Chapter 134 The Fledgling Complex, ordained by Heaven

Ruan Yi froze for a moment, then subconsciously asked a question.

What are you saying?

Before she could finish speaking, she realized Fu Wang's misunderstanding. She choked on her saliva and coughed violently, her shoulders shaking.

The man panicked immediately and reached out to pat her back, but his movements were so light as if he was afraid of hurting her, and his pats were not very forceful.

Ruan Yi coughed painfully, and was exasperated by his cautious manner. She finally caught her breath and was both amused and exasperated.

"When did I say I wanted to have a baby with you?"

Fu thought she was going to back out, and the tips of his ears turned red instantly, but he stubbornly put on a threatening look and spoke in a hard tone.

"You just said that yourself!"

"You've misunderstood!"

Ruan Yi hurriedly waved her hand, "I didn't want to have a child with you—"

Before he could finish speaking, the man's eyes blazed with anger, and he pressed for answers urgently.

"So, who do you want to have your child with?!"

Ruan Yi then realized she had said the wrong thing and quickly tried to make amends.

"No, no! It's because I didn't want to have the baby!"

"You don't want to have a child?" the man immediately replied, his tone turning somber and tinged with grievance.

"Is this because you miscarried? Then... then let's both remain childless!"

Ruan Yi was so frightened by his string of wild speculations that she became incoherent.

"That's not what I meant! I meant I haven't had any children at all! I'm not planning on being childless by choice; maybe I'll have children in the future, but right now I haven't!"

The man softened his voice, leaned closer, and awkwardly began to coax the girl.

"I know you haven't given birth yet, that's okay, let's focus on getting your body back in shape first."

"If you like it... how about we wait until you want it before we get it?"

Looking at his confident and quick-witted manner, Ruan Yi felt that the more she talked, the more confused she became.

She grabbed Fu Wang's hand, which was still patting her back, and raised her voice helplessly.

"Stop! Don't talk! I was lying to you before, I'm not pregnant at all!"

The man's pupils contracted sharply, and he froze completely. It took him a long time to find his voice, which was filled with disbelief and shock.

"Really?

He stared into Ruan Yi's eyes, as if trying to find any trace of a joke, but all that remained was genuine bewilderment.

Ruan Yi suddenly felt a little guilty, and her voice softened.

"Seriously, I posted that picture just to scare you."

Fu Wang calmed down faster than expected, though a hint of lingering resentment still remained in his eyes.

"Scare me? Are you trying to test me and see how I'll react?"

Seeing his serious expression, Ruan Yi felt even more guilty for being so honest. He was being so candid, yet she had joked about something like this.

She was about to apologize when Fu Wang spoke first, his tone carrying a hint of barely perceptible expectation.

"So, have I passed the test? Can you now feel at ease having the baby with me?"

Ruan Yi was stunned. She hadn't expected him to still be talking about having children. But now she couldn't say that she had posted the pictures because she found him annoying. She could only bite the bullet and be vague.

"It was...it was a test. I just suddenly wanted to see what kind of person you were, but I can't be with you..."

Upon hearing this, Fu Wang's expression immediately fell, filled with both anger and grievance.

"Why not? Didn't you break up? You probably tested Fu Jingchen and thought he didn't perform well!"

"Wasn't my reaction satisfactory...? Then why can't you have a child with me? What are you worried about?"

"I have no bad habits, and my sperm quality is excellent!"

Ruan Yi was overwhelmed by his barrage of questions and was completely baffled.

How did things turn out this way? She took a deep breath and finally spoke.

"I haven't broken up with him."

Fu Wang suddenly opened his eyes wide, only managing to utter the word "you" before getting stuck, his face beneath his blond hair gradually turning red.

Ruan Yi's sense of guilt instantly overwhelmed her.

"I'm sorry, I didn't explain it clearly. I came here to explain things to you, but I just said something stupid and tried to tease you, which is why it turned out like this..."

Before she could finish speaking, the man suddenly spoke, his voice urgent and hoarse, his face already flushed red.

"Ruan Yi, you bad woman!"

"You...you want me and Fu Jingchen to...do it to you?!"

Fu Wang's words struck Ruan Yi like a thunderbolt, and she screamed instantly.

What are you saying!

How could this person even think of something like a brother sharing a rice bowl?!

"You've misunderstood! I came here to explain things clearly to you. Fu Jingchen and I haven't broken up, and my previous joke was also wrong. Please don't misunderstand anymore..."

After a long silence, Fu Wang's voice finally broke through, trembling slightly.

"So this time, you still want to dump me, right?"

“This doesn’t mean I dumped you,” Ruan Yi sighed helplessly.

"We didn't have any at all..."

"Where is it not!" The man suddenly raised his voice, his tone full of aggrieved fierceness, his eyes reddening beneath his blond hair.

"Does it have to be a baby before it counts as having a child?!"

Ruan Yi didn't argue anymore, but softened her voice and gently called out, "Fu Wang."

That sound was like a basin of warm water, instantly extinguishing the man's anger, and his shoulders slumped down.

“I cannot accept this.”

Seeing this, Ruan took his hand and gently rubbed her fingertips against the back of his hand, softly comforting him.

"Hmm... I know, because it was love at first sight? Since you haven't been in contact with other girls, it might be because of your first love complex..."

But instead of being comforted, Fu Wang became even more agitated, his eyes reddening, and his voice even sounded like he was about to cry.

"You won't even admit to being in a relationship, so how can you claim to have been my first love? You don't take me seriously at all!"

