Bound by Secrets

Chapter 4: Let's Pretend Last Night Never Happened

“No, no...” Xu Lan Yi struggled, but was firmly pinned down by Lu Chen Yu.

“Behave!” Lu Chen Yu impatiently tapped her forehead, his movements becoming more passionate.

Xu Lan Yi felt herself turn into a puddle of mud, her mind muddled. She wanted to tell Chen Yan Ran how uncomfortable she felt, but her throat was too sore to speak.

Lu Chen Yu, considering that she was indeed a first-timer, teased her for a while. Just as he was about to make a move, the person under him tilted her head and fainted.

“Xu Lan Yi! Wake up!” A flicker of panic crossed Lu Chen Yu's eyes. The skin of Xu Lan Yi under his hand was scorching hot. Damn it, he hadn't even noticed this!

Lu Chen Yu reached out and touched Xu Lan Yi's forehead, which was even hotter.

Feverish like this and still out selling drinks, was she that desperate for money?

“Xu Lan Yi, you better be fine for me!” Lu Chen Yu gritted his teeth and picked her up, her head drooping on his shoulder, mumbling something indistinctly.

Lu Chen Yu slightly tilted his head and heard her repeatedly murmuring: “Chen Yan Ran, Chen Yan Ran...”

He stiffened all over, only reacting when he heard a knock on the door.

With a solemn expression, Lu Chen Yu dressed Xu Lan Yi properly, then took her back to his villa.

When Qin Lu arrived at Lu Chen Yu's call, he saw Lu Chen Yu gently stroking the face of the girl on the bed, his eyes as if looking at the most precious treasure in the world.

He rubbed his eyes, doubting whether it was his eyes that were wrong or Lu Chen Yu's mind was broken.

Since leaving here, Lu Chen Yu's temperament has changed greatly, and women are just playthings in his eyes. How could he possibly make such an expression towards a woman?

Qin Lu would rather believe that what Lu Chen Yu was stroking now was a dog.

“Come and take a look.” Lu Chen Yu saw Qin Lu, his face solemn.

Qin Lu, carrying a medical box, didn't look at the person on the bed, but reached out to Lu Chen Yu.

Lu Chen Yu, with a gloomy face, knocked away his hand: “What are you doing?”

Qin Lu frowned: “I'm not feverish, is your mind broken? You actually bring a woman home and let her sleep in your bed?”

A trace of discomfort flashed across Lu Chen Yu's face, but he quickly returned to normal: “Check her, she has a fever.”

Qin Lu still didn't look at the woman on the bed, pointing at his nose in disbelief: “You called me over in the middle of the night just to let me treat a woman?”

“What else do you want to do? Kill or set fire?”

“I, do you know that Chang Junfeng has been restless recently, and your project is not yet completed, and you still have the mind to play with women here!”

“What nonsense? Hurry up and check!” Lu Chen Yu said impatiently.

Qin Lu turned his eyes and laughed: “You little brat, you wouldn't be deliberately finding a woman as a target, would you? Chang Junfeng has been looking for your weakness, so you give him a weakness, right?”

“Shut up.” Lu Chen Yu couldn't bear it any longer.

If something happens to her, the game won't be fun. He has been preparing for five years, starting the game again in the name of Lu Chen Yu, and everyone must participate.

Seeing that Lu Chen Yu was serious, Qin Lu dared not be frivolous anymore, and hurriedly opened the medical box to take her temperature.

But when he saw the woman's face, he was stunned.

“Is it her? It's still her?” Qin Lu looked incredulous. He remembered very clearly how ruthless this woman was five years ago.

Lu Chen Yu, pinching his brow, said angrily: “Either treat her or get out!”

“I'll treat, I'll treat, if you had said it was her earlier, I wouldn't have ignored her for the sake of old friends.” Qin Lu skillfully took her temperature, looked at her eyes, and seeing Lu Chen Yu staring at him, he pretentiously listened to her heartbeat.

It's just a cold and fever, not even up to 38 degrees, what's the tension about.

“I didn't expect that after all the twists and turns, you still found her. Lu Chen Yu, I didn't expect you to be such a romantic?” Qin Lu joked with a smile.

Perhaps only Qin Lu could speak to Lu Chen Yu like this.

“How is it?” Lu Chen Yu ignored Qin Lu's nagging and asked directly with a cold face.

“It's nothing, just a cold and fever. If you really can't rest assured, just hang a bottle of water.” Qin Lu said nonchalantly.

“Whatever.” Lu Chen Yu said, turned around and walked out.

... Qin Lu was helpless, wasn't he very nervous just now, how come he changed his face again?

Qin Lu hung water for Xu Lan Yi, looking at her unchanging face, and sighed slightly.

“Chen Yan Ran is already dead, if you still have a conscience, then love Lu Chen Yu well. If you dare to hurt him again, I will never let you go.”

The next day, when Xu Lan Yi woke up, she was refreshed. She stretched and sat up, seeing the gray quilt that slipped from her chest, and was stunned.

