The Domineering Boss is Addicted to the Convict novel Chapter 3

"Are you hungry? I'll get you something to eat," she said. She hadn't seen him eat anything today when she was cleaning the road.

Ling Yiran threw some noodles and eggs into the pot to make a simple bowl of noodles for him.

"Here, eat, but don't eat too fast. It's quite hot," she said.

He lowered his head and ate his noodles quietly. Ling Yiran also stared at him in silence. For some reason, the loneliness that she used to feel whenever she just returned to the apartment seemed to have disappeared. Could it be due to the presence of another person in the room?

After he had finished eating, Ling Yiran cleaned up the plates. "I usually sleep with the lights on. I hope you don't mind," she said. Ever since she was released from prison, she had gotten into the habit of keeping the lights on while sleeping.

"Sure."

Ling Yiran lay down on the bed, while he lay on the mat she had spread on the ground.

She closed her eyes and tried hard to fall asleep. She did not know when it started, but at some point in time, she had started to find it really scary to sleep.

Because, once she fell asleep, she would always dream of her time in prison. She would be beaten, shamed, and abused... and every finger could still feel the pain of being broken and the nails being torn off from them...

A lot of the time, she even thought that she would die in the prison.

However, weirdly, she slept until sunrise that night and was not visited by her usual nightmares.

Ling Yiran looked at the figure lying on the ground in a daze.

Was it because of him? Was it because she was no longer alone in this room, and that there was another person staying with her?

Before she even knew it, she had gotten out of bed, squatted down, and placed her hand on his cheek. Her hand felt warm.

He was real, and not something from her imagination. Last night, she really had taken a man into her apartment.

When she came to herself, she found that he was already awake. His beautiful eyes were fixed on her.

"Sorry." Her face suddenly turned red. "I... I just... that... If you don't have anywhere to go, you can also live here."

She spoke in a hurry, but after she had said it, she felt relieved.

Her red face was reflected in his obsidian pupils, and a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes.

"If you don't want to, just pretend that I didn't say anything," she added, biting her lip.

His thin lips finally opened slowly. "Do you want me?" His voice was clear, like a spring in winter.

If this had been said by some other man, it would've sounded like they were flirting with her.

But when the words came from him, it was like he was just asking a simple question of "want" or "don't want". There was no ambiguity to his words, and even his eyes were calm.

Ling Yiran pursed her lips. "Yes, I do." This was her answer.

He stared at her, and a smile slowly formed on his thin lips. "Good."

This was the first time she had seen him smile. Although it was very light... it looked extremely beautiful to her.

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Ling Yiran went to work and left 20 yuan for him to buy some food for himself.

When the man left the apartment, there were already people waiting for him outside. After seeing the man come out, they respectfully greeted him, "Young Master Yi."

"Let's go," Yi Jinli responded faintly.

A black Bentley was parked in front of him. Yi Jinli got into it and looked at the 20 yuan in his hand. It had been many years since someone had given him money like this, and it was even a 20 yuan bill.

"Young Master Yi, the woman who was with you last night is a contract worker of the Sanitation Service Center. She started renting her current residence here a month ago, and was just released from prison two months ago."