The night was filled with driving rain and howling wind.

The tides of spring surged, and the fragments of a leopard-print tulle skirt were scattered all over the floor.

1:30 AM.

The two lay powerlessly on the bed, panting heavily.

Chen Cheng's heat had vanished without a trace.

Shen Jing's mind was blank, her entire body glowing with a rosy flush, and a satisfied, charming smile hung on her face.

She gazed infatuatedly at Chen Cheng's charming profile, as a wave of intense, devoted, happy, and tender love slowly but overwhelmingly washed over her.

Incomprehensible, irresistible, a feeling whose origin she didn't know, yet one that ran deep.

[Ding, Shen Jing's favorability +1]

Hmm? Chen Cheng panted heavily, the corners of his mouth threatening to stretch to his ears.

He had never received such intuitive recognition before.

Before, it was all sensory perception; nothing was as direct as data.

As Shen Jing thought this, her hands wrapped around Chen Cheng's waist again, her fingertips gently caressing his well-defined abs, and she lifted her head to offer a sweet kiss.

Mingled with their mutual hormones and the love already deeply planted in her mind, she felt as if she were in a dream, forgetting everything, wanting only to merge with the person before her.

...

In the morning, the nanny made breakfast and went to knock on Shen Jing's door, but there was no answer after knocking for a long time.

Pushing the door open, she saw the person was long gone, though the quilt hadn't been tidied up.

The child still needed to go to school, and since she couldn't find her, the nanny had no choice but to call.

The call took a long time to connect, and Shen Jing's hoarse voice came from the other end.

"Hello~"

The voice was hoarse and lazy, carrying a somewhat inscrutable tone.

The nanny keenly sensed something was wrong. "Ma'am, what's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"

Shen Jing was startled and sprang up from the bed, taking a long while to calm down.

"Auntie Wu, I had a bit of a fever last night, so I got an injection at the hospital and slept there."

"Anyway, could you help me take our little Xie to kindergarten?"

"Alright, I'll take the child to kindergarten after breakfast." The nanny, not suspecting anything, answered readily.

"Ma'am, will you be alright by yourself over there?" the nanny asked with concern.

The master of the house, Xie Zhiyuan, occasionally didn't come home and rarely stayed at home during the day, so the nanny was naturally closer to Shen Jing.

"It's fine, I'm already better, I'll be back later." Shen Jing cleared her throat.

The nanny nodded. "Alright then, Ma'am, take care of yourself."

"Should I tell Sir?" she asked at the end.

Shen Jing stiffened, terrified, and said with a trembling voice: "Um, it's nothing major, I'll tell him myself."

"You take the child to school first."

"Oh, alright."

After hanging up the phone, Shen Jing let out a long sigh of relief.

She kicked Chen Cheng's leg as if venting her anger. "It's all your fault, you male demon."

"Who are you calling a male demon?" Chen Cheng pulled Shen Jing over. He had woken up when she sprang out of bed; with such big movements, it was impossible not to wake up.

"It's all because of you, you wretch," Shen Jing said, playfully slapping Chen Cheng's chest.

Chen Cheng looked at her shy, girlish appearance and, if one didn't know better, would have thought she was a sixteen-year-old girl.

Ah, pfft, an eighteen-year-old girl.

This shyness... Teacher Ailing truly did not deceive me.

...

Shen Jing complained coquettishly, "How am I supposed to go back in a while?"

"Why go back? I'll provide for you," Chen Cheng laughed.

"You?" Shen Jing showed a playful expression.

"What? Doubting my ability?"

"That's not it," Shen Jing pouted.

A man who could give a watch worth nearly two million was certainly capable of providing for her.

But so what? She knew the young man could never marry her.

However, Shen Jing was a bit huffy; she had been married to Xie Zhiyuan for so many years and had never received such an expensive watch.

Since she had already wronged her senior brother, digging a bit more at the foundations didn't matter. "Since you can come out, the one at your place didn't come back last night, right?"

