Heartthrob, Your Image is Crumbling!

Chapter 590: If I Promise You, Will You Not Leave?

Liu Yue did not know what came over her. Driven by some inexplicable impulse, as she looked at You Changjin—who was gently comforting her and wiping her face with hot towels—she suddenly felt that Teacher You was better than all the boys she had ever known.Teacher You was clearly such a good person. Why were there no girls who liked him?

With that thought, Liu Yue found a sudden surge of courage from nowhere and simply pressed her lips against You Changjin's lips to kiss him.

The moment their lips touched.

You Changjin felt his entire brain short-circuit.

He roughly pushed Liu Yue away, staring at the girl in front of him in disbelief.

At this moment, Liu Yue was still half-drunk and half-awake. She looked at him with tender affection and murmured, "Teacher You, why don't the two of us be together?"

You Changjin stared at the girl in shock.

He was not moved; instead, he felt it was...

Baffling.

It was even completely incomprehensible.

You Changjin shook his head and said, "Liu Yue, Teacher knows you just went through a breakup and suffered an emotional blow. Teacher can understand that."

"But it is impossible for us to be together."

"I am your teacher, your elder. It is impossible for me to take advantage of you when you are in a vulnerable state."

Liu Yue was feeling wronged when she heard this. She replied, "But you are only a few years older than me."

"If Zhou Yuwen can date your girlfriend, why can't we be together?"

"Others are others, and I am me. Liu Yue, listen to me. You are just emotionally immature right now. Once you get past this hurdle, you will realize how childish your current thoughts are."

"Alright, let's stop talking about this. I will take you back to school first, okay?"

Saying this, You Changjin stood up. He did not dare to stay alone with Liu Yue for another second.

Seeing You Changjin act this way, Liu Yue was feeling wronged.

She tried to reach out and hug him, but she only grasped thin air.

In the blink of an eye, You Changjin had already dashed to the door, urging Liu Yue to quickly pack up and follow him back to school.

"Teacher You..."

Liu Yue was feeling extremely wronged, but in the end, she failed to sway You Changjin's resolve. No matter what, You Changjin was a role model for his students; he possessed professional ethics. Under no circumstances would he ever cross the line with a student.

Especially a student who was currently in her most vulnerable state.

However, what he never expected was that just as he finally managed to calm Liu Yue down and step out the door, he ran right into Zhou Yuwen and Jiang Xinyi. At that moment, You Changjin genuinely froze.

Anyone would have frozen in that situation. Not only was he checking into a hotel with his own student, but more importantly, his ex-girlfriend was checking into a hotel with his student.

Who could possibly handle that!

Without a second thought, You Changjin instinctively wanted to explain himself to Jiang Xinyi.

But Jiang Xinyi did not listen at all.

Right under his nose, she walked straight into the hotel room with Zhou Yuwen.

To be honest, even as You Changjin led Liu Yue downstairs afterward, his mind kept replaying the resolute way Jiang Xinyi had shut the door.

He knew that this was definitely not the first time Jiang Xinyi and Zhou Yuwen were checking into a hotel together.

But seeing it with his own eyes still made his heart ache for a baffling reason.

He could not imagine the girl he had once so carefully protected, the girl he hadn't even dared to touch.

What kind of things would happen between her and Zhou Yuwen inside that room.

Remaining utterly silent, You Changjin walked back up from the first floor of the hotel.

His original intention was to explain to Jiang Xinyi that he and Liu Yue really did not have that kind of relationship. However, just as he was about to knock, he heard voices drifting from inside.

"Mmh, ah, you're crushing my hair."

"Should I be gentler, then?"

"You're so annoying!"

Jiang Xinyi's voice carried a coquettish giggle, and a vivid image naturally surfaced in You Changjin's mind. At this moment, You Changjin's black-rimmed glasses slipped down slightly, reflecting a pale white light.

You Changjin pushed up his glasses, but in the end, he never knocked on the door.

He was a man of principles.

He could not bring himself to be disturbing them at a time like this.

However, after taking two steps back, he was truly unwilling to just walk away. He knew that if he left now, in Jiang Xinyi's heart, he would forever be remembered as a man bereft of morals who fooled around with his own student.

But You Changjin wanted to scream that he was not that kind of person.

And so, he stood outside the door in a state of hesitation.

Lost in his hesitation, before he knew it, an entire night had somehow passed.

To be completely honest, You Changjin had completely misunderstood Zhou Yuwen and Jiang Xinyi. Having stayed outside the door all night, You Changjin firmly believed the two were inside turning clouds and overturning rain.

In reality, at that specific moment, Jiang Xinyi had merely mentioned that her neck was feeling a bit sore.

Then, Zhou Yuwen offered to adjust her bones for her.

Thus, the two of them ended up tangled on the bed, leading to that exact series of exchanges.

But none of that mattered anyway.

Because if You Changjin had listened just a little longer, he would have heard exactly what he had been imagining.

When Zhou Yuwen and Jiang Xinyi first entered the room, they were actually quite stunned themselves.

