A Promise in a Thought 123

Chapter 123

The bedside lamp still cast a warm yellow light in the dark room, and the lingering, beautiful scent in the air dissipated after the movement gradually subsided.

It was late at night, and Bo Muyu was fast asleep, her tender white arms still wrapped around Jiang Chenyin, holding her in her embrace.

Her arm suddenly moved. Jiang Chenyin opened her eyes, and her long, curly eyelashes cast a trembling shadow under her eyes. She carefully lifted her arm, moved her body, and left a kiss on her forehead, then tucked her in and got out of bed.

Jiang Chenyin put on the nightdress that had been tossed by the bed, and quietly entered the bathroom. The glass door of the bathroom soon reflected her captivating curves under the shower.

Her eyes were as misty as the steam-filled bathroom, and her body was scattered with red marks, alluring and intoxicating. The water considerately caressed every part of her body, just like Bo Muyu’s unrestrained but gentle actions just now.

She had intentionally indulged her, and the initial just-a-touch had become a prairie fire. The girl she cherished in her heart had been clumsy at first, but because of their feelings, Bo Muyu had been so gentle and considerate that it had captivated her.

Those kisses were so green yet filled with longing, and every whisper was full of a deep love. Her whole heart was hot, and her body and mind were responding to Bo Muyu.

After her shower, she returned to the bed. The soundly sleeping Bo Muyu had not felt her leave. The equally soft bodies were once again snuggled together. Jiang Chenyin turned off the lights, and with a heart full of warmth, she leaned into her embrace and quickly fell asleep.

When Jiang Chenyin slowly woke up, the sunlight streamed in through her closed eyelids. She frowned, and soon she felt the light being blocked by a shadow.

She subconsciously reached out to the side, and after fumbling twice, her brow furrowed even tighter. Just as she was about to open her eyes, a hand slipped into her palm, and then a voice came from by her ear, “Auntie Yin, are you awake?”

This clear, spring-like voice was like a ray of light in the morning mist, and it almost instantly woke Jiang Chenyin up. She opened her eyes, and the owner of the voice was leaning over the bed, looking at her, her face against the sunlight from outside the window, her beautiful eyelashes trembling like a butterfly’s wings.

At the same time she saw Bo Muyu, the memories of last night flowed back into her mind. She bit her lip, and the temperature on her face became abnormal, as if from the sun.

“Do you want to eat breakfast? I’ve made some congee,” Bo Muyu said, her voice very soft, as if she were afraid of waking her, and then she gently tucked the stray hair from her cheek behind her ear.

Bo Muyu tried her best to be very gentle and sensible. But Jiang Chenyin saw that her expression was not so relaxed. On the contrary, after she had finished speaking, she pressed her lips together tightly, and the hand that was being held also reflexively squeezed back very tightly.

So nervous and shy, she was like a different person from last night.

Jiang Chenyin’s heart suddenly softened, and she smiled faintly. “Come in. You can sleep with me for a little longer.”

Bo Muyu paused, then quickly got under the covers. When she saw the marks on Jiang Chenyin’s chest, the blush on her face spread to the roots of her ears, and she quickly took the initiative to hold Jiang Chenyin in her arms.

“Are you still very sleepy? Are you feeling uncomfortable anywhere?” Bo Muyu asked, stroking Jiang Chenyin’s hair.

“I’m okay. Just lazy,” Jiang Chenyin said, finding a comfortable position in her arm, her voice lazy, the drawn-out tone captivating. “Why aren’t you calling me by my name anymore? You were calling me all night last night.”

“I…” Bo Muyu’s breath grew hot. She licked her lips and replied with a semblance of calm, “You also called me by my name…”

Her shy and cute look made Jiang Chenyin want to tease her even more. She couldn’t help but hook her fingers with hers and said softly with her eyes slightly narrowed, “When did I not call you by your name? I’ve always called you that. Only you call me by my name when we’re being intimate.”

The more Jiang Chenyin spoke, the lower her voice became. By the last sentence, it had become very ambiguous, and she whispered close to her ear, stirring her heartstrings.

