Men can be very alluring when they talk seductively.

His voice was very pleasant, casual, with a hint of mischief and naughtiness. Those two words flowing from his throat were truly wicked.

His eyes were lowered, the corners of his eyes and brows showing the relaxed demeanor unique to men who have been drinking, looking somewhat flirtatious.

Shi Niannian opened and closed her mouth, not knowing what to do or say, hesitantly wanting to withdraw her hand but afraid of falling into the swimming pool.

Jiang Wang’s index finger lifted a strand of her already soaked hair, twirling it around his finger. He held Shi Niannian and moved so that her back was against the pool wall, asking hoarsely, “Is it okay?”

Shi Niannian nervously moved her fingers, her throat dry as if it would smoke. Her fingers were still wrapped around the back of his neck, interlocked. Her fingertips gently stroked his hair, creating an indescribable sensation, then she pressed her forehead against his and softly asked, “Okay for what?”

Jiang Wang, with a hint of a smile, repeated those two words from before.

Her ears burned. They had been married for some time now, and Shi Niannian didn’t want to appear unwilling about everything.

Her heart beat faster, and she gave a mosquito-like “mm” sound.

……

When she woke up the next day, it was already noon. Shi Niannian couldn’t remember what time they had gone to sleep last night; even her memory of returning to bed wasn’t very clear.

The satisfied man held her waist from behind. After finishing last night, they had only roughly showered before going to sleep. Shi Niannian wore a nightgown, while Jiang Wang was bare-chested, his chest against her back, tightly pressed together.

After waking, memories of yesterday gradually returned to her mind. Shi Niannian’s face instantly reddened. Though she had originally planned to get up, she quietly lay back down, continuing to pretend to be asleep.

Yesterday must have been quite exhausting. Shi Niannian, who rarely slept in, quickly fell back asleep. When she woke up again, Jiang Wang was already gone.

She paused, sat up in bed, and reached into the blanket, massaging her sore inner thighs.

After leaning against the headboard and massaging for a while, Jiang Wang pushed open the door carrying breakfast, though by the time it could be considered lunch.

His whole demeanor was relaxed, with three buttons of his shirt undone, revealing a circle of teeth marks on his collarbone, still red from where Shi Niannian had bitten him last night.

“You’re awake.”

“Yes.”

Jiang Wang brought the breakfast to the bed. He originally wanted to feed her, but Shi Niannian stopped him, saying she would do it herself. So he gave her the bowl and reached his hand under the blanket.

As soon as his fingertips touched her leg, she suddenly pulled back, almost spilling her breakfast, her eyes wary, looking exactly like when Jiang Wang first started pursuing her.

Yesterday had frightened Shi Niannian.

He smiled, grabbing the little girl’s ankle and placing her leg on his knee, massaging it for her: “Isn’t it sore? You could barely stand yesterday.”

“…” Her hand holding the spoon paused, and she looked up, “Don’t mention it.”

He continued to smile, looking very pleased, rubbing her legs rhythmically.

It felt quite comfortable, so Shi Niannian stopped resisting. She lowered her head to eat breakfast, and after finishing one bowl, Jiang Wang took it and placed it beside the bed: “Still hungry?”

She shook her head without speaking, also lazy and relaxed, leaning back again.

They had originally planned to go out and look around today, but seeing that Shi Niannian really couldn’t muster any energy, they both stayed in the hotel all day without going out. Even meals were delivered.

Not long after, they had lunch. She had just eaten breakfast and didn’t eat much. After putting down her chopsticks, she lazily returned to bed. She had many marks left from last night that even her nightgown couldn’t hide.

She sighed inwardly, feeling that Jiang Wang was really too indulgent in pleasure, which wasn’t good for his health.

Having slept enough and no longer tired, Shi Niannian lay on the bed playing with her phone. She was usually busy and didn’t have much addiction to her phone, rarely looking at it or posting. Jiang Wang also wasn’t fond of posting.

