Jiang Nan Fang feigned a startled expression.
"I told you to be careful of the heat, why didn't you dodge?"
"Are you okay? Did you get hurt?"
Zhan Bei Jue saw all her little actions clearly and, enduring the burning pain, glanced at her.
"You've already provoked me enough today. Jiang Nan Fang, don't push your luck!"
"Why are you so petty? I didn't do it on purpose..."
"I have an important event tomorrow. If your hand blisters, don't expect me to have it scalded back for you."
"...The more I call you petty, the more petty you become. Why are you getting angry? At worst, I can have someone bring you some medicine to put on it. Such a big man, so delicate."
Jiang Nan Fang turned and placed the teacup on the coffee table, preparing to use the house phone to call the front desk.
Zhan Bei Jue's low voice drifted over.
"I think you're just hoping everyone knows I stayed overnight in your room."
"?!"
"No one in this hotel doesn't recognize me. If you don't want people to misunderstand our relationship, go buy it yourself."
Zhan Bei Jue looked at her meaningfully.
"I'm starting to strongly suspect you're playing hard to get with me."
"Jiang Nan Fang, this is your final warning. If you play any more tricks on me tonight, I'll have no choice but to sleep with you."
Tsk tsk.
Impressive.
You're a man, stronger than a woman, you can ruin someone's purity, how impressive.
You threaten me with this all the time, I'm so scared of you!
Jiang Nan Fang sneered, "Aren't you afraid I won't come back once I go out?"
Zhan Bei Jue: "I wish I never had to see you again. If you have the guts, don't come back once you leave."
That wouldn't do.
She had specifically returned to Nancheng this time to seek revenge on him. How could she give up over such a small matter?
He must have known this, which was why he spoke so confidently.
Jiang Nan Fang reluctantly changed her clothes and left the hotel.
There was a pharmacy two blocks away from the hotel, and she quickly bought burn ointment.
When she opened the door and went in, Zhan Bei Jue hadn't moved from his previous position. He lay on the sofa, eyes closed, as if he had fallen asleep.
If, as described in martial arts novels, killing incurred no responsibility, then his unguarded state at this moment would be perfect for her to strike.
Too bad this wasn't a martial arts novel, and Zhan Bei Jue wasn't that unguarded.
As she approached him with the medicine, his eyes snapped open.
"Why did it take so long? Dawdling. Hurry up, my hand is killing me."
He rolled up his right shirt sleeve and placed his hand on his lap, offering it for her to see.
Jiang Nan Fang squatted down and looked. It was indeed quite seriously scalded.
In less than half an hour, a line of small blisters had formed.
She thought to herself: Serves you right, you bastard, I hope you get burned to death.
But her hands could only apply medicine to him.
She tied her hair into a bun at the back of her head, squatted by his legs, her eyes cast down.
Her fingers were slender and small, moving nimbly back and forth.
Their skin lightly touched, sending waves of tingling electricity through Zhan Bei Jue's limbs.
Even though he had told himself countless times not to have any more intimate contact with Jiang Nan Fang, his body always acted uncontrollably.
No matter when, the moment he touched her, he felt that electric shock.
Moreover, her touch was more effective than any tranquilizer or sleeping pill for him.
As long as she was by his side, being gently touched by her, he could fall asleep anytime.
First, apply some iodine, then an antiseptic, and finally a layer of burn cream on the outside.
In just a few minutes, Jiang Nan Fang looked up and said she was done. Zhan Bei Jue, however, had fallen asleep again.
This time, he was truly asleep.
His eyelids were tightly closed, his thick eyelashes trembling slightly, his eyes were too beautiful to be a man's.
However, there were large dark circles under his eyes.
She wondered how long this workaholic, who valued money over his life, had gone without rest to get his eyes like this.
His thin lips were slightly parted, and a sweet breath escaped with each exhale. His Adam's apple gently bobbed with his breathing...
This quiet and well-behaved appearance was so much like Jing Yu and Rui Rui.
Looking at him like this, Jiang Nan Fang couldn't help but think of her children, and of what would have happened if she hadn't returned to Nancheng.
No, more accurately, if she had never known Tang Xue Ying.
No, even more accurately, if she had never secretly liked Zhan Bei Jue, and never dreamed of marrying him...
But there were no "if"s in the world.
What happened, happened. It was irreversible.
Her mood plummeted to the bottom.
Looking at Zhan Bei Jue again, she suddenly regretted applying the medicine to him just now.
Just because he said he wanted to sleep with her, she was scared and started obeying him again?
He was asleep anyway.
Whether he would blister or hurt, she didn't care. In a fit of pique, Jiang Nan Fang poured half a bottle of iodine onto her hand and wiped off the medicine she had just applied.
Then, without considering whether it was comfortable for him to sleep like that or if he would catch a cold,
She threw the things into the trash can, turned, and went back to her room to sleep.
She spent a restless night, tossing and turning in her frustration.
Waking up the next day, she pushed open the door and saw that the person on the sofa had disappeared.
Knowing he had an important event to attend, while she had nothing to do and hadn't figured out her next move, Jiang Nan Fang sat on the sofa, lost in thought.
After an unknown amount of time, the phone on the coffee table rang twice.
Jiang Nan Fang picked up the phone and saw it was Zhou Jin Xiu.
"Open the door, I'm at your door."
Jiang Nan Fang opened the door, and a pungent smell of alcohol wafted in.
Looking at Zhou Jin Xiu, his hair and clothes were messy, his eyes were red, as if he hadn't slept all night.
"What's wrong? Did you go to a bar again last night? How did you get yourself into this state?"
Don't mention last night.
Damn it, last night was the biggest humiliation of Zhou Jin Xiu's life.
He had slept all night sandwiched between two drunken men, who had touched and held him.
When he woke up in the morning and saw himself in the middle, he regretted it so much he almost bit off his tongue.
He never wanted to recall last night again! And he certainly wouldn't tell anyone! m..oΓg
"Things went wrong. I might be unemployed for a while, and my father might cut off my financial support."
"Be prepared, Nan Fang, you might have to take me in for a while."
Jiang Nan Fang wasn't stupid.
Seeing Zhou Jin Xiu like this, she knew he had tried to steal a chicken but ended up losing the rice.
He looked quite pitiful, but she didn't expose him.
"Your eyes are so red, you must not have slept well last night. Don't think about it too much for now, take a shower, and then get some more sleep. When you wake up, I'll help you solve any problems."
Zhou Jin Xiu walked towards the bathroom, rubbing his head.
He really needed to shower. Looking at the messy creases on his clothes, he felt as if he could still see those two people's hands wandering over him.
What a mess!
Jiang Nan Fang knew what project they were working on.
After Zhou Jin Xiu fell asleep, and being bored, she opened her laptop and researched excellent cases from other companies in the industry, creating a proposal for him.