People said it was a car accident, but in reality, a van had run a red light and crashed toward them. Luckily, they reacted in time, Chu Yuanxun and Wan Tong weren’t injured at all. They didn’t even go to the hospital but headed straight to the police station instead.
Jiang Xianchen also came. While Wan Tong was giving her statement, he pulled Chu Yuanxun aside for a private conversation.
When Chu Yuanxun returned to Wan Tong’s side, his expression had become even colder, his gaze deep and unreadable, neither joy nor sorrow.
“What’s wrong? What did Jiang Xianchen say to you?” Wan Tong had a guess in her heart and couldn’t help feeling a little excited.
She hadn’t expected Jiang Xianchen to be so useful. Without her even needing to intervene, A’Xun could return to the Chu family.
“The driver admitted that someone paid him, it was an intentional attack.” Chu Yuanxun frowned unconsciously. “I have to go to the Chu family. I’ll have Leng Jing take you back to the apartment.”
“Okay.” Wan Tong nodded obediently. “You go ahead.”
Chu Yuanxun reached out and gently ruffled her hair. “Sorry for scaring you.”
Wan Tong shook her head. “With you here, what do I have to be afraid of?”
Being met with such a trusting gaze made Chu Yuanxun’s heart itch. He pulled her into his arms and pressed a soft kiss to the crown of her head. “Wait for me to come back.”
The policewoman at the desk recording the statement was stunned. Her long-dormant romantic heart felt like it had been revived…
Oh my God, do young couples nowadays really sprinkle sugar everywhere they go?
Apparently, these two were quite famous online. When she had some free time, she would definitely look them up and follow the gossip.
Wan Tong had thought that Chu Yuanxun’s reunion with his family would at least involve some emotional breakdown and crying into the night. But unexpectedly, he returned quite early, and even brought her some delicious food.
When Wan Tong subtly pried for information, Chu Yuanxun simply told her everything about the Chu family.
“So, you found your family, but you don’t feel even a little excited?” Wan Tong looked at his calm demeanor, puzzled.
“I’ve already outgrown that feeling.” Chu Yuanxun’s voice was steady, his eyes carrying a hint of wistfulness.
When he had suffered the most, he had longed to find his family. But that time had passed.
His gaze fell on Wan Tong, growing incomparably soft and affectionate.
Now, he spent his days thinking about building a family of his own. That sudden return to his original family didn’t excite him much anymore.
“You talk as if you’re so mature.” Wan Tong scoffed.
Chu Yuanxun’s eyes darkened slightly. “You don’t know how mature I am?”
The suggestive tone made Wan Tong’s heart race. She quickly lowered her head and focused on sipping her soup.
After a moment, she couldn’t help but ask, “So what’s your plan? When will the Chu family make your return public?”
Chu Yuanxun shook his head. “We’ll see. I’m busy lately.”
Just then, Wan Tong’s phone screen lit up.
She glanced at it, it was a message from Mrs. Chu.
Looking up at Chu Yuanxun, she said, “Madam Chu is inviting me to dinner at the Chu family home…”
Chu Yuanxun rubbed his chopsticks between his fingers, a thoughtful look in his eyes. “Seems like she really wants you as her daughter-in-law.”
Wan Tong : “…”
Hearing that, she suddenly thought of Chu Yuanxun’s impostor Chu Yuanxùn, and Yuan Qingqing.
“Uh… What about Chu Yuanxùn? What happened to him?”
Chu Yuanxun’s eyes darkened slightly. “He ran away.”
Wan Tong sighed and nodded in understanding.
The guqin sat by the floor-to-ceiling window in the living room. Just as Wan Tong sat down to practice, Chu Yuanxun stepped out of the shower.
A faint sandalwood fragrance lingered in the air, soothing and pleasant.
But when he approached the sofa behind Wan Tong, all she could smell was the fresh scent of his body wash and shampoo.
In an instant, she sprang up and pounced on the figure on the sofa.
Chu Yuanxun caught her effortlessly. Before he could say anything, she cupped his face and kissed him.
Whenever she got passionate, he never had any resistance. He simply held her waist to keep her steady on his lap, making sure she wouldn’t fall.
