Pei Nian wandered aimlessly along the road like a lost soul.
She remembered that night many years ago.
Ding Daming was drunk and was throwing things around the house. Pei Nian had run away early and only dared to return late at night when the house was quiet. However, she never expected that Ding Daming would pin her against the door as soon as she entered…
Ding Daming covered her mouth and reached his dirty hands inside her clothes. She was terrified and trembled violently. She could hear the beast's heavy breathing and the air was filled with a disgusting and foul smell.
Just as Ding Daming was about to unzip her pants, she suddenly bent her knee and slammed it into his groin!
Ding Daming screamed, and Pei Nian seized the opportunity to push him away and run away. That night, she didn't go home but hid in the woods by the village. It was pitch black all around, with only the occasional cry of animals. She hugged herself, wanting to cry, but found that she couldn't cry anymore.
It was from that moment that she began to have the idea of escaping from here...
Pei Nian stood by the roadside, her heart aching. She walked expressionlessly into a small bar. The beer foamed white, and under the colorful lights, it looked like a lively mockery.
*
It was very late when Pei Nian dragged her tired body back to her apartment. The apartment was dark; she opened the door, but before she could even touch the light switch, the lights snapped on.
She was startled!
However, what came into view was a living room covered with rose petals. In the center of the living room sat a beautiful two-tiered cake, with a crystal box on top that sparkled under the light.
Pei Nian was stunned for a moment, looking around for someone, when a pair of strong arms wrapped around her from behind and pulled her into a hug.
The familiar scent of the man made her feel at ease.
"Do you like it?" Huo Jingnan buried his face in her neck, then suddenly frowned slightly. "You...have been drinking?"
Pei Nian paused for a moment, then smiled and pushed him away.
"Nian Nian..."
Huo Jingnan opened his mouth, but said nothing.
He chuckled and asked him, "Isn't it... a bit old-fashioned?"
"Hmm?" Pei Nian looked into his eyes.
Those eyes reflected only her image; those eyes shone like stars, they were her whole world.
“I’m talking about this cake, and these flowers.” Huo Jingnan gently patted her head. “I don’t know much about these things, and I’m not good at pleasing girls… Although this is a bit old-fashioned, it’s the most romantic way I can think of.”
"If you don't like it, I'll keep trying. Hmm... I'll try to think of something better and more romantic to make you happy!"
Pei Nian's eyes reddened, and Huo Jingnan took her hand and led her to the cake, asking her to open the crystal box.
Inside was a beautiful diamond ring.
The unique cutting technique makes the ring radiate iridescent light from every angle, as if engraving eternity into this one-of-a-kind pink diamond.
“Jingnan, you…” Pei Nian looked at him in surprise.
I'm proposing to you.
Pei Nian was mostly sober, her heart pounding.
“It’s okay if you don’t agree. I know a proposal won’t succeed on the first try. I’m patient.” Huo Jingnan smiled at her, gently holding the pink diamond, and looked intently into her bright eyes. “I didn’t prepare for this proposal for too long. It was a bit rushed, mainly because… this diamond is very rare. Pink diamonds are already scarce, and diamonds of this quality are even rarer. So I bought it as soon as I saw it.”
"Niannian." Huo Jingnan held her hand, his thumb gently stroking the back of her hand.
Actually, he was also very nervous.
He took a deep breath and solemnly asked her, "Will you marry me?"
Pei Nian's tears welled up instantly.
"Jingnan," she asked after a long silence, "aren't you going to ask me why I'm drinking?"
Huo Jingnan was taken aback.
"Aren't you an adult?"
Pei Nian nodded.
"If we follow foreign laws, the legal drinking age is 21, so you should be past that age, right?"
Pei Nian didn't understand what he meant by that, and looked confused, but still nodded gently, "Yes, I passed."
"Then why can't you drink alcohol?"
Pei Nian felt as if something had struck her heart. She looked up at him, and his clear, bright eyes held a tenderness and affection that belonged only to her.
"Silly girl." Huo Jingnan raised his hand to touch her face. "Why can't you drink alcohol?"
"I..." Pei Nian licked her lips, unsure of what to say. "Don't you think good girls shouldn't go out drinking?"
She thought men hated it when their girlfriends went out drinking, and she thought men had a strong possessiveness and desire to control.
She thought that when Huo Jingnan smelled alcohol on her, he would question her, blame her, or ignore her.
But he asked, "Why can't you drink alcohol?"
Pei Nian stared at him blankly, her mind completely empty.
"Let me answer that question for you." Huo Jingnan gently embraced her. "Because you are drinking within the bounds of the law. Alcohol is just a beverage; it can't do good or bad. It's arbitrary and absurd to judge a girl as good or bad based on whether she drinks or not."
"Of course, I'd love to know why you're drinking, whether you're facing difficulties, or if there's something bothering you. But that depends on whether you're willing to tell me. If you're not, I won't force you; I'll stay with you."
“Jingnan…”
Pei Nian could no longer hold back, and tears streamed down her face uncontrollably.
She longed to tell him about her childhood experiences, to show him her scars, to tell him about that unbearable past, and how the person who almost ruined her life had reappeared...
However, when the words reached her lips, she lost her courage.
She stared blankly at the man before her, and, emboldened by the alcohol, stood on tiptoe and kissed his lips...
Huo Jingnan was taken aback.
He immediately wrapped his arms around her slender waist, as if afraid she would run away, and then responded to her kiss with all his passion. He greedily took and released himself, his body beginning to break free from the control of reason.
When their passion reached its peak, he picked her up and carried her into the bedroom, placing her on the soft, large bed.
Their eyes met, and both saw a desire in each other...
Huo Jingnan slowly slipped his hand inside her clothes.
But in that instant, Pei Nian's body suddenly stiffened as if she had been electrocuted! She stared at him with wide eyes, her face pale and her breathing rapid. After a brief silence, she screamed and pushed him away!
"Nian Nian?"
"No... Go away!"
Pei Nian curled up tightly in bed, holding her head in her hands.
"Niannian, what's wrong?"
Huo Jingnan moved closer to her, wanting to hug her again, but Pei Nian suddenly raised her hand and a loud slap landed on his face!
"Get away from me! Don't touch me!"
Huo Jingnan was stunned.
The burning pain in his palm quickly brought Pei Nian back to his senses...
She looked at her hands, then at him, and gasped.
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