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Song Ye stared at her blankly, his mind empty.
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Because all of this completely overturned the repressed, painful past laced with sweetness that he thought he knew.
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He lowered his head to look at Jiang Nanshu’s reddened eyes,
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thinking of how she always held back her anger when she accused him of “two-timing.”
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He found it a little hard to believe, his throat dry and tight: “You… only like me?”
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“Yeah.” Jiang Nanshu rose on her tiptoes and kissed him lightly on the lips,
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“Only like you, only you.”
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“What happened with Chen Qingyue was a misunderstanding?”
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“It was a misunderstanding. Do you believe me?”
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Song Ye looked into the seriousness in her eyes and stiffly nodded: “I believe.”
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He believed what she said.
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It was precisely because he believed her that, after being hit with overwhelming joy,
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he was immediately swallowed by an entirely different emotion, repressive and painful.
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He didn’t even dare to think too deeply.
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If it was all a misunderstanding, then what had he been doing all these years?
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“Meow.”
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“Meow.”
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Rou Song and Xiao Bei had somehow made their way to their feet,
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and seeing the crack in the door, tried to squeeze out. Jiang Nanshu looked down and quickly shut the door.
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The two cats looked up at them, letting out dissatisfied “meows.”
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Jiang Nanshu ignored them and pulled Song Ye over to sit on the couch.
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The wall lamp in the living room was on, casting a warm and cozy light.
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She straddled his lap, looking down at him.
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Some things that are buried deep in the heart for too long are hard to speak of.
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They need someone to ask, to give a lead, for the story to slowly unfold.
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Maybe tonight’s emotional swings were too intense,
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and she didn’t have the same calm she did when confessing to Cheng Jiajia.
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Or maybe it was because Song Ye had been silent the whole time,
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unlike Cheng Jiajia, who asked questions or interrupted impatiently.
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Instead, his silence made it harder for her to speak smoothly.
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It took her over half an hour to stutter through the whole story.
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“So, the two hugs you saw, one was because his leg hurt and he couldn’t stand, the other was the night before the college entrance exam.
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He came to me, and I hugged him to wish him good luck on the test.
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After his car accident, he took a semester off.
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Later, he had some psychological issues, and studying was really hard for him to catch up.
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At the time, I always felt that he and I were both innocent victims.
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We’d been classmates for many years, so I always felt sympathy for him,
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and many times I just couldn’t say no to his requests.”
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Jiang Nanshu looked nervously at Song Ye because his expression was too calm,
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So calm it scared her.
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She wrapped her arms around his neck and continued explaining,
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“That time you called to test me, I didn’t realize it… I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to lie to you.”
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When Song Ye heard her say “I’m sorry,” his expression finally changed.
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He took a deep breath, pulled her into his arms, his voice dry and hoarse:
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“You don’t need to apologize to me.
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If anyone should be apologizing… It’s me.”
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“I accept your apology.”
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Jiang Nanshu buried her face into the crook of his neck, her heart aching,
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and then lifted her head to look at him again.
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“You were going to confess to me, then suddenly rejected me,
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and let me carry the reputation of being a ‘scumbag girl’ for years.
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You owe me an apology for that.”
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Song Ye lowered his head, resting his forehead against her shoulder,
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His breathing was heavy: “I’m sorry…”
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Jiang Nanshu gently stroked his head, then cupped his face and lifted it,
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seeing his reddened eyes.
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She froze for a second, then spoke with heartache: “No more apologies from you.
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If anyone should apologize… let Lin Yao and Xu Hao do it.”
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Although all the misunderstandings originally stemmed from Chen Qingyue,
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those two also once accused her of two-timing and even tried to stop Song Ye from pursuing her.
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They owed her an apology, didn’t they?
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Song Ye lowered his eyes and let out a quiet “mm.”
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Jiang Nanshu quietly held him, but still couldn’t help asking:
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“What else did he send you?”
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“Some… texts, photos.”
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Song Ye thought of those things that once caused him so much pain.
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Now that he knew the truth, he realized they were all fake.
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He couldn’t describe how he felt at this moment—it wasn’t much better than before.
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Because those false, dark lies had made him misunderstand her for years.
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The two of them missed out on so much because of it.
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His heart was full of regret, guilt, and sorrow,
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with no outlet to release it, swelling painfully.
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“The night after the college entrance exam, before I came downstairs to see you,
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I received an email from him.”
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He paused.
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“There was a video.
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You two… looked very close.”
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Jiang Nanshu was stunned, then quickly asked, “What kind?
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How close?”
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Song Ye pressed his lips together tightly,
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not wanting to talk about it.
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Jiang Nanshu tried to remember,
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but couldn’t recall anything like that.
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She lowered her head and kissed his lips: “Like this?”
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Song Ye looked up at her, his tone calm:
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“That one nearly drove me crazy.”
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This old jealousy, he’d been holding onto it all this time.
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Jiang Nanshu felt her heart twist with frustration.
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She shook his shoulders: “What exactly was it? Show me.”
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“Deleted.”
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Was he crazy to have kept something like that?
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He saw the curiosity in her eyes and sighed helplessly.
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“You were asleep on the desk, and he touched your face.
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Your reaction…”
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He didn’t finish the sentence.
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Not just because he was jealous, but because he regretted it.
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Jiang Nanshu blinked in confusion and thought for a moment.
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She remembered during a break,
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Chen Qingyue had asked her to help with studying.
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There was a study room in their complex, and they had reviewed there a few times.
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One time, she had dozed off while resting.
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As she recalled, she told him the story.
