After Lu Huai calmed down a bit, Qin Wan dared to speak.

"Lu Huai?"

The man didn't respond immediately. After a while, he gently bit her as a response.

"Are you... feeling better?" Qin Wan asked with concern.

Lu Huai didn't speak, but his warm breath on her neck became noticeably heavier and more rapid...

"...Lu Huai?" Qin Wan seemed a little uncomfortable from being burned. She shifted her body slightly and moved her neck to the side, trying to create distance between herself and Lu Huai.

Her actions clearly angered Lu Huai again.

The man's large hands held her tightly around the waist, preventing her from escaping.

Not only that, he had only bitten lightly before, but now he simply opened his mouth and bit down hard...

"hiss……"

"Lu Huai, were you born in the Year of the Dog?"

Qin Wan seemed to have been pushed to the limit, and for a moment she forgot her fear and terror, angrily yelling and accusing him.

A hint of satisfaction appeared in Lu Huai's eyes when he realized that she was no longer so fearful and wary of him.

“I saw it all,” Lu Huai suddenly said.

Upon hearing this, Qin Wan was taken aback.

Did you see that?

What do you see?

When He Liunian came to pick her up, she deliberately put on a show of fastening her seatbelt for him.

Is it He Liunian's incorrigible habit of patting her head?

Before Qin Wan could figure it out, Lu Huai took the initiative to clear her up.

"I saw him come to pick you up..."

"I saw him affectionately patting your head..."

"Seeing him gently fasten your seatbelt..."

“You didn’t object when he did these things.”

When he said the last sentence, Lu Huai's voice became hoarse, and his breathing became heavier and hotter.

No sooner had he finished speaking than he opened his mouth and bit her neck hard again.

"hiss……"

Qin Wan gasped in pain again.

However, before Qin Wan could vent her dissatisfaction, Lu Huai's next words followed immediately...

"I've been watching..."

"I saw you leave with him..."

"The sky is turning against us, and it's starting to rain heavily..."

Just like when that woman abandoned him back then...

It was also late at night, with torrential rain, that woman, despite his attempts to keep her and his desperate pleas, heartlessly shook off his hand and pushed him to the ground.

As the car drove further and further away, he endured the excruciating pain, scrambled to his feet, and staggered after it...

Rainwater mixed with blood flowed down, disappearing into the darkness of the night...

Swallowed and submerged by the darkness... was him, collapsing from exhaustion...

Why did you leave me?

"Why?"

As Lu Huai questioned her repeatedly, his emotions seemed to have fallen into a kind of obsession. He opened his mouth and bit Qin Wan hard, refusing to let go...

Qin Wan was in so much pain that her whole body stiffened, but she didn't struggle or push him away because she sensed that his emotions were off.

Not only that, she even gently wrapped her arms around his neck, trying to soothe his emotions through this response...

Upon noticing Qin Wan's actions, Lu Huai's body stiffened abruptly...

"I don't need your pity or sympathy," Lu Huai's icy warning rang out.

Upon hearing this, Qin Wan's arms around him stiffened.

After a long while, she finally spoke...

Have you ever seen me pity or sympathize with anyone?

Lu Huai pursed his thin lips and remained silent for a long time, but his heart was already in turmoil and could not calm down.

[Lu Huai's favorability increased by 5, current favorability is 85.]

“We’ve only known each other for a short time…” Lu Huai’s hot fingertips lightly touched her cheek. “It’s normal that I haven’t met him before.”

Qin Wan: "..."

“Lu Huai, I have no pity or sympathy for you,” Qin Wan explained, emphasizing.

"No?" Lu Huai murmured softly, "Then why?"

Why are you so nice to me?

Lu Huai suddenly lifted his head from her neck, his burning gaze fixed on her.

Under the warm yellow light, as she met Lu Huai's burning gaze, a fleeting look of panic crossed Qin Wan's eyes...

"Why?" Lu Huai asked stubbornly.

Qin Wan opened her mouth as if to explain, but before she could speak, Lu Huai suddenly reached out and placed his hand on her lips.

"It's fine."

"I can be indifferent..."

I don't care about the reason...

I don't care who's in your heart.

I don't care whether you love me or not.

All I need to do is keep you by my side, forever and ever, and never let you leave me.

Thinking of this, Lu Huai suddenly stood up and left the room before Qin Wan could even react.

With Lu Huai gone, the large room fell silent once again.

Only a bedside lamp on the bedside table provided her with the faintest light.

At the doorway.

Lu Huai sat weakly against the door on the floor.

He didn't say...

He waited for Qin Wan in the pouring rain, from dusk until late at night.

Simply because she had promised him she would come back to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival with him.

Even though he stubbornly insisted that he was busy and didn't agree to her request.

But he still chose to believe her in his heart...

Believe what she says.

I believe she will come back.

But what was the result?

What did he get in return for his complete trust?

It was He Liunian who brought her back, and it was He Liunian who held the umbrella for her.

Downstairs in the apartment building, He Liunian and she gazed at each other tenderly for a long time.

He just watched...

I've been watching...

Watching her smile at He Liunian, and watching He Liunian about to leave, she hugged him tightly, reluctant to part, and watched his car drive away into the distance...

After watching He Liunian leave, she felt uneasy.

Even after arriving at her doorstep, she was still on the phone with He Liunian…

Thinking of this, Lu Huai picked up his phone, looked at the call log displayed on it, and smiled, his eyes red with emotion.

He wanted to believe her too.

He didn't want to treat her like this either.

But he was really scared...

She was terrified that when she woke up, she would tell him that she was already dating He Liunian.

He was afraid she would find him a nuisance, afraid she would feel that his presence affected or hindered her dating and intimate interactions with He Liunian.

[Lu Huai's favorability decreased by 10, current favorability is 75.]

[Lu Huai's favorability increased by 10, current favorability is 85.]

...

The system notifications kept ringing, and Lu Huai's favorability rating kept fluctuating, silently telling Qin Wan about his inner turmoil.

Qin Wan sat on the bed with her arms wrapped around her knees, her fair and rounded chin resting gently on her knees. Her brows were furrowed, and her mind kept replaying the events of the night...

When He Liunian came to pick her up, Lu Huai was still perfectly fine.

Before leaving, although Lu Huai did not appear, she was certain that Lu Huai had not lost control at the time.

Why did Lu Huai seem to have suffered some kind of tremendous shock after she returned home?

What happened during the hours she was away from home?

What exactly happened to Lu Huai?

First of all, it's certain that Lu Huai was unhappy that she came home late, but it certainly wasn't this serious.

They completely lost control and staged a "prisonment in a dark room" scene, which must have been caused by an extremely strong shock.

etc……

After He Liunian brought her back, when they parted, it seemed like they... hugged?

Upon realizing this, Qin Wan's pupils contracted sharply!