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1. On the day her stepson returned home, An Ran waited four hours at the airport for nothing.
At midnight, her rebellious stepson finally came home, dead drunk.
By seniority, An Ran was the elder, so she ought to be more accommodating. She had the kitchen make hangover soup and brought it to him herself.
When he saw her, the man on the bed gave her a drunken, lazy smile. "Your little stepmom is up in the middle of the night... sneaking into my room?"
An Ran nudged the soup closer. "Drink this before you sleep, so you won't feel awful."
The man sat up and leaned toward her. Without a word, he wound a few strands of hair from her collar around two fingers. An Ran drew back warily, but her hair was pulled taut.
His eyes glittered with mischief and heat, his tone half mocking, half amused:
"Your body wash smells so good... Did you just fool around with my dad?"
2. Later, her husband suffered a sudden heart attack and died. Xie Yuchen used ruthless methods to purge the group from within, becoming its new head.
An Ran was left in an awkward position and decided to leave.
But on the stormy night before her departure, she was cornered in the deserted old mansion, those bright, fierce eyes closing in on her.
"The old man's dead. How about finding someone younger?"
Long, clean fingers traced her neck as a heated chest pressed close. His rich voice carried a teasing laugh and an unmistakable implication:
"I'm young, and I'm strong. I'm definitely more capable than my dad..."
* They never got a marriage certificate, they aren't registered in the same household, and there were no feelings between them while the relationship lasted.
[2025.10.7]
Theme: Escaping the mire
