Chapter 22 Chapter 22 Kiss
You could hear a pin drop in the bedroom, only Lin Wan's soft voice fell to the ground, splashing waves in the lake of her heart.
Lin Wan stared at Fu Xiuhuai's face seriously, not missing any expression.
But the man showed no surprise or hesitation, and just murmured "hmm" softly as an answer.
Lin Wan's eyelashes trembled: "When did you find out?"
"On the day Minghui reported for school, I went home and noticed that the way you looked at me was a little different."
Lin Wan was so shocked that her eyes widened slightly. That day she woke up and found that it was the first day of a year later. Did Fu Xiuhuai find something wrong that night?
After more than ten years of struggling in the society, the successful businessman who was able to turn himself out of the mud and make a fortune seems to be really meticulous and has amazing observation skills.
Fu Xiuhuai explained calmly, "Then I realized you couldn't remember where the money was, nor where the cookies and corn candies I prepared for you to fill your stomach at night were. That's when I roughly guessed it."
Lin Wan now thinks about how ignorant she was at the time and how she didn't even notice that someone had guessed her intention. She felt very upset.
"Wanwan, don't worry." Fu Xiuhuai didn't seem to think it was a big deal. "During your last prenatal checkup, I had the doctor check you out. There's nothing wrong with your health. It's probably just temporary."
Lin Wan didn't expect this man to be so attentive. She did suspect that she was sick, but her body seemed to be fine.
But none of that mattered. They had already talked it out. Lin Wan was just curious: "I don't remember anything that happened between last September, when my senior year started, and this September. Why on earth did I marry you? You clearly..."
"I'm Mingjun's uncle?" Fu Xiuhuai twitched his lips, not caring at all. "What does it matter? You and Mingjun broke up, and then we got married."
"Even if I break up with him, I will never be with his uncle." Lin Wan said firmly.
Fu Xiuhuai leaned closer, met Lin Wan's eyes, and said in a low, hoarse voice, "Wanwan, why not? Humans are emotional animals. We can also fall in love."
Lin Wan was not used to being so close to anyone, especially this person was Fu Xiuhuai. When their breathing was almost entangled, Lin Wan suddenly stepped back and turned her face away.
"You realized you had forgotten everything that happened in the past year, but you didn't tell me directly and blamed me for not giving you enough sense of security." Fu Xiuhuai didn't move closer. His voice was calm, and he spoke word by word. "Then Mingjun came back and looked for you several times. Did you tell him?"
"No." Lin Wan couldn't explain why she chose to confront Fu Xiuhuai this time, but she had no intention of telling Fu Mingjun from the beginning to the end.
Fu Xiuhuai curved his lips and said, "Mingjun is indeed not trustworthy."
Lin Wan was speechless. The uncle and nephew would attack each other whenever they had the chance. There was no sign of the loving family they used to be.
"Wanwan, you are so smart. Even if you found that you forgot something, you must have investigated everywhere. You found that you married me voluntarily, so you haven't made any decision, right?" Fu Xiuhuai raised his hand and touched Lin Wan's cheek, stroking it gently with his fingertips, looking straight into Lin Wan's watery eyes.
Lin Wan saw her own shadow in the man's deep eyes and had to admit that he was right.
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The night after the showdown, Lin Wan did not sleep well, as if she had had a bizarre dream. In the early morning, she seemed to be half awake, but she could not remember anything.
There was a slight rustling sound in the bedroom, and she knew that Fu Xiuhuai was packing up and getting ready to go to work at the company.
But this time it's a little different.
After a few seconds, there was no sound of the door opening and closing.
Just as Lin Wan was puzzled, she slowly opened her sleepy eyes and felt a shadow leaning over her. A moment later, she felt a light and warm touch on her forehead.
"You sleep a little longer, I'm going to the company."
The man left quickly, leaving Lin Wan still in disbelief. After two months together, Fu Xiuhuai, who had generally been very well-behaved, had actually...
