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.”

silent

the

message pinged in.

Su Xuyan a long time ago so how was he still able to

or not, she decided to go ahead

was suddenly snatched out of her

up to see who had done

scrolled through the chat; a frown deeply etched into his forehead. “You

line was meant to provoke the other party but it undeniably carried

invasion of

at

as she tried to

frown deepened. “You still keep in contact

actually thought it was a woman’s name. Frankly, I blocked him ages ago.” Bai Rong

and handed the phone back

rolled

flippant

Long, Zhao Hu.” Bai Rong rattled off a

chin and bent down to

her lip, but with just as much

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

deep into her

but his gaze was so dazzling that she could see the tiny her in both

not figure out

it again right after doing it once?” Gu Mingchen posed

Rong took the chance to sit up, scooting to the foot of the

marked her every movement, letting

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

her. “So what’s the right

words seemed like a

once, it made her seem like a toy. The idea

said twice, it made her seem greedy

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

too.” The corners of his mouth curled into

Rong found herself

referring to her

neither smooth nor silver-tongued,

few words and spent most of his time in

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 at

Won’t your heart ache?

appeared often

regretted it once the words left

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