Chapter 69 Make You Love Me

With the huge success of the movie, Li Ji has gradually gained considerable fame abroad, probably because of his face that attracts both men and women. He even attracted a group of fans who translated some of his previous works into foreign languages and posted them on the Internet.

He is busier than before and is often not seen. He is either filming or receiving awards, traveling non-stop both at home and abroad.

Sheng Zhao sometimes lamented that he was much busier than her.

Therefore, Sheng Zhao especially cherishes his free time. After all, when someone else is busy as hell, he is taking a break, which is worth cherishing no matter how you look at it.

Compared to before, Sheng Zhao now takes Li Ji to various grand banquets more openly. Now everyone in the circle knows that the scandal between President Sheng and Li Ji is true - and Chen Shuoxing, who was once pampered in the palm of his hand, has been eliminated long ago.

But everyone couldn't help but wonder, how long would Li Ji stay with Sheng Zhao?

You have to know that there is no shortage of high-quality men around President Sheng, and countless men want to climb into her bed.

Naturally, countless people were eyeing Li Ji's position—that person was Sheng Zhao! The young and elegant CEO of Sheng Group had taken a notorious clubber, seemingly beyond repair, and catapulted him to the pinnacle of the domestic entertainment industry in just a few years, a name known both domestically and internationally.

Why did such a great blessing fall on Li Ji?

If it were me, with so many resources poured into it, I would also be able to reach such a position. I am really jealous. Why is he so lucky? Why can't such a blessing fall on me?

This dark and jealous gaze fell on Li Ji, but his expression did not change at all, as if he had long been accustomed to such malice. He even had a smile on the corner of his lips, treating the person he was talking to decently but distantly.

So arrogant... Let's wait until he is dumped by President Sheng and then see if he will show such an arrogant expression.

The male star who was talking to him still had a smile on his face, but his heart was full of malice.

"Come to think of it, it was Shuo Xing who attended these banquets with President Sheng in the past. I've been witnessing them for a long time. Maybe Shuo Xing has become successful and famous and doesn't care much about these banquets anymore."

The male star who approached Li Ji has been in the entertainment industry for a long time. Many stars would call him "senior" when they see him. Even though he has been in the entertainment industry for a long time, he is still not very popular. At most, he relies on his seniority and age.

He sighed as Chen Shuoxing observed Li Ji's expression.

It was really enviable. The jealousy and anger in his chest almost burned him. If he had a figure of Sheng Zhao's level who was willing to make him famous when he was young, he would no longer be an old man who was neither popular nor famous and only received a little respect from everyone because of his seniority.

Li Ji paused, took a sip of wine, his expression a little gloomy but he quickly concealed his emotions.

"Young people today are really living in a great era. Back in our time, communication wasn't well developed, so there were many things we had to do to become famous. It's not as easy as it is now. You can just rely on your pretty face to find a rich man and you'll be in bed with women at such a young age. I don't know if my future wife will dislike it—"

The middle-aged male star stopped talking all of a sudden, as if he felt that he had said something wrong, and slapped his mouth, "Oh, look at my mouth, I deserve a drink, I deserve a drink."

No matter how gentle his expression was, the malice in his words and the scrutiny in his eyes were still clearly revealed in Li Ji's eyes.

Unexpectedly, Li Ji's expression remained calm. It seemed that apart from the words about Chen Shuoxing, no other malicious intent could arouse his emotions. He even raised his eyes lazily, with a slightly impatient and cold look, as if to say - are you done?

He was only wearing a slim-fitting suit, probably because he was in a bad mood or was a little busy, so he didn't dress up carefully, unlike the haute couture suits of other male stars at the banquet, which were exquisite and elegant, revealing their waists, chests, and even their backs and abs.

But even if it is an ordinary suit, the waist and figure it outlines are better than many people, and it looks like she is wearing a high-end dress.

The slim-fitting suit outlines his chest and long legs, and his broad shoulders and narrow waist make many women secretly glance at him. Li Ji's hair is not carefully groomed and is slightly messy, giving him a casual and lazy look.

He reached out and casually lifted his tie, then perhaps because it was hot, he unbuttoned another button, revealing his collarbone and a small part of his chest.

Li Ji suddenly raised his head and poured the wine in the goblet into his mouth, swallowing it in one gulp. However, a drop of crystal clear wine slid down the corner of his lips, winding and twisting, and flowed to the Adam's apple of his neck. It swayed with the swallowing movement and finally fell into his chest.

Extremely sexy.

Some powerful women were tempted by this scene of beauty and wine, but when they thought of the beauty already having a boyfriend, they regretfully shifted their gaze, secretly hating themselves for not picking up this top-notch beauty earlier and letting Sheng Zhao get it.

Li Ji shook the empty wine glass in his hand in front of the middle-aged male star. His eyes were calm, and his lower lip was still wet from the wine. He raised his eyebrows slightly - the wine was finished, and he excused himself.

