The bitter broth slowly seeped into her mouth.
Su Xi tasted the soup, frowned, and was about to push the man away when he pressed her down even tighter, forcing the soup down her throat.
"Cough cough!"
The moment she was released, Su Xi pressed her chest and coughed violently.
"Zhou Jingming, you son of a bitch!"
Su Xi couldn't help but swear.
What does this taste like?
The man, having succeeded in his scheme, burst into laughter. "Xi'er, is it delicious?"
Su Xi couldn't stand Zhou Jingming calling her name. It was both overtly flirtatious and incredibly seductive, always making her want to break out of the scene.
She glared at him fiercely, but didn't say anything.
Zhou Jingming reached out his finger to wipe the soup from the corner of her lips, gently rubbing it. Su Xi felt both pain and itchiness, and gasped for breath.
Before she could swat his dog paws away, the man pressed himself against her again, uttering four words.
His lips brushed against her earlobe, his breath warming her skin.
Su Xi's expression changed slightly, and she pushed him away forcefully.
Looking into the man's laughing eyes, he acted as if nothing had happened, picked up his chopsticks and put food on her plate, saying, "Eat more, get a good rest tonight, I won't touch you."
Su Xi was surprised.
Did she mishear?
Just now, Zhou Jingming called out a name to her.
Seeing her pale face, Zhou Jingming grinned roguishly, "What, Xi'er, do you still want it?"
"roll."
Su Xi glared at him, then lowered her head to think about what had just happened. Out of the corner of her eye, she would steal a few glances at Zhou Jingming. The man remained as usual, showing no sign of anything amiss.
Did she really mishear?
Zhou Jingming appeared to be eating, but the corners of his lips curved into a smile.
I just gave her a little test, and although she appeared calm, her eyes betrayed her guilty conscience.
Without a doubt, this woman is the one he's been looking for.
Zhou Jingming wasn't in a hurry to expose her true colors. If she wanted to play, he had plenty of time to play along with her.
After eating a few bites of food, Zhou Jingming took a phone call and temporarily left.
The moment the door closed, Su Xi sat there, her face grave.
Regardless of what Zhou Jingming just said, or whether she heard him correctly, this man was no ordinary person. It seemed she would have to find a way to investigate him thoroughly.
If the other party is a friend, they can maintain this marital relationship.
But if it's an enemy...
Even if it's her childhood sweetheart with whom she grew up, she won't show any mercy!
In the study.
Zhou Jingming casually leaned back in his leather seat, and a male voice came through the microphone, "How's the medicine I sent you working? Have you been having insomnia or headaches lately?"
"Much better." Zhou Jingming's face was half-covered in darkness. He didn't like to turn on the lights when he was alone. The darkness gave him a sense of crisis, allowing him to detect danger immediately.
Therefore, he noticed Su Xi as she groped her way closer.
"Even if it gets better, you should still pay attention to balancing work and rest," the other person reminded them a few more times.
Zhou Jingming's gaze fell on the door, and he said lazily and casually, "Frequent sex will have an impact?"
The man on the other end said, "...You should also exercise restraint."
"You single dog have no sense of romance. How can you resist a beautiful woman in your arms?"
Zhou Jingming's voice was neither too loud nor too soft, and it drifted right into Su Xi's ears. Unable to fall asleep, she decided to follow him out to see what he was up to.
I never expected to hear such a bastard's words.
Women share intimate details with each other, and men also share their innermost thoughts with their brothers.
That scoundrel talks nonsense and has a skin as thick as a city wall.
Su Xi listened to a few words, but the lewd and offensive language was unbearable to hear. She tried to hold back, but in the end, she couldn't help but slip away.
As she continued listening, she worried she would catch something, her mind filled with a jumble of yellowish, unpleasant thoughts.
As the noise outside the door gradually faded away, Zhou Jingming's frivolous expression vanished, and his gaze turned cold and sharp. "You don't need to keep an eye on Fengxiang Pavilion anymore. I have my own arrangements."
"You know the identity of the Thousand Nights Pavilion Master?"
"It deliberately bumped into me."
"who?"
The man said casually, "Don't ask what you shouldn't ask. I'm hanging up now. I'm going to find my wife to warm my bed."
"Holy crap, Young Master Zhou, you're married?" the other person asked in surprise.
The arrogant man, his face full of pride, said, "My wife, Su Xi."
...
Su Xi tossed and turned in bed, recalling the various unusual things about Zhou Jingming that had happened over the years she had known him.
Aside from his romantic escapades, the only other thing he has to mention is the kidnapping incident when he was a teenager.
To protect Zhou Jingming, the Zhou family sent him abroad for a year to recuperate.
After returning to China, Zhou Jingming's face became even more resolute and handsome, and his personality changed drastically. In recent years, he has gone completely astray, with scandalous news appearing every day.
Every day, either female celebrities are involved in scandals, or they are photographed in bars.
Su Xi also believed that Zhou Jingming was a playboy, but after spending the past few days with him, she increasingly felt that this was just an illusion.
To protect those around her, she announced her retirement at the peak of her career and has been working as a nobody ever since.
Perhaps Zhou Jingming's image as a playboy is just a mask of pretense.
The attempt to cover up the truth only makes things more obvious; it's an attempt to conceal a secret that no one knows about.
It seems suspicious that Zhou Jingming went abroad for a year; perhaps we can investigate from this clue.
Su Xi sent a message to Fu Yu, asking her to investigate the matter.
...
Zhou Jingming didn't return to his room until the early hours of the morning. Su Xi was pretending to be asleep with her back to him. He knew this, so he smiled faintly without exposing her, and hugged her from behind before closing his eyes.
Both were lost in their own thoughts that night, and neither of them truly fell asleep.
As dawn approached, Su Xi's biological clock struck, and she got up, changed into her workout clothes, and went for a morning run, with Zhou Jingming following along as always.
After they returned and tidied up, the two sat facing each other and ate breakfast.
The maid brought over the soup she had last night, and Su Xi teased, "Aren't you afraid of getting a nosebleed from eating so much nourishing food so early in the morning?"
Zhou Jingming leaned close to her ear and blew a breath of hot air, "How can I satisfy you without shedding some blood?"
Su Xi smiled faintly, but in her heart she said to herself:
That jerk is just faking it all, don't take him seriously.
"Honey, take your time finishing this. I'm going to the film set now. Bye-bye." After finishing a glass of milk, Su Xi stood up, grabbed her bag, and left.
Zhou Jingming followed, casually draped his suit jacket over his shoulder, put one arm around her waist, and said in an extremely deep and seductive voice, "Xi'er, your husband is taking you."
The man's lips brushed against her earlobe, the unintentional teasing making Su Xi tense up. Fortunately, there was a wall next to her, and she steadied herself by grabbing it.
Whether this man is faking his flirtatiousness or genuinely flirtatious, he certainly has a knack for seducing women.
She had been charmed by him several times already.
"We're not going that way, no thanks." Su Xi brushed his hand away and quickly stepped out of the house as if fleeing for her life.
Once she's entangled with this man, she can forget about making it to the first scene.
After leaving the Zhou family, Su Xi drove to the film set.
As soon as she got out of the car, Qiao Xing blocked her way. The other party was arrogant and provocative, saying, "Su Xi, I told you, even if you spread the news, you can't ruin me."
"I advise you to stop doing this useless work and go back to practice your acting skills. Otherwise, the whole movie will become a bad movie because of you, and everyone will be criticized as a result."
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