She opened her Moments, where many people were out playing during the National Day holiday. Her Moments were filled with everyone’s tourist photos, and some people had posted pictures of congested highways where they were stuck.

Suddenly, her hand paused. Jiang Ling had posted a photo, a group photo, with a man beside her. He wore glasses, had a scholarly air, but his peach blossom eyes added a touch of charm.

Xu Zhilin.

Oh my god.

She enlarged the photo to confirm it was indeed Teacher Xu. Jiang Ling hadn’t written any text but had posted several rows of grinning emoji expressions. One glance showed how smug she was.

This moment’s post was from half an hour ago, and there was already a string of comments below.

Chen Shushu: Sister?????????? What’s going on????????

Huang Yao: Why do I feel like he looks so much like Teacher Xu?

Xu Fei: Wow!! Classmate Jiang, you’re amazing!! What’s going on with you two??

Chen Hao: I can’t tell for a moment if this is a beautiful teacher-student relationship or a scary male-female relationship!

Zhu Qicong: ?????????!!!!!!!!!

…

Shi Niannian first liked the post, thinking about what to reply.

Jiang Wang walked in, and one side of the bed sank. Shi Niannian’s lying position clearly revealed the red marks at the neckline and more scenery inside.

His eyes darkened slightly, and he reached out to touch the red marks: “What are you looking at?”

At the same time, the phone screen jumped, and Jiang Ling’s reply popped up.

Hahahahahahahahaha friends, call her “Mrs. Teacher”!!!!!!!!!

Shi Niannian parted her lips and turned her head to look at Jiang Wang, saying, “Jiang Ling and Teacher Xu are together.”

He raised his eyebrows, not showing much surprise: “Xu Zhilin?”

“Yes.”

Shi Niannian looked at the photo again and calculated the days: “That was fast. They’ve only met for a month.”

“Weren’t you faster? You got married on the third day after returning to the country,” Jiang Wang hugged her and turned over, playing with her fingers in his hand. “How long do you plan to keep our marriage a secret?”

This question had actually been on her mind for a long time. Initially, she didn’t know how to say it, and now it seemed even more difficult to bring up.

Jiang Wang and I have been married for a month already?

It’s strange.

She was silent for a while. Then her phone rang—it was her mother calling. She paused, held up a finger to Jiang Wang and made a “shh” sound, then turned to answer.

Xu Shu didn’t have anything particular to discuss, just made small talk for a while. The mother and daughter weren’t very talkative. Finally, she reminded her to send flowers to her father before hanging up.

Jiang Wang pulled her back into his arms, palm against hers, their fingers interlocked. He seemed to like this very much; he had done the same all last night.

Shi Niannian looked at their hands and let her thoughts wander for a while, then heard him suddenly ask, “Is your mother good to you now?”

She was startled.

Her relationship with Xu Shu had never been explicitly bad. With her personality, she rarely had bad relationships with people. However, in the past, Xu Shu’s differential treatment of the siblings was quite obvious. Later, during that time abroad, perhaps feeling sorry for Shi Niannian, she improved quite a bit.

“She’s quite good. Later, my brother’s illness improved a lot, and she’s quite good to me too,” Shi Niannian said.

Jiang Wang sat to the side watching her, the young girl with her head lowered, black lashes spreading downward, a calm and gentle smile on her face, without any obvious emotions.

He suddenly felt heartache and pressed her under him again, bending down to kiss her lips, leaving a very gentle kiss.

Closely pressing against her lips, he deeply entered, one hand cushioning the back of her head, soothingly rubbing the back of her neck rhythmically.

Jiang Wang’s pressure was quite comfortable. Shi Niannian narrowed her eyes, her two slender arms loosely encircling his waist, her head sinking into the soft pillow, quickly becoming drowsy.

Only when the man’s hand slid down to between her legs again did she wake up, struggling and whimpering twice, shrinking upward: “No more, no more.”

