After Bankruptcy, the Billionaire Asked Me to Marry Him!
Chapter 185: It’s Not Too Much to Collect Some Interest, Right?

Chapter 185: Chapter 185: It’s Not Too Much to Collect Some Interest, Right?

The night sky was pitch black, with stars twinkling.

Little patches of snow that hadn’t melted yet lined both sides of the pebble-strewn path.

The air carried the unique stillness of the night.

Walking side by side on the path, Ye Li looked around, "Where’s Special Assistant Xiang? Didn’t he bring the car in?"

Her gaze passed over the lit screen of the phone, just as she saw a message from Xiang Yang.

[Boss, I’m at the entrance of the residential area. Should I come in now?]

[No need.]

She sent a quick reply and Fu Yanci glanced sideways, "He should be on his way here. I’ll wait for him at the entrance."

"Oh."

Ye Li nodded, reached out to hook her arm through Fu Yanci’s, and the two of them walked together toward the exit.

She thought about how she had already visited the Fu Family and met his grandmother, along with the other relatives.

But on the Ye Family side, except for Aunt Lan who knew his identity, her mother knew nothing, treating him as if he were an uncle.

At the dinner table, she had deliberately teased her by referring to him as "little uncle."

Thinking of this, Ye Li felt a bit uneasy.

Fortunately, Fu Yanci didn’t seem to be interested in settling scores with her later on.

Having walked safely to the entrance of the residential area, Ye Li withdrew her hand from Fu Yanci’s grasp and gestured with her chin, "You go ahead, I’m heading back too."

With that, Ye Li shrank her neck a bit.

She then saw Fu Yanci turn around again, "Leaving you to walk home alone at night, Mrs. Fu, do you think your husband is such a man without manners?"

Ye Li was startled before she was enveloped in Fu Yanci’s embrace, and they turned to walk back.

On their way back in front of the Ye Mansion, looking into the distance, she could also see a corner of the Zhou Hecchen’s mansion.

The place that used to be brightly lit was now dark.

Ye Li poked Fu Yanci’s arm, "Did you make the Zhou Family move away?"

Turning to hold her hand and tuck it into his coat pocket, Fu Yanci nodded, "Mom and Fu Minghui are close friends, what if one day after dinner she accidentally wanders over to the Zhou Family? Wouldn’t that give us away?"

Mom.

Ye Li’s heart softened and she stopped, looking up at him, "Fu Yanci, thank you!"

"Thank you for being so good to me! ...Thank you for considering my parents as family and for being so kind to them!"

She spoke with particular seriousness, one word at a time.

Enveloped by Fu Yanci, she heard the man’s gentle voice next to her ear, "Just... thanks, and that’s it?"

???

What else?

Ye Li looked up, "I have no money to give, and as for myself, haven’t I already devoted myself to you?"

"That’s true..."

Fu Yanci nodded, gently caressing the girl’s face, his thumb grazing her rosy lips, "Then I guess it won’t be too much to collect a little interest, right?"

As the words fell, he leaned down and tenderly captured her lips.

The kiss tasted of plum tea, a mix of sweet and tangy with a faint aroma of tea.

Ye Li took a step back.

Fu Yanci followed her one step forward.

When she could retreat no further and was pinned against the pillar in front of the mansion by the man, Ye Li’s hands clutched at Fu Yanci’s coat collar, feeling as if her breathing was starting to heat up.

Buzz.

In the moment the door of the mansion opened, Ye Li’s body stiffened, and she dared not move a muscle.

Then she heard Li Xueqing mutter, "Where did they send this?"

Turning around, she left.

Soon after, Ye Li’s phone began to ring.

Fearful that her mother would come out and see that Fu Yanci hadn’t left, Ye Li tiptoed up and quickly pecked him, "Fu Yanci, good night..."

The iron gate creaked open and then slammed shut with a clatter.

The girl raised her voice, "Mom, I’m back," dismissed the call, and dashed into the door.

When the mansion’s door closed, everything went silent.

Fu Yanci lifted his eyes to gaze at the dimly lit Ye Mansion in front of him, then turned to look at the dark bamboo grove in the distance, his eyes deep with thought.

The first time he met her, it seemed, was right there.