《禁。慾》3《Will You Come Home Tonight?》
Chapter Twenty-One: Dream and Reality
1、Unknown Path
「《Will You Come Home Tonight?》Chapter Twenty-One Scene One, Action!」
The sea breeze blew in through the half-open car window, carrying away the day's stuffiness and heat.
The black sedan sped smoothly along the coastal highway, its engine humming low and rhythmic. Shen Rui'an sat in the passenger seat, turning to look at Pei Xiuyu in the driver's seat.
Today he wasn't wearing his usual cold, oppressive suit. Instead, he wore a high-quality dark gray wool sweater, sleeves casually rolled to the elbows, revealing the firm, slender lines of his arms. Those large hands, accustomed to gripping guns and signing underworld contracts, now steadily controlled the steering wheel.
Pei Xiuyu didn't tell Shen Rui'an where they were going. He simply drove in silence, with soft jazz playing in the cabin.
He glanced at her, a gentle curve at the corner of his mouth, and asked:
「Rui'an, do you have anything you particularly like to do? Or… something you've always wanted to do but never had the chance?」
Shen Rui'an was momentarily stunned. She turned her head, pressing her face against the cool window glass, watching the blue sea, sky, and coastal greenery rapidly recede outside.
The sea light and mountain colors reflected brilliantly in her clear, moist black eyes. She slightly curved her lips, her voice drifting like a breeze:
「Things I want to do… actually quite a few. Go to a crowded, lively amusement park and ride a roller coaster; go to a movie theater once, buy the biggest bucket of popcorn and watch all night; see the night view from a high place; watch the starry sky in a place with no light pollution… and also… go abroad to a faraway place for vacation…」
At this point, Shen Rui'an's voice suddenly stopped.
She looked at her own delicate yet fateful face reflected in the glass, and the self-deprecation and humility belonging to the original Shen Rui'an spread uncontrollably from the depths of her eyes. She gave a self-mocking smile and whispered softly:
「But… I don't seem to have the right to think about these things. After all… I'm someone who doesn't even have freedom. A sex partner living under someone else's roof, whose life has been bought by others—what right do I have to talk about amusement parks or stargazing?」
Hearing the words 「sex partner」 and 「no freedom,」 Pei Xiuyu's hand gripping the steering wheel suddenly tightened, a heavy crack of pain flashing through his dark eyes.
He knew Shen Rui'an's past all too well. This girl had been used as collateral by her own brother since childhood, struggling in the mire of nightclubs and underworld loan sharks, later kept as a mistress and enduring hellish kidnapping and gang rape.
In her world, the word 「freedom」 was farther away than the stars in the sky. She was used to placing herself in the lowest position, used to being ready to be abandoned at any moment.
Pei Xiuyu took a deep breath, his voice low and magnetic, carrying a reassuring steadiness:
「Rui'an, in front of me, you never need to define yourself with those four words 『no right.』 You have your own name, your own preferences. You are an independent and shining individual. As long as you want to go, I'll accompany you to the ends of the earth.」
Shen Rui'an turned to look at him, at those black eyes as deep as night yet filled with devotion and tenderness. Her heart felt as if soaked in warm water—both sour and sweet.
Now controlling this body, the second personality 「Rui,」 though independent, arrogant, strong-willed and playful, found the ice-sealed defenses in her heart gradually melting under Pei Xiuyu's unrestrained gentle embrace.
2、Amusement Park Revelry and Fairy Tale Confrontation
The car finally stopped at the entrance of the largest premium theme park overseas.
In fact, Pei Xiuyu had already arranged everything. This theme park today was the first surprise he had prepared for her.
「Get out of the car, little princess.」 Pei Xiuyu walked around the front of the car, personally opening the door for her, extending his hand like a gentleman.
Shen Rui'an looked at the huge colorful castle and the towering Ferris wheel before her, her mouth wide open in surprise, her eyes bursting with unprecedented childlike light!
As soon as they entered the park, Pei Xiuyu took her hand and headed straight for the bustling souvenir shop at the entrance.
