Chapter Five：A woman so beautiful and not to be seen

Although feeling a sense of relief, the man's behavior severely hurt her pride. With a dark look on her face, she said, "Why did you stop hitting?"

"I'm afraid I'd feel bad if I hit you."

Wu Xiao bit her red lips and said in a deep voice, "You'd rather face ten years in prison than prove your innocence, right?"

"Only a fool would want to go to jail, but I don't like to prove myself in this way. You figure out the rest. I believe the law will always give a fair result. Otherwise... Alas, forget it. Let's wait and see."

Just as Wu Xiao was about to say something, the door opened and a police officer came in. He walked straight up to them and whispered a few words. Wu Xiao's expression changed slightly. She cast a surprised glance at Ye Chenghuan and then hurried out with the police officer.

After a long time, the police officer who had accompanied Wu Xiao earlier came back.

"Follow me!"

Ye Chenghuan followed him to the chief's office again. Wu Xiao was talking to a man. They seemed quite familiar. Seeing Ye Chenghuan enter, she said indifferently, "Someone has bailed you out. You can leave now."

Ye Chenghuan looked at the man in surprise. He was dressed in a neat suit, with a briefcase under his arm and thick frameless glasses on his nose. He was polite in manner and refined in speech, but his face was completely unfamiliar.

Ye Chenghuan rolled his eyes. "I'm not leaving."

"You! Why?" Wu Xiao stared at him with wide eyes.

"I don't know him. Why should I go with him? Besides, I don't like owing people, especially favors." Ye Chenghuan folded his arms.

The man bent down respectfully, and his smile seemed calculated. "Someone has been waiting for you outside for a long time."

Did he mistake me for someone else? Ye Chenghuan looked at the man, not understanding what he meant. He thought to himself that he had few acquaintances in this city. How could someone pay to bail him out?

"Who is he?"

The man spread his hands helplessly. "Sorry, he didn't authorize me. You'd better go and see for yourself."

Ye Chenghuan stared at Wu Xiao. "Can I really leave?"

Wu Xiao snorted reluctantly.

"I hope we'll meet again someday, but not here. By the way, your face is really tender." Ye Chenghuan twitched the corner of his mouth. Before she could react, he turned and left the police station.

When he reached the door, he saw a striking silver BMW convertible. A woman as elegant as a wild lily was sitting in the driver's seat.

She slowly turned her face, and Ye Chenghuan saw a perfectly classic oval face. It seemed only a little bigger than his palm, as if she had stepped out of the most standard beauty manga. Unlike the big eyes of ordinary beauties, her eyes were large and bright, as if there were ripples in her pupils, as if she were silently confiding something all the time. Her straight and firm nose had both the beauty of a woman and the heroism of a man. Her slightly thin and soft cherry lips showed a nearly transparent ruby color, always moist and intoxicating at a glance. Her long, shiny black hair, as soft as water, cascaded down just right over her slightly sloping fragrant shoulders...

Just sitting in the car, she exuded a fresh fragrance that quietly spread throughout the space and slowly filled people's hearts. She was like a proud lily standing in a secluded valley, blooming quietly and gracefully alone. No matter how many people around her were looking at her, she seemed to be alone in an empty field.

Seeing the woman in the car, Ye Chenghuan's eyebrows knitted together again. Of course he recognized her. The shock he felt at this moment was no less than that a few hours ago.

"Get in!" The woman uttered only two words indifferently and put on her sunglasses.

Sitting on the leather seat with the texture of a girl's skin, Ye Chenghuan finally calmed down. "Thank you for bailing me out.... Why did you... this morning?"

The V12 engine roared. The woman stepped on the gas pedal suddenly, and the car shot forward. She was wearing a seat belt and was fine, but Ye Chenghuan wasn't. The sudden huge inertia made him, who was off guard, hit his head on the metal handle.

He grimaced, covering his forehead. Fortunately, there was no blood. A trace of anger flashed across his face but disappeared quickly. Ye Chenghuan smiled bitterly to himself. It seemed this was a dangerous woman, even more dangerous than the tough police chief. He had just escaped one danger and now was in another. Who knew what was waiting for him?

Longdu was as prosperous as ever. The car drove through the jungle of steel and concrete. The alternating light and shadow kept passing over her calm face. Sitting next to such a woman, anyone would couldn't help but take a few more glances. Ye Chenghuan was a energetic and normally developed man, of course he was no exception.

Smelling the faint fragrance of her hair in the car, he couldn't help but start to look at this woman. Her long hair like a waterfall hung over her shoulders. Her white belted shirt was tucked into a coffee-colored tight skirt, outlining her already plump chest more attractively, as if it was about to break through the half-open collar at any moment. Her super-quality black stockings wrapped around her two long and firm legs. The undulating curve extended from her pert buttocks to her slender waist. The small exposed section of her lotus-like arm was even more imaginative...

Thinking of the vague fragments of their passionate night last night, he was momentarily lost in thought...

"Squeak!"

A harsh braking sound rang out. The car stopped suddenly. The woman cast a cold glance. "What are you looking at!"

"If someone is beautiful, can't I look?" Ye Chenghuan seemed quite confident.

"No!"

Seeing her charming appearance, he didn't expect her to be so overbearing. Ye Chenghuan shrugged. "Where are you taking me?"

