Chapter 38: Domineering Secretary Bai Yueguang 17 Showdown
However, as time passed, Wen Qianning gradually realized that something was wrong... How come she had taken care of Ji Hanlin for a whole week, but his condition had not improved?
It shouldn't be.
Wen Qianning thought it was extremely strange. Logically speaking, she had been feeding him medicine on time, and Ji Hanlin's physical condition was not bad. He should have recovered long ago and didn't have to look so sick for a week.
She narrowed her eyes, as if she had thought of something.
So that night, not long after Ji Hanlin said he was going to take a shower, Wen Qianning went straight to his room.
She stood outside the door, listening to the sound of water, and then pushed the door open and walked in.
The man's figure was looming in the mist. He was standing under the sprinkler, his back straight, the lines of his shoulder blades were cold and hard, his profile was handsome, and his eyes were slightly closed under his eyelashes.
Ji Hanlin obviously didn't expect the girl to suddenly come in while he was taking a shower. A hint of surprise flashed in his eyes. He turned around, his ears slightly red, and said in a panic: "Ningning, you...?"
"Don't move." Wen Qianning's tone was calm, but he frowned, obviously suppressing a hint of displeasure.
The mist blurred her figure as she walked straight on the wet tiles, step by step towards him.
She stood in front of the man, and the next second, she reached out, pushed aside the water, and put her fingers under the sprinkler without hesitation.
Haha, as expected, the water is cold.
The air froze for three seconds.
Ji Hanlin's Adam's apple rolled, and his throat was a little hoarse: "...Ningning, listen to me."
Wen Qianning slowly withdrew her hand, and water droplets slid down her fair palm. She looked up at him and asked calmly, "Have you been showering with such cold water these past few days?"
"..." The man was silent for a moment, then tried to look innocent, "Yeah."
Wen Qianning didn't say anything, just looked at him, with a sense of majesty without being angry.
Ji Hanlin felt uneasy under her gaze. He had always been calm and reserved, used to controlling the overall situation with calmness and strength. Even at the business negotiation table, he never showed any emotion.
But at this moment, facing the girl he loved, he had no way to deal with it.
"Is it fun for you to do this?" Wen Qianning said impatiently, the anger in her chest rising. She was extremely angry that he didn't take care of his body.
Ji Hanlin was inexplicably panicked. He stretched out his wet arm, gently grabbed her wrist, and pulled the girl into his arms. The water droplets soaked her clothes, but he didn't care and hugged her tightly with his naked body.
"I'm sorry." The man murmured softly, his voice filled with moisture and warmth. "I know this is wrong... but I just want you to pay attention to me."
"If you ignore me, I have to get sick so that you can look at me more." He buried his head in the crook of her neck, his whole body filled with an irresistible stubbornness, like a lost and stubborn trapped beast.
I didn't expect the man to be so childish. Wen Qianning stood there in a daze, feeling upset at his words.
The girl's hair was damp with moisture, a few strands clinging to her cheeks, making her originally palm-sized face appear even more translucent and radiant. Her almond-shaped eyes were slightly drooping, and her eyelashes were thick and long, like a small fan wet with dew, exuding a natural innocence and gentleness.
Wen Qianning was hugged tightly by him, but the anger in her heart was not completely extinguished by his few soft words, but instead burned even more fiercely.
"Ji Hanlin, are you sick?" She pushed him away and leaned her back against the wet tiles.
Ji Hanlin staggered half a step due to her force, but still reached out to catch her.
But the coldness in Wen Qianning's eyes made him stop for a moment.
"I am sick," the man lowered his eyebrows, paused, and said humbly, "I just want you to be by my side."
Wen Qianning sneered, his tone cold: "You don't care about your own health, and you want to use your illness to exploit my softness?"
"I didn't think that much—" Ji Hanlin frowned, and just as he was about to make an excuse, he was ruthlessly interrupted. Wen Qianning's voice trembled slightly with anger: "Since you don't cherish your body, then there's no need for me to cherish your body. Ji Hanlin, do you know that this is meaningless?"
The moisture in the air grew heavier, disrupting the breathing of both of them.
Ji Hanlin stared at her, then raised his hand and brushed away the wet hair from her forehead, saying in a low voice: "I'm sorry, but you are the only one I want to stay with."
Wen Qianning's heart suddenly tightened, but she quickly gritted her teeth and suppressed the hesitation.
"But if you do this, it will only make me want to leave even more." Wen Qianning looked straight into his eyes, and every word she said was cold and hard.
The light in the man's eyes dimmed for a moment, and the suppressed emotions surged in his chest, eventually turning into a low laugh with a hint of self-mockery.
"You think I'm using my illness to tie you up, but I'm too lazy to even tie someone else up." He took a step closer, supporting his long arms on the side of her head.
The two men stared at each other at a distance of less than a fist, neither of them backed down. The water continued to drip down, hitting the ground and splashing tiny water droplets.
The silence stretched to its limit, and Wen Qianning finally couldn't help it. She reached out and pushed him away, then turned and walked towards the bathroom door.
Ji Hanlin, as if driven by some instinct, grabbed her wrist and said, "Don't go. If you leave, I don't know what I'll do."
Wen Qianning paused.
"Ji Hanlin, you are forcing me." She turned her head, her eyes filled with anger and warning.
"I'm begging you." His voice was even lower than hers. "Don't ignore me."
At this moment, Wen Qianning suddenly couldn't tell who was controlling whom. Was she being forced to stay by his side, or had he been trapped in this relationship by her for a long time?
