Ten Years of Yearning. My Love, Let Me Protect You.

"Ah!" Yan Ruomin flinched out as she was pushed away by Wei Airan. Because she was wearing 5 inch high heels, her ankle twisted dramatically and her body slipped towards the floor. 

She fell on the floor even though she was seated on the sofa. Her face held shock as her body retracted from the spilled tea on the ground.

Wei Airan was startled. To her, she did not use too much force for Yan Ruomin to fall so easily.

She shot her a mere glance and didn't have any intention to see her pitiful expression. With urgency, she took a napkin from the tea table and wiped Feng Ahnian's lips. 

Next, she asked in worry, "Nian, are you fine?!" 

"I'm fine, Aunty. The tea wasn't that hot." Feng Ahnian murmured as her eyes fell on Yan Ruomin. 

Noticing that the other person was struggling to get up yet failing because the floor was slippery, she had a rare desire to smile. 

On the other hand, Chi Bainian was trying to signal Feng Ahnian to help Yan Ruomin up yet she blatantly ignored her own mother.

'This brat! Look how I discipline you after going back!' Chi Bainian thought furiously. When she glanced sideways, she noticed Su Mengsi was looking at her as if waiting for an explanation.

Thus, Chi Bainian had to stand up and help Yan Ruomin. At the same time, she wore a fake smile and asked, "Minmin, are you alright?" 

"Yes… " Yan Ruomin replied as she glanced at Wei Airan. For some reason, there was a disappointment on her face?

But among the people who were present, the greatest disappointment was held by Feng Ahnian, because of her own mother's move.

As she concealed her emotions, Feng Ahnian cast her eyes down with a sad face. Wei Airan's mood became worse as she saw this. 

She couldn't help but turn around and confront Yan Ruomin who was looking at her, "Just what were you trying to do? Don't you feel ashamed? You're not a child anymore to play around!"

"That… Aunty, you have misunderstood

…" Yan Ruomin tried to explain and glanced at her mother pitifully. 

Both Su Mengsi and Chi Bainian were silent as they stared at Wei Airan's enraged face. Chi Bainian finally came back to her senses and went up to Feng Ahnian. 

With a lot of worries, she stepped ahead and grabbed Feng Ahnian. 

"Baby, are you okay?" Chi Bainian inquired with a distressed tone. But how could Feng Ahnian not nod her head?!

If she dared then her mother would make hell embrace her the moment they would get out of Sheng Villa. 

"It's okay, nothing is wrong." Feng Ahnian said as she looked at Wei Airan instead of Chi Bainian. 

Her mother was displeased by her avoiding gaze and at the same time, she was guilty of allowing such a thing to occur. 

Su Mengsi saw that Yan Ruomin was fine and thus didn't want the matter to accelerate. 

She turned to Wei Airan and chuckled, "Children are impulsive and do naughty things in the heat of the moment. No need to be so agitated."

'Children? Who are children?! She?' Feng Ahnian thought mockingly as she glanced at Su Mengsi and Yan Ruomin.

Wei Airan knew of the women's characters to some extent and became silent. The fact that a mother blatantly ignored her daughter being bullied was unacceptable to her. 

Wei Airan intended to tell them some harsh words but then Su Mengsi spoke out, "Did you catch the woman?" 

At her words, all women's attention fell on Wei Airan. Yan Ruomin couldn't control herself and blurted out, "Aunty, who was she? Did the mistress take the check?" 

Wei Airan's temple throbbed at Yan Ruomin's speech. Nonetheless, she hid her real emotions and said, "Ruomin, who told you my son was hiding a mistress?!"

"Ah! That…" Yan Ruomin was stumped by Wei Airan's sudden question. At her flustered face, Wei Airan's face darkened. 'Is she spying on my son?!'

As it turned out, Yan Ruomin was the one who told Wei Airan that Sheng Ruming was hiding a mistress in the southern villa. 

In the heat of the moment, Wei Airan didn't inquire further and left in a hurry. But Yan Ruomin herself didn't know who was in that villa. 

She was delighted for a moment that Sheng Ruming had a hidden woman. To her, if he could have another woman other than Luo Lixi, marrying him wasn't a dream anymore!

Wei Airan didn't say who the woman was. She turned to Su Mengsi and said in a deadpan expression, "Is your company spying on my son's life?!"

