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Chapter 52: Back Home

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The next morning, Jiang Chen held his head as he woke up with a minor headache.

[Did I get drunk last night?]

About to sit up, he rubbed his eyes and suddenly froze.

The girl beside him slept quietly, her hair scattered across her face and her breathing gentle but tired.

And on the bedsheet was a distinct red spot.

[Fu*k? What did I do?]

He almost lost strength and fell off the bed.

”You’re awake?” Ayesha was roused from her dream from his sudden movements.

She followed the direction of Jiang Chen’s shocked look and gently bit her lips, burying her head into the sheets.

Although she had been mentally prepared, when the moment came, Ayesha still felt scared.

The pain that ripped her apart almost made her cry, although the sensation that soon followed helped her enter a pleasurable state, nearly enough to make her forget the soreness. Although it hurt, she surprisingly didn’t mind losing her first time like this.

”Mhmm.” Jiang Chen scratched his head as he forced a smile. ”Ummm, sorry.”

”No need to be sorry. I am your wife. It’s okay even if I don’t get a real name to myself. I understand the tradition of your hometown,” Ayesha whispered with her head still lowered and her shoulders covered by the blankets.

Where Ayesha came from, her age was acceptable for marriage but to Jiang Chen…

How could he explain that rather than tradition, it was better described as problematic.

He shook himself out of his momentary frozen state before he sighed and said apologetically, ”Last night, I drank too much. Hmm, it must hurt a lot, right?”

His memory from last night was already fading, making him assume that he had forced her when the reality was different.

”Mhmm, it’s too big.” The words didn’t have time to process before she immediately blushed at the inappropriate nature.

”Ahem!” Jiang Chen almost choked on his own spit. Ayesha immediately moved over to pat his back, except she lost hold of her wrapped sheet that soon slipped down.

The nicely shaped breasts and waist were fully exposed to him.

”Ahhh!” Ayesha shrieked and reached out with her trembling hands to cover herself again.

They already crossed the line, but she still felt embarrassed. Jiang Chen scratched his head, but in the end, only sighed.

”Study some Han.”

”Mhmm.” Ayesha buried her head once more, afraid to look him in the eyes.

Jiang Chen forced a smile when he saw the redness on the sheet again and awkwardly patted his still-drowsy head.

He never considered himself a noble guy, but he had his own boundaries. Taking a young girl’s first time still made him feel quite guilty. Even if alcohol was involved, it was not an excuse to escape responsibility.

But Ayesha’s voluntary demure perspective made Jiang Chen feel a bit better.

He was touched by her understanding and made up his mind to treat this girl nicely.

At the very least, he would let her live a life one hundred times more comfortable than the one she had here.

He awkwardly rejected Ayesha’s proposal to dress him as it would corrupt him to the bone and threw his clothes on before he hastily escaped from the room.

Watching Jiang Chen leave, a smile appeared on Ayesha’s face.

In it was contained a slight affection.

She gathered her hands in front of her chest with a lowered head and prayed sincerely to her god.

[Meeting you was the best thing to happen in my life.]

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At noon, Jiang Chen brought Ayesha along with him on the flight to Dubai. Because Baghdad had no direct flight to Hua, their best option was to have a layover at Dubai first before heading to Hua.

Before that, there was an incident with Ayesha’s identity.

Because of the constant chaos in Syria, Ayesha couldn’t bring any forms of identification with her when she escaped the country. Impractical to contact her home country, she was currently without an identity, so Jiang Chen thought to use money to get her an ID of some sort.

But when he arrived at the counsel, it was empty. Only when he asked the Iraqi soldier patrolling outside did he finally learn that all of the consulate workers had left on the last flight to Hua to avoid the conflict. The soldier was experienced in handling such situations as he directed Jiang Chen to the UN office, but Jiang Chen impatiently called Robert who had planned on staying for a few more days.