She still suppressed the anger in her heart, shook off his hand, and said coldly: "I won't leave, come out, let's have a good talk."
After walking straight into the study, Wen Qianning opened the drawer of the filing cabinet with decisive movements. She took out several thick paper bags one by one and slammed them heavily on the desk, making a dull sound.
After a while, Ji Hanlin quickly followed from the bathroom. His eyes fell on the information and his expression instantly became a little gloomy.
Wen Qianning raised her eyes and looked straight at him: "You asked someone to check all this on me, right?"
The man didn't rush to speak. His eyes stayed on her face for two seconds before he slowly said, "Yes."
There was no excuse. He just wanted to find out what had happened after the sudden breakup, so he sent people to investigate her, follow her, and monitor her.
After calling Wen Qianning's new number and being ruthlessly hung up, he was indeed proud and unwilling to give in, so he did not chase her abroad and pester her.
But this doesn't mean that he will let Wen Qianning go.
He admitted it quite quickly. Wen Qianning sneered, opened the seal, and spread out the documents and photos inside one by one.
"Tell me, why are you doing this?" The girl asked in a bad tone, and was obviously very angry about being monitored.
Ji Han took a step closer, his face expressionless. "I don't believe you would leave for no reason. The day you broke up, I realized that you were much more important to me than I thought."
"I just want to know why you left me."
I didn't want to be broken up with for no apparent reason, so I sent someone to investigate her.
Hearing Ji Hanlin's answer, Wen Qianning pursed her lips, sighed softly, and said, "I believe you have also heard what Gu Yanran said. She is telling the truth. I did have ulterior motives when I first approached you. I really needed some money."
"I think, after all, we are not from the same world. In the beginning, our relationship was indeed caused by some mistakes and accidents. However, my own motives are not pure. If you knew that my mind is not as simple as you think, you would dump me sooner or later. Then I might as well leave first. At least I can still get the benefits given by Shengshi, right?"
Ji Hanlin's breathing became heavy. He reached out, pinched the girl's neck, and pulled her into his arms.
"You don't understand me at all." The man's voice was a little hoarse.
"Ningning, I don't care what your purpose was in approaching me in the first place. What I care about is... why you won't try to rely on me for a bit?" Ji Hanlin's eyes darkened. Wen Qianning sensed a hint of grievance from his tone. "Isn't it just 30 million?"
"I can give you as many 30 million as you want. Why should 30 million make you leave me?"
The man's words were like a heavy hammer, hitting Wen Qianning's heart and making her freeze.
Seeing that the girl remained silent, Ji Hanlin's heart sank as if into an ice cellar. He slowly moved his hand towards her cheek: "Ningning, I don't believe you have no feelings for me at all. I know that you ultimately rejected Shengshi. Isn't that enough to prove something?"
It came true.
Even though the original plot of the novel required her to sell out Ji's information, she didn't do so in the end. Although part of the reason was because Lin Haozhe was too annoying, more importantly, she felt that she had let Ji Hanlin down.
Wen Qianning had complicated emotions surging in her heart, but she didn't push him away.
Anyway, now that the mission to push the male and female protagonists together has failed, I need to replace the female protagonist and reconcile with the male protagonist.
Moreover, she had to admit that even though she knew that Ji Hanlin had been monitoring her after their breakup and had no intention of letting her go, she... was not afraid of this man. It seemed that she subconsciously felt that he would not hurt her no matter what.
The girl's drooping eyelashes trembled slightly, and the corners of her mouth relaxed slightly, finally showing a hint of softening.
I thought Wen Qianning would continue to treat him coldly, but... it seemed that these words touched her, and she slowly leaned towards him, as if beginning to silently respond to his emotions.
The girl's proximity finally allowed Ji Hanlin to no longer suppress his inner emotions. He leaned down and placed his lips against hers. Wen Qianning closed her eyes, feeling Ji Hanlin's gentle touch through her hair. Her body unconsciously slid closer, and she leaned softly into his embrace.
Because he was too familiar with the girl's sensitive spots, just a short kiss made her feel dizzy. She buried her face in the crook of his neck, their skin pressed tightly against his.
She nestled into his arms like a cat, clinging to him and clinging to him, refusing to let go.
Ji Hanlin just felt that the girl was extremely pampered at this moment. He pursed his lips, his eyes slowly changed, and emotions surged in his eyes.
At this moment, he could no longer care about anything else. He stretched out his hand almost in a panic, clamped the girl's slender white wrist, and pushed her onto the desk behind him with one hand.
"Then what are we now?" He kissed the girl's earlobe, wanting to get an answer.
"What is what..." Wen Qianning didn't understand what was going on. She was already aroused and her consciousness became blurred. She couldn't think about the man's problem at all.
It was clearly unbearable even for a second, but Ji Hanlin still kept the girl waiting with malicious intent, as if he had to get some kind of result from asking: "I am a self-disciplined person. I will not have anything to do with anyone other than my girlfriend."
Wen Qianning: “……?”
"I know." She knew what Ji Hanlin meant. He just wanted to get back together with her. This was exactly the task the system needed her to complete, so Wen Qianning agreed without hesitation. "No matter what happened before, let's start over."
At the same time, he tentatively kissed the corner of Ji Hanlin's lips.
He had no idea how dangerous his situation was.
The next second, he was bullied.
Wen Qianning's consciousness was completely unclear in the end. She was only confusedly thinking that the man's body, which was still slightly feverish, was too hot. It was so hot that she just wanted to escape. After all this nonsense, she had to take another bath...
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