"No." Su Mengsi denied right away. 

"Then how did you know?" Wei Airan pressed on.

Su Mengsi's eyes flashed with a hidden meaning as she looked at Wei Airan. Putting on her usual expression, she said, "This kind of thing floats in the circle faster than air. Not only my daughter, even others know."

"Oh?" Wei Airan turned to Chi Bainian and asked, "You knew too?"

"Yes, Shaoling told me. I was worried for you and came running to warn you. We shouldn't let cheap women mingle in our circle…" Chi Bainian didn't see the darkening face of Wei Airan but others did. 

Wei Airan stood up and swept a glance around. Then, she spoke in a loud voice, enough for even Luo Lixi to hear, "My son's life, you don't need to care. He's old enough to know what he is doing. I have work to do. See yourself." 

After saying that, Wei Airan turned around and left. As they saw her walking towards the second floor, some people felt unsettled. Yan Ruomin stood up to run behind Wei Airan but Su Mengsi stopped her. 

"Where are you running off?" Su Mengsi asked. 

"Aunty didn't tell us who was that slut!" Yan Ruomin freed her wrist from her mother and looked up at the second floor with resentment. 

Su Mengsi felt a headache coming towards her at her daughter's thoughtless behavior. As she grabbed her again, she dragged her towards the entrance of the villa. 

"Ma, why are you dragging me?!" Yan Ruomin spoke loudly. At that, the servants' attention went towards her.

"Didn't you notice Wei Airan's face? She was pissed off with something. Now that she has left, we can't be thick-skinned and stay here." Su Mengsi said as they stepped out of the entrance. 

From her words, Yan Ruomin finally realized what was wrong. Thus, both of them left the villa silently. Inside, as soon as they left, Feng Ahnian stood up and sprinted towards the gate. 

Chi Bainian who had raised her hand to slap her gritted her teeth and silently looked around. Noticing that no one was looking at her, she decided to finish the pastries before leaving! 

…

Soon, nighttime came. 

Like other times, Sheng Ruming decided to spend the time in the office as well. After a while, Xiao Huang pushed the door and entered. 

"Boss, you have switched off your phone?" He asked and stared at Sheng Ruming. 

The person nodded and inquired, "Someone was pestering me to go to the villa. I was irritated."

In short, Wei Airan called him to go to the Sheng Villa but he didn't want to. To avoid it, he did that. Xiao Huang didn't say anything further and put down the lunch box on the desk. Then he turned around and went towards the entrance. 

While Sheng Ruming was opening his food box, Xiao Huang confessed before directly leaving, "Miss Luo was taken to the Sheng Villa by Madam Wei."

"Cough!" Sheng Ruming spat out the egg he had just stuffed into his mouth. He abruptly stood up and walked out of the office room. But before he could catch Xiao Huang, someone stopped him in his steps. 

"Boss, these are left out. Can you check them too?" Chen Shubin's hands held 5 files as he asked Sheng Ruming. The poor man had dark circles under his eyes as he stared at Sheng Ruming. 

The man who was in a hurry, went past him. Chen Shubin was tarrified that he would be fired next day if Sheng Ruming didn't approve his work. Thus, he also followed him and shouted, "Boss! It's urgent!" 

"Later." Sheng Ruming replied with displeased voice and added, "Everybody can leave.*

At Sheng Ruming's words, Chen Shubin paused in his place. A rare smile broke out on his face as soon as Sheng Ruming entered the lift. 

'Finally I can go home!' Chen Shubin threw the files away and ran towards his office.

Zhou Lei picked up the files and murmured with a frown, "Did he finally become insane?!"

...

As soon as Sheng Ruming exited the company entrance, a car drove in front of him. 

The car's window shield went down and Xiao Huang smiled at Sheng Ruming with a hint of mischief, "Want to go?"

'This man!' Sheng Ruming felt funny as he entered the passenger seat. Xiao Huang had a rare smile on his face as the car drove towards the Sheng Villa. 

"My mother, does she know?" Sheng Ruming asked after thinking for a while. 

"That, you have to find out by yourself." He replied and then all the windshield went up. 

On that winter night, as the man was going towards the Sheng Villa, Luo Lixi was waiting for him as well to have some heart-to-heart talk....