almost bite him, words squeezed through her teeth: "Is it so hard just to say you want me?"
Yu Wenye suddenly shivered.
He looked down at the little woman tightly held in his arms, unable to move. Her eyes reddening, as though tears were about to overflow, yet stubbornly wide open staring at him, as if she would not rest without an answer.
Yu Wenye’s breathing became increasingly chaotic.
Even more chaotic than earlier, when he was urgently longing for her, so much so that he didn’t even notice his own wounds tearing open, blood flowing.
Does he truly want her?
If not, then what were those acts he just did to her?
If he does want her, yet in his heart—
Yu Wenye’s gaze became more and more chaotic, unable to meet the tear-filled eyes in his arms, but Shang Ruyi stubbornly watched him, not missing a single move.
As a woman, and a woman already rejected once, feeling deeply humiliated, still, she could bravely speak up because she understood too well, that little embarrassment compared to what she wanted from someone, was nothing. Shang Ruyi might not be a brave person, but for what she desires, taking risks and getting hurt was never an obstacle. Follow current novels on Novᴇl_Fire(.)net
If she could speak, why couldn’t he?
Thinking of this, she sobbed, but still firmly said: "In matters of the heart, it’s this way. You give me an inch, and I will move forward an inch. If you have no feelings for me, I won’t—won’t shamelessly ask you for an answer anymore."
"Yu Wenye, can’t you really say it?"
With every call, Yu Wenye felt a throbbing pain in his chest, so intense it made his hands start trembling.
And in such a silence, Shang Ruyi’s gaze gradually grew cold.
He truly could not say it.
No, perhaps it wasn’t that he couldn’t say it, perhaps it’s just that his answer didn’t need to be said anymore.
Thinking of this, Shang Ruyi couldn’t help but let out a bitter laugh, but at this moment, she didn’t feel any shame. When one was this open, shame was unnecessary. She looked at him calmly for a while, then with great effort, slowly, slowly broke free from his embrace.
Struggling to the edge of the bed, she sat for a while to gather some strength, lowered her head and laughed softly: "Let’s pretend I never asked, and I never came."