Chapter 1 Even You Want to Bully Me
If time could be reversed, I would still make the choice according to my heart.
Even if I know it is an abyss, even if I know it is a sea of fire, I will not regret it.
Because those sufferings and tears will become the nutrients to irrigate me.
——Orange Confessions
In the middle of the night when it was raining heavily, the whole city became hazy and even the neon lights were blurred by the rain.
Shi Xu emerged from the shower, shirtless, his lower body wrapped in a towel. Water dripped from his nearly perfect jawline to his beautiful collarbone, then slid down his firm abdomen before finally disappearing into his mermaid line.
He walked to the sofa in the living room and sat down, wiping his half-dry hair with one hand and picking up his cell phone with the other.
There are three new messages in the pinned WeChat dialog box.
What's good?: "He cheated on me."
What's good? "I don't want to get married anymore."
What's good? "Come drink with me in Orange."
After reading the time sequence, he paused wiping his hair, his narrow eyes narrowed slightly, and subtle anger slowly spread.
He quickly replied with two words: "Wait for me."
By the time he drove to Orange, Zhen Hao had no idea how many drinks he had, and his fair cheeks were abnormally red.
Seeing him coming, Zhen Hao smiled faintly and complained, "Why did you come just now? If you had come any later, I would have run off with another man."
Before the time came, she had already angrily chased away several men who came to chat with her.
One of the men grabbed her boneless wrist, his face full of obscenity: "You wear so little, aren't you here to be played with by men?"
Enraged, under the influence of alcohol, Zhen Hao acted like a completely different person: "What the hell does it have to do with you whether I wear more or less?"
The man, however, became even more brazen: "Stop pretending. Tell me, how much is it per night?"
This time Zhen didn't even bother to say anything nice. He just went ahead and slapped the man squarely in the face with a loud slap.
If the boss hadn't come over to coordinate and waived the other party's bill, the matter might not have been over.
Thinking of what happened just now, Zhen Hao laughed again: "A Xu, I just hit someone, and I slapped that pig-headed guy several times. You never thought, did you?"
Shi Xu didn't say anything, but his eyes became increasingly gloomy.
"I never thought that the good girl Zhen Hao would slap people, wear a sexy miniskirt to the bar to drink, and even quarrel with her parents for a man?" Zhen Hao said as she picked up another glass of wine and drank it all in one gulp.
"But does this mean that I, Zhen Hao, am also attractive? It's wrong for that man to treat me like that, it's not my problem, right?" Because of the sudden betrayal, Zhen Hao's inner resentment grew stronger and stronger.
But what is deeper than resentment is the belated lack of self-confidence.
She began to lose confidence in herself and became desperate to prove that she was attractive to men, so she came to the bar.
After a few drinks, her consciousness became hazy, and for some reason she sent a message to Shixu.
An unspeakable bitterness gradually spread in her heart, and she couldn't tell whether it was because the wine was unpalatable or because of her mood.
"A Xu, why are you ignoring me?" After drinking a glass of wine, Zhen Hao felt that the shadow in front of him became heavier.
She reached out her hand and gently caressed the man's face, her words softly and coquettishly: "A Xu, are you as tired of me as he is?"
Shi Xu let her touch his face, his eyes full of heartache, but he tried to hide it, saying insincerely, "It's good that you know. You're causing me trouble in the middle of the night."
Zhen Hao, however, didn't take it seriously and peppered him with questions: "Ah Xu, after all these years, am I still not as good as Ah Mei?"
Hearing this, Shi Xu's eyes changed slightly: "What do you mean?"
Could it be that the person the man cheated with was Zhen Mei?
Shi Xu was unwilling to believe that the truth of the matter was like this. After all, Zhen Mei was Zhen Hao's five-year-old biological sister, a sister whom they both loved deeply.
There was no further news about Zhen Hao.
He could only gently shake the woman's shoulders: "Okay?"
Unfortunately, Zhen Hao was already drunk and fell asleep on the table after asking that question.
The Zhen family had strict rules, and if they sent the unconscious Zhen Hao home, it would surely cause an uproar. As a last resort, Shi Xu had no choice but to take her back to his own home.
On the way back, Zhen Hao leaned on the chair and slept obediently.
While waiting for the last red light, Shi Xu turned his head to look at the woman.
