20 years of restarting life

Chapter 3785 Lin Xiaojie's Fear
"At five in the morning, instead of sleeping properly, you're pondering such a highly specialized question within the realm of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and the angle you're looking at is so obscure and unconventional. Your thoughts really flow like a spring or a torrent of urine in the night, you just can't stop them!"

When Zhao Chang'an heard Wen Ye tell a rare lame joke, he couldn't help but blush a little and awkwardly argued, "Among three people walking together, there must be one who can teach me. I was just curious."

He paused for a moment.

The reason was simple: after Lin Xiaojie put the paper down, she felt embarrassed and angry because she didn't know who Zhao Chang'an was talking to on the phone about her embarrassing incident. So she suppressed her anger and embarrassment and put her ear close to him to listen.

Then, a young man's voice came from the other end, mockingly saying, "His thoughts flow like a spring, like a torrent of urine, unstoppable."

These teasing words made her break down, and her feigned stubbornness and pride crumbled, causing tears to stream down her face.

She was so angry that she couldn't stop, but she didn't know how to vent her resentment, grievances and dissatisfaction to Zhao Chang'an. In desperation, her womanly instincts drove her to open her small mouth and bite Zhao Chang'an's face to vent her anger and shame.

However, Zhao Chang'an knew that Lin Xiaojie was probably going to get angry, so he quickly turned his head and opened his mouth even wider, grabbing Lin Xiaojie's mouth that she offered.

Just like his skill in eating oysters, he was adept and effortless.

Lin Xiaojie was stunned. Then, like a balloon that had been punctured, she leaned against him, unable to move, her head filled with a blank, booming sound.

Compared to everything else, this was actually a trivial matter. Zhao Chang'an not only saw her naked, but he also touched her—

But this kiss was Lin Xiaojie's first kiss in her life. She had always fantasized that one day she would give Liu Shilin this sacred kiss because of some joy.

This first kiss, compared to other kisses before, has more symbolic than practical significance.

"If you two keep arguing, I'm hanging up."

Wen Ye then heard that there was someone else on Zhao Chang'an's side. Without even thinking, he could guess that this person was the one Zhao Chang'an had mentioned. "I was a little curious, so I just asked you casually."

He suddenly felt a little embarrassed and complained that Zhao Chang'an had someone with him and hadn't told him, ruining his image. He said impatiently, his face tense, "I set the alarm for 6:30. I need to catch up on my sleep!"

Lin Xiaojie's heart skipped a beat when she heard this. She didn't make a sound and didn't know how the man over there knew that there was someone else with Zhao Chang'an.

Zhao Chang'an released Lin Xiaojie's small mouth, his eyes filled with an indescribable emotion as he smiled and touched her pretty face, then switched the phone from his right hand to his left.

Lin Xiaojie immediately became dissatisfied again. Her pretty face flushed red as she looked up at him in protest, and she reached out to pinch his thigh, demanding that he hand over the phone.

Even she herself was unaware of the flirtatious look in her eyes, and pinching Zhao Chang'an was more like a girlfriend throwing a tantrum.

Zhao Chang'an moved his head closer to hers, gesturing for her to listen with his face close to his. At the same time, his free right hand reached under the thin blanket from her smooth back and grabbed her right cheek, holding her body still and pulling her closer to him.

Lin Xiaojie stared at Zhao Chang'an in astonishment, even forgetting to resist, her face showing utter disbelief. "How could you be so shameless?"

However, deep within her heart, a truth she herself was unwilling to admit was that the rootless duckweed in her heart, amidst the turbulent waves of the boundless sea, had finally managed to attach a delicate, supple root to Zhao Chang'an, this giant reef in the sea, finding a sense of relaxation and reliance that she herself was unwilling to acknowledge. That night, in Tian Xue's bedroom, Zhao Chang'an's words had a profound impact on her, causing her considerable distress.

Character determines destiny!

People would only secretly laugh at Lin Xiaojie's foolishness amidst their flattery and fawning over that man. —Isn't it comical to see her encounter with the aging, now-fading teacher, Ms. Lin? —Her life was comfortable enough, but compared to that man, it was still far inferior.

'They built her the most impressive three- or four-story house in the village, even the whole town, and her brother married a woman who was said to be beautiful, gentle, and virtuous by everyone in the surrounding villages.'

The question is, why should I help her like this?

Previously, Lin Xiaojie pessimistically thought that this was just idle chatter between Zhao Chang'an and Tian Xue. But after learning that he knew she was awake and was saying these things, and with the bed shaking even more violently, she became even more worried.

Lin Xiaojie was among the top students in the county when she took the high school entrance exam. Although she has been teaching at a primary school in the mountains for the past few years, there is always a world of its own where people are, so her mind is not a blank sheet of paper.

Since Zhao Chang'an knew she was awake and was eavesdropping, his purpose in saying these things couldn't have been simply to hurt her.

They talked about her ordinariness, Chen Shimei's rise to power, and how happy she, her parents, and her brother would have been if Zhao Chang'an had been willing to help her.

Although Lin Xiaojie had never heard the term PUA before, as a smart girl, she certainly understood its meaning.

So, in the corridor, when Lin Xiaojie was incredibly embarrassed to encounter Zhao Chang'an, and then he forcefully and domineeringly pulled her into his arms like a princess, a voice in her subconscious, which she didn't want to admit, kept tempting her: 'Follow him and become his woman, and you'll make your parents and brother happy, and everyone in the village, town, and school will envy you, making that ungrateful wretch look utterly pathetic!'

Lin Xiaojie closed her eyes with trembling eyelashes. In her dazed state, she felt her left cheek press against Zhao Chang'an's right cheek. Her smooth, fair face felt a slight pain and itch from the prickling of his chin and beard.

"Will this shameless man become my man?"

"He never formally told me he loved me!"

"He just did *that* with Tian Xue. He came out of He Cai and Chu Yun's room—no, Lin Xiaojie, how can you be so suspicious of Zhao Chang'an's relationship with He Cai and Chu Yun? Although Zhao Chang'an is a jerk, He Cai and Chu Yun are really close. Their bedroom lights were on, how could they have done something so shameful? Even turning off the lights is shameful, let alone having them on! Zhao Chang'an himself said he went to discuss work. It must be that shameless guy who stayed in his female employees' rooms late at night, lingering there. So shameless!—But he has so many women, am I going to become one of his women too?"

"But the future he described is really wonderful. I want to be that successful woman in it, the one that people envy, the one who makes my parents and brother happy. Oh well, he saved my life, and he kissed me, hugged me, saw me naked, and groped me. In ancient times, I had no choice but to marry him. As long as he wants me, I'll be his woman!"

However, after Lin Xiaojie, who was leaning against Zhao Chang'an, figured out these things, she became anxious and uncertain again.

Tian Xue is so beautiful that she likes everyone she sees. Fan Chufei and Qi Xuan'er from Qiaojia Mountain are also really beautiful. Ye Yiyi has such a good temperament. Wang Yu may not be as good-looking as herself, but she is not bad-looking either, and she is an associate professor at a university.

He Cai and Chu Yun, in particular, have such great temperaments. Qu Shuixian and Yu Ning are also top-notch beauties, even prettier than me, and graduates of top universities in China.

Thinking about it this way, Lin Xiaojie suddenly realized with horror that among the women surrounding Zhao Chang'an at this moment, she was the most inconspicuous one.

If we're talking about comparisons, the only thing that's true is that Xiang Yong, who's never seen a pretty woman before, had such disgusting thoughts about me. That's why I dare say I'm prettier than Qiao Yan.