This doesn't seem to be her bed, she glanced around, not her room!

Last night, she seemed to go to accompany the drink, and then got drunk...

“Miss, the master said that when you wake up, please go downstairs to have a meal.” A woman in her twenties came in and said expressionlessly.

Master? Xu Lan Yi suddenly thought of a scene from last night, it was Lu Chen Yu!

She actually begged Lu Chen Yu to buy her first night! She was crazy! She actually begged someone who looked exactly like Chen Yan Ran to buy her first night!

Was it because she missed him too much? Wanting to use someone else as a substitute, Xu Lan Yi, you are really despicable!

But now going down to have breakfast with him is too embarrassing.

“Miss, it's time to eat.” The woman reminded Xu Lan Yi with a lukewarm attitude.

Xu Lan Yi nodded awkwardly, followed her downstairs, thinking that even the nanny in Lu Chen Yu's house is so beautiful, no wonder he looks down on her.

After going downstairs, she thought she would see Lu Chen Yu, but found that he was not there, the whole villa seemed to only have her and the nanny.

“Where did Mr. Zhou go?” Xu Lan Yi asked tentatively, hoping he was not at home, otherwise she didn't know how to face him.

The woman frowned: “The master has his own things to do.” Can't you accompany you all day? Shameless!

Xu Lan Yi sat down at the dining table, saw a bowl of porridge in front of her, and a pill next to the plate.

“Is this...”

“The master instructed you to take it, every woman who is brought back has to take it.” The woman said maliciously.

In fact, the pill was prepared by her own initiative, first, to give this woman who climbed onto the master's bed a warning, and second, she couldn't let any woman have the master's child.

She came here with a lot of effort, abandoning her education and decent job, just for that man! But she didn't expect that this unremarkable woman took the lead!

Xu Lan Yi's heart sank for a moment, but then shook her head and told herself that he was not Chen Yan Ran, just looked like him. Besides, living in such a villa, either rich or noble, it's normal to have many women, right?

But last night, did she really have a relationship with him?

Xu Lan Yi subconsciously looked at her legs, there was no reason for her to have no feeling at all? But since she was the one who entangled with others, she was embarrassed to ask for money.

“Miss...” The woman impatiently reminded Xu Lan Yi to take the medicine.

Xu Lan Yi took the medicine, did not drink the porridge, politely asked the woman about Lu Chen Yu's identity, and then left.

The woman hesitated for a while, did not stop her. Mr. Qin said to let her watch this miss, not to let her leave, but the master did not speak, maybe it was Mr. Qin's own initiative.

An hour after Xu Lan Yi left, the woman in the villa received a call from Lu Chen Yu.

“Is she up?” Lu Chen Yu pinched his brow, in a bad mood.

“Miss has already woken up.” The woman, who is the nanny of the villa, started to feel uneasy. The person who can let the master personally call and care about, seems to have some weight.

Fortunately, she didn't keep her.

“Let her answer the phone.”

“But, miss, she, she has already left.”

“Left? When?” Lu Chen Yu almost threw the phone out, damn woman actually left like this!

“Almost an hour ago, I saw her wake up and called her to eat, but she ignored and ran out crying.”

“Understood.” Lu Chen Yu couldn't help frowning, hung up the phone, and drove out of the company's basement with a gloomy face.

...

Xu Lan Yi walked on the road for more than an hour, and didn't see a car. Why did Lu Chen Yu buy such a remote villa?

When she received Lu Chen Yu's call, she finally got a ride, and the driver was a cheerful girl.

“Where are you?” Lu Chen Yu asked through gritted teeth.

Xu Lan Yi shuddered: “I have already returned home. Mr. Zhou, I'm really sorry about last night, I was drunk at the time, and I did a lot of things that offended you, just pretend nothing happened, okay? I was just talking nonsense when I was drunk, please don't take it seriously.” Xu Lan Yi explained in a muddled way.

“Xu Lan Yi, you must understand, what happened last night, it's not up to you to say.” Lu Chen Yu's pair of dark eyes tightly stared and said coldly.

“Mr. Zhou, what I said last night was really my drunken talk, don't take it seriously...”

Xu Lan Yi was still talking, but heard the disconnection sound from the phone, looking at the dark screen, feeling empty in her heart, he seemed to be angry just now, but what was he angry about, didn't he sleep with her for free?

She didn't ask him for money, why should he be angry?

Thinking about it, Xu Lan Yi also felt aggrieved. Her first time was taken away for nothing, what about her father's medical expenses?

Xu Lan Yi shook her head, thinking of what the nanny said just now, her heart gradually cooled down.

“Sir is the president of the Shengyu Group, usually looks cold and ruthless, but likes to play with women. There are countless women who have been to Mr. Zhou's bed, and people like you can't even get a number. Originally, the Shengyu Group was in danger five years ago, and it was Mr. Zhou who saved the day and made the Shengyu Group what it is today, so although he is a playboy, there are still countless women like you who are competing to let Mr. Zhou sleep with them. I advise you not to harbor illusions, Mr. Zhou has a fiancée, a noble lady that you can never compare with, in the past, countless women wanted to step on her to ascend to the position of Mrs. Zhou, and in the end, they were all cleaned up by Mr. Zhou.”

