Chapter 55 Stolen Kiss

Wen Eryu looked around and pointed at himself in confusion: "Are you talking to me?"

"..." Xia Da was speechless, "What else?"

"Oh, then say it again, I didn't hear it clearly just now." Wen Eryu moved her ear closer to him.

"I found out, you did it on purpose!"

Wen Eryu said innocently, "I really didn't hear clearly."

Xia Da was silent for a long time.

Just when Wen Eryu thought he would leave immediately, Xia Da gritted his teeth and repeated what he had just said.

"I'm sorry, I misunderstood you."

"But I see from your expression that you still seem a little unconvinced."

"No."

Wen Eryu couldn't help laughing out loud.

Xia Da frowned: "How dare you laugh at me?"

"I didn't." Wen Eryu waved his hand and explained.

At this moment, Xia Da's face suddenly darkened and she said seriously, "My mother passed away when I was a child, and my father's health has long been failing from all the hard work he did in his early years. Over the years, my brother has been the only one supporting the family."

Wen Eryu put away her smile and her expression became serious. She stood quietly in front of him, listening to him.

"I'm the only one who knows how he managed to get through those tough times. He experienced failure, and was ripped off when starting a business. That was when we were at our poorest. I still remember the cold stares I received when I picked up discarded leaves at the market."

Wen Eryu didn't know any of this.

Xia Da smiled bitterly. "Although we're not brothers, he's always given me the best. That's why I couldn't stand you."

Wen Eryu knew what bad things she had done to Shen Jize before, and she did not deny it.

She also understood why Xia Da hated her so much.

“…It was my problem before.”

"I don't want to hear this." Xia Da turned around. "Since you've remarried my brother, treat him well. He deserves love."

Wen Eryu was stunned for a moment, lowered her eyes, and her mind was full of his last words - he deserves to be loved.

When she came to her senses, Xiada had already driven away.

*

When I returned to the study, Shen Jize was leaning on the wooden table and taking a nap.

These days he has been busy investigating Xu Wenrou's past and has little time to rest.

Wen Eryu walked to his side with light steps, then gently covered him with her coat.

The next second, Shen Jize opened his eyes and grabbed her wrist with his backhand.

Wen Eryu was startled, but she quickly explained calmly: "The air conditioning in the study is a little low, I'm afraid you'll catch a cold."

"Um."

Shen Jize let her go and then rubbed his temples.

Wen Eryu saw this and asked, "Do you want me to press it for you?"

Shen Jize: "..."

A trace of surprise flashed across his dark eyes.

"Need not."

"...Okay." Wen Eryu pouted, "Auntie Sun has prepared lunch and is waiting for us."

Shen Ji Ze got up and sat on the sofa and asked, "Are you hungry?"

Wen Eryu shook her head. Because of what happened just now, she had no appetite at all.

"Come here." Shen Jize patted the empty seat next to him.

Wen Eryu couldn't guess what he was going to do, but she still walked over obediently and sat down about a fist's distance from him.

"W-what's wrong?" she asked.

Shen Jize didn't say anything, but turned sideways and put his head on her thigh.

It all happened so suddenly that Wen Eryu had no time to react. When she realized what Shen Jize was doing, she subconsciously wanted to push him away.

But her outstretched hand paused in mid-air, and after a moment, she put it down.

Shen Jize closed his eyes and said in a hoarse, tired voice: "I will sleep for fifteen minutes, wake me up after fifteen minutes."

Wen Eryu felt her heart was about to jump out, and she quickly responded, "Okay."

The man's breathing was steady. Wen Eryu lowered her head and observed his face carefully.

There was fatigue between Chen Jize's brows. His 1.8-meter height did not seem out of place in Wen Eryu's arms. He entrusted his fragility and fatigue to her without reservation.

The sunlight outside the window was filtered by the gauze curtain into fine gold powder, which sprinkled in silently. There happened to be a small piece of bright gold that fell on his tightly closed eyelids, rising and falling slightly with his breathing.

Wen Eryu's heartbeat suddenly intensified, beating like a drum in her chest, and her fingertips felt slightly hot.

Suddenly, a thought came to my mind without any warning.

Wen Eryu held her breath gently, her body involuntarily leaning forward slightly, her shadow gently covering his sleeping outline.

Then, her eyes traced over his straight nose and finally landed on his brow bone.

The next second, Wen Eryu closed her eyes, held her breath, and gently pressed her lips against his warm forehead.

Like a bird flying over the water, leaving only fleeting ripples.

She quickly raised her head, but her whole body was frozen in place, not daring to move even her fingertips. She just stared at his sleeping profile with a red face.

Seeing that Chen Jize was unaware, Wen Eryu's heart finally settled down, but the heat on her cheeks did not subside at all.

The afternoon sun moved quietly, and the spot of light now quietly slid across Shen Jize's straight nose and stopped at the place where she had just kissed, like a silent kiss mark.

In this moment of peace, a deeper emotion quietly spreads, as if something is quietly growing and becoming complete in the silence.

At this moment, Wen Eryu felt sleepy and her eyelids drooped uncontrollably.

The man on her legs then opened his eyes slightly, his lips curled up.

*

An autumn rain fell silently all night long, and the temperature in H City finally dropped.

Wen Eryu opened the window. The fishy smell of soil mixed with the bitter smell of grass leaves filled the air, becoming thicker and thicker, and quietly penetrated into her nostrils.

