On the return trip the next day, Gou An woke up with a messy hair. He looked at the blue and red bite mark on his shoulder in the mirror and fell silent.

If it hadn't been so present, she might have comforted herself that everything that happened last night was just an outrageous dream.

【Jiao Jiao: ……】

Gou An stuffed his things from the past few days into the suitcase, and then tried to find a suitable piece of clothing in the suitcase. Fortunately, autumn had arrived, and even for such an important occasion as on the ship, he still habitually brought a few sweatshirts in the suitcase.

Gou An pulled out a light blue one.

【Jiao Jiao: ……】

When I go into the bathroom to take a shower and blow dry my hair, I will be careful to avoid the wound on my shoulder with my hands. If I accidentally touch it, I will scream in pain.

Damn, he’s so cruel.

I really want to get a rabies vaccine.

【Jiao Jiao: ……】

When I was applying sunscreen, I couldn't help but look at the extra marks on my shoulders. It was like I had obsessive-compulsive disorder, and I accidentally thought of the process of how this thing was created -

The people behind him were patient and restrained.

It seemed as if he wanted to press his whole body on her, but he didn't really do it. His hot breath was just at the tip of her ear.

At that time, his voice really had some struggle, like a trapped beast about to break free from a cage, and he opened his mouth fiercely, "Don't look."

But it’s not fierce at all.

Gou An: “Ahhhhhhhhhhh!”

【Jiao Jiao: ……】

Carefully putting on a sweatshirt and denim shorts, Miss Gou, who once amazed everyone by wearing a small dress, turned back into her original country girl self.

Pulling my long hair out of my hoodie, I looked in the mirror and found that the person in the mirror looked very healthy. It was probably the harmony of yin and yang that Chinese medicine practitioners always talked about.

alright.

stop.

Stop thinking about this.

Gou An inadvertently glanced at the mobile phone on the table for the eighth time. There were quite a few messages early in the morning, all from her parents and members of the Qianjin Group urging her to pack her luggage quickly and come to the deck and not to dawdle.

The three-day short vacation is over. Counting on my fingers, it seems that these three nights were more exciting than the last.

This holiday was really not wasted.

【Jiao Jiao: ……】

I finally couldn't stand the little cat that posted a bunch of ellipsis messages every morning.

"If you have something to say, just say it," Gou An said. "If you keep hesitating, even a cat will get beaten."

【Jiao Jiao: Meow, meow, meow, meow, meow! 】

[Jiao Jiao: Evil female supporting role, I really underestimated you, evil female supporting role, the heroine hasn't even touched the hero's hand yet! You're just one step away from hitting home plate! ]

【Jiao Jiao: Sex. Erotic! 】

[Jiao Jiao: You even rejected the male lead's marriage proposal! You are such a traitor! You weigh 100 kilograms but you are still a traitor!]

When Gou An dragged her suitcase out of the house, the stupid cat was still chattering about rejecting the marriage invitation. She finally couldn't stand it anymore and threw the suitcase away.

"How do you know everything? Did you see everything yesterday? Did you watch the whole thing? How old are you? Do you know what "not suitable for children" means? You should cover your eyes... and ears with your furry paws!"

[Jiao Jiao: You can't see it. I still have to give the host some privacy. I just woke up and was overwhelmed by the overwhelming progress reports. ]

[Jiao Jiao: The text report is quite clear. Do you want to read it? It's comparable to pornographic articles. I even suspect that I have entered the wrong website. If you want to appreciate it, I can read it to you...]

Gou An's ears twitched, "Has He Jinxing's friendship level reached 60?"

[Jiao Jiao: Currently it is 45. Your responsibility increased a lot last night. It seems that men also like responsible women. ]

Gou An sneered loudly.

There were many people on the deck because they were preparing to disembark.

Gou An was pulled over to stand in line by Zhou Yutong, who was holding a stuffed bear under her arm, but he still saw He Jinxing standing in the crowd at a glance——

A man was leaning against the railing on the upper deck. He was dressed more casually today than he was yesterday, with a zippered sweatshirt over a shirt, dark blue shorts of the same brand, a pair of beach slippers, and sunglasses.

I don't know if the red scratches on his face were removed by some method, but he didn't show off arrogantly. The man lazily leaned against the railing with a glass of lemonade, his lips raised, his eyebrows relaxed, and his entire outline looked particularly gentle...

Like a black panther basking in the sun, lazily hanging on a tree branch.

"An An, where did you go last night? I heard that He Ran and the others were searching for you, looking like the sky had fallen!"

"I drank too much and went back to my room and fell asleep."

Gou An's voice was still a little hoarse.

When she spoke, she always felt a pair of eyes brushing across her face. She could tolerate it once or twice, but after three or four times, she couldn't stand it anymore and turned her head away.

Just like that, I made eye contact with someone on the upper deck.

