Chapter 144 The Sugar Daddy

In early March, accompanied by his father and Lin Min and his wife, Zou Lang arrived at Lin Jiang's university on time to complete the enrollment procedures, officially beginning his two-and-a-half-year undergraduate life.

Jiang Chuan secretly gave Lin Yu a high-spec laptop as a reward for his academic advancement. Zou Lang was initially excited upon receiving the package, but quickly calmed down.

He knew the computer must be expensive, and he was afraid his sister would be angry if she found out, but he was also worried that it would be inappropriate for him to accept it rashly, so he held the package and hesitated to open it.

Not long after, Jiang Chuan called and asked directly, "Did you receive the package?"

“Received it, brother-in-law…” Zou Lang’s tone was a little restrained. “This computer is too expensive, I really can’t accept it. If my sister finds out, she’ll scold me to death.”

"This was purchased for you when I was helping your sister's company buy office supplies. It was paid for by your sister, so you can use it without worry."

There's no need for him to know the truth. Jiang Chuan just wants him to accept the gift with peace of mind, focus on his studies, and not cause Lin Yu any more worry. That's enough.

Hearing Jiang Chuan say this, Zou Lang was completely relieved and happily replied, "Thank you, brother-in-law!" Although Lin Yu and Jiang Chuan had not yet registered their marriage, Zou Lang was already used to this form of address.

After hanging up the phone, Jiang Chuan glanced at the time and suddenly realized that it had been quite a few days since he had seen Lin Yu. On a whim, he grabbed his coat, got his car from the underground parking garage, and decided to pick her up from work.

Since Lin Yu became the boss, the freedom of time has become a mere facade. Before, I could figure out her schedule, but now she's busier than me, leaving early and returning late has become the norm. Even though we live in the same city, we often don't see each other for a whole week.

He was determined to meet her, and his actions became impatient. He almost ran a red light on the way, which was unprecedented for him.

But to his surprise, when he excitedly drove to the office building, he didn't see the person he wanted to see. Qi Sheng leaned lazily against the door and told him that Lin Yu had gone to an industry cocktail party that afternoon.

Jiang Chuan thanked him, turned around and opened the car door, but was stopped by Qi Sheng. He quickly walked into the villa, and a moment later returned, holding a cashmere coat, which he threw into Jiang Chuan's arms.

"She left in a hurry in the afternoon and forgot to wear her coat."

Qi Sheng's gaze held a subtle, profound meaning, but Jiang Chuan didn't ponder it. He took the coat and went to the address Qi Sheng had given him.

It wasn't until he saw Lin Yu walking out of the hotel that he suddenly understood the meaning behind Qi Sheng's look.

Lin Yu wore a black and gold off-the-shoulder floor-length evening gown, with a clean and form-fitting cut that accentuated her rounded hips and slender waist.

The sequins on the dress shimmered with a subtle golden light under the streetlights, making it exceptionally eye-catching.

The dress's high slit extended from the hem to mid-thigh, and as she walked, the lace trim of her stockings peeked out, exuding a perfect blend of elegance and subtle sexiness.

Upon seeing Jiang Chuan, Lin Yu clutched her chest with her handbag and jogged down the steps from the hotel entrance, lifting her skirt as she went.

Jiang Chuan's gaze was drawn in as if by a magnet, unable to look away for even a moment. His body, which had been casually leaning against the car door, tensed up involuntarily, and his Adam's apple bobbed slightly.

The first thing that caught my eye was her delicate collarbone exposed outside her off-the-shoulder top. Only when I got closer could I see the deep V-neck design of the dress that went all the way to her waist.

Lin Yu ran happily to Jiang Chuan, buried her face in his chest, and gave him a light peck on the lips.

Jiang Chuan unfolded the coat from his arms and carefully draped it over her, completely covering her exposed, cold skin.

"Have you been drinking?" His voice was lower and hoarse than usual as he smelled the strong, almost overwhelming scent of alcohol on her, and his dark eyes churned with an unfathomable tide.

Wrapped in a warm coat, Lin Yu nestled comfortably in Jiang Chuan's neck, nuzzling him like a kitten, her voice soft and gentle. "Mmm... just a little bit."

"Didn't your company hire people specifically for business negotiations?"

Jiang Chuan didn't say it explicitly, but what he meant was that he was worried about her drinking too much and harming her health, and he was also worried about her wearing only a thin dress in the cold weather. He was really afraid that she would get cold.

"I'm the boss, so I have to do everything myself." Lin Yu had indeed drunk quite a bit. He could still hold on at the banquet, but as soon as he saw Jiang Chuan, he instantly lost his strength, and the alcohol he had been suppressing surged up again.

