He Confessed in the Backlight

Chapter 37

The first two kisses were initiated by Li Teng, with a somewhat coercive nature, and Ruan Nianchu didn’t participate willingly. So it wasn’t until the third time that she finally discovered the pleasure in it.

In the darkness, his lips touched hers first, followed by their tongues intertwining. It was as smooth as a warm stream.

With her eyes closed, she tasted a hint of mint on his lips.

Apart from Li Teng, Ruan Nianchu had never kissed any other man, so she couldn’t compare. But if she were to imagine, she guessed his kissing skills could be classified as “not bad.” After all, by his age, most men had accumulated quite a bit of experience.

Thinking like this, she became a little distracted.

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Unconsciously, her tongue hooked onto his.

And it was this action that halted the gentle and delicate warmth.

Li Teng’s kiss went from giving to demanding, fierce and intense like a whirlwind. He frowned, turning around and pressing Ruan Nianchu against the wall. Startled by the sudden change, she opened her eyes and met Li Teng’s gaze. He stared at her fiercely, kissing her as if he wanted to devour her alive.

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Her influence on him had reached a terrifying level.

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Late at night, when he closed his eyes, all he could see was the enchantress trapped in the mist back then. She had a jade-like beautiful back, a seductive waistline, and a gentle smile. The enchantress always teased him, smiling brightly, asking him innocently, “Can you dog out your heart for me to eat?”

Li Teng said yes.

The enchantress giggled coquettishly and disappeared into a whirlwind of light and shadow.

And now, the enchantress obediently nestled in his arms, fragile, soft, no longer an untouchable illusion. He could do anything he imagined with her.

Like holding her and kissing her.

Like being aggressive with her.

Li Teng closed his eyes, his nose tracing along her cheekbone, then turned his head and rubbed against her nose. In the next moment, he abruptly pressed her onto the bed.

Ruan Nianchu’s face changed slightly in shock, and she trembled, saying, “Don’t do this!”

Whether it was her exclamation that brought back his sanity or some other reason, Li Teng’s movements suddenly stopped abruptly. After a few seconds of calming down, he opened his eyes.

With only a few centimeters between them, she was below, and he was above, their gazes meeting.

Her eyes were misty with confusion, fear evident in her trembling; his gaze, however, was clear, devoid of the previous frenzy.

“…” Ruan Nianchu moved her lips, wanting to say something, “You…”

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Li Teng covered her mouth with his hand.

She blinked in surprise.

“Shh.” He leaned close to her ear, his voice so low that only she could hear, “Don’t make a sound.”

“…” She furrowed her brows, not understanding what was happening, but nodded anyway.

Li Teng’s gaze swept toward the closed room door. His eyes were extremely cold, yet extremely calm.

He rolled off the bed quickly, approached the door in a swift motion, leaned against it, pressed his left ear close, as if carefully listening to something. Ruan Nianchu, bewildered, sat still on the bed, looking at this scene somewhat strangely.

The air remained silent for several seconds.

Suddenly, Li Teng forcefully opened the room door, rushed out, his eyes cold and fierce.

Ruan Nianchu was bewildered. She didn’t see clearly what he did, but when she came to her senses, she heard a man’s voice in the corridor outside, shouting and groaning, trying to suppress the pain: “Hey! Seriously, bro, you don’t have to use so much force!”

These words were in very authentic Cantonese.

Ruan Nianchu was even more bewildered.

Outside the room, Li Teng twisted a man’s arm behind his back, ignoring the man’s cries of pain, and sneered, “Brother, you must be tired after coming all this way.”

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The man’s expression twisted in pain, but he still managed to force a smile and spoke in Cantonese: “Actually… not too bad.”

Li Teng glanced at the nearby surveillance cameras and said, “Standing and talking is tiring. Let’s go inside and chat.” With that, he grabbed the man by the collar and threw him back into the room.

“Bang.”

The door slammed shut forcefully.

As soon as the two men entered, Ruan Nianchu instinctively moved aside. She frowned and turned to look at Li Teng, her eyes asking: What’s going on?

