The Bravest

Chapter 203 Yesterday's Past, Today's Newcomer

"Let's go back." Facing Liu Ruyan's scolding, Lin Jie did not refute, but just said it in a uninterested manner.

"What's the matter? Didn't the deal go through?" Liu Ruyan realized that Lin Jie was in a bad mood, so she put away her jealousy and asked him about his business with concern.

"Let's talk about it when we get back. Let's go!" Lin Jie drank the red wine in the glass in one gulp, stood up and left.

"Lin Jie, wait for me." Liu Ruyan quickly grabbed her handbag and quickly caught up with Lin Jie.

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Lin Jie was driving around the street. Seeing his cold look, Liu Ruyan didn't dare to say anything and waited until Lin Jie parked the car by the river on the Bund.

The two of them slowly walked to the chairs by the river and sat down. Liu Ruyan then asked him cautiously.

"What happened? Can you tell me?"

"Ruyan, Zhou Zhou is not a dirty woman. Please don't talk about her like that in the future, okay?" Lin Jie asked a question that was irrelevant and said something incomprehensible.

"Hmm? Has she been nice to you before?"

"No, really. We are just ordinary friends."

"I don't believe it. Can you tell me what happened between you two?"

Liu Ruyan snuggled up to Lin Jie. Talking about another woman with her man made her feel strange, but she also wanted to know why Lin Jie suddenly became depressed.

"She was similar to you. One day I saw a Japanese man dragging her to a back alley. At that time, the people around were afraid of getting into trouble and ran away. I couldn't help but kill the Japanese man and save her. That's how we met."

Looking at the stars in the night sky, Lin Jie roughly recounted how they met, as if he was explaining to Liu Ruyan, or as if he was recalling.

"Then you got together?"

"She was very brave, just like you, but much more cunning than you. I found out about this later. She pretended to be very scared and insisted that I take her home. She also asked for my phone number.

Then she called me every day, saying that she had nightmares and wanted to see me. Oh, at that time I was still in charge of warehouse No. 76."

"What happened next? Why didn't you get together? Are you that honest?" Liu Ruyan was very unconvinced that Lin Jie was comparing her with himself.

"After meeting a few times, she said she liked me and wanted to be with me. I had just gotten married at that time, so how could I harm a young girl? So I told her that I already had a wife."

"Humph, that's what you told me too. You snatched me back after all." Liu Ruyan always said that she was snatched back by Lin Jie, just to make her fabricated stories true.

"Yeah, I was still a good person at that time, so I avoided her. Unlike now, I have become a bad person. When I saw that you were beautiful, I snatched you back." Lin Jie teased himself with a wry smile.

"Humph! Then you couldn't help it and went to look for her again?"

"No, it was a year later when I went to Paramount for the first time to discuss business with others that I learned that she was working there. At that time, she introduced some people to me. You know, I was just starting out at that time and lacked connections, so I didn't refuse."

"Haha, and then you two got together! You weren't taking advantage of the love debt you owed me?" Liu Ruyan spoke sourly. Anyway, she was sure that Lin Jie and Zhou Zhou were having an affair.

"Haha, at that time I was busy marrying two wives at the same time, how could I harm her?"

"So you rejected her again? What an irresponsible man."

"How can I take responsibility? Marry her as my fourth concubine? That would ruin her life." Lin Jie was a little agitated.

"What about me? Why don't you tell me that it will ruin my life."

"I..." What could Lin Jie say? Did I let you go and you ran back on your own?

"Lin Jie, among all the women you have, do you love her the most? That's why you are afraid of hurting her." Liu Ruyan understood that Zhou Zhou must mean a lot to Lin Jie, and her words became even more sour.

"I didn't. I was just afraid that I was a bad person, so I wanted to be a good person." Lin Jie found a reason to deceive Liu Ruyan and himself. Maybe this would make him feel better.

"Lin Jie, I have a question I have wanted to ask you for a long time. You said that night, if I did not take the initiative to climb into your bed, would you still save me?"

Liu Ruyan revealed her own scars, because she had been tormented by this problem for a long time. Now a Miss Zhou has appeared. According to Lin Jie, Liu Ruyan even feels that she is the substitute of Zhou Zhou in Lin Jie's heart!

"Ruyan, I don't know. Please stop thinking about the past, okay?"

Lin Jie was lying. He would most likely not help. He had to look after the children in the orphanage and he didn't dare to cause any trouble.

"Then why did you save her without hesitation?" Liu Ruyan's eyes were red. She knew the answer. If she hadn't slept with Lin Jie, Lin Jie would not have saved her.

"Ruyan, I don't want to lie to you. I didn't feel any burden when I saved her. At most, I could just walk away or take a few people with me. But when I met you, I still had more than 300 orphans behind me. I didn't dare to take the risk."

Faced with Liu Ruyan's questioning, Lin Jie was unwilling to lie to her anymore.

"Thank you for telling me the truth, Lin Jie. Fortunately, I made the right bet, otherwise, I would still be in Sakura Pavilion."

Liu Ruyan suddenly smiled brightly. She won the bet. She was free now. She was willing to be Lin Jie's woman. She was not a substitute for Zhou Zhou. She took the initiative to win Lin Jie. It had nothing to do with others.

"Lin Jie, is Miss Zhou still waiting for you? Why are you unhappy?"

"The Military Control Commission people asked her to be a lobbyist, or they might use her to threaten me and try to turn me against them."

"Ah! What do you think?"

"Ruyan, do you have any ideas?" Lin Jie tested Liu Ruyan out of habit.

"You ask me? Anyway, I will listen to you."

Liu Ruyan never asked Lin Jie what he would do in the future. Even when Lin Jie secretly talked to her about how the Japanese could no longer be trusted, she still said, "I will listen to you."

"Tsk, if I sell you out, you still want to help me count the money? And you even said you wanted to be the boss! Help me think about it quickly." After Lin Jie confessed to Liu Ruyan, he felt much more relaxed and his words were not as deep anymore.

"Lin Jie, this is actually a way out. You said that the Japanese will be finished in one or two years. When the Nationalist Army comes back, they will definitely settle accounts with us. Why don't we make contact with them first and see how it goes?"

"Smart, I didn't refuse, but I didn't agree either. As for the way out, I'm thinking about it, don't worry. By the way, it's your birthday in a few days, I'll give you a big gift, I'm sure you'll like it."

"I don't need you to buy me a gift. Just spend more time with me when you have time." Liu Ruyan was very happy that Lin Jie remembered her birthday. She didn't really care what the gift was.

"You will definitely like it. After your birthday, I may not be able to spend time with you often for a while."

"I know that Sun Yuelan is about to give birth, and Liu Haitang is almost there too. I can understand that. You don't have to worry about me. I will have children in the future. Do you like boys or girls? I'll give birth to either one for you, okay?"

Liu Ruyan fantasized about the future, when she would give birth to two children, a boy and a girl, for Lin Jie, so that she would have someone to accompany her when Lin Jie was not around.

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