She didn't tell him that the company's business development team was still inside meeting with clients. She had just received his call and couldn't bear missing him any longer, so she slipped out early.

After not seeing each other for two whole weeks, she had been looking forward to being able to lean on him like this.

Jiang Chuan raised his hand and pinched Lin Yu's reddened earlobe, applying a little force, which made her grumble in dissatisfaction. Taking advantage of the alcohol, she retaliated by pinching his firm waist.

“Sir…” Lin Yu tilted her head back, resting her chin on Jiang Chuan’s chest, staring at him with a dazed look for a while before slowly speaking. “Please show some respect. I’m a married woman.”

Upon hearing this, Jiang Chuan readily released her hand, and as she leaned closer, he gently supported her waist, looking down and chuckling with amusement, "Is that so? Then he's not exactly a good husband, leaving such a beautiful wife all alone outside."

"He... he's very obedient. He knows to go home obediently when it gets dark, unlike you..." Lin Yu's eyes gleamed, deliberately feigning an arrogant drunken state. "Looking like that, you still dare to wander around. Aren't you just blatantly inciting people to commit crimes?"

With that, she lifted Jiang Chuan's chin with her fingertips, tiptoed closer to him, and said, "How about it? Want to come home with me? I promise you'll have an unforgettable night..."

"But I heard your husband is a good fighter?" Jiang Chuan raised an eyebrow and smiled, matching Lin Yu's slightly worried expression. "I still need to make a living with my looks, sister!"

"No..." She simply extended a finger and gently pressed it to his lips, tilting her chin triumphantly and waving her handbag in front of him. "You can also live off me..."

"My sister just closed a big deal, she's got plenty of money!" She leaned close to his ear, her breath hot and slightly tinged with alcohol. "I could easily afford to book you for the whole night, or even for a lifetime."

Before she finished speaking, Lin Yuzhen pulled a card out of her bag and pressed her soft body against it. Her small hands then haphazardly groped Jiang Chuan's entire body.

Finally, like slipping a tip, he haphazardly shoved the card into his breast pocket, giving it a couple of slaps as a finishing touch. "Is that enough? Not enough... I have more!"

Jiang Chuan chuckled and grabbed her wrist as she was searching, pulling her and her coat into his arms. "You don't need so much."

He leaned closer, his voice tinged with a warm, deep laugh. "Four yuan and fifty cents, and I can give you a lifetime membership, isn't that great?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Yu blinked in a daze, tilting his head and trying to think for a while, clearly unable to grasp the deeper meaning behind his words. "So cheap? No, no... you get what you pay for."

She hiccuped, then grabbed Jiang Chuan's collar and muttered softly, "You don't... have some kind of... hidden illness, do you...?"

Lin Yu's words gradually became indistinct, ending in a dreamlike murmur. Then her body went limp, and she fell into a deep sleep in his arms.

Jiang Chuan was amused and exasperated. Too lazy to argue with the drunkard any longer, he simply picked her up and carried her to the passenger side. He opened the door and carefully placed her on the seat.

He gently brushed aside the stray hairs on her face, leaned over to fasten her seatbelt, adjusted the backrest to a comfortable angle, picked up her slipped coat and covered her up again, before returning to the driver's seat, starting the engine, and driving towards home.

However, the car hadn't gone far when the person who had been sleeping suddenly opened their eyes groggily.

Lin Yu turned to the side, her movements somewhat slow, as if the alcohol had slowed her pace. She turned to Jiang Chuan, her eyes filled with a moist, ambiguous mist, which clung wetly to his sharply defined profile.

Seeing that he was still focused on the road ahead, as if he had no idea that she had woken up, she couldn't help but bite her lip in a slightly aggrieved manner.

Fueled by the alcohol, she quietly slipped a hand out from under her coat and deftly unbuttoned the top two buttons of his shirt. Her fingertips then slipped inside, feeling a slight coolness as she lingered on the increasingly hot contours of his body beneath her palm.

Fortunately, the seatbelt prevented Lin Yu from getting too close. However, the two hadn't seen each other for so long, and even this slight flirting had already stirred up a fire in Jiang Chuan's heart.

He freed one hand to steady the steering wheel, and with the other hand pressed down on Lin Yu's restless fingers, gently placing them back on her knees, his voice tinged with restraint.

"I'm driving, stop fooling around."

Taking advantage of Jiang Chuan's movement, Lin Yu leaned into his arms, her warm breath spraying softly on his neck, and her voice was as weak and feeble as if she had no bones.

"Brother, have you missed me these past few days?"

