Chapter 539 Men are all susceptible to this.

“I think your suggestion is good,” he said, shifting his grip from Su Youling’s wrist to her waist. The delicate touch deepened his gaze. He placed his other hand on the back of the chair, completely trapping her in his arms. “It would be best if I personally warned him, made him realize the difference between himself and me, and kept him as far away from you as possible.”

Su Youling's face flushed slightly from his narcissistic and possessive declaration, and she couldn't help but push him away. "Shameless, Li Tingxi, can you stop being so unreasonable? Feng Anhuai and I are at most business partners now."

"That damned Feng Anhuai is clearly trying to take you away from me. How am I supposed to stay rational?" Li Tingxi's eyes darkened, and his hand, which had been resting on the back of the chair, moved to her face, finally stopping at her alluring lips. In his anger, he couldn't help but rub them with his thumb.

Su Youling's heart was racing uncontrollably because of his confession-like words, but she didn't expect to be treated rather rudely by him the next second.

"Li Tingxi, what's wrong with you now?" She slapped Li Tingxi's hand away in anger, looked at her lip makeup through the endoscope, and sure enough, saw that it was smudged. Her face immediately darkened.

Li Tingxi was pushed away by her forcefully, and then he saw her take out a wet wipe from her bag to wipe the smudged lip makeup, and then she was about to reapply lipstick.

He couldn't resist any longer, so he leaned over and snatched Su Youling's lipstick, then explained under her fierce gaze, "I'll put it on for you."

Su Youling was skeptical. "How come I didn't know you could wear lipstick? You're not up to something again, are you?"

As he spoke, Li Tingxi gently lifted her chin, "What's so difficult about this? Don't move."

Su Youling obediently stayed still, letting him gently pinch her face and lightly apply the ointment to her lips.

Looking at Li Tingxi's serious expression, she was momentarily stunned.

She suddenly snapped out of her daze when Li Tingxi said he had finished applying the ointment. She glanced into the endoscope and pouted unhappily, "It's like you didn't apply anything at all."

Li Tingxi remained expressionless and said meaningfully, "You're going to meet a client, not on a date."

This was clearly a reference to her earlier statement that her relationship with Feng Anhuai was merely a partnership.

Su Youling didn't know what to say to him; he was petty and jealous.

Li Tingxi took his pettiness to the extreme, tugging at her coat, "Don't dress so nicely next time you meet a client."

Su Youling couldn't help but roll her eyes. Her jacket was just an ordinary Chanel coat; she hadn't dressed up at all.

It was clearly unwise to argue with him now, but considering how long he had held a grudge against Feng Anhuai, she took the initiative to coax him: "How about I wear it for you to see?"

Li Tingxi's desire to continue picking a fight to vent his frustration from the forced cold war with her vanished instantly, and he couldn't catch her sudden directness.

Something filled and swelled in his chest, and an indescribable joy rose in his heart. He cleared his throat somewhat awkwardly and said in a deep voice, "Su Youling, is this your verbal compensation to me?"

Su Youling was stunned for a moment, then realized what he meant and found his awkwardness amusing.

Since he couldn't bring himself to do it, she also...

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Not minding giving him a way out, she said, "I apologize, okay? I promise you, aside from normal work-related interactions, I will keep my distance from Feng Anhuai. So, Mr. Li, could you please leave now?"

A faint, almost imperceptible smile appeared in Li Tingxi's eyes. All the jealousy, resentment, and anger that had been building up over the past few days dissipated at this moment because of her initiative to make peace.

He glanced at Su Youling and put his knowledge to use: "Miss Su is very perceptive."

After many days, the two finally thawed, and the air inside the car seemed to circulate more freely, making everyone feel refreshed.

Just after the two drove away, David, who had been hiding in the garage for a long time, looked at the photos he had taken through the half-open car window on his phone.

There are pictures of Li Tingxi pinning Su Youling down in the passenger seat, and others of Li Tingxi applying lipstick to Su Youling. Each picture is ambiguous enough that even someone who doesn't know them would not fail to see the complex emotions between them that cannot be explained in a single sentence.

David was satisfied with the "material" he had captured, and his eyes revealed a ruthless determination to succeed.

He had been staking out the villa for several days, and finally he caught Li Tingxi and Su Youling coming and going together. He had long been fed up with the life he had been living like a pig and a dog!

With these photos in hand, Ye Qing, that woman who betrayed him after using him, will probably change her mind and give him benefits since he still has some use to her.

Thinking of this, David couldn't wait to send the photos to Ye Qing using his newly changed bank card number.

Since her unpleasant encounter with Professor Richard last time, Ye Qing wanted to use his guilt towards her to dispel his suspicions. During this period, she deliberately ignored him and did not visit him at the villa, all to create the illusion that she was angry because her father had misunderstood her.

This approach did indeed have an effect, as Professor Richard called her several times to check on her.

Having settled things with her father, Ye Qing's real headache was dealing with Li Tingxi and Su Youling.

The warning Li Tingxi gave her before leaving that night terrified her. She had been trying to find out about Li Tingxi's situation for the past few days, but unfortunately, Li Tingxi was clearly on guard, and she couldn't get her own people into Li Tingxi's house at all.

Even though she knew that as long as Li Tingxi didn't come to her, he didn't have enough evidence to convict her, she still felt like there was an invisible knife hanging over her head, ready to fall at any moment. This inescapable fear was the most tormenting thing.

Just when she was at her wit's end, a series of photos sent by David was an even stronger shock to her already tense nerves.

The photos, with their natural yet ambiguous intimate contact between Li Tingxi and Su Youling, and the undisguised affection in Li Tingxi's eyes for Su Youling, were a resounding slap in the face to her.

She thought that Li Tingxi was only with Su Youling because of the child, but now it seemed like a joke.

"Li Tingxi actually likes her." Ye Qing stared intently at Su Youling's eyes in the photo, glistening with tears under Li Tingxi's gaze, her jealousy almost driving her mad.

That bitch is really scheming. She acts like she doesn't care about Li Tingxi in front of him, but in private she has such a seductive and foxy face. Men really do fall for this, even Li Tingxi is no exception!

Ye Qing's face contorted as she bit her lower lip hard.