Chapter 141 Attempted Sexual Assault Fails

The group said goodbye at the entrance of the nightclub.

Before getting on the bus, Zhang Yunzhou shook Jiang Chuan's hand firmly and agreed to meet in Shanghai in a few days. Jiang Chuan readily agreed, saying that he would treat them and show them around.

Lin Yu was feeling groggy and didn't even bother to change her clothes. Jiang Chuan wrapped her up from head to toe in a long down jacket and tightened the drawstring of her hat, afraid that she would catch a cold from the cold.

After all that commotion, it was already past midnight when they returned to Qi Sheng's house.

Lin Yu and Yao Fangfang rarely get to see each other, and in their excitement they drank a few more cups than usual. Now, Lin Yu was feeling extremely dizzy, and Jiang Chuan half-carried and half-embraced her as they entered the room.

She had barely stepped across the threshold when she kicked off her shoes, flung off her coat, and, still smelling of the nightclub, eagerly collapsed onto the sofa, pretending to be dead, whining and ordering Jiang Chuan to bring her tea and water.

Jiang Chuan followed her, closed the door, placed the luggage by the entryway, bent down to neatly gather the shoes they had kicked up into the shoe cabinet, and then turned to the kitchen to boil a kettle of water.

While waiting for the water to boil, he completed each of the tasks Lin Yu had asked him to do. Finally, he rummaged through her suitcase, took out her makeup bag, and pulled out two wet wipes, preparing to help her remove her makeup.

There was not a trace of impatience on his face; on the contrary, he seemed to be enjoying himself.

"Have you jumped enough?" Jiang Chuan sat down next to Lin Yu, gently gathered her long hair that was scattered on the armrest to one side, folded a wet wipe in half, and carefully wiped her face with gentle and skillful movements.

"I can't take it anymore..." Lin Yu, like a cat, twisted and snuggled into Jiang Chuan's arms, resting her head on his lap and wrapping her arms around his lean waist. She comfortably closed her eyes, enjoying his meticulous care.

"I'm getting old, and my physical strength isn't what it used to be."

"Is it a matter of age?" Jiang Chuan stood up, threw the used wet wipe into the trash can, took a tissue to wipe his fingers clean, and then slowly sat back down next to her.

He pulled Lin Yu's legs over and made her bend her knees and place them on his lap. He wrapped one arm around her slender ankles and gently massaged her calves with the palm of his other hand, slowly easing her tense muscles.

"You only had this much endurance a couple of years ago."

These words instantly ignited Lin Yu's competitive spirit. She suddenly opened her eyes, met Jiang Chuan's leisurely appearance, flipped him over and pressed him back against the sofa back, straddled him, and placed her hands on his shoulders.

"Who are you talking about?" Lin Yu, still tipsy, stared wide-eyed, his eyes gleaming with a wolfish light, as if he wanted to devour him alive and execute him on the spot. "Want to have a go?"

Jiang Chuan was trapped beneath her, and when he looked up, he barely met her wet gaze.

Only a floor lamp was lit in the living room, its dim yellow light spreading out from behind her. At this moment, Lin Yu's hair was disheveled, and the corners of her eyes were still flushed from the lingering effects of alcohol. She seemed to be bathed in warm light, both vibrant and languid.

"It's not appropriate." He chuckled softly, still retaining his rationality. His hand instinctively protected her, supporting her lower back, afraid she might accidentally fall.

"What's wrong with it?" Lin Yu leaned closer, his warm breath deliberately brushing against his ear.

Jiang Chuan's Adam's apple bobbed involuntarily, and his voice deepened. "Stop fooling around, this is your brother's house."

"What happened to my brother's family?" Lin Yu's lips curled into a mischievous smile. "Aren't you my good brother too?"

Seeing that Jiang Chuan remained unmoved, she paused, then turned the tables on him with a righteous indignation. "Besides, what right does my brother have to stop us from practicing military boxing in the house?"

