Leng Xiaoyao struggled to escape Han Chenyu's embrace, but he tightened his grip and whispered, "Do you want everyone to know what happened between us? Look, they're all watching you."
Sure enough, Leng Xiaoyao noticed that everyone had stopped dancing and was looking at them curiously. With no choice left, she surrendered and moved gracefully with Han Chenyu, but her lips trembled as she asked, "What do you want from me?"
Oh no! She had treated him like a bar handsome; she was doomed! He couldn't possibly want to retaliate against her, could he? Han Chenyu found her pale face and trembling body amusing. He leaned in close, whispering sweetly, but his words sent shivers down Leng Xiaoyao's spine.
"What's wrong, Miss Leng? Are you scared now? Didn't you enjoy yourself that night...?"
"Stop! I was... I was drunk at the time! Besides, you're a grown man; if you didn't want me to do that, couldn't you have just pushed me away? You're just as responsible!"
Leng Xiaoyao mentally congratulated herself for skillfully shifting the blame onto him. Well done, Xiaoyao!
"Oh? So you're quite articulate, huh? But what if I tell your parents and your three brothers? How do you think they would react?"
"No! Mr. Han, please don't tell them! I'd be finished!"
Tears nearly spilled from her eyes as she clutched Han Chenyu's arm. If her family found out, they would insist she marry him!
"Don't worry, I'm not here to take revenge on you. I'm here to take responsibility, after all, I am your first man, and I must be accountable to you."
Han Chenyu found it inexplicably entertaining to watch this woman pouting and begging him with tears in her eyes. It satisfied his vanity in a way he hadn't expected.
"I don't need you to take responsibility! Really! As long as you don't tell anyone, we can pretend nothing happened!"
When Han Chenyu heard her suggest they act like nothing had occurred, his heart inexplicably skipped a beat.
"That's not possible. I'm a responsible man. Since we've been intimate, I have to take on the corresponding responsibilities, right?"
"Your 'responsibility' doesn't mean…" Please don't let it be what she thought it meant!
"It means marrying you! I'll go propose to your father and mother right now. I'm sure they'll be pleased to accept me as their son-in-law."
Oh my God! Help her, please! She didn't want to marry him! She wanted to enjoy her beautiful, free single life!
"If I tell them you mistook me for a bar handsome and that's why you want to marry me, do you think they'll agree?"
"We'll see about that."
"Who's scared?!"
As the music came to an end, Leng Xiaoyao forcefully pushed Han Chenyu away and ran desperately toward the back garden, as if someone were chasing her.
Han Chenyu watched her hurriedly retreating figure, a smirk playing on his lips. Little rabbit, no matter how fast you run, the big bad wolf will catch you eventually. How will you struggle then?
Since that night at the party, Leng Xiaoyao had been on edge, anxious every day that Han Chenyu would appear before her parents to propose. However, a month passed without a word from him, as if he had never been there at all. Gradually, she began to relax her guard, convincing herself he was just trying to scare her. There was no way he would actually marry her! With that thought, her mood shifted from stormy clouds to clear skies.
One day, the three friends sat in a café chatting.
"What? You mean the man from that night was Han Chenyu?!"
"Shh! Keep your voice down! Do you want everyone to hear?"
Leng Xiaoyao quickly covered Pei Menglu and Sima Yuyao's mouths. These two chatterboxes!
"Are you serious? You mistook Han Chenyu for a bar handsome and…?"
"Yeah."
Sima Yuyao sighed dramatically, "You're finished! You dared to give the esteemed Han Group president a service fee of 108? You're dead meat!"
"Exactly! You're the first person to confuse Han Chenyu with a bar handsome! That's outright humiliation! Do you think he'll let you off the hook?"
"Is it really that scary? Even if he did say he wanted to marry me, it's been a month without any action. He probably forgot all about it."
"Marry you?!"
Pei Menglu and Sima Yuyao's eyes widened in shock at Leng Xiaoyao's revelation.
"He said he wants to marry you?"
"Yeah, but it's for revenge! Don't you think that man is a bit petty? It was just one encounter; I didn't make a big deal out of it, and he's holding a grudge."