Cai Yanyan sat on the ground out of fear at once. She just wanted to scare Xia Yu to go back, and she never thought about becoming Shen Family’s enemy.

However, now she provoked the Third Young Master of Shen Family. What should she do? What could she do?

Xia Yu could not fall asleep because of too many thoughts in her mind, tossing and turning constantly. She didn’t doze off until nearly dawn.

This day, Boss Huang and his family got up late because of what happened yesterday. Xia Yu could see the dark circles under their eyes when she got up in the morning, while Shen Yan looked more refreshed than ever, which was very surprising.

They cooked noodles for breakfast. Knowing that Xia Yu and others were going to leave in a while, Boss Huang took some air-dried chicken and duck meat off the wall as gifts. “We don’t have any decent gifts in the countryside. I hope you’ll like it.”

“It is very precious. Thank you.”

Xia Yu didn’t decline because she knew that it was their kindness for her due to their mercy for Xiaosi.

Xiao Shuang was reluctant to let Xia Yu leave, so she repeatedly urged her to visit them when she was free. Xia Yu adored this girl very much and also invited her to visit S city when she was free.

Later, Xiao Shuang sent Xia Yu to the entrance of the village. And she kept waving at them after they got into the car. Xia Yu immediately felt reluctant to leave. Though she stayed here for only a few days, she still felt reluctant to leave.

“Mr. Shen, drive slowly and take care.” Xiao Shuang urged and said.

“OK. See you.” Shen Yan smiled. He waved at her. Then he started the car and left the village.

Xiao Shuang just stood there, watching his car disappear in her sight and then leaving. Suddenly, she felt some coolness on her face. She raised her head and found that it began to rain. Then she ran back home quickly.

The rain was getting heavier, and the ground soon became wet.

“Brother, you’re so popular. You’ve stayed here for only a few days, but you even make that little girl have a crush on you.” Shen Qiang teased him on the side.

“Nonsense! Watch your mouth! She regards Xia Yu as a friend. She cares about her safety and is afraid that we will have an accident since I drive too fast. She didn’t show special care to me.” Shen Yan denied.

“Well, it sounds plausible. But what about that one, carrying an umbrella and standing at the roadside? Don’t tell me she’s enjoying the scenery at the roadside.” Shen Qiang turned to look out of the window, only to see Xiuxiu standing in the rain and looking in their direction.

“You’re right. Perhaps, she’s enjoying the scenery.” Shen Yan said with indifference.

“Why are you sure she’s enjoying the scenery?”

“Why are you sure she’s not enjoying the scenery?”

These two brothers bickered while Xia Yu was left alone, so she called Xiao Tang. “Hello, what are you doing now?”

“I’m off today. I’m having fun with my family. Young Master Yan has gone to pick you up. Are you back now?” Xiao Tang asked with concern.

“On the way back.” Xia Yu looked outside and said, “I have just come out of the county. I guess I’ll be back in the evening.”

“It’s raining. Tell Young Master Yan to drive safely. The road is slippery.” Xiao Tang said.

After chatting for another while, Xia Yu hung up. She might as well take this opportunity to get some sleep as it was still a few hours away.

When she was woken up by Shen Qiang, she opened her eyes and found that she had arrived home. At this moment, Xiao Tang just called Xia Yu again, and she answered the phone.

“Xia Yu, are you back home safely?” Xiao Tang asked with concern.

“Yes, I’m back home.” Xia Yu said, “What are you doing now? It seems to be very noisy around you.”

“I’m visiting my uncle. My cousins are playing cards now.” Xiao Tang said.

“Didn’t you join them? Well, you are not good at it.”

“Not so bad as you said. I’m just too tired to play with them.”

These two people kept talking about some trivial things with each other for a long time and didn’t hang up until Xiao Tang was called for dinner.

Considering that Aunt Ma hadn’t got the meal ready, Xia Yu took her clothes and went for a shower.

Aunt Ma chopped some sausage and preserved meat brought back from the village by them. She took out two dried mushrooms that were bought before the Spring Festival and still remained and then soaked them in warm water before dicing them. She used the electric cooker to make the delicious but easy-learned rice with dried meat. After that, she fried some eggs for them.

The meal was ready just when Xia Yu finished her shower. Upon opening the electric cooker, a delicious aroma rose in the air.

Shen Qiang ate three bowls of rice in a row, almost finishing all the rice in the electric cooker. He said while eating, “Aunt Ma, you cook so well that I’m afraid that I will put on weight.”

Aunt Ma smiled and said, “Putting on weight is good. I think you’re too thin now.”

In the evening, Shen Yan had a conversation with Zhou Yan on the phone. Zhou Yan was very excited after hearing the situation and told Shen Yan that he would come back soon, and they could enter into details after he came back.

The next day, Shen Yan went to work in the morning and announced the annual development plan of the company for this year. Then the morning passed.

In the evening, the whole company went out for a dinner party. They all insisted that Shen Yan should invite Xia Yu to join them. Xia Yu had wanted to decline, but Fang Feifei and others went to invite her in person. She could only agree. After dinner, they went to KTV and ordered two super-large private rooms since one room was not big enough. Shen Yan didn’t stay long in this room and was taken away into another room to drink.

Xia Yu stayed with some outgoing colleagues in one room. They suggested playing games after they sang for a while.