But Chu Yuanxun knew her too well, she always teased but never took responsibility. So when she pulled away, breathless and ready to retreat, he took control instead. He tightened his grip and pressed her down onto the sofa.
“Where do you think you’re going?” His hoarse voice carried an unmistakable meaning.
“I… I need to practice.” Wan Tong wiggled her fingers, her voice still soft from the kiss.
“Keep me company first.” Chu Yuanxun ignored her protests, lowering his head to kiss her again.
Wan Tong quickly covered his lips with her hand. “No way! I have to get familiar with my music piece today, or my Mom will kill me.”
Chu Yuanxun frowned, but Wan Tong had already slipped out of his embrace and sat upright before the guqin, looking completely serious.
She plucked a few strings, but feeling the warmth of his presence behind her, her hands suddenly went weak.
“Chu… Chu Yuanxun, what are you doing?” she asked in a soft, flustered voice, her elbow nudging him away.
Chu Yuanxun had leaned in behind her, his arms wrapped around her waist, his chin resting lightly on her shoulder as he murmured, “You play, I’ll touch.”
His half-lidded eyes gleamed with an unusual light, his long lashes casting shadows over them.
He really spoiled her, made her dare to set fires but not allowing him to burn back?
“Stop messing around!” Wan Tong’s ears burned as she listened, gradually turning red under his gaze.
Chu Yuanxun let out a low chuckle, his actions becoming even more reckless.
“You… don’t touch my hand.”
“Mm.”
“Don’t bite my ear, it hurts…”
“I didn’t use any force.”
“You poked me…”
“It likes you.”
“…”
Under Chu Yuanxun’s deliberate teasing, Wan Tong stubbornly focused on practicing her guqin, refusing to budge. Instead, after half an hour of lingering around, he left the room with a pitiful expression.
Wan Tong let out a big sigh of relief, glanced at his retreating figure, and quickly returned her focus to the guqin.
She had always been good at concentrating since childhood.
As for male beauty, well, he wasn’t going anywhere… practice came first.
About an hour later, around nine o’clock, Wan Tong finally stood up.
Passing by the master bedroom, she pushed the door open for a quick look.
No one was there.
The bathroom was eerily quiet.
Frowning in suspicion, she knocked on the door. “A’Xun?”
Even if he was handling ‘personal’ matters, he should have been done by now, right?
“Mm?” Chu Yuanxun’s voice came from inside. That single, slightly raised response was so hoarse it was terrifying.
Wan Tong swallowed. “Are you okay?”
Chu Yuanxun didn’t answer. Instead, the bathroom door clicked open.
Her instinct kicked in, she turned to run.
But before she could, her wrist was caught in a firm grip, and the next moment, she was pulled into the bathroom.
“Why haven’t you…” solved the problem with little Xunxun?
Pressed against the damp bathroom wall, she looked up at him in disbelief.
‘Little Xunxun’ was still… very enthusiastic.
A rare flush dusted Chu Yuanxun’s cheeks as he pressed closer, burying his face in her shoulder. His voice was deep, pleading.
“Tongtong, help me… I can’t do it alone.”
Wan Tong was so flustered by his bluntness that she wanted to explode in embarrassment. But looking at his pitiful expression, she couldn’t even bring herself to be angry. Instead, she almost found it amusing.
She had thought that with such intense tension, mutual desire, and the heat of the moment, things would naturally spiral out of control.
But in the end, Chu Yuanxun only borrowed her hand.
Afterward, once he had found relief and she was left burning from all his teasing, he simply held her in his arms and rested in the master bedroom.
They had always slept in separate rooms before.
Yet this time, even after sharing a bed, nothing more happened.
Early the next morning, Wan Tong left B City with Jian Shitong.
Even then, her mind was filled with the image of Chu Yuanxun’s lonely figure.
While Wan Tong was away for a few busy days, Chu Yuanxun kept in close contact with her.
Every time she heard his exhausted yet gentle voice over the phone, she felt comforted and wished she could return to him sooner.
During this time, the impostor had been caught and severely punished by the Chu family. From his confession, they discovered that Yuan Qingqing was the one who had approached him and even helped him forge a fake paternity test.
Naturally, the Chu family confronted Yuan Qingqing, and further investigation revealed that the online smear campaign against Wan Tong was also orchestrated by her.
