As evening approached, Rong Shang finally left the pool. The bright white lights along the poolside shone down, and her lips appeared slightly swollen and red.
Behind him, the boy's agile figure still darted through the water, and the water splashed loudly wherever he swam.
Without saying goodbye, Rong Shang put on a bath towel and went to change her clothes.
As soon as she left, a hand with distinct knuckles pressed against her by the pool, and then the boy's handsome and sculpted features emerged from the water.
Her hair was dripping wet. Mu Jin slowly raised her narrow eyes. In front of her, Rong Shang's figure had already disappeared around the corner of the doorway.
Thinking of the advantage he had taken from her that afternoon, Mu Jin curled his lips into a wicked smile.
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Unexpectedly, just as Rong Shang finished changing her clothes and was about to take a taxi home, she ran into An Chen, who was also about to leave, at the entrance of the swimming pool.
In an instant, Rong Shang saw him frown, probably wondering where she had been all afternoon.
Before he could speak, Rong Shang spoke first, "Achen, where did you go this afternoon? I couldn't find you."
"Are you looking for me?" An Chen looked at her with some suspicion.
Rong Shang nodded, "Yes, I changed my clothes and went to the swimming pool, but the people there told me that the whole area had been booked, so I couldn't get in and had to go find—"
What happened to your lips?
Before Rong Shang could finish speaking, An Chen exclaimed in surprise.
Subconsciously, Rong Shang pursed her lips and gave an extremely lame excuse, "I was in a hurry to find you this afternoon, and I accidentally tripped and bit my lip."
Are you alright?
"It's nothing." Rong Shang lowered her eyes, her expression indifferent.
Her hands were now wet from the water droplets dripping from the ends of her hair.
An Chen must have seen it, but Rong Shang didn't know why he didn't ask her where she had been, given how obvious the traces were.
Perhaps it's because hair isn't as sensitive as lips, so nothing usually happens to it.
However, An Chen didn't speak for a while, and Rong Shang naturally noticed that something was wrong with him.
Raising her eyes, Rong Shang saw An Chen's deep gaze fixed on her back, and her expression turned even more unpleasant than before.
From his change in demeanor, Rong Shang could roughly guess who was standing behind her.
Just as I was about to turn around, I heard familiar footsteps beside me.
At this moment, Mu Jin walked up to her from the side and said to her, "Yan Yan, Auntie is calling you home for dinner."
Yan Yan?
The sudden intimacy caused An Chen's face to darken instantly.
In truth, An Chen didn't really like Xia Yan; at most, he just liked her because she was pretty.
But Mu Jin in front of me is different.
The scene of him beating him to the point of hospitalization last year was still vivid in An Chen's mind. Now that he had met him again, the anger in his heart inevitably began to burn fiercely.
He knew about his relationship with Xia Yan.
An Chen knew that he liked Xia Yan.
So when he heard Mu Jin say that, he wanted to annoy him, so he reached out and put his arm around Rong Shang's shoulder.
In an instant, Rong Shang frowned, and Mu Jin's expression changed as well.
"Yan Yan, since your mother wants you to come home for dinner, I'll take you home."
With his arm around Rong Shang's shoulder, An Chen was about to take her back in front of Mu Jin.
Unexpectedly, a long, slender, fair hand reached out and blocked their path.
"No need to trouble you. I'm going to her house for dinner, so I'll take her home myself."
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