Chapter 26 I Know You Won't Touch Me
This scene was captured by many reporters and later circulated widely on Weibo, with many netizens describing Li Qinghe as a classical beauty who seemed to have walked out of a painting.
After a press conference ended, Li Qinghe looked at the time and prepared to go home.
"Li Qinghe." Ning Congyuan's voice came from behind. He took off his suit jacket, leaving only a shirt inside.
Ning Congyuan raised his lips towards Li Qinghe and said, "How about we make up for the dinner we didn't owe you last time today?"
Li Qinghe turned to look at him, her loose hair playfully hooking her coat, "Director Qiao, don't you need to have dinner with Sister Xia and the others?"
"They have other plans." Ning Congyuan lied calmly. He turned down all the invitations just to have dinner with Li Qinghe.
Li Qinghe thought about it and nodded in agreement. Ning had always been indebted to her, so it was not bad to repay her this time.
Xia Zhi followed behind them. Li Qinghe and Ning have always been public figures. If they ate alone, it would definitely attract a lot of criticism.
Without mentioning anything else, Xia Zhi felt that President Jiang was quite annoying.
Ning Congyuan likes quietness and doesn't like being disturbed by others, so he specially chose a relatively quiet place, "Western food, is it okay?"
"I'm not picky about food." Li Qinghe took the menu. Actually, apart from not being able to eat spicy food, Li Qinghe didn't really have any big requirements for food.
Xia Zhi and Li Qinghe ordered the same thing. Seeing Ning's distant gaze, she quickly said, "You can pretend that I don't exist."
She didn't want to come either. It was late at night and it was best to stay in her boyfriend's arms. However, Assistant Liu repeatedly told her that if there was a male around Li Qinghe, she had to be there.
For that extra salary...well, for the innocence of her artist, what does this little bit of hard work matter!
Li Qinghe smiled and took a sip of red wine. "Director Qiao, please say whatever you want to say."
"I heard that you live with Mr. Jiang?" Ning Congyuan went straight to the point.
He went to Li Qinghe's former residence and learned that she had moved away. He also saw Li Qinghe several times in his eldest brother's neighborhood.
As far as he knew, Jiang Jingxing lived there. So after this speculation, he came up with this answer.
"Yeah." Li Qinghe's fingers were on the bottom of the glass, and the half-full glass of red wine still reflected her face. "My relationship with Mr. Jiang is a bit complicated."
Li Qinghe and Jiang Jingxing did not formally get engaged back then, and even among people in their circle, few knew about it.
Ning Congyuan's eyes dimmed for a few seconds, then became clear again, "I have a villa in the west of the city. It's usually unoccupied, and it's very close to where you're filming. If you don't mind, you can stay at my place."
“No thanks.” Li Qinghe sighed softly after the expected rejection, “Director Qiao, I don’t want to owe you any more favors.”
Regardless of human relations or emotions, Li Qinghe didn't want to have too much involvement with Ning Yuan.
Ning Congyuan suddenly discovered that Li Qinghe seemed gentle, but in fact he was more cruel than anyone else. A casual word could crush all his fantasies.
"Okay." Ning heard his own hoarse voice with a hint of bitterness from a distance.
When she got home, the living room was completely dark. Li Qinghe was a little uncomfortable because in the past, no matter when she came home, the living room was always bright.
Looking for the beginning, with a "click", Li Qinghe turned on the light in the living room.
The man's face was hidden in the light, and his tall figure stood by the French window. The curtains were drawn, and the moonlight outside poured in.
Li Qinghe glanced at Jiang Jingxing, lowered his head to change his shoes, and walked towards him, "Why don't you turn on the lights?"
"Who did you go to dinner with?" Jiang Jingxing suddenly turned around, his eyes piercingly cold. He brushed Li Qinghe's red lips with his cool fingers, curled his lips and sneered, "Did you drink?"
"He Ning went from far away." Li Qinghe didn't intend to lie. Jiang Jingxing sent people to monitor her and knew her whereabouts very well. "Xia Zhi is also there."
"Li Qinghe." Jiang Jingxing's voice was deep and cold. "I told you not to have any contact with Ning Yuan."
"I also said that I have the right to make friends." Li Qinghe raised her head and looked into his emotionless eyes. "Jiang Jingxing, I am not your pet."
"Pet?" Jiang Jingxing was so angry that he laughed. His eyes became more fierce, deep and hard to understand. "Li Qinghe, have you always thought so?"
Li Qinghe lowered his brows, unwilling to look at him.
Her silence undoubtedly became the fuse in Jiang Jingxing's heart.
He sneered, picked the man up and quickly went upstairs.
Li Qinghe was shocked. Meeting his cold eyes, she forced herself to remain calm and asked him, "What are you going to do?"
He opened the door of the room roughly, and Li Qinghe felt his body float in the air, then he threw him heavily onto the bed.
The man approached and pressed forward. Li Qinghe's body trembled violently. Behind him was the soft big bed, and in front of him was Jiang Jingxing with a gloomy face.
There is no way back.
The man's cold aura immediately surrounded Li Qinghe, as domineering as ever.
"Pet?" Jiang Jingxing asked Li Qinghe grimly, his eyes scanning Li Qinghe's body back and forth, as if looking for something.
Li Qinghe was extremely beautiful today. Not to mention how the clothes highlighted her beautiful figure, just this delicate and slightly charming face was enough to drive Jiang Jingxing completely crazy.
Jiang Jingxing's sudden approach made Li Qinghe feel like her breathing was stagnant for a moment. She turned away and said, "Calm down for a moment."
"I can't calm down." Jiang Jingxing stared at Li Qinghe's dress. His heart tightened when he thought of Li Qinghe being watched by so many people.
"Who chose this dress?" A cold voice came out from his thin lips.
Li Qinghe replied softly, "I chose it myself." He paused and asked her, "Does it not look good?"
"No, it's beautiful."
Li Qinghe was a little surprised, she thought Jiang Jingxing would not exaggerate.
There were too many emotions in Jiang Jingxing's eyes that Li Qinghe couldn't understand, just like the originally calm lake water, which was suddenly rolled up by the waves. She could feel that Jiang Jingxing cared about her, but she couldn't clearly understand the true meaning of it.
The cell phone in Jiang Jingxing's pocket suddenly rang, breaking the silence in the room.
Li Qinghe took the opportunity to push Jiang Jingxing away and kept a distance from him, "You answer the phone first."
Jiang Jingxing scanned his phone and hung up. He looked at Li Qinghe who was keeping a distance from him and asked in a hoarse voice, "Are you afraid of me?"
Li Qinghe shook her head, "I know you won't touch me."
No matter how powerful Jiang Jingxing was, or how much he took advantage of her, he still gave her enough respect on the last point.
"You are confident in me." I don't know if it was because of this sentence that Jiang Jingxing was pleased, his voice didn't sound as cold as before, "Come here."