Ruan Jingshan frowned inwardly as he watched Qi Tingsong eagerly assert his dominance.
Deep down, I just felt that he was really crazy.
Qi Tingsong didn't think there was anything wrong with his behavior—from the beginning, the reason he reluctantly rejected Shi Xi was that she hadn't invested much emotion in him.
He was like a hunter who was trying his best to suppress his inner desires, pretending to be the prey in front of Shi Xi, luring the other party step by step into his trap.
Just so that the other person can truly fall in love with them.
He knows everything about Shi Xi, from the past to the present, down to the smallest detail.
The first thing Shi Xi did after coming down the mountain was to give Gan Sui the most beautiful flower that bloomed on the barren mountain, which he also thought was the best thing.
"This is for you. Can you stay with me for a while?"
He tugged at Gan Sui's sleeve, cautiously probing, "I have no family left."
Shi Xi, who had just come down from the mountain, was innocent, beautiful, and held the most beautiful expectations for the world.
Unfortunately, everything changed after he met his biological parents.
Xu Youchu's parents believed he was a jinx because their eldest son died unexpectedly when he was born. They used all sorts of vicious language to curse him, making the boy, who was overjoyed to have a family again, an orphan once more.
Then he became the carefree, playful person he is today.
If Shi Xi knew what Qi Tingsong was thinking right now, she would definitely yell, "Stop imagining things!"
Afterwards, Xu Youchu chased after those two people for eighteen blocks in a fit of anger, beating them half to death, and then severed ties with them without mentioning a single word!
“I didn’t,” said Ruan Jingshan, whose face was no bigger than a palm, in a cold voice.
"No?"
Qi Tingsong lowered his eyes to look at Ruan Jingshan, whose face was extremely indifferent, as if he was born without any emotions. "So you just think he is a very talented junior that you want to cultivate carefully?" You're kidding me.
Ruan Jingshan didn't speak, as if he hadn't understood Qi Tingsong's words.
They went back into the Joker game.
...
When Shi Xi came out after taking a shower, she found that Qi Tingsong was the only one left in the room.
"Where is Ruan Jingshan?" Shi Xi asked.
"I'm going to rest in the Joker area," Qi Tingsong said.
He looked up at Shi Xi's face and the delicate, alluring collarbone revealed beneath her bathrobe, and casually flipped the Joker card on the sofa over.
Then he handed Shi Xi a piece of red Flame Jade.
"Is this the jade you bought?" Shi Xi asked, looking completely bewildered. "Why are you giving it to me?"
"No." Qi Tingsong took out his own Flame Jade. "This is mine."
Shi Xi glanced at the Flame Jade in his hand, then at the one in her own, and asked curiously, "Where did this come from?"
"I picked it up from the ground."
After Qi Tingsong finished speaking, he paused for a moment and then said, "This is a thank-you gift for you accompanying me this time."
At this point, he seemed sleepy, yawned, and urged repeatedly, "It's getting late, let's go to sleep."
Shi Xi looked at the Flame Jade in his hand. He wasn't stupid; Qi Tingsong's words clearly indicated that he had specially bought the jade to give to him.
Whenever he was the dominant one in a relationship, he would think that Qi Tingsong was subtly confessing his feelings.
After all, judging from their shapes, the two pieces of Flame Jade seem to be a pair, and when put together, they form a full moon.
...
The next day, they returned to the manor.
Upon entering the manor, they saw Qin Budu, who had been standing in the garden for who knows how long.
"I'm back."
Hearing the familiar footsteps, Qin Budu stopped looking down at Rose and turned his head to fix his gaze on Shi Xi, and said softly.
"Go to the study."
As he spoke, he entered the manor. Shi Xi was unsure of his intentions... He looked at Qin Budu's profile, hesitated for two seconds, and then followed him.
Shi Xi touched the bracelet on her wrist, guessing that Qin Budu probably already knew it was broken.
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