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 for

finger hovered over the button, getting ready

message pinged in. “Su

time ago

she decided to go ahead

suddenly snatched out of

snapped up to see who had

Mingchen scrolled through the chat; a frown deeply etched into

to provoke the other party but it

his casual invasion of her privacy greatly displeased

not even peeked at his computer

Rong retorted as she tried to retrieve her

frown deepened. “You still keep in

it was a woman’s name. Frankly, I blocked him ages

Manman and handed the phone back to her.

rolled her

a flippant comment

Zhang San, Li Si, Zhang Long, Zhao Hu.” Bai Rong rattled off a string of random

held her chin and bent down

more accurate word would be bite instead. He nibbled at her lip, but

chest, her face flushed. “Didn’t

looked deep into

was so dazzling that she

not figure

after doing

to sit up, scooting

Mingchen marked her every movement, letting

a week is the minimum; twice a week is passionate; but ten times a

what’s the right number of

seemed like a

seem

she said twice, it made her seem greedy and

to such a question.” Bai Rong hoped he could drop the

aware of this too.” The corners of his

Rong found herself with no

was clearly referring

neither smooth nor silver-tongued, yet

words and spent most of his time

seriously and often sternly hence most people

to heckle her was frustrating. “Do you have to beat me at

Won’t your heart ache?

statement appeared

regretted it once the

as rigid as Gu Mingchen would never recognize it as internet language which was meant as a