Lin Yu secretly gloated, enjoying his frustrated and speechless expression. A sense of triumphant satisfaction bubbled up inside her.

Jiang Chuan chuckled softly upon hearing this, reached out and tucked a stray strand of hair behind her ear, his fingertips inadvertently stroking her fair and radiant face after she removed her makeup.

"Military boxing?" He nodded as if he had just realized something, but his gaze was calm and gentle, with an all-knowing indulgence.

He then tilted his chin up, leaned closer, and opened his mouth to bite Lin Yu's sensitive earlobe, gently grinding it between his lips and teeth. He then sent a hot breath into her ear, revealing the suggestive thoughts in her words.

"Where will you practice? It can't be in bed, can it? Like, wielding spears and sticks?"

"It's none of your business where I practice." Lin Yu pushed Jiang Chuan back onto the sofa, covering his hot, wet earlobe with his hand. Turning the tables, he lowered his head and bit Jiang Chuan's annoying lower lip in retaliation.

First, she peeked out a little of her tongue, mischievously sweeping across his tightly pursed lips. Feeling his breathing become heavier, she still felt unsatisfied and then covered his entire soft lips with hers.

Jiang Chuan still had a sliver of thought about pushing her away, but his body betrayed his reason first.

In the instant their lips met, his muscles tensed instantly, a certain part of him honestly awakened, and his breathing became heavy and hot.

Sensing the change beneath him, Lin Yu immediately decided to change his strategy, raising his face with a smug smile. "You're right..."

Just before things were about to get out of control, she mischievously rubbed against him forcefully, then suddenly pulled away, nimbly climbing off Jiang Chuan. "That's enough playing around, time to wash up and go to bed!"

She stood up, tossed her hair to one side of her shoulder, revealing the zipper of her halter dress at the back, and turned her head slightly to look at him, a hint of drunken provocation in her eyes. "Help me out."

Jiang Chuan remained in the same position she had just pushed down, his legs spread apart and sunk into the sofa. After giving her a deep look, he finally calmed down, stood up, grabbed the metal chain behind her neck, and pulled it all the way down.

His clothes opened to the left and right with his movements, revealing a large expanse of his smooth back. Jiang Chuan's eyes darkened, and the flames he had just suppressed instantly flared up again.

His Adam's apple bobbed, and his fingers, following his burning gaze, couldn't resist reaching inside, intending to trace a path from his back down to his front. But the moment they touched a patch of smooth skin, Lin Yu laughed and dodged away.

"Hey, wait..." she deliberately dragged out her words, mimicking his serious tone, and said, "No! Inappropriate!"

Jiang Chuan was completely hooked by Lin Yu, caught between a rock and a hard place. His eyes darkened, and his last shred of reason snapped. To hell with his word; tonight he was going to play the villain.

Thinking of this, he grabbed Lin Yu's wrist and yanked him back. In a dizzying moment, Lin Yu was firmly pinned down by Jiang Chuan, his legs pinned down, and his whole body sank deep into the sofa.

He braced his arm against her ear, his burning gaze seeming to pierce through her. His eyes were so intense, it felt like he was about to kiss her, burning away her last shred of reason with the molten lava coursing through his veins.

"I didn't say... ugh..." Lin Yu was about to argue when Jiang Chuan swallowed the rest of his sentence.

This kiss was different from the previous fleeting one; it was a punitive, deeper kiss with a hint of eager probing.

He supported the back of her neck with one hand, his fingertips sinking into her soft hair, while his other hand slid under the hem of her skirt.

Jiang Chuan's hands were icy cold, making Lin Yu shiver. But soon, under Jiang Chuan's familiar caresses, Lin Yu gradually relaxed.

The dizziness from the alcohol hadn't subsided, and now he was further agitated by his double attack from above and below, leaving her completely disoriented.

Not long after, Jiang Chuan felt something strange in her fingertips. With her unfocused eyes and uncontrollable soft breathing, she finally caught her breath.