After all, who could have ever imagined that You Changjin and Liu Yue would get together?

It felt somewhat unfathomable.

Having unexpectedly bumped into You Changjin and Liu Yue outside.

Jiang Xinyi felt a bit downcast.

Zhou Yuwen asked Jiang Xinyi what was wrong.

"Are you upset because you saw Teacher You with a new girlfriend?" Zhou Yuwen asked teasingly.

Jiang Xinyi shot Zhou Yuwen a speechless glare and said, "What nonsense are you spouting? I just feel it's a bit of a pity."

"A pity? What's so pitiful about it?" Zhou Yuwen asked curiously.

Jiang Xinyi told Zhou Yuwen that she never expected You Changjin to sink to such a state of degeneracy.

"Even though You Changjin and I didn't end up together, I truly felt he was a very, very good man. You might not believe me when I say this, but even though we dated for a while, he really never touched me." Jiang Xinyi took off her jacket, wearing only that base shirt. She leaned against the desk, facing Zhou Yuwen as she spoke.

Zhou Yuwen said, "I believe it."

"I believe Teacher You is a very good man."

Jiang Xinyi sighed and said, "That's why I can't figure it out right now."

"No matter what happens, he shouldn't be with his own student..."

At this point, Jiang Xinyi fell silent.

Watching Jiang Xinyi's expression, Zhou Yuwen thought for a moment and said, "It might be a misunderstanding. I don't think Teacher You is that kind of person, either."

Jiang Xinyi continued to sigh.

Seeing Jiang Xinyi's distress, Zhou Yuwen walked over and wrapped his arms around her, saying, "Alright, there's no need to stress over it. You can't use your own moral standards to judge Teacher You."

"People are free to love whoever they want now. Even though Teacher You is a teacher, he's actually only a few years older than me. If you and I can be together, why can't they?"

"You shouldn't have such a double standard."

Zhou Yuwen smiled as he held Jiang Xinyi in his arms.

Jiang Xinyi rolled her eyes at Zhou Yuwen.

Just as the two of them leaned in to kiss, Jiang Xinyi's neck made a sharp cracking sound.

Her face contorted in pain.

Zhou Yuwen asked her what was wrong.

She replied that she didn't know.

"I got a crick in my neck while sleeping in the office last night."

Zhou Yuwen was rendered speechless by this. He asked, "Why were you sleeping in the office?"

Jiang Xinyi was equally helpless. "It's not like I wanted to."

"But aren't they rushing the construction schedule for your headquarters building?" Zhou Yuwen sighed and said, "You really are something else."

"Get on the bed. I'll give you a massage."

"You know how to do that?"

"Of course," Zhou Yuwen replied.

And so, Jiang Xinyi skeptically ended up lying prone on the bed. Jiang Xinyi was already twenty-six this year and had been thoroughly explored by Zhou Yuwen a few times. At this point, her figure was near perfect. Whether it was her upper body tightly wrapped in the base shirt or her lower half encased in jeans, the view was especially breathtaking as she lay face down facing Zhou Yuwen.

Zhou Yuwen did not hold back. He climbed onto the bed and began massaging Jiang Xinyi's head.

Jiang Xinyi was a bit tense at first, assuming Zhou Yuwen was just joking around, but she never expected him to actually possess such skill.

She couldn't help but look at him with new eyes as she remarked, "I didn't expect you to actually have this kind of craftsmanship."

"What did you expect?"

Consequently, You Changjin heard this entire series of exchanges from outside.

This conversation naturally let You Changjin's imagination run wild, to the point that he spent the entire night huddled in the hotel corridor. In his heart, he kept thinking about how he needed to explain things clearly to Jiang Xinyi, to prove that he wasn't some morally bankrupt teacher.

Yet, he also couldn't stop himself from picturing exactly what Zhou Yuwen and Jiang Xinyi were doing inside that hotel room.

You Changjin shook his head vigorously.

He told himself that he had no right to be angry.

Zhou Yuwen and Jiang Xinyi were a couple to begin with; it was only accepted as a matter of course for them to share a room.

What right did he have to be upset?

As for Zhou Yuwen and Jiang Xinyi...

In the beginning, it genuinely was just a massage. But as the kneading continued...

Jiang Xinyi felt extremely comfortable under his hands, and Zhou Yuwen's touch trailed from her shoulders and neck, all the way down until he caressed her slender waist.

Zhou Yuwen whispered that this was nothing, and that there was something even more comfortable yet to come.

Both of them were in an excellent mood.

Zhou Yuwen was lying prone on Jiang Xinyi's back, lowering his head to kiss the side of her face.

Jiang Xinyi let out a soft whimper, turning her head to eagerly entangle herself with Zhou Yuwen.

She reached out and gently cradled Zhou Yuwen's cheek.

As the two of them continued to kiss deeply...

Jiang Xinyi suddenly thought of something. She asked Zhou Yuwen, "You haven't exactly used this technique sparingly on Su Qing and Zheng Yanyan, have you?"

