Su Qi threw a tantrum all the way until they arrived at the Shallow Water Bay villa. The man faintly instructed Assistant Lin, "Lock the doors and have people watch. Don't let anyone leave this villa."
"Huo Tingyun!" She was going to start filming in two days. Was this man insane!
Su Qi did not want to return to Shallow Water Bay, but she was still dragged out of the car by the man.
It had been a long time since she had been back here, at least half a month. Everything inside the villa remained unchanged.
Returning to the villa from her rented room made it seem even more spacious than when she normally lived there.
The moment Su Qi entered, she turned around and tried to leave.
However, two burly men stood blocking the way outside the door.
"Huo Tingyun! You're abducting a woman!" Even the second-generation rich scions of ancient times were not as overbearing as this man!
"Mm, so what?"
So what?
Su Qi was so angry her hair was trembling. Then, thinking of the baby in her belly, she forcefully suppressed her rage. She had been called to the Xu family early in the morning and hadn't eaten anything yet.
Su Qi went into the kitchen and made herself a bowl of plain noodles.
It was just simple noodles boiled in water, with a little salt for seasoning, and two small bok choy leaves cooked in.
Su Qi dished out the noodles and sat down at the table with the bowl.
She noticed Huo Tingyun leaning against the island counter, arms crossed, looking at her with raised eyebrows.
Su Qi picked up her chopsticks and, ignoring him, took a bite of the noodles.
Even without any other ingredients, the noodles were cooked to perfection. For her, who was starving, they were delicious.
She had only taken one bite.
Suddenly, a hand reached out.
It directly pushed the bowl in front of her away.
Before Su Qi could react, her chopsticks were also snatched away by the man.
The man took the chopsticks, stirred them in the bowl, then picked up a strand of noodles and put it into his mouth.
"Huo Tingyun!"
Su Qi was flustered.
Those were the chopsticks she had used, the noodles she had eaten.
They were all her saliva!
"What?"
"You..."
Don't you have mysophobia?
Su Qi watched helplessly as Huo Tingyun ate that mouthful of noodles.
If it weren't for the man in front of her, she would have recognized him even as ashes.
She almost suspected that the man in front of her wasn't Huo Tingyun at all.
He actually ate the noodles she had made!
In the past, this man had been uninterested in anything she cooked.
It had even reached the point of disgust.
For a whole year, she didn't know how many meals and soups she had made, all of which were thrown into the trash by the man.
Yet, he ate the plain noodles she had eaten.
"It tastes good. Make me noodles in the future."
Su Qi was stunned at first. After a long while, she finally reacted, her face flushing.
"What nonsense are you talking about!"
What did she mean by making him noodles!
"You make noodles..." Huo Tingyun looked up, swallowed the noodles, his Adam's apple bobbing. His voice was hoarse and deep, making Su Qi feel like a bomb had exploded in her head.
Her small face rapidly turned red.
Even her earlobes felt terrifyingly hot.
"Huo Tingyun! What nonsense are you talking about!"
"Your noodles are indeed delicious..."
The man chuckled lowly.
It was tantalizing.
Last time...
He had tasted it.
It really did taste good.
"Quite sweet too."
"Huo Tingyun!"
Su Qi covered her face and rushed upstairs without looking where she was going, almost tripping on the stairs.
Bang!
Closing the door, Su Qi's small face was flushed red.
She turned on the air conditioning and calmed down for a long, long time before she finally settled.
Damn it.
Su Qi clenched her fists fiercely.
When did this man become so lewd and shameless?
It was one thing to have eaten it.
But to also give his review!
Thinking of this, Su Qi's face turned red again.
She buried her entire face into the pillow.
When Huo Tingyun finished eating and went upstairs, he found Su Qi curled up on the bed, fast asleep.
Her shoes were still on.
He leaned down and held her small, delicate foot.
She was wearing simple sandals. Her entire foot was very fair, so fair that the veins were even visible.
Her little feet, her toes, were all pink and tender.
Like a baby's feet.
It made one want to hold them in their hands and play with them.
Holding it in his hand, it was a soft ball.
As he stroked her little foot in his palm, a strange sensation burned up from his abdomen.
His Adam's apple bobbed.
The man leaned down and kissed the top of her foot.
Su Qi, drowsy in her sleep, mumbled something.
She felt a tickle on the top of her foot.
Her little foot moved, trying to break free from the man's hand.
But that grip was firm.
Su Qi couldn't break free, completely unaware that danger was quietly approaching.
"You..."
Before Su Qi could utter her refusal.
He blocked the rest of her words.
Mmm.
Huo Tingyun's Adam's apple bobbed. "Good girl, baby..."
"You're too much..."
He was a liar.
Su Qi couldn't help but think of Xu Linyun.
"That night..." she murmured softly.
"No, only you."
The man coaxed her patiently, like coaxing a child.
Su Qi gradually relaxed her body.
Huo Tingyun narrowed his eyes, a dangerous glint in their depths.
"Good girl, don't be so nervous..."
The man did not stop his actions at all.
He didn't know how many times it took before he was tired.
Although the air conditioning was on, both of them were covered in sticky sweat.
Holding each other, they were stuck together, like two melted marshmallows.
The room was filled with that scent.
Su Qi was too tired to open her eyes.
In the darkness, she saw that red dot again.
"What is it..."
She murmured.
The next morning, Su Qi woke up and looked for the location of the red dot.
There was nothing.
When she turned off the lights and drew the curtains, she couldn't see anything at all.
The red dot was gone.
Strange.
Impossible.
She had clearly seen it last night, like a standby TV screen's red dot.
It was clearly there last night, so why was it gone this morning?
It definitely wasn't an illusion; it was the second time she had seen it.
Su Qi was about to search the room.
The door was pushed open.
Huo Tingyun walked in.
He was wearing loungewear.
His complexion was good.
The moment Su Qi saw his face, she thought of last night's dream.
No, how could it be a dream?
She felt uncomfortable all over!
She felt like her vitality had been completely drained by this man.
No wonder this man looked so energetic and spirited today.
"Haven't you washed up yet?"
Saying that, the man leaned down and picked up Su Qi.
"Let go of me..."
Su Qi bit her lip, her cheeks flushing, struggling to get down.
Huo Tingyun simply carried her into the bathroom.
He placed her on the washbasin counter.
Huo Tingyun picked up the toothbrush from the counter, squeezed toothpaste onto it, and put it into Su Qi's mouth.
Su Qi resisted, turning her head away. "I have hands."
She was already twenty-three, she didn't need him to brush her teeth.
She wasn't disabled.
"Not brushing your teeth? You still have my taste in your mouth..."
The man's voice was deep.
Su Qi's face burned, and she opened her mouth.
Huo Tingyun chuckled lowly, then put the toothbrush into Su Qi's mouth.
The man's movements were very gentle, meticulously brushing her teeth clean.
He then rinsed the water and placed it in front of her.