Bo Muyu was so shy that her gaze kept darting away, either to behind Jiang Chenyin or up, and finally, she simply lowered her head, her face as if it were about to steam. But no matter how she averted her gaze, her peripheral vision could still catch the sight of Jiang Chenyin’s smiling eyes. She simply gave up avoiding it, tightened her embrace, and buried her face in the crook of Jiang Chenyin’s neck, letting out a resentful hum.

Jiang Chenyin was so amused that she let out a low laugh, and only then did she let her off, stroking her back and saying with a soft laugh, “Alright, I’m just teasing you. I know you’re used to it, and last night was a special situation…”

Bo Muyu rubbed her chin against Jiang Chenyin’s shoulder, indicating her agreement. Before she could say anything more, she asked in a low voice, “Last night was you, so… should it be me next time?”

Jiang Chenyin was taken aback for a moment, stroking Bo Muyu’s hair, and then she let out a happy laugh.

She held Bo Muyu’s face, and in a daze, she thought of herself from a few months ago, which seemed so far away now.

A multitude of emotions gathered in her eyes, and the corners of her lips lifted. “Muyu, do you know that every day now is something I didn’t dare to think of a few months ago? At that time, I didn’t know what I wanted. I only knew that I was very sad without you. But I couldn’t go and see you. Every time I wanted to, many things would stand in my way, our families, the age gap between us, and also your future.”

This was the first time she had been so honest about her feelings. Her gaze was on Bo Muyu’s face, but it was as if she were experiencing the difficulty of that time through her, her gaze gradually turning bitter.

“I know. You’ve worked so hard…” Bo Muyu said, and halfway through, she suddenly stopped. When she wanted to apologize and admit her mistake, she remembered what Jiang Chenyin had said yesterday, that to admit a mistake was to deny their present.

Jiang Chenyin had a knowing smile on her face. She gently stroked her face and said gently and seriously, “Those things still exist now. It’s just that we can’t feel them for now. For example, our age. When you’re more mature and can stand firm in your industry, I might have white hair. Your future still has so many possibilities. You’re still so young…”

Jiang Chenyin had always remembered these things. Their feelings were too special. Even though she had taken this step, she could not ignore these thorns.

“Auntie Yin, will you regret it? Regret being with me…” Bo Muyu bit her lip slightly and gazed at her, afraid of missing any of her micro-expressions and glances.

Jiang Chenyin smiled faintly, kissed her forehead, and murmured in a promising tone, “After I decided to get you back, I told myself many times that I had cut off your future possibilities, so I have to give you a future.”

Bo Muyu gazed at Jiang Chenyin’s gentle face in a daze. The person before her was responding to her feelings very seriously, telling her that she would give her a future. This also represented how determined Jiang Chenyin was in taking this step, leaving no room for retreat, and completely entrusting the rest of her life to her.

Her eyes immediately grew hot, and a thousand words wanted to rush out of her throat, but she didn’t know what to say. She gazed at Jiang Chenyin without a single blink, not caring about the tears that were falling on her pillowcase, and hugged her tightly.

“Auntie Yin, I will be good to you…” she said in a low, hoarse voice in Jiang Chenyin’s ear. “I will love you very, very much, love you as I do now, and love you even more than now…”

Bo Muyu’s voice was a little shaky, and her words were a little incoherent, but in Jiang Chenyin’s ears, they turned into a warm joy. She was not just enjoying this love. Her heart was telling her that she wanted to return the same, and even more, love.

She gently rubbed against Bo Muyu’s shoulder, her light and pleasant smile wrapped in a gentle voice, captivating her every nerve. “I will be good to you too, and I will love you very much, every day from now on.”

Her body pressed down, and she took the Bo Muyu with tears on her eyelashes into her arms. They held each other and kissed intimately, so gently as if they were afraid of breaking each other, patiently conveying their inner feelings with this most expressive way of love.

Bo Muyu was panting weakly, and when Jiang Chenyin’s side profile was pressed against hers, she asked in a small voice, “Auntie Yin, you haven’t answered me. Should it be me next time?”

Jiang Chenyin breathed in the fresh scent of Bo Muyu’s hair, and after she looked up, her deep eyes were rippling with a soft light. “Of course. Next time, you won’t have the chance to bully me like you did last night…” she paused, the corners of her lips curving up. “It’ll be my turn to bully you.”

