Ling Yongcheng thinks Zhang Qian is burnt, so he puts down the bag immediately and holds her hand to check the burn. Unexpectedly, Zhang Qian clings to him suddenly.
At this moment, the door is opened by someone. The person standing at the door is Qiao Keren, who looks furious!
Lin Yongcheng pushes away Zhang Qian instantly and is about to explain, but Zhang Qian glares at Qiao Keren and asks rudely, “Who are you? So impolite! Why didn’t you knock at the door before coming in?”
Qiao Keren glances at Zhang Qian with her eye corners, forces a smile and says slowly, “Manager Lin, I’m sorry to interrupt your romantic moment.”
Then she flings the bag she has brought into a nearby trash can and then walks away.
“Keren, you misunderstand.” Lin Yongcheng pushes away Zhang Qian, bypasses the table and rushes over, without noticing the smile on Zhang Qian’s mouth corners behind him.
Qiao Keren dashes to the landing. Lin Yongcheng catches up with her, holds her back and stands in her way, “Keren, don’t go away. Please listen to my explanation.”
Qiao Keren stops her feet and overlooks Lin Yongcheng who is standing two steps lower than her.
She is tall and wears high heels. It imposes great tension on Lin Yongcheng, who is reticent in nature. Beads of sweat roll down his forehead. He becomes incoherent.
“She brought night snack to me. I thought her hand was burnt, so I hold it to check.”
Qiao Keren satirizes, “Oh, no wonder you always work overtime. That’s because your pretty and sexy secretary brings you night snack.”
“It’s not true! I work overtime because I am really busy rather than…”
Qiao Keren interrupts him with a cold smile, “Don’t tell me that your secretary has only brought you night snack tonight.”
“It’s really the first time that she has brought me night snack. Besides, she is not my secretary. She is just a common clerk of the company. She… I…” Finding his explanation makes the situation worse, he begins to stammer.
Qiao Keren isn’t moved by his anxiety at all. She smiles at him lightly and says slowly, “In fact, it’s your right to choose whoever brings night snack to you. You don’t need to explain to an outsider.”
“No, you’re not an outsider!”
Qiao Keren can’t be bothered to listen to him. She waves her fingers, signaling him to get out of the way.
“Keren, don’t be angry…”
“Manager Lin, I’m not angry at all. Please get out of my way.” Qiao Kenren’s tone is calmer, just like the smooth surface of a lake. She calls him “Manager Lin” repeatedly, which makes his heart tingle. But his mind is in a mess now. He doesn’t know how he can explain to please Qiao Keren, so he has to continue standing in her way.
Now that Lin Yongcheng refuses to get out of her way, Qiao Keren moves to the step below, grabs his arms, pushes him aside with force and is ready to go downstairs. With no time to block her way, Lin Yongcheng holds her from the back in haste.
“Keren, don’t go! I don’t want you to go!”
“Lin Yongcheng, let me go!” Qiao Keren struggles with strength, but Lin Yongcheng is surprisingly powerful now and she can’t move at all.
“If you don’t loosen your hands, I’ll shout!”
Lin Yongcheng doesn’t respond nor loosen his hands. He knows if he loosens his hands now, she will leave and may not talk with him forever.
After so many efforts, he can stay with her now, and she doesn’t look at him patronizingly anymore. He manages to get closer to her. How can he let her go? How can he accept that he won’t exit in her world again?
No, he will never let her go, even if it’s at the cost of his life!
Qiao Keren scratches Lin Yongcheng’s hands fiercely and sees several blood lines, but he still doesn’t loosen his hands. Finally, she roars ragingly, “Lin Yongcheng, what do you want to do? Let me go right now!”
“I…I won’t let you go!”
Listening to what he says, Qiao Keren is enraged, “Lin Yongcheng, I thought you were a man before. Unexpectedly, you are a coward! You ask your mom to arrange blind dates for you, and you also flirt with your secretary here. Aren’t you ashamed to hold me? Lin Yongcheng, I look down upon you!”
Lin Yongcheng thinks he is wronged more deeply than Dou Er, a protagonist of Snow in Midsummer who suffers injustice and is sentenced to death, but he doesn’t know how to defend himself.
Seeing Lin Yongcheng keep silent, Qiao Keren thinks she is right, so she looks more disgustful, “You make me sick. Let me go!”
Yesterday, Min Zhongxu told her that Lin Yongcheng’s mother was seriously ill and might not survive long. Her only wish was to see her daughter-in-law before her death.
“Actually, Yongcheng loves you deeply, but he isn’t confident in front of you and always thinks it’s impossible for you to fall in love with him, so he doesn’t dare to bare his heart to you. He is filial. After hearing that her mother is ill, he is sad and hasn’t slept sound for two nights. He is going to return to B City tomorrow morning for blind dates and find a woman to be married as soon as possible to satisfy his mother’s final wish. Miss Qiao, if you don’t have feelings for Yongcheng at all, then just forget it. But if you like him, please give him a hint so that he can know what to do next.”
