Facing Nan Yu's initiative, Tan Linyuan only hesitated for a very short moment.
Soon, his eyes gradually darkened. He shifted from being passive at first to taking the initiative, easily invading her teeth through her slightly open mouth.
His hands, which were initially hovering in the air, now landed on her waist, clasping her body tightly and pressing her closer to him.
Nan Yu, who had clearly been the one to flirt first, now began to shrink back. She let go of the hands that had been wrapped around his neck, but he held her down so tightly that she couldn't move at all.
Without hesitation, his hands pushed up her loose top, and his cold fingers pressed against her skin.
"Don't..." Nan Yu's eyelashes drooped as she resisted in a flurry, "I'm not ready..."
"Didn't you say you wanted to do it?" Tan Linyuan asked her calmly.
Nan Yu's eyes widened. Her breathing gradually became hot. His kisses fell one after another, making her gradually lose herself and sink into the heat he had woven.
He invaded her from the inside out. Nan Yu closed her eyes tightly, feeling his demands. All that filled her nostrils was his scent and the smell of sandalwood from the incense burner in the room.
Faint splashing sounds came intermittently from the study.
Nan Yu went limp in his arms. As she gasped for breath, only two thoughts remained in her mind:
One was that she was right. The experience between her and Tan Linyuan in this aspect was indeed quite good; the other was that she probably wouldn't believe in Buddhism anymore in this lifetime.
Doing such things with Tan Linyuan in a room with Buddha statues and lingering sandalwood was simply too blasphemous to the gods.
Exhausted, she leaned against his chest and closed her eyes.
Her hands tightly grasped his sleeves, wrinkling his long and wide robe.
Tan Linyuan looked down at the person in his arms, couldn't help but lean over, and gently kissed her sweat - soaked forehead.
It was like a fleeting touch.
When Tan Linyuan picked her up and left, Nan Yu opened her eyes and looked back at the study. Only then did she notice that at some point, Tan Linyuan had covered the Buddha statues in the room with a cloth.
... Pretentious.
Tan Linyuan took her back to the bedroom. Feeling sticky all over, she took a shower directly in the bathroom of the bedroom.
When she came out after the shower, Tan Linyuan was still waiting for her in the room.
"Stay here tonight?" His clear and thin eyes met hers as he asked for her opinion.
Nan Yu checked the time and realized it was already ten o'clock at night.
Sure enough, pleasure leads to distraction. When she was still conscious before, it was still bright outside.
After being so tired for so long, she didn't want to make a fuss at night. Deep down, she quite agreed with Tan Linyuan's suggestion.
But although she agreed, "If I sleep here tonight, won't the Shen family suspect something?"
"Aren't you a bit late in realizing this?" Tan Linyuan said meaningfully, "You've been here for at least seven hours."
What he meant was that the people secretly monitoring Nan Yu must have already reported the situation.
Seeing his unhurried look, Nan Yu pursed her lips, "So what if they know? This is Uncle's villa."
"Using me as a shield?" Tan Linyuan glanced at her, "You'd better go back then."
Just then, the doorbell downstairs rang.
Shen Yanche stood at the door and smiled at Nan Yu, "Yuyu, I'm here to pick you up and go home."
...
On the way back, Nan Yu sat in Shen Yanche's car, looking at the night view outside.
She had delivered the piano to Tan Linyuan in the afternoon and then spent most of the evening with him. Now she felt tired and sleepy, and her eyelids were about to close at any moment.
"Was it tiring chanting scriptures with Uncle this afternoon?" Shen Yanche asked her vaguely, scaring her so much that she straightened up immediately, " ... Not really."
Feeling guilty, Nan Yu had to perk up and chat with Shen Yanche. She learned that Tan Linyuan had already sent a message to him, saying that she had brought the piano here and also read scriptures here for an afternoon, so she was a bit late.
Nan Yu couldn't help but sigh in her heart that Tan Linyuan was indeed meticulous. She had almost forgotten that the Shen family had always been following her.
But he had already thought up all the excuses for her in advance, and there was nothing suspicious in his words.
After saying that, Shen Yanche half - smiled and half - blamed, "It's just a piano. Next time, Yuyu can just contact me directly. It's more appropriate to put it at home."
But then he said, "But it's also good to put it at Uncle's place. Then you can come over to play the piano and chat with Uncle when you're free. It can also strengthen your relationship."
Nan Yu was too lazy to expose his little schemes.
She even thought darkly in her heart that her relationship with Tan Linyuan was quite good now. They had even been intimate in bed.
When Shen Yanche dropped her off at home, Nan Yu saw the text message from Tan Linyuan.
【river: Arrived?】
Nan Yu hadn't given him a nickname. It was only when she saw the picture of the big orange cat that she remembered who it was: 【Just got home.】
The other party didn't send another message.
Lying in bed, Nan Yu was worried that Tan Linyuan would go back on his word, so she sent another message: 【You have to keep your promise about what you said today.】
The other party replied very quickly, almost instantly.
【river: Which ear of yours heard me promise you?】
Although he hadn't made any promises, he had indeed done what he was supposed to do according to the promise. So Nan Yu naturally assumed that he had agreed.
But now it was obvious that he was planning to deny it after sleeping with her.
When Nan Yu saw this message, she was so annoyed that she almost threw her phone away.
Damn it, she had been slept with by him for nothing again.
Gritting her teeth in hatred, she immediately changed Tan Linyuan's nickname.
A few seconds later.
【Old Fox: You still haven't answered me. Why don't you just ask the Shen family to help you investigate?】
Nan Yu was slightly stunned and gradually tightened her lips.
...
In the villa.
Since Nan Yu left, Tan Linyuan had been sitting in the study, quietly copying scriptures.
The light in the room was very bright. The hot light shone on him, like a sacred light of broken gold, revealing everything about him.
In the study, the Buddha statues still stood in their original places. Without exception, their gazes fell on Tan Linyuan, as if examining his soul.
The meditation table was filled with rice paper. Tan Linyuan copied the "Great Compassion Repentance" over and over again. He didn't know how long he had been copying until his heart was completely calm.
He didn't look at his phone once during this time.
When it was quiet at night, he got up from the futon, bowed deeply to the Buddha statues, and softly chanted scriptures, as if repenting and atoning for his sins.
When he walked out of the study, he turned on his phone again. The screen still stayed on the chat box with Nan Yu.
【Little Fish: Because I don't want to marry Shen Yanche.】
The nickname he gave her was Little Fish.