"Why come looking for me?"

  The weather is a bit cold, and her tone is also cold.

  Ruan Jiang's eyes drooped, and his breath reeked of alcohol.

  "Just because I wanted to." He took advantage of his intoxication and spoke with a foolishness he had never shown before.

  He was tall and had to bend down when he leaned on her shoulder.

  Jiang Yan reached out and wrapped her arms around the man's slender waist, looking up at him: "Can we go?"

  The man didn't say anything and shook his head afterwards.

  "Then I'll just leave you here." She pretended to be ruthless and loosened her grip.

  Ruan Jiang stood up straight at the station, but his footsteps were still staggering and unsteady.

  Tonight, he is unusually obedient, perhaps because he's drunk.

  Under the streetlight, the two figures twisted and turned.

  Mr. Lu waited until the two figures completely disappeared from view before leaving.

  Jiang Yan supported Ruan Jiang as they entered the elevator, her hand aching slightly, just thinking of letting go.

  Ruan Jianglin was like a mad wolf, pinning her against the elevator wall and kissing her fiercely.

  Their lips were entwined, as if he was going to swallow her whole. Jiang Yan couldn't catch her breath and tried to push him away, but she couldn't budge him.

  With a ruthless determination, she kicked him in the knee, hitting the mark, and heard him grunt in pain. However, he became even more ferocious and vicious.

  His lips were bleeding, bitten by Jiang Yan.

  He had just let go of her when Jiang Yan's palm landed heavily on his left cheek.

  Ruan Jiang didn't dodge and took the blows head-on, but was hit so hard that his head was knocked askew, with blood oozing from the corner of his lips, a rather ghastly sight.

  Jiang Yan's slap and Ruan Zhenhua's slap were in the same place, his skin was very white, which made his left cheek even redder.

  He was born until now, got beaten twice, both tonight.

  Before he could even turn his head, the elevator sounded and Jiang Yan pushed him out.

  He was already drunk and couldn't withstand Jiang Yan's forceful push, so he fell into the elevator in a sorry state.

  He forced a bitter smile and followed him out.

  The corridor is installed with voice-controlled lights, and if there is no sound, the lights will go out.

  It was half past midnight, and the corridor was very cold, dark and quiet.

  Ruan Jiang sat on the pedestrian overpass stairs, pitch black all around.

  He lit a cigarette at the tip of his finger, but didn't smoke it. He just let it burn until it burned his skin, and then he extinguished it, as if he didn't feel any pain at all.

  He was somewhat drunk, cold and sober again.

  He sent Jiang Yan a message, but she didn't respond.

  "Too ruthless."

  By around twelve o'clock, Ruan Jianglin had lost all sensation from the cold, his hands and feet numb, he himself couldn't feel whether it was cold or not.

  When Jiang Yan came out and saw him, he was wearing pajamas.

  He sat on the steps, in a patch of darkness, his outline invisible, only a silhouette.

  It was as if he had fallen asleep leaning against the railing, but Jiang Yan knew he wasn't sleeping.

  She walked up to the man, and with the sound of footsteps, the lights in the corridor finally came on.

  "Ruan Jianglin, why are you kissing me?" she asked aloud.

  Ruan Jianglin raised his eyes and looked at her, his expression tired, and smiled, "Because I want to kiss you."

  "But you didn't get my permission."

  He seems to have forgotten that he is just chasing after her and she hasn't agreed yet.

  "Hmph." He snorted in derision.

  She had just managed to wash off the smell of wine from him earlier, but now that she was close again, she could smell it once more.

  She turned around and left, Ruan Jiang remained seated in his original position without moving.

  "If you don't come in, I'll freeze you to death." She said behind him.

  The man smiled slightly, propped himself up against the railing, his hands and feet numb, unable to stand steadily, and was about to fall heavily to the ground.

  Jiang Yan supported him with one hand and he said: "I thought you didn't care about me anymore."

  Jiang Yan gazed at him coldly, his eyes had some dark circles underneath, his expression was too tired, but there was still a hint of a smile on the corner of his mouth.

  She helped him in and got him a new pair of slippers.

  It wasn't until he changed his shoes that Jiang Yan noticed his fingers were bleeding.

  The wound is badly burned and has ash on it, some of which is black.

  She reached out and took the man's hand, looking at his fingers, and couldn't help but curse: "Ruan Jianglin, you damn bastard."

  Ruan Jianglin had never seen Jiang Yan scold anyone before, that was the first time, it turned out she could scold people.

  She took out the first-aid kit they had at home and gave him some simple treatment for his wound.

  He kept staring at her, watching as she lowered her long eyelashes and carefully bandaged his wound. Ruan Jianglin's low voice asked, "Jiang Yan, does it hurt?"

  Jiang Yan didn't understand what he meant and raised her eyes: "Huh?"

  He also had a strong smell of wine when he spoke, without diminishing in the slightest.

  "That time I scalded you, it hurt a lot, didn't it?"

  He originally burned her once when he was smoking, and it was very serious. All she remembered was that her skin was bloody and blistered.

  At that time, she couldn't even wear a piece of clothing, and when the fabric touched her wound, it would hurt so much that tears would well up in her eyes.

  Her face was cold and calm, "I don't remember."

  Ruan Jiang's heart felt like it had been pinched by someone, at that time, she was clearly in his arms and the pain brought tears to her eyes.

  After bandaging him, she got up and went to put away the medical box.

  Ruan Jianglin took a glance and noticed that there were some green plants on the balcony, so he spoke up: "Jiang Yan, I've planted some coleus, come take a look sometime?"

  He didn't plant some, he planted a whole mountain.

  After listening, Jiang Yan's hand paused for a moment, and then she said naturally: "Let's talk about it another day."

  The man sat on the sofa, gazing at the woman's back, slowly uttering a word: "Okay."

  Jiang Yan brought out a quilt for him and told him to sleep on the sofa. He responded with a sound.

  A door separates two people.

  The sofa was not big, he couldn't even stretch his legs straight, but that night, he slept extremely soundly.

  Maybe he was drunk, but over the years, he had been drunk more than once.

  *

  After December, it was Mo Zibai's 33rd birthday, and Ye Chen had already made arrangements for him early on.

  Ruan Jianglin also left, unexpectedly bringing Jiangyan with him.

  Mo Zi Bai had some resentment towards Jiang Yan after what happened last time at Ruan Jiang's place.

  He always felt that Ruan Jianglin should stay away from this kind of woman.

  In the past, he would say "beautiful woman" with every mention of ginger, now even his facial expressions have changed.

  Although Ruan Jianglin brought her here, they wouldn't let things get too awkward, it's just that the joking and warmth from before wasn't there anymore.

  Some sharp-eyed people recognized her and remembered that she was the one who had been following Mr. Ruan a few years ago, looks like her status is quite high to be able to follow him for so long.

  But looking at Ruan Jianglin's attitude towards her, everyone just smiled and didn't take it seriously.

  Jiang Yan never liked Ruan Jiang's friends who were close to him, and didn't like to have dinner with them together in the past, and still doesn't now.

  It was just that day when he mentioned this matter, Jiang Yan rarely softened his heart and agreed.

  Now thinking about it, she shouldn't have come at all, it's really herself asking for trouble, and she's not in a hurry to get burned.

  Although Ye Chen had already greeted those present in advance, taking care of Ruan Jianglin, none of them smoked, but the wine fumes rose to the sky, and it was inevitable that some people would feel dizzy.

  Wait a minute

  (End of chapter)