Chapter 1220: Chapter 1220: The Person I Want to Cherish for a Lifetime

“Jiang Jinchen, can I interpret your actions right now as you treating me differently?” A glimmer of hope emerged in Jing Yan’s eyes.

She swallowed, facing Jiang Jinchen’s perplexed and wicked eyes.

“You, Mr. Jiang Jinchen, have had plenty of women, haven’t you? It was just one night, we’re all adults, why are you in such a hurry to send me away? Is it because I’m a daughter of the Jing Family, or because it was my first time?”

“…”

Jiang Jinchen’s gaze tightened, and he parted his thin lips slightly.

“Don’t take a girl’s first time so lightly. I used to be terrible, I’ve had many women, but I never touch the inexperienced.”

Jiang Jinchen slightly lifted his head, his profile bathed in the soft light, deep and charming.

“The only one I’ve ever touched is the woman I want to cherish for a lifetime.”

Jiang Jinchen took a cigarette from his pocket and gently lit it.

Somehow, he had also grown fond of the taste of nicotine.

A wisp of smoke rose, seemingly carrying away some of the melancholy in his heart.

“…”

Jing Yan jolted, nearly unable to stand.

Her eyes reddened in an instant, her fingernails digging into her palm, yet she felt no pain.

Jiang Jinchen hadn’t spoken a single demeaning word, yet she felt silently humiliated.

Because she wasn’t the one he wanted to cherish, even giving him her first time would only push her further away.

He hadn’t even thought to ask her before deciding to send her away.

“You don’t need to do this. From the first day I agreed to help you, I was clear about my place and had no delusions,” Jing Yan tightened her palm, biting her lip.

“Let me stay. You’ve been in America for so long for Ning Yanan, sending me away now will only alert those who shouldn’t be alerted, and if something goes wrong, your efforts over this past month will have been in vain.”

“…”

Jiang Jinchen lifted his head, trying to detect any hint of unusual expression on Jing Yan’s face.

But all he saw was calm.

Compared to him, Jing Yan seemed completely indifferent about what had happened last night.

Jiang Jinchen’s eyes flickered, and he said no more.

Just a little more time, that would be enough.

Jiang Jinchen pressed his brow and stepped into the bathroom, intending to wash his face.

As soon as he closed the door, the phone in the living room rang.

“Buzz–”

The vibration startled Jing Yan.

She paused for several seconds before realizing that Jiang Jinchen had left his phone in the living room.

Instinctively, she reached for it and saw the caller ID, her eyes flickering.

She prepared to take it to Jiang Jinchen’s room but inadvertently ended the call in her nervousness.

In her panic, she pressed the screen several times.

Suddenly, a photo of two people kissing popped up on the phone.

Jing Yan’s hand froze, the phone nearly slipping from her grasp.

Seeing who was in the photo, pain tore through her chest.

Knowing it was someone else’s privacy, she should have exited the gallery immediately, but her eyes just couldn’t move away from the screen.

Driven as if by a demon, she clicked on the next photo.

Looking at the two people entangled in the kitchen, she could even recall last night when Jiang Jinchen had kissed her.

At that time, he had treated her as Ning Yanan, passionate yet cautious.

Like he was holding his own treasure…

Jing Yan didn’t know how she managed to knock on Jiang Jinchen’s door in her heart-wrenching pain, holding the phone.

She handed it to him.

“Someone named Jie called you, I wanted to bring it to you, but I accidentally hung up, I’m sorry.”

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