Si Moyan made abalone and fresh shrimp porridge.
It looked, smelled, and tasted amazing. Wen Yan swallowed hard, her appetite thoroughly stimulated.
Si Moyan looked at her with doting eyes. "How does it taste?"
Wen Yan nodded like a woodpecker. "It's delicious, so delicious! If you were willing to call me 'baby' to my face, hubby, I'd definitely be even happier eating it."
She originally thought the man wouldn't say it to her face. To her surprise, after staring at her for a few seconds, he spoke in a deep, magnetic voice, "Baby."
Wen Yan's heart instantly melted.
[Aww, his voice is way too seductive.]
[From now on, he is my crush.]
A faint smile overflowed in Si Moyan's dark eyes. He raised his large hand and rubbed Wen Yan's head. "We agreed on a one-year term. You are not allowed to leave early."
At her current rate of gathering gossip, her strategy mission shouldn't take too long to complete.
He wasn't very confident that she would stay by his side.
She was simply too clear-headed.
Wen Yan looked at the deep affection and tenderness in the man's eyes, her long eyelashes fluttering slightly.
[Damn it! How did he know I wanted to leave him?]
[He's infatuated with me right now, but men's words are deceitful ghosts. When they are still obsessed, of course they treat you like their precious treasure. But as time goes by, once the passion and novelty fade, the man will start to grow cold, while the woman has already fallen for him.]
Si Moyan really wanted to tell her that he wasn't that kind of person.
Even though the dazzling outside world was tempting, he would always keep a clear head.
Once he gave his heart to a woman, he would only love her until the day he died.
Of course, even if he said it now, she wouldn't believe him.
He would use time and actions to prove it, to dispel her misunderstanding of men.
After all, in this world, there are bad men, and there are also good men.
There are no absolutes!
"Hubby, I won't go back on what I promised you, but you have to behave well."
[I have sharp eyes. I've seen how you look when you care about me, so if one day you stop caring, I'll be able to tell at a glance.]
Si Moyan picked up a tissue and helped her wipe away a stain of porridge on the corner of her lips. With deep, dark eyes, he nodded. "Rest assured."
...
Approaching noon, Si Jingyi rushed over in a frantic hurry.
"Big brother, my good big brother, I will never again say your skills are worse than mine. Please quickly tell me where Ruan Qinghuan is in Hong Kong!"
Si Moyan looked at Si Jingyi, who had lost some weight recently. He knew his younger brother was tormented inside, desperately wanting to see Ruan Qinghuan again. He decided not to make things difficult for him anymore. "Yesterday, when I went to see President Tang, I saw her figure at the entrance of the Quanzhou Five-Star Hotel."
"Thank you, big brother! I'll go find her right away."
Si Jingyi immediately caught a cab to the Quanzhou Hotel without stopping.
He didn't have a network of connections here in Hong Kong, so he couldn't just easily inquire about guests' information.
With so many rooms in the hotel, it was impossible for him to knock on every door to look for her.
Si Jingyi thought about it. After booking a room, he took his luggage up and then waited in the lobby.
This wait lasted an entire afternoon.
The waiting process was undoubtedly agonizing.
His big brother had seen Ruan Qinghuan yesterday, but who knew if she had already left today?
Si Jingyi paced back and forth in the lobby like a headless fly.
The sky gradually darkened. Just as Si Jingyi thought he wouldn't be able to wait for Ruan Qinghuan, the elevator doors chimed open, and a pure, beautiful figure walked out.
The woman was wearing a white T-shirt, wide-leg jeans, and a pair of black-rimmed glasses on her face.
In the past, whenever he saw her, she wore exquisite makeup, haute couture dresses, and her hair was combed meticulously, perfectly displaying the elegant demeanor of an upper-class socialite.
This was the first time he had seen her bare-faced.
Her skin was fair and smooth, and her facial features were delicate and pretty, like a solitary orchid in an empty valley, elegant and refined.
Si Jingyi felt she looked even better without makeup than with it.
He stretched his long legs and strode toward her.
Ruan Qinghuan probably hadn't expected to run into Si Jingyi here.
Seeing him walking toward her with swift strides, her long eyelashes fluttered slightly.
Before her brain could process it, her legs reacted first.
She retreated back into the elevator and quickly pressed the close button.
Just as the elevator doors were about to shut, a long, slender hand reached in.
The elevator doors reopened.
Si Jingyi stepped quickly into the elevator and swiped his room card.
The room he booked was on the twentieth floor.
As the elevator went up, Si Jingyi looked at the woman standing in the corner with a cold expression. He pressed his thin lips together tightly before speaking in a hoarse voice, "Are you staying on the same floor as me?"
Ruan Qinghuan ignored him, standing still in the corner.
Neither of them spoke again, and a bizarre silence instantly filled the elevator.
After the elevator reached the twentieth floor, Si Jingyi didn't get out.
The elevator doors slowly closed and went back down to the first floor.
Ruan Qinghuan wanted to leave, but Si Jingyi blocked her path, refusing to let her out.
Ruan Qinghuan was speechless.
She had no choice but to press her own floor, the sixteenth floor.
Once the elevator reached her floor, she directly bypassed Si Jingyi and walked out swiftly.
Si Jingyi followed behind her.
The corridor was carpeted, making it impossible to hear footsteps, but Ruan Qinghuan knew he was following closely behind her.
She was getting a bit annoyed.
Turning around, just as she was about to say something to him, her elegant nose unexpectedly bumped into his solid, broad chest.
Ruan Qinghuan furrowed her delicate brows in pain.
Si Jingyi subconsciously reached out, wanting to rub her nose for her. "Sorry, I didn't know you would suddenly turn around."
When the man's large, slender hand touched her nose, Ruan Qinghuan's body trembled violently.
She reached out and slapped the man's large hand forcefully.
She showed no mercy, instantly slapping the back of his hand red.
The man didn't blame her. As she retracted her hand, he tightly grasped her delicate, slender white fingertips.
Ruan Qinghuan frowned and glared at him in annoyance. "Let go!"
Complex emotions surged in Si Jingyi's peach-blossom eyes. "Ruan Qinghuan, you slept with me and ran away, and even humiliated me with a hundred million in hell bank notes. What do you take me for?"
Even a male escort in a nightclub costs more than that, right?
Ruan Qinghuan seemed to see through his inner thoughts. She sneered, "Those who sell their bodies are at least good in bed. With your terrible skills, giving you a hundred million in hell bank notes was already letting you off easy."
Si Jingyi's handsome face turned ashen. "They have fought a hundred battles, while I just had my first taste of meat. What experience could I have? Couldn't you give me a few more chances to practice?"
Ruan Qinghuan's beautiful eyes widened in shock. "What did you say?"
Si Jingyi didn't know how he had just blurted out such a scoundrel-like remark. A hint of unnaturalness appeared on his handsome face. "Nothing. Anyway, you have to give me an explanation. You put your dress back on and refuse to take responsibility. How can there be a scumbag woman like you?"
Ruan Qinghuan's slender, tall body stepped back a few paces, putting some distance between herself and Si Jingyi.
She looked at him with cold, clear eyes. "Didn't you make a bet with someone back then, deceiving and dumping me once too? Perfect, now we're even!"
