The Time-Limited Love and Marriage
Chapter 101

Chapter 101: Chapter 101

After the barbecue feast was mostly finished, Fu Youhan took Jiang Moxi back to their room, and Ye Chen was also eager to try something.

But Yu Dingding didn’t even glance at him and went straight back to her own room.

The room Ye Chen arranged for her was nice, with a small hot spring pool in the yard.

At this moment, the moonlight shone just right on the scenery of the little courtyard, with the hot spring pool emitting curling wisps of steam, tempting Yu Dingding.

So Yu Dingding simply changed into her swimsuit and entered the hot spring pool again.

The warm flow of the water opened every pore of her skin, also allowing Yu Dingding to feel relaxed.

Since coming to Yan City and becoming the Oiran, she had to be careful with every word and action, fearful of angering the powerful elites.

She could no longer remember how long it had been since she last relaxed her body and mind like this.

The mid-mountain at night was really quiet, apart from the evening breeze and the occasional owl hooting, everything around was unusually silent.

Yu Dingding couldn’t help but close her eyes, feeling the brief peace granted by nature.

But then, suddenly, there came a splashing sound of water from behind.

Yu Dingding turned around warily, bumping right into the solid embrace of a man.

"You throw yourself into the arms of a man in the dead of night, I have reason to suspect you’re trying to seduce me!" Ye Chen laughed sleazily.

Yu Dingding pushed Ye Chen away: "Young Master Ye, allow me to remind you, you’re the one who came to my room on your own."

"I’m afraid you dare not sleep alone. I specifically came to keep you company," Ye Chen still tightly gripped Yu Dingding’s waist without letting go.

To him, this woman was the strongest liquor, every cell of her exuded a fatal seduction to him.

If only she wasn’t Qin Shuang’s mortal enemy.

"I’m the one who wouldn’t dare sleep with you here!" Yu Dingding could see the blatant desire in Ye Chen’s condescending eyes, the look a man gives when he’s eager to possess a woman.

So, her struggles were even more vigorous than ever before, splashing a good amount of water out of the hot spring pool.

But Ye Chen had drunk a bit too much that evening, so he was obviously more stubborn than usual.

He held Yu Dingding, their temples rubbing against each other.

"Baby, please be good. Look at how passionate Brother Han and Xiao Moxi are, you’re the only one I brought here, yet I continue to play the ascetic."

"You could also call An Yang over, I believe she would be very happy to help you," Yu Dingding remained unmoved.

"I don’t want An Yang, I only want you," Ye Chen wouldn’t give up.

After seeing her, other women seemed dull in his eyes.

Even An Yang, also renowned as a top figure in Night Color, couldn’t compare with her.

It was fine on normal days, but after drinking, the caged beast in his heart became somewhat uncontrollable.

Especially today, probably because he had seen Fu Youhan and Jiang Moxi, a man and a woman alone in a room for an entire afternoon, his thoughts were infinitely magnified.

"But I don’t want you," Yu Dingding never hid her rejection of Ye Chen.

Ye Chen bluntly took another route, "Fifty million!"

In his view, since Yu Dingding liked money so much, this deal could essentially be made.

Unexpectedly, Yu Dingding still flatly refused him: "Even if it’s several billion, I don’t want it."

Ye Chen had never been so outrightly rejected by a woman before, even when he pushed his financial prowess to the limit, he was still utterly rejected.

For a moment, he felt both anger and annoyance, and simply pinned Yu Dingding against the walls of the hot spring pool and kissed her.

Many women would melt under such an overpowering conquest, turning into a puddle of water ready for the picking.

But Yu Dingding wasn’t like that, the more aggressive Ye Chen was, the harder she resisted.

Ye Chen wasn’t in a hurry, just wearing down her strength.

He had planned to wait until she was exhausted to do as he pleased, but then he saw tears sliding down from the corners of her eyes.

Under the moonlight, Ye Chen was suddenly stunned.

When he had forcefully taken Yu Dingding away from Emperor City, Yu Dingding hadn’t cried.

