"Su Yue."
Chen Ziming's deep voice sounded from behind her. Su Yue turned around and found that he had already sat up.
"Mhm," she responded, standing still.
"Come here," he said.
His voice was a little lazy. Su Yue looked at him. He was staring at her, still in a dazed state, as if he hadn't fully woken up.
Her mind felt blank. Following his words, she slowly walked over to him, stopping a short distance away. "What's wrong?"
Chen Ziming picked up a water glass from the coffee table, took a sip, and then looked up at her. Su Yue shifted her gaze away, avoiding his eyes.
He suddenly chuckled softly, reached out, and pulled her by the waist, drawing her closer. Su Yue was caught off guard and sat directly on his lap. Chen Ziming then adjusted her posture, making her face him and straddle his legs.
"What… what are you doing?" She dared not look at him, her hands instinctively pushing against his chest, trying to create some distance. He, however, kept one arm around her waist to hold her close and the other behind her head, forcing her to meet his gaze.
"Feeling any better?" He touched his forehead to hers, feeling that her fever seemed to have subsided, and then asked. Perhaps because he had just woken up, his voice was a bit hoarse.
"Mhm…" She lowered her eyelids, her heart pounding as if it would leap out of her throat.
"Shy?" Chen Ziming, for some unknown reason, seemed amused. A smile played on his lips as he continued to search for her eyes with his gaze.
Su Yue bit her lip, remaining silent.
Her expression deepened the man's desire. However, rather than taking her immediately, he found more pleasure in teasing her at this moment.
"Weren't you quite willing to be close to me before, hmm?" He moved closer. Su Yue tried to retreat, but felt him pull her tighter. She was no match for his strength. She felt his arousal and his hot breath on her face. She knew what he meant and felt incredibly flustered.
Was Chen Ziming wrong? It was she who had asked to have dinner with him. It was she who had proactively flirted with him. After their second meal together, she had once again provoked him, causing him to lose control, leading to everything that followed.
"Mhm…" She felt a bit ashamed of her actions, but still wanted to save face. "But… you insisted on bringing me back this time."
"Mhm, I brought you back." His hand stroking the back of her head gently tousled her hair.
Then, he leaned close to her ear and whispered, "Why didn't you accept my friend request?"
She looked at him with a hint of surprise and then meekly asked, "I don't need you to pay for my taxi fare, I have money…"
The excuse. Of course, she dared not say it was because she had received advice from Li Niannian and didn't want to get further entangled with him, which was why she hadn't accepted his request.
Chen Ziming heard her words but didn't respond. Instead, he stared into her eyes. Su Yue felt unnerved by his gaze and meekly tried to break the awkward silence, "Officer Chen, um, I'd like to take a shower. Could you find me some clean clothes?"
"No rush." His fingers traced her cheek, gently caressing it. His deep eyes looked at her, as if contemplating something.
She seemed to understand what he was thinking, yet she still looked at him with a hint of confusion.
He then smiled, a smile she had never seen before. She noticed then that he had a faint dimple on the right side of his cheek.
She became somewhat entranced by the sight.
But in the next moment, he pulled her into his embrace and began to kiss her lips.
Her eyes instantly widened. She wanted to escape. The sliver of reason remaining told her she shouldn't. She should listen to Li Niannian and not get involved with him anymore.
However, this reason was ultimately extinguished in their deep kiss.
If, while watching him give a safety lecture in the auditorium, someone had told her that Chen Ziming was like this, she would have absolutely refused to believe it.
She considered herself knowledgeable about men, but she had miscalculated.
Chen Ziming was not a cool, aloof 'godly' figure at all, or perhaps that was just an illusion created by his blue uniform.
…
Afterward, Chen Ziming carried her to the shower.
Regardless, she finally got her wish to take a shower.