"I don't care, you just admitted it, from now on you're my boyfriend, I can kiss you whenever I want, and you're not allowed to resist!"
Xia Wan's tone was firm.
Cui Ziqi's face flushed red, and he frowned as he released Xia Wan's collar. "I don't agree!"
The firmness in his eyes and the decisiveness in his tone dealt a heavy blow to Xia Wan.
She put her hands on her hips, ready to act shamelessly, when the system's submissive voice rang in her mind.
[Host, the villain's favorability towards you is decreasing. Friendly reminder: don't push too hard.]
Xia Wan instantly deflated and slowly lowered her hand.
This little pervert, they've already kissed, and he's still trying to act like a saint.
One day, she will definitely tear down his signboard!
She looked at Cui Ziqi unhappily, "Fine, I won't force you, but I have to settle the score with you for what happened earlier."
"What debt?"
Cui Ziqi frowned. Shouldn't he be the one settling accounts?
He was kissed out of nowhere again, which is really unfair!
Xia Wan pointed in the direction they came from, "What did you mean when you asked Xia Zhizhi if she had been to Guimeng Welfare Home fifteen years ago?"
Cui Ziqi pursed her lips, her eyes flickering slightly.
“Xia Zhizhi grew up in Shui County, and Guimeng Welfare Home is located in Shui County. It’s normal for her to have been there, but it’s not normal for you to ask her!”
"You think Xia Zhizhi saved you back then, and that I've been lying to you all along, right?"
Xia Wan looked at Cui Ziqi with a serious gaze, her bright eyes sparkling, which, in Cui Ziqi's eyes, seemed as if she was about to cry.
He looked away, his gaze falling on her left shoulder, trying to see the red butterfly fluttering on her shoulder through the fabric.
Distant memories begin with butterflies, and then become blurred as butterflies flutter about.
He couldn't actually remember whether the butterfly was a birthmark or part of his clothes.
But he clearly remembers hearing the girl constantly cursing the children who buried him in the back mountain as little beasts, remembering the girl's soft words when comforting him, and remembering the girl repeatedly telling him to be a kind person...
The torrential rain washed over his back, and through the close curtain of rain, he seemed to hear the girl's whispers.
“You’re not a sick child, you’re a very, very good…good person…”
The person who saved his life in his memory wouldn't think of him as a madman.
On the contrary, they would speak up for him when others called him crazy!
Therefore, he already knew in his heart who was his savior, Xia Wan or Xia Zhizhi.
"...I'm sorry, it won't happen again."
He spoke softly, a hint of unease flashing in his eyes; it was his first time apologizing, and he felt a little awkward.
Xia Wan was somewhat surprised. Was he apologizing?
She already felt a little guilty for questioning Cui Ziqi while being an imposter.
Now that he's apologizing, I feel even more guilty!
But in order to survive, and more importantly, for the safety of the world in the book, she had to dispel Cui Ziqi's concerns.
She deliberately maintained an angry expression and lectured him, word by word.
"I'll forgive you this time since you apologized, but don't you dare mistake me for someone else again, or I'll never talk to you again!"
These words, which sounded like a young girl's coquettish utterances, terrified Cui Ziqi when they reached his ears.
He quickly shook his head, "No, not anymore."
They're quite well-behaved.
Xia Wan thought to herself.
She blinked and tentatively asked, "Then about us dating..."
Cui Ziqi's obedient demeanor immediately vanished, his cold and hard features instantly covered with a layer of frost, and his eyes held an aura that kept people at a distance.
Xia Wan pouted. What a fierce man!
"Don't always have that cold face, it's kind of scary," she advised earnestly.
Cui Ziqi sneered and spoke with righteous indignation.
"You're the scary one."
"How did I scare you?" Xia Wan retorted.
"Your mouth will force a kiss on me, it's scarier than a man-eating beast!"
Xia Wan: ……
Cui Ziqi's gaze fell on her lips, her pink lips opening and closing. He quickly blushed and looked away.
He quickly walked away.
"Why!"
Xia Wan called his name, and he moved his feet even faster.
She discovered that Cui Ziqi seemed to know everything about relationships between men and women, yet he also appeared very innocent.
Why?
In the book, he treats Xia Zhizhi like a frog being slowly boiled in water, using a whole series of methods.
Why is he so rigid when it comes to her?
Was it because her methods of winning her over were too aggressive?
She sighed. Having been single for over twenty years, how could she possibly be a genius when it came to relationships?
She quickly lifted her foot and chased after Cui Ziqi.
"Wait for me! You're making me walk home in the middle of the night?"
Cui Ziqi's pace slowed down quietly.
...
Xia Wan lay back down on the bed.
He was leisurely flipping through the original plot with his legs crossed.
At the charity gala on the cruise ship three days later, she, as the villainous female supporting character in the original book, will drug Zheng Minghuai, intending to forcibly take him as her own.
As a result, Zheng Minghuai, that playboy, erected a memorial arch for chastity for the first time and kicked the original owner out of the room.
Xia Zhizhi accidentally entered the room, and the male and female protagonists had sex.
'System, do I need to do these things that day?'
Of course you need it. This is your part, and it's crucial for advancing the plot.
Xia Wan pouted in dissatisfaction.
She didn't actually want to take action. What if Cui Ziqi saw it and misunderstood that she still had feelings for Zheng Minghuai?
The difficulty of her strategy will increase, and her journey home will take longer and longer!
[However, host, you need to play it by ear. I feel the male lead is treating you differently. It's probably because you suddenly stopped fawning over him, and he's acting a bit like a jerk and started paying attention to you. When that happens, drug the female lead and push her into the room, but don't go in yourself. I'm afraid he might really have those kinds of feelings for you.]
'Okay, okay.'
She could do this little thing casually.
Three days later she was on a cruise ship, but she had more important things to do.
Her gaze fell on the book in the void.
"Charity dinners on cruise ships are entertainment areas for the wealthy. While ostensibly for charity, they're essentially hubs for upper-class individuals to network and build connections."
Cui Ying led the tycoon, with whom the Cui family had recently partnered, into the cruise ship's lower deck. A boxing ring had been set up there, surrounded by well-dressed upper-class individuals. On the ring, Cui Ziqi, dressed simply in a t-shirt and trousers, stood opposite a muscular man with a muscular physique. Neither wore protective gear, and their punches landed squarely, splattering blood into the air and raising the cheers from the crowd to a new high.
The book describes what will happen on the cruise ship three days later.
In order to network with powerful figures, the Cui family secretly organized this underground boxing match to entertain the elites.
They also managed to secure a lucrative contract.
Cui Ziqi became the most advantageous image and the best henchman chosen by the Cui family.
The article also mentions that Cui Ziqi has caught the eye of some powerful figures…
Xia Wan's face had long since darkened, and under the warm yellow light, a hint of coldness flashed in her dark eyes.
Her main purpose in going to this charity event was to prevent Cui Ziqi from going on stage!
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