Love’s Affliction

The first time Shi Nian Nian met Jiang Wang was at the entrance of the police station. The young man’s expression was pale without any emotions, and he was morbidly white. Later, she learned that Jiang Wang was the son of the school director who broke the news in First Middle School last year. He had a hearing problem, and was imprisoned for half a year. Shi Nian Nian thought that Jiang Wang was the number one troublemaker she had to stay away from. Shi Nian Nian thought that she would never see any sort of emotion on Jiang Wang’s face. Until she saw the enraptured look on Jiang Wang’s face. The smell of wine on the young man’s body was mixed with the smell of soap on his clothes. It evoked an unusual sense of flirtatiousness in the atmosphere. His jaw tightened, his eyes lowered, and he whispered in her ear with restraint and forbearance—— “Hey, little stutterer. I’m a little drunk on wine, and now I have this really strong urge to kiss you. Can I?” ** After they had grown up. Jiang Wang had become the stern and ruthless businessman with a chokehold over the business world. He was cold-blooded, brutal, and had no interest in women. Everybody knew that provoking Mr. Jiang was the same as seeking death. That was until the end of the charity dinner that day, as the man was being escorted by the crowd, his gaze suddenly stopped. His pace quickened, and he made his way through the crowd toward the person by the roadside. He pulled her in by the waist, leaned over, and buried his head in her neck. Everyone was stunned. They were accustomed to seeing him dominate the business world, but now he held someone tightly in his arms in such an unimaginably subservient manner. The woman lifted her hand and gently stroked his hair. Softly, she said, “Jiang Wang.” He cursed in a low voice, unable to contain his choked-up emotions, “Didn’t think you knew to come back.” The next second, his shoulders began to tremble, as if sobbing. If there is only one pure and clean soul in this world, regardless of whether she becomes tainted by sin, she would only belong to me. You are my delusion, my thoughts never forgotten. The world condemned me to hell. But you liberated me.