I was exposed for adding my female boss to my group of female friends.

“He actually just wanted to get to know you because you’re pretty,” Chen Ya said. “I’ve already convinced him, and he’s given up.”

"what?"

Chen Ya sat back on the sofa, while Liu Ruyan was still a little at a loss.

“Oh, I know him,” Chen Ya remembered, and then explained to her, “There aren’t many people driving Rolls-Royces in this city, I know about half of them.”

He put his hands behind his head, just as he was about to stretch comfortably, when Liu Ruyan suddenly jumped on him and grabbed his collar with both hands.

"How many things are you still hiding from me?" Liu Ruyan asked, tears welling in her eyes. "Where did you get to know so many rich people?"

Chen Ya felt like he was suffocating: "I didn't hide it from you... I just didn't have time to say it."

Chapter 62 Sweet.

"Then tell me now!"

Chen Ya removed her hand from his collar, thought for a moment, and said, "There are too many, where do I even begin?"

"Let's start from the beginning."

"This is too troublesome, I'd better not say anything..."

Chen Ya tried to run away, but Liu Ruyan grabbed his neck.

"If you don't tell me, I'll bite your neck off."

Chen Ya wasn't worried about his neck being bitten off, after all, Liu Ruyan's bite force was so strong that even beef jerky would be too hard for her.

But her curvaceous body pressed against his skin was enough to ignite a burning desire within him.

“Yes, this building is full of disabled volunteers,” Chen Ya said. “Because this building is a welfare housing for homeless disabled volunteers, for their retirement.”

"Yes." Liu Ruyan had already guessed it.

“I fixed it,” Chen Ya said.

"Ok?"

Chen Ya added, "Isn't there a foundation that gives disabled volunteers 5000 yuan every month?"

He paused for a moment, then said, "I founded it."

Seeing Liu Ruyan's incredulous look, he explained, "I've been a volunteer, so I have a special connection with them."

Liu Ruyan stared at him for a long while, and then slowly exhaled.

"Then why do you live here by yourself and pay yourself a living?"

Chen Ya said, "This is only temporary. I'm just looking for a secluded place during a break in my life, wanting to stay quietly by myself for a while and live a life without having to worry about anything else."

"Incidentally, it's also to keep an eye on whether the foundation is operating properly."

Liu Ruyan climbed off him.

“I originally only planned to take a month off, but I didn’t expect to run into you,” Chen Ya said. “For some reason, I felt in my heart that it would be better not to disrupt this kind of life.”

Liu Ruyan ran to Chen Ya's bedroom and locked the door.

Everything is clear.

No wonder he has no disabilities at all, yet he can live here and receive subsidies.

No wonder everyone in this building has such a good relationship with him.

No wonder he was not intimidated at all, even in big occasions, and was more at ease than her.

For some reason, Liu Ruyan felt like crying, so she lay on his bed, her face turned towards the pillow, and cried silently for a while.

After a while, she felt a little better, and then she lay back on the wet pillow, looking up at the ceiling, tears streaming down her face again.

She soon understood where her sadness came from.

Now that Chen Ya has revealed his identity, the days of pretending to know nothing and living a carefree life like playing house are over.

Their relationship could never go back to the way it was when they were complete strangers.

At noon, just as Chen Ya finished preparing lunch, Liu Ruyan opened the door and came out.

Chen Ya looked at her resolute expression and asked, "What's wrong? What are you going to do?"

“I suddenly realized,” Liu Ruyan said, “that I think I’ve fallen for you.”

"what."

Liu Ruyan added, "And it's not that I only started liking you now, it's that I liked you a long time ago—a long time ago, but I never said it."

"Hmm," Chen Ya uttered, sounding confused.

She took a breath and said, "What do you really think of me... never mind, I don't really want to know."

She threw herself into his arms, wrapped her arms around his neck, and pressed her lips to his.

Cool, moist lips, small and flexible.

Chen Ya saw her trembling eyelashes at very close range and instinctively put his arm around her slender waist.

After a long while, the two made a sound like suction cups being pulled off the wall, and then separated with a snap.

"Shall we eat first?"

"One more time."

She moved closer again, and Chen Ya readily accepted.

The two sat at the table, and Liu Ruyan kept picking out her favorite dishes and putting them into Chen Ya's bowl.

"Here, have this...here, have this too..."

Chen Ya was both amused and exasperated: "Stop picking them up, you've already piled them up."

Liu Ruyan showed no sign of stopping and continued to put food into his bowl, while Chen Ya also piled food into her bowl until it was full.