“Keren, Yongcheng is honest, diligent, reliable, competent, hard-working and responsible. The most important thing is that he is very attentive to you. Although his family is not rich, he is a great man. Such a great man is worthy of your love.” This is what her parents tell her.
Lin Yongcheng has never borne his heart to her formally, but how can she not understand his love? In fact, she once gave him a hint, but when it came to the critical point each time, he would flinch. She doesn’t know whether it’s because she is too oppressive or he is too unconfident.
Now that he doesn’t bare his heart, she will do it. She never thought she would see such a scene, which makes her favorable impression of him disappear completely. It turns out all feelings are only supposed by herself. She suddenly thinks she is like a joke.
Lin Yongcheng doesn’t look straight at Qiao Keren’s eyes, but he feels her despair in the heart. He feels his heart is emptied. He is so anxious that he forgets the pain from the blood lines on his hand backs.
“If you don’t tell her, how can she know you love her? If you don’t bare your heart to her now, are you going to do it when she has a boyfriend or gets married?” Min Zhongxu’s voice flashes through his mind.
Bare his heart? Yes, bare his heart!
Lin Yongcheng loosens his hands suddenly. Qiao Keren thinks he intends to let her go and is ready to take a step. But he grabs her hand, pulls her back and turns her around. He holds her shoulders tightly with his hands and says emotionally, “Keren, I only love you. You are the only woman I want to marry this life! I love you! I want to marry you!”
Qiao Keren is surprised and looks up at Lin Yongcheng in a daze. It seems that she doesn’t know the man before her.
Lin Yongcheng is nervous at her stare and feels hot sweat run across his body again. His eyes flicker. He calls up all his courage, holds her hands tightly and says again, “Keren, let me look after you all your life, OK? I will love you more deeply than my life!”
Qiao Keren sweeps him coldly and snorts, “If you want to marry me, you must be loyal to me forever. You mustn’t enjoy yourself with other women.”
“What happened tonight is a misunderstanding. I didn’t have any evil idea towards that woman. I…I don’t know how to make you believe me.” Lin Yongcheng pulls his hair with anxiety. He almost stamps his feet. Suddenly, he raises his hand above the top of his head and says seriously, “I swear to the light that what I say to Qiao Keren today is all true. If I lie, I will…”
Qiao Keren interrupts him discontentedly, “OK, enough. Don’t you think it’s scary to swear at night?”
Lin Yongcheng beams with pleasure, “You…you believe me now?”
“What if I don’t believe you? Shall I punish you by parading through the streets?”
“Great!” Lin Yongcheng lifts up Qiao Keren suddenly, laughing happily like a kid, “You believe me now. Excellent.”
“Hey, put me down!” Qiao Keren straightens her face again.
Lin Yongcheng’s heart sinks and puts her down at once. He becomes nervous and stammers again, “What…what’s up?”
“Repeat what you said just now.”
Lin Yongcheng raises his hand above the top of his head, “I swear…”
“Not this one. The sentence before it.”
Lin Yongcheng thinks and then understands what she wants to hear. He looks unnatural again and even his ears flush, “I…I love you. I want to marry you.”
“What? I can’t hear clearly.”
“I love you!”
“Who do you love?”
“I love Qiao Keren!”
“Who are you?” Qiao Keren keeps asking.
“I’m Lin Yongcheng. I love Qiao Keren!”
“Speak louder.”
“Lin Yongcheng – loves – Qiao Keren!” His voice echoes in the whole building. Qiao Keren hears it and giggles.
Lin Yongcheng sees Qiao Keren’s sweet smile at last. He thinks all his cells are excited and shouts crazily again. It’s the first time that he has found it’s so good to shout his thought loudly.
Lin Yongcheng’s shout makes Qiao Keren’s ears buzz. She covers her ears and moves one step upward and shouts to Lin Yongcheng’s ears suddenly. Lin Yongcheng, who is shouting crazily, is startled by her. When he sees clearly the naughtiness in Qiao Keren’s eyes, he holds her shoulders and shouts to her ears too, but he reduces the volume a lot.
Qiao Keren lifts her face slightly, squints at Lin Yongcheng, snorts and pouts her warm and soft lips. Her tender and lovely look softens Lin Yongcheng’s heart into a ball of sticky rice. He can’t help kissing her on the lips.
Her lips are so soft and sweet that he keeps them in his mouth and doesn’t want to let them out.
Qiao Keren moves her lips slightly. Finding he keeps her lips in his mouth and doesn’t stop kissing, she touches his lips with the tip of her tongue. Unexpectedly, his hot lips begin to entangle themselves with hers. She feels hot all over and can’t help slipping down. Luckily, his hands embrace her tightly. But soon one of his hands is loosened suddenly. She grabs his clothes immediately to maintain balance. But then she feels him bend over slightly. He reaches out one hand to prop up her legs, lifts her up transversely and goes upstairs.
She knows his room is on the third floor…