Chapter 72 [VIP]

Chenmian sobbed and cried, "That's what you think, otherwise why would you abandon me? I didn't even go all the way with Shen Ci."

"Abandon you?" Zong Bingwen's voice rose involuntarily. "Who wanted to abandon whom first? The fact that you could do something like that with Shen Ci shows that you didn't care about me at all."

Chenmian refused to admit it, pitifully wiping away her tears with the back of her hand, and said in a muffled voice, "I already said I didn't go that far, don't you believe me?"

"..."

Chenmian's face was disheveled from crying, her eyes and the tip of her nose were red and swollen, her eyes were covered with a layer of water, and a few of her eyelashes were stuck together and turned into dark marks.

"I made a mistake by accident, can't you forgive me? Brother Bingwen, I don't want to break up with you."

Zong Bingwen watched Chen Mian cry with a cold face, and his heart gradually became anxious.

From discovering their affair last night to seeing the pitiful, slumbering Shenmian again, Zong Bingwen was constantly tormented. He didn't rest all night. When the medical staff finished bandaging him and he sat on a chair, all he could think about was Shenmian.

Thinking of Shenmian's cuteness and the sweet moments they shared, he suddenly realized that he had repeatedly discovered traces of Shenmian's ambiguous relationships with others, which eventually led to his current mistake of cheating.

He thought about it for a long time, wondering whether he should break up with Shen Mian.

But I still can't make a firm choice.

Zong Bingwen squeezed his eyes shut, suppressing the urge to step forward and wipe away the boy's tears, and asked coldly, "How many times have you and Shen Ci done it?"

“Not even once!” Chen Mian glanced at the man in front of her, her tone slightly reproachful: “We didn’t make it to the end.”

Zong Bingwen avoided Shen Mian's gaze, his expression unchanged, showing no sign of being relieved by Shen Mian's words.

Since Chenmian has repeatedly made mistakes, let's assume for now that what he said is true. But if he hadn't witnessed and exposed everything, could they really have tolerated not doing everything?

Seeing that the medicine in the cup was almost finished, Zong Bingwen turned to leave, saying, "I will go back early. Shen Jinshan and Shen Ci are here. You can go with them."

After finishing speaking, I felt that I had said too much and was being presumptuous. Couldn't I arrange my own sleep?

"Are you leaving?" The person on the bed clutched the blanket tightly and asked anxiously, "But...but..."

"But what?"

"But what about me? I want to go back with you." Chenmian lowered her head and said very softly, "Don't you really want me anymore? I don't want to be separated from you."

Zong Bingwen softened for a moment, but his expression remained unchanged. He turned his toes toward the door and prepared to leave.

But Chenmian caught up with him, lifted the blanket, and, despite her illness, without even putting on shoes, hugged Zong Bingwen from behind, pressing her head against his back, pleading, "Zong Bingwen, don't abandon me."

Zong Bingwen froze, instinctively wanting to turn around and hug Shenmian, but he said, "Let go." He could easily break free from Shenmian with a single struggle.

She wouldn't leave him, and then clung to his back crying, her cries greatly disturbing Zong Bingwen.

But the hand around his waist was fair and soft, tightly wrapped around the man's waist. Zong Bingwen looked down and felt a pang of sadness, as if he wanted to vent his anger on Chen Mian.

One second, two seconds, three seconds, Zong Bingwen did not push him away.

Chenmian made a judgment in her heart, walked around to the man, stood on tiptoe to kiss Zong Bingwen's lips, and pleaded, "It's all my fault, it's all my fault, but if even you don't want me, then no one will be nice to me anymore."

"No, there are many people who want to..." Before Zong Bingwen could finish speaking, Chen Mian ambushed him with a kiss on the lips. Chen Mian probed with her tongue, wrapped her arms around the man's neck, and offered her lips, as docile as a lamb begging for mercy.

Zong Bingwen subconsciously hooked Shenmian's tongue with his own and gave the boy a long and deep kiss. When the kiss ended, there was still a strand of saliva on Shenmian's lips. Zong Bingwen couldn't be heartless and could only remain silent.

With red eyes, Chen Mian went to unbutton her shirt again. Only then did Zong Bingwen notice that Chen Mian was not wearing anything underneath, and he frowned.

Was he wearing Shen Jinshan's shirt? Zong Bingwen was extremely displeased.

Chenmian tried hard to unbutton his shirt, but the more anxious he was, the clumsier he became. It took him a while to unbutton three buttons, and his shirt slumped down, revealing the boy's rounded shoulders.

It was covered with hickeys, and a little further down, the two bright red spots were particularly noticeable. Zong Bingwen still remembered the taste of those spots.

He abruptly stopped Shenmian from unbuttoning all the buttons, lifting the collar that had slipped down with his fingertips to cover Shenmian's shoulders, and said coldly, "Do you take me for an animal? You're still sick, and you're already thinking of using your body... Who taught you that? Shen Ci, or Lin Langli?"

Chenmian opened her eyes wide, bit her lower lip helplessly, and desperately explained, "No, no one taught me, Brother Bingwen, it's... it's because I wanted to please you."

"What's the point of trying to please me now?" Zong Bingwen retorted. "We have nothing to do with each other anymore, do we?"

Upon hearing such heartless words, the boy burst into tears, which streamed down his face, soaking a large patch of fabric in front of Zong Bingwen.

"If you don't want me, are you going to date and marry someone else?" Shen Mian couldn't tolerate the thought of Zong Bingwen treating someone else the way he treated him. He hugged the man tightly and snuggled into Zong Bingwen's arms. "Are you going to have sex with someone else too? Is your next partner a boy or a girl? Will you be able to have a baby?"

