Ch 74: Smelly Brat, Daring to Run

their indifferent expressions. "You two don’t need to pretend to be high-minded; you just haven’t seen him yet. If you did, you’d go crazy too. And if my dream guy were a woman, you two would only be...Chapter 74 Smelly brat, dare to run

Shao Junhe wished he could find a cucumber to stuff his sister's hateful mouth. Seeing Li An also looking at him thoughtfully, he said with a slightly reddened face, "I was just asking casually." Then he fled outside.

Li An looked at Shao Junhe’s back figure and then turned around to look upstairs. He smiled in relief; now Yan Luoxi belonged to him, and it was too late for anyone else to be interested!

At eleven o'clock in the morning, sunlight streamed through the floor-to-ceiling windows, wind lifting the tassels of the embroidered curtains with graceful ripples.

The brilliant sunshine hurt Yan Luoxi's eyes. She closed her eyes for a moment before reopening them slowly.

Her shoulders, arms, and legs bore marks from when Li An had squeezed her in his fit of madness, while kisses left in ambiguous confusion marked her chest and hips. Painfully, Yan Luoxi closed her eyes again—how she wished everything that happened over the past two nights was just a dream.

Yan Luoxi didn’t want to sit here and wait for death; she didn’t intend to lie here waiting for Li An to come and do his thing every night. She struggled with her sore body to get up, painfully moving herself to the bathroom where she thoroughly washed and groomed herself before eating all the meals delivered by the servants. Energized from the food in her system, she planned her escape.

She called the servant’s quarters and asked a servant to bring her a glass of fresh juice. Seizing this chance, she discreetly inquired about Li An's whereabouts. Learning that Li An had gone out for dinner with Shao Junhe and others, Yan Luoxi secretly rejoiced—this was really heaven-sent help.

After drinking the juice, Yan Luoxi carried a small bag and left. She didn’t have anywhere else to go but could stay at Zhou Guangtao’s place for some time until Aunt Xio Bei returned from abroad; maybe then Li An wouldn’t be so bold anymore.

Sitting on the bus, she was surrounded by several girls her age who were chattering excitedly about a movie they had just watched. They all felt awkward and blushed when talking about the scene where the male and female leads kissed.

Yan Luoxi lowered her head and accidentally noticed the suggestive marks on her clothes, feeling incredibly miserable. Compared to these girls around her, she felt肮臟 (dirty).

Gazing out of the window, she really wanted to forget everything that had happened before, to completely erase it from her memory, even forgetting about Li An entirely. Being raped by Li An without any reason, Yan Luoxi was not without anger or sorrow, but she seemed to have no choice but to avoid him.

When she arrived at Zhou Guangtao’s house, Aunt Liu had yet to finish work. Yan Luoxi always kept a key to the place and used it to open the door herself. She walked into the room where Zhou Guangtao once lived, drew the curtains, got into bed, pulled the quilt up to her chin, and in a moment of illusion, she seemed to hear Zhou Guangtao saying again: "Luoxi, wait for me, I will definitely come to pick you up!"

Yan Luoxi closed her eyes; tears flowed freely on the pillow where Zhou Guangtao once slept.

Lying in this warm place, with what seemed like Zhou Guangtao’s scent lingering within the quilt, Yan Luoxi's panicked and bitter heart calmed down. She fell into a deep sleep again from sheer exhaustion.

As soon as Li An left home, he became agitated and restless, multiple times wanting to say that he didn’t want to eat out anymore but was afraid that the brother and sister duo of the Saus family, whose expressions were hard to distinguish, would follow him back. He half-heartedly ate his lunch, and after finishing it, loudly declared his wish to return home.

"You don't have anyone at home either, why do you rush to go back" Suo Junhe looked at him in puzzlement, "Come on, let's go soak in the hot springs this afternoon."

"Yeah, yeah, being alone at home is no fun for you. Let’s find something else to enjoy ourselves!" These two days of Li An staying indoors had driven Suo Meizhuo crazy.

Li An feigned exhaustion and fatigue, "I stayed up late last night playing games and am quite tired now. You guys can find someone else to accompany you!"

"What game did you play last night" This time the Suo siblings asked in unison.

Lian couldn't help but turn away and curse, then when he turned back, his face was full of menace. "Alright, you two, are you trying to drive me crazy"

The Shao siblings looked at each other in confusion after being yelled at by him, watching as Lian angrily left.

As soon as Lian got back home, he rushed to Yan Luoxi's room. Seeing no one inside made his heart suddenly jolt in alarm; he quickly called the maidservant over to ask about it.

The maidservant only said that Yan Luoxi had quietly left without saying a word, carrying a travel bag with her and not mentioning where she was going or when she would return. Lian immediately tried calling her but found out her phone was off.

Worried and angry, Lian thought to himself, Stinking brat, daring to run away! I'll catch you!

Holding the car keys, he walked out. With Yan Luoxi not having many friends, if she wanted to avoid him, it was certain that she would return to the Zhou family.

Lian knew where Zhou Guangtao lived; he had brought Yan Luoxi here a few times in the past with his elder brother. He casually asked at the security guard post and found out that Yan Luoxi had returned an hour ago, going up the stairs.

His expression darkened as he ascended the stairs, but his agitated heart calmed considerably.

In her drowsy state, Yan Luoxi heard someone knocking on the door. She thought it was Aunt Liu returning and sleepily walked over to open the door, only to suddenly remember that she had a key if it were Aunt Liu coming back.

"Who is it" she asked cautiously.

"It's me, open the door."

Lian’s unexpected voice startled Yan Luoxi awake instantly; she just stared blankly at the door.

Silence from inside prompted Lian to bang on the door twice and threaten through gritted teeth, "You better open this door now or I’ll kick it down!"

Scared by him, Luoxi begged, "Second Brother, what are you doing here This is someone else’s home…"

Having no patience for her nonsense, Lian kicked the door with his foot. The old-style anti-theft door was thick and heavy, and when he kicked it, a dull ‘thud’ echoed through the hallway.

Fearing that their neighbors would see them and think poorly of her, Luoxi hurriedly opened the front door and let Lian in.

Once inside, Lian sized up the place as if he was the boss on an inspection tour. He then grabbed Yan Luoxi’s little bag from the sofa and barked out sternly, "Come with me."

Though frightened of Lian, Luoxi didn’t want to surrender so easily and become his slave. She clung to the window frame in the room stubbornly and said resolutely, though quietly, “I’m not going back with you. When Uncle Li comes back, I will tell them that I wish to live with Aunt Liu.”

“Hmph,” Lian sneered and looked around him, his voice low but stretched out menacingly, “Zhou Guangtao’s mom is a very strong woman who must be looking forward day and night for her son to bring glory to the family. Although Zhou Guangtao gets my father’s support, living alone abroad would still be hard for him. Should something unfortunate happen to him like an accident or illness, no one will bother.”

This was a blatant threat! Luoxi bit down on her lower lip and nearly cried out of frustration.asy," Lian An turned his head rather pitifully.Lian An's words triggered Ming Zixi, who usually paid the most attention to his appearance. He lowered his head to examine himself from top to bottom and...