Late-Night Confession

"Okay." Xu Ruyan blinked, then held out her right hand in front of Yang Tao.

The moment Yang Tao saw Xu Ruyan's hand, his eyes lit up. Xu Ruyan wasn't just beautiful and well-built, her hands were gorgeous too.

Her skin was white and smooth as jade, without a single scar, and even the fine hairs were barely visible. Her fingers were slender too, long and elegant, with barely any trace of knuckles. To Yang Tao, those hands looked absolutely perfect for jerking off.

Only then did Yang Tao notice what Xu Ruyan was wearing. Maybe because it was night, and because they were at her place, and the summer heat in Changsha was high, the air conditioning was on whenever anyone was in the room.

Xu Ruyan was wearing a silk rose-red nightgown, tied at the waist with a silk cord. Yang Tao couldn't tell whether she had anything underneath. The V-shaped neckline exposed a large swath of pale skin, but it just barely covered her two huge breasts.

There was no sign of any nipple bulge at the chest either.

Yang Tao stared for a moment. Xu Ruyan noticed his gaze too, and her cheeks flushed slightly. She said a little awkwardly, "How are you going to show me?"

It had been a long time since a man had looked at her like this.

Yang Tao snapped back to reality at once and explained awkwardly, "I was spacing out just now."

"Manager Xu, you know I'm a disciple of a hidden sect. Our sect cultivates a kind of internal energy. Not only can it give us special abilities, it can also help strengthen the body and clear up minor ailments."

Yang Tao cleared his throat and said.

Seeing that Yang Tao was being so detailed with her, Xu Ruyan's eyes brightened, and a strange look appeared in them. "Yang Tao, telling me all this, aren't you afraid I'll go spreading your secret everywhere? You should know that your kind of ability is very attractive to the people at the very top of the country."

Yang Tao smiled faintly and said warmly, "Manager Xu, I trust you."

What a joke. Since his ability had already been revealed, sooner or later people would slowly find out. As long as he kept growing step by step, he would eventually have the power to protect himself.

Xu Ruyan didn't know what Yang Tao was thinking. She had weathered a lot of storms, and at thirty-one she had heard almost everything. More often than not, she could tell at a glance whether someone was telling the truth.

But this was the first time she'd dealt with someone like Yang Tao, someone with special abilities, and there was so much she didn't understand. Yang Tao's simple statement of trust immediately sent a faint ripple through her heart.

"I'll keep your secret for you, Yang Tao." Xu Ruyan said solemnly, her expression firm.

"Mm, Manager Xu, let me cure your cold first." Yang Tao said. "I need to hold your hand and send my qigong into your body. That way your cold will get better right away."

Xu Ruyan nodded. "It's fine. Go ahead."

Yang Tao reached out and held Xu Ruyan's hand. A soft, delicate sensation instantly traveled up his palm, making his heart flutter. He quickly steadied himself and mobilized the energy in his mind, slowly sending it through the point where their bodies touched.

Xu Ruyan only felt a very obvious sensation spread through the hand Yang Tao was holding, like a thin stream of water had slipped into her body.

Warm. Comfortable.

The stream circulated through her body once, and Xu Ruyan couldn't help but let out a soft moan with her eyes closed.

Soon the stream vanished. Xu Ruyan opened her eyes and only felt that the dizziness and weakness brought on by her cold were completely gone. The exhaustion from staying up late last night had also vanished without a trace, and in its place was a light, energized feeling.

It was fair to say she hadn't felt this relaxed in a very long time.

Yang Tao closed his eyes and checked the power in his mind. He found that it had dimmed again, and he could only smile bitterly to himself. There just wasn't enough energy. It was nowhere near enough to use.

"Manager Xu, do you feel better?" Yang Tao asked.

Xu Ruyan showed a relaxed smile. "Much better. Thank you, Yang Tao. You're incredible."

"You helped me recover my losses, you cured my illness, and you trust me this much. I really don't know how I should thank you." Xu Ruyan said sincerely.

"Why not repay me with your body," Yang Tao thought to himself, but he said, "Manager Xu, you know that before, I was nobody in the company. You were the only one who treated me kindly, so if I don't help you, who would I help?"

The old Yang Tao had been timid, and Xu Ruyan had automatically placed him in the image of someone whose skills hadn't yet matured, which was why he acted so low-key.

"Don't call me Manager Xu anymore. Just call me by my name," Xu Ruyan said gently.

