The night sky was pitch black, with stars twinkling.
There was still unmelted snow on both sides of the pebble path.
The air was filled with a quietness unique to the night.
Walking side by side on the path, Ye Li looked around and asked, "Where's Assistant Xiang? Didn't you tell him to bring the car in?"
My gaze swept across the lit-up phone screen and fell upon a message from Xiang Yang.
[Boss, I'm at the entrance of the residential area. Shall I come in now?]
【Need not. 】
After quickly replying, Fu Yanci glanced at him and said, "He should be on his way. I'll wait for him at the entrance of the residential area."
"oh."
Ye Li nodded, took Fu Yanci's arm, and the two walked out together.
She thought that she had already visited the Fu family to see her grandmother and other relatives of the Fu family.
However, on Ye's side, apart from Aunt Lan who knew his identity, his mother knew nothing about him and treated him like her own uncle.
At the dinner table, she deliberately teased her by calling him "little uncle" repeatedly.
Thinking of this, Ye Li felt a little uneasy.
Fortunately, Fu Yanci did not intend to settle scores with her later.
Having arrived safely at the entrance of the residential area, Ye Li withdrew her hand from Fu Yanci's grasp, nodded at him, and said, "You go ahead, I'm going back too."
As she spoke, Ye Li shrank her neck slightly.
Then Fu Yanci turned around again, "Madam Fu, do you think your husband is such a tasteless man, leaving you to walk home alone at night?"
Ye Li was startled, and Fu Yanci pulled her into his arms and turned to walk back.
Walking back to the front of the Ye family villa, one can still see a corner of Zhou Hechen's villa in the distance.
The place that was once brightly lit is now pitch black.
Ye Li nudged Fu Yanci's arm. "Did you make the Zhou family move out?"
He took her hand and put it in his coat pocket. Fu Yanci nodded. “Mom and Fu Minghui are very close friends. What if she goes for a walk to the Zhou family’s house after dinner one day? Wouldn’t that give us away?”
Mother.
Ye Li's heart softened, and she stopped and looked up at him. "Fu Yanci, thank you!"
"Thank you for being so good to me! ... Thank you for treating my parents like family and for being so good to them!"
Ye Li spoke each word with utmost seriousness.
Pulled close by Fu Yanci, she heard the man's gentle voice in her ear, "Just... thank you, that's all?"
? ? ?
What else?
Ye Li raised her eyes, "I have no money, but if you want me, haven't I already offered myself to you?"
"That's true..."
Fu Yanci nodded, gently stroking the girl's face, his thumb brushing against her crimson lips, "Then it's not too much for me to charge some interest, is it?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the man lowered his head and gently captured her lips with his.
A plum tea flavored kiss, a sweet and sour taste mixed with a subtle tea aroma.
Ye Li took a step back.
Fu Yanci took a step forward to chase after him.
With nowhere to retreat and pinned against a gatepost in front of the villa by the man, Ye Li gripped Fu Yanci's coat collar with both hands, feeling as if her breath was starting to burn.
Buzz.
The moment the villa door opened, Ye Li froze, too afraid to move.
Then Li Xueqing muttered, "Where did this go?" before turning around and going back.
Immediately after, Ye Li's phone rang.
Afraid that her mother would come out and see that Fu Yanci hadn't left yet, Ye Li tiptoed and quickly pecked him, "Fu Yanci, goodnight..."
The iron gate creaked open and slammed shut with a loud crash.
The girl shouted, "Mom, I'm home!" and then turned off her phone and ran inside.
The villa door closed, and nothing could be heard anymore.
Fu Yanci looked up at the dimly lit Ye family villa in front of him, then turned back to look at the dark bamboo forest in the distance, his gaze deep and unfathomable.
It seems like that was the first time I saw her.
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