Once this information was officially released by the law firm’s social media, a new wave of outrage erupted. Yuan Qingqing became public enemy number one, hiding from the Chu family while being ruthlessly dragged online.
Who would have thought that a girl who seemed so sweet and innocent had such a vicious heart? Just to target Jian Wantong, she fabricated so many lies.
So, the girlfriend Chu Yuanxun had spoken about, there was no way it could be this despicable woman!
Due to overwhelming audience demand, the production team of <Falling for You> released the unedited footage of Wan Tong’s guqin performance from the show.
Those who previously doubted her musical skills were instantly silenced.
Soon, people began to dig into Wan Tong’s background. They realized she wasn’t just from a scholarly family, she was far from being just a guqin teacher.
Her family members were all accomplished artists, and she herself was a world-touring guqin musician!
The difference between a teacher and an artist was astronomical.
She fully deserved to be called a prodigy.
Netizens started sharing foreign media reports about her and reposted videos from her recent classical music tour. The sight of her delicate fingers plucking the strings with such devotion seemed to pluck at everyone’s heartstrings as well.
The doubters had no choice but to shut up.
Instead, they were now blinded by her dazzling talent.
The Jian family had always been full of accomplished individuals, but they kept a low profile. Older generations still remembered how Jian Tong and Zheng Wan’s love had been steady and deeply affectionate.
Now, realizing Jian Wantong was their daughter, even her name carried a certain poetic sentiment.
At this moment, the tenth episode of <Falling for You> aired, along with the final episode, which could be unlocked early for a small fee.
In episode ten, Jian Wantong and Zhong Jiaqi, along with Chen Ruohan, participated in thrilling adventure challenges. Just as he had promised, Chu Yuanxun stayed by her side the entire time.
The episode ended with them visiting a bumper car arcade, where the sweetness between them showed no signs of stopping.
The hashtag #JianXun Cotton Candy# was trending.
[AAAAHHHH, don’t move, I’m going to fetch the marriage registry! That cotton candy scene was so sweet! Round it up, and it’s basically a kiss!]
[Chu Yuanxun is too smooth! I bet I already know the ending, no need to watch the last episode! Damn money-hungry production team, charging two yuan? For that, I could buy a whole fluffy romance novel!]
[So this is what they mean by ‘when emotions run deep, the flirting comes naturally’? There’s no way they’re acting. Just get married already!]
…
But as time passed, and more viewers finished the finale, the conversation took a dramatic turn.
[WTF!! I paid two yuan for a fistful of heartbreak! Production team, come out and explain yourselves! Why didn’t Chu Yuanxun confess?! What did you guys do to him?!!]
[This is crazy! It was all sugar in the beginning, but in the end, Chu Yuanxun didn’t even confess! That look in Jian Wantong’s eyes made my heart ache! She must have thought he would go!]
[I started shipping XunYuan, and it turned out to be shattered glass. Damn it, now JianXun is also getting a tragic ending! Who would believe there’s no script? Do they take us viewers for fools?]
[After seeing the spoilers, JianXun CP suddenly doesn’t seem sweet anymore. I’m dropping this. Luckily, I didn’t pay to watch it.]
[The most frustrating thing is that there’s still one more episode of CP sweet moments… Come on, production team, have some humanity! Even if there’s a script, at least make it two couples! In the end, only KeMeng ended up together?? What about HanDie? What about JianXun?]
[Honestly, JianXun going their separate ways wasn’t without warning. Considering Jian Wantong’s background, Chu Yuanxun is nowhere near her league. Given all the real-life factors, it makes sense that he didn’t confess… But I can’t accept it! Ahhh!]
#Send Knife To Chu Yuanxun#
Before long, a new trending topic took over.
Meanwhile, Zhou Ke and Ren Jiameng officially announced their relationship, sweet as ever.
But the most exciting news? Half an hour later, Chen Ruohan and Maddie suddenly revealed that they were dating in real life!
Now, netizens couldn’t help but wonder. JianXun CP had been the hottest topic for weeks. Could there be a chance they’d end up together after the show?