The friends next to her were still chattering about something different. The man on the upper deck was caught peeping, so he simply hooked his sunglasses off his finger with one hand and stared at her face unscrupulously for a while.

After a long time, the curve of the lips on the face that always had a smile became bigger.

“…”

She couldn't help thinking of the narrow space last night, where she was tightly pressed against the wet man, and he never tired of rubbing her neck with his nose and lips -

It was these lips that were smiling at her like a peacock spreading its tail.

Gou An turned her head away with a tingling scalp. Just at this moment, Zhou Yutong pulled her and said, "Uncle with the buttocks looks a little different today, huh?"

Blinking blankly, "Huh?"

"I don't know," Zhou Yutong shrugged. "Maybe I'm used to seeing him in a suit and tie and keeping strangers away from him. Suddenly he's wearing casual clothes, and I'm impressed by how handsome he is... Just now, the sea breeze blew up his shirt, and I saw his abdominal muscles!"

“…”

Not only did she look at it, she also touched it yesterday during the chaos.

Gou An's ears were silently getting hotter, but she couldn't say a word. Seeing her stupid look and slow reaction, Zhou Yutong grabbed her neck and pulled her over. Just as she was about to say something -

My hand accidentally touched the bite mark under the hoodie.

Gou An frowned reflexively and hissed. Zhou Yutong immediately retracted her hand and asked, "What's wrong?"

Before Gou An could answer, she quickly muttered, "Do you have any growths due to allergies? Let me help you take a look." She lifted her collar, and Gou An was too late to stop her.

Then she gasped and pushed back her open collar. The groundhog suddenly looked up at her with wide eyes. After a few seconds, as if unsure, he opened his collar again and stretched his head to take a look...

Before she could scream, Gou An covered her mouth with his hand.

The pair of eyes exposed outside the hands flickered and stared like copper bells.

"Yesterday was the day when everyone had to become adults, right?" She pulled Gou An's hand away, and asked with shock barely concealed, "If it's not about age, then the body also has to be--"

"No." Gou An pulled his collar with a pale face, "Shh, don't let others hear it."

"Who is it?" Zhou Yutong also lowered her voice, "He bit so hard."

As she was talking, her cell phone rang. She picked it up without even looking at it and said "Hello". She could hear the background sound of the waves on the other end of the line with her other ear which was not pressed against the phone. There was silence on the other end. "What's wrong with your shoulder? Did you bite it too hard?"

“…”

"Yesterday I asked you to show me, but you refused."

Gou An hung up the phone directly.

There was still a buzzing in her ears, the man's low sigh-like voice still lingered, and the dull pain in her shoulder reminded her that last night was more than just a strange dream.

After returning home, Gou An was worried for several days.

I was extremely nervous every day until I was sure that there was no new news about the engagement from the He residence next door. I breathed a sigh of relief and thought to myself that it was indeed him who was bewitched that night.

This person disappeared for two days.

The Crayon Shin-chan avatar was lit up on Wednesday night. At that time, the marks on her shoulders were no longer so hideous, and only two shallow teeth marks were left...

The Crayon Shin-chan avatar in WeChat didn't say anything nonsense, just reminded Gou An to remember to watch the morning news the next day.

I replied him with a question mark, but the other party seemed to be dead and there was no sound from him anymore.

Gou An held his anger in his arms until the next day, when he obediently turned on the TV and saw the morning news reporting that a flagship store of a local newly-launched five-star hotel had a serious security breach the night before. The incident was a big deal, and it seemed that there were casualties.

This incident was like a fuse, and other problems of the Xu family were exposed one after another...

The most outrageous thing was probably that the matter of that idiot Xu Guang manipulating the sale of banned drugs on the black market was also dug up completely.

The news was broadcast at 7:30 in the morning. Two hours later, the stock market opened and took an unexpected high dive. The Xu family, which had been rising in Jiangcheng, was like a lone boat, tossed in the wind and rain.

You can tell whose work it is at a glance.

On the evening news, Xu Guang was seen being put on a hood and taken away by the police in a private room of a bar. Although he deserved it, the scene of sirens blaring and the ruthless police force inevitably brought back some bad memories for Gou An.

I took a picture of Crayon Shin-chan's avatar in front of the TV and sent it to him.

[Don't be afraid, I can win: Is this too cruel? 】

She was probably busy with a social event and didn't reply until around 11 o'clock in the evening.

【HJX: Are you okay? 】

A few minutes later, he added two more sentences.

【HJX: They are not An An. 】

【HJX: Not everyone gets two chances. 】

Gou An held the phone like a hot potato, not knowing whether to put it down or reply. He stared at the words that he could imagine were spoken in a natural tone.

Finally, I replied him with a string of ellipsis.

Although she really wanted to yell at him, she was a good citizen and there was no need to give her a chance.

Two days later, on Thursday afternoon, I had no classes and went home early. I had just turned on a movie and was about to relax at home when Gou Yu called and asked Gou An to go to the study to find a document and send it to He's company for He Jinxing to sign.

