You Owe Me, My Love

You Owe Me, My Love Chapter 265

Chapter 265 A Genuine Conversation

“But you are! I love you. I feel a sense of security just from seeing your face. Even if you don’t love me back, I still want to stay by your side till the end of time. I want to die with someone whom I love beside me,” Su Xuyan said passionately.

Bai Rong sighed. “You should focus on what needs to be done. Go ahead and get rid of Xing Bachuan.” Bai Rong looked away and continued to eat her meal without speaking a single word.

Afterward, the waiter came over to settle the bill.

“Ma’am, someone has already paid for your table,” Zhong said with a smile just as Bai Rong took out her wallet.

She glanced at Su Xuyan.

“It’s not me,” he explained.

Bai Rong’s eyes darkened as she shifted her gaze toward the entrance.

It had to be Gu Mingchen if it was not Su Xuyan.

What is he trying to do? I’m eating with Su Xuyan, so why is he paying for our meal?

She could not wrap her head around Gu Mingchen’s true intentions. Just like the old Bai Rong, she could not see through the veil of mystery around him to uncover his true self at all.

“Who paid the bills?” Su Xuyan asked.

Shaking her head, Bai Rong replied, “I’m not sure, but whatever. Let’s go.”

With that, she walked out of the restaurant.

It was a rather windy night. A chilly gust of wind made Bai Rong wrap her arms around herself.

Su Xuyan immediately put his own jacket over her.

His jacket felt warm but had the distinct smell of cologne.

Past or present, Bai Rong had always preferred a natural, refreshing scent rather than the sickening sweetness of cologne.

As Su Xuyan hailed a taxi by the road, Bai Rong turned around sheepishly and caught sight of Gu Mingchen staring at her from the window of his private room.

His eyes were deep as a bottomless ocean. For a second, they locked gazes with each other, but she quickly looked away, with her fists lightly clenched.

A taxi had come to a stop before them, and Su Xuyan opened the door of the backseat for Bai Rong. She promptly got in the car.

As Su Xuyan sat down beside her, she passed his jacket back and told the driver, “Please take us to the Jadeborough Hotel.”

“Rong, can I stay in your room tonight?” Su Xuyan was very direct with his words.

“No, that’s inappropriate. My Aunt Flo is here.” Bai Rong immediately declined him.

Pursing his lips into a dangerous smile, Su Xuyan replied, “Well, I won’t force you to let me in. I’ve waited three years. A week’s wait is nothing.”

“I’m used to sleeping alone,” Bai Rong spoke dispassionately, with her head low.

Su Xuyan frowned. Tilting his head slightly, there was a hint of anger in his eyes.

All of a sudden, the atmosphere within the taxi turned dead silent.

It was so quiet that they could hear the sound of each other breathing.

Su Xuyan’s felt his throat turn a little dry, and his breathing was becoming rather unsteady. He shifted his whole body to face Bai Rong.

She was leaning on the seat comfortably with her eyes closed.

“What if I force you to let me stay in your room?” Su Xuyan growled, his eyes burning with passion.

Eyeing him for a brief moment, Bai Rong replied, “Alright.”

Her response caught him completely off guard.

Su Xuyan raised his eyebrows. “You just agreed?”

“Yeah,” Bai Rong murmured and leaned on his shoulder.

With a pounding heart, Su Xuyan held her shoulder and took a closer look at her delicate face.

Her eyes were closed, but her long lashes that panned out like a fan occasionally fluttered like soft feathers tickling his senses.

Unable to hold back his desires, Su Xuyan leaned in and kissed her on her forehead.

She did not respond. Is she asleep?

Su Xuyan became a little bolder and gently moved his lips from her forehead to her eyes, nose, and eventually her lips.

Bai Rong remained still.

“Rong.” Su Xuyan’s voice turned deep and raspy. “Let’s get married soon, okay?”

He did not get a reply.

A sense of uneasiness crept up his spine as he stared at her unmoving body. “Rong, Rong! Wake up.”

To his relief, Bai Rong lazily covered his mouth and said, “You’re so noisy. I barely fell asleep.”

Smiling sheepishly, Su Xuyan sighed. “Isn’t it a little early to sleep?”

Bai Rong murmured something, then turned silent once more.

When they finally arrived at the hotel, Bai Rong opened her eyes and got out of the taxi.

Su Xuyan handed a hundred to the driver.

“Keep the change,” Su Xuyan said before rushing to put his jacket over Bai Rong. “It’s quite chilly at night. You may catch a cold.”

“Okay.”

Su Xuyan did not book a room for himself in the hotel lobby and followed Bai Rong to the twenty-first floor. Upstodatee from Novel(D)ra/m/a.O(r)g

“Are you sleeping outside or inside,” Bai Rong asked.

“Outside,” Su Xuyan replied, with a spark of nervousness in his eyes.

Though he had fooled around with countless women in the past, he felt butterflies in his chest just from hearing her simple question like a shy virgin boy falling in love for the very first time.

As Bai Rong opened the hotel room door, he realized what she was talking about. There was more than one bed in the room.

“You booked the presidential suite?” Su Xuyan could not hide the disappointment in his voice.

“The presidential suite comes with better service and amenities. I’m really tired, so I’ll shower and sleep right away. Goodnight.” With that, Bai Rong walked into the bedroom within the suite and locked the door before Su Xuyan could say another word.

He did not call out for her because she did look extremely exhausted that night.

Sensing that Su Xuyan would not bother her any longer, Bai Rong got in the bathroom and looked into the mirror. All of a sudden, her phone rang.

It was Su Xuyan. “What’s wrong?”

“I wanted to hear your voice.” Su Xuyan’s voice was gentle and warm.

“You can just record my voice now because I’ll be sleeping soon, and I don’t want to be interrupted. I always get a headache when I wake up, putting me in a really foul mood,” Bai Rong replied quietly.

“Say something nice. I’ll record it.” Su Xuyan took her words very seriously.

After a brief pause, Bai Rong asked, “Why do they call you Commander Su?”

“The commander-in-chief bestowed the title upon me. The place you visited last time is one of my military bases. My main work scope is to keep tabs on all government officials covertly to obtain the information they’ve been hiding, as well as what they are up to,” Su Xuyan explained.

“You work for the commander-in-chief?” Bai Rong was a little doubtful.

“Yes.”

“What if the commander-in-chief wasn’t the one put in charge?” Bai Rong asked.

“That wouldn’t happen. Gu Mingchen has already been disqualified from being a potential candidate. Su Zheng will be eliminated from the competition too if I expose Su Wanning’s wrongdoings.”

“But Su Zheng is your uncle!” Bai Rong was baffled by his words.

“Bai Rong, you’re the only one I’m sharing this information with. I’m willing to tell you what my weakness is in exchange for a genuine conversation. I’m not Xiong Daini’s biological son. Her son died long ago, and I was adopted by her,” Su Xuyan said with a bitter smile.

Bai Rong frowned. “So, how did you find out that Xing Bachuan killed your father?”

“I was hiding in the closet when it happened. I saw Xing Bachuan kill my father with my very own eyes. I’m very sure of it. There’s no mistake,” Su Xuyan said firmly, his eyes darkening, exuding a dangerous aura around him.