The shop was filled with cute anime character headpieces and merchandise. Pei Xiuyu stood in front of the mirror, picked up a pink lace cat-ear headband, gently placed it on Shen Rui'an's head, and personally helped arrange her tied-up long hair, his gaze as deep as if looking at the world's most precious treasure:
「It suits you perfectly, especially cute.」
Flattered by his praise, Shen Rui'an's cheeks flushed slightly. A mischievous thought struck her. She turned, took a black fox-ear headband for men from the shelf, and forcefully placed it on Pei Xiuyu's usually serious and steady handsome face!
「Don't take it off! Today you have to wear this and play with me all day!」 Shen Rui'an stood with hands on hips, commanding like a willful little queen.
The young master Pei, born into a powerful underworld family and feared by all, now wore a pair of black fox ears—his appearance a stark contrast.
Pei Xiuyu looked at her laughing heartily, not only not angry but indulgently flicked her nose tip, smiling in response: 「Alright, as you wish.」
For the rest of the day, Pei Xiuyu took Shen Rui'an on all the classic attractions in the park.
In the scariest haunted house, with gusts of cold wind and sudden NPC screams making many visitors shriek, Shen Rui'an and Pei Xiuyu were completely unafraid—one a death god who had rolled through piles of underworld corpses, the other a split personality who had died once and whose spirit was highly dissociated.
Holding hands in the dark passages, they could even calmly discuss the haunted house's internal mechanisms and smile at each other.
On the super roller coaster reaching dozens of meters high with nearly ninety-degree vertical drops, as the train surged to its highest point, both excitedly let go of their hands in the overwhelming wind!
「Ah——! So exhilarating——!」 Shen Rui'an screamed madly at the azure sky, years of pent-up repression and gloom pouring out with the headwind in that moment!
Pei Xiuyu, on the high-speed spinning train, tightly gripped her hand, turned to look at her snow-white pretty face flushed with excitement, and shouted loudly: 「Rui'an! Are you happy?!」
「Happy——! Super happy——!」 Shen Rui'an laughed until tears welled at the corners of her eyes, her long hair dancing wildly in the wind.
They rode the romantic dreamy carousel together and boarded the wildly swinging pirate ship.
Throughout the day, Pei Xiuyu attentively cared for her, carrying her bag, and when she was tired, buying her strawberry ice cream cones and giant rainbow cotton candy to hand to her.
Shen Rui'an, like a carefree little girl, ate the ice cream bite by bite, sweetness reaching her heart, her face glowing with an incomparably radiant smile.
3、Galaxy at the Top of the Ferris Wheel and the Suffocating Kiss
As the sun set, night gradually enveloped the entire park.
The park's lights came on at night, tens of thousands of romantic colorful neon lights illuminating simultaneously, making the entire castle and streets resemble a real-life crystal fairy tale world.
「Last attraction, let's go.」 Pei Xiuyu took her hand and arrived beneath the park's iconic giant night-view Ferris wheel.
They entered the exclusive luxurious VIP crystal cabin. As the cabin slowly ascended, Shen Rui'an sat opposite, hands on the transparent glass window, watching the gradually shrinking, brilliantly lit park panorama and the distant sprawling city night view outside, her eyes filled with moved mist.
「Xiuyu…」 Shen Rui'an turned to look at him, her voice slightly choked, 「This morning in the car, you just asked me… what I wanted to do, right? How come in just one day, you've already helped me fulfill two things…」
Pei Xiuyu sat opposite her, gently touched the top of her head with an incredibly tender gaze, and chuckled softly: 「Don't worry, there's a third one.」
「Third one? What third one?」 Shen Rui'an looked confused.
「In thirty seconds, when the cabin reaches the highest point of the Ferris wheel, there will be no city light pollution here. The cabin ceiling will automatically switch to transparent panoramic view. Then, you can see the entire starry sky.」
Shen Rui'an was completely stunned, staring at him blankly: 「This cabin… the ceiling can also become transparent? And we can see the stars?」
「This is the Ferris wheel's biggest patented gimmick, and countless people's dream stargazing holy land.」 Pei Xiuyu explained gently.
