Episode 16 Unwilling
Lin Ying's original intention was not to ask for a kiss, she half-heartedly said, "Didn't we agree to draw a clear line?"
However, these words seemed to have touched the other party's minefield, causing him to kiss and push her more wantonly, not allowing her to refute a single word.
She pulled back, and Jiang Shu kissed her even deeper. His embrace around her shoulders and waist gave way to her desire once again. The previous few times of intimacy had already accustomed her body to him, and she had no intention of pushing him away. The moment they touched, their senses automatically began to flow...
"I don't want to draw a line between us, and we will never be able to do so."
Yes, it can never be clearly drawn.
We can never go back to the past.
When his soul was touched by her again and he entered her body again, she knew it was impossible.
She liked his body and his caress. Even though she knew that he could not belong to her alone, and even though she knew that they could not belong to each other alone, she still fell for this extreme taboo and arrogant enthusiasm.
This time, he was even more gentle than any other time before, wishing he could melt her into his bones and blood. Their hair and bodies were intertwined, and their fingers were clasped together, tightly locked together. This time, he took the initiative to help her remove her wedding ring, and then he kissed her delicate fingertips for a long time.
When it came, he seemed to be free from his predicament, as if he could no longer bear it, and kissed the words on the earlobe——
"I love you, Aying."
This time was not as passionate as the previous times, but both of us were sweating a lot. Was it because we were nervous?
At least Lin Ying did, especially when she heard him say "I love you".
"Do you say this to others?"
She hugged his neck, her voice still hoarse, and asked close to his eardrum...but she didn't know why she asked.
"Only you."
"Another fun?"
"yes."
Lin Ying felt a little disappointed. Jiang Shu brushed the hair away from her face and added, "Ying, I never lie to you."
He went to the bathroom to dispose of the condom as before, washed his hands, and came back to get dressed... Not until he fastened his belt and everything was about to return to its usual decent state did Jiang Shu realize something and glanced at the bed - Lin Ying was still wrapped in the quilt, lying on the bed, not saying a word.
Thinking that she was unhappy with what he said at that time, he simply sat back on the bed, facing her half-naked shoulders, and formally confessed his feelings:
"Aying, I do like you. I have liked you for a long time, but I knew it was impossible between us. You were always concerned about Yan Yiming before, and then you married him. You and your family didn't look back.
I ran into you by chance on that rainstorm day, and I realized that you weren't happy after your marriage. I wanted to help you, but other than...other than making you happy about this kind of thing, I didn't know what else I could do. If possible, I'll wait until after you get divorced..."
“Hmm…”
Suddenly, Lin Ying jumped out of the bed and immediately rushed to the bathroom and closed the door.
Jiang Shu knocked on the door and asked, "Are you okay? What's wrong with you?"
Lin Ying first vomited some of her dinner, then felt her lower abdomen bloated. This feeling was familiar, yet a little unusual... Soon, she saw red marks on the toilet paper...
Is your period coming?
It's finally here, it should have come two weeks ago.
Maybe your period came suddenly and irritated your lower abdomen?
But the pain this time was different from before...
She opened the bathroom door, her brow furrowed. Jiang Shuze gave a serious order—
"Get dressed, I'll take you to the hospital for a physical examination."
“I just had a physical today…”
Jiang Shu still couldn't deny it, "Come downstairs in ten minutes, I will take you there myself."
It was already past nine in the evening. Lin Ying sat in Jiang Shu's passenger seat, clutching her belly and frowning, mumbling, "It must be dysmenorrhea. It's so late, the doctors at the hospital are all off duty..."
"I'll take you to a private hospital, no need to sit in."
Lin Ying quipped tiredly, "It's true what's written in the novel, every overbearing CEO has a doctor friend."
Jiang Shu was helpless: "You're overthinking it. She's not a doctor friend, she's my cousin."
After arriving at the hospital, he took Lin Ying directly to the office of the chief physician of gynecology and knocked on the door. The person inside gestured "Come in". The name badge on the female doctor's white coat was printed with her name and title - Attending Physician: Xiang Jianan.