After an unknown amount of time, when the long, soothing moment finally ended, both of them were a little breathless.

Lin Yu felt something pressing against his lower body and shifted uncomfortably in his waist. But Jiang Chuan's hand firmly gripped his waist, pinning him back to his original position.

He lowered his head and pressed his forehead against Lin Yu's, his hot breath mingling with hers as he warned in a hoarse voice, "Don't move!"

Lin Yu placed her hand on Jiang Chuan's chest, feeling the rapid, powerful beating of his heart beneath her palm, each beat seeming to burst through his burning chest and leap into her hand.

“Actually, I can reciprocate in kind…” she murmured softly, her voice light and gentle, like a feather brushing against Jiang Chuan. “We’re all so familiar with each other, no need to be so polite with me.”

"I won't stand on ceremony with you, don't worry." He took a deep breath, burying his burning cheeks in Lin Yu's warm neck, as if trying to infuse her scent into his own body.

After a moment of silence, Jiang Chuan suddenly turned his head and bit her soft cheek hard, threatening in a low voice, "I'll deal with you properly when we get back."

He finally felt he had vented his anger and raised an eyebrow with satisfaction. Before Lin Yu could react, he straightened up, straightened her disheveled collar, and gently patted her back, his expression having regained its usual composure.

"Go take a shower, you have to get up early tomorrow."

Lin Yu sat up, pretending to be annoyed as he rubbed his cheek where the boy had bitten him, leaving shallow teeth marks. He then gave the boy's calf a light kick, and only when he saw the boy's exaggerated expression of pain did he smile and turn to walk towards the bathroom with satisfaction.

The moment the door closed, Jiang Chuan leaned back into the sofa and let out a long sigh.

The sound of running water came from the bathroom. He got up and went to the kitchen, poured the freshly boiled water into a cup to cool, and then took a clean towel out of his suitcase.

A moment later, the sound of water gradually stopped, and Lin Yu came out wearing her pajamas. Her long hair was wet and draped over her shoulders, with water droplets still clinging to the ends, dripping down.

Jiang Chuan handed her a glass of water and then covered her head with a towel, gently wiping the water from her hair. "Drink some water before you sleep. Drinking alcohol can easily dehydrate you, and you'll wake up thirsty in the middle of the night."

Lin Yu took the cup and sipped it; it was warm with a hint of sweetness. She couldn't help but look up, a smile spreading across her eyes. "Where did you get this honey?"

"I found it in your brother's fridge." He paused, then added, "We don't have any cucumbers at home, so we can't make sugar water."

Upon hearing this, Lin Yu raised his eyes from the rim of his cup, a hint of surprise flashing across his face. "How did you know?"

"What? Chen Guang can know, but I can't?" Jiang Chuan snorted lightly, his hands continuing their work, but his gaze towards her held a hint of intriguing jealousy.

"How could that be!" Lin Yu immediately smiled guiltily, stood on tiptoe, and quickly pecked him on the chin.

"I was thinking, my husband remembers such a small thing so clearly, he must love me very much, I'm so touched!"

Jiang Chuan paused slightly as he dried her hair, then cupped her face through the towel and placed a gentle kiss on her pouting lips. "You've learned this trick of being cute and charming pretty quickly."

After the two had tidied up and lay down on the bed, Jiang Chuan pulled Lin Yu into his arms from behind, letting her back rest against his chest. Moonlight filtered through the gaps in the curtains, gently outlining their silhouettes as they nestled together.

He lightly kissed the back of her neck and the base of her ears, until he felt the person in his arms gradually soften, then he whispered tentatively in her ear.

"How about we buy an apartment in Linjiang? Let's choose this neighborhood and be your brother's neighbor."

Lin Yu squinted in his half-awake state, his eyelashes brushing against his arm like tiny brushes, making one's heart soften for no reason.

