Ten Years of Yearning. My Love, Let Me Protect You.

Yan Ruomin's health wasn't in good condition, not that she wanted to be but she was just in the sort of situation she had created for herself, only because she was imprisoned by Sheng Ruming's men and wasn't given proper food on time by the maid.

What could be worse than being starved when all you could ask for is something to eat!

Her complexion was very pale and her skin had turned dry. The glow she used to have back in the days as a spoiled rich woman was long lost!

She was just the opposite she had been… No wonder life and decision does things!

On top of that, she felt like she would die to clear up her stomach which had been troubling her ever since her throat went dry and she suddenly vomited... a lot and as a result, all the food she had eaten since she came back to Yan Mansion came out from her belly. 

Also, with the overwhelming sensation she was going through that was numbing her body, she suddenly fainted in the washroom. Su Mengsi panicked and brought her to the Ailin hospital where Xiao Lian Chun worked. 

Patriarch Yan saw all of these from the terrace. He didn't like it when Su Mengsi became so engrossed in her daughter that all the other matters of the world would be forgotten by her. In the past few days, the woman didn't even use a proper gaze to look at him. 

"Go check what's wrong with that troublesome girl. Send me all the updates." The old man instructed his assistant, his eyes looking at a distance with the rushing figures moving hastily, his cold and distant eyes remained calm.

"Yes." The assistant bowed respectfully, turned around and left. He followed the car in which Yan Ruomin and Su Mengsi left just now. 

After they left, the whole place became deserted again. Patriarch Yan turned around and went to sit on the sofa. Then he picked up his phone and dialled Yan Luhan's phone. 

"Why aren't you back yet? Does it take so long to deal with some business collaboration? Are you so useless?" Patriarch Yan asked sternly. He didn't like it when the company's matters would be left in other's hands, mainly to the shareholders.

The anxiety he felt for his business was much to drive his sleep away. On top of that Sheng Industry and Corporation was growing too rapidly which was another reason for his sleepless nights!

"I will return soon, father…" Yan Luhan said as he was staring at the university gate in which Ji Yanli had started to study. For many days, he had come and watched her from afar but didn't go out to meet her directly. 

From afar, Yan Luhan could see that Ji Yanli was talking with two foreign men. After joining the university, she has made many friends and because of one's recommendation, she coloured her black hair into the chocolate shade. 

Also, Ji Yanli wasn't under pressure like before when she was in the Sheng Industry and Corporation and thus took care of her treasured hair. 

As a result, those fine locks had reached her hips! Those would sway beautifully with every movement of hers. In her smooth cream coloured shirt and white tight pants, she looked like a fresh white lily~

Such a beautiful sight!~

Yan Luhan's heart thumbed loudly every time he saw such scenes. She was so carefree and smiling so brightly that it was difficult to match with the cold face Ji Yanli of his memory. As days passed by, Yan Luhan secretly watched her every move and took many photos, the longing in his heart increased little by little. 

"Hurry then." Patriarch Yan said in his authoritative voice after he didn't get any reply from his son for long and hung up in anger. However, the young man was so busy admiring someone that he didn't notice the change in his father's voice. 

"I will meet up with you today. You better be good and come with me…" Yan Luhan murmured as he waited for Ji Yanli to come out of the university's entrance. 

When she was out, he nervously sorted his looks in the rearview mirror, pushing his hair back heaving out a sigh. 

The man proceeded to walk out with a bundle of fresh roses. He had an eager expression in his mind as he watched the lady walking out with others. 

But halfway through, he froze and stopped in his tracks. From somewhere around, Wang Haixiao came in large steps and hugged her tightly from the back. 

As if the young man was wronged, he whispered, "I have searched for you in your class and library yet you…Lili, you… left me inside."

'Not again!' Ben cursed in his mind. He just couldn't believe that a man could act like a coquettish girl to gain favour with a lady. But surprisingly in Ji Yanli's case, it seemed like it worked every single time. 

"Where were you? I was waiting for so long but you didn't come! Yet you have the gut to whine now?!" Ji Yanli inquired playfully as she slapped Wang Haixiao's arm slightly. Her cute eyes laughed as if those had lives!

The playful smile on her lips made it harder for Yan Luhan to stay composed but knowing that the lady's lips were curved because of a wild man, his heart hurt!

"There was an exam in my class. That's why I am late, sorry." Wang Haixiao replied with an innocent and doting smile when Ji Yanli rubbed the top of his head. 

"If that's the case, then I can forgive you. Haixiao, you should know the most basic rules! You should never let a lady wait for you. " 

After saying that, Ji Yanli grinned evilly. Then without looking around and minding the other two men, she dragged Wang Haixiao's face down and kissed him in front of others. 

Ben looked elsewhere and hurriedly left the place, fuming and huffing in annoyance while Michael covered his eyes and cried out, "You two! Not again! Go rent a room and then do your fucking business!"

"Heh! But I want to do it here! In front of others! If you have so many problems, then fuck you!" Ji Yanli's evil grinned became broad. 

"Lili, don't say such unsightly words. It only disgraces yourself." Wang Haixiao covered her lips hurriedly and murmured. 

What would her father say if he saw his daughter like this? Cursing and beating her classmates when she was in bad mood, just like the time when she was in school! If Father Ji knew that years of strict discipline failed, he would shed tears in sleep!

After coming abroad, it's as if Ji Yanli grew a pair of wings. She realised that people seemed not to care so much about others. She became more unrestrained and willful!

It's like she was a different person, not the girl she used to be, much more confident and bold.

Once Ji Yanli was drunk and kissed him in front of many people. But those didn't even show different emotions and remained unfazed which gave her the impression of absolute freedom!

Thus, whenever she felt like it, she would kiss Wang Haixiao in public, especially in front of her two friends who liked to stick to her too much. Also, the fake status of Wang Haixiao being her hubby helped a lot and people took it naturally!

Yan Luhan saw everything with dumbfounded eyes. The sight was making him grit his teeth, he hissed as if he was pierced by a thorn. 

When he saw the loving eyes Wang Haixiao used to look at Ji Yanli, his eyes began to turn red. As they walked away while laughing and teasing each other, he banged his fist on the steering wheel. 

"Didn't you confess to me that you like me?! How can you go to another person?! On top of a mere low-class assistant?!" Yan Luhan roared with red eyes. He could accept bit if she liked Sheng Ruming but Wang Haixiao? It was unbearable!

All he could see was betrayal and blatant provocation! How could she do this?!

The man had forgotten that Ji Yanli liked him a lot when they were in high school but he mocked her for getting out of herself and dreaming to be his girlfriend. 

Yan Luhan was quite arrogant in the past because he was considered the most talented boy with the best family background until Sheng Industry and Corporation went ahead and beat the Yan family's business. 

But now that he saw her with others, he couldn't even bear to see the eye pricking scene. As if many annoying flies were buzzing around his property! 

"One day, you will have to come back to me! Mine! You belong to me, my thing can only be mine!" 

The man roared with his muffled voice with obsessed eyes and stared right at her back from afar, eyeing her as she walked away. How he wished to destroy the hands' Wang Haixiao used to hug her!

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