He coerced Yu Dingding to become the Night Color Courtesan in Yan City, yet Yu Dingding never cried.

Even when some customers of Night Color harassed or even beat and scolded her, Yu Dingding would never shed a tear.

Ye Chen even doubted at one point if she was a woman without tear ducts.

But he never imagined, that such a seemingly invulnerable woman, would cry under him.

At that moment, Ye Chen was a bit panicked.

"Baby, why are you crying?"

"Don’t cry, I won’t touch you if that’s what you want."

Ye Chen hurriedly scooped her up back into the room, wrapped her in a towel, and held her in his arms, coaxing her over and over again, comforting her repeatedly.

Later, Yu Dingding stopped crying, and Ye Chen was eager to try again.

"Didn’t you say you wouldn’t touch me?" Yu Dingding felt Ye Chen getting agitated again, and quickly pushed him away.

But Ye Chen’s hoarse voice was beguiling: "Let’s just do half, and tomorrow I’ll let Alipay chat with you more..."

After that, Yu Dingding was half-hearted but accepted Ye Chen’s suggestion.

Meanwhile, Fu Youhan took Jiang Moxi back to their room, where he started working on some online contracts that Chi Jing had just sent over.

Seeing him busy, Jiang Moxi ran to the courtyard to enjoy the moon.

By the time Fu Youhan had finished with the documents, Jiang Moxi was still sitting idly in the courtyard.

The moonlight was hazy, casting a faint glow over the girl’s delicate features; her long hair danced at her waist, she looked so beautiful she didn’t seem real.

Without hesitation, Fu Youhan went over and sat down beside her.

"Missing home?"

He felt that her eyes, which were gazing at the moon just now, were filled with indescribable longing, so he unconsciously mentioned ’home’.

After all, other than the Jiang Family, there was no one else in her life who was worthy of such an expression from her.

But Jiang Moxi just gave him a cold glance and stated, "I have no home to miss."

Fu Youhan then remembered that the Jiang family had not treated her well, "Sorry."

"It’s okay," Jiang Moxi continued to look at the moon overhead, her eyes melancholic and gloomy, a stark contrast to her bright and assertive appearance during the day.

Seeing Jiang Moxi like this, Fu Youhan felt the urge to know about her past for the first time.

"Moxi, tell me about what happened before you returned to the Jiang family."

Jiang Moxi seemed to have a certain aversion to this topic, as Fu Youhan clearly noticed her frowning.

However, she answered: "There’s not much to say, I was abandoned at the doorstep of an orphanage, then I fought with a bunch of kids over food, eventually becoming their leader."

If there were anything different, it’s probably that she was the youngest but the most daring in risking her life for food, because she knew that food was the key to survival.

Feng Ming, a few years older, was reclusive and wouldn’t compete with others, almost starved to death at one point.

Jiang Moxi pitied him and shared the food she fought for with him.

Later on, when the Feng Family came for Feng Ming, wanting to take him away, he insisted on taking Jiang Moxi as well, or he wouldn’t leave.

Fu Youhan watched Jiang Moxi narrate with calmness as if she was talking about someone else’s life, a sharp pain unexpectedly pricked his heart.

No visible wounds, yet the pain was unbearable.

To alleviate this ache, Fu Youhan simply leaned in and kissed Jiang Moxi’s lips.

He also promised in her ear, "From now on, you won’t have to fight with others for things anymore."

Because he would give her the very best of everything this world had to offer.

But Jiang Moxi could not discern the deeper meaning in Fu Youhan’s words, all she knew was that his hands were becoming unruly.

She quickly pressed down his hand, yet the man soothingly murmured, "I’ll be gentle, good girl..."

Perhaps it was the doting tone in the man’s voice that was so entrancing, or maybe it was because tonight’s moon was full and the atmosphere too enchanting.

In any case, Jiang Moxi could find no reason to refuse Fu Youhan, and in the end, they became passionately entwined under the moonlight...

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