When she woke up, Aunt Sun told her that Shen Jize had gone out early in the morning.

After breakfast, she took out her cell phone and called Wen Liang.

"Dad, how are you doing lately?"

"It's Eryu, Dad is fine."

A familiar voice came from the other end of the phone, and Wen Eryu felt like crying.

"Dad, don't be embarrassed to use the money I gave you. You can earn more money if you lose it."

Wen Liang smiled and said, "Dad knows."

Wen Eryu paused, and after thinking it over, she decided to tell him, "Shen Jize and I are back together again."

There was silence on the other end of the phone for a while.

"Dad knows too."

Wen Eryu: “…”

Wen Liang: "He came to see me a few days ago and was quite concerned about me. If you live a good life, Dad will be relieved."

Wen Eryu choked up a little: "Dad."

Wen Liang responded.

"I'll ask Xu Wenrou to return the money."

Wen Liang hesitated to speak: "Daughter, you don't have to worry about this..."

Suddenly, a loud noise interrupted him.

Wen Liang didn't know what he said to the people around him, and then he said to Wen Eryu: "Dad has some things to do here, let's talk later, I'm hanging up now."

"good."

Wen Eryu put down his phone and stared at the off screen in a daze.

*

A few weeks later, Zhou Yi hurried back home on his motorcycle.

As soon as he entered the room, he threw his helmet onto the sofa and questioned Xu Wenrou, "Why can't I use the money in this card? It's been so long, and I'm still waiting to use it to play."

Zhou Yi was having a great time with his friends in the bar. He lost the truth or dare game and when he was about to treat everyone, he found that the money in his card was gone.

He usually spends money lavishly and never checks the balance on his card. People around him know that he is rich and often take money from him.

When paying at the front desk, Zhou Yi was embarrassed and ended up having everyone share the bill for the drinks.

Xu Wenrou was feeling annoyed at the moment. She was sitting on the sofa with messy hair, and the coffee table was littered with empty wine bottles.

Seeing that she didn't react, Zhou Yi instantly became angry and vented all the anger he had suffered in the bar.

"Stop drinking! I'm asking you a question. Do you have the money?"

"Zhou Yi!" Xu Wenrou stood up and slapped him. "How dare you talk to me like that? Do you still think I'm your mother?"

Zhou Yi was stunned for a moment, but soon he was furious and yelled, "When you divorced that man, I wouldn't have gone with you if I hadn't seen you hooking up with a rich man."

Xu Wenrou's eyes were filled with shock and heartbreak: "Say it again."

"Don't have a baby if you don't have money." Zhou Yi pointed at her, "If you can't give me money in a few days, I'm going to jump off the building."

"Are you going to be satisfied only when I'm pissed off to death?" Xu Wenrou was so angry that her voice was shaking and she could barely speak.

Zhou Yi turned around and left, not caring at all about Xu Wenrou who was holding her chest tightly.

"When you send me the money, I'll come back."

After saying this, he slammed the door and walked out.

Xu Wenrou slumped on the ground. After a sleepless night, heavy drinking, and the recent quarrel with Zhou Yi, her heart felt as if it was tightly wrapped by a barbed iron chain, and a feeling of suffocation came over her.

"It hurts..." She gritted her teeth hard.

At this time, on the mobile phone screen, countless topics with the label "explosive" became hot searches.

[The former socialite turned out to be fake? A shocking reversal!]

[The Wen family, the richest family in H City, went bankrupt overnight. There was something strange going on.]

The scandal in the wealthy circle was exposed, and netizens exploded in the comment section.

Xu Wenrou never thought that what happened that year would be exposed. She called Chang Wen in a panic.

But the opponent just died.

She didn't give up and called one after another until she heard the cold mechanical voice from the phone - Sorry, the number you dialed is turned off.

Xu Wenrou's heart was completely dead.

"Chang Wen, you fucking bastard! You run faster than anyone else when something happens." She cried and pushed the wine bottle on the table to the ground.

The huge panic was like a cold tide, instantly drowning her.

Xu Wenrou's body was shaking violently, and her nails were scratching in vain on the smooth floor, making a harsh "squeaking" sound.

At this moment, the phone rang in the huge space.

She thought it was Chang Wen calling her back, so she immediately picked up the phone and answered it.

But the person on the other end was not Chang Wen, but Wen Eryu.

"Xu Wenrou, you've seen all the news online, right?"

"You sent it." Xu Wenrou gritted her teeth and said, "What on earth do you want to do?"

Wen Eryu sneered: "What I want is very simple. Either return every penny of the money you stole from my father, or we will meet in court."

"Oh, you wish."

Xu Wenrou was already on the verge of madness at this time, and there were several more bloodshot lines in her eyes.

Wen Eryu was silent for a long time: "I have already given you a chance. It is your own choice."

After saying that, she hung up the phone without mercy.

Xu Wenrou was still holding her phone tightly, repeating a sentence mechanically.

"What should I do? It's completely over... It's her... It's all her!"

"She always ruins my plans, but she lives like nothing happened. Why?!"

Xu Wenrou suddenly raised her head, her eyes dull, and she stood up and took out a fruit knife from the kitchen. Her trembling fingertips were filled with a determination to die together.

Suddenly, she laughed loudly, her eyes vicious: "Then let's go to hell together."