Ten Years of Yearning. My Love, Let Me Protect You.

After banging her hands on the door for a long time, Yan Ruomin became numb and went to her bed. When going there she turned off the lights of the room in a semi-conscious state beside the bed and became unconscious as she dropped on the bed on her back. While the white tiled floor had many bloody marks on it which could take people\'s souls away. The blood didn\'t stop following till then.

...

Su Mengsi had married someone before she married Yan Luhan\'s father. Due to some unknown reason, Yan Ruomin\'s father died when her mother was one month pregnant with her. 

After that, the Su family remarried her mother away to the Yan family because Yan Luhan\'s father promised to give Su Mengsi\'s brother some benefits if they could make her willing to marry him.

Though it was difficult for a widow to marry the prominent Yan family\'s sole successor, the Su family was also an equally influential family. Also Yan Luhan\'s father loved Su Mengsi back then but she married the man she loved. So, after her husband\'s death, she lost the reason to keep living but after she knew she was pregnant, she stilled herself for her baby. 

When the Yan family proposed a marriage to the Su family, they didn\'t waste a single time as they pressured Su Mengsi to marry again. In the end, the woman agreed without any other choice. After Yan Ruomin was born, she was named under her current husband\'s family name.

Thus even if Yan Ruomin had the same surname, everyone knew she was the half-sister of Yan Luhan. 

Moreover, Yan Ruomin is the child Su Mengsi had with her beloved man. So she loved her daughter more than any other person, including her own son. So, in every matter involving the siblings, she would unconditionally take her daughter\'s side, even if she was wrong or not. Also for better education, Su Mengsi sent her daughter abroad and would spend a large amount of money on her till now.

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After returning to the rooftop, Yan Luhan saw an amusing sight. All of them were eating various kinds of nuts and drinking while chattering in a cheerful manner. Ji Yanli brought it by someone from below.

When Ji Yanli noticed him, she gestured to him to come towards them. He walked towards the group and sat down on a single sofa. Everyone was talking about random things while drinking and eating.

Sheng Ruming was drinking orange juice and eating the deshelled nuts given by Wang Haixiao. While, Feng Shaoling was eating peanuts.

"Sorry, Yanli. I…" Ji Yanli showed him a palm to stop him. She was having a peaceful and great time with everyone so she didn\'t want her good mood to be ruined by useless things.

"Don\'t keep mentioning it. It will spoil my mood."  While chewing a lot of nuts in her mouth, she told him. "Also, a person\'s true thoughts reveal when he or she is drunk. Don\'t you think so, young master Yan?" She narrowed her sight which was on top of the champagne glass. As a woman, how could she don\'t know the true reason behind the woman\'s behaviour?

Yan Luhan remained quiet. He didn\'t want to get himself entangled in women\'s dispute. Ji Yanli turned towards Sheng Ruming and asked in a playful manner. Her right hand was holding a glass of champagne. 

"Our honourable Mr.Sheng, have you remembered the woman\'s identity now? Hehe!"

Sheng Ruming looked at Yan Luhan as he leaned backwards and hooked two hands together while his lips had a playful smile, "Why won\'t I? Luhan, your sister has become bolder after returning from abroad. You should keep her in check. What if someday she won\'t obey you even a little?"

Yan Luhan\'s nonchalant face cracked after he heard it. "I know. But you can\'t blame her. She is always calm and composed. But she lost control of her emotions because of the drink."

\'Also you are the reason.\'But it got stuck in his throat. Yan Ruomin liked Sheng Ruming and this only he and his mother knew.   

After thinking till then, he turned towards Feng Shaoling who was busy observing them from the sideline. He had an accusing look on his face. 

Wang Haixiao smiled from the side as he slowly turned on his phone and started to type on it. He discreetly sent a video to Feng Shaoling.

"Don\'t look at me. It\'s not my fault. Also I don\'t know what you all are talking about." When Feng Shaoling just finished…

Ding~

His mobile received a notification from Wang Haixiao. He quirked a brow in puzzlement as he saw a video file in the chatbox. As his gaze met Wang Haixiao\'s, the latter gave him a wicked wink.

In his curiosity he opened the video in a silent mood. Only after finishing the content, he understood why Ji Yanli\'s cheek was so unusually red. When he asked her earlier, she told him it was due to the strong wine.

"My sympathy for you. Here..." Feng Shaoling gave her a very beautiful chestnut. Ji Yanli gazed at it and threw it in her mouth. Chewing it so hard as if she was grinding the sympathy the man gave her.

They chatted for a long time as Sheng Ruming felt much better with them. Earlier, on the way here, he thought he would scold them for deceiving him. They clearly talked about a gathering between them but it turned out to be another thing. But he dispelled this thought afterwards. Suddenly he raised his hand and checked his watch. He saw it was nearing midnight. 

"I have to go now." Sheng Ruming stood up. It would also take some time before he would reach the villa.

Ji Yanli also stood up. "I shall also go now. Also, tomorrow morning, I will have to go to my maternal grandparent\'s home."