Then he turned and left.

The faces of the male stars who had just surrounded him and tried to share a bite of Sheng Zhao Tang became a little stiff.

At the banquet, the most eye-catching people were Sheng Zhao and the people around him. After annexing the Shen family, the Sheng family became the dominant force. The number of people who came to the banquet to discuss cooperation increased by twice as much as before, not to mention the various male celebrities who were eyeing them covetously after seeing the example of Li Ji.

Sheng Zhao felt a little headache about this scene. He saw Li Ji leaving out of the corner of his eye, paused, found a reason to leave, and followed his pace.

——————

Li Ji leaned against the corner, his hands in his trousers, looking bored as if waiting for someone.

When she raised her eyes, she suddenly saw Sheng Zhao coming. It seemed that she had expected Sheng Zhao to come here. The corners of her lips curled up slightly with a smile that seemed like she had been waiting for a long time.

He had observed it long ago.

No matter what kind of banquet it is, Sheng Zhao will sneak to the least crowded and most secluded corner in the second half - toilets, balconies, corners... these are all Sheng Zhao's haunts.

Even though Li Ji was Sheng Zhao's male companion, he would inevitably be distracted by people who came up to him to chat or discuss business at the banquet, so Li Ji would usually wait in these corners for Sheng Zhao to arrive.

It's more like a game of cat and mouse.

"...I caught you again."

Seeing Sheng Zhao's figure, Li Ji seemed to be in a somewhat happy mood, probably because he felt that his position of waiting for an opportunity was in tune with her, and there was a slight smile in his voice.

"Wow, that's amazing."

“Hmm—”

Sheng Zhao praised insincerely, walked forward, and under Li Ji's slightly puzzled gaze, suddenly grabbed his waist.

As Li Ji trembled slightly, she leaned close to his ear, her breath hitting his ear, causing him to tremble again. She slightly curved her eyes and lowered her voice.

"But I should be the winner—"

"Because they thought I would sneak in here, they were waiting for me... But I saw you got here first, so I followed you."

"Poor little rabbit thought he was sitting ducks."

"But you should be the one caught."

She smiled and even bit the tip of Li Ji's ear maliciously, causing the man to groan.

Li Ji pursed his lips and stared at Sheng Zhao's smiling eyes. His mood became a little bad again, probably because he thought of Chen Shuoxing that the middle-aged star had just mentioned. He frowned slightly and kissed her suddenly.

There was still the aroma of fresh wine between his lips and teeth, which was strong and intoxicating when his lips and teeth met.

“Um… well—”

Sheng Zhao paused for a moment, then took the initiative and pressed him against the wall, regaining the dominant position and invading his mouth.

The fragrance of the woman and her fierce aggressiveness made Li Ji a little intoxicated by this kiss. His legs became a little weak, and he tried hard to take back the initiative, but Sheng Zhao pushed him against the wall fiercely, until his struggle was meaningless.

Sheng Zhao's hands pressed tightly on his waist, feeling extremely hot.

The nasty and restless woman even began to boldly put her hands into his clothes, grinding and teasingly outlining his abdominal muscles and waistline with her fingertips, making him tremble but unable to help but get closer.

"Um...you—"

Li Ji was almost lost in this kiss.

Then Sheng Zhao suddenly stopped kissing, and their lips and teeth separated. The wet lips felt a little cool when they touched the air, which made Li Ji, whose eyes were a little hazy, regain some of his sanity. His eyes were also slightly red in the kiss just now, and now there was a confused seduction in them, and he seemed to not understand why Sheng Zhao suddenly stopped.

Sheng Zhao seemed to have thought of something. He touched his lips with his fingertips and then slid them down, mumbling something to himself, "I remember——"

Then her fingertips gently pressed the man's sexy Adam's apple.

"I remember it was also... sweet here."

The woman's voice was slightly hoarse, and she whispered softly with a kind of ignorant persistence.

"Haa, ha—Sheng, Zhao…"

Li Ji was gasping for breath, and before he could react, Sheng Zhao lowered his head and kissed his Adam's apple, licking the drop of wine that he had just missed on his Adam's apple.

The dried-up wine had a slightly sweet taste, but it lost its sweetness after a while.

Sheng Zhao frowned slightly, seeming a little angry that the sweetness was gone, and bit his Adam's apple with the tip of his teeth, as if punishing him.

“Not here…”

Li Ji's breathing was rapid. Seeing Sheng Zhao's movements and hands becoming more and more excessive, he reminded him in a hoarse voice. The man's voice was hoarse and restrained, with a trembling ending and a low gasp.

But it seemed as if he was reluctant but also willing, his eyes were narrowed in satisfaction and seductiveness, and he allowed and indulged her actions.

...a little more.

Like seduction.

But after saying this, Sheng Zhao actually stopped what he was doing, and hugged him quite obediently, burying his head in his shoulder.

Li Ji was suddenly stunned.

