Chapter 33 Shi Yuan, you're touching...
Huo Lan's eyes gleamed with an intense excitement, like someone spotting prey. The arm around her waist suddenly tightened, the force so great that it made her feel a sharp pain in her waist and abdomen.
But compared to the physical confinement, it was that extremely possessive gaze that truly chilled her to the bone, as if she would become his meal and be devoured in the next second.
Huo Lan pressed his forehead against Jiang Shiyuan's. He would make this gesture when he was happy, as if this closeness was a kind of soul connection, allowing him to better perceive her presence.
"It would be wonderful if we could die together, then we could be together forever."
Noticing the unusual state of Jiang Shiyuan's body, Huo Lan loosened his grip slightly, repeatedly caressing her soft lips. "Do you know? After you ran away three years ago, I imagined this happening countless times..."
Jiang Shiyuan's breath almost stopped. She was a little scared, but there was nothing she could do. She could only be forced to stay in his arms and feel his warmth.
The elegant, aloof, and otherworldly figure in front of others is him, but the one who is now clinging to her like a ghost is also the real him.
He is someone Jiang Shiyuan is afraid of.
Huo Lan's eyes turned cold in an instant, then vanished just as quickly. "Because you betrayed me. Those who betray must pay the price... But I'm still very happy that you're willing to die with me. We'll share the same bed in life and the same blood in death, we'll be bound together for life, okay?"
His long, slender, pale fingers gripped the back of Jiang Shiyuan's neck, pulling her into his arms as if he wanted to crush her into his body.
But the next moment, he frowned, his rationality returning with unusual clarity. "You're trying to please me."
“That’s not what you really think. If that day ever comes, you’ll run far away and never let me find you again.”
Jiang Shiyuan lifted her head from his embrace and quickly retorted, "I didn't. Besides, why would I try to please you? What would I gain from it?"
Huo Lan stared intently at her face, not missing a single subtle change in her expression.
"The advantage is that I will gradually trust you and lower my guard, which will give you another chance to escape."
Jiang Shiyuan felt a little tired, but didn't dare to show it. "Then how can you believe that I didn't lie to you?"
Huo Lan's serious expression gradually relaxed, and his tone became slightly playful, "Perhaps if you have a child for me, I will believe you."
We've come full circle back to this topic.
Jiang Shiyuan stopped talking and didn't reply. This question wasn't worth discussing for her.
Huo Lan was already used to Jiang Shiyuan's reactions, so he wasn't particularly disappointed. The eccentric and hostile look in his eyes had disappeared, and he continued the previous conversation.
"However, I don't need you to die for me, I couldn't bear to. But hearing these words occasionally does make me very happy."
"As for Jingyuan, I will send people to renovate it. Some of Cheng Miaomiao's collections that your studio restored will also be placed in Jingyuan, is that alright?"
Huo Lan tucked a strand of Jiang Shiyuan's hair that had fallen onto his chest behind his ear. "I know what you want to do, and I won't stop you from moving forward. I can even help you move forward faster. But the premise is that no matter what you do or where you are, you need me by your side."
"Did you remember that?"
Jiang Shiyuan nodded obediently, then climbed out of Huo Lan's arms and put the "Letter to My Wife" that had been placed aside into the folder.
"You're back so late, go and get some rest."
After saying that, she was about to go back to her bedroom upstairs when Huo Lan grabbed her arm.
Huo Lan looked her up and down. "This isn't over yet. Let's get back to the main topic, Shi Yuan."
He picked up the wedding planner again and handed it to Jiang Shiyuan, saying, "If you don't have any other opinions, just choose the one you like best from this book."
Jiang Shiyuan had no choice but to pick up the thick planning booklet again and sit on the sofa to read it carefully.
The living room remained silent for a long time, but the cicadas outside the window continued to chirp loudly, proclaiming that this was supposed to be a lively summer day.
"Did you come back from Huanhua Water Pavilion after get off work at Jingyuan today?"
Jiang Shiyuan raised her head when she heard Huo Lan's voice, wondering why he suddenly asked such a question.
"Yes, what's wrong?"
Huo Lan suddenly squatted down in front of her, his long, slender fingers gently pinching her chin, looking at her as if he were examining a collection.
"Such a beautiful woman like Shi Yuan should be hidden away, so that no one but me can see her."
Huo Lan has probably had another episode.
His condition would fluctuate, sometimes better and sometimes worse.
Knowing that getting angry was useless, Jiang Shiyuan said with a serious face, "The Huo family's wife shouldn't be a vase hidden in the building."
"But what if I'm afraid others will see you and want to possess you?"
Jiang Shiyuan continued flipping through the picture book, "You're overthinking it. Not that many people are thinking about me."
Huo Lan opened his phone, opened the photo that Kristen had secretly taken, and placed it in Jiang Shiyuan's sketchbook.
Upon seeing her own photo, Jiang Shiyuan's first reaction was shock, "What happened?"
"What can I do? There's always someone eyeing me."
"I didn't know someone was taking pictures of me without my knowledge. Where did you get the photos?"
Huo Lan took the sketchbook that Jiang Shiyuan had spread out on her lap and put it aside. Then, he took her hand and led her back to the bedroom upstairs.
