After driving the car into the garage, Ruan Xia got out of the car and opened the door to the backseat. She was troubled as she looked at Song Tingshen, whose eyes were closed.

  She tried to pull him several times, but he didn’t respond. All she got for her attempts was becoming sweaty. In the end, Ruan Xia closed the car door, went to the housekeeper aunty’s door, and woke her up with an apologetic expression.

  With her small figure, she would still be struggling to move Song Tingshen until tomorrow morning if she didn’t ask for help.

  The housekeeper aunty was very strong. With her help, Ruan Xia quickly helped Song Tingshen upstairs. Even so, she still got sweaty and had to take a shower later.

  After the housekeeper aunty left, Ruan Xia looked at Song Tingshen, who was sprawled out on the bed. When he was drunk last time, it was fine if she left him alone after covering him up with a blanket. However, their relationship was different now. She couldn’t just ignore him.

  Thus, Ruan Xia went to the bathroom, filled a basin with water, and wiped his hands and face.

  He must really be unhappy. Even now, his brow hadn’t unfurrowed.

  She simply sat down on bed and leaned over him to take off his outer clothing. He must have drunk a lot, even the tips of his ears were turning red. While she was doing this, he turned over, and his drunken breath puffed over her neck, making her itchy.

  “Song Tingshen!” Ruan Xia tried to push him off. No matter how good he was about maintaining his figure, the weight of a 1.8 meters tall man was still very heavy. It was difficult for her to breath with his body pressing down on her. If he didn’t get off, she might be in danger of suffocation.

  The only response she got was the sound of his breathing.

  Could it be that he was so drunk that he was totally unconscious?

  Ruan Xia used all of her strength to try to hit him and push him off. In the end, she was too angry and reached out to twist the soft flesh of his waist. The pain should cause him to move away.

  To her surprise, Ruan Xia discovered something awkward while she was doing this.

  Song Tingshen, he…… Ahem!

  Although she had no practical experience, she had read hundreds of novels.

  Ruan Xia coughed to clear her throat. Her face was hot, but she deliberately scoffed and whispered into Song Tingshen’s ear, “Stop pretending to be unconscious. The body can’t lie. A completely drunk person won’t have this physiological reaction. If you don’t get off me now, just wait.”


  There were many novels with this plotline. The male protagonist got drunk, the female protagonist would take care of him, and a R-rated thing would happen between them. When Ruan Xia was young, she found this kind of plot believable. But later on, she had read scientific stuff online that explained that this was impossible. People that were drunk were very uncomfortable. When a man was feeling uncomfortable, he was incapable of having those thoughts. In other words, when a man was stone-cold drunk, he couldn’t…… do it.

  So, although Song Tingshen had drunk alcohol, it wasn’t to the point of falling unconscious. He had to be at least partially sober right now.

  Her last two words carried a strong warning. Song Tingshen weighed his options.

  Sure enough, a second later, Song Tingshen, who had seemed very drunk and unconscious just now, quickly turned over. Of course, he didn’t forget to pull the blanket and cover himself in an attempt to hide a certain fact.

  Chapter 257 – To easily disclose her biggest secret to him, she really didn’t want to do it, and she didn’t dare to do it (1)

  Ruan Xia sat up straight and tidied up her hair. She glanced sideways to look at Song Tingshen, who was still pretending to be dead drunk. She scoffed and said, “Since you’re not that drunk, please drink the honey water that the housekeeper aunty made for you. If you drink it now, you won’t feel so bad tomorrow.”


  “En, okay.”


  Song Tingshen knew that he couldn’t keep pretending to be dead. He could only awkwardly sit up and pick up the cup on the bedside table.

  Ruan Xia wasn’t stupid. Now that things had come to this point, she could guess why Song Tingshen was so uncharacteristically unhappy.

  Song Tingshen wasn’t an emotional person. At the very least, after knowing him for so long, she felt that he was someone that could keep calm no matter what. Even if Mount Taishan collapsed in front of him, his expression wouldn’t change.

  He was a very stable person and had already succeeded in his career. In addition, he was clearly able to compartmentalize his work life and personal life. As a man in his thirties with a successful career, he wouldn’t get this upset over something related to work unless it was bankruptcy. Wait no, that wasn’t right either. Even if he was facing bankruptcy, she believed that Song Tingshen could still be calm and composed.

  At home, she and Little Wang were fine. There was no illness or disaster. Their lives couldn’t be better. There was nothing for him to worry about.

