CHAPTER 45: CHAPTER 45: AN EGG CAN NEVER DEFEAT A STONE

Gu Jiayin bit down hard on her lower lip, even biting deep marks into it. She wasn’t angry at him, but at herself.

Even though her heart resisted so much, her body gave the opposite response.

To her, this represented a kind of humiliation.

Her tender rosy lips were bitten nearly to abuse; she didn’t care, but the man on top of her felt pity.

He reached out, pinching her jaw to force her mouth open, and softly scolded in her ear, "In the future, without my permission, you’re not allowed to hurt yourself."

She refused to say another word, just awkwardly turned her head away, not looking at him.

In the face of a domineering man, silent defiance actually held more power than shouting.

Sheng Qianchi’s warm fingertip gently stroked her freshly bitten lip, soothing her softly, "Since you’ve already agreed to break it off with Pei Nianchen, from now on you’re not allowed to think of him, especially in front of me, understand?"

Seven years of survival under oppressive power made Gu Jiayin see through the reality of society.

An egg can never win against a rock, even if the rock has carefully hidden its sharp edges. If the egg is foolish enough to crash into it, it will only shatter.

She was the egg to his stone.

She was not afraid to be crushed, but she couldn’t abandon her mother. That was her responsibility, and more so, Gu Yachen’s final wish for her.

So she had to temporarily ease the conflict, "Can I get up now?"

"Mm."

This time, Sheng Qianchi did not make things difficult for her. He swiftly got up and extended his hand to help her up, watching her walk to the bathroom before he entered the dressing room to change his clothes.

Before coming, he had already prepared many outfits for her. After changing himself, he picked a casual outfit for her from the wardrobe and laid it on the bed.

When Gu Jiayin came out, Sheng Qianchi naturally pointed to the clothes on the bed, "Change and come downstairs. I’ll take you for a walk around the island."

When she was left alone in the bedroom, Gu Jiayin still felt as if it was all a dream.

She truly couldn’t adapt to the current state.

It was like seven years ago when she suddenly fell from heaven to hell, unable to distinguish reality from dream.

Even being secretly taken to Suri, forced to undergo training, took her a long time to adapt.

An entire year spent self-hypnotizing that this was just a dream, and one day when she awoke, she would return to her old life—her grandfather was not dead, her mother was not disfigured, her brother had not left, and she was still the care-free, inexperienced princess.

Before returning to Licheng City, she had prepared for any hardship, yet she never anticipated getting entangled with a man, especially Sheng Qianchi.

Looking at the clothes on the bed, she sighed deeply, quickly changed, and went downstairs.

No matter how unaccustomed she was now, she needed to survive through twists and turns, finding the Blood Tears Jade in this complex circle.

As long as she returned the Blood Tears Jade to the Suri Royal Family, she would be free and could take her mother anywhere.

Sheng Qianchi sat elegantly on the sofa. Seeing Gu Jiayin coming down, he stood up to her, taking her hand, "The pear blossoms on the island are more beautiful than those in the city, untouched by pollution. I’ll take you to see them now."

Gu Jiayin became very obedient, knowing that pointless resistance would only lead to forceful kisses and various physical torment.

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Sheng Qianchi personally drove an electric cart, carrying Gu Jiayin, along the wide and smooth asphalt road into the pear blossom area.

The sunset was a faint rosy pink, the pear blossoms a pure white, reflecting each other, accompanied by a rich fragrance and the scent of the sea, creating a small, beautiful world.

Sheng Qianchi jumped off the electric cart, leading Gu Jiayin into the pear tree grove.

The wind was gentle.

The ground was scattered with fallen pear petals, forming a shallow layer, and the trees were covered in pure white flowers.

Walking in, the pear branches crisscrossed overhead, creating a world of pure white, blocking the view and feeling like being enveloped in a fragrant world.

The view from above was beautiful.

The backdrop of pear blossoms was undeniably lovely, but the people within the blossoms were even more beautiful.

The man was tall and handsome, dressed in black clothes and pants, with a black overcoat, and the woman was slender and statuesque, wearing a black casual outfit underneath a long red overcoat. Walking hand in hand, they made a stunning sight.

It was like an immortal realm.

Unity in appearance, but hearts apart.

He enjoyed this intimacy and tranquility, his lips curled in a subtle smile, while she maintained an icy demeanor of indifference.

Stopping before a tall pear tree, Sheng Qianchi looked down at the woman who had been quiet the whole time.

She was strikingly beautiful, long black hair cascading over a red coat, red lips, white teeth, and delicate features, giving him a constant urge to bend down and kiss her.

But he knew she disliked his proximity, so he restrained himself.

Slowly averting his gaze from her face, he looked up at the pear blossoms, reached out to pick one in full bloom, and placed it near her ear.

Although they had spent a night together and he had kissed her several times since then, Gu Jiayin still found this intimacy hard to accept, believing it appropriate only for lovers.

So she was stunned.

She then reached out to remove the pear blossom, but a warm hand caught her wrist, and his words were exceptionally gentle, "Don’t take it off; it’s beautiful. Didn’t you like it a lot before?"

Gu Jiayin, "..."

In the past?

Yes, she did like it before. Pei Nianchen often picked pear blossoms and placed them on her head, then took photos, joking that she was a princess.

But she and Sheng Qianchi were not familiar at all, so how did he know what she liked?

She was just about to ask when, in the blink of an eye, the man pulled her into his arms, his chin resting on her shoulder, face against face. Then, she heard the camera shutter sound.

Sheng Qianchi used his phone to take an intimate photo of the two of them.

Her words of protest were yet to be spoken when he was already smiling, looking down to work on the photo.

She clearly saw him set the photo as his screensaver, then heard her own phone chime with a message notification sound.

Unlocking her phone, she saw he had sent the photo to her.

Similarly, before she could express any opinion, he had already snatched her phone and quickly set the photo as its screensaver.

While it’s no big deal to set a screensaver, doing so between her and Sheng Qianchi felt overly awkward, so Gu Jiayin instinctively grabbed her phone to delete it.

The man’s cold warning immediately pressed down, "If you dare delete it, I’ll kiss you right here."

Gu Jiayin’s motion halted, biting her lower lip as she looked up at him, her eyes filled with unabashed dislike and resistance.

But Sheng Qianchi seemed to be in an exceptionally good mood, blissfully ignoring her resistance, smiling brightly and revealing his white teeth, "From now on, always use this as your screensaver. Without my permission, don’t change it."