Chapter 70 Liang Yanru x Ji Peiqian: The person buried beside her must be him.
No one could have guessed that Leung Yin-yu was in such great need of aftercare. Perhaps it was due to her personality; she was almost demanding of herself, and intimacy was a series of times that she lost control of herself. Aftercare could soothe her panic caused by losing control of her body.
Ji Peiqian stroked her fair, jade-like back, his hot breath spraying onto the nape of her neck.
"I smell terrible from alcohol."
Her voice was soft and gentle.
You can't hear this once you get out of bed.
"It's very sweet." He bit a pink mark on his collarbone.
The pressure wasn't strong enough; the mark won't last long and will likely disappear by daybreak.
Just like their tenderness at this moment.
Liang Yanru leaned closer, unable to hide her delight: "Really?"
Ji Peiqian smiled faintly, his eyes curving slightly: "Really."
Liang Yanru didn't believe it. She smelled her arm and then the man she was embracing.
"It's getting late, go to sleep." Ji Peiqian pulled the covers up.
Liang Yanru felt a little uncomfortable: "I want to wear pajamas."
Although they had also slept soundly until dawn.
Ji Peiqian brought her a bathrobe and helped her put it on. Then he gently pulled her into his arms and patted her back, just like he was coaxing a child to sleep.
Liang Yanru was truly exhausted. She had only been mentally exhausted before, but the intense exercise she had just done left her physically and mentally drained.
However, you still need to expend physical energy occasionally for your sleep to improve.
I slept until 10 a.m. the next day.
Liang Yanru was startled when she saw the time and sat up abruptly, hurriedly checking the messages.
There were no messages from the old man bombarding her; WeChat was eerily quiet, except for a message from Ji Peiqian at seven o'clock.
Ji Peiqian: [You don't need to go to the old house today; I'll accompany Grandpa for his morning exercise.]
Ji Peiqian: [Something came up at my company, I might be busy until tonight. I'll grab something to eat at the restaurant downstairs when I wake up.]
Liang Yanru rubbed her hair. Why was she feeling ashamed and indignant? It was so inexplicable!
She replied "okay," put down her phone, went into the bathroom, and washed herself thoroughly.
Suddenly, she rushed out of the bathroom, grabbed her phone, quickly typed out a message, and sent it.
Liang Yanru: [You didn't use protection last night? Right? I don't remember doing so?]
Liang Yanru bit her lower lip, rubbing her forehead in deep thought: "This week is my ovulation period!"
She was a little overwhelmed. Last night, the two of them were so eager during foreplay that she didn't pay much attention to the details.
Could I really be that unlucky?
Ruan Ruan also had unprotected sex and got pregnant in the first month.
Ji Peiqian may indeed have been busy in meetings, as he said, and didn't have time to check the messages.
After quickly taking a shower, Liang Yanru sat at the foot of the bed, not bothering to dry her hair, biting her thumb, shaking her leg, her mind filled with all sorts of random thoughts.
It hasn't been 24 hours yet, I'll just go downstairs and buy some emergency medicine.
She has no intention of having more children; one Ruanruan is enough.
But having another child, like a younger brother or sister, isn't out of the question...
Liang Yanru lay down on the bed, picked up her phone, and slowly typed out her thoughts: Oh well, if I'm pregnant, I'll just have the baby.
Before she could press send, Ji Peiqian sent a new message.
Ji Peiqian: [It's okay, I had my vasectomy.]
Liang Yanru's pupils dilated, and she quickly sat up, refreshing the page several times to make sure she hadn't misread the words.
His second message left her even more stunned.
Ji Peiqian: [The test was done after Ruan Ruan was born, and she's been tested several times. All tests showed she's not pregnant, so even without contraception, she won't get pregnant unexpectedly.]
Liang Yanru bit her thumb, trying to process those two short sentences.
She asked, "Aren't you afraid of the consequences? Although it can be reversed, the quality of my sperm will decrease, and I might never be able to have children again."
