Chapter 290: Spending the Night Together (4) (1/2)

Chu Lian wasn’t a morning person. When she opened her eyes, her head was still fuzzy and she completely forgot where she was.

When she looked up, a pale, sickly-looking face with fine features covered by a great beard met her eyes.

Actually, this man had a pretty good-looking face. Furthermore, from his smooth, unwrinkled skin, she could tell that he was rather young.

The imposing set of armor and the black tunic underneath it made him look like a strong and mighty man; his presence made all those around him feel safe.

Oh, this was the beardy who had saved her. The nice guy who had helped her out of that pickle with the Tuhuns.

Back then, Chu Lian thought that would be the end of the line for her. However, this man had pulled her into his protective embrace even in such a precarious situation, and he even fell down the cliff together with her without a care for his own life.

As Chu Lian thought back to those moments, she was suffused with a feeling of safety.

Chu Lian was about to burrow deeper into this warm and safe embrace, but before she could, she abruptly recalled who she was.

She was a married woman- House Jing’an’s Third Young Madam, He Sanlang’s wife!

Her husband was that crazy He Changdi who always had strange requests for her and an eternally gloomy face!

It was as if she had been doused in ice cold water. Chu Lian had never been more awake in her life.

Chu Lian yanked back her hand as if she had been burned. She felt that there still wasn’t clear enough of a boundary between them, so she reached out to push the man away and keep him at arm’s length.

Chu Lian crawled up from the ground with her head lowered to hide her flushed face. Torn with herself, she said, “Excuse me, mister. Although I’m very grateful that you’ve saved my life, you can’t use this chance to take advantage of me!”

Hah?

He Sanlang’s originally warm expression immediately turned into the stormiest one he could summon!

Just now, he had been enjoying the fluttering warmth in his heart as he watched Chu Lian lie in his arms so trustingly. He had still been taken aback that this wicked woman had such a lovely and endearing side to her.