Jiang Nuan looked at the way he actively pressed his face into her palm. Instead of calming down, the anger in her heart burned even more fiercely.
What was this? A slap followed by a sweet treat? Did he think she was an easy target, someone he could just smooth things over with a bit of coaxing?
Fine. So he wanted to play mind games, huh? Then let's see who would outwit whom today!
"Not enough, right?"
The mischievous side of her nature flared up. She reached out and grabbed his chin.
"Fine. Since I'm the researcher, then how to soothe you should be up to me."
Shen Wu's eyes reflected her feisty form. A deeper smile welled up in his eyes. "Of course." His Adam's apple bobbed, and his voice was husky. "It's my honor."
Jiang Nuan desperately held back the corners of her mouth that were about to curl up into a huge smile and resisted the urge to burst out laughing. She simply reached for the hem of his shirt.
When she touched the metal buckle, she was actually a bit clumsy.
It took her a couple of tries to hear the "click" sound.
Shen Wu let her do as she pleased. Even when her fingers accidentally grazed the taut muscles of his abdomen, he inhaled sharply twice, unable to contain himself.
A soft thud echoed in the air.
"Take off your shirt," she lifted her chin, trying hard to make her voice sound like that of a cold - hearted flirt. "Lie down on the bed."
Shen Wu looked at her.
On his delicate and aloof face, the look of surprise only lasted for a moment.
Immediately afterwards, a darker and more intense look began to spread wildly in the depths of his eyes.
"Okay."
His fingers reached for the buttons of his shirt and he slowly undid them one by one.
As the fabric slipped off, the body that had been hidden beneath his cold exterior was completely exposed to the air.
He looked slender but by no means weak. His muscle lines were smooth and full of explosive power. His cold - white skin glowed under the light reflected from the winter snow outside the window, making it almost blinding.
He casually tossed the removed shirt aside and looked at her with a half - smile. "So, Miss Researcher, you're into this kind of thing?"
"Less talk. Do as I say," Jiang Nuan lifted her chin slightly.
He turned around and obediently lay down on the bed.
His shoulders and back rose and fell with his breathing, and the curve of his back exuded a deadly kind of sexiness.
Jiang Nuan's palms started to sweat.
She had originally just wanted to scare him, hoping to see him back down and look embarrassed. Who would have thought that this crazy guy would be so cooperative?
Now she was in a bind. If she didn't do something, she'd seem like a coward.
But she was also a bit nervous. She looked around the room, eyeing the shirt and the bedpost.
...
Shen Wu rested his cheek on his other arm, a few strands of hair falling over his forehead. His pale eyes were now looking up at her.
"Don't go easy on me, Jiang Nuan."
... What the hell? Was he channeling McDonald's or something!?
*
"How do you feel?" Jiang Nuan watched as his shoulders tensed up instantly and the fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.
Finally, a sense of satisfaction from successful revenge welled up in her heart.
"Personal test subject, are you satisfied with this kind of soothing?"
Shen Wu tilted his head back, a thin flush of impatience appearing at the corners of his eyes.
He stared at the girl standing by the bed. Those eyes that always carried a cold and aloof look now seemed as if they wanted to devour her alive.
"Jiang Nuan..." His voice was hoarse, yet there was a sickening kind of pleasure in it. "You'd better... pray that I can't break free."
Otherwise, once he did, she'd definitely cry for a long time.
...
"Knock, knock, knock."
The sound of knocking on the door echoed in the room.
"Jiang Nuan."
Lu Shiyan's voice came through the door.
"Open the door."
There was a moment of silence in the corridor.
These few seconds were the last shred of patience this tyrant was willing to give.
Immediately afterwards, the electronic identification device above the door lock emitted a series of beeping sounds.
"Shen Wu is in there, isn't he?"
Lu Shiyan's voice carried a dangerous chill.
"I'm coming in."