Ruan Yi was left with no choice but to blush and whisper her reply.

"You're talking nonsense. If that were true, why would I have acted that way towards you the first time we met? And I'm not denying it; I had feelings for you from the moment you agreed to pretend to be my boyfriend."

"But things are like this now, and some things can't be done as we agreed... But we liked each other, and that's for sure."

She thought her words would calm Fu Wang down, but to her surprise, his eyes reddened even more, and he showed that same expression as in the NovaVoy conference room, ready to act like a spoiled child.

The man's nose was slightly wrinkled, making him look pitiful.

Seeing his appearance, Ruan Yi's heart melted instantly, and she quickly said...

"Don't cry, let's talk this out."

The man bit his lower lip, held back for a few seconds, then suddenly opened his long arms, his voice filled with a nasal sob.

"Hug me, I want to hug you."

As Ruan Yi got closer, he pulled her into his arms and she fell onto his lap.

Fu Wang pulled his arms around her tightly, buried his face in the crook of her neck, and murmured in a tearful voice.

"It's different, it's different from what you told me..."

As he spoke, he gently rubbed his nose against the girl's chest. The moment their skin touched, his ears felt so hot they could fry an egg, yet he couldn't help but rub even deeper, his nose filled with her fragrance.

"It's not just about liking it, it's not as easy as you make it sound..."

His voice was muffled in her arms, with a hint of coquettishness in it.

"Before I met you, I simply couldn't like anyone else. If you treat me like this, I'll end up alone forever..."

Looking at Fu Wang, who was buried in her chest, with a look of grievance in his breath, Ruan Yi felt even more distressed.

Perhaps attributing all of this to first love is too superficial; Fu Wang's reaction to her already resembles the feelings of a fledgling in love.

His lowly, older servants provided him with the warmth and companionship of family, while his powerful mother bound him with money and distorted values. In the turbulent Fu family, Fu Wang was like an isolated shadow.

The so-called heir surrounded by admirers is nothing but an illusion.

She was the first woman to capture Fu Wang's heart. There was no scheming or manipulation in this relationship; even the way they fell for each other was simple and straightforward. It was purely a heartbeat driven by instinct.

For Fu Wang, once he got involved, he could never leave.

Even though she had said she had a boyfriend, and even though he heard the absurd misunderstanding about "brotherly rice bowls" from him, he couldn't detach himself from the relationship.

The man probably believed that if he let go now, he would never meet another person who could move his heart.

Perhaps it is the void left by the soul that, once filled, leaves an indelible imprint.

Ruan Yi raised her hand and gently ruffled the man's fluffy blond hair, her tone as if coaxing a child.

"Fu Wang, you're not quite lucid right now."

Her fingertips slid down his hair to the tip of his ear, touching something burning hot, before she continued.

"Are you sure... you really like me? No, you just meant to say you love me, right?"

"But I think it might just be because I'm the first person you've met who makes your heart flutter?"

Ruan Yi paused, then lowered her voice even further, her voice filled with heartache.

"Maybe you don't know enough girls? Once you meet more people, you'll find that it's not as exaggerated as it seems."

Every word Ruan Yi spoke was tinged with guilt.

She has too many messes around her: Gu Zhi, who is haunting her; Fu Jingchen, with whom she has had two lifetimes; Pei Lian, whose situation is ominous; and she even has Shen Xun, her fiancé!

The number of people playing mahjong has increased...

Unfortunately, none of them were easy to deal with.

A person like Fu Wang should stay in a peaceful place, instead of being dragged into this mess by her.

Ruan Yi even regretted that if she hadn't drunk so much at the bar and hadn't let her lust get the better of her, she might not have ended up like this.

Just when Ruan Yi thought these words would make Fu Wang more rational, the person in her arms suddenly stiffened.

The next second, a slight stinging pain came from my chest.

The man lowered his head and, like a sulking puppy, gently bit the snow-white skin.

"No...no, that's not it."

He raised his head, his eyes red-rimmed, his tone full of grievance as he retorted.

"Don't think I don't know what you're thinking. It's not like I've always had suitors. Do you think I'm some unwanted loser?"

Do you think I'm lacking love?

The teeth marks on the girl's chest were faint and had a slightly warm feel to them. She shook her head guiltily.

"I've always been popular with girls! But I just... only like you."

As the heir of the Fu family, he was always surrounded by a large number of people, and their schemes were frighteningly varied.

Someone deliberately went into the wrong room and pretended to be drugged; someone "accidentally" spilled red wine on his crotch in a private bar room; and someone with red eyes said they were willing to work as a maid at his house to pay off a debt, but he never made the girl pay him back...

He'd seen too many of these clumsy plots; he couldn't even be bothered to lift his eyelids, let alone have the slightest interest in them.

He would even deliberately avoid all women.

But that day was different.

When he bumped into the drunken Ruan Yi in the bar corridor, the moment she staggered and hooked her arm around his neck, he almost instinctively raised his hand and gently put his arm around her waist.

That was the first time he had ever touched a girl on his own initiative, even though he panicked and let go the next second.

It wasn't an accident, it was more like... an instinct predetermined by heaven. Only when facing Ruan Yi would he uncontrollably feel the urge to get closer.

The man didn't say it aloud, but he was already certain in his heart.

Even if he hadn't met her at the bar that day, he would have remained alone, uninterested in any woman who showed interest in him, until he met her again—only when she appeared would he feel anything.

"It was fate that brought us together."