Zhen Hao is extremely beautiful even when she closes her eyes. Her peaceful sleeping face doesn't look like a drunkard at all, but her brows are always furrowed, as if she has unspeakable sorrow.
He reached out and smoothed her brows, with a tenderness in his eyes that he himself had not noticed.
"Okay, if it's too hard, then let go." Shi Xu knew she couldn't hear him, so he dared to express his feelings like this. "No matter what the future holds, I'll always be there."
He and Zhen Hao grew up together. He watched her grow from a sensitive and self-deprecating girl to the confident and generous woman she is today. He also watched her grow from a little woman nurtured by love to the miserable woman she is now after suffering enough from the pain of love. He felt heartbroken but was powerless to do anything.
The person who made her cry or laugh was never him.
The rain was getting heavier, threatening to bring the whole city down. I slowed down, and it took me fifteen minutes longer than usual to get home.
Maybe he fell asleep on the way, as soon as the car stopped, Zhen Hao became a little more awake.
But as soon as she opened her mouth, Shi Xu knew it was just his illusion.
She laughed briefly, and poked Shixu's left cheek with her soft fingertips. Then she swooped in close to him, her voice soft and delicate, "Where did this little brother come from? He's so handsome."
Shi Xu's eyes darkened slightly, and he tried hard to suppress the itch in his heart. He helped her out of the car and said, "Come home with me."
"Why should I go home with you?" Zhen Hao felt weak all over, practically leaning on Shi Xu. "Go home with you to sleep? He doesn't even want to sleep with me, how about you? Are you willing to sleep with me?"
"Zhen Hao." Shi Xu stopped and called her name seriously.
"Why are you so fierce..." Zhen Hao couldn't stand steadily, so he simply faced him and put his arms around his neck. The aggrieved voice gently swept past the man's ears, and stirred a little itch in his heart.
Shi Xu had no choice but to pick her up and stride towards the elevator hall.
The woman in his arms was not polite at all. She snuggled into his arms and only settled down after a while, as if she had finally found a comfortable position.
Shixu suddenly felt annoyed.
If it wasn't me who took her home tonight, would she be so proactive?
Taking the initiative to hug someone, taking the initiative to throw himself into someone's arms, and even taking the initiative to sleep with someone...
Just thinking about this, Shixu found himself almost going crazy with jealousy.
A mixture of anger and jealousy made Shi Xu hug the person in his arms a little tighter. When he entered the door, he threw her directly onto the sofa.
But at the moment of letting go, he still used his palm to protect the back of Zhen Hao's head with pity and gently placed her on the soft sofa.
He held the person for quite some time, and his breathing became slightly unstable. Just as he put the person down and was about to stand up, a slender white hand grabbed his collar.
Then, he lunged forward uncontrollably.
If he hadn't reacted quickly and subconsciously supported the sofa with one hand, it would have been difficult to ensure that the inertia would not hurt Zhen Hao.
But no matter how fast he moved, his face still hit something soft.
Realizing what he had bumped into, Shixu's ears suddenly became hot.
His face flushed as he tried to get up, but Zhen Hao's hands tightly wrapped around his neck.
In his current position, it was difficult for him to exert any strength, and for a moment he was unable to break free from her shackles.
"I'm so hot..." Zhen Hao was dazed and couldn't tell who was in front of him. "I want to take a shower."
After finally sending the person into the bathroom, Shi Xu leaned against the door and took a deep breath.
After calming down, he began to worry about whether Zhen Hao was alone in there. So, he stood guard at the bathroom door, not daring to leave for a moment.
There was a sound of splashing water coming from inside the door, mixed with the faint sound of an unrecognizable singing. Shi Xu's heart, which had been hanging in the air, finally slowly settled back into his stomach.
He had just relaxed for less than two seconds when a loud cry came from the bathroom. He was so startled that he turned the doorknob without thinking.
When he turned the door, he realized that Zhen Hao had not locked it, but he did not care about that anymore. He opened the door and walked straight in.
The shower room was filled with steam, and he could only vaguely see a figure.
"Okay, are you okay?" Shixu's breathing was a little unstable.
Falling in the shower is no joke.
"My hair seems to be stuck." Zhen Hao's voice was a little aggrieved and complained like a little girl, "Why are you bullying my hair too..."