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Then she couldn’t help but ask curiously,
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“What exactly was my reaction?”
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Song Ye stayed silent for a moment.
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Then leaned in close to her ear, gently kissing and licking.
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Jiang Nanshu couldn’t help but shrink her neck away and murmured, “It tickles…”
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He stopped and leaned back again,
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his face emotionless as he looked at her.
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Jiang Nanshu suddenly realized,
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her reaction back then was exactly like that.
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She opened her mouth but didn’t know what to say.
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In the end, she muttered, “I didn’t know he was that low.
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That slap wasn’t nearly enough.”
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The silence between them was broken by two incoming notifications on Jiang Nanshu’s phone.
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She took it out to check.
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[Did you ask Song Ye yet?]
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The game Echoes of Time was still trending these past few days.
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People had begun digging into the identity of its mysterious producer, Will.
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Everyone knew it was an alias, and now they just wanted to find out what other games he’d made, or which company he worked for now.
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Back when Song Ye made the game, aside from a roommate in Hong Kong, no one else knew.
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So the internet had no leads.
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She looked up at Song Ye and figured he wasn’t in the mood to talk about this,
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so she lowered her head and replied to Cheng Jiajia:
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[We’ll talk about this in a few days.]
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Cheng Jiajia: [Huh? Did I interrupt you two? Sorry, sorry, pretend I never sent that.]
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Jiang Nanshu: “……”
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She didn’t reply to Cheng Jiajia again,
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but instead started thinking about what she had just said.
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“It’s almost midnight.”
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She put down her phone and looked at him.
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Song Ye raised his eyes to her: “You heading home?”
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Jiang Nanshu shook her head and softly said,
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“I’ll stay with you tonight.”
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Song Ye knew she wanted to comfort him.
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He was indeed feeling terrible.
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All he could think about were those wasted years,
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and the hurtful things he’d once said to her.
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It felt like his insides had been crushed into pieces.
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At the same time, he felt grateful; thankfully,
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it had all been a misunderstanding.
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She only ever liked him.
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But that sweetness came mixed with glass shards.
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Every bite of sweetness he got now, he had to swallow the glass with it.
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He didn’t want to pass those feelings onto her.
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Didn’t want her to hurt with him.
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Song Ye held her by the waist and lifted her up.
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The sudden weightlessness made Jiang Nanshu’s heart race.
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She quickly wrapped her arms around his neck, cheeks a little red.
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“Wait… I need to go back and take a shower and grab some clothes.”
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“Wear mine.”
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Song Ye carried her toward the master bedroom.
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Jiang Nanshu added, “There’s none… downstairs.”
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Song Ye paused, looked down at her,
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then turned and walked toward the entryway.
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The hallway was quiet.
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The man held her with one hand, the other tapping in the door code.
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With a soft click, the door opened.
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Song Ye carried her into the master bedroom, and only then did she struggle out of his arms.
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She thought for a second and said,
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“Can you go back and wait for me?”
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Song Ye lowered his eyes, glanced at her with a hint of a smile that wasn’t quite a smile.
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Jiang Nanshu pushed him toward the door.
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“I’ll come over in a bit.”
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Song Ye didn’t resist and stepped out of the bedroom.
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Jiang Nanshu closed the door behind him and took a deep breath before grabbing some clothes and heading to the shower.
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Outside the door, Song Ye stood still for a moment, then turned and walked off.
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He went home, smoked a cigarette on the balcony, and only then went to take a shower.
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Men usually shower quickly, and after he came out of the bathroom and waited a while in the living room, Jiang Nanshu finally arrived slowly.
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As soon as she got in front of him, he picked her up in a bridal carry again.
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Only a desk lamp was on in the master bedroom, casting a dim light.
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The bedsheets had been changed to a deep blue.
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Jiang Nanshu was pressed beneath him and looked at him nervously.
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Song Ye asked in a low voice,
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“Do you have trouble sleeping in a new bed?”
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Jiang Nanshu pursed her lips,
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“Didn’t we… sleep here once before?”
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Song Ye didn’t say anything else
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and lowered his head to kiss her.
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He really hadn’t planned to do anything,
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but the kiss gradually changed in nature.
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His hand slipped under her shirt,
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touching her delicate skin, feeling the softness under his palm.
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The intense desire for her and all the bottled-up emotions with no outlet overwhelmed him and clouded his reason.
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His grip gradually lost control, becoming so strong it was as if he wanted to crush her.
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Jiang Nanshu clutched his neck, breathless and overwhelmed,
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until a tingling pain spread from her chest.
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She finally gasped quietly, “It hurts…”
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It was as if he didn’t hear her.
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Jiang Nanshu, in pain and unable to bear it,
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noticed his irrationality and loss of control.
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She took several deep breaths, placed her hand over his,
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and grabbed his long fingers.
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“Song Ye, gentler…”
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Hearing her cry out in pain,
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Song Ye’s movements paused slightly.
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He looked down and saw the rough marks on her body.
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Then he looked up and saw her red eyes.
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His sanity returned halfway in an instant.
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He took a few deep breaths and painfully moved off of her,
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Then lay beside her.
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He pulled her into his arms, tugged down her clothes,
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and pulled the blanket over them.
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Jiang Nanshu lay on his chest, looked down at him, and said,
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“I just told you to be gentler, not that I didn’t want to.”
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“Next time.” Song Ye calmed his breathing and pressed his lips tightly.
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“Not tonight.”
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Jiang Nanshu glanced downward beneath him.
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“You don’t want to? Doesn’t look like it.”
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“…”
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