It was already deep into the night. The moonlight filtered through the tall branches, casting a shadow that swayed with the night breeze and slowly seeped into the car window bit by bit.
The dappled light fell on Jiang Li. Through her pajamas, one could faintly make out the outline of her slender waist.
She had come down in her pajamas. Gone was the evening dress she had worn a few hours ago, and her hair hung smoothly down her back. Her whole aura had softened a lot.
At this moment, the hem of her skirt had been pushed up to the highest point. The man's fingers were long and well - defined, gently pinching her firm thighs.
When she lifted her legs, there were already light rose - colored indentations on them.
The breaths of the two gradually became hot. Both of them knew tacitly what was going to happen next.
The air in the car was really stuffy. Jiang Li had trouble breathing, and the churning feeling in her chest was getting more and more intense.
It was supposed to be a familiar and intimate act, but at this moment, Jiang Li was tensing her back, and her hands were resisting as she propped against his shoulders.
Xiao Yanzhi hadn't noticed anything amiss yet. He let out a low, hoarse laugh, his voice clearly filled with desire: "It's been so long. Are you this rusty?"
His big hand gently squeezed her buttocks in a slightly flirtatious way: "Do I need to teach you, huh?"
Jiang Li pursed her lips. She hung her head, and her throat was like a dry and rusty gear. She rolled it for a long time but couldn't utter a single syllable.
She wanted to ask him why he was doing this.
If he hadn't been about to get engaged to Qin Yaoyao and wasn't about to become a father, maybe she could have continued mindlessly, playing the "sugar daddy game" with him for a while.
But now she couldn't.
She couldn't continue like this with a man who was going to be married. She couldn't continue to be in an ambiguous relationship with a man who was about to become a father.
It would torture her conscience and make it hard for her to fall asleep on any future night.
"Are you not going to marry Qin Yaoyao anymore?" she moved her lips.
"Yeah, it's postponed for now," Xiao Yanzhi replied after a moment of silence. He always felt as if she was choking back sobs, but he thought it might be an illusion.
Her voice did sound like she was crying at certain moments. It was hard for him to tell for a while.
Hearing his answer, Jiang Li couldn't help joking: "What does 'postponed' mean? Are you not getting engaged anymore?"
Seeing her asking him so seriously, Xiao Yanzhi thought she was just being a little girl throwing a tantrum. He replied casually without giving her a definite answer: "Not sure. It depends on my mood."
His overly indifferent attitude made Jiang Li's heart tremble.
Jiang Li quickly raised her hand to wipe her eyes and forced a smile: "Even if you have a child, would you still treat marriage so casually and keep a woman outside?"
This question was neither too light nor too heavy. The moment it came out of her mouth, the ambiguous atmosphere in the car instantly dissipated, and the man's expression turned extremely gloomy.
"Why are you asking this question?" he said in a deep voice. "Jiang Li, I came here late at night not to hear you say these things."
Her unappreciative look annoyed him greatly.
Thinking about her question just now, his eyes suddenly darkened. His gaze gradually shifted to her flat abdomen. He always felt something was off: "Are you pregnant?"
Counting the days, it had been more than two months since the last time they were together. It was not impossible for an accidental pregnancy to occur.
Xiao Yanzhi's Adam's apple suddenly rolled violently as he tried hard not to let his emotions show too much.
Jiang Li only paused for half a second. She was distracted by his question and forgot what she originally wanted to say. She just thought his acting skills were really good.
No one was better at shifting the blame than him.
The restless and fiery atmosphere just now was completely gone, and the temperature in the car became extremely cold.
The two were in such an intimate posture, but there was no longer any impulse or thought to go further.
"How could I be pregnant?" Jiang Li blinked and replied to him anyway. "Even if I were pregnant, I would abort the baby without hesitation. It would never come into this world."
"Why?" The momentary expectation and surprise in his heart were now completely doused with cold water. He squinted his eyes, his voice extremely hoarse. "Didn't you say you wanted a marriage?"
"If you're pregnant, there's a possibility for you to marry into the Xiao family."
Xiao Yanzhi's voice was lazy and extremely nonchalant, looking as if he didn't care: "I can also consider it."
Jiang Li wondered if he had said the same thing to Qin Yaoyao on some night, making her willingly conceive his child.
Thinking of this, the nausea she had just managed to suppress rushed up to her throat again, and even her tongue started to feel bitter and dry.
Her eyebrows were very beautiful, and her eyes were also gentle. Her docile face was extremely fair and well - behaved: "Mr. Xiao, you heard wrong."
"What I want is a happy and perfect marriage," she replied on her own, curving her lips. "Without the adjectives, the meaning completely changes."
"Being with me won't make you happy?" Xiao Yanzhi asked coldly.
He asked very seriously, but she laughed. Her laughter was so relaxed that one would suspect he had just told a joke.
She answered word by word, firmly: "It may be a bit offensive to say this - but being with you will definitely be a continuation of the tragedy in my life."
Xiao Yanzhi was momentarily stunned.
...
In the end, Xiao Yanzhi told her to get out of the car, his voice low: "Get out."
When the car drove away, Xiao Yanzhi had a gloomy face all the way.
Jiang Li stood on the roadside where she had just gotten out of the car, watching the black Maybach gradually disappear. Finally, she couldn't hold it back anymore. She leaned on a street lamp with one hand. The dizziness made her want to vomit badly.
She hadn't eaten much at night, and her stomach was empty, so there was nothing to vomit. After she recovered, she slowly went upstairs and returned to her room.
Lying in bed, she didn't even dare to close her eyes.
As soon as she closed her eyes, it seemed as if she could see a little kid staring at her face, accusing her: "Why did you seduce my dad? Why did you destroy my family?"
"You don't have a family anymore. Do you want to make me like you too?"
...
Jiang Li slept restlessly. Her dream was very chaotic. All kinds of people shuttled back and forth in her dream. She was very tired after this sleep.
When she walked out of the bedroom, Sister Chen and Xiao Ye had already come back at some point. Both of their faces were very solemn.
Jiang Li asked, "What happened?"
When Sister Chen saw her come out, her serious face softened a bit: "There was an internal fight between the Xiao father and son last night. Old Mr. Xiao removed all of Mr. Xiao's positions related to the Xiao family. Now they're saying to the outside world that he's on temporary leave and won't be involved in the Xiao family's business."
Hearing this, Jiang Li was stunned, and her mind became much clearer.
She remembered Xiao Yanzhi's gloomy face last night and the impatience that flashed from time to time. It turned out that he had just had a falling - out with Old Mr. Xiao.
She looked at Sister Chen and then at Xiao Ye: "Will this have an impact on us?"