  After thinking about it, Ruan Xia could only temporarily attach a high importance to herself and think Song Tingshen had lost his self-control because of her.

  She had had behaved so well during the this period. They had been sweetly getting along too and were about to become no different from any other couple that was in love. So, when she linked together what happened in the past two days, it didn’t take much thinking on Ruan Xia’s part to see where the problem lay.

  The receiponisht hadn’t made a mistake on Friday when she said that Qin Yu and Song Tingshen had left the room together. As for why Qin Yu didn’t come back after their conversation, she didn’t know why.

  Why did Song Tingshen hide this from her?

  She was sure now that Qin Yu was reborn. He likes the original owner so much. Since he had the opportunity to go back to the past, he would want to reconnect with her as soon as possible. He must have been surprised to find out that Song Tingshen isn’t dead. Not only was she still a married woman, she still had a pretty good relationship with her husband. With Qin Yu’s temperament, how could he accept that? Either he was the one that took the initiative to give up, or he was the one that stirred up trouble in their relationship.

  If he would give up, he wouldn’t have come with this setup. He even went so far as to create a company to get closer to her.

  She really couldn’t understand why Qin Yu was so obsessed with the original owner. In the original novel, he was considered an innocent party. It was because Qin Yu had married the original owner that the Little Wang had practically bankrupted him once he grew up. Qin Yu’s ending definitely wouldn’t be good. Did he not regret it? Did he not know what kind of person the original owner was despite being with her for so many years? Did he not know that the original owner didn’t like him at all? If this had taken place in the ancient times, Qin Yu could be considered a faint monarch that had obstinately persisted in going about things the wrong way.

  If she was Qin Yu and given a second chance, she would definitely keep her distance from the original owner and live her perfect life that couldn’t be more carefree and awesome.

  Seeing Song Tingshen’s reaction, she knew that Qin Yu must have said or done something to put bad ideas in Song Tingshen.

  Translator Ramblings: I don’t agree with what Qin Yu has done, but I think he’s a victim of fate. If the original owner was still around, his plan would have worked. Giving Little Wang a happy childhood would have prevented his villainous actions. I hope Qin Yu gets sent to whatever world the original owner went to after the author is finished using him as a plot device to push along Ruan Xia and Song Tingshen’s relationship.

  Chapter 258 – To easily disclose her biggest secret to him, she really didn’t want to do it, and she didn’t dare to do it (2)

  Based on her experience of reading many novels, as long as she substituted Qin Yu into the role of the vicious female supporting character, it wasn’t difficult to guess what he had done.

  According to the standard routine, he had asked to speak privately with Song Tingshen, and Song Tingshen naturally wouldn’t refuse. After all, he had no enmity with Qin Yu.

  What would Qin Yu say to Song Tingshen?

  Ruan Xia’s expression was blank as she thought about this. He would definitely say a bunch of specious words to give Song Tingshen the wrong idea that she had a serious relationship with him. Yeah, an improper romantic relationship.

  Qin Yu had been with the original owner for so many years. A few casual words would be enough to make Song Tingshen misunderstand.

  Song Tingshen saw Ruan Xia’s lack of response. He poked her waist. “I didn’t do it deliberately.”


  In fact, he was already very embarrassed. He hoped that Ruan Xia could forget what just happened.

  Ruan Xia rolled her eyes at him and mocked him, “You have the nerve to say you didn’t do that deliberately? You don’t look drunk at all. CEO Song, you’re the type that doesn’t get drunk easily, right? Who knows? Maybe you weren’t drunk last time either.”


  He might have pretended to be drunk last time too and heard her conversation with Li Jing. He was probably smug over that.

  Song Tingshen pinched the bridge of his nose and helplessly explained, “I really was drunk that time. I don’t have a reason to lie to you.”


  Why did a woman’s thoughts go that way? She thought just because he pretended to be drunk once, it meant that he had pretended to be drunk in the past too.

  This time, despite being upset, he still restrained himself. Moreover, Li Yuanhang had been persuading him. He hadn’t drank too much, but he had been dizzy when Ruan Xia arrived and napped in the car. It was only after his nap that his mind had cleared up.

  As for why he pretended to be drunk, it was because he didn’t know how to face her. He had no idea that such an embarrassing thing would happen.

  Ruan Xia didn’t want Qin Yu’s trick to succeed. She didn’t want there to be a misunderstanding between her and Song Tingshen because of that person. Song Tingshen was too good. He was so good that she was willing to do things detrimental to her dignity. She had fallen for him. She didn’t want to lose him.