Ji Peiqian: [Do you want to give Ruan Ruan a younger brother or sister?]
Liang Yanru felt her face flush. She wasn't foolish enough to explain that what he meant was, "What if he meets his true love and wants to marry her and have children?" That would be too disappointing, so she didn't say anything.
Ji Peiqian: [It's better not to. You had severe swelling in the later stages of your pregnancy, and at your last prenatal checkup, the doctor said the baby was too big and was already pressing on your internal organs. Fortunately, the baby was born on the due date. If the baby stayed in the womb for even a day longer, the pain would double. Your constitution isn't suitable for pregnancy.]
Is this the main reason he got his vasectomy?
It was only because she was deemed infertile, not to show sincerity or to prevent her younger siblings from threatening Ruan Ruan's interests.
It makes her seem narrow-minded, only thinking about the infighting within the family.
Liang Yanru: [Yeah, I'm going downstairs to get something to eat.]
After replying to that message, I felt a pang of self-loathing.
Why can't you say something nice?
Since things have come to this, let's eat.
Liang Yanru left just as Ruan Ruan finished her extracurricular get out of class, picked up her child, and went home together.
After putting her child to a nap, she opened the pinned three-person group chat.
Liang Yanru: [I ask you, if you discovered that your husband had done something for you that would be difficult to repay, how would you handle it?]
Her expectations were too high, so her bad friends wouldn't help solve the problem.
Lin Fei: [What earth-shattering thing did Young Master Ji do that even you, a woman who controls high-level resources, can't repay?]
Tu Xia: [Tsk, looks like last night was a wonderful night.]
Liang Yanru gritted her teeth: [Don't force me to slap you!]
Tu Xia: [If you two make up, just give me a 100 yuan red envelope. If you're too embarrassed, give it to Tuantuan.]
Tuantuan is the nickname for the unborn child, given by Lin Fei, and it applies to both boys and girls.
Lin Fei: [I also want a red envelope. Even though I didn't do anything, I'll make a scene if I don't get one.]
Liang Yanru really wanted to beat them up.
You're over thirty, why can't you be more mature!
There was no mirror nearby. If Liang Yanru saw her expression at that moment, she would also realize that she was not at all composed.
After the commotion subsided, Lin Fei was the first to regain his composure.
She advised him, "You didn't ask him to do anything for you. Trying to repay him will only damage the relationship. Just bear with it. Try to tone down your indifference towards men, and at least don't let the relationship become so strained in the future."
Tu Xia echoed: [Yeah, yeah, after you gave birth to Ruan Ruan, it was like you were under a spell. Even Ji Peiqian's breathing was wrong. Young Master Ji is a really good person. He's been in the business world for so long, and he has zero scandals. On the contrary, his reputation for being a family man who loves his wife and daughter has spread far and wide.]
Liang Yanru: [Are you my best friends?]
Tu Xia: [We used to criticize Young Master Ji a lot, right? We disliked him even more than you did. Now that we're willing to say a few words in his defense, as outsiders, we genuinely agree with him.]
Lin Fei: [If you can't be lovers, don't be resentful. Ji Shao respects your views on marriage, and he didn't force you to love him.]
Tu Xia: [That sounds a bit odd. Did Dr. Liang force you to love him?]
Lin Fei: [I can't explain it to you. (Smiling face) (Smiling face)]
These words struck a chord with Liang Yanru.
It's good to get along well; there's no need to make things too tense. Besides, Ruan Ruan will gradually grow up and realize that they aren't as close to her as they seem to be to her.
Having accepted this idea, my chaotic heart finally returned to a normal beating rhythm, and I changed into clean pajamas to catch up on sleep.
At eight o'clock in the evening, the door was pushed open, light shone in, and then quickly fell back into darkness.
Liang Yanru sat up, rubbed her sleepy eyes, and called out Ji Peiqian's name uncertainly.
