Become a stepmother and save the male protagonist of the painful literary school

After a few seconds of pausing, he added: "It's not your fault. I don't want you to bear the consequences. It's too unfair."

It turns out that Jian Yan was deceived by his treacherous brother. He expressed sympathy, but did not want his lover to be humiliated.

"What's so unfair about that?" Jian Yan said with a smile, "I used her body, so of course I have to bear the consequences of what she did in the past. People value equal transactions, and can't just take advantage and not be responsible."

"Besides," she smiled and glanced at him, "when you explained to Xiao Mu the reason why I left that night, you took all the responsibility on yourself. Don't you feel wronged?"

"That was my fault."

He pursed his lips, recalled the scene in the hospital, and said seriously: "If I hadn't dreamed about your past, if I hadn't told you at that time, you wouldn't be scared, and you wouldn't leave. So, in the final analysis, it's all my fault, and I don't take too much responsibility."

Jian Yan paused for a moment.

It turns out he has always thought so.

I'm not trying to discredit myself in order to whitewash her, but I really feel that it's my own problem.

After deleting some of the real reason, he told Xiao Mu the truth.

There was nothing wrong with what he said, but she was really surprised that he could analyze the problem so objectively without considering his personal perspective.

She said, “You are wrong in one respect.”

"what?"

Jian Yan turned over the hand he was holding, opened her palm and looked at the lifeline and emotional line that had suddenly stopped in her palm, her eyes deep.

"If you had not honestly told me about the dream the first time, but had been vague about it, I would have been even more terrified when I discovered that you knew everything about me through the details of daily life. I would have doubted your origins and your intentions, and I would not believe anything you said."

"Until then, we can only be enemies."

Her voice was clear and powerful, entering his ears, like ice water pouring into his body from the soles of his feet, causing a sudden surge of nameless fear in his heart.

Tong Ruixiao was stunned for a long time.

He murmured, "Luckily I confessed to you as soon as I woke up, so that nothing like this could happen."

Otherwise it would be too painful.

His lover treats him as an enemy and he has no way to defend himself. The thought of this feeling makes him feel like needles stabbing his heart and suffocating.

As he said that, he put his arms around her.

"Hey you!" Jian Yan pushed him, but failed to break his hug, feeling a little annoyed.

I could only hear his low voice in my ears, accompanied by a sigh as if he had survived a disaster.

"This is your room, no one will see us, can you let me hold you for a while? What you just said might scare me a little, just for a while, I won't waste your time."

When he said this, his tone was sincere and just the right amount of distressed.

She held her forehead helplessly: "It's not a matter of time. If I say no, you won't let go."

Since she came back, Tong Ruixiao has developed this habit of hugging.

The frequency was not high, but it was different from the previous times when they always kept a safe distance. She had not yet adapted to this new way of getting along.

They only hugged each other in the bedroom, very restrainedly, but for some reason she felt it was more ambiguous than kissing.

The first time he asked for a hug, she thought he was going to do something big and was scared. But after realizing he didn't want to hurt her, she just let him go.

So, the incident happened a second time, and a third time...

Just like shaking hands, it gets easier after a few times. Now, his hugs are no longer a strange thing.

Moreover, Tong Ruixiao was quite polite when speaking, even when she was angry, she would use some gentle and polite interjections, such as "Is it OK?", "OK?", "Is it OK?", etc. This kind of etiquette made it impossible for her to refuse.

She fell for it.

After finding that she couldn't reject him in any sense, Jian Yan teased, "I wish your attitude was as gentle as your words!"

"terribly sorry……"

He let her go, a guilty look on his face, reflecting on his tough and insufficiently gentle attitude.

But there was a look of happiness and satisfaction in his eyes, like a fully charged flashlight, showing off how bright it was on the street.

Jane Yan accidentally fell into his eyes.

Under the thin lenses, the corners of her peach blossom eyes were raised, and her already beautiful pupils were now bright, shining like jewels, so stunningly beautiful that she could not help but be stunned.

She was puzzled as to why he felt so relaxed and relieved after the hug, like a happy cat in deep sleep.

"You like hugs?"

"It can relieve mental stress and relax the tense nerves." Tong Ruixiao said in a gentle and satisfied tone.

It turned out to be the case.

Jane Yan thought that he asked for a hug because he wanted to relieve the tiredness of the day. No wonder she felt that he was like a machine that had been recharged.

But when she thought back to the feeling of being hugged, she felt no discomfort or rejection, so how could it have any relaxing effect?

“Why can’t I feel it?” she asked.

"Because you treat me..." He paused, suppressed the bitterness in his heart, and said calmly, "You don't trust me enough, and you don't like me enough."

She suddenly realized: "It turns out that hugging someone you like will make you feel relaxed! Then the feeling I had when I hugged Si Yanchen before..."

When Tong Ruixiao heard her mention "Si Yanchen", he recalled what he had seen of her in the past, and his eyes became darker and darker.

Jian Yan's mind gradually became clearer, his eyes sparkled, and finally he laughed: "Teacher is right!"

Si Yanchen could only be considered as a piece of driftwood that she grabbed when she was drowning!

At this moment, she can finally let go of the past.

In the past, she pursued Si Yanchen desperately, but she only regarded him as the most convenient tool to save herself from the predicament. It was a choice she thought was the best in order to improve her living environment.

To put it bluntly, she seemed to love him madly, but in reality it was not love at all, not even liking him!

If she had any affection for him, how could she feel repulsed by his hug? How could she feel uncomfortable with his close contact?

After all, she didn't feel repulsed by Tong Ruixiao's hug.

Even though she hated Si Yanchen, she had to admit that although he was cruel and cold-blooded, his face and figure were impeccable.

Whenever he hugged me, I would feel rejected deep down. There was only one reason for that - I had never been attracted to him.

She always thought that her hobby was too weird and the other party didn't hit her excitement point...and Tong Ruixiao just happened to satisfy her secret hobby.

It turned out that it was just because she didn't like Si Yanchen, but was a little attracted to Tong Ruixiao.

After understanding all this, Jian Yan's mood became very good.

"Thank you, Mr. Tong! You made me understand something important today."

Jian Yan wanted to thank Tong Ruixiao. If he hadn't said these words unintentionally today, he wouldn't have completely let go of the things that had been bothering him.

When she met his veiled gaze, she froze for a moment.

What kind of look is this?