Chapter 120: Heart's Gate, Throbbing

  After saying that, without waiting for Lorrine to respond, Jiang Yan suddenly stood up, grabbed her bag and walked towards the door with a sexy swaying of her hips. It was as if she had an illusion, but her walking speed seemed... faster than before...

  She stopped at the door, turned around and made a natural expression, urging: "Hey, stinky boy, aren't you going shopping? I'm busy tomorrow, if you don't accompany me, I'll go by myself today."

  Lorraine saw Jiang Yan's somewhat forced smile and felt a pang of sadness in her heart, feeling very distressed.

  He never faced any woman's feelings head-on because he hadn't achieved anything yet, at least in his own eyes. Before taking down the four major families and those who might become enemies of the Luo Corporation in the future, Roland didn't have the heart to talk about romance.

  However, Lorraine did one thing wrong, that is, his unintentional sentimental actions everywhere. In his view, it may be reasonable and natural, but when emotions reach a certain level, they are no longer controllable by individuals.

  When he saw Jiang Yan turn around and force a smile, Luo Lin's heart skipped a beat. He suddenly realized that it was pointless to talk about love when they were both hurting each other. Humans are emotional creatures, if you intentionally suppress your true feelings, that's not being strong, but escaping!

  Lorraine knew well that evasion was a coward's act, emotionally as well!

  Since you've always adhered to the idea of going with the flow, then follow your heart's truest feelings. Don't shy away from emotional matters; life is short, seize the joy! Make yourself happy and make those who care about you happy - that's what truly matters! As for emotional entanglements and complexities, these are beyond Lorin's foresight, but ultimately there will be an answer. What's most important is that you can't keep escaping! Follow your heart.

  "Sister Yan, why are you in such a hurry?" Luo Lin suddenly smiled at this moment, his smile was very bright and relaxed. At this moment, he completely opened up to Jiang Yan, no longer hiding anything.

  As he spoke, he quickly walked towards Jiang Yan standing at the door, then without saying another word, pulled her small delicate hand and headed outside. He didn't look back but chuckled and said: "Let's go, Sister Yan, we'll change our surroundings and take a good stroll. Since you're lonely in Fu Yang City and I'm also lonely, see how great it is that we can hold hands, isn't it?"

  "Get lost!" Jiang Yan's face suddenly turned bright red as she was abruptly grabbed by Lorrain, and she couldn't help but scold him. She tried to struggle free, but couldn't. However, in her heart, an infinite sense of happiness surged up. Emotions are a very subtle thing, and Jiang Yan could see that Lorrain seemed to have made some kind of decision in that instant.

  In the afternoon, neither of them mentioned anything about their relationship, but instead carefreely strolled through all the fun places in Baiyang City. When they came out of a certain shopping mall, the sky had already darkened, and at this time, Jiang Yan's stomach suddenly started growling loudly. At lunchtime today, due to the sensitivity of the topic, they didn't eat much and left hastily.

  "Hehe, Yanyan, you're such a glutton, getting hungry so quickly? Your stomach is growling." Luolin naturally reached out and took Jiangyan's hand, the latter's small face was bright red, her ears were flushed with pink, and her slender fingers symbolically struggled in Luolin's large hand for a moment before stopping, obediently letting Luolin lead her.

  "Smelly brat, who's hungry for cat?" Jiang Yan was embarrassed by Luo Lin's words and blushed as she retorted, "I... you're the one with a growling stomach." It's unknown what women think, but in front of someone they like, even a rumbling stomach becomes an embarrassing thing, at least that's how Jiang Yan felt, and being directly exposed by Luo Lin made her blush uncontrollably.

  "Uh, then let's just say my stomach is growling. Yanyu sister, what are we going to eat? Don't say it doesn't matter, this is the first day of our hand-holding anniversary, can't be casual, at least we should go have a romantic candlelight dinner to commemorate it, right?"

  "Go die, you stinky brat......" Jiang Yan thought she was refuting him, but when the words came out of her mouth, they sounded more like flirtatious teasing instead. This made her stop mid-sentence and turn away with a red face, not daring to look at Luo Lin's carefree smiling expression again.

  At this moment, Jiang Yan suddenly felt that she was in front of Luo Lin, and not a bit of her usual calm and composed demeanor could be maintained. Instead, she could only call him a little brat, as if trying to use her age advantage to overwhelm him. But it had the opposite effect. To know that now she was being held tightly by Luo Lin's small hand, the two of them looking like a couple in love, what did they look like? The window paper between them had already been broken without their knowledge. Although Luo Lin still called her "Sister Yan" until now, it was just a title, and the feeling in his heart was the most accurate standard to judge their relationship.

  It has to be said that as Lorraine grows older, the childishness on his face has almost completely faded away. Adding to the fact that he was already mature in terms of mental age, a hint of masculinity that is slightly overbearing makes him even more charming. Passersby couldn't help but cast admiring and envious glances at Lorraine and Jiang Yan. No one would think that they have an age gap anymore; instead, they seem like a perfect match made in heaven.