She is the daughter of Xiang Fan, the former director of this private hospital, and is Jiang Shu's uncle and Jiang Yueling's brother-in-law.
However, he died long before Jiang Shu returned to the Jiang family. After that, the two families had less contact with each other. When Jiang Shu was young, he often lived with his aunt and had a deep relationship with Xiang Jianan. Even though the elders did not have much contact with each other later, they would still keep in touch occasionally.
After finally getting in touch, Jiang Shu actually asked her if she could stay off work later. Xiang Jianan was a little indignant. She was straightforward and started complaining:
"If it weren't for the fact that you're asking fewer people for help, I would have reported you to my aunt for bringing a little girl to see a gynecologist in the middle of the night."
"Sister, don't talk nonsense, this is Aying."
At this point, Xiang Jianan raised her eyebrows, and her pair of phoenix eyes were particularly lively. Although she was her cousin, her eyebrows were similar to Jiang Shu's.
She looked at Lin Ying intently and couldn't help but praise her - "Oh my God, Ying, you are so beautiful now! Your husband is so lucky."
Lin Ying said modestly, "Sister Jianan, I'm sorry to have delayed your get off work today."
Xiang Jianan waved her hand, signaling her to sit opposite. Jiang Shu was about to sit with him, but she warned him again.
"What are you doing? Ah Ying is not feeling well, and you, a non-straight person of the opposite sex, want to sit in on the class?"
Jiang Shu then realized that something was wrong. He glanced at Lin Ying, who looked embarrassed, cleared his throat, and pretended to be nothing. "Oh, then I'll go out and wait."
Xiang Jianan then asked her about her specific symptoms. Lin Ying described her recent poor appetite, occasional nausea, frequent dreams and sweating, and even occasional abdominal distension. However, Lin Ying didn't want to trouble the other party, so she admitted that she had just had her period.
"I've been feeling a bit emotional lately, so maybe it's PMS?"
Xiang Jianan entered his symptoms into the system and said, "From what you've described, it's possible. A woman's emotions and body always interact, especially around menstruation... But you mentioned constant vomiting and abdominal distension. Have you experienced similar symptoms before?"
Lin Ying shook her head. "It seems not, but this time I..." She hesitated, still unable to tell her husband about his domestic violence. "I fell a few days ago. Maybe there are complications?"
"When was your last menstrual period?"
She took out the date recorded on her phone and told her.
Xiang Jianan was puzzled: "Why is it delayed so long this month?"
"Maybe...it's also related to emotions?"
The other party frowned, "When was the last time you had sex? Did you take precautions?"
This question was a real blow to Lin Ying, and it caused her to run through at least three versions of the story in her mind. "I... I don't quite remember."
Xiang Jianan took the initiative to explain, "In your case, we still have to rule out the possibility of pregnancy."
When Lin Ying heard this, her hands almost froze, and the words she spoke sounded like someone else was speaking for her.
"But I...I just had my period, so I'm not pregnant, right?"
"Are you sure you're having your period and not just vaginal bleeding?"
Xiang Jianan saw her hesitant expression, as if she had been caught doing something bad. But since they were married, this kind of thing couldn't be so difficult to talk about, right? She made a list and told Lin Ying:
"How about this, go to the bathroom first and check. If it's not your period, then get a urine test and a color Doppler ultrasound to rule out pregnancy..."
Lin Ying immediately thought, "I did all this during my physical examination today."
At this point, Xiang Jianan realized that she was feeling uneasy at the moment, and there seemed to be some hidden secrets, but she was not in a position to ask more questions, so she gave in and said -
"In that case, I'll prescribe you some mild uterine warming medicine and some painkillers. If the physical examination reveals any results... just follow up with me."
Seeing Lin Ying and Xiang Jianan coming out of the clinic, Jiang Shu stood up. However, Lin Ying walked past him and went to the pharmacy to get medicine. He looked very bad. He asked Xiang Jianan:
"How is she? Does she need to be checked?"
The other party shook his head, "I think... what she needs is not a physical examination, but a psychological one."
Jiang Shu lowered his eyelids, not knowing what to say.
