Chapter 289

"Lele, I, you..." Ruan Lin walked in long strides to stand before He Lele, anxiously searching her face.

"Ruan Lin! Get a grip!" Zhai Feiyun roared.

"I am very clear-headed!" Ruan Lin roared back. "My business with her does not require your interference! Lele, let's go!"

"Stop right there! Don't tell me you've actually lost your heart to her! You know full well she—"

"Auntie Yun!" Ruan Lin gripped He Lele's small hand tightly. "Some things, since you didn't manage them in the beginning, then now and in the future, please do not open your mouth!"

"You!" Zhai Feiyun was choked into silence by the embarrassment.

Ruan Lin pulled He Lele along, opened a random empty hospital room, and walked inside.

After a long while, He Lele sighed. "You scared me."

"I..."

"What exactly happened? Does it have anything to do with me?"

"..." Looking at her calm, gentle eyes, he dared not speak, dared not ask. He was afraid that once she knew the truth, he would forever only see the look of loathing in her eyes!

"You—" He Lele watched in shock as tears slid from his eye sockets. Her heart felt as if it were being violently torn apart. She looked around helplessly for a tissue. What was wrong with him? "Ruan Lin..."

Ruan Lin stepped forward, embraced her, and blocked her lips with a kiss, turning and licking, sucking, biting lightly, and stirring heavily. Salty tears slid to the corners of their mouths, mixing into both their mouths and turning into a faint bitterness.

He Lele wrapped her arms around his waist, gently stroking his back as if to soothe him.

The tears became even more torrential. In the end, he could only hold her in his arms, gritting his teeth to suppress the sound of his sobbing.

Confused by his fragility and his pain, He Lele held his trembling body, patted his back gently, and said the words he had said to her a week ago—

"I'm here, I'm here, it's okay, it's okay..."

Author's Note:

There are so many things to write, but I need to sort out the plot first. I have to stay steady~ Everyone stay steady too~~

Tomorrow I'll be on the road all day returning to my hometown. I'll probably get home very late, and I have to set up the internet, so I'm asking for leave in advance~~ If I can make it, I'll update~~

Actually... it's entering the final stages~~~ I'm so nervous...

☆, (10 Fresh Coins) Chapter 242: How Does It Feel

"How does it feel?" Zong Jieran sat down next to Ji Jie and handed over a cigarette case.

The first thing Ruan Lin did when he woke up was ask "Where is she?" His helpless and terrified appearance was a far cry from his usual self, inside and out. One look and you knew he had fallen completely and utterly; he probably wouldn't be able to turn his life around ever again. Hearing that Zhai Feiyun had called her away, Ruan Lin had rushed straight out of bed. The IV stand was even dragged down in the process, but that guy didn't seem to feel the pain, not stopping for a single step, yanking out the needle and striding out.

"..." Ji Jie glanced at the cigarette case.

Zong Jieran smiled with a punchable expression and took a cigarette from the case. He knew, of course, that you couldn't smoke in the hospital.

"Still, don't push yourself too hard. After all, sharing the woman you love with others isn't a pleasant thing." Zong Jieran held the cigarette to his nose, smelling the fragrance of the tobacco without lighting it.

"Since when do you know how to say the word 'love'?"

"... Since I started loving that woman. I love her, I love Fu Xin, I love that woman who makes people grit their teeth in hatred, love the way she rolls her eyes at the drop of a hat, love her rudeness, love her little fists, love every inch of skin on her body, love every breath she exhales..."

Ji Jie glared coldly at Zong Jieran. "If you want to act horny, go find your little hoodlum girl."

"Haha! If I said these things to her, she'd crush my poor balls." Zong Jieran laughed loudly. "But I just love her heartless way."

"..." Some things are truly feared for their comparisons. Once he thought of the fiery woman that Zong Jieran's brother loved, and then thought of the soft and lovely Lele in her bones, Ji Jie's somewhat gloomy mood actually dissipated, and he turned to think about... other problems.

"How are you guys with her now? With Ruan Lin's personality, it's unlikely he'd accept it."

"Who does your 'you guys' include?"

"Heh..." Zong Jieran chuckled. "Of course, it includes you five top-tier specimens."

Five... Ji Jie's heart sank violently again.

Seeing this, Zong Jieran put the cigarette back in the case and patted Ji Jie on the shoulder.

Some emotions can only be digested by oneself. Life is a constant series of choices; of two evils, choose the lesser, but it's easier said than done... it requires courage.

The answer was already in his heart; it just needed time to settle within his painful body. Fortunately, this time wouldn't be too long.

Sighing out the stuffiness in his chest, Ji Jie dialed the phone, and it took a long time before it was answered.

"What's wrong? Is Ruan Lin still alive?" the person on the other end asked.

Ji Jie was choked up immediately. Was Ruan Lin's reaction entirely within Mu Wei's control? Or was all of this designed by him from the start?

"He's fine."

"Oh? Heh... I really want to see what he looks like right now." ===== CHAPTER 290 =====