"Take your time, you—"
Shi Xu was interrupted by her before he could finish his words: "I can't untie it... Ah Xu, can you come in and help me?"
Timeline: "..."
"Please..." Zhen Hao was a completely different person after drinking, and was especially good at acting like a spoiled child. "Brother Xu, please come in and help me..."
That itchy feeling crept into Shixu's heart again, along with a heat that flowed through his blood.
"Then... then I'll go in." Shi Xu closed his eyes and groped forward relying on his memory. It was precisely because he closed his eyes that half of his body was wet by the water from the overhead spray as soon as he approached Zhen Hao. However, he still didn't dare to open his eyes.
Zhen Hao opened her misty eyes and looked at the gentlemanly man, unhappy: "A Xu, am I not good-looking?"
"It looks good." Shixu's Adam's apple rolled up and down twice.
"It looks good, why don't you open your eyes and look at me?" Zhen Hao took the initiative to put her hands on the man's shoulders, and with a gentle pull, she brought him completely under the shower.
The gentle flow of water quickly soaked Shi Xu's entire body, instantly sobering him up a bit, but he still didn't open his eyes: "Your hair..."
"I suddenly untied it myself just now." Zhen Hao smiled coquettishly, with no intention of letting go of Shi Xu.
Shi Xu pulled the hand off his shoulder: "Then I'm going out."
The next second, Zhen Hao kissed him directly on the lips. As their breaths intertwined, the woman grabbed his hand and placed it on her chest, her voice full of charm: "Brother Xu, do you miss me?"
Shixu felt like the taut string in his brain suddenly broke.
From their bodies pressed tightly together, Zhen Hao could easily feel the man's changes, and she was very satisfied with his reaction.
She reached out and gently stroked the well-defined muscles beneath the man's soaked shirt, each inch like plucking the already taut strings.
Bang--
The strings finally broke without restraint due to being plucked, and the sounds of breathing and heartbeat gradually merged.
What happened next was a natural progression, hot and cold, rushing towards and catering to...
The next day, the sunlight coming in through the window danced on the woman's beautiful face.
Zhen Hao woke up before the people around him.
She instinctively raised her hand to block the sunlight, and her memory slowly returned in an instant.
An empty bottle of wine, an open spray bottle, an active self, a scorching body, and...
She turned her head to look at the man lying next to her, and suddenly felt as if struck by lightning.
That man was really Shixu, the Shixu she had grown up with...
How could she do such a beastly thing to her good brother? And she even begged him not to stop...
As the saying goes, a rabbit doesn't eat grass near its burrow, and now she has eaten it more than once.
Zhen Hao thought about it again and again and decided that the best strategy was to run away. Pulling up her pants and denying it was the best outcome for her and Shi Xu.
Just as she tiptoed to gently lift the hand that was across her body, the man's deep voice suddenly rang out: "You want to run away after eating everything?"
"Time sequence, I don't have..." Zhen Hao didn't know what to say for a moment.
"You didn't call me that last night." Shi Xu felt a little disappointed. "You called me Brother Xu last night. It sounded very nice. I liked it very much."
Zhen Hao revealed a smile that was uglier than crying: "I drank too much last night..."
"Okay, you have to be responsible for me after you sleep with me." Shi Xu showed an aggrieved expression, just like a large dog that was afraid of being abandoned.
Although Zhen Hao felt soft-hearted, he was still unwilling to accept this fact.
She has a fiancé.
In addition, she and Shixu are good brothers, and have been good brothers for more than 20 years.
Rather than being a lover, she wants to be a lifelong friend of Shixu.
Because any relationship is more stable than lovers, she doesn't want to face the risk of losing track of time.
Just when the atmosphere was becoming tense, Zhen Hao's phone vibrated.
It was a text message from a certain bank: "[XX Bank] Warm reminder, your loan repayment account ending in 9988 has a balance of 998,667.05 yuan. The current repayment is 8,965.08 yuan. The repayment date is September 25th. Your current account balance is insufficient. Please ensure that your account balance is sufficient."
She needs to collect the repayment in two days, and this is just one of her debts.
Cheated on, heavily in debt, and having troubles at work, this is what she looked like at the age of 28.
Zhen Hao smiled bitterly, not understanding how he had ended up like this.
If she could turn back time, would she make the same choice?
She doesn't know.
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