His voice came from the dressing room: "Did I wake you up?"
"I've had a good sleep." Liang Yanru was familiar with the arrangement of the furniture in the room. She was a little afraid of the light after waking up, so she walked to the door of the dressing room in the dark.
The sound of fabric rustling could be heard from inside.
He was probably changing into his loungewear.
“I asked Auntie to make your favorite corn and pork rib soup.” Ji Peiqian walked over. “When I got home, Grandpa called me and said that you can decide on Ruan Ruan’s schooling.”
"You went to Grandpa for help?" Liang Yanru asked in surprise. "Grandpa...didn't refuse?"
After her grandfather stepped down as chairman, he no longer managed family affairs, leaving all decisions to her father. She had no expectation that any elder would stand by her side.
But Ji Peiqian did it with ease?
“He didn’t refuse. He agreed as soon as I asked.” Ji Peiqian’s voice deepened a little. “He said that since it was the first time I had asked him for help because of Ruan Ruan, he wouldn’t refuse.”
Liang Yanru understood the unspoken meaning and clenched her fists.
These words were definitely not meant for Ji Peiqian; they were a warning to her. The old man could see that their marriage was only superficial and he was definitely not happy with her acting.
"Thanks." Liang Yanru's breath hitched for a moment. "Even if you don't step in, I will still find my own way to resolve this. At worst, I'll just give up the opportunity to go back to the TCM clinic and have my father cut off my connections and resources in the industry. I can just be a regular doctor. If that doesn't work, I can go back to teaching. I'm fine with whatever it takes, as long as Ruanruan is doing well."
After he finished speaking, the room fell into a deathly silence.
Her words not only denied Ji Peiqian's efforts, but also once again dragged the hard-won relationship back to a freezing point.
That's true.
For the next week, they didn't exchange another word.
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On the day of the dinner with her sisters, after hearing Liang Yanru recount what happened later, the two looked at her with disappointment and disdain.
"I don't want to eat anymore, let's go home." Lin Fei's lips twitched. "If Dr. Liang dares to say these words to me, even if he's not good at arguing, I'll make sure to turn this house upside down today."
"Sorry, I might use the most expensive golf club to hit He Jingshi." Tu Xia chuckled coldly from time to time, expressing her speechlessness.
Liang Yanru stared at her two friends with resentful eyes, but finally gave in and sighed, "I'll make peace with him tonight."
She felt uncomfortable staying in this awkward silence.
“Aru, you two should have a good talk. Don’t be too afraid of developing feelings that you can’t accept. Anyway, you can accept that the relationship will deteriorate. Why not be open and honest with him and see how things go if it turns out badly?” Lin Fei raised his eyes and looked at Liang Yanru with determination.
Tu Xia wasn't good at giving serious advice, so she nodded in agreement from the side.
Lin Fei: "Discard the idea that 'liking someone is a betrayal of yourself.' The biggest betrayal is not being true to your own feelings. Can't you see that you are torturing yourself?"
Liang Yanru's heart felt like it had been punched hard, and she suddenly realized what was happening.
Tu Xia almost stood up and applauded.
No wonder Lin Fei managed to win over Dr. Liang; her insights into life are a level above theirs.
After finishing the dinner, Liang Yanru drove to Ji Peiqian's company.
Having been married for so long, I can count the number of times I've visited Ji Peiqian's company on one hand.
His small studio has been transformed into a high-rise building, which now houses his game company.
Liang Yanru was surprised that the receptionist recognized her and even thoughtfully pressed the button for the floor where the president's office was located.
The elevator doors opened again, and the assistant in the president's office, who hadn't yet left work, saw her. Forgetting her work, she stared blankly for a few seconds, repeatedly confirming that she wasn't seeing things.
"Mrs. Ji, what brings you here!" The assistant rushed forward, waving his hands and feet erratically. "Um... Mr. Ji is currently discussing business with a guest. Shall I take you to the rest room?"