As soon as his words fell, the Ferris wheel reached its highest point!
「Click.」
With a crisp mechanical sound, all the originally glaring neon decorative lights outside the cabin automatically extinguished. The next second, the shading metal plates on the cabin ceiling slowly slid open to both sides, replaced by an extremely transparent high-tech panoramic glass!
In that instant, the vast starry sky full of brilliant stars was fully presented before Shen Rui'an's eyes!
Without any city light pollution, the dense Milky Way like diamond fragments spanned the entire night sky, close enough to touch! Below the feet was the brilliantly lit, dreamlike city night view and park panorama! Between heaven and earth, starlight and lights reflected each other, heartbreakingly beautiful!
Shen Rui'an was mesmerized, tears uncontrollably sliding down her cheeks. She quickly took out her phone and frantically photographed this brilliant starry sky, the night view below, and this dreamlike everything.
Just as she finished taking photos and looked up, she happened to see Pei Xiuyu opposite her.
Pei Xiuyu hadn't looked at the beautiful starry sky outside the window at all from beginning to end. Those deep black eyes had been fixed solely on her the whole time. In his eyes, the entire galaxy of stars was not even one ten-thousandth as important as the woman before him.
Shen Rui'an's heart pounded violently in that instant. The contrasting shyness and emotion intertwined, and she could no longer suppress her feelings. She stood up, leaned over, and lightly kissed Pei Xiuyu's thin, warm lips.
The kiss was fleeting. Shen Rui'an's face flushed like an apple as she softly said: 「Thank you… Xiuyu.」
Pei Xiuyu snorted a laugh, his voice hoarse enough to make one's scalp tingle.
「Just one kiss and you think you can dismiss me? That's not enough.」
Before his words finished, Pei Xiuyu's large hand suddenly reached out, forcefully gripping the back of her neck and pulling her in!
His long legs firmly encircled her in his embrace. He leaned down and kissed her lips fiercely! This kiss was no longer light and casual like before, but carried extreme domineering and passionate possessiveness!
His agile and warm tongue roughly invaded her mouth, wantonly entwining her small clove-like tongue, producing extremely sticky 「tsk tsk」 water sounds.
Shen Rui'an was kissed breathless, her hands tightly clutching the sweater on his chest, her body trembling violently in his arms.
After a long while, Pei Xiuyu slowly pulled back a small distance. He panted hoarsely, his black eyes staring at her red, swollen, alluring lips, and said in a low voice:
「This… is enough.」
Then slowly released the woman in his arms.
4、Wish
When they left the amusement park, it was already 8:30 PM. But Pei Xiuyu's surprises were clearly not over yet.
The black sedan drove all the way to the most famous high-altitude landmark building near the overseas villa.
There was a world-renowned premium high-altitude night-view restaurant. Located on the top floor of a building hundreds of meters high, the restaurant had only a very limited number of private VIP tables, offering a 360-degree unobstructed view of the city's beautiful night scenery.
Even more wonderful, one side of the restaurant featured the bustling city lights of thousands of homes, while the other side overlooked the vast night sea. At this moment, a bright moon hung in the sky, its light sprinkling on the rippling sea surface like a silver ribbon, romantic to the extreme.
This was also the world's most famous proposal holy land for countless wealthy tycoons.
When the private elevator rapidly ascended to the top floor, the doors opened to reveal an extremely luxurious high-end boutique. Guests whose attire was unsuitable could select the finest dresses and suits inside at any time.
Looking at the dresses priced at tens of thousands in the boutique, Shen Rui'an tugged at Pei Xiuyu's sleeve, hesitantly whispering:
「Xiuyu… this place is too expensive. I don't have money, and I don't want you to spend so much on me…」
Pei Xiuyu stopped, turned to look at her, and smiled indulgently:
「Rui'an, to me, this is just a small amount of money. Besides… you deserve the best in the world! Don't say those self-deprecating silly words anymore in the future.」
After speaking, he gently touched her head, then turned to the chief salesperson inside and instructed:
「Help her pick the most suitable haute couture dress, and also pick a matching suit in the same color scheme for me.」
The salesperson dared not delay and immediately enthusiastically led Shen Rui'an into the VIP fitting room.
