Three years after our breakup, you came back to China, and I'm just giving up. Why are you cryi

Lu Hao was stunned, recalling what Lin Ran had just said.

This world isn't one where people will be grateful just because you're kind to them.

He just couldn't understand whether there really were parents who would endlessly exploit their children like this.

In Lu Hao's world, the word "parents" is a haven he has never had, yet has been depicted in his heart a thousand times.

His mother's nagging and his father's silent sacrifices were, in his imagination, the deepest expressions of care for his child.

But Lin Ran's experience completely overturned his understanding.

He twitched the corner of his mouth slightly. As someone who had never even met his parents, he truly couldn't understand Lin Ran's pain.

But the great image in his mind was now shattered into pieces.

He sighed softly and looked at Lin Ran again. "So... what do you plan to do?"

"I don't know." Lin Ran shook her head blankly, the alcohol making her cheeks flushed an unnatural red, and her eyes becoming glazed.

She picked up her glass again and took a sip, the scarlet liquid wetting her lips.

"When I first started working, I gave my family 2,000 yuan a month, and later it increased to 4,000 yuan. A while ago, they called and said that if I didn't go back to get married, I would have to give them 6,000 yuan a month."

At this point, she could no longer hold on and collapsed onto the dining table, her shoulders shaking violently, and suppressed sobs escaping her lips.

"But my salary is only a little over ten thousand... I still have to pay my mortgage, eat, and survive... They're trying to drive me to my death!"

Lu Hao's lips moved a few times, a thought connecting all the clues. He asked in a low voice, "So, that's why you're so obsessed with the manager's position?"

"That's right!" Lin Ran suddenly looked up, her face streaked with tears. "Only by becoming a manager can I get a higher salary, and only then can I satisfy them, giving them six thousand every month!"

"Have you considered that this time it was six thousand, and you gave it? What about next time? What if they ask you to give eight thousand, or ten thousand?"

Lin Ran suddenly raised her head, looking at him with teary eyes, and finally let out a long sigh, "Then what can I do? They are my parents, I..."

Behind that "I" lies an unspeakable despair.

Lu Hao leaned back in his chair, his body slightly tilted back.

He sensed an insurmountable chasm in the phrase "They are my parents," a cage built by blood ties.

"So, you called me over tonight because you wanted someone to talk to and relieve your boredom, or because you wanted me to give you some advice?" Lu Hao's tone was calm, but his eyes were serious.

Lin Ran shook her head, a smile that looked more like a grimace appearing on her face. "Neither. I want to give you my first time."

"ah?!"

Lu Hao's mind went completely blank for a moment.

He considered countless possibilities, but this was not one of them.

He never expected Lin Ran to be so direct, and he certainly didn't expect that... it was her first time.

"Surprising, isn't it?"

Lin Ran shrugged casually, her nonchalant attitude making Lu Hao feel a tightness in his chest. "I've never been in a relationship before. When I was in school, I was the kind of bookworm you all would call me. After I started working, all I could think about was making money. It was only after you came along that my life started to have some ripples."

Lu Hao kept his head down and didn't reply.

The air in the restaurant seemed to freeze.

"You don't need to feel guilty."

Lin Ran's voice was soft, yet it carried a resolute air of "what's the use?" "I just want my first time to not be so rushed. Once I've lost my virginity, I'll be no different from those 'bad women' they talk about. When the day comes that I can't take it anymore and I'm forced to go back, I probably won't feel so noble, so resentful anymore..."

"You're not a bad woman!" Lu Hao suddenly looked up, speaking each word with utmost seriousness.

"That's what you think."

Lin Ran chuckled softly, "When it comes to love, only the first one is real. If you can't be with the first person in the end, then all the others become bad women, right?"

"According to your logic, wouldn't I be even worse than an animal?" Lu Hao laughed self-deprecatingly.

He's slept with so many women he can't even remember them all.

A night of passion in a bar, and by dawn, you can't even remember the other person's name.

Just like Xiao Xiyue...

Not to mention, he also got involved with two good girls, Zhou Mengmeng and Ning Shu.

"That's your own opinion. I don't care about your past, or what you've done." Lin Ran stared intently at him, her eyes burning with a desperate intensity. "I only care about one thing: you are the one who has ever moved my heart."

"Lin Ran, you've had too much to drink." Lu Hao sighed and avoided her gaze.

"What, you won't even take what's offered to you?"

Lin Ran's laughter was full of self-deprecation. "Then how bad must I be? No wonder my relatives introduce me to those kinds of people. It turns out that in their eyes, I'm a 'good match' with those guys."

"Don't say that, that's not what I meant." Lu Hao's expression was rather unpleasant.

"So, do you want it or not?"

Lin Ran stood up, leaned forward, placed her hands on the dining table, and looked down at him.

As she moved, the loose silk nightgown opened wide at the neckline, revealing a snow-white view.

Lu Hao subconsciously wanted to look away, but his male instincts made that fair skin linger in his pupils for a moment.

"Your body is quite honest, isn't it?" Lin Ran's laughter carried a hint of victory.

Lu Hao touched his nose, forcing himself to regain his composure.

"Lin Ran, calm down first, okay?" He closed his eyes.

He had a slight liking for Lin Ran, and occasionally he would make verbal remarks to break the monotony of his workday.

Now that he knows her situation, he is even less able to let himself be controlled by his lower body.

Although he often enjoys being driven by his lower instincts, his target should never be Lin Ran at this moment.

Light footsteps sounded, followed by a woman's fragrance.

Lu Hao suddenly opened his eyes and found that Lin Ran had somehow walked around the dining table and was standing in front of him.

Before he could react, a soft, warm body sat on his lap.

Lin Ran wrapped her arms around his neck, her breath sweet and her eyes alluring.

"Lu Hao, I'll give you one more chance. If you don't want it, I'll just open my phone right now and find someone online."

"You're insane!"

"Being crazy is better than being dead!"

After shouting that, Lin Ran closed his eyes and pressed his cool lips to hers.

Lu Hao's mind went blank, with only the domineering warmth on his lips constantly eroding his reason.

With a "bang," Lu Hao and his chair fell backward.

Lin Ran's delicate body pressed down on him at that moment...