When Lin Wan regained consciousness, she had only one strange impression: his lips were very soft.
It was Saturday, and Lin Wan finished her work absentmindedly, and it was time to get off work.
Thinking of the kiss on her forehead in the morning, Lin Wan didn't want to go back for the time being, so she simply took a taxi to the steel plant to find her second sister Lin Hong.
Lin Hong worked overtime for an hour today to earn two dollars in overtime pay. When she heard that Lin Wan was coming to see her, she had just taken off her work clothes.
"Come on, I'll treat you to dinner!" Lin Hong took the girl to a small restaurant near the steel plant, ordered three dishes, and asked for a bottle of beer for herself.
Lin Wan watched her second sister guzzle beer, and something clicked in her heart: "Second sister, what's wrong with you? What's on your mind?"
The two sisters had no secrets, especially Lin Hong, who was not one to keep secrets, so she immediately spilled the beans.
"That bastard used to look down on my family and my job, and he didn't dare admit it. He always said we'd wait when it came to marriage. Now, look what's going on. I've only been in Jiangcheng for a month, and he's already written to me saying he wants to marry someone else."
"Brother Yang Feng broke up with you?"
Lin Wan knew that her second sister had a boyfriend three years ago. He was the son of the deputy director of the town’s Grain Bureau. He was quite good-looking and had fallen in love with her second sister at first sight when they were in town.
"Yeah." Lin Hong took another sip of her wine, the liquid turning into bitterness that flowed down her spine. "Last year, I asked him if his family looked down on me because we were poor and that I had a bad job, just a temporary worker, but he refused to admit it. A while ago, I said I wanted to come to Jiangcheng to work and earn more money, but he wasn't happy about it. I've had enough! He refused to marry me, and he even refused to break up with me. He even went to the sugar factory to make a scene, saying he didn't want to break up. Now that I'm actually working and earning money, he writes to brag about it, saying he just had a blind date with a junior high school teacher who's very good and they're going to have a wedding banquet soon."
Lin Wan vaguely sensed that a lot had happened in the past year: "Yang Feng originally wanted to neither agree to get married nor agree to break up, so he just kept dragging it out?"
Lin Wan originally had a good impression of Yang Feng, but the smaller the place, the longer a relationship lasts, the more likely it is to attract gossip. The two of them are of marriageable age and should have been talking about marriage, but Yang Feng was unwilling to get married, but was also clinging to her and didn't want to break up, dragging it out again and again. She didn't expect him to be this kind of person.
"You scolded him last year, have you forgotten?" Lin Hong was a little drunk, between sober and semi-conscious, and did not delve into the fact that the girl had forgotten this.
Lin Wan almost choked. It turned out that she had helped to curse people last year?
"Not only you, you and...brother-in-law also came to help me." Lin Hong only felt comfortable calling him brother-in-law when she was a little drunk. When she was sober, she couldn't say it. "Oh, no, you weren't married at that time."
Lin Wan roughly understood what was going on. Her second sister was looked down upon and she couldn't bear it anymore so she broke up with her sister. Now she was being shown off in letters. Even if she could let it go, she couldn't help feeling sad.
Lin Wan was just about to say a few words to comfort her second sister when she heard her second sister throw the beer bottle on the table with a loud noise. She said with great ambition: "Wanwan, don't comfort me! I've figured it out. What's so good about being in a relationship? I might as well make more money at the factory!"
"Second sister, it's a good idea of yours. If Yang Feng wants to separate, then so be it. We can..."
"Yes, I won't just find someone when I have money!" Lin Hong drank the last sip of beer in silence. When she closed her eyes, tears fell from the corners of her eyes, but they were quickly wiped away by her calloused fingers. She muttered, "Actually, I liked him very much at the beginning. Seeing him made me nervous, shy, and excited... That bastard, go to hell!"