Shengyu Group, the president of that wealthy Shengyu Group.

Since he is not Chen Yan Ran, then, I hope, don't see each other again in the future.

With a heavy heart, Xu Lan Yi had just walked to the alley outside the community when a child suddenly popped out and gave her a rose, then turned and ran.

She smiled, and her gloomy mood in the morning also improved.

There will always be a way, she can get through when Chen Yan Ran left, and she can do the same now.

But as she continued to walk in, children would occasionally come out to give her roses, and when she got to the unit building, she was holding a small bunch.

It's really strange, why is there no one in the community today?

Xu Lan Yi looked around in doubt, and suddenly a burst of music sounded, "Marry Me Today"?

Then ten pairs of young people who didn't know where they came from started dancing, with sweet and passionate movements.

They surrounded Xu Lan Yi, and she looked around uneasily, the person who could do such a thing, apart from him, there was no one else.

At this time, every window in the community suddenly opened, and big red characters were posted from inside, forming a banner.

"Over the years, I have been looking for the ideal love, but no one can touch me like you did at the very beginning, and more and more deeply."

"I will no longer escape. I will no longer shrink back. I hope I have the opportunity to take responsibility for your happiness, health, and joy. Love you forever!"

"I will not love because of love, but I will love because of you, this is my most sincere words, I really hope you can accept the proposal."

Xu Lan Yi looked at the words full of affection, it was false to say that she was not moved, after all, that person has been silently guarding her for five years.

After the dancing young people left, Xu Lan Yi found that she didn't know when she stood in a peach heart made of roses.

And Dong Cheng was holding a guitar, softly singing the song that Xu Lan Yi would cry at the first listen.

She never realized that she let Dong Cheng's love for her, humble to this extent.

Singing, Dong Cheng walked to her, and whispered in her ear: "Xiao Yi, I have been waiting for you for five years, and I can't wait any longer. Just take me as him, come to me like this, okay?"

Xu Lan Yi was in tears, as if to see the sunny big boy smiling at her and saying: "Xu Lan Yi, don't cry later, it's ugly."

This is the song he wrote for her, she cried the first time she heard it, and she would cry every time she heard it in the future.

Dong Cheng sighed and said: "Xiao Yi, I want to help you, for a legitimate reason."

He doesn't want to always hear others say that Xu Lan Yi is the woman he keeps outside, and he doesn't want his mother to force him to see the women he doesn't like. If this continues, he and Xu Lan Yi will only drift further and further apart.

Xu Lan Yi naturally knows what he means, but she owes Dong Cheng too much, and can't have more.

At this time, a group of reporters suddenly surrounded them, taking photos of them.

Dong Cheng explained helplessly: "Before, Uncle Pei helped my dad and wanted me to marry his daughter, I refused. You know I don't like this kind of political marriage, in the end, everyone knows that I Dong Cheng has a beloved woman, so I refused Miss Pei's marriage. Xiao Yi, just help me, don't let me become a person who is unkind and unrighteous, okay?"

Xu Lan Yi didn't expect that Dong Cheng suddenly proposed to her for this reason, and was a bit hesitant for a while.

Seeing her wavering, Dong Cheng held her face and kissed her.

The people around were teasing, Xu Lan Yi wanted to push Dong Cheng away, but seeing the reporters around who were busy taking photos, she endured it.

She was a bit uncomfortable all over, the cold gaze in the nightclub seemed to fall on her again, making her breathless.

After a kiss, Dong Cheng stepped back, knelt on one knee, opened the ring box, and said loudly: "Xiao Yi, marry me! I will take care of Uncle with you and live a happy life together! I have been waiting for this moment for five years, Xiao Yi, please don't refuse me!"

Looking at Dong Cheng's deliberately joking but still a bit nervous face, Xu Lan Yi was at a loss.

She should help Dong Cheng, but what about after that? Does she really want to marry Dong Cheng? Just for her father's medical expenses and to help Dong Cheng out of trouble?

"Agree to him! Agree to him!" The onlookers shouted excitedly.

Dong Cheng looked at her with expectation, and under the eager expectation of everyone, Xu Lan Yi stretched out her hand.

She figured it out, if Dong Cheng wants to marry her, she will learn to live well with him, and if one day Dong Cheng doesn't like her anymore, she will leave quietly.

When the cool ring was put on her finger, Xu Lan Yi couldn't help shivering. Dong Cheng stood up excitedly and hugged her and spun around: "Xiao Yi, Xiao Yi, you are finally mine! I have been waiting for so many years, you are finally mine!"

Xu Lan Yi seemed to see a proud figure in a trance, but when she turned around, it was gone.

Lu Chen Yu clenched his fist, his mind full of the woman being put on the ring by Dong Cheng, smiling like a flower.

After five years of love, it's time for you to pay the price!