Chapter 5: Bite Marks

In the hotel, there were some sights unfit for the eyes.

Disheveled clothes trailed from the doorway to the bedroom; the man's searing hot skin pressed upon her, causing her some pain. Thankfully, Jiang Siyan was considerate of her feelings, making her first time less unbearable.

Afterwards, Jiang Siyan sat on the edge of the bed wearing pajama bottoms, lighting a cigarette in hand. The warm light shone on his somewhat pallid skin, as if casting him in a layer of gold, sacred and inviolable.

Jiang Jiu got up to shower, her feet felt a little weak when she got out of bed, but she managed to steady herself on the nightstand in time.

Siyan's light laughter came from behind, "Need a lift?"

Jiang Jiu curtly interrupted, "No need."

Jiang Siyan watched the woman lower her head revealing an overly delicate and pale neck with a bite mark on it, one that he had inflicted.

"So quick to pull up your pants and pretend not to recognize me?"

Jiang Jiu turned around, glanced at him indifferently, "We are both adults, it's just a matter of mutual need. What, do I need to take responsibility for you now?"

Jiang Siyan nodded, "You're right."

The next second, the man extinguished his cigarette, stood up, and carried her into the bathroom, "In that case, I naturally should take a bit more."

By the time Jiang Jiu emerged from the bathroom again, she was so tired she didn't want to lift a finger.

She had lived for over twenty years, and today had been her boldest yet; after learning of her boyfriend's infidelity, she immediately ended up in bed with his brother, who was also the "little milk dog" she once took care of growing up.

The next day, when she woke up, Jiang Siyan was already gone.

Jiang Jiu picked up her phone to see that it was already eight o'clock. Without time to ponder when Siyan had left, she hurriedly washed up and went to the company.

There was a meeting this morning, and Jiang Jiu barely made it to the company on time.

She was a reporter for a magazine, responsible for several interview projects every day, and today's meeting was to decide on the next issue's theme.

After the meeting finally ended, Jiang Jiu and her colleagues returned to their workstations. Yang Sijie handed her a bottle of yogurt, "Why so listless, did you not sleep well last night?"

Jiang Jiu thanked her, took the yogurt, "Nothing, a friend got married last night, and it went late."

"It's more than that, isn't it? Didn't you go on a date with your little boyfriend? Look at the back of your neck, you better go to the restroom to touch that up."

Jiang Jiu puzzled, took the concealer passed by Yang Sijie and went to the restroom, only to discover a bite mark on the back of her neck!

She was wearing a round-necked top today, which made it easily visible.

Jiang Jiu blushed as she applied the concealer, covering it slightly, thought for a moment, let down her long hair to ensure it was hidden, and then finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Damned Jiang Siyan, she told him not to bite, but he just wouldn't listen!

Even though she sat quietly at her own place during the meeting, Yang Sijie had noticed, and surely others had too.

Thinking about it made Jiang Jiu want to drag out Siyan from last night and give him a beating!

When she returned to her seat, Yang Sijie teased, smiling, "Looks like your boyfriend is pretty wild, aren't you guys about to get engaged?"

Jiang Jiu paused for a moment, then continued with a bland expression, "I still want to prioritize my career."

Yang Sijie nodded, "Right, not just anyone can get into our magazine."

Fortunately, the conversation did not last long, and Jiang Jiu immersed herself in her work.

In the afternoon, a high school classmate she hadn't chatted with in a long time suddenly tagged her in the group chat. Jiang Jiu opened it and saw it was from the class president at the time.

The group, for some reason spurred by sudden enthusiasm, decided to have a reunion, and after a long chat, someone brought up her.

"Speaking of which, will our school beauty Miss Jiang join us? I had a crush on her back then but never dared to confess!"

"You little devil, do you want to use this opportunity for a belated confession?"

The group was buzzing, and the man who called out Jiang Jiu quickly clarified, "Guys, stop kidding around, I'm married now. Miss Jiang was the dream girl of all the boys in our school back then, I'm just reminiscing about my lost youth!"

The topic naturally fell on Jiang Jiu, and so the class president Zhao Qinghe took the initiative to tag her, "Miss Jiang, will you grace us with your presence at the reunion on Sunday?"

"Heh, Jiang Jiu is so busy now, she wouldn't bother with us classmates."