When I looked down, I realized that Sheng Zhao's face was very red, as if he was drunk.

...was it because of the wine left in his mouth?

Li Ji's eyes, which had just been filled with passion, suddenly turned cold, as if they had been splashed with cold water. The drunk Sheng Zhao was particularly well-behaved, stopping when he asked her to, and clearly didn't hear the seduction in his words just now.

He couldn't continue talking like this, so he could only pause, sigh, and pull Sheng Zhao to the empty room to rest.

The drunk Sheng Zhao was well-behaved, her face flushed and she no longer had the fierce look she had just had. She sat obediently on the bed, drinking water, her eyes drooping in confusion.

Li Ji was a little dazed. He raised his hand and touched his sore Adam's apple, with a trace of blood on his fingertips.

...like a dog.

Her teeth were as sharp as ever.

Seeing that she was particularly obedient after getting drunk, Li Ji suddenly remembered what the middle-aged male star had just said. He paused, and with a hint of temptation, he asked her softly, "...Do you still like Chen Shuoxing?"

"dislike."

Sheng Zhao shook his head and answered decisively.

He looked into Sheng Zhao's eyes and asked, "What is Chen Shuoxing in your eyes?"

Sheng Zhao thought for a moment, frowning slightly, as if he was thinking unsteadily, and then said, "It's a pet, an annoying pet."

Li Ji seemed to be unable to understand the word "pet", which was ambiguous and full of control, but the word "annoying" eased his mood a little.

He moved closer and knelt on one knee in front of Sheng Zhao who was sitting on the bed, looking into Sheng Zhao's eyes which were a little hazy due to being drunk.

Such a rare opportunity fueled his ambition, and Li Ji's chest felt burning.

His voice was gentle and persuasive, "Where's Duan Jingrui?"

"A very stupid pet."

"...Where's the secretary?"

"No longer a fun pet."

Li Ji was silent for a while, then he asked, "...Where is your brother?"

"Toys that are no longer worth playing with, and want to get rid of lost pets."

"Ex-fiancé, Shen Moyi."

"A very stupid idiot, hardly a pet."

Her answers were very decisive. Her expression and eyes were clearly confused and ignorant due to being drunk, but her voice and words were particularly cold. After such questions and answers, Li Ji felt a little complicated.

"Then...what about Li Ji?"

He asked almost tremblingly, his eyes determined and his voice hoarse.

Li Ji's breathing became a little rapid, and his heart felt as if it was being tightly grasped in his chest. He was a little afraid of what his own evaluation would be - "a lowly pet."

What was he in her eyes?

Is he a little special?

Would you be a little more tolerant of other men's harsh comments?

He could never see through her.

She appears cheerful and lively, always smiling, but her heart is incredibly cold.

Li Ji lowered his eyes as if waiting for judgment, lowered his head devoutly and as if defeated, waiting for her cruel judgment.

But Sheng Zhao hesitated for a moment, her decisiveness seemed to be stuck. The drunk Sheng Zhao frowned slightly, looking a little entangled.

"……have no idea."

Li Ji suddenly looked up at Sheng Zhao.

She still frowned slightly, her eyes still hazy and confused, as if she was still thinking.

But this answer still did not change Li Ji's mood. He still knelt on the ground, slowly, reverently and carefully resting his face on Sheng Zhao's legs.

The moonlight outside the window shone on the figures of the two. Sheng Zhao's hand stroked his hair, as if comforting a wounded and defeated dog.

Li Ji's expression was a little gloomy, and it was hard to tell what emotion he was expressing. He just closed his eyes slightly, as if because Sheng Zhao was unconscious, it was difficult for him to express his true feelings, and his voice was hoarse.

"Just now, someone said that I became famous because of you. Because I was with you and slept with you, I am where I am today."

"He's calling me cheap and relying only on my body."

"I didn't refute him because I felt he was right."

Li Ji's voice suddenly sneered, with a hint of self-mockery.

"I'm not the kind of person who wants to be a saint even though I'm a prostitute, or who claims that success is all about hard work. I know that I'm where I am today because of you. If it weren't for you, I would have rotted away in a corner."

"So I think I'm like a dog you raised."

"I used to be happy to be a little puppy of yours, teasing me and being on top of me... I loved being with you like that."

"But I suddenly don't want to be just a dog anymore. I can't tell how genuine your love for me is. I know you're cold, so I'm afraid."

"Am I your boyfriend? I'm your only man, I'm your boyfriend, you sleep with me, you make love with me, you kiss me, you say you like me... do you really love me?"

Li Ji's eyes were a little confused, and his crow-feather-like eyelashes were trembling.

"I don't want you to have anyone else in the future. If you're just a pet dog, you'll be like those men just now... thrown away easily and want to get rid of. So I want you to truly love me."

He rubbed Sheng Zhao's hand slightly with the side of his cheek.

"Sheng Zhao, I don't want to be just a dog anymore. I don't want you to just like me anymore."

"...I want you to love me."