"All right, then I won't be polite. But just calling you by your name is too stiff. I'll call you Sister Ruyan instead," Yang Tao said without any restraint.

Xu Ruyan pressed her lips together in a smile. "Fine, then call me Sister Ruyan. Actually, you remind me a lot of my younger brother. He also calls me Sister Ruyan."

"Is that so? Then that's such a coincidence," Yang Tao said. "By the way, Sister Ruyan, keep an eye on Manager Hu these next few days. You might get some unexpected results."

Xu Ruyan knew what Yang Tao was capable of. Back then, only Zhang Zhang had gotten into trouble, and Manager Hu had fallen only because he was affected by Zhang Zhang. If it hadn't been for Zhang Zhang, Manager Hu actually wouldn't have had any accident at all.

"Is something going to happen to him?" Xu Ruyan asked curiously.

"I don't know yet, but Sister Ruyan, just pay a little more attention. Remember to tell me afterward."

"All right."

Xu Ruyan nodded and changed how she addressed Yang Tao. "Xiao Tao, even though we're calling each other brother and sister now, you still helped me recover more than twenty million in losses. I should still repay you. Is there anything you need? I'll do everything I can to help you."

Xu Ruyan knew Yang Tao's future was definitely limitless, but for now, based on her understanding of him, he still didn't have any real foundation. There were probably still many things he couldn't do.

"Sister Ruyan, you really don't need to be this polite. I helped you because you've been good to me, and because I'm willing to trust you. It wasn't to get anything from you."

Yang Tao hesitated, as if he had something more to say. "And also..."

"And what?" Xu Ruyan froze.

Yang Tao drew in a breath and said loudly, "And because Sister Ruyan, you're so beautiful, I've liked you for a long time."

The sudden confession left Xu Ruyan stunned for a long while. Then her face flushed bright red. "What nonsense are you saying, Xiao Tao? I'm so much older than you."

Seeing Xu Ruyan's shy expression, Yang Tao's heart stirred. He had only been testing the waters just now and was already prepared to be rejected, but seeing Xu Ruyan's expression now, did he still have a chance?

Yang Tao immediately put on a serious face and said, "Sister Ruyan, I'm serious. I really like you. Before, because of some things, I acted very cowardly at the company, and nobody was willing to talk to me. They all tried their best to order me around and make me do things for them. Only you would often check on me, and you were always so gentle with me."

"If it weren't for you, my cultivation technique wouldn't have broken through so quickly, and I wouldn't have been able to help you yesterday. This was all destined." Yang Tao said sincerely.

Xu Ruyan had thought Yang Tao was just joking earlier, but being confessed to by someone with such great ability, and with her own feelings toward Yang Tao still unclear, had made her act shy. Yet now Yang Tao pressed his advantage and carefully laid out his feelings again, speaking with such reason and conviction that Xu Ruyan was left a little dazed.

After a moment of silence, Xu Ruyan asked, "Xiao Tao, you say you can see a person's fate. Then can you see how many men I'll have in my life?"

"Two!"

"Why?"

"The first was your ex-husband. I don't know why you divorced him, Sister Ruyan, but from now on you'll only have me as your man!" Yang Tao said firmly.

"My man, huh." Xu Ruyan shook her head with amusement. "Then do you know why I got divorced?"

"I don't." Yang Tao shook his head. He naturally couldn't see what had happened in the past.

"My marriage was a union of interests. I didn't have any feelings for him. Less than a month after we got married, we divorced. Divorce was fine, but he had one condition: I wasn't allowed to look for any other men."

Xu Ruyan smiled faintly, a trace of bitterness at the corner of her mouth.

"Xiao Tao, if I were to be with you, it would bring you huge trouble."

Yang Tao laughed. Xu Ruyan was the first top-tier woman he'd met after crossing over, and she had protected him in every possible way. If he gave up on Xu Ruyan just like that, how could he possibly do it?

"Sister Ruyan, do you think I'm afraid of trouble?" Yang Tao said, straightening his chest.

Xu Ruyan was stunned, silently looking at Yang Tao. Her ex-husband really did have a lot of power, but would it actually matter if he ran into Yang Tao?

Xu Ruyan felt lost.

Yang Tao took the opportunity to grab Xu Ruyan's hand, which was still resting on the table. "Sister Ruyan, I'm serious about liking you. I'll block every hardship and disaster for you, and besides, we're destined to be together."

