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

hovered over the button, getting

message pinged

long time ago so how was

not, she decided to go ahead

snatched out

up to see

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

meant to provoke the other party but it undeniably carried

invasion of her privacy greatly displeased

peeked at his computer

Bai Rong retorted as she tried to retrieve her

deepened. “You still

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

handed the phone back to her.

Rong rolled her

had taken such a flippant comment of

Li Si, Zhang Long, Zhao Hu.” Bai Rong rattled off

held her chin and bent

He nibbled at her lip, but

in surprise and instinctively pressed her hands against his chest, her

deep into

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

could not figure

you can’t do it again right after doing it

the chance to sit up, scooting to

Gu Mingchen marked her every movement,

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

at her. “So what’s the right number of times

seemed like

replied once, it made her seem like a toy.

it made her

question.” Bai Rong hoped

The corners of his mouth curled into

Rong found herself with no

referring to

was neither smooth nor silver-tongued, yet

man of few words and spent most of his time in

hence most people found him to be

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

Won’t your heart ache?

statement appeared often

once the words left

it as internet language