In a lively bar, in one quiet corner, several men in dress shirts and slacks, their hair slicked back, were all looking in the same direction. They were clearly curious but held back from speaking first.
“Ahem, don’t be so serious, guys. Let’s have fun!” Leng Jing finally broke the weird atmosphere, even nudging Chu Yuanxun with his elbow, signaling him to say something.
At that moment, a young man couldn’t hold back any longer. “Brother Chu, the firm is really done for. Are you seriously going to Chu Corporation? Taking us with you?”
To be fair, their law firm was doing okay, but joining Chu Corporation was a whole different level. At least they wouldn’t have to grind so hard for performance targets anymore.
As the only one in the group who knew the inside story, Leng Jing looked at Chu Yuanxun with some concern but stayed silent.
His best bro turned out to be the long-lost heir of the Chu family. Damn, at first, he thought he was dreaming, but the dream still hadn’t ended.
He had personally witnessed the legendary Chu family patriarch and the current chairman showing up at their tiny apartment, practically begging A’Xun to come back and inherit the family business.
A’Xun wanted to bring their entire law firm team into Chu Corporation? That was a bit of a stretch. Chu Corporation had no shortage of top talent. If A’Xun brought people in, that probably meant some employees would be let go.
He hadn’t even officially joined Chu Corporation yet, and he was already making such big moves? No matter how you looked at it, it wouldn’t reflect well on him.
“I’m just telling you to be mentally prepared. It’s not impossible if you want to go,” Chu Yuanxun replied.
The others immediately got excited, as if injected with adrenaline. “Brother Chu, don’t tell me… you’re the young master of Chu Corporation?”
The surname Chu wasn’t common, and they had heard rumors from clients recently. Chu family had found their lost heir and might announce it soon.
Before they could get too carried away with speculation, Chu Yuanxun simply nodded.
“Mm.”
Everyone was stunned, then suddenly jumped up from the couch. “Wait, what?? For real??”
Leng Jing sighed, pulling them back down. “Keep it low-key. We’re all about to use connections to get in, after all.”
“…”
“Brother Chu, Brother Chu, I’m sticking with you! I’ve got top-tier skills! Just yesterday, I shut that junior lawyer down in under ten minutes!”
Chu Yuanxun didn’t seem in the mood for their antics. He glanced at the guy practically hugging his leg and calmly pushed him away. “Come on, like I don’t know your level?”
Everyone burst into laughter and dragged the boasting guy back.
Leng Jing checked his phone and turned to Chu Yuanxun. “Looks like your show just dropped in full today. Everyone’s buzzing about your relationship with Jian Wantong. When are you two making it official?”
Hearing that, Chu Yuanxun frowned slightly and turned on his phone, still no reply.
“No rush,” he answered briefly.
Teasing immediately followed. “So… Brother Chu is thinking about his girlfriend, huh?”
Chu Yuanxun shot them a look, and the laughter died in their throats.
A man deprived of his lover’s company was not to be messed with.
Leng Jing kept pouring him drinks, and he drank them one by one. But the moment his phone rang, he answered right away, his voice turning unexpectedly soft.
“Tongtong…”
“A’Xun, didn’t you say you had a gathering tonight? What’s the exact address? I’m almost there.”
Chu Yuanxun froze for a second, then suddenly stood up and walked out, leaving his stunned friends behind.
“Where are you? I’ll come pick you up.”
“No, don’t! Just send me your location, I’ll find you,” Wan Tong insisted.
She had rushed to catch a flight back and only managed to charge her phone in the taxi before calling him.
Even though she said that, Chu Yuanxun still stepped outside the bar, quietly looking down the street.
Ever since her guqin performance went viral, Wan Tong’s fanbase had grown to rival that of a celebrity. Today’s final episode had been released for early access, and she and Chu Yuanxun were trending again, with countless sweet moments being shared online.
So, with his well-known face standing at the bar entrance, it was hard not to attract attention.
Before he even saw the person he was waiting for, two young women eagerly approached him.
“Hey, handsome, is it really over between you and Jian Wantong?”
Chu Yuanxun looked down at them, clearly taken aback for a moment. Then, under their nervous but hopeful gazes, he answered calmly—
“We’re together.”
I really liked this arc. Who doesn’t want to be doted on by family members 🥰