"Are they not going out again?"

Xiang Jin fiddled with the food in her bowl, looking at Murong Xiao.

"What, you want me to stay?"

Murong Xiao put down his chopsticks, gently raised his hand, and hooked her chin.

There was an urgent meeting that needed to be held, and he had to go.

He originally wanted to have dinner with her before leaving, making the old guys at the company wait a little longer, but judging from her expression, she didn't seem to want him to leave.

Xiang Jin slightly raised her eyelids.

The fox's dark eyes gleamed, their dim light barely discernible.

"Ah Jin, answer me."

With a slight lift of her fingertip, the burning heat brushed against the corner of her lips. Xiang Jin trembled slightly, her lips parted slightly, but she remained silent.

"Ah Jin, tell me, do you want me to stay, hmm?"

His voice seemed to be enticing her, and his deep gaze moved closer to her, their breaths mingling.

"I……"

Her breath hitched a couple of beats, her long, curled eyelashes trembled slightly, and Xiang Jin slowly lowered her eyes: "I have nothing to say. If you want to leave, then leave. I won't stop you."

Murong Xiao's face visibly darkened.

Just as a fire was starting to ignite within him and a dull ache began to spread throughout his body, she added another sentence—

"But could you come back sooner?"

"And don't get entangled with unrelated people."

She doesn't like it.

She disliked it very much.

Just seeing Xiang Qi call him made his heart feel like it was being fried in oil, tormenting him and making it hard for him to breathe several times.

What if they're in the same frame?

What if we're dating?

What if...they slept together?

She couldn't imagine that feeling of loss, nor could she comprehend it. If that day ever came, she would definitely find a place to hide beforehand so that no one could find her.

In this way, without armor, I can continue to live on my last breath.

Murong Xiao was slightly taken aback.

He then twitched his lips and gently stroked her delicate eyebrows: "Don't worry, Mrs. Murong, there are no unrelated people, and I don't have a penchant for getting entangled with a bunch of men."

Xiang Jin: "???"

Men?

Not Sang-ki?

Xiang Qi didn't come back?

Xiang Jin's heart, which had suddenly been deprived of oxygen, was suddenly able to breathe again. She was still a little unaccustomed to it and was blankly thinking about which part had gone wrong when a kiss floated down and pecked her lips.

The sweet taste, as always, was addictive to him.

After a brief pause, Murong Xiao reluctantly let go of her.

"Go and bring the soup over."

"Okay."

Aunt Yang had been hiding at the kitchen door, observing everything. When she heard the call, she was overjoyed and quickly went to serve the soup.

"Are you going to a company meeting?" Xiang Jin hesitated for a moment, but still asked.

"Otherwise what?"

Xiang Jin lowered her head, using eating as a cover for her embarrassment.

"There's no way around it, it's too expensive to support you." Murong Xiao curled his lips.

Xiang Jin retorted, "Nonsense, I'm the easiest to raise! Xiang Qi is the one who costs a lot of money..."

"who?"

"without……"

Knowing he had a sharp tongue, Xiang Jin quickly changed the subject: "Back in Fengjia Village, you lied to me, saying you only had subsidies and no salary. I was even thinking about how to support you back then, you liar..."

They even said she was a waste of money.

Even after moving into the lakeside villa, she never spent his money on her own initiative, although he always bought her clothes, bags, and shoes...

“I gave you a card back then, but you never used it, did you?”

"Hmm, what's wrong?"

"You still blame me for lying to you, you silly girl."

Murong Xiao ruffled her hair, his movements somewhat rough, turning her bangs into a mess.

Xiang Jin blushed slightly.

Silly boy...it looks like they're flirting...

This person's ability to flirt casually is simply divine; with a mere touch, he stirs up a pool of spring water.

Seeing that the ambiguous atmosphere around them had dissipated a bit, Aunt Yang brought out the soup. It was a large, pitch-black bowl, which was far inferior to the chicken soup from before.

"It's been cooled for a while now, so you can drink it directly, Madam." The soup was placed directly in front of Xiang Jin.

The strong smell of Chinese medicine was almost suffocating.

The canna lily next to it let out two howls, scratching its paws, almost dizzy from the smell, and stupidly leaned against Xiang Jin.

Xiang Jin glanced at Murong Xiao.

Murong Xiao stared at her intently.

"Why aren't you leaving yet? Aren't you in a hurry?"

"I'll leave once you drink it."

He simply sat down in front of Xiang Jin.

Xiang Jin: "..."

"Canna hasn't been feeling well lately. Look, her ears aren't even standing up straight. Her life is ruined. How about we give her some supplements?" Xiang Jin said, pouring most of the food into the dog bowl.

He drank the last sip in one gulp.

The canna lily was startled.

It stared at Xiang Jin with its big, round eyes wide open, incredulous.

To show that he was full of energy, the dog quickly got up and circled around Xiang Jin a few times, as if to say, "Look, I'm in great spirits, really great!"

"Look how happy the canna lily is when it hears it's going to get some nourishment," Xiang Jin said, stroking the dog's head with a serious expression.

Canna indica: "..."

It was desperate.

Mom doesn't love it anymore.

It looked at its father with pleading eyes.

His father never glanced at it; his gaze remained fixed on its mother. His deep black eyes had long since seen through everything as he quietly watched her perform.

Xiang Jin lowered his head...

Murong Xiao's phone rang again, ringing incessantly.

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