After Reborn, I Became the Bigshots' Beloved

Chapter 274: Chapter 274: The Deepest Desires

"I... was kidnapped by human traffickers?"

Hearing Lu Sheng’s words, Chen Shu couldn’t help but freeze, his already bewildered gaze becoming even more so.

He might have lost his memory, but not his common sense.

In his understanding, those typically kidnapped by human traffickers were children and women, who were then sold to rural families desiring children or a wife.

He seemed to be a man, right?

And a young, strong man with a tall frame at that.

What kind of human trafficker could have abducted him? More importantly, since he was neither a child nor capable of having children, what would traffickers abduct him for?

Lu Sheng saw the confusion in Chen Shu’s eyes, lifted her gaze, and continued to blather with a straight face.

"Do you think this sounds improbable?"

Before Chen Shu could even reply, Lu Sheng turned to get a mirror from the bathroom, then directly placed it in Chen Shu’s hands.

"Take a look at your face," the girl said with a cold expression yet in a serious tone, "you’re worth the risk for the traffickers."

"..."

Chen Shu looked down and caught a glimpse of his somewhat unfamiliar face in the mirror—

Not to be narcissistic, but he thought the girl made a very good point.

Lu Sheng’s intention wasn’t actually to deceive Chen Shu.

If Chen Shu really had lost his memory, although it meant she wouldn’t get the answers to some questions, it also eliminated a potential threat and hassle for her.

"I didn’t expect you to lose your memory," Lu Sheng said to Chen Shu, "you have a sister named Christine, and she’s currently in Jiang City."

"After dawn, I will help you contact her to see what plans she has. In the meantime, you can rest well here."

Lu Sheng’s tone sounded distant yet polite, suggesting she was a rather aloof person, so Chen Shu felt it improper to press for more details.

He could only take a deep breath, his gem-like light green eyes reflecting a touch of gratitude as he said, "Okay... Thank you for saving me, Miss Lei."

Hearing this ’Miss Lei’, Li Muchen’s face was expressionless, but Chen An behind him couldn’t help but twitch the corner of his mouth.

Lu Sheng remained as calm as Li Muchen, accepting the thanks without changing her expression: "You’re welcome, we’ll step out for now."

*

After Lu Sheng and Li Muchen returned to the Bedroom, Li Muchen slightly frowned and looked down at Lu Sheng: "Do you think Chen Shu really lost his memory?"

"It seems that way, as I have indeed lost part of my memory and can’t remember anything."

Lu Sheng looked up, "I suspect, the incense you mentioned was actually brought over by Chen Shu himself last night."

"It’s just that he probably didn’t predict that the incense would affect not only me but himself as well."

"Regardless, I will have someone keep an eye on him until he leaves China."

After getting into bed, Li Muchen stretched out his arms, turned to his side to pull Lu Sheng into his embrace, and lightly rested his chin on her head, "I won’t let him hurt you again."

"Mhm," Lu Sheng replied, then placed one hand on Li Muchen’s chest and wrapped the other around his lean waist, before tipping her head up to kiss his cool thin lips.

Li Muchen was still thinking about Chen Shu when Lu Sheng’s kiss caught him off guard, even a bit domineering, seizing the man’s normally steady breathing.

"Mhm..."

Breaths suddenly tangled, pulses raced at the touch of their lips, and a deep, sensual moan escaped from the man’s mouth.

But the girl was not relenting. She quickly released the kiss and slightly pulled away, her clear eyes glinting with mischief and the corners of her lips slightly curved.

"Still thinking about someone else while in bed with me."

"This is a little punishment~"

Li Muchen took a deep breath, his chest rising and falling intensely.

His gaze turned obscure, his voice husky and seductive: "You’re still feverish yet so disobedient... hmm?"

As he spoke, under the dim light of the bedside lamp, the person who had the upper hand on the bed shifted.

Li Muchen rolled over and pinned the girl, who was only in a spaghetti strap nightgown, beneath him. Resting on his strong arms, he then bent down to deliver a deep kiss.

Their kiss was genuine, tongues entwining.

Bodies pressed together, leaving no gap.

The man’s large hands encircled the girl’s slender waist as if he wanted to meld her into his own body. His passionate love, coursing through blood and bone, caused their temperatures to rise rapidly.

During a moment of tenderness, the girl’s pale hand clenched the grey bedsheet, she couldn’t help but arch her neck back and say with a nasally hoarse voice, "Li Muchen, I think I’m getting feverish again... I feel so hot."

Yet somewhere on the man’s body was even hotter than hers.

Li Muchen wanted to punish the girl, to teach her to be more careful when she was sick.

In the end, however, it was still himself who ended up punished and tormented.

"...I love you."

"I know," the girl wrapped her arms around the man’s neck. Saying this felt somewhat strange to her, but she seriously responded, "I love you too."

Li Muchen breathed heavily, suppressing his restless desire and lifting his body to create some distance between them.

Then he leaned down and gently kissed her forehead, as if it held inestimable value, yet also seemed somewhat reverent.

The girl always liked to provoke him, seemingly believing he was naturally abstinent and pure-hearted.

But only Li Muchen knew—since the moment he saw and fell for her, the desire that rose in his heart had never subsided.

Wanting to be close to her, possess her, and never be apart from her.

This had been the only temptation in his life where he willingly succumbed to the deepest, heaviest desire.

Until the dawn’s first faint light shone through and was blocked by the heavy dark grey curtains of the room.

It was then that the tall man in bed finally fell into a deep sleep, holding the girl in his arms.