There was a sudden sound of brakes outside the yard.

At that time, Lou Wenyuan had finished his dinner and was about to go upstairs. He turned around while leaning on the railing of the stairs. Through the huge French windows in the living room, he saw Jiang Rui stumble out of the driver’s seat.

She was wearing a tight-fitting black leather skirt with red high heels under her feet. Her face had heavy makeup and she was obviously dressed for a nightclub. Judging from her appearance, she seemed to have drunk a lot of alcohol.

Aunt Li let out a low cry and hurried out of the house to help her.

Jiang Rui pushed the person away, staggered into the house, squinted her eyes, and looked around the living room. Finding Lou Wenyuan standing on the stairs, she walked over immediately, like a toddler, staggering and almost hitting the furniture several times.

Before people approached, he smelled of alcohol.

“You are not allowed to go.” Jiang Rui grabbed his sleeve.

Lou Wenyuan stood on two steps, much higher than her. Jiang Rui tried to look up at him, but he was too high. She almost fell backward and hurriedly grabbed his other sleeve. This action is like a child and an adult acting coquettishly for candy, but she has a fierce expression on her face. The makeup has been exquisitely depicted and she is amazingly gorgeous. The ends of her eyes are slightly raised and her mouth is covered with bright lipstick, probably after eating something, the lipstick smudged a little.

“If you don’t agree to my request, I won’t let you go!” She stared at Lou Wenyuan vigorously. Her tone was fierce, but the moisture in her eyes caused by the alcohol made her aura somewhat compromised. Like a kitten meowing, she thinks she is as fierce as a tiger. But in fact, her pink paw pads and immature claw tips all reveal her fierceness and innocence.

“Nonsense.” Lou Wenyuan finally said, “Did you still dare to drive after drinking?”

“Don’t worry about it!” Alcohol may have made her indeed bold. If in normal times, how could she dare to contradict him like this?

Lou Wenyuan did not care about it, turned around, and said to Aunt Li, “Take her to the guest room to clean up and then let the kitchen prepare hangover soup.”

“I don’t want it.” Hearing that he wanted to let people take her away, in a hurry, Jiang Rui actually hugged his arm and the whole person almost hung on his hand, “Don’t try to throw me away. I- I won’t give up!”

The housekeeper and the others were taken aback. They knew that Lou Wenyuan had always disliked people being close, so they hurriedly stepped forward and half-coaxed and half-pulled to help Jiang Rui away.

“Let go, let go, you all let me go!” Jiang Rui tried hard to shake off their hands. But how could a half-drunk person be stronger than two or three people? She was about to be torn apart and then she burst into tears.

“Woo… You bad guys, all bully me! You all bully me! Woo…”

The others were frightened for a while and stopped. After all, the person who came to the door was a guest and Zhou Qiaoqiao was Lou Minglang’s fiancée. When she entered the door, she would be regarded as their employer. Although it’s inappropriate for a nephew’s fiancée to talk to an uncle, there are all smart people present and no one talks too much.

Tears and lipstick smeared on Lou Wenyuan’s sleeves and his brows gradually wrinkled.

Aunt Li was terrified when she saw it, she was afraid that Jiang Rui would offend him and she was about to go up to persuade her again, when she heard Lou Wenyuan say, “Your body smells of alcohol, it stinks.”

“Hiccup…” Jiang Rui burped. Because no one came to pull her again, the crying gradually stopped. Hearing what Lou Wenyuan said, she hurriedly smelled it on herself, then raised her head and stared at him, “Nonsense! I smell so good, you can smell it again.”

“That’s because your nose is broken, ask Aunt Li to see if they think you smell bad.”

Jiang Rui turned her head quickly, looking at Aunt Li and the others eagerly.

After crying just now, her eyes were dark and bright. Being stared at by such eyes full of expectation, it is difficult to refuse.

But Lou Wenyuan was watching from the side, so Aunt Li had no choice but to harden her heart and nod, “It’s a little smell.”

“Woo…” Jiang Rui released Lou Wenyuan’s hand suddenly, covering her face with her hands and turning around as if she was so ashamed to see people.

Aunt Li took the opportunity to support her and walk to the guest room, coaxing her as she walked: “It’s okay, it’s fragrant after a shower.”

This time Jiang Rui did not make any more trouble and obediently let her lead away.

Lou Wenyuan went upstairs to take a shower and went to work in the study.

After an unknown amount of time, there was a cautious knock on the door. She knocked lightly, and after a long time, knocked again lightly. Although she was knocking on the door, it seemed that she was afraid of waking up the people inside.

The servants in the house did not dare to be so unruly, so it goes without saying who would knock like this.

“Come in.”

Jiang Rui twisted the handle and stood at the door dawdling. It took a long time before she came in, lowering her head and not daring to speak.

“Are you sober?” Lou Wenyuan did not raise his eyes, focusing on the document in front of him.

Jiang Rui glanced at him quickly, then lowered her head again. Her cheeks flushed with embarrassment, presumably remembering her stupid state after being drunk just now.

“I’m sorry…” She murmured softly, her tone was completely different from Zhang Yang’s1 before.

Lou Wenyuan raised his brows slightly and turned his eyes to her.

