Captured Hearts: The Substitute Bride's Gambit-Chapter 218 - I Dont Want to Be Strangers with You

Chapter 218: Chapter 218: I Don’t Want to Be Strangers with You

Chapter 218 -218: I Don’t Want to Be Strangers with You

Du Xiaoguang took the business card with a smile, “There’ll definitely be a day when I need your help, I’m not immortal, how could I never get sick? It’s late, go home. And don’t cry anymore when you get back, or your eyes will be swollen tomorrow.”

“Okay, I will.”

“Also, next time don’t wander alone downstairs this late. Girls should be more careful; it’s very unsafe at night.”

Ye Chuyi’s eyes began to water again. She never cared when others were unkind to her, but she always felt grateful and wanted to repay them when they were good to her.

She thanked him again and then drove off.

Sometimes, the person you think is good might not be good, and the person you think is bad might not be bad.

When she got home, it was already midnight.

In the living room, Sheng Tingyuan was sitting on the sofa, with a computer in front of him and documents in his hand, working.

Ye Chuyi was surprised, “You haven’t gone to bed yet?”

Sheng Tingyuan looked up, “You said you’d be working late, so I decided to get some work done and wait for you.”

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He put down the files, stood up, and walked over to Ye Chuyi.

“Why are your eyes swollen? Have you been crying?”

Ye Chuyi turned her face away, “No.”

She wouldn’t say, and Sheng Tingyuan didn’t press her. He asked softly, “Are you hungry? Auntie Wang has prepared some late-night snacks.”

Ye Chuyi shook her head, “I’m not hungry, I don’t want to eat anything.”

Sheng Tingyuan gestured to Auntie Wang to take her leave.

After Auntie Wang left, he took Ye Chuyi’s hand and led her to sit down on the sofa, “I’ll get you a glass of water, wait here for me.”

Ye Chuyi nodded, watching him pour water, watching him come back, handing her the glass.

She took the water but didn’t drink.

She wondered, if Sheng Tingyuan knew she was the daughter of a murderer, would he still be so good to her?

Based on her past experiences, people distanced themselves from her once they knew her father was a murderer. When she was in school, not even one classmate wanted to be her desk mate.

The only person who hadn’t stayed away from her after finding out about her father was Qi Yunfan.

Unfortunately, Qi Yunfan also had impure motives.

She was so lost in thought that she didn’t react until Sheng Tingyuan held her.

She looked up at him, “Can I ask something of you?”

Sheng Tingyuan took her glass of water and wrapped his arms around her shoulders, “What do you want to ask?”

“I hope you can be colder to me in the future, better yet, treat me like a stranger.”

“What kind of strange request is that?”

Sheng Tingyuan frowned, “Why are you different from others? Shouldn’t you be asking me to be warmer to you? What upset you today?”

Ye Chuyi didn’t speak because even she didn’t know how to explain it to him.

Now, she had an indescribable fear of intimate relationships.

Sheng Tingyuan pressed her head against his chest and embraced her, “I can’t agree to this request. Ye Chuyi, we are husband and wife. Even if it is a contractual marriage, I don’t want to be a stranger to you.”

After a long while, when he did not hear any response from her, he looked down and found that she had fallen asleep.

He had called her assistant during the day and knew she had been in surgeries all day long, scheduled back to back.

She must have been exhausted.

Sheng Tingyuan did not move, just held her like that, letting her sleep on his chest. It was a rare moment of closeness; if she wasn’t asleep, she wouldn’t have let him hold her so honestly.

After she fell deeply asleep, Sheng Tingyuan carried her upstairs.

Knowing she didn’t like to sleep with him, he didn’t take her to the master bedroom but to her own.

He gently placed her on the bed, covered her with a blanket, and then he left the room.

She seemed different today, not as resilient and optimistic as before; she seemed a bit fragile.

Yet the more fragile she appeared, the stronger his urge to kiss her.

But Sheng Tingyuan was unwilling to take advantage of her while she was asleep; he would wait until she was awake to kiss her, even if he risked being rejected.