"Wipe your hands."

Seeing that Shen Yulou didn't intend to wipe his hands himself, Chi Yuan handed him two tissues.

"Thank you very much, Mr. Chi."

Shen Yulou calmly took the tissue, deliberately letting her fingertips lightly rub against Chi Yuan's palm, the movement slow and discreet.

Chi Yuan felt as if a feather had brushed against his palm, causing him to tremble slightly. He instinctively wanted to pull his hand back, but out of pride, he could only pretend to be calm.

Shen Meiren raised her eyes and, through her slipping gold-rimmed glasses, gave Chi Yuan a meaningful look. Then she let go of his hand and began to slowly wipe the pomegranate juice off her hands.

"Mr. Chi, would you like some?"

My hands were clean, but they were still a little damp and sticky.

She then picked up a pomegranate with her transparent fingernail and handed it to Chi Yuan. The pomegranate seeds rolled slightly on her fingertips, as if showing off their plumpness and allure.

"Mr. Chi has just finished a competition and is exhausted, he should try it."

As she spoke, her fingers moved forward again, almost touching Chi Yuan's lips.

"No need, you can eat it."

Looking at the pomegranate seeds so close at hand, and seeing Shen Yulou's affectionate gaze, Chi Yuan felt an unexpected sense of panic.

Help! He feels like Shen Yulou is seducing him!

Could it really be true?

If you think the hard approach won't work, you'll try the soft approach. You want to seduce him and then use him to gain his family's allegiance, right?

"Eat up, Mr. Chi. You even look down on the pomegranate that the Minister of Finance personally fed you?"

Shen Yulou raised an eyebrow slightly, his eyes revealing a hint of undeniable authority.

He deliberately raised his voice slightly, making his words sound more like a kind of "persuasive pleading" with ulterior motives.

"Well, it's my honor, but I feel it's a bit too intimate."

Chi Yuan leaned back slightly, trying to increase the distance between himself and Shen Yulou.

The panic in my heart was somewhat suppressed.

"Mr. Chi, you're being too polite."

"It's just a pomegranate seed, how can we talk about being too intimate?"

Shen Meiren chuckled softly, and the fading sound made the already ambiguous atmosphere between the two of them even more intense.

"Could it be that Mr. Chi has other concerns in his heart?"

These words left Chi Yuan speechless for a moment.

His skills are still not deep enough; he's nowhere near as skilled as someone who's been in politics.

Shen Yulou felt a surge of satisfaction and pushed his hand forward again, this time placing the pomegranate seed firmly on Chi Yuan's lips.

The unfamiliar touch on his lips forced Chi Yuan to open his mouth slightly, following the pressure of Shen Yulou's fingertips.

The pomegranate seeds slid smoothly into Chi Yuan's mouth, their sweet juice bursting on his tongue as he chewed them slowly, swallowing them whole, seeds and all.

"very nice."

Seeing that Chi Yuan obediently ate the pomegranate, Shen Yulou adjusted his glasses and posture with satisfaction.

"I wonder if Mr. Chi has ever heard a Greek story?"

"A Greek story?"

Chi Yuan frowned, then shook his head.

What is this person trying to keep in suspense?

"In Greek mythology, Hades, the god of the underworld, fed Persephone, whom he had abducted, pomegranate seeds, and from then on she had an unbreakable bond with the underworld."

Chi Yuan paused in his task of peeling a pomegranate.

"Because, having eaten food from the underworld, Persephone must spend a portion of each year returning to the underworld."

Shen Yulou's voice became low and slow, as if he were telling a story or proclaiming a judgment of fate.

"What's wrong with Mr. Chi?"

"I was just telling a story, why are you taking it so seriously?"

Seeing Chi Yuan's stiff face, Shen Yulou couldn't help but smile with a playful smirk, as if he had successfully teased him.

"It's nothing, I just think Hades is a bit too domineering, and Persephone is too pitiful."

Chi Yuan's face quickly shifted to a look of sighing, but Shen Yulou remained completely oblivious to the veiled criticism directed at him.

He then enthusiastically gave Chi Yuan a thumbs-up.

"Mr. Chi, you are amazing. You were able to repeat such a long name completely after only hearing the story once."

Chi Yuan: ...