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Feeling the person beside her move slightly, Zhao Xinru turned her head to find Su Yunxiang's handsome yet imposing face just inches away. Startled, her heart raced violently, and she quickly raised her hands to block his chest, preventing any further advance.
"No, I can't. I am already married..."
Su Yunxiang, lost in thought, trembled slightly at her words. He slowly closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, the infatuation that had been there moments before was gone from his gaze.
The ambiguous atmosphere lingered in the narrow cave. Later, he said something else, but Zhao Xinru could no longer remember the words. All she recalled was the rapid beating of her heart due to his proximity and the warmth and gentleness that flickered in his eyes when he looked at her...
What had he said at that moment?
In her memory, those were the words that first stirred her heart.
Zhao Xinru tried hard to recall, but what surfaced in her mind was that night when Su Yunxiang had furiously shouted, "Zhao Xinru, I will kill you!" and "Are you so cheap? To have a child, does it not matter who the man is?"...
Under the piercing gaze filled with anger, Zhao Xinru suddenly jolted awake from her dream, cold sweat soaking her forehead and clothes.
Sunlight streamed through the window into the room. In the bright light, she looked at the white sheets and gradually remembered everything that had happened yesterday.
Not far away, Su Yunxiang sat quietly at the foot of the bed, like a statue, seemingly lost in thought.
At this moment, he had calmed down. The sharpness of his profile from yesterday was softened; his quiet demeanor involuntarily reminded her of him in the cave.
A surge of anger ignited within Zhao Xinru like a pile of dry hay set ablaze. Ignoring the ache in her body, she rushed forward and tightly grasped his arm before biting down hard.
Su Yunxiang's brows furrowed slightly, yet he neither pushed her away with force nor showed any intention of dodging her, as if he had already known she was awake.
As the metallic sweetness spread in her mouth, Zhao Xinru trembled and slowly withdrew her lips.
"Why can you be so cruel... You clearly know that in that house, I am nothing... My mother makes me do whatever she wants, and I have no right to say 'no'..." She covered her face with her hands, tears pouring out like a flood, sobbing uncontrollably.
Su Yunxiang slowly raised his head and quietly gazed at her for a while. Then he reached out and gently pulled her into his embrace, his voice tinged with pain and a hint of helplessness: "I know." He understood the woman's ways; she would indeed force Zhao Xinru like this.
"No, you don't know!"
Zhao Xinru was furious, repeatedly pounding her fists against his chest, her emotions collapsing as she cried in his arms. "You only know how to insult me for being lowly and shameless, but do you even realize that you are my first man... Ever since I married into Shen Manor, my mother often mentioned this to me. No matter how she pressured me, I never agreed until you returned, until it was you..."
His long fingers trembled slightly. Upon hearing this, Su Yunxiang's eyes widened in shock, his heart instinctively racing.
What she meant was...
"I like you! Because I like you, I am willing! But how can you bully me like this? How could you..." At this moment, Zhao Xinru could no longer deceive herself; she knew it wasn't out of gratitude but that she had developed feelings for him since their first encounter.
Su Yunxiang was a man of deep thought; Zhao Xinru only needed to say a few words for him to grasp the underlying meaning. Yet, he dared not admit it... He couldn't face the feelings he harbored for her; otherwise, he wouldn't have lost control the day before...
But—
He too had unspoken burdens.
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