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

over the button, getting ready

message pinged in.

long time ago so how was he still able to contact

not, she

suddenly snatched out of

head snapped up to see

Mingchen scrolled through the chat; a frown deeply etched

the other

his casual invasion of

even peeked at his computer despite having ample

Bai Rong retorted as she tried to retrieve her

still keep in contact

didn’t know it was him either. I actually thought it was a woman’s name. Frankly,

back to her.

rolled

flippant comment

Zhang Long, Zhao Hu.” Bai Rong rattled off

chin and

word would be bite instead. He nibbled at her lip, but with just as much fervor and she soon found herself falling onto

chest, her face flushed. “Didn’t we just do it?

deep into

so dazzling that she could see the tiny her in

could not figure

again right after doing it

Bai Rong took the chance to sit up, scooting to

marked her every movement, letting her

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

“So what’s the right number of times a

words seemed

seem like a

made her

isn’t a serious answer to such a question.” Bai Rong hoped he

too.” The corners

herself with

clearly referring

man was neither smooth nor silver-tongued, yet she had no

words and spent most of his time in brooding

often sternly hence most people found

“Do you have to beat me at everything? Won’t

Won’t your heart ache?

appeared often

regretted it once the words left her

rigid as Gu Mingchen would never recognize it as internet language