Chapter 14: I’m the One Supporting You

“Why is she here?”

Lu Beiyuan’s lips curled into a light smile. “She’s now the second miss of the Shi family, a socialite. Do you think she came to see me for anything else?”

He pointed with a finger. “There’s a rest room over there.”

Shi Ran and Lu Beiyuan’s relationship was already public knowledge.

If it were another woman seeking Lu Beiyuan, it wouldn’t concern her in the slightest.

But it was Shi Keyue!

“I’ll stay here.”

Lu Beiyuan’s lips curved into a satisfied smile. Finally, she wasn’t trying to distance herself from him anymore.

Soon, Shi Keyue, wearing a bodycon dress, sashayed in. The moment she saw Shi Ran, the elaborately made-up features on her face momentarily crumbled, quickly recovering to a charming smile.

“Mr. Lu, it’s hard to get an appointment with you!”

Smiling outwardly, she turned to Shi Ran, speaking as if to an old acquaintance: “Oh, my sister’s here too! Sure enough, Mr. Lu’s publicly announced girlfriend is named Shi Ran. At first, I thought it was just a namesake, but it really is my sister! However, weren’t you dating a boyfriend overseas, sister?”

The implication was too obvious.

Shi Keyue covered her mouth, quickly apologizing: “Oh dear, look at my mouth! Mr. Lu, I must have remembered wrong. Please don’t take my words to heart.”

Shi Ran gave her a cold look and said, “Of course not. After all, we don’t know Miss Shi’s sister.”

Before Shi Keyue could respond, Lu Beiyuan spoke: “It’s fine. I don’t mind; I’m happy to be the third.”

“…!”

The air fell silent. Shi Keyue’s carefully maintained smile was about to collapse. She had two main goals: seduce Lu Beiyuan, the most powerful man in City A, and make him dump Shi Ran, that bitch.

But she ended up getting a face full of dog food!

Absolutely not. Why should this little bitch have it better than her!

“Is that so? Then I guess what I saw downstairs about my sister’s boyfriend overseas is unnecessary to mention, Mr. Lu. You’re so generous!”

“…!”

Did Shen Linyang return?

“Then let’s talk about the cooperation.”

“Get out!”

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After Shi Keyue left the office, Lu Beiyuan pulled Shi Ran onto his lap. He leaned forward, resting his head lightly on her shoulder. His tone was doting yet forceful: “I don’t allow you to see him. Be good, okay?”

How far have you gone with that boyfriend? Holding hands? Kissing? Or…?

How much do you like him? Do you still like him? Or…?

Lu Beiyuan dared not think about it.

His phone rang, an unfamiliar number, but Shi Ran thought it was Shen Linyang.

He was clingy, finding ways to contact her even after being blocked. He was sweet, making it hard for Shi Ran to refuse him.

Lu Beiyuan hung up the call, his teeth sinking into the girl’s shoulder, causing a muffled groan of pain.

Then he took her hand, his facial features sharp: “Did he hold your hand like this?”

Of course!

He intertwined their fingers, then asked: “Like this?”

Yes!

His clearly defined knuckles lifted her skirt, unbuttoning the metal buttons, his movements quick and practiced.

Until…the man’s voice deepened, his arms tightening, pulling the girl closer, as if to melt her into his body.

“Like this? Yes!” He roared, burying his face in her neck.

His teeth aimed again at the bite marks on her neck.

It seemed that if her answer displeased him further, he would become a wolf, attacking her relentlessly, leaving her no escape.

What she didn’t know was that the prerequisite for the wolf to hurt her was that he had already gone mad.

Shi Ran trembled. Seeing his increasing frenzy, she used her recently acquired get-out-of-jail-free card: “You said you wouldn’t touch me!”

“We haven’t gone all the way, what are you panicking about? Or have you already gone all the way with that wild man?” Lu Beiyuan practically gritted his teeth as he spoke each word.

Shi Ran whimpered, her legs weak, whether from fright or other reasons.

“No, no, we only held hands, hugged…and, and…”

He pinched her waist, sharply demanding: “And what! Tell me!”

“Kissed.”

With a crash, he threw a glass on the table to the ground, shattering it.

He kissed her, in different ways, each time asking: “Like this? Or like this?”

The little puppy wanted more each time, but Shi Ran was shy, only giving a simple peck each time. Once, when he tried to use his tongue, he scared her badly, and she ignored him for several days. After that, Shen Linyang never went that far again.

So their relationship was relatively harmonious.

Lu Beiyuan directly carried Shi Ran to the underground parking lot to leave. Shen Linyang, having finally found out where they were, waited for a whole night downstairs at Lu Corporation, but he didn’t see them. Instead, he received another threatening call from his father.

“You rebellious son! Are you trying to drive your old father to death? There are plenty of women, why do you have to fight with Lu Beiyuan over a woman! Do you know how much I lost tonight because of you? Three collaborations! Rebellious son! Get back here!”

Later, his father hired security guards to carry him home and put him under house arrest.

Back home, Shi Ran felt uncomfortable in her stomach. After Lu Beiyuan called a doctor, she lay in bed.

In her hazy state, she felt her stomach being rubbed several times. At first, the touch was light, gradually becoming stronger.

It felt comfortable, the pain lessened. As she drifted off to sleep, she felt a wet sensation on her ear, as if someone had licked it a few times.

“Lu Beiyuan, what are you doing?”

“Ranran, I’m uncomfortable too.”

Shi Ran opened her eyes, touched his forehead. His temperature was normal: “Should we call the doctor to check on you too?”

“Ranran, it’s this that’s uncomfortable.”

Shi Ran looked in the direction he pointed, her face changing drastically. She turned her head away, unable to look, her face flushed, whispering: “Solve it yourself! Why tell me?”

“Ranran, it’s been a week.”

He had kept his promise to Shi Ran for a week.

“Ranran, I’m supporting you. I agreed to your conditions, and I kept them. I’m supporting you, your grandmother, and your father’s company. In return for my kindness, can I…I want to bite you tonight.”

He buried his face in her neck, his voice low and hoarse, his arms tightly around her, his temperature alarmingly high.

Shi Ran touched his ear: “So hot…”

Lu Beiyuan watched the girl thinking seriously, his smile widening, continuing to tempt her: “Want to, Ranran? Girlfriend? Hmm?”

“If the matter isn’t resolved…”

“I won’t be able to sleep, it will take a long time to resolve, I’ll be depressed, I’ll be anxious.”

“I’ll die, Ranran.”

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In the bedroom, the girl’s eyes were tightly closed, her long eyelashes slightly trembling with water droplets, her face flushed, showing the weariness of being loved.

Lu Beiyuan swallowed, his dark eyes fixed on the girl he had hurt, a look of satisfaction on his face.

The pitiful act wasn’t in vain.