The Delicate Darling with Her Rough Man

"Ruoyu, I need to talk to Leng Yuan about something. Could you get him for me?"

When Gu Jiaojiao had entered the house, Mrs. Chen had instructed her to just stay in the room and look pretty. She was only to come out when Leng Yuan came in to invite her.

This was to make her appear more demure.

Chen Ruoyu evidently knew this rule as well, so she left immediately.

She walked over to Leng Yuan, and her heart couldn’t help but give a little tremble.

Chen Ruoyu swallowed hard before managing to whisper a single sentence.

"Mr. Leng, Jiaojiao is asking for you."

She watched him, secretly trying to steady her trembling legs.

Leng Yuan remained silent.

He merely glanced at Chen Ruoyu before heading into the room. As for the frightened looks people gave him, Leng Yuan had been seeing them his entire life.

Back when his parents first passed away, he was cast out to live on his own. It wasn’t as if no one had tried to cause trouble for him, but he had beaten them all into submission.

Why else would no one dare to covet his belongings? It was because they had all been beaten by him before; they all knew what happened when you coveted something you shouldn’t.

Of all the people in the village he had beaten up, there wasn’t one who didn’t fear him.

Leng Yuan had long grown accustomed to that fearful gaze, so he didn’t react at all.

Chen Ruoyu quietly breathed a sigh of relief after Leng Yuan left.

At that moment, she was filled with an incredible admiration for Gu Jiaojiao.

For someone so pampered, she wasn’t afraid of Leng Yuan in the slightest.

She knew she shouldn’t be afraid either.

After all, Mr. Leng had killed a wild boar to save them. But she couldn’t help it; she was just plain scared.

Leng Yuan went into the room to speak with Gu Jiaojiao.

Chen Ruoyu didn’t dare to follow them.

She turned and saw Chen Jianshe moving a table, so she went over to help set out the stools.

In the countryside, families were large, and so were the tables.

For this type of table, the top was separate from the support frame underneath. Chen Jianshe positioned the frame, then lifted the heavy tabletop to place it on top.

Chen Ruoyu followed behind him, carrying a stool in one hand. Once Chen Jianshe had the tabletop in place, she set the stool down beside it.

After setting the tabletop down, Chen Jianshe didn’t see Chen Ruoyu behind him at all and bumped right into her as he stepped back.

The impact was quite strong.

Chen Ruoyu was a nimble worker, but she was a girl with a petite frame. Knocked off balance by Chen Jianshe, she started to fall backward.

Having bumped into someone, Chen Jianshe spun around instinctively just in time to see Chen Ruoyu about to fall. His body moved faster than his brain, and he immediately shot out a hand to catch her.

Chen Jianshe had trained with Leng Yuan since they were young. He wasn’t fat, but he was packed with hard muscle.

He caught Chen Ruoyu with one arm, stopping her fall with ease.

They were pressed very close together, and the sweet fragrance of a young woman filled Chen Jianshe’s senses.

He’d never been this close to a girl in his entire life. Chen Jianshe’s mind went completely blank.

In the end, it was Chen Ruoyu who snapped out of it first. She shot him a glare.

"Hurry up and help me stand!"

’This blockhead. What does he think he’s doing, just holding me here?’

Shouted at, Chen Jianshe hurriedly helped her stand straight, then snatched his hand back as if he’d been shocked.

"Sorry, I... I didn’t do it on purpose."

After saying this, his face flushed red and he scratched his head, looking completely awkward, as if he didn’t know what to do with his hands and feet.

Chen Ruoyu, who had been feeling a little embarrassed herself, calmed down upon seeing this big guy who was even more mortified than she was.

"It’s okay. I know you didn’t mean to."

Chen Jianshe nodded. "Good, as long as you know. I really didn’t do it on purpose!"

Chen Ruoyu was speechless.

She gave a dry little laugh, turned away, and seeing that Leng Yuan had come out, went straight into the room to be with Gu Jiaojiao.

Chen Jianshe was baffled.

’Did I say something wrong just now?’

He thought about it carefully.

’No.’

’Not a single word was out of place.’

’I explained myself, and she understood. It was a perfect conversation!’