You Owe Me, My Love

Bai Rong had been rendered speechless.

Gu Mingchen had one of his men bring a large basin as well as five bottles filled with hot water.

Bai Rong could not stand it anymore and desperately needed to take a shower.

She stepped out of the bathroom, feeling clean and refreshed

Gu Mingchen went in and took his turn.

His laptop had been left open and Bai Rong scanned the screen.

There must be a lot of top-secret files on this laptop.

Yet, he left it unguarded and went into the bathroom. If anyone were to come in, the secrets would be stolen as easily as taking a candy from a baby.

She did not peek.

The more secrets one knew, the more likely they were to meet with a quick end.

She lay on the bed and opened social media on her phone,

Someone named Manman had sent over a wave of information.

Bai Rong had not used this account in some time besides the occasional correspondence with Liu Yan.

Also, she did not give her username away easily.

She had no recollection of this Manman. Could it be an old colleague who changed their username?

Some people like Liu Yan liked to change their username often.

It used to take her forever to find Liu Yan’s new usernames so eventually she made a remark on her friend’s name.

Bai Rong opened the messages.

“Are you here?” This message had been sent almost daily and it was all the person said.

“Hi, you are?” Bai Rong typed out in reply.

“Bai Rong, you’re finally here! I’ve missed you so much. Where are you now?” Manman immediately responded.

Bai Rong was even more bewildered at seeing her own name mentioned.

“Who are you?” Bai Rong asked.

“A man who loves you.” Manman cryptically responded.

Bai Rong could tell that he was determined to keep his identity a secret. He spoke almost childishly, trying to provoke her. This irked her and she could not contain her irritation. “I have many suitors. If you don’t tell me your name, then I’ll have no choice but to block you.”

was silent

the button, getting ready to block

message pinged

remembered blocking Su Xuyan a long time ago so how was he still

or not, she decided

snatched out of her

head snapped up to

chat; a frown deeply etched into

line was meant to provoke the other

of her

at his computer despite

retorted as she tried to retrieve her

still keep in contact with

actually thought it was a woman’s name. Frankly, I blocked

and handed the phone back to her.

rolled

flippant comment of

Zhang Long, Zhao Hu.” Bai Rong rattled off a string of

Mingchen held her chin and

nibbled at her lip, but with just as much fervor and she soon found herself falling

surprise and instinctively pressed her hands against his chest, her face flushed. “Didn’t we just do

Mingchen looked deep into her

said nothing but his gaze was so dazzling that she could see

could not figure

can’t do it again right after

Rong took the chance to sit up, scooting to

Gu Mingchen marked her every movement, letting her

passionate; but ten times a week is just unhealthy.”

what’s the right number of times a

seemed

once, it made her seem like a toy.

she said twice, it made her seem greedy

question.” Bai Rong hoped he

you are aware of this too.” The corners of

Rong found herself with no

was clearly referring to

nor silver-tongued,

Mingchen was a man of few words and

hence most people found him to be unfriendly

was frustrating. “Do you have to beat me at everything? Won’t your heart ache?” She hissed back

Won’t your heart ache?

statement appeared often

regretted it once the

never recognize it