"By the way, why did you bring her to see the doctor? Where's her husband?"
“…on a business trip.”
Xiang Jianan didn't ask any further questions after the concise answer, only sighing, "You have a pretty good relationship with this sister now. I remember you always said back then that, aside from living in the same house, you had very little in common. Now that you're married, do you actually have more in common?"
"She hasn't had a good life since getting married, and I just don't want to see her continue to suffer."
Having said that, Xiang Jianan looked at the thin figure at the door of the pharmacy, and saw Jiang Shu's distressed eyes. He seemed to understand something, but apart from nodding and smiling, he still didn't say anything extra.
On the way back, Lin Ying remained silent, clutching the bag of medicine she had taken, her head leaning against the chair by the window.
Jiang Shu asked, "Did my sister say something at that time?"
Lin Yingxiang seemed to have just woken up from a dream. "No, she told me to take the medicine according to the dosage."
"You looked worried when you came out of her room. If you really have any health problems, tell us right away. Don't hide them. My cousin was also a top candidate for medical school back then. You don't have to worry about her medical skills..."
"I'm not worried about that, I'm just a little scared."
"What are you afraid of? Divorce?"
She shook her head.
"What is that?"
"Were you serious about what you said then?"
With this episode, Jiang Shu almost forgot about what happened before he came. The two of them couldn't help but make love again, and he even confessed his love...
"Of course, I won't lie to you."
"At that time you said, what would you do if I divorced you?"
He thought for a while before speaking: "Would you consider being with me? We can get married and I'll take you to live in Hong Kong?"
“…Why go to Hong Kong?”
"The Hong Kong branch has left a mess. Dad and Yan Song have been in charge of it. Now they plan to withdraw from the business there, but I have been fighting for it. Now that we have given up on expanding into Hong Kong, we are in a state of retreat. This will reduce costs in the short term, but it will be detrimental to Jiang Lin's future cross-border development. So... in the future, I want to go to Hong Kong and take charge personally."
"When are we leaving?"
"If my mom approves, I'll leave next month."
The air was silent, and the light and shadow of the night and the street lamps silently and crowdedly drowned into the car.
After a long while, Lin Ying finally answered his original question:
"I don't want to go with you."
She then let it all out—"I have no say in company matters, and I don't want to get involved in your disputes. From a purely emotional perspective, I don't like you. From the beginning, my feelings for you were simply out of loneliness. Like you said, we each get what we need."
She laughed at herself, feeling that she was so vulgar and hateful.
"To be honest, before I had sex with you, I always thought I was an honest and obedient girl. But after that, I realized that I had so many desires in my heart that needed to be released. It's not just sex, but other desires as well. I'm tired of being disciplined, tired of waiting all the time, and tired of my wishes never being taken seriously...
These are all things you showed me, but they cannot be the reason for me to divorce and choose you again. I don't want to be pushed to the next step anymore. I want to stop, to stop for myself for a while.
Jiang Shu's expectations were dashed, but this was expected.
He really wanted to defend himself and prove something, but the words were on the tip of his tongue and he couldn't say them.
The air inside the car was still, and the lights and tree shadows outside the window were still swaying forward.
The occasional pain in her lower abdomen disturbed Lin Ying's thoughts. She thought about the hypothesis she had proposed to Jianan in the clinic. Since they both had a clear mind, should they also be honest about the possible situation?
"I didn't get checked out then because the projects I was doing during the day included those things. But after hearing what Sister Jianan said, I actually have some doubts..."
The phone always rings at the critical moment. Seeing the caller ID "Auntie Ren", Lin Ying pressed the answer button. In her mind, she imagined a hundred possible topics that the other party might talk about with her, but the truth was always unexpected -
"Where are you? Something's happened to A-Ming! Come here quickly..."
On the phone, Ren Jiahui cried so hard that Lin Ying felt like she had lost her hearing...
Soon, she hung up the phone, and Jiang Shu asked, "What happened to Yan Yiming?"
"He... was robbed on his way back and stabbed in the heart by the criminals."
Lin Ying's expression was full of hesitation.
"He was murdered."
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