Chapter 135 What is meant by "drawing the firewood from under the cauldron"?



"Go ahead and shout, no one will come to save you even if you shout until you're hoarse."

Xia Xiaobing's voice, at this moment, seemed to transform into a seductive snake's tongue, drilling straight into Lu Zhe's ear canal. He felt a tingling sensation throughout his entire body, from his eardrums to his brain, and from his cervical spine to his coccyx.

This experience was completely different from when Tang Qi was on top of me.

Tang Qi was pressing down on him, making him feel like a cute little pet was lying on his chest, soft, petite, and adorable, making him swoon.

Xia Xiaobing pressed down on him, like a cold and beautiful female demon suddenly revealing her fiery passion, as if she wanted to devour him at any moment, yet he couldn't muster the strength to resist.

Lu Zhe smiled wryly and said, "Are you perhaps the legendary... domineering CEO?"

Hearing him say that, Xia Xiaobing couldn't help but laugh: "That's right, don't believe me? Let me think about it later, how should a domineering CEO say that?"

Lu Zhe: "What do you mean?"

Xia Xiaobing licked his earlobe and said breathlessly, "Man, lie down properly!"

Lu Zhe: "..."

"Hehehe," Xia Xiaobing couldn't help but chuckle, "Now, do you feel like a respectable woman being forcibly molested by a domineering CEO?"

Lu Zhe sighed, "I was originally an honest man, but why was I forced into becoming a scumbag?"

Xia Xiaobing suppressed her smile slightly and said in a deep voice, "I also hope you are an honest person, but if being an honest person results in you keeping me at arm's length, then I would rather you not be so honest."

Lu Zhe: "You're my boss, how could I dare to turn you away?"

Xia Xiaobing scoffed, "At a time like this, saying such things would just be playing dumb. Tang Qi must have already confessed to you, right? Then you should know what I'm thinking and why I'm doing this."

Lu Zhe was silent for a moment, then said in a low voice, "Because you are also a reborn person, and before you were reborn, you were with me."

Xia Xiaobing took two deep breaths: "I was already married to you then, do you understand?"

Lu Zhe: "I..."

He understood, of course, but he truly didn't know what he had done in the timeline where he married Xia Xiaobing. Therefore, he didn't know just how deep Xia Xiaobing's obsession truly was.

At this moment, the aloof and elegant woman continued, "I didn't originally intend to rush things. Before my rebirth, we first met through work, gradually became friends outside of work, and then our relationship deepened until one day, you confessed your feelings to me. Now that I'm given a second chance, I originally hoped it would be the same, letting everything unfold naturally..."

Listening to her slightly deep and magnetic voice, Lu Zhe couldn't help but have a guess. That is, perhaps Xue Xiaodie and Tang Qi also had the same initial idea as President Xia, hoping that he would take the initiative, so they only took advantage of the opportunities to spend time together during the creative process, but did not make it too explicit.

However, within this month, the emergence of competitors forced them into a state of intense competition...

Xia Xiaobing continued, "But now it's very clear that when guarding food, you can't worry too much about whether your posture is elegant or not, otherwise you won't get anything. So I figured it out yesterday. I won't let you sneak away anymore, and I won't give you any more room to refuse."

Lu Zhe was taken aback: "So domineering? But, this doesn't seem right..."

Xia Xiaobing: "Something's not right?"

Lu Zhe: "Love should be a matter of mutual consent; it only has meaning if both parties are willing. You can't force it like this."

Xia Xiaobing smiled, then suddenly stretched out her arms and hugged him tightly.

She chuckled softly, "But this isn't just a lie, because I know very well that you like me too. Although it's far from the level of love I feel for you right now, I've noticed the way you secretly stare at me. Maybe you've even fantasized about using me as material for your spells?"

Lu Zhe quickly said, "No, absolutely not! You can't just say things like that!"

In the days after meeting this woman, he did have some unspeakable fantasies. However, regardless of whether he actually used these fantasies as material for his spellcasting, even if he did, he would never admit it.

However, his sister, who was pressing down on him, clearly had a different idea.

"Really? Then I'm really sorry, because I've fantasized about you..." Xia Xiaobing's voice suddenly lost its laughter and became very serious, "Guess how many times?"

The tingling sensation throughout Lu Zhe's body intensified.

He was genuinely afraid that if things continued like this, something terribly wrong and irreversible would happen. So, he tried to change the subject.

"President Xia, I didn't know..."

What did you call me?

“Sister Xia,” Lu Zhe immediately changed his tune, “I still don’t know what happened to you before your rebirth. You just said we met at work, so, what exactly happened?”

Xia Xiaobing remained silent for a long while, seemingly recalling something. However, her arms did not loosen; instead, she hugged herself even tighter.

Suddenly, she whispered, "It was when Ji Chunqiu's company couldn't hold on anymore. I was too naive back then. I rejected Alibaba's investment and Tencent's acquisition offer. Then, the two giants tripped me up a little, and I couldn't survive. Almost all of my key employees were poached, and important projects were snatched away. All that was left were the technological achievements I had accumulated, but I couldn't monetize them, and I still had daily costs to cover... You appeared during my most difficult days."

Lu Zhe: "Did I play any role?"

Xia Xiaobing chuckled a few times. Her laughter seemed to contain a complex mix of emotions.

She said, "Your third job after graduation was as a game designer at a game company. Your project failed, and your entire work group was wiped out. However, that game company had some business connections with Ji Chunqiu. Based on that connection from your former workplace, you found me and told me that you had a way to help me expand my business."

Lu Zhe: "That doesn't sound very reliable."

Xia Xiaobing: "That's what I thought at the time too, but... since all my men have already left, there's no harm in hiring you to give it a try, right?"

Lu Zhe: "So what exactly did I do?"

Xia Xiaobing: "You secured a project for me, helping a game company create AI characters. Then, thanks to a few projects in this area, the company survived. Although the ambition to change the world that Ji Chunqiu had when it was first founded is no longer possible, at least it didn't go bankrupt and can still slowly make a profit."

Lu Zhe: "Am I that amazing?"

Xia Xiaobing said softly, "In the world that Tang Qi and Xue Xiaodie experienced, you must have done many things too... but I don't care. Moreover, in my mind, work performance is not the most important thing about you. What's truly important is that you changed me, and brought me comfort in every sense of the word."

For some reason, Lu Zhe felt that the topic he had finally managed to steer away from had veered off in a dangerous direction again.

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