Bring your bestie to play melon in the domineering love story

If I were really sent to Africa to mine...

Will Bai Jing become Hei Jing?

When Jiang Ruoli thought of that scene, she couldn't help laughing out loud.

"So happy?" Huo Xingzhou didn't understand why. He reached out and hugged her in his arms, nodding her head. "No wonder you're in a bad mood. It turns out someone has offended Mrs. Huo and she's unhappy. I'll help you deal with her, right?"

Before he could finish his words, Jiang Ruoli suddenly covered his mouth with her hand.

Damn Huo Xingzhou.

Is that the only thing on your mind?

Huo Xingzhou was covered by her mouth, but there was still a certain gap between her palm and lips. He chuckled, "Are you shy? That's not what you said last night. You said you wanted to do it every day..."

Jiang Ruoli suddenly covered his mouth tightly, her ears burning. In the dim light, she glared at Huo Xingzhou in annoyance, her eyes seemed to be a warning and a plea for mercy.

It feels fierce and miserable.

In Qin Wen's words, she is a weakling who likes to talk tough, but Huo Xingzhou just pampers her.

"Okay, I won't say anymore." Huo Xingzhou grabbed her hand and kissed her hair. "I'll take you to try on dresses tomorrow. Have a good rest tonight."

The room was dark, with only the hazy moonlight outside the window and the sound of breathing beside her. Jiang Ruoli closed her eyes for a while and then opened them again.

No.

Can't sleep.

After her eyes adjusted to the darkness, she was stunned for a moment, thinking that Huo Xingzhou should be asleep. She quietly moved his hand away from her waist and stood up very quietly, but suddenly met a pair of open eyes.

"what!"

She screamed in fright.

The sleepiness that was already scarce was scared away, and Jiang Ruoli glared at him in frustration. Huo Xingzhou said, "What do you want to do if you don't sleep well?"

The man's eyes were deep, as if he could see into people's hearts.

Jiang Ruoli turned back, lowered her eyes, and said softly, "I can't sleep."

This is the truth.

Perhaps it was because of the conflict she had with Bai Jing and Jiang's mother today, or perhaps it was because she had to go back to the Huo family to see her elders in a while. In any case, her mind was very clear and she didn't feel sleepy at all.

Tang Jiujiu sometimes said of her, "When she's arguing with others, she's domineering, but when she encounters problems herself, she just burns herself out."

She really didn't want to see the elders of the Huo family.

"Can't sleep?" Huo Xingzhou looked at her, "Then what do you want to do?"

Jiang Ruoli turned around and buried her face in his chest, blinking her long eyelashes a few times and lowering her head, "How about you tell me a story?"

Huo Xingzhou's only experience in love was giving money and jewelry. As for telling stories to lull people to sleep, he was a complete novice. He thought about it and said, "No."

Then, he added, "How about going out for a run?"

If you are tired, can't you just lie down and sleep?

Jiang Ruoli was stunned. Looking at his delicate profile in the moonlight, she frowned slightly. "Exercising too much before bedtime will affect your sleep quality and increase the risk of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases."

"Have you tried?"

"Ah."

When she was in college, she once ran five kilometers with Tang Jiujiu in order to get back to the dormitory before closing. As a result, she was so tired that night that she couldn't even open her eyelids, and her sleep quality was extremely poor. She also had dreams all night, in which she was either being chased or falling off a cliff. When she woke up the next day, the dark circles under her eyes were darker than those of a national treasure.

The two of them were speechless.

Huo Xingzhou suddenly reached out and rubbed her head, sighing.

Jiang Ruoli asked, "What's wrong?"

"Can't sleep?" He frowned slightly, as if distressed and helpless, and said in a light tone, "Then what story do you want to hear? Sleeping Beauty? Snow White? Or Ultraman vs. Ladybug?"

"..."

Jiang Ruoli looked up at him, put her arm around his waist, and said angrily, "What? I'm not a three-year-old child."

Huo Xingzhou chuckled, "Then what do you want to hear?"

"I want to hear..." Jiang Ruoli nuzzled into his arms, "a story about love, the kind that's unforgettable."

There was a moment of silence in the air.

Jiang Ruoli regretted it the moment she finished speaking. With Huo Xingzhou's life experience, how could he know what unforgettable love was? An unforgettable business war was more like it!

Just as she was about to change the subject, she suddenly heard Huo Xingzhou say, "Want to listen?"

Hey!

Really?

"Yeah." Jiang Ruoli stretched out her body in the middle of the quilt. Her cool feet touched the man's warm calves, and she quickly retracted them. "Just think of it as a bedtime story, okay?"

Huo Xingzhou was silent for a few seconds before speaking, "There was a man who was born into a large family and was groomed as the heir since childhood. He was decisive and ruthless, and prioritized profit over everything else. Whether it was exams, competitions, or illness, he basically handled everything on his own, never considering family ties."

In the dim night, Huo Xingzhou's voice was very low and deep, like the dull thunder before a rainstorm, and each word struck Jiang Ruoli's heart.

"This is true for his career, and even more so for his marriage. He knows that as the heir to the family, he must marry in order to maintain his status. This is a responsibility and an obligation, even if the other party is not the one he likes, until..."

"Until he met his true love?"

"Yeah." The man paused and spoke again, "That day, he was washing up in the bathroom when a woman appeared in his bathtub without warning and started calling him husband. The man had seen it all before and thought it was another woman sent by the rival family. Without saying a word, he threw her out of the room."

"Ah~ How heartless." Jiang Ruoli said with disdain, "So what happened next?"

"I don't know if it was fate, but the two of them met by chance several times. The woman's straightforward personality and unique temperament gradually attracted the man's heart. The man treated the woman very well, giving her things she liked and taking her on trips abroad. The two even lived together for a while. But just when the man was about to propose, the marriage partner arranged by the family suddenly appeared. She began to make trouble and tried every means to target the woman. In order to make her leave, she even arranged for someone to kidnap and intimidate her. When the man found out, he wanted to save her, but unfortunately, he was a step too late. The woman fell off a cliff and became a vegetable.

The man stayed with the woman for a whole year.

Even the best medical treatment couldn't bring her back to life.

Later, the man realized that the woman did not belong to this world at all. He was the male protagonist of this world, and the real female protagonist was his marriage partner. He could only be good to the female protagonist unconditionally, otherwise the world plot would deviate, which also meant that the person he truly loved would die.

In order to let her live, the man could only reluctantly send her back to her original world and pray day and night, hoping that one day they would meet again.

"..."

Listen to what Huo Xingzhou said.

Jiang Ruoli felt empty inside.

Why am I so sad?

There seems to be a sour and astringent feeling in my chest, which is hard to describe.

She lowered her eyes, wavering for a moment, adjusted herself to a comfortable position, and asked him, "So what happened next? Did they meet again?"