Jing Haohao scrubbed herself vigorously for a large portion of the day, until her body turned red and painful from the excessive force, but she showed no signs of stopping.
She had known Shen Liangnian for ten years. Liangnian was five years older than her. They had been in love for four years. In these four years, her first handhold, her first kiss, her first embrace, her first caress, she had given all to him.
However, they never crossed a certain line.
Because once, she had said that in the year she turned twenty, she hoped, she could become his woman, in the truest sense of the word.
Thus, a man who was five years older than her, who had matured earlier, suppressed his physical desires and endured for four years.
Surely, in just ten days, it would be her twentieth birthday, she could finally become Shen Liangnian's woman, and then, they could get married, have children, grow old together... But... fate seemed to love to play games contrary to one's wishes...
The more she thought about it, the harder Jing Haohao scrubbed her skin. Her skin was incredibly delicate and in some areas, streaks of blood had begun to show.
However, Jing Haohao seemed to be immune to the pain and kept scrubbing her skin with a masochistic force.
In the end, she used up the entire bottle of shower gel. Dense white foam overflowed the tub before she finally slumped weakly into the bathtub.
She knew... no matter how forcefully she scrubbed, no matter how much shower gel she used, she could never cleanse herself thoroughly.
A lump formed in Jing Haohao's throat. She slowly tilted her head back to look at the bathroom ceiling. Her eyes felt sour.
Jing Haohao didn't know how long she had been lying there. The water in the bathtub had turned icy but she still was unwilling to leave. Not until the cell phone in the living room started ringing.
Jing Haohao sluggishly rose from the bathtub, casually washed off the foam on her body, grabbed a towel to wrap around herself and exited the bathroom. She dumped her bag haphazardly onto the bed, picked up the phone and saw the caller ID display "Liangnian". Her fingers trembled fiercely and hesitated for a long time before pressing the answer button. Then a familiar male voice came through the phone, "Haohao, why did it take you so long to answer the call? What were you doing?"
Shen Liangnian's always gentle tone made Jing Haohao's hard-won calmness waver again. Holding the phone, it took her a considerable amount of energy to reply with a calm voice, "I was just taking a shower."
Even though Jing Haohao tried her best to disguise it, Shen Liangnian still detected something was off, "Haohao, what's wrong? Are you feeling unwell? Your voice sounds strange."
Jing Haohao's hand gripping the towel tensed, her knuckles turning white. She closed her eyes, took a deep breath, then replied in a slightly softer tone, "I drank too much at the banquet tonight, my throat feels a bit uncomfortable."
"I'll go to the pharmacy and buy some medicine, then I'll bring them over to you."
In the past, Jing Haohao would definitely have nodded cutely and said "yes" with a happy heart, but now, her neck and chest were covered with love-bites. If Shen Liangnian came over and saw them, how would she explain?
Even though she knew in her heart that her chastity was lost, and it was only a matter of time before Shen Liangnian found out.