Zhou Yuwen had been in a genuinely great groove.

At this point, his hands had already slid past Jiang Xinyi's slender waist and reached her navel.

And they were slowly tracing further down.

Undoing the button of Jiang Xinyi's jeans.

But that single sentence left Zhou Yuwen rather speechless. He abruptly sat up on the edge of the bed and asked Jiang Xinyi what she meant by that.

Seeing that Zhou Yuwen was angry, Jiang Xinyi immediately panicked. She hurriedly grabbed and shook his knee, pleading, "Don't be mad. I didn't mean to interrogate you. I just wanted to know if you've ever massaged other women before."

Looking at Jiang Xinyi acting so pitifully, Zhou Yuwen informed her that, as of right now, he had not.

"But I can't guarantee anything for the future."

"Since we're on the subject, Xinyi, I'll repeat what I've said before."

"I can be with you, but I will not abandon the other girls just because I'm with you."

"I know you have feelings for me, and I have a responsibility toward you. But by the same token, I also have feelings for the other girls."

Zhou Yuwen spoke with utmost seriousness.

He told Jiang Xinyi that he could be with her, but the prerequisite was that she had to accept the other girls. These girls included Su Qing, Zheng Yanyan, Lu Lin, Tao Tian, Qu Jing, and so on.

To be honest, Jiang Xinyi knew Zhou Yuwen had other women, but she had no idea there were so many.

When Zhou Yuwen laid it all out on the table, Jiang Xinyi truly froze.

Unable to stop herself, she muttered feeling wronged, "That many?"

Her reaction made Zhou Yuwen feel a bit awkward. He admitted that he knew he was a playboy.

But things were already the way they were...

He was very sorry.

In truth, by this point, Jiang Xinyi's clothes had mostly been stripped off by Zhou Yuwen. She sat up straight, pulled the quilt up slightly to cover her body, thought for a moment, and said, "Actually, I can accept you having other girls, but I only have one condition..."

"What condition?" Zhou Yuwen hadn't expected Jiang Xinyi to genuinely be willing to accept it, which couldn't help but move him slightly.

Then he heard Jiang Xinyi say, "I can accept them... but I want you to marry me."

"That, I can do."

Jiang Xinyi was overjoyed. She reached out and grabbed Zhou Yuwen's hand, saying that this was enough.

"You can keep them on the outside. As long as they don't interfere with our lives, I can accept it all."

Zhou Yuwen had wanted to tell Jiang Xinyi that when the time came, he planned to marry all of them.

But he hadn't anticipated her phrasing it like that. For a moment, Zhou Yuwen didn't quite know what to say.

Looking at Jiang Xinyi's delighted expression, it was as if she were saying, 'Now that we've settled that, let's hurry up and get to sleeping.'

Zhou Yuwen showed a moment of hesitation before finally pulling his hand out of her grasp.

"Uh, Xinyi, I might not be able to do that."

"?" Jiang Xinyi stared blankly.

Zhou Yuwen elaborated, "I can marry you, but I can't say I'll marry only you. My plan is to hold a grand wedding for all of you. You will all address each other as sisters, without any distinction of rank."

"That's impossible." Hearing this, tears instantly welled up in Jiang Xinyi's eyes.

She wiped her tears away, looking at Zhou Yuwen pitifully.

For Zhou Yuwen to suggest something like that was simply too bullying.

How could they possibly call each other sisters with no distinction in status?

Her Jiang Family Estate, no matter how one looked at it, consisted of prominent and respected figures in Jinling City.

Based on Zhou Yuwen's proposal, wasn't he essentially asking her to be just another mistress?

How could she ever show her face in public again after that?

No matter what he said, Jiang Xinyi would never agree to this!

Biting her lips, she accused Zhou Yuwen of bullying her.

Zhou Yuwen felt utterly helpless in the face of this. He sighed and said, "Well, if that's the case..."

"You are a good girl. I'm sorry."

Zhou Yuwen got out of bed and briefly straightened out his clothes, which had been messed up just moments ago.

He had known for a while that he and Jiang Xinyi weren't suited for each other, so he didn't linger any longer than necessary.

"Come back!"

Seeing Zhou Yuwen about to leave, Jiang Xinyi instantly panicked and threw her arms around him tightly from behind.

Then, burying her head against his back, she began to sob.

Faced with Jiang Xinyi's sad crying, Zhou Yuwen felt completely powerless.

Zhou Yuwen could only comfort her, saying, "Don't cry. It's my fault."

"I know I've wronged you, but in my heart, all of you are equal. If you lose me, you still have your family. But if they lose me, they'll have nothing left. Xinyi, be good and forget about me, okay?"

"Stop talking!"

The more Zhou Yuwen said things like that, the more sad Jiang Xinyi's tears became.

Through tear-blurred eyes, she looked up at Zhou Yuwen.

Only to see Zhou Yuwen wearing an expression of absolute resignation.

Jiang Xinyi whimpered, "If I promise you, will you not leave?"