Li Teng remained silent, giving her a meaningful look. Understanding his signal, she moved further away from the Cantonese-speaking man and took the opportunity to pull the curtains tightly shut.

Seeing this, the man exaggeratedly exclaimed, “Hey, beautiful lady, why are you closing the curtains? I’m just following you guys, not committing a serious crime!”

Ruan Nianchu stayed silent, simply observing the man with an expressionless face.

The man appeared to be in his early thirties, wearing a baseball jersey and sporting a punk hairstyle with a black earring on his left ear. Despite his fashionable appearance, his eyes looked shifty and untrustworthy, not fitting for a good person.

As Li Teng tightened the bindings on the man’s hands, he glanced around and picked up a data cable that had fallen on the ground.

Soon, the man’s hands were securely tied behind his back.

Seeing this, the man chuckled and said casually, “Wow, I’ve only seen this kind of tying up in movies. Brother, you’re quite the expert, huh?”

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Li Teng chuckled as well, then raised his leg and kicked the man’s kneecap. The man winced in pain, his face contorting with agony as he knelt down, drenched in cold sweat.

“Who are you?”

“…You can ask questions, but why kick me? That hurts a lot.” The Cantonese-speaking man took a sharp breath, “Are all mainlanders like you?”

Li Teng’s eyes gleamed with amusement. He stepped onto a chair with his left leg, bent over, and pointed the tip of his umbrella at the man’s throat, smiling as he asked, “Can you speak Mandarin?”

The Cantonese-speaking man replied in the most standard Cantonese: “I can’t.”

Li Teng delivered a heavy punch to his face, then asked coldly, “Now?”

The Cantonese-speaking man’s head was knocked to the side by the punch, blood dripping from his nose down to his chin and then onto the floor. Drip, drip. Ruan Nianchu couldn’t help but flinch backward. She stood by the side, feeling sorry for the man.

The Cantonese-speaking man coughed and moved his lips, managing to utter a Cantonese “I” before Li Teng punched him again.

“Alright, alright!” The Cantonese-speaking man, with his bruised and swollen face, said, “I’ll speak Mandarin, I’ll speak Mandarin, okay?”

Li Teng slowly turned the knife. “From now on, you answer whatever I ask. I’m a civilized person, but I’m not very patient. Got it?”

“No problem!” The Cantonese-speaking man’s eyes darted around. “Brother, whatever you want to ask, just ask. As long as I know, I’ll tell you everything. I’ll definitely cooperate.”

“What’s your name?”

“Chen Guozhi.”

“Where are you from?”

“Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong.”

“Why have you been following us?”

“Hey hey, it’s all a misunderstanding! Tracking you? Brother, I just wanted to sell insurance to you guys,” Chen Guozhi blurted out, on the verge of crying foul, “I’m just a small employee. My performance didn’t meet the target last month, and if I don’t make any deals this month, I’ll be fired.”

“How many deals have you closed?” Li Teng smirked, his expression inscrutable.

“Tsk, don’t even mention it. The market has been tough lately,” Chen Guozhi grumbled, “The month is almost over, and I’m still far from meeting my quota.”

Li Teng gave a smile that didn’t reach his eyes, glancing sideways at the computer on the desk. “Dry conversation. Ruan Nianchu, go play a song for us to listen to.”

“…” Ruan Nianchu was puzzled. “Play a song?”

“Yes.”

She didn’t know what he was up to, and it wasn’t appropriate to ask, so she opened the computer and accessed the music player. “What song do you want to listen to?”

“Luck Is Coming.”

“…” Ruan Nianchu’s lips twitched. She played “Good Luck Is Coming,” the version sung by Zu Hai.

Li Teng added, “Turn the volume to the maximum.”

“Got it.” She adjusted the volume with the mouse.

“Folding a thousand paper cranes, tying a red belt…” Suddenly, the cheerful melody filled the entire room, deafeningly loud. After doing all this, Ruan Nianchu returned to her original position.

Chen Guozhi still smiled. “This song is quite nice, very festive.”

