"I know that in your eyes, my actions and words are very contradictory. Since I know what I want, and you can't give me anything, there's no reason for me to keep meddling with you. If I slept with you after today, I think it's because I can't resist your charm – and therefore my emotions and logic are in a constant battle that puts me in between.

"So now that you know the situation, you mean my spell isn't strong enough for you - and this is letting your logic take over?" Fu Huai'an lowered his voice a lot.

There was a long silence in the room.

The soft sound from the air conditioner was very clear.

Lin Nuan almost made the cup of cold water in his palm hot.

As long as a person reaches Fu Huai'an's level, it is impossible for him not to be proud. He often chooses to protect his pride rather than his feelings for a woman.

Unless it's a man with no character, who can use every humble trick in the book to get the woman he wants.

But Lin Nuan believed that he was not the latter.

Lin Nuan has the courage to say this, just because his character is not bad and he won't push too a woman.

Fu Huai'an smoked a cigarette while his unfathomable eyes were half-open, and his slender fingers were playing with the lighter, as if he was listening to her seriously.

As the silence dragged on, Lin Nuan felt even more uneasy, as if he had been killed by a needle.

She made herself too clear. There is no room for negotiation, whether it is her or Fu Huai'an.

He couldn't give her the security she wanted. Thinking of the gossip around her, as well as the thirsty girls around her, Lin Nuan was startled.

It wasn't that she didn't see news about him before she officially met him.

A year ago, the Academy Award winner decided to go all out and confessed his love for Fu Huai'an at the award ceremony. Although everyone knew that she was against marriage, she still claimed that she was willing to cook for Fu Huai'an and lay down in the kitchen. If he is willing to accept her, then she will wait for him to pick her up after the award ceremony.

However, she waited until midnight in the cold wind with reporters and paparazzi. After receiving the call, she left in tears and disappeared from public view.

At that time, Lin Nuan thought, if the man named Fu Huaian didn't give her a glimmer of hope, how could she have the courage to do it?

Even if she loves him to the point that there is no turning back, she will only decide to go all out for the awards ceremony if she feels hopeful.

There are too many women around Fu Huai'an, and they are all great women.

Lin Nuan is a coward. She would rather settle down than have a gem in her hand and worry about it being stolen all day. Even before that happened, she would torture herself to the point of falling ill.

What she was even more afraid of was that when she gave her sincerity to someone, it was irretrievable, but because the girls around her were losing their temper, she heard him say: "It's tiring enough for a man to take care of business all day, how can you lack this basic understanding!"

She is well aware of her character flaws. That is why she dares to assert that a man of status and identity is not her opponent at all.

Fu Huai'an finished smoking, snuffed out the cigarette, and pinched the corner of his mouth again.

Lin Nuan couldn't say how he felt at the time, whether it was anger or relief. She was uneasy because she realized that all his movements were so unreadable.

He didn't light a cigarette with the lighter in his hand. It took a while for him to slowly remove the cigarette from the corner of his mouth.

"Your simple self-sabotage statement prevents everything I'm going to say!" He took the unlit cigarette from his mouth and shook it in the ashtray. "Lin Nuan, your words sound good in theory. You say you admire me, but every condition you list is so targeted that they clearly cross me off your list. Every word you say is clear and directed at me.

Fu Huai'an raised his black eyebrows. The bags under his eyes looked heavy and were engraved on his face. His eyes were as calm as water, but he could see through her.

"You used to be the treasure of the Lin family, living a pampered and luxurious life. But you also live alone after leaving them, so I have no right to accuse you of being naïve, saying that you only crave novelty and that your life will not last in your imagination.

"It would be better if you didn't admit that you have feelings for me – so I can still use reasons to get you to confess – but you have to admit it and say you admire me. After sleeping together, you make a bunch of strict rules and conditions and personally refuse me to go out.

Fu Huai'an still maintained that calm composure, and there was no emotion in his tone. However, the contours of his face began to taut, looking cold and stiff.

The atmosphere in the apartment became cold and serious because of the change in his expression.

Lin Nuan picked up the water cup and took a sip. She didn't know what to say. He was right - every word she said was a complete rejection of him.

After a long silence, he put the lighter on the table and slowly poured himself a glass of water. "The first time I saw you was in Iraq in January 2014," he said.

Fu Huai'an looked at her through his dark pupils, his gaze deeper than ever.

Lin Nuan paused as he put down the water glass. She looked at Fu Huai'an, her heart beating faster.

In 2014, Lin Nuan was looking for his traces along the route that Wen Moshen took.

Since the occupation of several cities in Iraq by the opposition force ISIL in 2014, there have been several cases of missing flights or accidents while crossing the area, all of which are linked to terrorist groups.

There are theories that outlaws shot down Winmoshen's plane. Someone even uploaded blurry images online, claiming that nearly a dozen survivors were taken to the capital, Saladin, to be rescued.

Lin Nuan went to Tikrit City with that glimmer of hope. However, as she was about to reach it, she heard that opposition forces had already occupied it.

After government forces checked her passport, they actively put her on a bus to Samara.

Government soldiers said there was a company in Samarra run by the Jiang Heavy Industries Supply Company. Lin Nuan was safer there, as nearly 500 employees and their families had returned from China waiting for the helicopter to take them away.

Lin Nuan asked them about the crash of the T-324, but no one knew.

At dawn on the 22nd, Lin Nuan arrived in Samara with his group. Lu Xiangsi, the pregnant wife of the executor of Jiangjia Heavy Industry Supply Company, welcomed her.

As soon as she described the crash of the flight, she knew that there was a person on that plane who was very important to Lin Nuan. She admires her courage in finding that person without giving up hope and taking great care of her.

At dawn on the 22nd, Lu Xiangsi's husband Jiang Ming'an took more than a dozen people to the designated place to wait for the helicopter to take them to the safe camp.