Fallen To The Ruthless Obssessive CEO-Chapter 431 - 392: We Can Take It Slow (Part 2)

It was from that time onward that his personality became increasingly withdrawn.

Jiang Ruan listened, and couldn’t help but feel a little angry: "What’s the point of using your hands? Can hitting solve a problem? Even if it’s an elder, one shouldn’t resort to violence."

Knowing she was concerned about him, Bao Ye’s lips curled into a light smile, and he said nonchalantly: "It’s nothing."

He put his arm around her, stopped walking, and looked down at her fair cheeks, speaking with a particularly flat tone: "Jiang Ruan, I think you should have realized long ago."

"I don’t know how to love."

"I also lack the ability to love."

Because from birth until now, love is a very unfamiliar word to him.

Even now, he finds it strange.

Jiang Ruan’s breath caught, and she suddenly calmed down.

She smiled at him: "So, what do you want to say to me?"

"Are you breaking up with me?"

She spoke casually, but in reality, Jiang Ruanxin’s heart was in her throat, her fingers clenched at her sides.

She had long since realized it.

He truly didn’t know how to love others, nor did he care about her feelings, sometimes appearing very distant and deliberate.

At times, it even gave her the illusion that everything he did was taught by someone else, not genuine from him.

But so what?

He doesn’t know how to love, and neither does she.

Jiang Ruan’s eyes were full of complexity.

Then Bao Ye refused: "No."

His thin lips tightened as he stared at her, and suddenly he reached out to pull her into his arms.

His chin buried in her shoulder, holding her so tightly that Jiang Ruan’s cheek was pressed against his chest, making it a little hard for her to breathe.

"It’s not that I want to break up with you." Bao Ye said in a low voice, his tone very firm: "I like you, I’m also used to having you by my side."

"Even though I don’t know what love is, if I really have to say who I love in this world, it would definitely be you."

"I also know I have many flaws."

"You’ve felt wronged many times."

Listening, Jiang Ruan’s throat felt dry.

Nestled in his embrace, the sound of waves crashing was in her ears, and she could feel his heart beating fiercely.

At this moment, it was not as calm as his words.

It was his emotions fluctuating.

She could feel it...

Her lips curled into a smile as she raised her hands to hug him back, wrapping around his narrow waist, gently patting his back, and for the first time, realized that even someone as strong as him had vulnerable moments.

She said: "It’s okay, we’re still young, we can take our time."

Bao Ye muffled: "Mm."

Jiang Ruan comforted him with a gentle voice: "Actually, I don’t understand love either. After all, with everything I’ve been through growing up, the word love is very vague and even very hypocritical to me."

"Bao Ye, neither of us understands love, but we can learn how to love each other together. Isn’t it worth the journey for both of us?"

Because we’re similar, we cherish each other more, don’t we?

Under the vast night sky, Bao Ye held Jiang Ruan as they watched the sea. Feeling the chill increasing, they left together.

After returning to the castle, all the servants were asleep, with only one person standing guard at night.

Seeing them return, the attentive guard prepared bathwater for them and then left.

Jiang Ruan changed into her pajamas and let her tied hair loose. Seeing Bao Ye approaching, she said: "You wash first, I’ll go later."

Bao Ye, in a good mood, raised his hand to rub her dark hair and leaned in to tease her: "Let’s wash together, hmm?"

Jiang Ruan understood what he meant, knowing full well that at such a late hour, it would easily lead to...

She coughed lightly to stop her wandering thoughts: "You go first, I’m not in a rush."

After she spoke, Bao Ye didn’t give her the chance to refuse, he directly put his arm around her waist and walked her to the bathroom.

He sweetly said: "Saving water."

Which made Jiang Ruan smile helplessly.

It’s all an excuse, are we really that short of water?

They fooled around until the middle of the night before falling asleep.

The moment Jiang Ruan touched the bed, she was too tired and fell asleep immediately, while Bao Ye was wide awake, looking at her tired yet rosy face, he lowered his head and kissed the corner of her lips.

Holding her in his arms, he felt very at ease.

Yet as dawn broke, Bao Ye received a call from South Africa with not-so-good news.

It was from an insider he had planted.

Boss Zou had come to the country.

Hearing this, Bao Ye’s sleepy eyes instantly sharpened, becoming alert: "When did this happen?"

"It should have been last night."

Returning overnight...

"I understand, stay safe."

"Yes."

Ending the call, Bao Ye’s drowsiness was completely gone. 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

His thumb rubbed against the phone screen, his mind quickly analyzing the reason for Boss Zou’s return to the country.

Thinking of something, he opened his phone, scrolling through Weibo, and searched for topics related to Jiang Ruan.

With a "ding," yesterday’s trending headline popped up.