  "Ah, okay, I was wrong about you. You're actually a woman who can make a good wife, knowing that men should take the lead and keeping quiet. Loring, now more open-hearted, spoke to Jiang Yan without much reserve, his words flowing like a train that could run all the way to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. He took Jiang Yan's hand and walked forward slowly, hailing a taxi and getting in before saying, "Driver, take us to a high-end restaurant suitable for couples on dates, one that offers candlelight dinner service."

  "Oh! Then let's go to 【Jia Ren You Yue】! That's the best couple restaurant in our Baiyang City, with Chinese and Western buffets, Japanese cuisine and Thai dishes, everything is available. It's most suitable to go there!"

  "Alright, let's go there!" Lorin called out, and the taxi slowly drove away.

  In the car, Lorrain gently closed his eyes, leaning against the back seat, and didn't speak for a long time. He didn't even look at Jiang Yan once, like a hermit cultivating his spirit with his eyes closed. However, the slight curve of his mouth and the fact that he still held Jiang Yan's small hand tightly revealed that he was intentionally silent, teasing Jiang Yan.

  At this time, the car was quiet, and the driver drove the taxi very professionally. Jiang Yan felt the warmth of Luo Lin's palm tightly wrapped around her small hand, and the sharpness in her beautiful eyes had completely melted away. The cold and elegant temperament she once had could not be shown at all when she was with Luo Lin.

  She's now in a mess, she never thought that the first man to walk into her heart and hold her hand would be someone four or five years younger than herself, and who hasn't even gone to college yet! ... But she's also very aware that the huge difference between his actual age and psychological age is perfectly reflected in Lorrain. In her understanding, ordinary people probably wouldn't have Lorrain's level of maturity even at thirty years old.

  Since getting to know Lorraine, Jiang Yan has had countless nights where she dreams of Lorraine. She dreams of Lorraine's smile, Lorraine's mischief, and Lorraine's tall figure. She always has a kind of illusion that Lorraine seems not to be from this world, but from another time and space, with a certain sense of mission. And herself, as if by fate, unknowingly fell in love with Lorraine. The numerous brief encounters and partings made her firmly believe one thing: Lorraine is the nemesis of her destiny.

  At first, she was confident that she could control her emotions, but as a result, she unknowingly sank deeper and deeper until now, she has completely fallen into Lorrain's hands. She understands that one day, she will be unable to extricate herself. But she is not afraid, nor does she regret it; this is her choice, and she is willing to give herself up without hesitation. Moreover, she believes in Lorrain's character - he is a man who takes responsibility, and when there was no choice but to face the subtle emotions between them head-on, Jiang Yan had always restrained herself and never forced him. Now that Lorrain has chosen to face it openly, he must have made sufficient preparations.

  So Jiang Yan knew that he could finally love Luo Lin with abandon, without fear of anything.

  Her thoughts were swirling in her mind, but Jiang Yan still didn't hear Lorrain say a word beside her. Although she was looking out the car window with both eyes, she was always waiting for Lorrain's mischievous smile to come closer and tease herself a few sentences. Although this little brat sometimes said things that made people angry, she didn't know why, but she especially liked listening to Lorrain's shameless jokes and his nonchalant words that didn't make him blush or skip a beat. If he ever stopped talking to her like that one day, Jiang Yan would actually feel unaccustomed to it. Of course, the biggest taboo in her heart was that she absolutely couldn't bear to hear Lorrain say those kinds of jokes to other girls.

  Even if it's annoying words, she can only say them to herself.

  Although Jiang Yan is relatively mature psychologically, she is very clear about Luo Lin's charm and style of doing things, which makes it easy for him to flirt with girls. She had already made some mental preparations. But after all, she was still a blank sheet in terms of emotions, and Luo Lin was the first man she fell in love with. Naturally, she hoped that her first love would also be her last, and that he could focus on treating her well, best... without even having any female friends by his side!

  Of course, these are just Jiang Yan's thoughts. A successful man can't possibly not have female friends. As long as Luo Lin doesn't become a heartless and ungrateful person, that's all that matters.

  At this moment, Luolun closed his eyes and rested, not looking at himself at all, making Jiangyan feel a little wronged. He immediately pretended to want to pull out his small hand from Luolun's warm palm, but Luolun grasped it tightly and wouldn't let go. After struggling for a while, Jiangyan finally ended in failure and had no choice but to continue putting his hand on Luolun's palm, letting out a light sigh.

  Lorraine had already opened her eyes, and found Jiang Yan's angry look, feeling that it was cute. Finally, at the moment when Jiang Yan sighed, she smiled and said: "Ah, sister Yan, why do you have to hold my hand so tightly? I'm embarrassed!"

  Suddenly lifting her head, Lorrine's smiling face fell into Jiang Yan's eyes. Upon hearing these distorted facts, Jiang Yan's face instantly turned bright red with shame and anger, her silver teeth lightly biting as she said: "Ah!!!! You little stinker!!!!! You're dead meat!!!!!"

  As she spoke, she freed up her other hand and pinched Lorin's waist hard, twisting it around, the sudden pain making Lorin subconsciously let out a soft "ah".