Lin Peishan ignored him and restarted the car. The car wound its way through the jungle of steel and concrete for a while and finally stopped.

Ye Chenghuan looked up. On the ancient and elegant lintel were written four characters: Drunken Moon Tea House.

The tea house was very quiet. A faint fragrance of tea wafted in the air. The mahogany and lacquer tables and chairs were antique, comfortable and elegant. The flower pots were in full bloom. Being here for a drink made people feel relaxed and happy. Every corner exuded a classical and elegant atmosphere, keeping the noise outside and calming people's hearts at once.

The woman walked straight to the booth by the window. Ye Chenghuan sat opposite her.

A waitress in a classical cheongsam walked over gracefully and said softly with a gentle accent, "Sir, miss, what would you like?"

Ye Chenghuan took the tea list and frowned. "A pot of flower tea costs 500 yuan! That's too expensive!"

The cheongsam-clad waitress smiled gently. "Our products are all selected from the tender tea tips at an altitude of 2,000 meters. They are non-toxic, pollution-free and pure green and healthy drinks. Isn't it worth 500 yuan to buy a share of health?"

Ye Chenghuan rolled his eyes. "Well, bring me a pot of boiled water, no ice, no sugar."

"Sorry, we don't have that."

"You don't even have boiled water? Then what do you use to make tea?"

"We really don't have it."

"A pot of Longjing tea." The woman gave him a glance and said with a slight frown.

The green tea soup was poured into a milky white porcelain cup. The color and aroma were just right.

The woman held the cup but didn't take a sip. After a long silence, she seemed to be thinking. "What's your name?"

"Ye Chenghuan."

"What do you do for a living?"

"I'm an excellent security guard." Ye Chenghuan looked at her. "May I know your name, miss?"

"Lin Peishan."

Ye Chenghuan put away his smile and said earnestly, "Miss Lin, I'm very sorry about what happened last night..."

"Shut up!" The woman suddenly raised her voice. Ye Chenghuan was startled. His hand trembled, and the tea splashed. Looking at her holding her chest with a slight frown, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his heart for no reason.

After that, both of them fell silent. Lin Peishan propped her chin with one hand and stared blankly out of the window. Ye Chenghuan drank cup after cup of tea, hoping to fill his empty stomach. When he picked up the cup again, he found that he had drunk up a whole pot of tea.

"Waitress, refill my cup."

"Bring another pot." Lin Peishan ignored him and directly gave the order to the waitress.

Before long, the waitress brought another pot of fragrant tea and four kinds of snacks.

Finally, there was something to eat. Ye Chenghuan chewed with gusto.

Lin Peishan watched him with boredom. She felt sour inside. It was a pity that she, Lin Peishan, was an outstanding woman in people's eyes in terms of education and ability, yet she had an encounter with such a vulgar man.

That day, if it weren't for the huge pressure she had been under for a long time and her gloomy mood, she wouldn't have gone to the bar to get drunk. How could such a thing have happened? She hated herself, and even more, she hated this guy who had taken her virginity.

Ye Chenghuan could see the woman's entanglement. He felt it was time to give her an explanation.

"About what happened last night... Miss Lin, don't be angry. Listen to me. We are all adults. Since such a thing has happened, we should face it bravely."

"Okay, go ahead."

"What happened last night can't be made up for with just an apology. If possible, I hope to do my best to make up for it. Of course, I know that with my current status and conditions, I'm not worthy of marrying you. I don't dare to hope for that. But as long as you tell me something I can do, I will try my best. That's what I want to say." He knew very well that a woman like her wouldn't take the initiative to find him just to hear an "I'm sorry".

Lin Peishan suddenly raised her somewhat tired face, pushed aside the hair on her forehead, and said in a pale voice, "You mean I can ask you to do anything?"

Ye Chenghuan nodded.

Lin Peishan said word by word, "I want you to marry me."

Ye Chenghuan had just taken a sip of tea. Hearing this, he almost spat it out. He stared at her with wide eyes. "What did you say!"

Lin Peishan gave him a resentful look. It was almost as difficult for a woman like her to say such words to someone humbly as to climb to the sky. What's more, when she said that, she attracted a lot of strange looks. Her face as white as frost and snow turned red. She repeated in a soft but firm voice, "I want you to marry me!"

Ye Chenghuan silently lit a cigarette. After taking a couple of puffs and indulging in the brief numbness brought by nicotine for a while, he said, "Miss Lin, do you love me?"

"No!"

"Then why do you want me to marry you?"

"Because I have no other choice." Lin Peishan was trying hard to suppress the emotions that might burst out at any time.

"I think for a woman like you, this is more like charity and pity."

This sentence obviously hurt her. Just because of that mistake, she, the proud woman, had to bow her proud head to a vulgar man. Only she herself knew what this meant to her. Lin Peishan's eyes were red. She bit her lip. "Are you humiliating me? The girl whose virginity you took is humbly asking you to marry her. Do you think I'm pathetic?"

"On the contrary, I think you're very special. It takes courage for a girl as excellent as you to make such a request. I believe few people can do it."

Ye Chenghuan's honesty touched Lin Peishan a little. She had originally thought that he was like other men, vulgar, shallow and ignorant. It was hard to believe that a little security guard could say such profound words.