  “Li Yuanhang told me that you were upset and said that I should ask you why. Your friend has already seen through you. Don’t keep hiding stuff from me.” Ruan Xia pretended to be a white lotus that didn’t know anything. If she was going to have a frank conversation with him, she would just insist that she had nothing to do with Qin Yu.

  That’s right. There was nothing between her and Qin Yu to begin with. If Song Tingshen had Qin Yu investigated and found the slightest hint that there was something between her and Qin Yu, that would be her misfortune.

  The stuff that Qin Yu said was only stuff that happened before his second chance at life. That was between him and the original owner in a past life. In this life, she had only seen him face-to-face a few times.

  Even if he said ambiguous things, so what? She could just insist that she didn’t know anything.

  Ruan Xia had thought about laying everything out. She wanted to have a mutually honest relationship with Song Tingshen. She wanted a relationship without any secrets, but that wasn’t possible.

  Were there any couples that didn’t have secrets? Besides, she has a strong sense of self-protection. Her relationship with Song Tingshen wasn’t strong enough yet. To easily disclose her biggest secret to him, she really didn’t want to do it, and she didn’t dare to do it.

  Chapter 259 – To easily disclose her biggest secret to him, she really didn’t want to do it, and she didn’t dare to do it (3)

  Ruan Xia glanced at Song Tingshen and said, “It looks like you really are feeling bad about something. Let’s talk about it. It’s not a solution to keep to yourself what’s bothering you. You’ll feel better if you let it out. Although I can’t give you any advice, you can pour out what’s bothering you to me. I’ll keep it a secret.”


  After Song Tingshen finished drinking honey water, he was silent for a while. He didn’t know if he should tell her and if he could accept the result of saying his doubts aloud. Or in other words, he didn’t know what kind of truth he could accept.

  If she really had an intimate relationship with Qin Yu, Song Tingshen couldn’t guarantee that he wouldn’t mind at all. Maybe knowing that would be like a thorn. It wouldn’t hurt too much, but he would never be able to forget it. He didn’t want that to happen.

  It was at this time that he realized he wasn’t as magnanimous as he had imagined. He would mind, he would mind a lot.

  If there had been nothing between her and Qin Yu, and he asked her about it, would she think that he didn’t trust her enough? Otherwise, why would he be affected so much by the words of an unimportant person?

  Despite the long silence, Ruan Xia patiently waited for Song Tingshen’s answer. Actually, she didn’t even know herself if she wanted Song Tingshen to tell her or continue to keep it to himself.

  Regardless, she knew that if they didn’t resolve this matter, then she and Song Tingshen wouldn’t be able to move past it. Although this move of Qin Yu’s was a lowly trick, it was very effective.

  Song Tingshen didn’t say anything. Ruan Xia simply got up after waiting for a while.

  Just as she got up, he reached out to stop her.

  “I’ll say it.”


  If he wanted them to have a future, then she and him had to pass this hurdle together. In the following decades, who knows if an even bigger crisis would appear? If they can’t even pass this hurdle, then any discussion of a future together or growing old together was futile.

  Ruan Xia sat back down. “Go on, I’m listening.”


  “Remember Friday night? I lied. I didn’t go to the bathroom. I left the room with Qin Yu,” Song Tingshen said this slowly and seriously, “I guessed that the reason why you resigned and asked me to cooperate with you in putting on an act on the island is related to Qin Yu. When he asked me to step out for a talk, I wanted to make it clear to him. It’s just……”


  He paused, looking as if he was having a hard time speaking about it.

  “He told me that I didn’t know you at all and that you and him were the ones that had the closest relationship.” Song Tingshen wryly chuckled. “He also told me you have a mole on the left side of your waist and that you have a scar behind your ear. I didn’t know any of that. Logically speaking, I should verify those things before believing him, but I can tell that he was telling the truth.”


  He and Ruan Xia were husband and wife in name, and they should have the closest relationship. And yet, he didn’t know any of the marks or scars on her body. He didn’t know what colors she liked either. And yet, another man knew these things. For a man, wasn’t finding this out the biggest psychological blow and irony?

  Ruan Xia expressed that she really couldn’t find anything to say to that.

  Although she had guessed that Qin Yu must have said something, when her guess was confirmed by Song Tingshen, she wanted to curse out Qin Yu. What kind of man was he?

  Even on the unlikely chance she had something with Duan Chi, that little idiot, she would never be with Qin Yu, that disgusting scheming jerk!

  Ruan Xia softly said, “Song Tingshen, if I curse, will that affect the perfect image you have of me?”