468 What If (2/2)

Liu Yao looked at Jiang Chen, still confused, as she didn't know why he was laughing.

”Are you scared?” Jiang Chen didn't address her confusion.

If she was afraid, he would draw a line in their relationship and force her to stay away from that world.

Liu Yao took a moment to process things before she shook her head rapidly.

”I'm not afraid.”

”Really?”

”Don't act like this. What did I do to make you dislike me?” Liu Yao got up from lying on the ground with sadness on her face before she moved next to Jiang Chen. She rested her face on his arm and looked at him, feeling mistreated.

Jiang Chen's question gave her an ominous feeling.

Jiang Chen laughed and tousled her hair.

”You're absolutely safe in Hua and Xin. But if you make some people believe you're close to me and that you mean something to me, some people may attempt to kidnap you and use you to threaten me in exchange for a ransom.”

Although it was the most comical thing to kidnap the women of rich men, a lot of wealthy men wanted to get rid of their old wives and mistresses who no longer interested them. Compared to kidnapping, it was better to seduce… but Jiang Chen considered himself someone who cared about the people around him, so he had to consider this possibility.

[Then would you come and save me?]

Liu Yao subconsciously wanted to ask, but she swallowed the question down in the end.

[I'm only his mistress…]

She regretted that she hadn't given her first time to him more than once. [If we met earlier… if…]

Her tears rolled down and hid in the sand. Perhaps the sorrow of being an actress was that even if she felt emotional, her tears would be considered acting by others.

[I'm your regret.]

[But you're my regret as well…]

Liu Yao felt melancholic.

But Jiang Chen seemed to have read her mind. ”I'll save you.”

Liu Yao's eyes widened in disbelief; her teary look was beautiful.

Her shaking lips seemed to be asking: ”But why?”

”But… the only thing I can do in the end is to avenge you.” Jiang Chen sighed.

Even though Liu Yao was just his mistress, if the people who bothered him killed her, he would do anything to find them and press the nuclear button without hesitation because he cared.

The reason why he tolerated spy activity was because they hadn't reached his bottom line.

”That's enough,” Liu Yao whispered as she dried her tears on Jiang Chen's arm.

”Why's that enough? Can't you protect yourself?” Jiang Chen asked wryly.

”Because I still mean something to you. Can't I be proud of that?” She rested on Jiang Chen's arm.

They weren't worried about the same thing. He was concerned about safety, but now the topic had shifted to personal importance.

[It might not be a great thing to be important to me…]

Jiang Chen rolled his eyes and gazed at the horizon in the distance.

”You know what's the best way to protect the people important to you?”

”What's that?” Considering the sternness on Jiang Chen's face, Liu Yao asked genuinely.

”Have enough important people in your life so people won't know who's more important,” Jiang Chen said with a smirk.

Liu Yao first paused before she pouted speechlessly.

”You know...”

”What?” Jiang Chen raised his eyebrows, no longer serious.

”You completely ruined the atmosphere just now!” Liu Yao made a funny face at him with her eyes rolled and tongue stuck out. She sat back down and completely ignored him.

Jiang Chen smiled and didn't respond.

It was just a joke.

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