Gou Yu's tone on the phone was clearly festive, as if he was in high spirits because of something happy happening.

Gou An couldn't help but open the folder out of curiosity and took a look (since she was asked to run errands to deliver it, it shouldn't be a confidential document). The bright title of the document probably only explained one meaning: The He family joined forces with the Gou family, an old local tycoon who started out in the traditional hotel industry, and prepared to start taking over the Xu family's industry step by step.

After driving out the Xu family, the Gou family became the dominant force in the hotel industry in Jiangcheng.

It was indeed a happy event. No wonder Gou Yu couldn't wait even a second and was anxious to instruct his daughter to personally deliver the information. He even forgot that at least in the He's Building, not everyone could see He Jinxing if they wanted to...

Holding the folder, Gou An was naturally stopped downstairs. The receptionist smiled at the little girl who was wearing a sweater and a long skirt, without a bag, and who looked nothing special except for her cute appearance: "Do you need help to apply for an appointment?"

It’s not enough to make an appointment, you also need to apply.

That is to say, there is still a possibility that the appointment will not be approved.

"Tell Liu Haoming that Ye Lang is looking for him."

The background board behind him suddenly spoke. Gou An looked back at him blankly. The receptionist was also stunned. She called the secretary and invited them to the elevator three minutes later.

Standing in the elevator, Gou An was still in disbelief: "My reputation is not as great as yours?!"

In the elevator, Ye Lang glanced at her, as if wondering what the fuss was about, and uttered a muffled "hmm".

Gou An felt even more aggrieved.

Secretary Liu was a sensible person. Based on his three-day observations during the coming-of-age banquet on the ship, he had roughly figured out what his immediate boss was thinking about...

Anyway, it has little to do with Miss Lu Wan.

Knowing that Gou An didn't like coffee, he went to the secretary's office and got a bag of chocolate powder to make it for her. He placed the steaming hot chocolate in front of her and said with a perfect and official smile, "Mr. He is being interviewed and it will be over soon. Please wait a moment... If Miss Gou is impatient, you can also go to the small room to watch the interview. There are also some popular celebrities here today. I heard that they want to do a group interview."

Gou An originally wanted to say that she had no interest in celebrities, but then she thought of Xiao Miao.

This person has been put on Zhou Yutong's list of the stars she hates the most.

Thinking that she might be among the people who came back, she went to the interview area to take a look.

There is a reception room specially used by He Jinxing on the top floor of He’s house, and today’s interview will take place there.

Gou An saw the logo on the microphone held by the interviewing reporter, which was the news media that broke the news about the security loophole in Xu's Hotel...

Probably it was only after using their resources that they agreed to such an entertaining interview.

Today, Mr. He is wearing a well-tailored suit and tie. His black hair looks particularly well-behaved, probably because he had carefully groomed it when he got up early. His brows and eyes are relaxed, and when he smiles, he seems approachable and unexpectedly calm.

There were indeed a few celebrities sitting around him, both male and female. The atmosphere of the interview was very good, as if they were just chatting and talking about the latest gossip in the entertainment industry.

He Jinxing seemed to have no interest in such topics at all, but the amazing thing was that every time a topic was thrown to him, he would be able to pick up the topic and say something without being abrupt or forced.

They chatted about the stuffed bear toy worth more than four hundred thousand yuan on the boat, which was snatched away by Mr. He. After returning home, Xiao Miao posted a photo on Instagram to express his love for it, but it was a pity that he didn't get it.

He Jinxing's smile remained unchanged: "Of course I will find another way to compensate Miss Xiao."

The stars around him cheered and said "Oh my" and "Ouch", and the host praised Mr. He for being thoughtful. He Jinxing said that it was a pie in the sky made by his good friend and had nothing to do with him.

Unable to bear all this superficial talk, Gou An rolled her eyes and prepared to retreat. Anyway, the documents had been delivered, and there was no need for her to stay here and waste time.

"Mr. He seems to be a man who is very caring towards girls, but why doesn't he seem to have any pink messages after returning to China for a year? Is he still focusing on his career and has no plans in this regard?"

Sitting in the main seat, the man tapped lightly on the armrest of the seat with his slender fingertips.

There was a room full of carefully dressed-up stars and TV media people in bright and fancy clothes, but his eyes casually passed over them and swept in a certain direction behind the large glass next to him.

No one thought there was anything wrong, and everyone thought he was just thinking deeply.

“No.”

No one noticed that a figure was clearly reflected in the man's eyes. The figure had a half-bun hairstyle and was wearing a fluffy sweater. At this moment, he was rolling his eyes without any image...

"I'm considering whether I should pursue someone."

He lowered his eyes, and his long eyelashes hid the smile that was welling up in his eyes.

"But I am a man of action and I am praying sincerely that I will not scare anyone else."

(End of this chapter)