The two of them were whispering in bed, and a soft laugh would occasionally escape.

In the afternoon, they went out. Dinner was at a restaurant, and then they went to see a movie and go shopping. The long-overdue date was finally fulfilled on this Sunday.

The short weekend passed, and they returned to their work lives. After they had become more intimate, the messages they sent each other in their free time were even more ambiguous than before, and the short words were filled with the taste of love.

In the past, Bo Muyu would only send “I miss you,” but on this afternoon after a meeting, as she stood by the window with the couple’s cup they had just bought, drinking hot water, she sent a message to Jiang Chenyin with a look of deep affection, “I want to hold you.”

Jiang Chenyin did not reply quickly, not knowing if she was busy or how to reply. Bo Muyu thought of her slightly bitten red lips but unable to suppress a smile, and her heart stirred slightly. She then typed another sentence, “I want to kiss you,” but she stopped before sending it, her ears burning as she deleted the words.

Would this make her seem very lewd?

She was a little conflicted. She just wanted to express her longing. Of course, she really wanted to hug and kiss too.

Before she could finish her struggle, Jiang Chenyin replied, “Be good. I’ll be off work soon.”

Bo Muyu’s cheeks puffed out, and she looked at that sentence many times with a curve on her lips. She tried her best to suppress her thoughts, looked at the script she had written for a while, and then planned to go out of her office to see the group of screenwriters outside.

She gently closed her office door, glanced at the office area where the sound of keyboards was rising and falling, and frowned when she saw a few people gathered together, whispering with their heads down.

A female voice lowered her voice and said, “I’ve been saying for a long time that the two of them look very ambiguous, especially Jiang Chenyin. She’s in her forties, right? Not to be married at this age, she’s probably a lesbian.”

Then a male voice retorted, “How is Jiang Chenyin in her forties? And it’s not certain if she’s a lesbian. But this Lan Yuxin… look at the picture. She’s so proactive. She’s so flirty even with women. I think she definitely is!”

Another man sneered, “Lan Yuxin is probably too flirty. Men don’t dare to have her, so she can only hook up with women, and she even starts with her best friend… tsk, tsk, tsk…”

A few people laughed tacitly, their voices louder than when they were gossiping just now. The people around who were affected turned their heads, wanting to stop them, and the next second, they were startled.

Bo Muyu’s brows were slightly furrowed, her gaze cold. “What are you doing? Is your work all done?”

The few people who were gathered together and gossiping quickly coughed to cover it up, smiled at Bo Muyu fawningly, and quickly sat properly and continued to work.

Bo Muyu stared at these people’s faces for a long while, her heart growing more and more uneasy. She had just heard Jiang Chenyin and Lan Yuxin’s names, and also vaguely the word “lesbian.” They were public figures. Normally, their private lives should not be known to so many people.

Unless…

Bo Muyu’s heart skipped a beat, and she quickly strode back to her office.

She quickly opened the Weibo hot search. Lan Yuxin and Jiang Chenyin’s names were at the top, and there was also a set of very intimate photos. It was in a clothing store. Lan Yuxin had her arm around Jiang Chenyin’s neck, and she was even slightly pressing her head down, and the clothes under her coat were low-cut.

From the photo, their relationship was very ambiguous, like best friends, but it would not be a problem if they were said to be a couple.

Bo Muyu closed Weibo and leaned back in her chair, taking a deep breath. Although she didn’t know Lan Yuxin well, she definitely knew Jiang Chenyin. The scene in the photo must have been taken out of context. It was impossible for Jiang Chenyin to have a relationship with Lan Yuxin beyond that of a friend.

This matter was both simple and serious. If Jiang Chenyin were to be suspected of being a lesbian by her family, the consequences were something Bo Muyu didn’t even dare to imagine.

She paced back and forth in her office, her thoughts in a jumble. Just as she was about to call Jiang Chenyin, her phone rang.

Her brow was not relaxed. She was already calculating in her heart how to calm this matter down, and Jiang Chenyin’s rare, serious tone made her gaze turn cold. “We have to go back to my parents’ place tonight. My brother and I have received news. Mrs. Shao has made a move.”