Chapter 180 It was you who seduced me first, so who am I?
It was so quiet that even the sound of snow outside the window seemed to have stopped.
The room was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop, with only the two people's breathing mixing in the air.
Xie Siyan's eyes still showed signs of fatigue, and it was obvious that he was tired. He actually fell asleep leaning against the sofa. The TV in front of him was still broadcasting the news at a very low volume.
He frowned and looked at her seriously, his expression appearing profound under the dim floor lamp.
He just stared at her quietly, his gaze as if it were real, and raised his lips, "Throw it away after use?"
Mu Jia felt uncomfortable when he looked at her, so she looked away.
"Xie Siyan, thank you this afternoon..." She clearly showed a distant and polite attitude, but Xie Siyan didn't buy it. His expression was a little cold, but he didn't argue any further. Instead, he lowered his eyes, took out his mobile phone, operated it a few times, and then unfolded the screen in a businesslike manner:
"Room fee."
"Are you going to pay me?"
Mu Jia remembered that this was not his own house.
Of course, she was already very grateful to Xie Siyan for taking her there, and she had no objection to paying the room fee. She opened her phone and checked the payment record, "I'll transfer it directly to your WeChat..." Before she could finish her words, the number on the payment record made her pupils shrink.
“…Eighty-eight thousand?”
Mu Jia looked up in disbelief, her eyes fixed on Xie Siyan's face, trying to make sure he wasn't kidding. The man was calm, his phone open, not put away. His brows were gloomy, and he looked at her with a hint of arrogance, as if asking: What's the problem?
Of course there is a problem.
Mu Jia's hands were shaking, and he didn't bother to distance himself from him anymore. He just took the phone from his hand and flipped it up and down.
This price far exceeded the consumption level of an ordinary five-star hotel. Even the presidential suite shouldn't be so outrageous. Did he feel cheated? Moreover, he only slept here for a few hours, and he had already paid nearly 100,000 yuan. Mu Jia didn't treat money like dirt.
She took a deep breath and considered her words. After several deliberations, she felt that she couldn't be tactful. Mu Jia raised her head in disbelief and chose to speak directly from her heart.
"Xie Siyan, have you been deceived?"
Xie Siyan pursed his lips and explained directly with a cold expression, "This is how much I usually spend chasing women."
Mu Jia stood there in a daze, unable to accept for a moment his explanation of reality in the tone of a dandy second-generation playboy.
"What's more..." His eyes were dark, and he suddenly grasped her wrist tightly, pulling her in front of him. He said in a deep voice, "Compared to the property I gave you before, this is nothing..."
Mu Jia's breath was choked, and he subconsciously turned his head away, trying to avoid his burning gaze.
She struggled to free her wrist, but he held it tighter.
The distance between the two was so close that they could feel each other's body temperature. Mu Jia's chest was heaving violently, and his collar was trembling slightly with his breathing.
Xie Siyan's gaze shifted downwards, lingering for a moment at her collar. Mu Jia paused for two seconds before looking away to answer his question:
"I'm sorry, Xie Siyan, I was serious at that time."
She closed her eyes, feeling a little uncomfortable, and explained to him softly, "Your mother came to me and said that there was a problem with the review of a project I was involved in. If I don't agree to her conditions, I might end up in jail for a public crime, which would at worst affect my future..."
Her voice trembled, and her fingertips unconsciously clenched the corner of her clothes. "Xie Siyan, I'm different from you. My career is the foundation of my life. I can't..."
She left the rest of the words blank, believing that she understood what she meant.
There was a long silence.
Xie Siyan didn't say anything for a long time, so long that Mu Jia thought he had gotten up and left.
He suddenly twitched his lips, and at the same moment, Mu Jia turned her head and heard his voice, "You didn't even think of asking me for help for a second." Xie Siyan simply chose to speak directly, his voice a little arrogant, "It's just a small matter, I can handle several of them in a day. Is this your first day in the workplace?"
Mu Jia opened his eyes wide in disbelief, his lips trembling slightly as he opened them, "I..."
She really hadn't thought of asking him for help.
Xie Siyan moved closer, gripping her chin with his bony fingers, forcing her to look up. "A top student from Peking University," he asked in a low, icy voice, "you wouldn't think of asking your boyfriend for help, would you?"
Mu Jia couldn't come up with a complete explanation.
She couldn't explain it.
It seemed like... she really didn't think of asking him for help after the incident, causing him to fall out with his family, and just wanted to escape.
Xie Siyan's expression was a little cold. "Aren't you the one pursuing me? You always want me to take the initiative. I'm afraid if I don't take the initiative right now, there will be no future for us." Xie Siyan's voice was low and hoarse. His fingertips gently stroked the skin on the inside of her wrist, looking directly into her eyes. "It was obviously you who seduced me first, so what am I?"
Mu Jia didn't know how to react for a moment. Her long hair fell down, covering the red corners of her eyes. "Xie Siyan..."
"You still don't like it enough, right?" Xie Siyan let go of her wrist and stood up.
Mu Jia's breathing hitched. She thought she would hear his usual threats, but Xie Siyan suddenly let go of her wrist.
The next second, he stopped looking at her and turned to pick up the suit jacket draped over the back of the chair.
There was a small dark red bloodstain on the dark fabric of the suit. It was accidentally rubbed on her when he handed her the coat and tied it around her waist when she had a stomachache in the afternoon.
Xie Siyan didn't care at all. He just picked it up and walked out.
"Where are you going?" Mu Jia stood up and asked subconsciously, with a panic in his voice that he himself didn't even notice.
The only person who answered her was the man who glanced back with a slightly complicated look.
Xie Siyan didn't say much, nor did he ask her for the room fee. After looking at her, he turned around and walked out the door.
With the sound of a door closing, the room suddenly became quiet.
Mu Jia stared blankly at the tightly closed door, as if a piece of her chest had suddenly been hollowed out. She slowly slid down to the ground and finally curled up beside the sofa.
What's more, there was a wet mark on the sofa.
She clutched the sofa fabric tightly, her knuckles turning white, as if she could hold on to something, but the suite was filled with suffocating emptiness.
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