4 – She Who Has Always Resisted Takes the Initiative to Kiss
When Fu Chenxuan returned home, he found several maids standing at the doorway. Frowning, he walked over and asked coldly, “What are you all doing here?”
“Sir, Miss Chu won’t let us in,” a maid whispered softly.
This was a common occurrence. Chu Yunruan seemed to want to escape from everyone in this household.
Yet now, she only wanted to see Fu Chenxuan.
When the man’s figure appeared, Chu Yunruan’s eyes lit up. A trace of hopeful smile appeared on her exquisitely beautiful face as she gazed eagerly at Fu Chenxuan.
Fu Chenxuan took the tray from the maid, entered the room and placed it by the bedside. Prepared for the girl to shrink away, he leaned in to feel her forehead.
Contrary to expectations, instead of the anticipated evasion and resistance, Chu Yunruan actively pressed closer, rubbing her cheek against his palm.
Just like an affectionate kitten.
Fu Chenxuan was profoundly shaken. Tentatively sitting on the edge of the bed, he was immediately embraced by warm fragrance and softness as she tightly wrapped her arms around his neck.
Fu Chenxuan encircled Chu Yunruan’s slender waist in return and asked softly, “You’re not afraid of me anymore?”
These words made Chu Yunruan’s heart ache with sorrow. She held him even tighter, shaking her head desperately.
Fu Chenxuan was the most prominent and dazzling figure in Yu Province. The Fu Corporation’s business spanned both legitimate and underground networks across the nation – this man could practically command wind and rain throughout Yu Province!
Yet after nearly ten years of marriage, he had never laid a hand on her, not even when drunk. He never forced so much as a kiss.
As long as she was unwilling.
This supremely powerful man loved so humbly, while she had foolishly believed he only wanted to use her against the Chu family.
How ridiculous! What was the Chu family compared to the Fu Corporation? Why would such a man need to exhaust his resources to deal with them?
She had been hopelessly stupid in her previous life!
“Not… afraid,” Chu Yunruan said slowly.
At this time, due to repeated high fevers over several days – deliberately prolonged without treatment by Chu Lanyan – her brain had been damaged. Not only were her reactions slow, but she couldn’t even speak clearly.
Before, she needed to hear things multiple times to comprehend them, and had to repeat words several times to articulate them clearly.
But she understood everything – her intelligence wasn’t impaired. Even when she later showed improvement, people still called her a fool behind her back, mocking her openly and covertly.
Now her mind was fully recovered, but she needed to regain her speech quickly.
As if he hadn’t heard, Fu Chenxuan asked gently again, “What?”
Chu Yunruan straightened up in his embrace, tears hanging on her lashes. Her pale yet extraordinarily beautiful face filled with determination and seriousness as she struggled to enunciate each word clearly.
“Not. Afraid.Fu Chenxuan had wanted to take her for treatment before, but whenever someone approached, she would scream hysterically as if she were collapsing until she became mentally exhausted. Over time, Fu Chenxuan could do nothing about it.
He couldn’t bear to see her live like this forever, but he couldn’t bear to force her either.
So be it. Even if she remained a fool, as long as he, Fu Chenxuan, wanted her and protected her, who dared say anything?
Watching the man’s suddenly excited expression, Chu Yunruan felt her nose sting and tears threatened to fall again.
It must have been so difficult for him to fall in love with a fool like her.
How Chu Yunruan wished she could kiss his thin lips without hesitation.
And so she did.
As her soft lips pressed against his, the tall man momentarily seemed at a loss.
This was their first kiss.The girl’s eyelashes fluttered slightly. Before the man could react, she tried to gently pull away, but he cupped the back of her head, holding her in place.
The man took control, his lips and tongue probing with an exploratory intensity, as if trying to ascertain the girl’s true feelings.
Chu Yunruan yielded to his advances, docile beyond words.
Fu Chenxuan paused, raising his hand to caress her face. A dark glint flashed in his cold eyes beneath those thick lashes. “Yunruan…”
“No…” Chu Yunruan immediately shook her head, clasping his hand as she gazed at him. “My… name… Ruan… Chu… Ruan.”
She was originally called A’Ruan. It was only after being taken in by the Chu family that she became known as Chu Yunruan.
She didn’t want this name.