Dark clouds covered the sky above Lincheng, and the wind blew down from the distant mountains, seeping into every corner of the city like an undercurrent.
The early autumn night was already tinged with chill.
This slight chill paled in comparison to the master bedroom on the 20th floor of Haiquan Apartment Phase 1.
Cui Ziqi's emotions, which he had been trying to suppress from the very beginning, finally erupted under Xia Wan's disgusted gaze.
In the empty bedroom, the temperature seemed to have suddenly dropped several degrees.
Cui Ziqi stared at Xia Wan with a tense expression.
He suddenly leaned forward, grabbed Xia Wan's chin, and forced her to look up at him.
"Didn't you always want to sleep with me? Why are you acting so disgusted now?"
Xia Wan was forced to look up, her pupils reflecting his angry and sinister face. She gripped the blanket tightly, her cheeks flushed red.
He was angry.
In order to win over Cui Ziqi, she had previously told him a lot of dirty jokes to amuse him.
Now that Cui Ziqi has finally agreed to get close to her, she should gladly accept it.
She should endure humiliation and sacrifice everything, including her dignity, to return to her original world, just like she did with Zheng Minghuai before.
She shouldn't be willful, she shouldn't get angry.
But she looked at Cui Ziqi's distant and cold expression.
Anger and distress intertwined in her heart, and her fragile nerves snapped suddenly under the physical pain and mental shock.
He is not Zheng Minghuai.
She wouldn't treat him the way she treated Zheng Minghuai.
She looked at him stubbornly, her eyes red-rimmed.
"I'm the one who's always behind you, the one who's always pushed away by you, and the one who's always abandoned by you without a word. Disdain, who's really disdainful of whom between us?"
As she finished speaking, her voice trembled slightly with emotion.
A sharp pain shot through her chin as it was being pinched, but she met Cui Ziqi's increasingly bloodshot eyes without fear.
[Host, stop provoking him! The male supporting character's 'darkening' level is steadily increasing; if this continues, he'll go insane! You need to comfort him quickly!]
Xia Wan ignored the system's words.
She has been in this world for so long, but she rarely expresses her emotions in the storyline.
The first time was when I met Cui Ziqi.
The second time was also because of Cui Ziqi.
She thought that if she died at this moment, she might return to the real world.
My mother made sauerkraut; she hasn't eaten it in a long time.
"I've disturbed your life. If you really don't like me, tell me now and I'll leave immediately and never bother you again."
She said these words calmly.
Success made Cui Ziqi's face even more gloomy. His reddened eyes were filled with anger, his facial muscles were tense, and veins bulged on his full forehead. He was in a state of being ready to explode at any moment.
When the system noticed Cui Ziqi's increasingly volatile "darkening" data, it almost cried.
[Host! The male supporting character's corruption level is about to reach its maximum. If you don't stop him, you'll be the first person killed!]
Xia Wan met Cui Ziqi's gaze coldly, remaining unmoved.
system:……
[The 14th task is now being issued. The host must kiss the male protagonist within ten seconds. If the task is failed, all previous rewards will be reset, and the host will be trapped in the world of the book forever!]
Xia Wan's eyes flickered slightly, but she did not take any immediate action.
She continued to look coldly at Cui Ziqi, who was standing close by, with no intention of carrying out the task.
The system counted down while anxiously trying to persuade Xia Wan.
Xia Wan remained unmoved.
[5, 4...]
Cui Ziqi's hand, which was holding her chin, trembled. Xia Wan's cold and resolute words echoed in his mind, and his chaotic mind could no longer think of anything.
Intense anger and fear over Xia Wanzhen's departure seeped into every nerve in him, almost driving him insane under such intense stimulation.
[3, 2...]
Through his blurred vision, he saw Xia Wan's bright, glass-bead-like eyes darken, despair sweeping across them, leaving only an empty shell.
He saw a tear slide down her cheek, and her empty eyes slowly closed.
It seems she really is going to abandon him.
His heart tightened suddenly, and only a cry, seemingly from the depths of his soul, remained in his chaotic mind.
No!
He wouldn't allow her to abandon him!
Almost instinctively, he lowered his head and kissed her slightly parted lips fiercely.
At the same time, in Xia Wan's mind, the system's mechanical countdown sound reached 1.
[Ding! Congratulations, host, on completing the 14th mission!]
The system's voice was cheerful.
Xia Wan suddenly opened her eyes and saw Cui Ziqi's trembling long eyelashes, which were covered with glistening drops.
He just cried from anger?
Her lips were being nibbled haphazardly, and the slight pain pulled her out of her blank thoughts.
She pushed Cui Ziqi away forcefully, sat up wrapped in the blanket, and moved back to keep a distance from Cui Ziqi.
"Didn't you say you disliked me? Why are you kissing me?"
She secretly bit her lip, forcibly ignoring the lingering warmth on her lips.
Cui Ziqi looked up, and a sharp gaze fell on her face.
The wicked person files a lawsuit first.
She was the one who looked at him with disdain first!
It was only then that Xia Wan belatedly realized she was afraid.
She wrapped herself in the blanket, avoiding his gaze.
"I don't dislike you."
She thought Cui Ziqi would be furious, but to her surprise, she heard his deep voice, which sounded like an apology.
She looked up and met his dark eyes.
"I was waiting for you outside the movie theater and took off your clothes because they were dirty and wet."
He did not abandon her.
There was no intention to humiliate her.
Xia Wan was stunned, staring incredulously at Cui Ziqi, who was explaining things to her.
"I apologize for causing you any misunderstanding. I'm sorry. Also, you didn't bother me, so you don't need to leave."
He was wearing loose black loungewear, sitting on the pink bed. The bedroom, surrounded by warm colors, enveloped his gloomy self. The coldness in his clear, stream-like eyes faded, and his whole being seemed to warm up.
Xia Wan could hear her heart pounding.
In her third year in this world, she felt warmth for the first time.
"you……"
Her eyelashes trembled slightly, and she didn't know what to say, only clutching the blanket tightly.
He apologized.
He actually apologized to her!
She had just thought she was going to die.
Cui Ziqi stared straight at her with his dark, black eyes. The next moment, he bent down slightly and looked Xia Wan in the eye.
The puppy-like look in his eyes, waiting for a response, stirred a pang of pity in her heart.
Or should we just forgive him?
She was about to speak.
The little pervert spoke up again in a cool tone, "I apologized, it's your turn."
Xia Wan looked at him in surprise and blurted out, "What?"
"You just misunderstood that I was trying to assault you by taking off your clothes, which insulted my dignity. Also, you just looked at me with disgust."
Towards the end, he even seemed to be gritting his teeth.
He was clearly very, very concerned about that look.
"So, you have to apologize to me!"
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