Back Then, I Adored You

Xu Wennuan’s mouth moved. She wanted to say something but decided to keep quiet. At this moment, she really could not continue to ask for more help. She stood quietly some distance from Lu Bancheng for a while with her head down. Without looking up at him, she said in a trembling voice, “I’m sorry if I bothered you.” She then immediately turned around and hit the elevator button several times.

Lu Bancheng, standing at the door, clearly saw Xu Wennuan lifting her hand up to wipe her tears. He pressed his lips together and hurried to the elevator when the door opened, fast enough to grab Xu Wennuan by her wrist and pull her out after she’d walked in. She stared at him in shock as he pulled her into his apartment with him. He closed the door behind them and turned to her. “Do you really want to save your father?”

What he asked sounded nasty. She looked at him with her mouth open but did not know how to respond. Lu Bancheng did not want to waste his time with her. Before she could figure out how to respond to him, he continued. “I wouldn’t turn any woman down who comes onto me. I want you now, but that does not mean I agree to help. It all depends on how happy you can make me.”

He glanced at her chest and then hinted, “Just now, as you said yourself, I think you should know what to do next.”

Is he agreeing to my proposal?

It was insulting, but she still agreed to do what he asked after she thought about her father still being in the hospital. She slightly nodded at Lu Bancheng, who then condescendingly stared at her. Even though he had full advantage in this situation, he still didn’t look happy.

The two of them remained quiet for some time before Lu Bancheng noticed the anger in his chest had gotten stronger. He suddenly commanded Xu Wennuan, who had been standing in front of him, “What are you standing there for? Hurry up and shower. Do you plan on being this dirty when you pleasure me?”

Xu Wennuan feared him now that he suddenly was talking so loudly and harshly to her. She quickly glanced at him and looked back down again to avoid his eyes. She stood in front of him for 10 seconds with her head down. She looked so pitiful. She could sense that his temper was barely in check, so she immediately turned around and stumbled to the bathroom.

Five minutes after she’d gone into the bathroom, Lu Bancheng finally could hear the water running. He leaned on the shoe rack at the entrance while listening to her shower before he walked back to the master bedroom.

Xu Wennuan took her time in the bathroom. After showering, she wrapped herself in a towel to be as modest as possible. When she came out, Lu Bancheng was not in the living room. The master bedroom door was open and light was visible through the crack of the door. She gripped onto the towel she was wearing while deciding whether or not she should go to the master bedroom. In the end, she decided to go in, for the sake of her father.

Xu Wennuan stopped at the door and took a deep breath before she knocked three times. “Come in,” Lu Bancheng emotionlessly commanded. Xu Wennuan held her breath and carefully pushed the door open wider. She walked into the room and quietly closed the door behind her before looking around the room.