As soon as the words fell, Li Teng’s face turned cold. He grabbed the man’s shoulder and gave it a hard pull, resulting in a “crack” as the bone dislocated. The movement was clean and swift, and the person whose arm was dislocated hadn’t even reacted yet.

Chen Guozhi was dumbfounded.

Ruan Nianchu was also stunned.

Half a second later, a sharp cry of pain tore through her eardrums. Chen Guozhi’s features twisted, veins bulging on his forehead from the extreme agony. The joyful and melodious song from the computer merged with the screams.

“Luck is coming, wishing you good luck…”

Ruan Nianchu slowly came to her senses, looking down. Chen Guozhi writhed in pain on the ground, groaning incessantly. She rubbed the goosebumps on her arms, turned her head away, unable to bear looking directly at him.

Li Teng looked down at Chen Guozhi from his elevated position, lifting his chin slightly. His tone was indifferent. “How about it, still selling insurance?”

“…” Chen Guozhi realized he had messed with a ruthless character. He gritted his teeth, the playful look fading from his face.

Li Teng asked, “Who sent you?”

Enduring the pain, Chen Guozhi coldly snorted, “Even if I told you, you wouldn’t know them.”

Li Teng’s expression remained unchanged. After three seconds of silence, he reached out and grabbed Chen Guozhi’s other arm.

“Don’t! Don’t!” Chen Guozhi screamed, “I’m one of Zheng Ye’s men!”

Li Teng narrowed his eyes. “Why were you sent to track us?”

Chen Guozhi lowered his head and reluctantly said, “Da En cheated Mr. Zheng with a large shipment of goods. Mr. Zheng was furious and wanted to settle the score with Da En. But after searching for him for nearly half a year, Da En seemed to have vanished into thin air. Mr. Zheng heard about your conflict with Da En, so he sent me, saying that as long as I followed you, I could definitely find Da En.”

“Mr. Zheng, with all his power and influence in Southeast Asia, can’t find one person?”

“I’m just a small fry, how would I know Mr. Zheng’s intentions?” Chen Guozhi’s face turned pale, his shoulders slumping. He cursed, “Damn it. A Liberation Army treating civilians like this, do you believe I’ll report you to the relevant authorities?”

Ruan Nianchu was impressed by the man’s audacity. “Someone who tracks others secretly can be called a civilian?”

Chen Guozhi snorted.

She withdrew her gaze and looked at Li Teng, then thought for a moment before asking, “The ‘Da En’ he mentioned is the person who targeted me, right?”

Li Teng glanced at her, his gaze deep, but he didn’t say anything.

At that moment, Chen Guozhi chuckled and switched back to Cantonese. “Wow, seriously Lee, your woman doesn’t even know this? Then she probably doesn’t know that Kunsha is Da En’s father, right? And she definitely doesn’t know about the deep enmity between you two?”

Li Teng squatted down in front of him, raising an eyebrow. “You seem to know a lot?”

“I’m Mr. Zheng’s right-hand man. There’s nothing I don’t know.” Chen Guozhi’s tone was mocking. “What trouble did Kunsha and his son cause you with their arms dealings? Did it ruin your life? People like you are capable of anything for promotion and wealth.”

Seeing that this man knew nothing about the “battery” incident, Li Teng stood up straight and stopped talking to him.

After pondering for a while, Ruan Nianchu furrowed her brow, tugging at Li Teng’s sleeve to pull him aside. She whispered, “Da En and the ‘BOSS’ from seven years ago are father and son?”

Li Teng stared at her. “Yes.”

Ruan Nianchu’s heart sank suddenly. She realized she had been unwittingly drawn into a storm.

At that moment, he reached up and pinched her cheek. “I’ll protect you. Don’t be afraid.”

She nodded slowly. “Hmm.”

Chen Guozhi on the ground was speechless, grumbling, “Hey, can you two lovebirds wait a moment? You’ve beaten me up like this, I’ve said everything I should, at least send me to the hospital!”

Damn it, getting beaten up and then fed a load of dog food. Is there any justice in this world?


Sansukini: Well… that started raunchy then turned violent. Lmao.

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