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He picked me up, and I pressed myself against his chest, feeling his heartbeat.

"Don't get wet from now on." He put me in the car and wrapped a blanket around me.

He touched my face before he closed the door.

The rain outside the window did not stop.

"This one." Zhou Jin's black dress said that it was entirely black and was covered with large dark red flowers.

Zhou Jin handed me his skirt and indicated that I should change out of my wet clothes.

The salesperson looked at us strangely, but she still wore a formal smile and went to look for the right size for me.

I stood in front of the mirror in the fitting room and looked at myself. It wasn't my usual style of dressing, not even in the opposite direction, but somehow it suited my temperament.

When I came out of the dressing room, Zhou Jin had already paid the bill. He handed me the wet clothes and took my hand to leave.

I could still feel the salesman watching us from behind. She must be wondering what the relationship was between someone my age and Zhou Jin.

Just like Teng Wan, she always relied on her youth to scold me, as if she would never grow old.

"How about this necklace?" Zhou Jin asked me while holding a diamond necklace. I glanced at the price and felt that this gift was a bit expensive.

An expensive dress was enough.

I smiled and pushed the necklace away. "Are you going to keep me?"

Zhou Jin smiled but did not say anything. The salesperson beside him, however, revealed an awkward expression.

I understand.

I handed the necklace to the salesman and was about to take Zhou Jin's hand and leave when I heard a voice.

"Alright, I'll buy all of these." A slightly oily but familiar male voice sounded in his ear, "But you have to stay with me tonight."

I immediately retracted my hand, intending to hold Zhou Jin's hand. I really wanted to immediately leave this place. I really wanted to hide here, but there was nowhere to hide, nowhere to run.

I took a deep breath to calm myself down, curled my lips into a formal smile, and looked up into the eyes of last week. His smile, which was supposed to be full of smiles, was gone for a moment, and he withdrew his hand.

Sorry. I said to myself, because our feelings cannot be shamed.

At this moment, the man and woman who were speaking also saw me. Seeing me and Zhou Jin's smile, the man pulled the woman to the other side of the counter to pick out some diamonds.

"Sorry." Outside, I said to Zhou Jin, "He's my friend, Li Jie's husband."

Zhou Jin took my hand and didn't say anything. His slightly cold fingers held me, making me feel very at ease.

"Here?" I asked Zhou Jin.

The two of us were now standing on the seventeenth floor of a building, with a wide expanse of glass that looked like it could be touched by a single hand.

After we left the mall, we came to the hotel.

I gently press my fingers against Zhou Jin's skin. I guess the best way to resolve the conflict between us is through each other's bodies.

Thunder rumbled outside the window, lightning flashed in the dark clouds, and rain rained down on the windows.

I stood on tiptoe on my wet skirt and kissed him on the cheek. He leaned against the glass and closed his eyes.

We lay in bed, and as I leaned into him, the sky grew darker.

"Do you study art?" I asked Zhou Jin.

"Yes." Zhou Jin nodded.

"I'm going back." I got up from the covers, but my wrist was pulled, and I turned to meet a pair of clear eyes.

He pressed me down on the bed and looked at me for a long time before he said, "Come to my house next time."

His eyes were very bright, as if the stars hidden in the clouds had been crushed and fallen into his eyes.

"Alright." I kissed him on the lips.

I changed into the dress he had bought for me, and instead of tying it up, I let it fall softly over my shoulders.

However, Zhou Jin took the rubber band to tie up my hair, his movements were gentle, as if he was very worried that it would hurt me.

"Why?" I asked Zhou Jin in the mirror.

Zhou Jin wrapped his arms around my neck. "You're not allowed to show me anything other than this." he said in a domineering, childish voice.

"Alright."

On the way back, aside from missing Zhou Jin, I also thought of Li Jie's husband.

He probably wouldn't say.

I don't know him well, I've only met him a few times, and I'm always in a hurry.

He was not good-looking, he was short and fat, and his taste was not that high. Because he had been raised with respect, he was often filled with disdain and contempt when looking at others.

I heard from Li Jie that he has a lot of lovers, so I don't take Li Jie seriously.

I do not plan to tell Li Jie about what I saw today.

"You're back." When I opened the door, I heard Xie Zongming calling me.

"Yes." I put the key on the shoe cabinet.

Xie Zongming placed a dish on the table while wearing a fawning smile on his face.

"Was this a new dress?" Xie Zongming asked me.

"Yes." I nodded and went into the guest room.

Just as I was changing my dress, Xie Zongming's voice came from outside the door.

"Ah Ying, Li Jie will call you."

When I heard Xie Zongming's words, I was shocked, could it be that Li Jie's husband said that he saw me today?

I suppressed the expression on my face, changed into my house clothes and took the phone from Xie Zongming's hands, and closed the door to the guest room.

"Ah Ying..."