Lin Wan leaned over and used a tissue to wipe the corners of her second sister's eyes as she lay on the table.
Lin Hong has a good alcohol tolerance. Lin Wan knows that she is not really drunk, but she would rather be drunk at this moment. Seeing her lively and energetic when scolding people again, she is not too worried.
As dusk fell, Lin Wan struggled to send her back to the dormitory. She carefully prepared some hot water and then added warm water to wipe her second sister's face and hands. She tucked in the quilt and asked her roommate to take care of her if anything happened before leaving.
When I walked out of the steel plant, the night in Jiangcheng had already darkened.
The moon was bright and the stars were sparse, dimly illuminating the straight asphalt road. The silver light sprinkled down and gently caressed the corners of Lin Wan's eyes and eyebrows.
Thinking of the memories her second sister murmured on the table at the last moment, she felt nervous, excited, and shy when facing the person she once loved... Lin Wan thought about the past and realized that she didn't seem to have such emotions towards Fu Mingjun.
Walking all the way to the factory gate, Lin Wan was considering whether to take the bus or a taxi to leave when she saw a black Santana at the entrance of the steel factory.
The car was parked quietly by the roadside, its lights flashing, as if it was a silent signal, calling out.
Lin Wan tightened her grip on the leather bag on her shoulder and walked towards Santana.
"What brings you here?"
Inside the driver's seat window, the man was holding the steering wheel with one hand, his fingertips tapping lightly until Lin Wan approached.
"I'm afraid my wife will run away."
Lin Wan: “…”
Lin Wan was stunned for a moment, having never heard Fu Xiuhuai, a mature boss, joking like this.
The city of Jiang was gradually getting colder in November. The cold wind blew at night. The car merged into the traffic flow and headed to the south of the city, passing by the bright lights of entertainment venues on both sides in a hurry.
Lin Wan looked at the Cuihu Villa in front of her and knew that her destination was near.
Five minutes later, the Santana parked steadily in the parking area of the Fu family villa.
The villa area was already quiet late at night, with only the rustling of leaves in the wind, which seemed to stir the heartstrings.
Lin Wan was about to unbuckle her seat belt and get out of the car, but she felt a shadow coming from her side and moved her body reflexively.
Fu Xiuhuai leaned over and unbuckled her seat belt, his thin lips slightly raised: "Why are you hiding from me?"
Now that it was all said and done, Lin Wan didn't need to pretend anymore. Instead, she breathed a sigh of relief: "We're not familiar with each other either."
Lin Wan's words were from the heart.
She lost her memory for a year and when she woke up she was tied to her ex-boyfriend's uncle because of a legal marriage certificate and the baby in her belly.
Even though we have lived together for two months, we are still not very familiar with each other.
The narrow space of the car suddenly became quiet. Lin Wan wondered if her words were too hurtful. Just as she was about to say something more, she heard a man's voice in her ears.
"Wanwan."
Lin Wan raised her eyes and met Fu Xiuhuai's. She felt how close they were. The man's gaze slowly brushed across her slightly bulging belly, and then landed on her lips. "Aren't we familiar with each other yet? We've done everything we should and shouldn't have done, haven't we?"
Lin Wan, who always ignored a certain fact, had her eyelashes trembling slightly, like a small brush gently brushing across the lake of her heart. Her heart was beating fast, thump thump, out of control.
Without the restraint of the seatbelt, Lin Wan felt the man's hand on the back of her neck. With a slight force, he pulled her forward, and Fu Xiuhuai leaned over and kissed her...
"Uncle!" Lin Wan was so frightened that her heart almost stopped. She blurted out two words in a panic, which really made Fu Xiuhuai stop.
But this time, Fu Xiuhuai gently rubbed the soft flesh of Lin Wan's neck with his fingertips, and an unspeakable desire was raised in his eyes. He stared at the woman's rosy and attractive lips, still firmly approaching: "Wanwan, when I kissed you for the first time, you called me that..."
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