Does she realize how alluring her gaze is?
For a moment, the restraint in Xu Yanzhi's eyes almost turned to ashes, but he forcibly looked away, letting out a helpless laugh through his nose.
"A curse to make me sick?"
"No..." Due to her serious illness, the sound coming from her nose was more like the whimpering of a small animal.
Her wet hair left a wet patch on his chest, but Xu Yanzhi ignored her soaked suit and carefully blew on her hair.
The buzzing of the hairdryer sounded like noise in the room, but it wasn't unpleasant. Meng Jiuyi gently moved to the side.
"What's wrong?" he asked.
"...It's a little hot." She was careful even when making requests, afraid of upsetting him.
"Feel sorry."
Xu Yanzhi then realized that the temperature had been turned up to the highest setting.
He really had no experience in taking care of people, so this time he first tested the temperature on his palm before brushing her hair aside again.
Meng Jiuyi could sense that the man was completely inexperienced in doing all this; a young master of such high status must have had others go to great lengths for him.
She nestled in his arms, inhaling his fresh and clean scent—a fragrance Meng Jiuyi had never smelled before.
The heat seemed to seep into her eyes, making them sting.
If it weren't for Gao Xian Yue's situation, she would never have had the courage to approach him.
Meng Jiuyi didn't protest with any sense of grievance, "It's nothing if I get burned, but Mr. Xu, please be careful when you blow on other girls' hair."
Her heavy nasal tone made her voice sound like a little girl's coquettish, unreasonable, and teasing tantrum.
Xu Yanzhi lowered his eyes and looked down at her, his gaze as unfathomable as the mist deep in the mountains.
He smiled faintly, then turned off the hairdryer so she could hear him more clearly.
"Just ask me directly, no need to beat around the bush or try to probe me. I've never blow-dried anyone else's hair."
It sounded like an answer, but more like a solemn promise.
Meng Jiuyi lowered her face, as if a painful regret rose from her chest. Her true feelings were mixed with pretense, and tears flowed uncontrollably.
Xu Yanzhi only realized something was wrong with her after a while. She cried without making a sound, but her whole body was trembling slightly.
"What's wrong?"
He frowned and turned her shoulder to take a closer look.
Meng Jiuyi turned her face even more away, and the glistening drop landed on the back of Xu Yanzhi's hand.
With such a disparity in strength, he could not resist turning her around.
Why are you crying?
Meng Jiuyi couldn't fight him, so she covered her face with her hands.
"...It has nothing to do with Mr. Xu. I'm sorry you had to see this."
After saying that, he tried to hide, but Xu Yanzhi wouldn't let him.
As she struggled, the blanket draped over her shoulders slipped down, revealing that she was only wearing a camisole underneath, a long, thin strap that hung down completely from above, giving him a full view.
Her sitting posture was even more voluptuous than when she was rescued that night, making one's mouth water even more.
Xu Yanzhi felt like a beast, his mind filled with filthy thoughts while she was so sick.
He pulled the blanket up to wrap her up tightly, then lifted her onto his lap. Her face was wet with tears streaming down her sickly red cheeks.
Xu Yanzhi wiped away the tears from her eyes, "Did I make you unhappy?"
Meng Jiuyi shook his head.
"So you feel wronged?"
She cried so hard as if she had suffered a great injustice, and the heat splashed into his heart. His voice was gentler than ever before.
"Because I misunderstood you before?"
The man was referring to the time he witnessed her provoking Tan Yue, and even earlier, when he made his initial judgment about her based on rumors and what he saw.
Meng Jiuyi knew that he didn't have a good first impression of her.
He was polite and distant to everyone at the school, but that night, under the dim light of the laboratory lamp, the gentle man he once was seemed to have vanished.
His subsequent rejection was watertight, but she could still sense his aversion.
Xu Yanzhi cupped her face in his hands and looked at her intently.
"I know this apology is too hasty and insincere, but the words must come first. I'm sorry."
He gently wiped away her tears. "I am just an ordinary person. I have read so many books and traveled so many roads in vain. I still cannot escape the saying that slander can destroy one's bones."
No, he is less worthy of forgiveness than anyone else.
Racial discrimination is common abroad, and some offensive words made Xu Yanzhi frown and rebuke others for easily using these words on people they don't know well.
But now he is making the same mistake.
With tears streaming down her face, Meng Jiuyi said, "It's as if Mr. Xu would have given me a different answer if he had known someone else back then."
After they finished speaking, they were both taken aback.
Those events from back then were like ripples suppressed by worldly busyness, which, when spring came and all the willows revived, kept stirring his heart.
If I hadn't met her now, the past wouldn't have been able to stir up any trouble.
But it is precisely because of the bond I have with her now that I feel regret even when I think about it.
"I will get to know you again."
Xu Yanzhi stared at her intently. "I will shut out all my senses and get to know you again. I won't end things so easily."
As Meng Jiuyi looked into his eyes, the image that came to mind was the moment when he carried Su Yan away.
Acting shouldn't involve feeling wronged, but at this moment, it's hard to distinguish between pretense and genuine emotion, and she couldn't help but sob.
"Liar! I don't want to hear you talk anymore."
She pushed him away and tried to leave, no longer trusting him, and even refusing to take the blanket off her.
However, the nightgown she was wearing was extremely loose, and because it was wet and had become one with the blanket, the hem of the skirt, which was already piled up at the base of her thighs, was pulled straight up.
In the quiet room, as if in slow motion, Xu Yanzhi could clearly see the depths of her thighs, which should have been completely covered by the hem of her skirt.
She wasn't wearing any.
Meng Jiuyi immediately tore it off, her pupils widening like a startled animal, her bewildered and embarrassed gaze meeting his, her face instantly turning red.
"you....."
She completely forgot about running away and getting lost; her mind went blank.
In the deathly silence that seemed about to explode, Xu Yanzhi's face remained calm, but the darkness in his eyes, hidden beneath his eyelashes, was frightening, and he even controlled his breathing.
"I didn't see it."
"......"
His words were undoubtedly a blatant attempt to cover up his embarrassment, and she covered her face and burst into tears. The embarrassment, comparable to being buried alive, made her shoulders, neck, face, and whole body turn red, as if tears were about to overflow from her pores.
That red color was like hot oil poured over Xu Yanzhi's body, and his already uncontrollable desires surged even higher. Just thinking about her sitting in his lap right now, her slip dress revealing nothing underneath, the air filled with her fragrance.
All of this was testing Xu Yanzhi's willpower; his Adam's apple had rolled down countless times.
"Don't cry." He didn't even dare to touch her, his voice slightly hoarse.
Why didn't you put it on after taking a shower?
In an instant, the fig leaf was torn off, and Meng Jiuyi's face was burning with embarrassment. His eyes were like those of a frightened deer, and he instinctively wanted to slap him before running away to dig up a grave.
Of course, he missed. Xu Yanzhi grabbed her wrist, pulled her back into his arms, and kissed her.
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Congratulations to Jiu'er for winning over Chairman Xu with her superb acting skills.
Before Suancai went abroad: "My wife is all set."
Returning to China: Were they kicked out? ???
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