Liang Yanru glanced at the lounge at the other end of the corridor and shook her head: "I'll just sit on the sofa in the common area and wait."
The assistant looked troubled: "It's noisy outside, you see..."
The CEO's office door opened, and an arrogant and domineering voice echoed throughout the entire floor.
"Ji Peiqian, I've invested in your first project. Why would I invest in your lousy game? Because I like you! And this is how you treat me! You're having cash flow problems right now. Without my investment, your new game is doomed to fail!"
The assistants looked flustered, but strangely, their first reaction was to look at Liang Yanru.
They gave her the illusion that they were just about to come over and bow to Ji Peiqian to prove their innocence, hoping she wouldn't be angry or misunderstand.
Liang Yanru stood up, and they gasped.
She walked toward the office, and they gripped each other's hands tightly.
When she pushed open the door, someone exclaimed in surprise, "That's it!"
Her appearance instantly silenced the woman who was throwing a tantrum.
Ji Peiqian, who had been sitting calmly on the leather sofa, suddenly looked flustered, stood up, and asked urgently, "Why are you here?"
"I'd like to grab a late-night snack with you." Liang Yanru entered the house and closed the door behind her.
Zeng Shuxuan dropped the pretense and sneered, "Miss Liang, you heard it too, so I'll be frank. Ji Peiqian and I grew up together. If it weren't for your Liang family's power and influence, I would be the one engaged to him. We've never lost contact during the years you've been married. I know your marriage is just a name, a sham. He's spent the last three Valentine's Days and Qixi Festivals with me!"
Ji Peiqian, who was usually a man of few words, snapped, "Shut up!"
Zeng Shuxuan insisted, "She doesn't love you at all. If it weren't for your child, you would have divorced long ago!"
"If you say another word, I'll slap you." Liang Yanru's voice wasn't loud, but it was chillingly cold.
Zeng Shuxuan's voice abruptly stopped.
Liang Yanru walked up to her: "Didn't you say that our Liang family is powerful? It's true, the only family above ours in the entire Jiangdu is the Song family, so who do you think you are to dare to talk back to me? You'd better keep your tail between your legs and behave yourself. If you keep jumping around in front of me, your family won't be able to stay in Jiangdu anymore."
Zeng Shuxuan's eyes turned red with anger, as if she had suffered a great injustice.
“The Liang family has no shortage of money. My old house alone is worth more than your entire family’s assets. Take your worthless money and get out. The game you’ve invested in is truly doomed.” Liang Yanru likes to act like a lady from a prestigious family, but that doesn’t mean she can’t argue. If it were Tu Xia or Lin Fei today, they would have used their fists to reason with each other.
Zeng Shuxuan believed that Liang Yanru could do it. Everyone in the Liang and Song families was not to be trifled with in Jiangdu. The two families were also related by marriage, and they could easily form a business together.
She ran away angrily, no longer daring to cause trouble.
The spacious office returned to calm.
Liang Yanru casually put down her handbag, sat down in the executive chair in front of her desk, crossed her arms, and asked in a calm voice, "Shouldn't you explain?"
Ji Peiqian looked at her intently for a while, then parted his thin lips slightly: "The investment is real. I was short of money at the time and pulled in many people to invest, and she was just one of them. We are just neighbors. We studied at the same school before university, but we rarely communicated. We are childhood sweethearts. For the past three Valentine's Days and Qixi Festivals, we have had dinners with friends and outsiders, not just one-on-one gatherings."
“I accept your explanation,” Liang Yanru shrugged.
Ji Peiqian remained silent.
After a while, his gaze towards her was filled with hatred and regret, but not entirely; it didn't strike her with much force.
"Do you think there's something wrong with my reaction?" Liang Yanru asked.
Ji Peiqian: "Mm."
"Should I have a big fight with you? I don't care." Liang Yanru stated the facts.
"Wouldn't you feel the same if you saw your husband having an ambiguous relationship with another woman?" he asked.