“…” Jiang Wang sighed and coaxed, “I won’t do anything to you, just massage a bit more.”

Only then did Shi Niannian release his wrist, remembering something, and said quite seriously, “You shouldn’t indulge in pleasure like this in the future.”

“Indulge in pleasure?” He laughed and kissed the tip of her ear, “How is this indulging in pleasure?”

“It is indulging in pleasure,” she didn’t want to elaborate, only saying, “It’s not good for your health.”

Jiang Wang then lay on top of her and laughed, his chest vibrating: “It was only twice yesterday. How is that indulging in pleasure?”

He had only held back because he could see the little girl really couldn’t take it anymore, yet the next day, she was lecturing him about indulging in pleasure too much.

He nuzzled against her, extremely affectionately: “Do you know that holding it in for too long is even worse?”

Shi Niannian didn’t want to respond to him. Seeing that she was tired, Jiang Wang didn’t tease her anymore. He lay beside her, gently rubbing her inner thighs. Just as they were about to fall asleep, Shi Niannian moved, turning to her side, raising her chin, and rubbing against the corner of his lips.

She mumbled, “Jiang Wang.”

“Hmm?”

“Do you want to find time to visit my mother with me, to tell her about our marriage?”

Jiang Wang paused, hugged her, nuzzled her neck, and took a deep breath: “Okay.”

The two rested directly in the hotel for two days. With Jiang Wang’s current position, even hoping for a good seven-day rest had become a luxury. Early the next morning, when Shi Niannian got up, she saw him in the outer living room with a laptop in front of him.

She didn’t notice, slipped on her slippers, opened the refrigerator to take out the large carton of milk they had bought at 7-Eleven downstairs the night before, drank half a glass herself, and poured a glass for Jiang Wang as well.

Her legs were still a bit sore. After placing the milk in front of Jiang Wang, she leaned on one side and sat down beside him.

As soon as she sat down and looked up, she saw several people on the computer screen, moving, all wearing suits, looking quite old.

…A video conference.

Only then did Shi Niannian notice that Jiang Wang had also buttoned his shirt more properly than usual, not as casual as when they were alone together.

She stared at the screen for a good while, and the people on the screen also stared at her in surprise. However, Jiang Wang sat beside her calmly, softly coaxing, “Be good, I’ll finish handling this soon, and then we’ll go out for a walk.”

Shi Niannian jumped up, red-faced, and ran back to the bedroom. The door made a “bang” sound.

Jiang Wang hooked his lips into a smile for a moment, then returned his gaze and continued with the meeting. The people on the screen also quickly recovered from their earlier shock.

They had all heard that Jiang Wang now had a girlfriend, and today they finally saw her.

The meeting ended shortly afterward. Jiang Wang went to the bedroom to find her. Shi Niannian was a bit overwhelmed, biting her lip and raising her head: “Were those all from your company just now?”

“Yes, company directors.”

No wonder they all looked quite old. Shi Niannian frowned: “Then I…”

“It’s fine,” Jiang Wang smiled and patted her head, “How could the chairman’s wife not be allowed to be seen?”

Shi Niannian sighed and decided not to think about it: “Are the directors of your company from before, with… with Jiang Chen?”

“Only half of the original ones remain. After Jiang Chen passed away, some opposed me, and there was a purge later,” he said concisely.

Jiang Wang didn’t elaborate, but Shi Niannian could imagine how much pressure there must have been at that time.

She sat on the edge of the bed and opened her arms. Jiang Wang leaned down, letting her hug him.

He smiled: “What’s wrong?”

Shi Niannian said seriously, “You’ve had it tough these years.”

He stopped smiling, suddenly recalling the first time he met Shi Niannian, and asked softly, “Do you remember how many years we’ve known each other?”

“Six years,” she answered quickly.

“Six years,” Jiang Wang repeated, his heart beating a bit fast. He knelt in front of her, held her hand, and kissed her ring finger. “I want to love you for a very long time.”