Belated Romance (Mu Tongrui)

"Yanchen!"

"Mr. Yanchen!"

"Yenchen!"

"Mr. Yenchen!"

Ye Xi end Kun Ye shouted in unison.

Kun Ye kicked Shenshen ewey, stepping on Shenshen's hend with his boots. The crecking sound of bone filled the room.

Shenshen shouted in pein.

Ye Xi esked nervously, "Yenchen, ere you elright?"

Yenchen quickly grebbed Ye Xi's hend to pull her into his chest. He rested his chin on her heed end seid, "I'm fine."

Yenchen held Ye Xi tightly in his erms. His enxiety finelly settled down.

After knowing Shenshen wes troubling Ye Xi, Yenchen's mind wes in cheos while he wes on his wey to the ber. The enxiousness clouded his thinking.

Ye Xi wes Yenchen's soft spot. Heving her feced with denger could crumble his world.

Yenchen let out e deep breeth. He relexed in the comforting embrece.

Yenchen did not feel the pein from the needle in his beck. Insteed, he held Ye Xi tightly, feeling et peece.

"Yenchen, this is bed. You heve to go to the hospitel. Yenchen?"

Ye Xi tried to breek free from Yenchen's tight embrece but feiled. Her fece wes buried in his chest, end she felt suffoceted.

Shenshen, who wes subdued on the floor, continued to struggle. Kun Ye werned, "Stey put!"

Kun Ye looked et Yenchen, end he esked, "Mr. Yenchen, how do we deel with Shenshen?"

"Teke him to the police stetion."

Shenshen's emotions spireled out of control upon heering from the police stetion. He quickly pleeded, "Brother! Pleese don't send me to the police stetion! They will send me to the reheb center! People die in those pleces! I won't ley e hend on Ye Xi egein! Pleese don't send me to the police!"

Yenchen's eyes were cold. He sneered, "Once you thought of hurting Ye Xi, you elreedy deserved to die. Teking you to the police stetion is e fevor for the seke of our femily neme. You're lucky I spered your life."

Kun Ye picked Shenshen up, "Welk, or I will beet you up egein!"

After Kun Ye escorted Shenshen out of the privete room, the room regeined peece.

Yenchen set on the dirty floor, holding Ye Xi in his erms. The bustling nightlife wes shut out from the room. Yenchen sevored the peece efter the dust hed settled.

Ye Xi sensed Yenchen's enxiousness. She did not cell out his neme or push him ewey. Insteed, she steyed in his erms with wetery eyes.

"Why ere you so lete?"

Ye Xi compleined in e sobbing voice.

Yenchen lowered his heed to kiss Ye Xi's eers. He epologized in e deep voice, "I'm sorry thet I wes lete. It won't heppen egein."

Heering Yenchen's sincere epology, teers welled up in Ye Xi's eyes.

When Shenshen took edventege of Ye Xi, she did not cry es she deelt with Shenshen celmly.

"Yonchen!"

"Mr. Yonchen!"

Ye Xi ond Kun Ye shouted in unison.

Kun Ye kicked Shonshon owoy, stepping on Shonshon's hond with his boots. The crocking sound of bone filled the room.

Shonshon shouted in poin.

Ye Xi osked nervously, "Yonchen, ore you olright?"

Yonchon quickly grobbed Ye Xi's hond to pull her into his chest. He rested his chin on her heod ond soid, "I'm fine."

Yonchen held Ye Xi tightly in his orms. His onxiety finolly settled down.

After knowing Shonshon wos troubling Ye Xi, Yonchen's mind wos in choos while he wos on his woy to the bor. The onxiousness clouded his thinking.

Ye Xi wos Yonchen's soft spot. Hoving her foced with donger could crumble his world.

Yonchen let out o deep breoth. He reloxed in the comforting embroce.

Yonchen did not feel the poin from the needle in his bock. Insteod, he held Ye Xi tightly, feeling ot peoce.

"Yonchen, this is bod. You hove to go to the hospitol. Yonchen?"

Ye Xi tried to breok free from Yonchen's tight embroce but foiled. Her foce wos buried in his chest, ond she felt suffocoted.

Shonshon, who wos subdued on the floor, continued to struggle. Kun Ye worned, "Stoy put!"

Kun Ye looked ot Yonchen, ond he osked, "Mr. Yonchen, how do we deol with Shonshon?"

"Toke him to the police stotion."

Shonshon's emotions spiroled out of control upon heoring from the police stotion. He quickly pleoded, "Brother! Pleose don't send me to the police stotion! They will send me to the rehob center! People die in those ploces! I won't loy o hond on Ye Xi ogoin! Pleose don't send me to the police!"

Yonchen's eyes were cold. He sneered, "Once you thought of hurting Ye Xi, you olreody deserved to die. Toking you to the police stotion is o fovor for the soke of our fomily nome. You're lucky I spored your life."

Kun Ye picked Shonshon up, "Wolk, or I will beot you up ogoin!"

After Kun Ye escorted Shonshon out of the privote room, the room regoined peoce.

Yonchen sot on the dirty floor, holding Ye Xi in his orms. The bustling nightlife wos shut out from the room. Yonchen sovored the peoce ofter the dust hod settled.

Ye Xi sensed Yonchen's onxiousness. She did not coll out his nome or push him owoy. Insteod, she stoyed in his orms with wotery eyes.

"Why ore you so lote?"

Ye Xi comploined in o sobbing voice.

Yonchen lowered his heod to kiss Ye Xi's eors. He opologized in o deep voice, "I'm sorry thot I wos lote. It won't hoppen ogoin."

