**** The following chapter consists of a mature scene that isn't appropriate for younger audiences. Please skip if you are uncomfortable. ****

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"Earlier wasn't the fun part?" Jiang Ruolan tried to guide his hand between her thighs but he broke free and placed her hand on the wall. "What did I say? Don't move." Xian Zihao licked the shell of her ear. He felt her tremble.

He moved in languid, sensual strokes at first and slowly pulling all the way out until only the tip, then ramming back in. The angle was so perfect that it rubbed right along her g-spot. His forehead rested on her shoulder, his heavy puffs of breath covering her skin as he moved inside her.

As his pace changed, her breathy moans echoed through the bathroom, bouncing off the walls. Her breasts swayed at every thrust. Her pale skin flushed pink from the water's heat and the rush of arousal.

Every little sensation was magnified; every drop of water became an electric touch as the tension in her core tightened. Xian Zihao's lips skimmed along the delicate skin of her throat. His mouth sucked at it, leaving hickeys behind.

His body rubbed against her, slick with water and smoldering with desire. Even as his pace became more of a hammer, he still kept his lunges controlled, focused entirely on her pleasure.

"So beautiful." Xian Zihao murmured huskily, rubbing his stubbled cheek into her arched back. "So soft and delicious."

Jiang Ruolan wanted to push her hips back to meet the sweet, heavy pressure that was filling her deeper and deeper but Xian Zihao's strong grip held her in place. He dominated her with the desire to give her pleasure and she loved every bit of it.

"You're almost there, Ruolan?" his voice was so raw with lust, his breath hot in her ear. "I'm coming too. We're going to come at the same time and you're going to take every drop of me." Xian Zihao buried his face in Jiang Ruolan's neck. 

The controlled rhythm he had set before gave way to frantic need, his hips jack hammering into her yielding flesh. The ravenous slapping of their flesh filled the air.

He reached down to between her thighs and began rubbing at her by now ultra-sensitive clit. That pushed her over the edge. Jiang Ruolan saw stars blinking in front of her vision while Xian Zihao groaned loudly. Her silken heat twisted and clenched around his thrusting hardness drawing out his own release.

Xian Zihao ground his teeth, reining in the primal desire to bite her again. Her body was so welcoming and so yielding to him.

Xian Zihao kissed Jiang Ruolan's shoulders and back before slowly slipping his rod from her hot and warm core. Afterward, they decided to take a shower again. 

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Jiang Ruolan lazily laid on the bed with Xian Zihao's arm across her waist as he gently embraced her. Just as she was about to fall asleep, she heard him say in her ear, "Zhou Shufen and I have nothing to do with each other. Everything is all in the past. I have never done anything against my will."

Jiang Ruolan opened her eyes, looked at his faint and slightly pursed lips. Xian Zihao was solemnly stating a fact to her.

He could see the doubt and apprehension she refused to voice under her silence. He didn't want her to worry too much. This meant that he cared about her feelings too.

Jiang Ruolan smiled faintly and put her arms around him, like an octopus that couldn't be shaken off no matter what. She put her face on his neck and breathed in the smell of the shower gel, "Xian Zihao, I believe in you."

Even if Xian Zihao didn't say what his past with Zhou Shufen was like, the haze in her heart would instantly dissipate as long as he said those words.

Jiang Ruolan wasn't a weak woman who would cower. She understood that as long as Xian Zihao gave her a confirmation, she would be confident. No matter who her opponent was, Cui Liuxian or Zhou Shufen, she wouldn't give up.

"Sometimes, emotions don't have to be completely given. You have to learn to fight for it yourself." His faint voice sounded above her head and it made her pause for a moment.

Jiang Ruolan raised her head from his embrace, catching his gaze in the darkness of the bedroom.

Xian Zihao wanted her to fight for it?

Was it because he knew that Zhou Shufen's goal for returning to H City was him?

Or could it be that even he was unable to ascertain Zhou Shufen's goal?

How could Jiang Ruolan not understand the meaning behind Xian Zihao's words …

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When Jiang Ruolan went to work the next day, Xian Zihao, as usual, will drove her. Little by little, she found herself turning into a woman who needed to be pampered with love. She always yearned for this seemingly ordinary and tranquil happiness since she was a child.

Xian Zihao's warmth, his kisses, his hugs, his smiles, even though he was only driving quietly, Jiang Ruolan could not restrain herself from glancing at him from time to time.

When the car stopped in front of the company's gate, Jiang Ruolan immediately unbuckled her seat belt. But suddenly, Xian Zihao pulled her over.

Caught off guard, Jiang Ruolan directly fell into his embrace, and when she raised her head, he fiercely kissed her.

When he finally let go of her lips, he looked at her teasingly, "If you want to look at me again in the future, just look at me openly. No need to sneakily look at me."

"What are you talking about? When did I sneakily look at you? I'm not infatuated with your face, so why should I looked it openly?" she whispered.

Xian Zihao smiled and glanced at the time, indicating that she would be late if she didn't get out of the car. 

Jiang Ruolan hurriedly got out and entered the company.

In the afternoon, she still did not see Xiong Ruogang's figure. 

Jiang Ruolan didn't know where Xiong Ruogang had gone, so she had to have lunch alone in the company's cafeteria. Suddenly, she heard a few colleagues who were not from the same department whispering to each other nearby.

"I heard that Senior Zhou is going to stay in the country for a while. It seems like his granddaughter Zhou Shufen had divorced a while ago. I also heard Senior Zhou is going to pick a grandson-in-law for her."

"Really? Senior Zhou's granddaughter was once married? I can't tell, but from the way she's dressed, she doesn't seem that old."

"No matter how you look at it, she's still young. I heard that she was already 27 years old and is a top student in the finance department of Harvard University. She received quite a few awards when she was still a student. She's also very smart."

"I heard that Zhou Shufen and Xian Zihao were once in a relationship, but five years ago, they somehow broke up. Then, Xian Zihao returned to H City, while Zhou Shufen married a man with a pretty good family background, but then, I heard that that man seemed to be a criminal with an unknown family background."

"At that time, when Zhou Shufen married someone, it caused quite a sensation both at H City and abroad!"

"Then her sudden divorce and her appearance in H City, could it be... Is she trying to rekindle an old relationship with Xian Zihao?"

"Shh, lower your voice. Editor Jiang is sitting over there. Don't let her hear you. She's Xian Zihao's wife, so she probably doesn't know anything about Zhou Shufen!"

"Hey, tell me, which one of the two is prettier? If you were Xian Zihao, would you choose your current wife or the ex-girlfriend you once loved?"

"Who knows, Zhou Shufen is very beautiful, and also has a baby face, giving off a very lively feeling. Our editor Jiang is also not bad, but I heard that Xian Zihao and Zhou Shufen were a legendary couple during their year at Harvard. Later on, Xian Zihao established his Xian Company, and Zhou Shufen also gained a great reputation in the global financial world."

"Both of them achieved great things, and neither of them relied on the other. I heard they also were extremely close."

"I heard that Zhou Shufen had a daughter who will be five years old? It couldn't be related to President Xian, right?"

"Considering the time, it's not impossible!"

"If she really is Xian Zihao's daughter, then that would be too sad for Editor Jiang. Will she be willing to be her stepmother?"

"That's not necessarily the case. None of us have seen Jiang's Family members, but it seems like Editor Jiang doesn't have a family background. Zhou Shufen is different. If the child really does belong to Xian Zihao, then Zhou Shufen's sudden appearance to H City was to rebuild their relationship, I think Editor Jiang will be completely out of the picture!"