Shenmian cried incessantly, feeling like the sky was falling the more she was asked questions. She had previously thought that breaking up with Zong Bingwen was no big deal, but now that they had actually reached this point, Shenmian found that she couldn't let go.

Zong Bingwen hadn't thought about any of that at all. He had been thinking about Shen Mian all night, and it was only when he was questioned repeatedly that he realized he couldn't accept developing such a relationship with anyone other than Shen Mian.

Zong Bingwen did not answer.

Chenmian released him and began to unbutton the next two buttons. This time he did it very quickly, and the boy's fair body was instantly exposed to Zong Bingwen's eyes.

Zong Bingwen's gaze swept down and he saw the scattered bright red stains on Chen Mian's body, and his eyes stung with tears.

Yesterday morning was the most fulfilling time of his life. Holding his sleeping body, even if he did nothing, he felt at peace.

But after only one day, he witnessed that scene at night.

On the same day that he fell from heaven to hell, Zong Bingwen's emotions fluctuated greatly, and he could not find peace of mind.

For example, right now, I've already reminded myself not to be soft-hearted, and at least to let things cool down for a while so that the boy truly understands his mistake.

But seeing Chenmian's appearance, her face, which he usually took great care of, was now full of pitiful pleas, Zong Bingwen couldn't help but grab Chenmian's waist again, his fingertips caressing that soft and delicate skin.

"Zong Bingwen, husband, Bingwen brother..." Chenmian called out randomly, trying to see which form of address would soften Zong Bingwen's heart more.

Needless to say, Zong Bingwen quickly abandoned all his worries, leaned down to kiss him, and then, fearing the boy might feel cold, simply picked up Chenmian and carried him step by step to the bedside.

Chenmian hooked her arms around his neck and kissed him, refusing to get off Zong Bingwen, as if she wanted to be connected to him and would never let go.

Zong Bingwen couldn't help but speak, his voice muffled: "You're doing this again. Every time you make a mistake, you come to me and act cute, and try to kiss me. But why don't you think about it before you make a mistake?"

"Honey, it's all my fault." Chen Mian quickly admitted her mistake, tilting her head back and asking Zong Bingwen to kiss her again, "Can you kiss me again? I really know I was wrong."

Zong Bingwen leaned down and kissed Shen Mian's lips, tears welling up in his eyes: "How can I feel good about what happened between you and Shen Ci? I'm angry that you got together with him, and I'm even angrier that you didn't think about me at all before you cheated on me. You don't care about me."

“She has a husband, she has a husband.” Chen Mian cupped the man’s face, frowning as he watched Zong Bingwen’s tears fall. He had never seen the other man cry before, and for a moment he was surprised, but at the same time he felt a genuine pang of heartache.

Chenmian continued to comfort him: "Honey, I'll be better behaved from now on, please don't be sad, okay?"

“Then you must break up with Shen Ci,” Zong Bingwen said. “You are not allowed to have any further entanglements with him.”

Shen Mian hesitated for a moment, but when she saw Zong Bingwen's face turn gloomy, the boy quickly agreed: "Okay, okay, I'll listen to my husband. How about I live with my husband from now on? I don't want him anymore."

Zong Bingwen breathed a sigh of relief and could no longer maintain his previous cold and hard expression; a slight smile appeared on his face.

He was such a person who was so devoted to Shen Mian. In a relationship, the one who falls in love first is the loser. He could never surpass Shen Mian and ignored her sadness and neglected her.

Chenmian observed Zong Bingwen's changing expression and secretly thought that the other party might really like her.

Zong Bingwen's affection for him was different. If Lin Langli's affection was control and burning passion, Zong Bingwen's was like water, gently enveloping him.

He should cherish Zong Bingwen from now on and never do anything to upset him again.

"Should we still break up, honey?" Chenmian asked one last time. "Should we go back first?"

“I won’t break up with you. I’ll stay with you.” Zong Bingwen said, then helped Chen Mian get dressed and draped his coat over the boy’s shoulders. “Baby, let’s go back. I’ll book another apartment.” He never wanted to go back to that place that held his nightmares.

Sleep can only be his, and he can only possess sleep.

Upon receiving a firm answer, Chenmian finally breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time, she couldn't help but feel a lingering fear.

He almost got abandoned by Zong Bingwen.

The two were so engrossed in their intimacy on Shen Jinshan's bed that they didn't notice the man, who had been arguing for a long time, entering the room. Only then did Shen Jinshan realize that Zong Bingwen seemed to have been coaxed by Shen Mian again, and was holding the boy in his arms, whispering to Shen Mian.

Shen Jinshan's expression instantly turned cold.

Things didn't go as he wanted at all. Zong Bingwen didn't want to be separated from Shen Mian, so what could he do?

The sound of the door opening startled the two who were entwined in love. The woman, nestled in Zong Bingwen's arms, gave the newcomer a shy smile.

Zong Bingwen looked up and saw it was Shen Jinshan, feeling a little awkward. His boyfriend was even wearing Shen Jinshan's shirt. So what if he was his brother? They weren't blood relatives. Even Shen Ci could be with him, but if it was Shen Jinshan…

Having witnessed her beloved boyfriend's affair with someone else, Zong Bingwen became equally wary of every man she encountered in her slumbering life.

After a few seconds of silent staring at each other, Zong Bingwen spoke first: "Senior, I've been thinking about it, and I'd like to set the wedding date with Mianmian for next May."