Liang Yanru: "Didn't you explain? I believe you won't do anything to disappoint Ruan Ruan."
Ji Peiqian smiled, a hint of loss in his expression: "Never mind."
"You're making me want to argue. I don't care about arguing with outsiders, but shouldn't we actually have a fight?" Liang Yanru asked coldly.
"Is there anything else to say between us?" Ji Peiqian asked, as if he were asking her, but more like he was asking himself.
Liang Yanru looked at the already dark sky.
“I apologize to you. I didn’t mean anything by what I said that night. It was just out of good intentions. I didn’t want you to gradually become like me, someone who unconditionally compromises with the Liang family. You will slowly feel the suffocating feeling that comes with endless compromises.” Liang Yanru lowered her hands helplessly.
Ji Peiqian's leather shoes came into her view.
He stood in front of her.
“I know you can handle it, and I know your solution,” Ji Peiqian said. “But sitting in the family’s traditional Chinese medicine clinic has been your dream since you were a child, hasn’t it? You started learning at the age of three, could recognize thousands of medicinal herbs by the age of ten, and after graduating from elementary school, you studied all kinds of obscure and difficult ancient books. You spent your holidays in the clinic, and you never slacked off in your studies from university to doctoral degree. You don’t have to give up your dream for anyone.”
Liang Yanru's eyes welled up with tears, and she stubbornly looked up to meet his gaze: "Do you know that my engagement, marriage, and having of children with you were all to meet my family's expectations and fulfill that so-called dream?"
“I know, that’s why I said to use me as a tool, to exploit me completely.” Ji Peiqian gently stroked her face, his hand trembling slightly. “If you give me some use, at least you won’t really kick me out.”
"You want to spend your whole life with someone like me?" Liang Yanru asked, true to her feelings at that moment, the question she wanted answered.
“Aru, if it weren’t for you, I would have given up on the Ji family and wouldn’t be where I am today. Since you chose to get engaged to me, I am willing to serve you for the rest of my life.” Ji Peiqian never told her that he was grateful to her for agreeing to the marriage. If it weren’t for her, he would have been abandoned by the Ji family long ago.
He had nothing left but his life to repay the debt.
He never received any attention from anyone, always living on the edge of life, where everything was cold, including his heart.
But ever since he got together with her, his world has gained warmth and changed.
His biggest fear was that she would abandon him and fall for another man.
He suffered from insomnia during the nights he knew she might not choose him to be the father of their child, so he crossed the line and took the initiative to talk to the Liang family elders about not being in a hurry to have a child.
At that moment, he gained a deeper understanding of the twisted and unspeakable affection within him.
Even without any love?
She wondered, "Has he gone mad?"
"Well, I won't ask for that."
He thought about it, but only thought about it; he would never ask her for anything.
She can ignore him, but she can never abandon him.
He would live out his life like this, and he would be the one who could rightfully be buried with her.
Liang Yanru smiled and said, "If only you had been a little more insistent, I could have blamed you for loving me, instead of me betraying myself to like you."
Ji Peiqian pursed his lips: "I'm sorry."
“Why apologize? Neither of us did anything wrong.” Liang Yanru took his hand away, smiling with relief. “Let’s make peace. I want to be true to my feelings.”
"Feelings?"
"Mmm." She took a half step forward and leaned against his chest. "Ji Peiqian, do you want to ask for a little love? I've already decided to love you."
Her words left him speechless for a long time, as if he had been hit and his thoughts had been cut off.
"Okay." Ji Peiqian raised his hand and tentatively hugged her. After confirming that she wouldn't resist, he tightened his grip, as if he wanted to meld her into his body.
"I had already thought it through before we got married."
"The bouquet of flowers I gave you at your university graduation ceremony was from the bottom of my heart."
The roses may be a tacky red, but the affection I feel for them is genuine.
He lowered his head, his nose close to her dark hair: "Aru, I love you."
I love it so much.
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