Twenty minutes later, the fitting room door slowly opened.
Shen Rui'an walked out wearing a wine-red high-end satin mermaid dress. The elegant sweetheart neckline perfectly exposed her snow-white alluring shoulders and slender swan neck.
The form-fitting silk cut showcased her curvaceous, exquisite hip and leg lines smoothly and flawlessly. Her black hair was elegantly pinned up at the back, with a few slightly curled strands cascading down. She exuded an extremely elegant yet commanding noblewoman's beauty!
Pei Xiuyu also changed into a well-tailored wine-red premium suit, paired with a black shirt. The subtly bulging muscle lines beneath the fabric, standing beside Shen Rui'an, formed a perfect visual feast!
They were led by the waiter to the most prestigious scenic table and sat down.
Shen Rui'an looked at the beautiful scene outside the window—one side thousands of lights, the other the moon illuminating the night sea—and elegantly cut the premium Australian wagyu on her plate with knife and fork. Her inner emotion and happiness could no longer be expressed in words.
She looked up at the handsome and elegant Pei Xiuyu opposite her and couldn't help but curiously ask:
「Xiuyu… how are you so amazing? All these arrangements today… could it be that you arranged them temporarily after I finished speaking this morning in the car?」
Pei Xiuyu cut a small piece of beef and placed it on her plate, smiling:
「How could I be that amazing? I'm not a god. Actually… a few days ago, I happened to see the wish list you wrote in the notebook in your room. You wrote that you wanted to go to an amusement park, see the night view, see the starry sky… and also wrote that you wanted to live a life of value.」
Pei Xiuyu put away his smile, his gaze extremely serious as he stared into Shen Rui'an's eyes, his voice steady and affectionate:
「Bringing you here today is to let you know that you deserve the best in this world. You are a woman of value and dignity. From now on, never belittle yourself again.」
Hearing these heartfelt words, Shen Rui'an felt a sourness at her nose tip, tears almost falling again. She sniffled and said coquettishly:
「Hate it… you keep making me cry today…」
Just then, the restaurant's romantic and melodious background music quietly changed. Several musicians in elegant black suits walked slowly toward another scenic table not far away, playing graceful and moving violin music.
The restaurant staff pushed carts laden with rose seas and exquisite candlelight forward. The entire restaurant's lighting instantly softened, creating an extremely romantic proposal ceremony.
All guests' attention was drawn over. Shen Rui'an also curiously turned to look at that table.
She saw the man at that table, dressed in a sharp suit, affectionately taking the woman's hand. As violin music flowed like spring water, under the gaze of all guests, the man slowly knelt on one knee, took out a dazzling diamond ring from his pocket, and declared to the woman with a fiery and sincere gaze:
「Will you marry me? Let me cherish you for a lifetime.」
The proposed woman covered her mouth in emotion, tears falling, nodding excitedly again and again: 「I do! I do!」
The two embraced tightly and kissed passionately. The entire venue erupted in thunderous applause and cheers of blessing!
Shen Rui'an watched this scene, momentarily lost in thought. In the original Shen Rui'an's bumpy and miserable life, she had actually yearned immensely for such a proposal ceremony blessed by the whole world, yearned for sacred marriage, yearned to have a warm family that truly belonged to her.
The second personality 「Rui」 controlling the body turned her head, looked back at Pei Xiuyu opposite her, curved her lips into an extremely infectious beautiful smile, and sighed softly:
「So romantic…」
Pei Xiuyu gazed deeply at her, slowly extended his large hand, gently touched her cheek, his eyes deep enough to drown a person, his voice magnetic and solemn:
「If it's your wish… one day, I will fulfill your wishes one by one.」
Hearing this almost lifelong promise, Shen Rui'an's heart shook violently, and the emotion in her eyes could no longer be suppressed.