In the middle of playing games, Shen Yan left after receiving a call. As for Xia Yu, she continued to play with them and didn’t go back home until one o’clock in the morning. Xia Yu took a hot bath after returning to her own flat. Being immersed in the warm water, Xia Yu exhaled a long breath and closed her eyes. She didn’t get out of the tub until the water was cool.

When she was lying in the bed, she closed her eyes and almost fell asleep, but her phone on the nightstand began to vibrate. The buzzing noise was very disturbing in the still night. Xia Yu impatiently reached for her phone. She slightly squinted at the screen and found that the call was from Shen Yan. She became sober a lot at once.

Once she answered the phone, there came the voice of Shen Yan calling her, “Xia Yu, Xia Yu…” He kept calling her. His voice was very lamentable with sobs occasionally.

“Shen Yan, what’s wrong?” Xia Yu sat up on the bed at once and asked with obvious anxiety in her tone.

“Xia Yu, I want to see you. Come to me, please.”

“OK. I’m coming at once.” Xia Yu yanked off the quilt over her body. She changed her clothes at once and then went out. When she arrived at his villa, she knocked at the door for a long while and then called him several times. At last, the door was opened.

As Xia Yu went in, she was held into his arms tightly and firmly. She felt pain in her body because of his hug, and she became dizzy instantly when she breathed due to the strong smell of wine flooding into her nose. Was this man immersed in a wine jar before? She glanced at the floor out of the corner of her eye and found there were scattered wine bottles, including beer bottles, red wine bottles, and a bottle of imported wine which was half-finished.

Having drunk too much at night, this man continued to drink the wine of three kinds now, which made him completely drunken.

“Shen Yan, let me go first.” Xia Yu frowned and tried to push away the man in front of her.

“No, Xia Yu. I’ll never let you go again.”

Xia Yu was puzzled after hearing his words, but she didn’t intend to think it over at this time. Perhaps, Shen Yan was too drunk and confused. The most important thing was to let him release her first. But as she said these words, his arms held her more tightly, which made her hardly breathe smoothly.

“Well, let it be. Shall we go to the sofa?”

In front of a drunken man, it was better to pander to his will. Sure enough, he agreed. He staggered, holding Xia Yu to the sitting room, just like the conjoined twin babies. They almost fell down several times since he walked unsteadily. When they almost got to the sofa, Xia Yu had thought that she could finally catch her breath. However, she slipped her foot at this time and fell back. Of course, Shen Yan followed Xia Yu to fall down because he walked unsteadily all the time.

Luckily, they fell down onto the sofa, not the ground, leaning half over the sofa. But it was still very afflictive for her because a man who was nearly 1.9 meters tall was on her.

Before Xia Yu could push him away, Shen Yan kissed her lips and pushed her teeth open, instilling a strong smell of alcohol into her mouth and making her begin to feel dizzy as if she was drunken, too.

“Hum, hum…”

She really disliked the smell of alcohol, and she felt pain because Shen Yan was so drunk that he kissed her randomly and bit her tongue several times. She really wanted to beat him up.

The man rolled up her clothes with his hands and went straight in. He touched her skin with his cold hands, which made her get goose bumps and shrink her body.

If Shen Yan was sober, he would stop definitely when he was asked to do so by her. But now he was drunk and wouldn’t listen to her at all. Xia Yu had no choice but to let him do whatever he wanted. Luckily, he was as drunk as a lord and stopped after acting up for a while. Then he just fell asleep.

Xia Yu used her last strength to push him away from her. She spent a long time catching her breath and finally got up from the ground. She leaned against the sofa. She glanced at the man sleeping on the carpet. He closed his eyes tightly, and his long eyelashes cast a shadow under his eyes, making him look pale and fragile.

She turned her eyes away from his face and glanced at the cigarettes on the tea table. She suddenly wanted to smoke, so she took out one cigarette and lit it. Then she took a strong drag on her cigarette and inhaled the smell of nicotine, which stimulated her throat as well as her lungs and caused her to cough heavily at once.

When she stopped coughing, she took another drag on her cigarette. She looked out of the picture window through the smoke puffed by her, feeling so calm in her heart that even she was surprised at it.

When she finished the cigarette, she pressed the cigarette butt into the ashtray to put it out and then got off the sofa, dragging Shen Yan’s feet and heading for the room. As she got to the door of the room, she was already out of breath. She took a break for a while to catch her breath and then continued to drag him. She did not stop until she reached the bed. She helped him get up and got him on the bed. In the whole process, he was in a sound sleep.

Xia Yu tucked him in and went to take a shower in the bathroom. After that, she went back to the room and went to bed as well. The man who had been sleeping like a log beside her suddenly turned around and stretched out his arm to hold her waist tightly, drawing her into his arms.

Xia Yu fell asleep in a daze. When she woke up, she found that the man beside her had gone and heard the sound of water in the bathroom. Shen Yan might be taking a shower in it. Xia Yu put on her clothes. The door of the bathroom was opened, and Shen Yan happened to walk out of the bathroom.

“You are awake?” He said lightly, walking to Xia Yu while drying his hair with a towel. His face was calm, without a trace of decadence resulting from his hangover, as if the fragile man who held Xia Yu and cried last night had never appeared, and it was just her hallucination.