It wasn't Shi Teng who relayed the message to Huo Lan. Shi Teng knew Huo Lan's temperament well and believed that Kristen's purchase of Jiang Shiyuan was just a whim and nothing serious. He was also fully capable of making Huo Lan completely unable to find Jiang Shiyuan in the vast Huo Garden before Huo Lan revealed Jiang Shiyuan's identity.
However, the two bodyguards around Jiang Shiyuan were unaware that their job was to truthfully report any unusual occurrences around Jiang Shiyuan to Huo Lan.
So at almost the same time, Huo Lan received photos on his phone of Kristen secretly taking pictures of Jiang Shiyuan with her camera.
Huo Lan believed he had already exercised considerable restraint. If it were the old him, he would have rushed back to Huo Garden as soon as he received the photos, ensured Jiang Shiyuan's safe return to Lingdang Xiaozhu, and then made the presumptuous pianist leave Huo Garden, disqualifying him from attending the banquet.
But he held back today. He continued to discuss the wedding planning process with the wedding team, and only after finalizing the final draft did he take the brochure home.
He excitedly presented the proposal to Jiang Shiyuan for her to choose from, but all he got in return was her indifference.
Huo Lan's expression was not good at this moment, and his action of taking her hand and going upstairs was also accompanied by some kind of uncontrollable impulse.
"Huo Lan, what are you doing? It's very late and I'm very tired."
Huo Lan's anger, which had subsided all afternoon, showed signs of resurfacing. After taking Jiang Shiyuan to the bedroom, he immediately locked the door, picked her up, and placed her on the bed.
"Let me kiss you for a while first, maybe I'll feel happier."
Huo Lan looked down at Jiang Shiyuan, who was pinned beneath her. His lips were a deep, luscious red, and she knew he wasn't wearing lipstick; it was the base color of his own passionate expression.
He understood her body's reactions, knew the desires of every inch of her skin, and she felt the same way.
But why, even though they are such a perfect match, is she always restless and always wants to leave his side?
After leaving him, will she be able to find someone who makes her feel as comfortable as he did?
Huo Lan couldn't imagine such a scene. He kissed her again and again, lightly pecking at her lips like a dragonfly skimming the water, mimicking how she had just tried to please him, and trying to please her in return.
His legs were kneeling on either side of her waist and abdomen, and the wrinkles in his suit trousers from the movement made the taut, ready-to-go area even more obvious.
Jiang Shiyuan knew she shouldn't be looking in that direction, but she had to admit that someone as outstanding as Huo Lan was equally outstanding, even in some secret place within the department.
She was distracted by the kiss, and the clinking sound of the metal buckle on his belt pulling her back to her senses made her quickly cover his hand.
"No, we agreed to only kiss for a little while."
Huo Lan covered her hand, pulled her down, and pressed her down, eliciting a muffled groan of extreme pleasure.
"How about we continue like this, hmm? Otherwise I'll get upset again."
Jiang Shiyuan was incredibly obedient, so he couldn't resist kissing her again.
He kissed her brow, her already damp eyelashes, and began to gently bite her cheek and cherry-red lips.
"Shi Yuan, who are you touching right now?"
Jiang Shiyuan slightly opened her misty eyes, but bit her lower lip and remained silent.
Huo Lan punished her by sucking hard on the crook of her neck until the bruises turned into a persistent red mark, before raising his head to ask her a question.
"Baby, tell me quickly, who are you touching right now?"
Jiang Shiyuan suppressed her embarrassment and said, "Huo... Huo Lan."
Who is Huo Lan to you?
"He's my...husband."
Huo Lan received a satisfactory answer and no longer wanted to restrain himself.
In the end, she became infatuated and confused.
Who is making you feel comfortable right now?
"Huo Lan".
"Who can you only do this kind of thing with?"
"Huo Lan".
Who is your favorite person?
"ah?"
Not getting the answer he wanted, Huo Lan used some effort to get Jiang Shiyuan to call his name again.
Exhausted, the two lay down with their arms around each other and fell into a deep sleep until the next day.
Huo Lan, unusually, stayed in bed and refused to get up. Jiang Shiyuan wasn't much better; however, she still didn't want to be late for work, so she immediately put on her clothes and went to eat breakfast after the eight o'clock bell rang.
Huo Lan was becoming increasingly clingy. She thought her compliance had eased his mind somewhat, but she forgot that ever since she landed back in the country a year ago, he had been watching her every move. In his presence, she was always completely transparent, without any pretense.
Since she had already successfully escaped once, Huo Lan would never give her a second chance to escape.
He reveled in her flattery and obedience, yet he also donned a suit of soft armor, so that no matter how sweet her words were, they could not shake his intense possessiveness towards her, a possessiveness that no one else could touch.
Jiang Shiyuan was completely at a loss as to what to do, but she seemed to have no better option than to be obedient and compliant, at least for now she was free to act.
Perhaps she still needs some help.
Xie Shuyan had already helped her escape once, and Huo Lan was already hostile towards him and would not let her get any closer. Moreover, Xie Shuyan's feelings for her were not pure, so she could not possibly go to him again.
So, within this circle, she only knew one other person.
Huo Lan's aunt, Huo Lianjing.
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