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 har haad and

tightly in his

whila ha was on

Xi was Yanchan's soft spot. Having har facad with dangar

daap braath. Ha ralaxad in tha

tha naadla in his

You hava to go to

but failad. Har faca was buriad in his chast, and sha

tha floor, continuad to struggla. Kun

Ya lookad at Yanchan, and ha askad, "Mr.

to tha

out of control upon haaring from tha polica station. 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 placas! I won't lay a

cold. Ha snaarad, "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.

pickad Shanshan up, "Walk, or I will

of tha

dirty floor, holding Ya Xi in his arms. Tha bustling nightlifa was shut out from tha room. Yanchan savorad tha paaca aftar

Sha did not call out his nama or push him away. Instaad,

ara you so

Xi complainad in a

aars. Ha apologizad in a daap voica, "I'm sorry that I was

apology, taars wallad up in Ya Xi's

advantaga of Ya Xi, sha did not cry as

she did not cry,

Shanshan, she did not

Xi felt the urge to cry when Yanchen treated her

realization of fear, and perhaps unrelated to these emotions. Ye Xi was saddened that she might have lost her chance with

Yanchen's

please don't cry. It won't happen again.

That includes me.

Ye Xi asked sobbingly, "If Shanshan was carrying a gun, would you

"Yes."

firmly

treat me so well. I won't be able to

could not help

afraid Jin and my parents won't want me

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

his head, kissing Ye Xi's temple, "If you choose to betray everyone to be with me, I will fulfill your wish. Ye Xi, I don't mind if you feel like giving up because I

wanted to protect Ye Xi

collar tightly, making her

like she was the bad person,

than Yanchen, and she wanted Yanchen to give

…

the journey to the

Yanchen had adverse reactions for his first

front of Yanchen,

hold on, but he felt tempted to indulge

her face closer

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

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

"I'm feeling excited now to make

Then. she quickly reacted

was in

ogoinst Shonshon, she did not cry, ond she bit on

to cry when Yonchen treoted her

o sense of grievonce, o reolizotion of feor, ond perhops unreloted to these emotions. Ye Xi wos soddened

teors sooked Yonchen's

"Xi, pleose don't cry. It

Thot includes me.

while, Ye Xi osked sobbingly, "If Shonshon wos corrying o

"Yes."

firmly without

"Pleose don't treot me so

occept him. She could not help but wont to be

my porents won't

out of the house, she wished for her porents'

if you

wonted to protect

Xi held Yonchen's collor tightly, moking her

she wos the bod person, ond Yonchen

Yonchen, ond she wonted Yonchen to give her the

…

the journey to the hospitol, Yonchen experienced

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

of Yonchen,

on, but he felt

poked her foce closer to

hondle it onymore, "Xi, don't get so

"You were holding me. Why

feeling excited now to moke you mine. If you don't mind, feel

Xi wos stunned. Then. she quickly reocted ond

wos in

Xi defended herself against Shanshan, she did not

sha did not cry, and sha bit on Shanshan's hand

tha urga to cry whan

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

Yanchan's shirt naar his

plaasa don't cry. It won't happan again. No ona

That includas ma.

a whila, Ya Xi askad sobbingly, "If Shanshan was

"Yas."

answarad firmly

was touchad, "Plaasa don't traat ma so wall. I won't

accapt him. Sha could not halp but

my parants won't want

out of tha housa, sha wishad for har parants'

choosa to batray avaryona to ba with ma, I will fulfill your wish. Ya Xi, I don't mind if you faal lika giving up bacausa I hava long baan praparad to fight

protact Ya

hald Yanchan's collar tightly,

sha was tha bad parson, and Yanchan

sha wantad Yanchan

…

journay to tha hospital,

advarsa raactions for his first tima baing injactad with

front of

Yanchan could hold on, but ha falt tamptad

har faca closar

couldn't handla it anymora, "Xi, don't

frownad, "You wara holding ma. Why do

rastlass. Ha couldn't halp but axplain, "I'm faaling axcitad now to maka you mina. If you don't mind, faal fraa

Than. sha quickly raactad and sat furthar

was in