5、Unexpected Rival and Cold Confrontation
However, just as this warm and romantic atmosphere reached its peak, in the corridor nearby, a restaurant employee was leading a group of newly arrived distinguished guests toward this direction.
That group stopped beside their table.
Shen Rui'an instinctively looked up—and her entire body instantly froze!
She saw the man standing there was actually Jiang Yuhe (body double)! And beside Jiang Yuhe stood that woman with a powerful aura and coquettish arrogance—Han Xiu!
Han Xiu wore an extremely bold golden deep-V dress, her entire body tightly hooked onto Jiang Yuhe's arm, half her soft body pressed against him. When she saw Shen Rui'an sitting at the scenic seat, a mocking glint flashed in her eyes as she spoke in a strange tone:
「Oh my~ Isn't this our President Jiang's little secretary? Right~ Because I've been clinging to your president these past two days, it gave you a little vacation too. What a coincidence, you actually came to a place like this…」
However, when Han Xiu turned her head and saw clearly who the man sitting opposite Shen Rui'an was, her entire body was shocked, and she exclaimed:
「Pei Xiuyu?! Oh my god… how could it be you?!」
Shen Rui'an sat in her seat, her black eyes shocked as she looked at Pei Xiuyu, then at Han Xiu and Jiang Yuhe. Her mind was in chaos, thinking: How do they all know each other… What exactly is their relationship?!
Han Xiu then smiled charmingly, her gaze sweeping back and forth between Pei Xiuyu and Shen Rui'an, ambiguously asking:
「Xiuyu~~ I was just talking about you with Yuhe today, didn't expect to meet you here. But… what exactly is the relationship between you two?」
Facing Han Xiu's questioning, Pei Xiuyu didn't even lift his eyelids, not even bothering to look at her. He elegantly wiped his mouth, his voice cold as ice:
「What relationship I have with her shouldn't concern you, Miss Han. It seems you have quite a few important matters to handle on this trip back to the country, so we won't waste your time.」
From beginning to end, Jiang Yuhe beside her remained silent. Those ink-black eyes merely coldly stared at Shen Rui'an's stunning wine-red mermaid dress, a deep and jealous glint flickering in their depths.
Han Xiu, rebuffed coldly by Pei Xiuyu, snorted and turned to the employee saying: 「Continue walking.」
Only then did she sway her hips and hook onto Jiang Yuhe, leaving the scene, allowing Shen Rui'an and Pei Xiuyu to finish their meal in peace.
6、Shameful Indulgence
At midnight, the two returned to the overseas villa.
After a whole day of activity, Shen Rui'an took a bath, changed into loose pajamas, tidied up and lay on the bed. Pei Xiuyu also finished bathing and lay beside her, each holding a phone scrolling.
Suddenly, from the quiet bedroom came an extremely lewd, face-flushing and heart-pounding female moan and bed-calling sound!
「Ah… Xiuyu… so deep… so good… I'm coming…!」
Shen Rui'an was startled, abruptly turning to look, only to find that on Pei Xiuyu's phone screen was playing a high-definition erotic video he had recorded of their intense battle last night! In the video, Shen Rui'an's eyes rolling back and wanton moaning as she was thrust was captured crystal clear!
Shen Rui'an's face instantly flushed as if about to explode. Embarrassed, she pounced to grab the phone: 「You… why did you record this! Delete it quickly! Don't watch it, it's so embarrassing!」
However, Pei Xiuyu extended his long arm, easily holding the phone high. Shen Rui'an tried for a long time but couldn't reach it.
The lewd moaning sounds continued echoing in the bedroom. Hearing her own wanton cries from the video, Shen Rui'an felt the blood in her body begin to heat up violently. She looked at the gradually bulging large package in Pei Xiuyu's lower body, and her contrasting mischievous thoughts emerged again.
She gave up grabbing the phone, looked at Pei Xiuyu, and said with a charming smile:
「Fine, you like watching, right? Then keep watching, I'll let you experience it live.」
After speaking, Shen Rui'an lowered her head and dived into the covers!