"What?" Her voice was heavy with sleepiness. "Just so you can practice military boxing with me?"

Jiang Chuan paused, then his chest heaved, and he chuckled softly. The laughter traveled through their skin, shaking Lin Yu awake and dispelling some of his drowsiness.

“It wasn’t in such a rush.” He tightened his arms around her, his nose brushing against the stray hairs at the back of her neck. “Now that you mention it, I think it really needs to be put on the agenda.”

Lin Yu turned over to face Jiang Chuan, cupped his face in the darkness, and tilted her head back to affectionately rub the tip of his nose against his.

“We only come back once or twice a year. The heating bill alone is a considerable expense in winter. It would be such a waste to leave the house vacant for so long.”

"Now you know how to save money for your husband?" Jiang Chuan chuckled and gently pinched her waist.

"What husband?" Lin Yu felt itchy all over from his teasing, and twisted her body, slapping his hand away, though she didn't mean it. "Stop talking nonsense."

"Banban, your mood changes faster than flipping through a book since you became the boss." Jiang Chuan teased her, gently biting the tip of her nose. "Once you really make a lot of money, will you just turn around and leave me aside?"

"Let me be like Wang Baochuan, enduring hardship in a cold cave..."

"How could I dare?" Lin Yu laughed and tried to shrink back, but he held her tightly in his arms.

“Your status in our family is much higher than mine now. If you suffer any injustice, and you go and complain to my mom, I’ll be immediately made to stand in the corner as punishment!”

"It's good that you know." Jiang Chuan's smile deepened, and he pulled her closer into his arms.

For a moment, no one spoke. Lin Yu's fingers unconsciously traced circles around the buttons on Jiang Chuan's pajamas. "So, what's the main reason?"

Jiang Chuan closed his fingers, drawing her unruly fingertips into his palm, and lowered his head, resting his chin on the top of her head. In the darkness, his voice was calm and gentle.

"I don't know. Maybe it's so that whenever you want to come back, you'll have a place to stay."

“Shanghai is nice, but it’s just the two of us there. Lin Jiang is different…” Jiang Chuan’s voice was low, like a dream. “Here, you’re closer to the people you care about.”

"If we settle down here, we can easily reach our parents in just two hours by plane. Our elders can also stop here when they want to visit us in Shanghai, so we don't have to bother Qi Sheng every time. It will make everyone more comfortable."

Lin Yu gave a soft "hmm" and remained silent for a long time, so long that Jiang Chuan thought she had fallen asleep. But a moment later, she suddenly reached out and wrapped her arms around his waist, burying her face deeply in his chest.

Her warm body temperature seeped through her pajamas, like a silent, surging tide. He felt her sniffle softly.

"Thank you, Jiang Chuan."

Jiang Chuan lowered his head and kissed the top of her head, his voice carrying a hint of satisfied laughter. "I guess this sentence can also be translated into another meaning, what do you think?"

"Hmm..." Lin Yu hesitated for a moment, then looked up at him in the dim light, her voice soft. "Jiang Chuan, I love you."

As the night deepened, Lin Yu's breathing gradually became steady. Just before falling asleep, she suddenly murmured indistinctly, "When the weather gets warmer... let's find some time to look at houses, okay?"

"Okay." Jiang Chuan smiled in the darkness, a warm ripple rising in his heart.

He suddenly realized that the bond between him and Lin Yu seemed to have deepened even further. He thought she understood that this was not just a house or a place to live, but also a wedding ring in another form, a promise rooted in reality.

"So sleepy..."

"Okay, go to sleep." Jiang Chuan gently stroked Lin Yu's back.

"Do you know?" Lin Yu murmured.

"Um?"

“Actually…” she snuggled closer to him, her voice muffled. “I prefer the honey water you make for me to cucumber slices.”

Upon hearing this, Jiang Chuan did not answer, but tightened his arms around her, hiding his smile in the strands of hair scattered on her pillow.