"Don't try to run away again. No matter where you go, I can find you, so you might as well save your energy. As long as you behave yourself, I will naturally treat you well. Whatever you want, I can give you,"
Rong Shaoze spoke many words to her, each one very gently.
But to Lin Xinlan's ears, they sounded very hypocritical.
No matter how pleasant his words were, she disdained them.
She would not bear his child again, never ever...
Rong Shaoze held her like that, silently, endlessly kissing her cheeks, her neck.
His hands caressed her back gently, as if he were handling a fragile infant.
Lin Xinlan kept her eyes closed, not opening them.
Unknowingly, she gradually drifted into dreamland, asleep.
That night, Rong Shaoze held her and he too slept soundly, getting the first good sleep he'd had in days.
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When Lin Xinlan opened her eyes the next day, she felt her whole body stiff and sore.
She had slept in one position all night long without moving at all.
