A Real Man

"If you'd like, I'll keep Mrs. Montelli's place for you forever."

Sanhua didn't speak, but simply gripped Kexi's fingers even tighter.

Are you serious?

"Seriously. This promise will always stand."

He wasn't lying.

However, he couldn't guarantee exactly how many positions were designated for the "wife" role.

Of course, he only dared to think about this dangerous idea in his mind, and would never dare to say it out loud at this time.

"Come here," Sanhua suddenly said.

Kexi was taken aback. "What?"

"Come closer to me."

Kexi hesitated for a moment, then moved the chair forward and leaned her upper body closer.

Sanhua stared at him and said again, "Closer."

Kexi moved another half an inch.

He felt that he was close enough to see the lines in her pupils, but Sanhua Sanhua still not satisfied.

"Closer."

Kexi simply stood up, bent down, and brought her face close to hers. Their faces were only inches apart, and their breaths mingled.

"What exactly do you want to do--"

Before he could finish speaking, Sanhua grabbed the back of his neck and pulled him onto the bed.

Kexi lost her balance, and as the world spun around her, her back slammed onto the soft mattress.

He looked up in a panic, and the next second, his lips met something icy cold.

The kiss came suddenly and fiercely.

Kexi's mind went completely blank on the spot.

He was forcibly kissed?!

Sanhua gave him no time to react, kissing him more and more forcefully, with a destructive resolve.

Her fingers ran through his hair, while her other hand pressed against his chest, as if she wanted to press him completely into her bones.

Kexi initially struggled a couple of times, uttering a few indistinct syllables, which quickly turned into a soft groan between her cold lips and tongue.

The temperature inside the room was rising at an incredible rate.

Kexi's coat had long since fallen to the ground, and three buttons on her shirt had been ripped open at some point.

Sanhua's fingers, still cool from the aftereffects of her injury, traced burning lines on his skin.

Kexi was in a state of confusion throughout, wondering "Who am I? Where am I? Is this really a hospital room?" It wasn't until Sanhua took the initiative and pinned him down that he finally regained a sliver of clarity, only to be swept into an even deeper state of confusion.

"Yahoo--"

After a muffled thud that was half scream and half humiliation, Kexi finally became a real man.

Outside the ward.

Jinhsi leaned against the wall, one hand tightly covering her mouth.

She dared not make a sound.

She knew how sharp Sanhua's hearing was; she could detect even the slightest sob.

She just stood there, her shoulders slowly sliding down, as if something had been forcibly ripped from her body.

Large tears rolled down her cheeks and streamed through her fingers.

She didn't wipe it.

She was afraid that if she raised her hand, she wouldn't be able to support herself and would fall to the ground.

I don't know how long it's been.

There was no more sound from inside; it was as quiet as if nothing had happened.

But she knew that it was precisely this silence that was most hurtful.

She tilted her head back, pressing the back of her head against the cold wall, and closed her eyes. Her chest felt like it was blocked by something, making it hard to breathe, and she couldn't exhale.

afterwards.

Kexi huddled in the corner of the bed, wrapped in a blanket. His hair was a mess, as if he had just fought a typhoon. His collar was wide open, and his neck was covered with suspicious red marks.

He looked down at himself, then looked up at Sanhua, who was leaning against the headboard with a calm expression. His lips twitched, and his eyes actually reddened.

"My innocence... Waaah..."

Sanhua looked down at him, who was crying like a defiled little woman.

She reached out and pulled Kexi towards her, causing Kexi to fall into her arms.

She raised her hand and patted the back of his head, her tone carrying a hint of impatient gentleness.

"Alright, stop crying and whining like a woman."

Kexi struggled to peek out from her arms, looking at her stubbornly.

"No! I'm a man!"

It shattered in less than a second.

He sniffled, his voice hoarse and aggrieved. "Waaah... You've defiled me, you have to pay me back..."

Sanhua ignored his tantrum and gently pinched the back of his neck with her fingers.

Kexi's crying paused for a moment, then immediately resumed.

Sanhua's head was throbbing from his noise, so she simply leaned down and whispered in his ear.

Remember your promise.

Kexi's crying seemed to stop abruptly, as if someone had stepped on the brakes.

"I've given myself to you. If you dare to lie to me—"

She paused for a moment. Kexi instinctively shrank further into the blankets.

"Hmph." Sanhua sneered, a laugh that sent chills down Kexi's spine. "I'll beat your kid."

Kexi was taken aback at first, then suddenly jumped up from her arms, her eyes wide open. "What did you say?"

Sanhua didn't say anything, but simply pulled the blanket up to cover her bare shoulders.

Her face was expressionless, but the tips of her ears were flushed with a faint blush.

I'm not afraid to tell you.

She turned her head to look out the window, her voice so soft it was as if she were talking about something that had nothing to do with her.

"I'm in my fertile period today."

Kexi looked as if she had been struck by lightning and turned into charred remains.

After a long while, he finally found his voice. "Holy crap! You're so ruthless?!"

Sanhua slowly turned her gaze from the window and fixed it on his face.

The expression on her face was neither smug nor defiant; she just stared at him quietly.

Kexi felt uneasy under her gaze and shrank further into the blankets.

"So," Sanhua began, her tone regaining its usual calm, but each word seemed to carry a hook, "You'd better pray I'm not feeling well today."

Kexi gasped and fell back onto the bed.

His eyes were fixed blankly on the ceiling, his lips moved, and he muttered to himself, "God, just kill me..."

Sanhua couldn't help but let out a very soft laugh.

She reached out and pulled the blanket up for him, then placed her hand on his chest.

Kexi looked down at the hand, then at Sanhua.

"I'm going to sleep," Sanhua said.

Kexi opened her mouth, but ultimately said nothing.

He stared at her profile and suddenly felt that this woman might have been a stock trader in her past life.

He calculated every step more precisely than he did, and even his subsequent threats carried a "welcome to invest" flavor.

Um,

The buttocks.

He closed his eyes, his mind a jumbled mess of images of the large group of women who would be at his birthday party the next day.

Then he opened his eyes again and turned his head to look at Sanhua.

Sanhua seemed to have fallen asleep; her breathing had become very shallow and light.

Kexi looked at her for a while, and suddenly felt that all of this was so absurd that it didn't seem real.

He turned over, his back to her. After a few seconds, he turned back and reached out to tuck the blanket around her.

"This is fucking terrible," he muttered.