Chapter 12 Protect you for life

Shen Jinci took a sip of the wine in his hand and said in a low, hoarse voice with a gentle tone, "Miss Bian, just be yourself."

Bian Yue didn't respond. She put the wine glass on the table, sat down on the wooden floor, and played with the empty wine glass in front of her.

Apparently, she couldn't drink much either.

At least, she wasn't as good as she boasted, that she could help others block the drinking.

Like a child, she rested her head on her arms, blinked, tears rolling down her eyes, and whispered, "I can't be myself."

Shen Jinci looked at Bian Yue in silence for a moment, then stood up from the sofa and sat beside her.

The man who was rumored to be unkind raised his hand and touched Bian Yue's hair, again and again, without any expression.

His voice lacked its usual indifference and indifference. The advantage of his low, hoarse and noble voice was revealed at this moment. It was unexpectedly gentle. "Why can't you be yourself?"

Bian Yue was listless. Under his comfort, she became even more drunk. She forgot to be on guard and stood up with her thorns. She only murmured, "I don't know. I'm scared. Ever since my parents passed away, I've been scared."

"Let me guess," the man paused as he stroked her hair, and said in a gentler voice, "Is it those people from the Li family who treated you badly?"

Bian Yue stretched out a finger and waved it in front of Shen Jinci, "No, Uncle Li is very good to me. Li Siheng was also very good to me in the past. Everyone in the Li family is very respectful to me."

She propped herself up and closed the distance between them. "But I know that if Uncle Li doesn't like me anymore, or if Li Siheng doesn't like me anymore, those people won't take me seriously."

It's not easy to live under someone else's roof.

The daughter of the Bian family became the little princess of the Li family, but it was not as glamorous as it seemed to outsiders.

Shen Jinci looked at Bian Yue without saying a word, and the latter put down his hands and looked serious.

She said: "Since the day my parents died, I knew I had nothing to lose. But I am the daughter of the Bian family, I will not allow anyone to laugh at me!"

"I want to be proud, I want to live beautifully, I want everyone to know that even though my parents are dead, I am still living a good life! I have not brought shame to my parents!"

The voice trembled at the end.

Shen Jinci seemed to understand why Bian Yue came to see him again and again.

The Li family never made Bian Yue feel a sense of belonging, and she was always uneasy.

The only inheritance left by the Bian couple is the source of all Bian Yue’s sense of security.

"Bian Yue," Shen Jinci called to her, and the little girl nodded obediently. Shen Jinci said, "I can help you get back the things your parents left for you."

"Really?" Bian Yue almost eagerly moved closer to Shen Jinci, their breaths touching. She didn't realize how ambiguous the atmosphere was at this moment.

She was afraid that she had heard it wrong, and she repeatedly confirmed: "Really? Shen Jinci, is it true? Are you willing to help me?"

"It's true, but I got it back for you. What happened next?" the man asked calmly, pouring a bucket of cold water on Bian Yue's heart.

Bian Yue was stunned, her eyelashes trembling, "After what?"

"After that, how are you going to protect yourself? Do you remember what happened after the Bian family went bankrupt?"

Bian Yue's face turned extremely pale for a moment.

Shen Jinci explained the situation in detail and laid the cruelest truth before Bian Yue, "So what if you got it all? You don't have the ability to keep the money."

Seeing that she didn't say anything, Shen Jinci continued, "During the six years you've been in the Li family, the Li family has trained you according to the standards of the wife of the Li family's heir. They gave you vision but not ability. You don't know how cruel the competition among the powerful and the wealthy is. How can you hold such a large sum of money without anyone daring to infringe on it in Hong Kong?"

Shen Jinci watched the uneasiness on Bian Yue's face grow stronger and stronger. He sighed softly, with a casual smile in his tone, as if he was just saying casually: "Bian Yue, unless I can protect you for the rest of your life."

Bian Yue thought that she must be crazy, so she asked slowly and dully: "Then is Mr. Shen willing?"

"Bian Yue, I don't have a lover." The man gently pinched her chin, looking at her closely in his palm. He smiled indifferently, and a faint smell of alcohol fell on Bian Yue's face when he spoke. He whispered, "I don't want to have an affair without a matchmaker."

Bian Yue sobered up a little. She pushed Shen Jinci away with an embarrassed look on her face, "I'm sorry, Mr. Shen, I'm so presumptuous. I'm leaving first!" Her wrist was gently pulled, and the man pulled her into his arms without giving her a chance to refuse.

His movements were so forceful, but his tone was calm, "It's raining outside, and you're drunk. It's not safe to go out. There are several bedrooms here, just pick one and sleep."

Bian Yue felt groggy, but she realized that her behavior was cheap and embarrassing, and she had brought humiliation upon herself.

She gritted her teeth and was about to refuse.

Shen Jinci suddenly raised his hand and patted her forehead. He said, "Good night, Moon Princess."

Bian Yue was stunned by this title for a long time.

Is Shen Jinci crazy?

Bian Yue lay in his arms, like a piece of wooden block, not moving at all.

Shen Jinci gently patted her forehead and asked, "So, which room do you want to sleep in?"

Bian Yue said it was up to him.

She was just following his words.

As soon as I said it, I regretted it so much that I wanted to bite off my tongue.

But Shen Jinci had a deep and pleasant smile in his chest. Bian Yue looked at him and a thought flashed through her mind - at this moment, no one else had seen Shen Jinci except herself.

The night is gentle and everything seems like an unreal dream.

Bian Yue thought that it was probably because he had drunk some wine that he felt his mind wandering and his whole body was out of touch with the ground, as if he was in the clouds.

When he came to his senses, he found that it was Shen Jinci who picked him up.

She wanted to say no, but her hand was on his chest and her words were slow.

It seems more like an act of wanting to refuse but also to welcome.

Bian Yue's face flushed. Seeing Shen Jinci lowering his head and smiling at her, he said, "Do you want me to sleep with you?"

With a lazy and depressed voice, he makes jokes in a sexy and touching way.

Where does his charm come from that is more attractive than poison?

Bian Yue bit the tip of her tongue to achieve clarity of mind.

The little princess stared, thinking she had enough energy, "If you want to sleep with me, Mr. Shen, please get in line first."

He knew he was crossing the line the moment he said this. This was Shen Jinci, not a playboy like Xie Zhang who could be challenged by him.

But the man just said "hmm" lightly and didn't refute.

The door opened, and Bian Yue's back touched the cushion, and sleepiness quickly came over her.

Bian Yue really didn't know where she got such a carelessness from. She actually fell asleep like that. She didn't even notice when Shen Jinci left.

When Shen Jinci left, he closed the door for Bian Yue.

The penthouse suite was so quiet and peaceful that the sound of the cell phone ringing was crystal clear.

It’s Bian Yue’s cell phone.

The owner of the phone was drunk, so the phone was abandoned on the table in the living room, lonely and conspicuous.

Shen Jinci picked up the phone and saw the three words "Li Siheng" on it.

(End of this chapter)