Upon returning to France, an assistant was already waiting at the airport in a private car.
Yang Xile drove Lin Xiao back to her apartment. Unlike before, this time Yang Xile got out of the car with her and walked into the apartment building together.
Lin Xiao was a little startled and asked him, "Xile, what are you doing? Go home and rest."
"I changed your lock. If I don't go up and demonstrate for you, you probably won't know how to open the door," Yang Xile said calmly.
"What?" Lin Xiao was both shocked and confused. "Why did you change my door lock?" He was already somewhat angry when he said this.
Yang Xile quickly explained that he couldn't find her that day, and he couldn't reach her by phone. He wasn't sure if she had really returned to China. Her classmate said that she hadn't been to class for three days, and he was worried that she might faint or slip and fall in the apartment, which could cause danger. That's why he asked the building manager to help open the door.
After opening the door, she was still worried about the building manager, so she had her subordinates install a camera facing outwards on her room door and also replaced the lock with a smart lock.
After hearing Yang Xile's explanation, Lin Xiao realized she had almost misunderstood him, so she quickly thanked him. Lin Xiao also knew that Yang Xile had helped her a lot these past few days, and if she needed to express her gratitude, ten thousand words wouldn't be enough.
Upon reaching the room, Lin Xiao saw that the door was indeed equipped with an advanced smart lock. Yang Xile smiled and asked her, "Guess what the password is? You know it."
Lin Xiao was taken aback for a moment, then said, "My birthday?"
Yang Xile shook his head.
"Your...your birthday?" Lin Xiao asked hesitantly.
Yang Xile shook his head again.
Lin Xiao told her to stop guessing. After a flight of more than ten hours, all she wanted to do was go home as soon as possible and lie down on the bed to rest.
Hearing her say that, Yang Xile said, "Do you remember when the embassy's New Year's Eve party was held? That was the first time we met."
Lin Xiao certainly remembered that it was the first time she had participated in an event hosted by the embassy, and it was on New Year's Eve. However, she did not expect that Yang Xile would set that day as a password.
"You can also unlock it with your fingerprint, but I couldn't register your fingerprint at the time, so I registered mine instead. Now, with this lock, whether it's a fingerprint or a password, only the two of us in the world can get in."
Seeing a hint of panic flash across Lin Xiao's face, Yang Xile joked, "You can change your password and delete your fingerprint anytime. Don't worry, I'm not a pervert, I won't sneak in at night."
Lin Xiao felt a little embarrassed by his words, as if she were judging him with a petty mind. To cover her embarrassment, she immediately entered the date of New Year's Eve, and the smart lock opened instantly.
After Lin Xiao entered the house, Yang Xile followed her in. Lin Xiao thought he had something else to say to her, but unexpectedly, Yang Xile walked straight up to her and stopped less than half a meter away.
Lin Xiao felt a surge of tension and said, "Xile, what are you doing? Go back and rest!"
Yang Xile didn't move an inch. Instead, he reached out and touched the stray hairs by her ear, and then her cheek.
"Lin Xiao, can I stay today?" His gaze was unwavering, and Lin Xiao's eyes were filled with shock.
This was the first time he had called her by her name; before, he had always addressed her as "sister." It was also the first time Yang Xile had made such a rude request. They both knew perfectly well what "staying" meant.
"Don't be ridiculous. Your bodyguard and assistant are waiting for you in the car downstairs. Go back now."
"Let me stay, okay? You haven't made a decision about what I asked you before, so let me make the decision for you today, okay? You don't need to worry about the bodyguard and assistant; I sent them a message to go back when I went upstairs."
Lin Xiao was genuinely startled by these words, but Yang Xile's actions did not stop. As he spoke, he leaned down to kiss Lin Xiao's cheek.
Lin Xiao instinctively dodged to the side, but unexpectedly Yang Xile wrapped his arms around her, leaving her nowhere to escape.
"Yang Xile, what are you doing?! Let go right now!" Lin Xiao's tone became urgent and angry.
"I know you think you're rejecting me now, but maybe your body isn't. Let your body tell your heart, okay?" Yang Xile not only didn't let go of her, but instead pressed her completely into his arms.
Lin Xiao struggled fiercely, but couldn't break free from the hold of a tall, middle-aged man. Unbeknownst to her, the more she struggled in Yang Xile's arms, the more aroused he became. Lin Xiao could clearly sense the changes in his body.
Yang Xile began kissing Lin Xiao's forehead and hair haphazardly, his hands involuntarily groping all over her body.
Lin Xiao burst into tears, pleading, "Please, Yang Xile, please! Don't force me to hate you!"
This last sentence had its effect, bringing Yang Xile back to his senses from his lustful rage. Even if Lin Xiao couldn't love him, and even if Lin Xiao hated him, that was something he absolutely didn't want.
He stopped what he was doing, but still didn't let go of Lin Xiao, just held her tightly in his arms.
With a hint of resentment and unwillingness, he whispered in Lin Xiao's ear, "You and Wei Changfeng have already done it, haven't you? Why can he do it but I can't?"
While checking their chat history on the plane, he saw some extremely intimate and ambiguous messages. Having already experienced such things, he naturally knew what those coded messages meant, which was one of the reasons why he was so impulsive today.
He understood that couples in love would naturally engage in intimate acts, and he knew that Lin Xiao and Wei Changfeng's relationship couldn't remain purely platonic forever. But knowing this was one thing, witnessing it firsthand still drove him insanely jealous.
As Lin Xiao listened to his seemingly clenched teeth and felt the changes in his lower body pressed against her, she trembled with fear. Yang Xile, who was like a little wild beast, was someone she had never seen or imagined before.
Lin Xiao knew he was no match for Yang Xile in a head-on confrontation, so he could only sob and plead, "Xile, please go, please, give me more time to think. Didn't you say you'd let me make my own choice?"
Yang Xile ultimately chose to let her go instead of forcing himself on her; he couldn't bear Lin Xiao saying she hated him.
He strode to the door, and as he closed it for her, he said, "Sister, I'm sorry." Then came the sound of heavy footsteps; he was so flustered that he didn't even wait for the elevator.
The moment Lin Xiao and Yang Xile closed the door, she collapsed to the ground. It was the first time she had been treated so roughly, almost leading to an irreparable situation, and the perpetrator was none other than her younger brother, whom she had once loved and trusted dearly.
She lay on the stall and cried silently for a long time. These tears were not only because of what had just happened, but also because of the anxiety of the past two weeks, the bitterness of begging for help like a headless fly, the heartache of worrying about her father every day, the fear of a future of poverty, and the worry about the unpredictable future of her relationship with Wei Changfeng.
All of this completely overwhelmed Lin Xiao at this moment.
She didn't know how long she cried on the carpet until she fell into a deep sleep.
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