Xu Ruyan jolted and instinctively pulled her hand back. "Xiao Tao, don't do that."

"Let me think about it."

"All right." Yang Tao didn't press further. Instead he said, "I understand. We'll take it slowly."

Xu Ruyan nodded with a complicated expression.

With the confession out of the way, the two grew closer. Xu Ruyan told him a lot about her and her ex-husband.

Before long, the time slowly crept past eleven at night.

Yang Tao then said his goodbyes. "Sister Ruyan, it's late. I'm heading back now."

Xu Ruyan looked at the clock on the wall and gave a soft cry. "It's already this late?"

"Then I'll see you out."

Xu Ruyan stood up and escorted Yang Tao to the door. Although their relationship had advanced by leaps and bounds and both of them had some feelings for each other, they still weren't at the point where they could share the same room.

Since Yang Tao said he was leaving, Xu Ruyan wouldn't keep him back.

When they reached the door, Yang Tao suddenly turned around and stared at Xu Ruyan with bright eyes. Xu Ruyan's face turned red, and she lowered her head slightly. "Xiao Tao, be careful on your way back."

Yang Tao said, "Sister Ruyan, I have a request."

"What request?"

"Can I hug you?" Yang Tao asked.

"Huh?" Xu Ruyan froze. Before she could even react, a hot body was already pressing up against her.

Xu Ruyan had been wearing her nightgown all evening, and her body smelled sweet. With such a gorgeous woman beside him and the faintly ambiguous atmosphere between them, Yang Tao had been holding himself back all night.

He knew women like Xu Ruyan weren't easy to win over. They had their own boundaries and their own beliefs, so he should have taken it slowly. But letting her go just like that really left him unwilling to accept it.

The moment he pulled Xu Ruyan's soft, warm body into his arms, the double stimulation of scent and touch made Yang Tao stiffen instantly.

As for Xu Ruyan, who had been pulled into Yang Tao's embrace, she first went blank, then a wave of shyness surged up. Since her divorce five years ago, she hadn't been this close to a man.

Even in that one month of marriage, she had only ever had sex with her husband once, and that had been on the wedding night. After that, nothing ever happened between her and her ex-husband again.

If Yang Tao hadn't already shaken her heart earlier, if he hadn't startled her repeatedly with his miraculous abilities, and if he hadn't then confessed to her, how could Xu Ruyan have developed this quickly with him?

Yang Tao didn't understand that, but he knew one thing: when it came to women, you had to seize the right moment to make physical contact. The more contact you made, the deeper the mark you'd leave in her heart.

If there had been a chance, Yang Tao would even have wanted to take Xu Ruyan to bed tonight.

"Sister Ruyan, you smell so good. I really like you." Holding Xu Ruyan tightly, Yang Tao buried his head in the curve of her neck and murmured softly.

Xu Ruyan only felt a wave of heat spreading across her neck, instantly flooding her face with a deep blush. A hot, itchy sensation burst up from deep inside her heart.

"Xiao Tao, don't do this." Xu Ruyan placed both hands between them and pressed them against Yang Tao's chest.

She pushed gently outward, but Yang Tao was holding her so tightly that with just a little force, Xu Ruyan couldn't push him away at all.

Gradually, Xu Ruyan felt that something hard was pressing against her lower abdomen. It was summer, and Yang Tao wasn't wearing jeans, just a pair of very thin casual pants. So the moment his penis went erect, his pants were immediately propped up into a huge tent.

Feeling that hot, hard thing against her belly, how could Xu Ruyan still not understand what it was? She only had that one experience in bed, but as a woman over thirty, how could she not understand the knowledge of the bedroom?

Information spread quickly these days, and you could find almost anything online. Xu Ruyan had watched porn too, and in the dead of night she had touched herself and comforted herself.

With Yang Tao's cock pressing against her, Xu Ruyan only felt her body heat up all at once, and a warm sensation spread between her legs.

Afraid of losing her composure, she hurriedly tried to push Yang Tao away with all her strength.

Holding Xu Ruyan, Yang Tao had already prepared himself to be rejected, but he hadn't expected that she would only be gently pushing him at first, while the temperature of her body kept rising rapidly.

Xu Ruyan was only wearing a thin silk nightgown, so the heat of her body was obvious.

Just as he was about to be pushed away by Xu Ruyan, Yang Tao's heart hardened. He lowered his head and found Xu Ruyan's moist, sexy lips, pressing his mouth to hers.

"Mm!"

"..."