Strands of hair fell as she leaned forward, gently brushing against Jiang Chuan's neck. She pressed her flushed cheeks against his shoulder, her breath carrying a sweet, slightly intoxicating scent, as if she were melting into his body.

Jiang Chuan could clearly feel the softness pressing against his arm. His muscles, which had just relaxed, tensed up again instantly, but his expression remained unchanged. He simply asked indifferently, "What do you think?"

"I'm asking you." Lin Yu seemed unusually difficult to deal with tonight. His drunken tone also carried a hint of assertiveness rarely seen in him. He insisted on getting a definite answer from Lin Yu.

"What do you want to know?" Jiang Chuan didn't answer directly, but instead continued to ask.

Lin Yu blinked mischievously, leaned close to Jiang Chuan's ear, and whispered something in a voice only the two of them could hear. The next second, Jiang Chuan's Adam's apple bobbed heavily.

Seeing that his scheme had succeeded, Lin Yu immediately gave him a smug smile, but his actions became even more outrageous.

"Banban..." As the car turned off the overpass, Jiang Chuan's voice was low and hoarse, with a hint of amusing laughter. "I advise you to save your energy for later."

Lin Yu didn't take it to heart. The alcohol boosted her morale and made her forget that in every contest between the two of them, she was always the first to lose. She continued to act recklessly under the influence of alcohol.

The streetlights outside the car window rushed past, and only after the car had driven past a familiar tree-lined road and turned into the gate of the residential area did Lin Yu belatedly withdraw his mischievous hand.

Jiang Chuan's lips curled into a slightly wicked smile as he parked the car, the veins on the back of his hand gripping the steering wheel bulging. "Too late..."

Lin Yu's heart skipped a beat. She unbuckled her seatbelt and pretended to run away, but as soon as she stood up, Jiang Chuan, who had circled around to the passenger seat, scooped her up and carried her on his shoulder.

Her permed hair, styled to match her dress, cascaded down Jiang Chuan's shoulders like a waterfall, rising and falling with their movements.

Jiang Chuan hooked his foot on the car door, his arms tightly wrapped around her restless body squirming on his shoulder. He raised his hand and gave her a light slap on the bottom, his tone carrying a hint of warning. "Behave yourself."

As the elevator ascended, Lin Yu remained somewhat conscious, covering her face with her hands in embarrassment, afraid of bumping into a neighbor who was also returning home late. Only when the fingerprint verification was successful and the door opened did her heart, which had been pounding the entire way, finally settle down.

Jiang Chuan walked into the living room wearing his shoes, gently placed Lin Yu on the sofa, and then leaned over, causing the sofa to dent deeply under their weight.

His long, slender fingers gently brushed against her earlobe, his voice tinged with a hint of teasing. "Didn't you just say you were going to dance for me? How are you planning to dance? Tell me, hmm?"

Meeting Jiang Chuan's intensely piercing eyes, Lin Yu instantly sobered up considerably. Undeterred, she kissed the corner of his slightly upturned lips, teasing him deliberately. "No way, my husband will find out..."

Jiang Chuan's temple throbbed, and he instantly understood Lin Yu's meaning. He continued her line of thought, his tone carrying a mischievous glint he himself didn't realize.

"I've kept your husband at the company to work overtime, so no one will bother us tonight."

"No..." Lin Yu reached out and hooked Jiang Chuan's tie knot, pulling him closer with a slight tug. "Why are you changing the script like this..."

Clearly, she was very unhappy with his unpredictable behavior. "Tonight you're my top male model, paid for by my patron. From now on, you have to listen to your sugar daddy, understand?"

The plot twists, and the power dynamic shifts instantly. Jiang Chuan recalls his forceful coercion of her during their last breakup, and now he simply goes along with her wishes, deliberately lowering his stance to cooperate.

"Sister, could you be a little gentler with me? This is my first day working here, and I don't have much experience."

Lin Yu widened his eyes slightly, as if he hadn't expected Jiang Chuan to cooperate with him so much, but only for a moment, and soon returned to the play he had directed and acted in.

She leaned forward and bit Jiang Chuan's lower lip, signaling him to shut up. Her fingers continued to hook the tie, loosening it little by little until it was off his neck.

As she turned over, she used the force of pulling on his tie to push Jiang Chuan backward onto the sofa, then reached behind him and tightly bound his wrists together.

Jiang Chuan leaned lazily against the back of the sofa, his hands tied behind his back. His arms were taut and straight due to the restricted posture, and the clear muscle contours were particularly eye-catching under the light.

He spread his legs slightly to the sides, his long, taut lines exuding a powerful aura. His eyelids narrowed, his gaze fixed intently on Lin Yu, a mixture of indulgence and anticipation in his eyes as he waited to see how she would perform next.