When Love Turns the Tables: The Mysterious Husband's Chase

Chapter 279: Tang Yanqi’s Background (9)

After several seconds, Sheng Jianan slowly stopped his movements and gradually moved away from Tang Yanqi.

Tang Yanqi, feeling the scorching warmth leave her, immediately put on a composed expression; even the redness in her eyes was forcibly suppressed.

Tang Yanqi dressed and turned around, when suddenly a shadow fell over her as Sheng Jianan quickly kissed her lips. They were so close their eyelashes almost touched, making Tang Yanqi’s breath catch, as Sheng Jianan’s deep voice reached her ears: "Tell me, how did this scar come about?"

The room suddenly fell silent, an eerie quiet, and Tang Yanqi bit her lip tightly. This scar?

She remembered telling him before. Is he asking again because he doesn’t believe what she said, or has he forgotten?

Tang Yanqi lowered her gaze. Should she really tell him?

Tell him it was Shen Wanqing who slashed her? Tell him her arm was almost entirely crippled?

Should she expose her wounds in front of him, reveal her moments of darkness?

If it were before, Tang Yanqi definitely wouldn’t have spoken. She needed no one’s sympathy, not even Sheng Jianan’s. She was used to bearing it alone, besides, that was a long time ago.

But now, for a brief moment, Tang Yanqi felt the urge to speak, to let the person in front of her see her vulnerable side. She didn’t want sympathy, she just wanted a shoulder to lean on, even if just for a moment.

As Tang Yanqi opened her mouth to speak, the man above her suddenly laughed, a wild and domineering laugh.

"It’s fine if you don’t want to say. After all, from now on, no one can hurt you."

Tang Yanqi was stunned, lifting her gaze to meet Sheng Jianan’s eyes.

The man’s brows and eyes remained as flamboyant and striking as ever, with an aura of unrivaled dominance that made it hard not to feel reassured. Tang Yanqi couldn’t quite explain how she felt, and then she heard Sheng Jianan laugh again: "Whoever dares to hurt you, I’ll take their life."

Such an unrealistic statement, yet coming from his mouth it was unbelievably convincing. Sheng Jianan, he was Sheng Jianan—no matter how unreliable or immature he seemed to others, no one dared to question Sheng Jianan’s capability.

A surge of warmth coursed through Tang Yanqi, her heartbeat skipped several beats, but before she fully savored the emotional surge, the person in front of her, as if changing faces, showed a roguish smile: "Are you touched? How do you plan to compensate me?"

Tang Yanqi couldn’t help but laugh, her clear eyes curving into crescents, bright and dazzling, capturing one’s gaze. Sheng Jianan’s breath hitched, and he suddenly leaned in to kiss Tang Yanqi’s eyes.

Why are her eyes so beautiful? Why are they so captivating?

Sheng Jianan pulled Tang Yanqi into his arms, a strong thought in his heart claiming that this woman was his, those eyes were his, solely his. He wouldn’t allow her to smile like that at anyone else.

No man can resist eyes like these unless they are foolish.

Thinking this, Sheng Jianan suddenly chuckled again. Yet, in his eyes, there weren’t many un-foolish men in this world. Fine, let those people remain forever foolish.

They had agreed to go out for dinner, but ended up lingering in the resting room for a long time. By the time Sheng Jianan took Tang Yanqi out of Shengshi, the sky outside was completely dark.

Meanwhile, someone shamelessly demanded compensation, insisting that Miss Tang, who was broke, treat him to a meal.