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 for three

hovered over the button, getting

pinged in.

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

or not, she decided to go ahead

snatched out

up to see who

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

the other

his casual invasion of

at his computer despite having

retorted as she

still keep in

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

the phone back to her. “Let’s talk

Rong rolled her

such a flippant comment

Zhao Hu.” Bai Rong rattled off a string of

Mingchen held her chin and bent down

be bite instead. He nibbled at her lip, but with just as much

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

deep into

dazzling that

not figure out

it again right after doing it once?” Gu Mingchen

chance to sit

marked her every movement,

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

what’s the right number of times a week

words seemed like a

seem like a toy.

twice, it made her seem greedy

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

you are aware of this too.” The corners

found herself with no

was clearly referring to her previous

neither smooth nor silver-tongued, yet she had no

man of few words and spent most of his time

spoke seriously and often sternly hence most people

heckle her was frustrating. “Do you have to beat

Won’t your heart ache?

statement appeared often

once the words left

it as internet language which was meant as a