After the dish was finished, they realized that their actions were meaningless. Chen Ya reached behind her neck, pulled her close, and kissed her.

“miamiamia…” Liu Ruyan smacked her lips, then realized that she had gone too far. Her face turned red and she buried her head in the bowl, with rice grains sticking to her nose.

Chen Ya threw the leftover plate into the sink, turned on the tap, and a petite figure pressed against him from behind, wrapping her arms around his waist.

"Stop shaking, wait until I'm done washing..."

The girl persisted, pressing her face tightly against his back.

Chen Ya suddenly realized something and said, "Wait a minute, why am I washing the dishes? You do it!"

Liu Ruyan frowned as she was dragged to the sink. She lazily rolled up her sleeves and picked up a dishcloth.

A pair of large, warm hands came up, enveloped her hands, pressed against the back of her hands, and together they felt the flow of water from the faucet.

Liu Ruyan turned her head and kissed him.

Then she threw the plate, and the poor plate splashed sadly in the sink.

She turned nimbly, placed her wet hand on his neck, and then moved it upwards until it penetrated his dark hair.

As night fell, Chen Ya had just lain down when the door creaked open, and Liu Ruyan, dressed in a maid's outfit, appeared in the doorway.

Chen Ya looked up at her: "Didn't you already take a shower? Why are you changing clothes again?"

She climbed onto the bed like a cat, and with a push of her legs, her slippers were kicked off the floor with a clattering sound.

"what?"

She approached silently and climbed above him.

"What?" Chen Ya asked again, this time sounding a little guilty.

"Should I keep you as a pet or keep a cat?"

"what?"

Chen Ya recalled in horror that he had complained one night, "It would be better to raise a cat than to raise you."

"No, weren't you drunk then?"

"Is it better to raise me or a cat?" Liu Ruyan asked again, persistently.

“I still think it’s the cat,” Chen Ya said.

"Meow," Liu Ruyan said.

Chen Ya hugged her and threw her onto the bed, whereupon she let out a series of giggles like silver bells.

……

The next day, the two slept all morning. Chen Ya got up to get some water and then urinated. She didn't even bother to pick up the maid outfit that had been thrown on the floor.

As soon as I lay back down on the bed, a pair of hands wrapped around me again.

"Aren't you hungry?..."

"Okay, okay, don't push over..."

"……snort."

This was the first time Chen Ya had eaten breakfast at 3 p.m.

……

After a long period of study, Liu Ruyan finally realized that Chen Ya had taught her more than just writing.

He was more like teaching her how to live and how to face life honestly.

Compared to now, her past life was more like living in a hazy fog.

She gradually began to understand the phrase, "The infinite distance and countless people are all related to me."

Although she hasn't even tried writing a single word yet, she feels that when she writes again, it will definitely be completely different from before.

However, she also came to understand more deeply why a writer's only talent is "love for the motherland and love for the people".

Because if you fall in love with a specific person, your whole heart will be completely occupied, and you won't have time to think about anything else.

Whenever she seriously tries to come up with a plot, she is interrupted by sweet memories, and then she smiles as she thinks about things related to him.

Even if the other person is right next to her, she will think about it all day long.

Her life seemed to have returned to a fog, and she could no longer see anything else; she was left alone in the world.

……

Liu Ruyan overheard Chen Ya making a phone call in his room.

He's been doing this a lot these past few days, and every time he comes out, he has a serious expression on his face.

She had a vague feeling that something was about to happen, but she didn't want to think about it.

Until one morning I woke up to find my pillow empty.

She thought he had gone grocery shopping as usual, but when she saw the refrigerator full of vegetables and fruits, she knew things weren't so simple.

At noon, with her stomach growling, she resolutely refused to cook, as if she were defying something.

She suddenly noticed "Love in the Time of Cholera" placed prominently on the coffee table in the living room. As if struck by a thought, she picked it up and turned to the first page.

It reads:

"Love is an instinct, but creation is not."

I'm not good at romance, and you're not good at writing.

Let's practice separately. If one day your book's sales surpass this one, I will sincerely tell you how much I love you.

—Chen Ya

Liu Ruyan then realized that in the seven months they had lived together, he had never said "I love you" even once.

Chapter 63 A Lifetime (Thanks to ptik1786913 for being the Alliance Leader)

On the day Chen Ya left without a sound, Liu Ruyan was struggling against the air, going hungry all day.

Whether she was asleep or starving, when she opened her eyes, the moonlight had already climbed to the end of the road outside the window, hanging obliquely beside the withered hyacinth branches and leaves.

Her stomach was rumbling, and she tried to bulge it out.