It was supposed to be an expression of dissatisfaction, but coupled with her seemingly bullied and crying appearance, it inexplicably added a touch of coquettishness.
If a few more tears welled up in those eyes—
The indescribable thought abruptly stopped the moment it began to roll on his Adam's apple.
A fleeting hint of mockery flashed in his darkened eyes.
He raised one hand, and the next second, his other hand, which was hanging by his side, was already on Li Tangyan's head.
My fingertips gently brushed through her hair, bringing a tingling, itchy sensation.
Li Tangyan was stunned for a moment, her pursed lips involuntarily parting slightly. Just as she was about to look up at him, she felt a hand on her head press down slightly.
Li Tangyan gasped in surprise, and when she came to her senses, her head had already drooped down because of his actions.
Below your eyes is the floor after it has been cleaned by a robot vacuum cleaner.
She couldn't see Wen Zhaonian's expression, but she sensed that his voice had inexplicably deepened: "Don't wander off, wait for me here."
*
When Wen Zhaonian returned, he had an ice pack in his hand.
There were no other chairs in the study besides the one behind the desk, so Li Tangyan took that spot at his request.
The moment Wen Zhaonian squatted down, Li Tangyan knew what he was thinking.
Just as I was about to refuse, a fleeting glance from him caught in my throat.
Seeing his gaze fall on her bruised and red knees, Li Tangyan felt somewhat uncomfortable.
As the hands supporting them on either side curled up, their fingertips sank into the soft cushion.
"Actually, I didn't feel anything, it was just scary to look at. I'm going back..."
"ah--"
She moved her lips, hesitating as if she was about to say something.
A high-pitched exclamation replaced the words he hadn't finished saying the instant he pressed the ice pack to his knee.
The biting cold quickly spread up to his knees.
The still-chilly water droplets slid down her knees and onto the dark carpet below.
Li Tangyan shivered from the cold and was about to pull her legs back.
Her ankle was grabbed first by Wen Zhaonian's still slightly cool hand.
His fingers were long and slender, and he grasped it completely without any effort.
The pressure applied by her palms felt like shackles, restricting all her movements.
Only after Li Tangyan's movements to pull back became less forceful did Wen Zhaonian release his hand, revealing the ankle that had been pressed with his fingertips.
Against her fair skin, it had a touch of alluring light pink.
Just one glance and Li Tangyan felt her face flush again.
She glanced at Wen Zhaonian again and saw that his attention remained fixed on his knees, his long eyelashes casting shadows under his eyes.
Before she could look away, the man suddenly raised his head.
With a slight upturn of her eyes and a drawn-out tone that seemed to carry a hint of seductive tenderness, she said, "Why are you shouting so loudly? Didn't you say you didn't feel anything?"
"!"
Li Tangyan swore that she really didn't have the wrong idea.
Honestly, if Wen Zhaonian hadn't always been a person of impeccable character in her eyes, she would have suspected that he was being a scoundrel.
However, before she could think about it any further, the door to the study was pushed open from the outside again.
Zheng Chuanyi, who should have boarded the plane, ran back cursing and swearing.
He gripped his tie and pulled it outwards, as if he were somewhat agitated.
However, the words of complaint were forced back down upon seeing the person in the study.
Just a few steps away, the girl sat in the chair behind Wen Zhaonian's desk, her hands resting on either side, her gaze lowered, seemingly looking at something.
When she turned her head to look at me, there was still a bit of pink on her cheeks.
Zheng Chuanyi froze on the spot, a hint of confusion flashing across his face: "Hey, where's A-Zhao?"
Hold on tight.
A clear, cool male voice came from behind the desk.
Then, the body that had been hidden reappeared in Zheng Chuanyi's sight as the person stood up.
He stood right next to Li Tangyan.
Her eyes still had an unnatural redness at the corners, and her fingertips lightly touched the table, leaving a faint trace of water.
—Hold on tight?
All the words he was about to say were thrown to the back of his mind. In an instant, it was as if a string in Zheng Chuanyi's head had snapped.
Staring wide-eyed at the two, his voice involuntarily rising: "Holy crap! You guys are pretty wild—"
"..."
Even after Li Tangyan was called away by a phone call, Zheng Chuanyi never forgot the look in her eyes when she picked up the ice pack in her hand.
"This is the first time in my life I've been treated like a pervert."
Zheng Chuanyi watched Wen Zhaonian tidying up while swishing his chair around on the ground.
She completely forgot that she came back to complain to him about being stood up.
On the other side, Wen Zhaonian bent down and picked up the things that Li Tangyan had dropped out of her bag while running away.
He ran his fingertip over the words printed on the medicine box, his brow furrowing almost imperceptibly.
"Hey, what are you looking at?" Zheng Chuanyi asked, seeing that he was ignoring him, and then pushed off with his chair to come over to him.
"It's nothing." Before Zheng Chuanyi could come closer, Wen Zhaonian had already put the box into the cabinet next to him.
As I walked past Zheng Chuanyi, my gaze fell on the slight bluish tinge under his eyes.
He suddenly chuckled: "Pervert, you stay up quite late at night, don't you? Take better care of yourself."
...Look at this, is this something a human being should say?
Zheng Chuan gritted his teeth, his attention instantly diverted.
He snorted.
Hearing her stomach rumble, she finally decided to channel her anger into food: "Fine, I'll settle the score with you after I finish the porridge in the kitchen."
The figure who had already reached the door suddenly stopped.
The long, slender knuckles pressed against the ice pack, producing a soft, tinkling sound like ice cubes colliding.
On the other side, Zheng Chuan had just taken out his phone to reply to a message when he felt a shadow loom over his head.
Before he could even look up.
The ice pack that someone threw at him had already slid down his lower abdomen and stopped on his leg.
The dampness spread, and when the air conditioner blew, it made people shiver involuntarily.
Holy crap!
Zheng Chuan, clutching his pants with a resentful look, was about to demand an explanation.
But then Wen Zhaonian raised his eyes and shrugged.
His words lacked any sincerity whatsoever: "Sorry, my hand slipped."
"???"
*
That heavy rain brought an end to the sweltering summer.
On Monday, the moment Li Tangyan stepped into the newspaper office, Hao Fu called her to his office.
"Be careful, I don't know if he took the wrong medicine today, he started cursing as soon as he came in."
Before entering, Ge Qingqing pulled her aside and whispered a reminder.
At the same time, a gruff voice, accompanied by something being slammed on the desk, came from inside the office again, urging, "Aren't you coming in? Should I go out and ask you to come in?"
The sound was so loud that those who had been peeking in their direction immediately looked away.
Li Tangyan's eyelids twitched, but she didn't say anything more to Ge Qingqing. After offering a reassuring word, she pushed open the door and went inside.
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