After taking a shower, she changed out of the little leather skirt that exposed her arms and legs. Although she was wearing a bathrobe, her collar and sleeves were neatly tucked away. The heavy makeup on her face was also removed, revealing her dry skin. She has big clean eyes and a straight nose, long black curly hair tied behind her head, and two wisps of hair playfully hanging beside her ears. She lowered her head, revealing a section of the white and slender back of her neck, which looked unusually well-behaved.

Lou Wenyuan glanced at it and moved away: “Don’t drive after drinking in the future.”

Jiang Rui pursed her lips and walked a few steps, “Are you still not agreeing to marry me? When will you agree?”

Lou Wenyuan’s expression was still gentle and he said with a smile: “You are a kid messing around, how can I still mess around with you?” ”

“Who said I was messing around?” Jiang Rui suffocated her mouth. Her eyes were a little red again, but she held back, and said in a nasal voice, “You didn’t even nod, how do you know I’m messing around? I really want to marry you, so just give it a try.”

Compared with before, her tone and demeanor at this time brought a closeness that she had never had before. It seems that Lou Wenyuan did not get angry at her because of her impudence after drinking just now, which gave her an illusion that he wasn’t as scary as she thought.

Maybe she did not realize this, but Lou Wenyuan immediately noticed it and his eyes narrowed imperceptibly.

Jiang Rui still did not know it and moved closer, “You can agree to it. There is no harm in marrying me. Anyway, you will find someone to marry in the future. In the whole city of Hong Kong, there is no one with a family background better than mine and as beautiful as mine. What are you dissatisfied with from my beautiful family background?”

Lou Wenyuan lowered his eyes, thinking about something, suddenly smiled, and looked up at her.

Jiang Rui was taken aback. Although she subconsciously felt that he wasn’t that scary anymore, she was still scared after all and her eyes turned away subconsciously.

Seeing her reaction in his eyes, Lou Wenyuan raised the corner of his mouth.

She was so afraid of him that she wanted to run away when she looked at him. But now she has been entangled with him several times and wanted to marry him just to get revenge on another person.

She had a strong hatred for that person, but such hatred was transformed into a stronger love.

Love.

Lou Wenyuan tasted these two words coldly in his heart.

Zhou Qiaoqiao is not the first person he has ever seen to be crazy about love. Earlier, another woman, his mother, also lost herself because of a man, who was crazy and could not extricate herself.

And until she died, she never regretted it.

After so many years of watching with cold eyes, he was not interested. Now that he saw this similar scene, he suddenly became a little interested. He wanted to know what Zhou Qiaoqiao could do for her so-called love. Will he be like his mother, unwilling to turn back until death?

The unchanging days are so dull and boring, he hopes she won’t let him down too much.

His cold eyebrows were hidden behind the glasses and he smiled gently: “Tell me about the conditions. If I marry you, what do you expect from me? What can you give me?”

Seeing that he had the intention of giving in, Jiang Rui raised her eyebrows and hurriedly said: “If our two families get married, the Lou family will be the Zhou family’s most important business partner. For some business cooperation, the Lou family will definitely be considered first. My request… I hope you can deal with Lou Minglang’s company. This is exactly what you want to do, isn’t it?”

Lou Wenyuan smiled, his expression unchanged: “I don’t know where you heard it. There is something that needs to be repeated. Minglang is my nephew. I never thought about taking the initiative to deal with him. The friction between the company and him is legitimate competition in the market, not malicious suppression. What’s more, if I want to take action, I don’t need to resort to external forces.”

Jiang Rui shut her mouth in embarrassment and pursed her lower lip.

Lou Wenyuan said again: “The conditions you mentioned are not enough to attract me and I don’t think anyone would want to marry a wife who has someone else in his heart, even if he has no feelings.”

“No!” Jiang Rui immediately retorted, “No one else, I don’t like him anymore.”

Lou Wenyuan was noncommittal.

Jiang Rui looked at him, her nose started to sore again, “Did you tease me? Actually, you don’t want to marry me at all, you just tease me to see a joke?”

“How come? I’m not like you, like a child, who treats marriage as a joke.”

“I’m not joking.” Jiang Ruiyu cried, “I really don’t like Lou Minglang anymore. I- I will like you in the future, I will love you!”

Lou Wenyuan smiled slightly.

The study was suddenly strangely quiet, only Jiang Rui choked up in a low voice.

After a long time, he got up, went around the desk, and handed her a square handkerchief, “You said you’re not a child, how many times have you cried in one night?”

Jiang Rui took the handkerchief and looked up without embarrassment.

“It’s getting late, let’s stay here today. Tell Aunt Li what’s missing in the guest room.”

“Then what do you mean…” Jiang Rui refused to give up.

Lou Wenyuan’s tone was soft, “Didn’t I have promised you?”

Jiang Rui raised her head abruptly, “Really?”

“Really, go to sleep.”

Jiang Rui still could not believe it and walked out of the study in a daze.

The night is dark and silent and almost everyone in the whole building has fallen asleep.

Lou Wenyuan sat under the lamp and laughed abruptly after a long time, but there was no slight smile in his eyes.

Jiang Rui returned to the guest room, washed her face quickly, and lay down to sleep refreshingly. Crying is hard work and she has to keep her spirits up.

*****

Translator’s Comment:

Jiang Rui: “I will like you in the future, I will love you!”

Why was my heart pounding so hard when I heard her confession? Am I sick? (灬♥ω♥灬)

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