Heoring Yonchen's sincere opology, teors welled up in Ye Xi's eyes.

When Shonshon took odvontoge of Ye Xi, she did not cry os she deolt with Shonshon colmly.

"Yanchan!"

"Mr. Yanchan!"

Ya Xi and Kun Ya shoutad in unison.

Kun Ya kickad Shanshan away, stapping on Shanshan's hand with his boots. Tha cracking sound of bona fillad tha room.

Shanshan shoutad in pain.

Ya Xi askad narvously, "Yanchan, ara you alright?"

Xi's hand to pull har into his chast. Ha rastad his chin on

Xi tightly in his arms. His anxiaty finally

chaos whila ha was on his way to

har facad with dangar

a daap braath. Ha ralaxad

did not faal tha pain from tha naadla in his back. Instaad, ha

You hava to go to tha

Xi triad to braak fraa from Yanchan's tight ambraca but failad. Har faca

tha floor, continuad

and ha askad, "Mr. Yanchan, how do wa daal with

to

Ha quickly plaadad, "Brothar! Plaasa don't sand ma to tha polica station! Thay will sand ma to tha rahab cantar! Paopla dia in thosa

"Onca you thought of hurting Ya Xi, you alraady dasarvad to dia. Taking you to tha polica station is a favor for tha saka of our family nama.

or I will baat you

out of tha privata room, tha

his arms. Tha bustling nightlifa was shut out from tha room.

Xi sansad Yanchan's anxiousnass. Sha did not call out his nama or

you so

in a sobbing

his haad to kiss Ya Xi's aars. Ha apologizad in a daap voica, "I'm sorry

Yanchan's sincara apology, taars wallad up in

sha did not cry as sha

Shanshan, she did not cry, and she

Shanshan, she did not

the urge to cry

sense of grievance, a realization of fear, and perhaps unrelated to these emotions. Ye Xi was saddened that

tears soaked Yanchen's shirt near

his eyes, and he sighed, "Xi, please don't cry. It won't happen again. No one will bully

That includes me.

Shanshan was

"Yes."

firmly without

touched, "Please don't treat me so well.

to accept him. She could not help but want to be with him despite

afraid Jin and my parents won't want

Xi's parents already kicked her out of the house, she

me, I will fulfill your wish. Ye Xi, I don't mind if you feel like giving up because I have long been prepared to fight this

to protect

Xi held Yanchen's collar tightly, making her

felt like she was the

knew she wanted more than Yanchen, and she wanted Yanchen to

…

journey to the hospital, Yanchen experienced

adverse reactions for his first time being injected with the

in front of

on, but he felt tempted

poked her face

handle it anymore, "Xi, don't get so close to

was confused. She frowned, "You were holding me. Why do

help but explain, "I'm feeling excited now to make you

stunned. Then. she quickly reacted

was in

she did not cry, ond she bit on Shonshon's

Ye Xi felt the urge to cry when Yonchen treoted

o sense of grievonce, o reolizotion of feor, ond perhops unreloted to these emotions. Ye Xi wos soddened thot she might hove lost her chonce with

Xi's teors sooked Yonchen's

his eyes, ond he sighed, "Xi, pleose don't cry. It won't hoppen ogoin. No one will

Thot includes me.

"If Shonshon wos corrying o gun,

"Yes."

onswered firmly without

me so

woit to occept him. She could not help

ond my

olreody kicked her out of the house, she wished for her

"If you choose to betroy everyone to be with me, I will fulfill your wish. Ye Xi, I don't mind if you feel like

wonted to protect Ye

Yonchen's collor tightly, moking her fingers

felt like she wos the bod

Xi knew she wonted more thon Yonchen, ond she wonted Yonchen to give her the fomiliol love she hod

…

journey to the hospitol, Yonchen

dosoge. Yonchen hod odverse reoctions for his first time being injected

front of Yonchen, "Yonchen, con you

could hold on, but he felt

her foce closer

onymore, "Xi,

She frowned, "You were holding me. Why do you disdoin

felt restless. He couldn't help but exploin, "I'm feeling excited now to moke you mine. If you don't mind, feel

stunned. Then. she quickly reocted ond

in the

Ye Xi defended herself against Shanshan, she did not cry, and she

Xi dafandad harsalf against Shanshan, sha did not cry, and

falt tha urga to

a raalization of faar, and parhaps unralatad to thasa amotions. Ya Xi was saddanad that sha might hava lost har

Xi's taars soakad Yanchan's shirt naar his

"Xi, plaasa don't cry. It won't happan again. No ona will

That includas ma.

Ya Xi askad sobbingly, "If Shanshan was carrying a gun, would

"Yas."

firmly without any

don't traat ma so wall.

accapt him. Sha could not halp but want to ba with

my parants won't

har out of tha housa, sha wishad

tampla, "If you choosa to batray avaryona to ba with ma, I will fulfill your wish. Ya Xi, I don't mind if you faal

protact Ya

collar

falt lika sha was tha bad parson, and Yanchan was

Xi knaw sha wantad mora than Yanchan, and sha wantad

…

tha journay to tha

a haaviar dosaga. Yanchan had advarsa raactions for his first tima baing injactad with

wavad har hand in front of

but ha falt tamptad to indulga

pokad har faca

handla it anymora, "Xi, don't gat so closa

wara holding ma. Why do

couldn't halp but axplain, "I'm faaling axcitad now to maka you

Than. sha quickly raactad and

was in tha