Shen Jing's face darkened; he had said he was at Old Su's place.

Even a dog would know that was impossible, but she couldn't find any evidence.

"Didn't we agree not to ask about the past or the future?" Shen Jing turned her head away, displeased.

"Yo, putting on airs with me?" Chen Cheng said, giving her a smack.

Shen Jing was ashamed and angry, and in a fit of pique, threw a pillow at Chen Cheng's face.

Chen Cheng lay there looking at the ceiling, and seeing she hadn't spoken for a while, prepared to get dressed and leave.

Seeing Chen Cheng pulling up his pants to leave, Shen Jing felt reluctant. She lunged over and hugged Chen Cheng from behind. "Are you leaving again this time?"

"What? Can't bear to see me go?"

A smile hung on the corners of Chen Cheng's mouth.

Shen Jing didn't speak, just hugged him tighter.

Chen Cheng didn't stop pulling up his pants and continued, "I'm not leaving. I'm planning to buy a house. Once I've bought it, go pick a room."

"Really?" Shen Jing immediately jumped out of bed in excitement and hopped in front of Chen Cheng. "Is there a room for me too?"

Chen Cheng hooked Shen Jing's chin, gazed into her eyes, and said softly, "Of course, you are my woman."

At that moment, Shen Jing's gaze at Chen Cheng became infatuated, her heart shaken, and she raised her slender arms to offer a sweet kiss.

Her definition of their relationship was simply to make each other happy; she had never hoped for anything else.

But now, it felt as if she possessed the whole world.

After a long while, Chen Cheng patted her. If they kept kissing, they wouldn't need to leave the room today.

"Go take a shower. I have things to do today."

"Oh~"

Shen Jing then reluctantly went to the bathroom.

Before Chen Cheng had finished getting dressed, Shen Jing stormed out of the bathroom.

Pointing to the dark red heart-shaped mark on her chest, she complained coquettishly, "Why did you leave a mark?"

Chen Cheng didn't speak, turning around to show his back to Shen Jing.

Shen Jing was immediately silenced; there were several bloody scratches on Chen Cheng's back.

Chen Cheng turned back around and spread his hands, indicating, "I'm innocent too; you started it."

Watching Chen Cheng's cheeky expression, Shen Jing really wanted to beat him up.

She gave Chen Cheng a coquettish glare and turned back to the bathroom to rinse off.

Ten minutes later, Shen Jing finished her shower in a hurry.

Walking out of the room, she found that Chen Cheng was already gone.

She changed into her spare clothes, took a lingering look at the two beds in the room, and then turned to go downstairs.

"Help me extend 4306." Upon reaching the lobby, Shen Jing said to the front desk.

"Certainly, Ma'am. How long would you like to extend for?"

Shen Jing frowned. How long to extend?

He said he was going to buy a house, which would probably take some time; after buying it, it would need renovation, and even after renovation, they couldn't move in immediately.

"Hmm... let's extend for a year first." She said after pondering for a long while.

The beautiful receptionist was slightly surprised.

But she was professionally trained and didn't show the slightest bit of it on her face, saying unhurriedly:

"Certainly, Ma'am. Our twin room with a view is 3500 per night, which is about 1.27 million for a year. We offer a 20% discount for long-term stay customers."

"After the discount, it comes to 1.022 million. I have some discretion here, so I can round it down for you to 1 million."

"Ma'am, are you sure you want to extend the twin room with a view 4306?" The front desk confirmed with Shen Jing a second time.

"Yes." Shen Jing nodded faintly and handed the bank card in her hand to the hotel front desk.

Taking back the bank card, Shen Jing put the room card she was clutching in her other hand into her bag and went to the elevator hall to go to the basement garage, feeling satisfied.

Sitting in the car, she remembered one thing, slid her finger to send a message.

[Do not show it to anyone else]

[It doesn't show your face, what are you afraid of?]

[That is still not allowed!!!]

[Rest assured...]

"My woman~ My woman~" Shen Jing repeated the words twice, feeling very sweet in her heart.