Ning Xi desperately gave him some dishes. "Hehe, I… I'm just kidding… don’t mind me!"
Lu Tingxiao did not look the slightest bit angry, and in fact looked like he was in a good mood. He smiled lightly. "Good idea."
Ning Xi was stunned silly: "…" He actually thought it was a good idea?!
"Ning Xi." Lu Tingxiao looked at her suddenly with a serious expression.
Being the focus of those deep eyes made Ning Xi nervous: "What… what is it?"
"If you change your mind, come and find me anytime," said Lu Tingxiao.
When Ning Xi heard this, her heart thumped. She knew he meant the issue of "marrying him"…
Even though he hadn’t brought it up again after her clear rejection last time, she could feel that his attitude towards her had been different all along. She could also feel the atmosphere between them growing more and more ambiguous…
The worst was her heart, which was starting to thump out of her control…
Was what Jiang Muye said actually true, that her head had been turned by Lu Tingxiao’s beauty?
After what she had experienced five years ago, she thought she would never fall in love again. There was even a long period of time when she had had a huge psychological problem. She extremely hated and was completely repulsed by men; especially when she saw bastards, she couldn't suppress the evil spirits that burned inside her, and she was obsessed with annihilating them, like meting out divine justice...
Her frame of mind had calmed down a lot in recent years, but she still rejected men in general, what more finding someone to marry. That was simply too impossible for her.
But this man in front of her, who always had on a poker face, and had a frightening aura that often scared her… somehow he had cracked the thick shell surrounding her heart…
After the hot pot, Little Treasure was tired, and fell asleep in the car on the way back home. He was so small and soft in her embrace that Ning Xi didn’t want to let go of him.
Oh, it was terrible! Big Bun had already made her so confused, and Little Bun…
She realized that the more she spent time with Little Bun, the more she liked him, to the point that if she didn't see him for even just one day, she would miss him. If she didn't hug him today, it would feel like she was missing something.
This was not a good sign…
When they got home, Ning Xi carefully carried the little guy into his bedroom.
Lu Tingxiao leaned against the doorframe, and looked at with a gentle expression. "We’ve troubled you these few days."
Ning Xi tucked Little Treasure in, and then came out after closing the door. "It's nothing, I also like Little Treasure very much."
After hesitating for a moment, she said with a relieved smile, "Little Treasure is getting better and better, so it looks like soon, I won’t need to live here anymore!"
Lu Tingxiao's face suddenly turned black. "Are you very eager to leave?"
Ning Xi step back under his fierce gaze. "This… the plan had always been that I would leave after Little Treasure recovers, I would also be a bother if I stayed for so long!"
Lu Tingxiao: "You’re not."
Ning Xi had no choice, she could only raise her head and look him straight in the eye. "But I would feel troubled."
Lu Tingxiao frowned. "Troubled?"
"Yes." Ning Xi took a deep breath and spoke. "To be honest, I'm not a very disciplined person. If I stay here, I have to always mind my behavior…"
Lu Tingxiao: "You don’t have to."
Ning Xi facepalmed, and said with resignation, "Okay, even if you don't mind, I also need a private life. Occasionally, I’ll have friends over. I’ll also need to relax after work sometimes, and ride my bike, or hit the bars and nightclubs. If I meet a good-looking guy, it's unavoidable that I'll bring him back for the night…"
"Enough!" Lu Tingxiao's face had become uglier the more he listened, until he couldn’t bear it anymore, and finally interrupted her.
Late at night, Ning Xi lay in bed with her thoughts flying around.
As if she would bring a guy home — in the case of the guys who had wanted to mess around with her or sleep with her, she’d dragged them into alleys and beaten all of them up.
Especially the married men with the mark of a wedding ring on their fingers, those she beat the hardest until they cried for their mothers.
As for her sex life…
It sounded sad, but the only time she had sex was that night five years ago…
Maybe that experience of her first time really traumatized her; she felt like vomiting whenever she thought about having sex.
She really pissed Lu Tingxiao off tonight, but there was no other way; she would have had to bring it up sooner or later, might as well get it over with now before things got out of control.
It was better that she distance herself first, before he shunned her after her ugly, naked side was exposed.
Because of her restless heart, her night was tangled up in bad dreams.
In her confused dreams, she could hear different voices in her ears…
"Ning Xi, what makes you think you can fight me? Apart from your blood connection, you are nothing!"
"You still have face to ask about that bastard, what are you trying to do? Don’t tell me you actually planned to give birth and raise him?"
"That kid was premature, and died as soon as he was born, I’ve already dealt with the body!"
"Ning Xi, I’m telling you, from now on, I, Ning Yaohua, no longer acknowledge you as my daughter! You have nothing to do with our Ning family any longer!"
"Xiao Xi, I’m sorry, let’s break up! I won't stop caring about you, I’ll treat you like my own little sister…"
…
She ran and ran with all her might, trying to escape those horrible voices…
She ran to the top of a hospital; below her was an endless abyss which seemed to have some dark attraction, luring her closer, step by step…
At last, she closed her eyes, and jumped…
The moment she fell, she didn't wake up from her dream as she usually did, but instead fell into another surreal dream…
This time it wasn’t a nightmare, but a… a wet dream…
She had had this kind of dreams before, and they were always accompanied by tremendous fear and helplessness, but this time, something seemed different.
One after another, cool, reverent kisses fell on her forehead, her eyes, nose, lips…
She didn't find it disgusting or filthy this time, but instead felt that she was being cherished by the other party, like the most precious treasure.
Who… was he…
Ow, that hurt…
Why did he bite her?
Even though Lu Tingxiao had done his best to restrain himself, in the end he still couldn’t stop himself from entering her room. He knew he shouldn't wake her up, but his actions had unconsciously become a little aggressive.
This woman drove him crazy so easily!
"If I meet a good-looking guy, it’s unavoidable that I’ll bring him back for the night." These words were like a meteorite crashing at high speed, smashing all his reason to dust.
As he kissed the girl’s neck, he could no longer contain the rapid swell of desire in his chest, and he bit down hard, like a beast conquering its prey in the most primitive way…
"Eh… that…"
The instant the taste of blood pervaded the air, he heard the girl’s weak voice…
Lu Tingxiao’s back instantly stiffened, and his whole body felt like a bucket of icy water had been poured over him.
The man still had his head buried in the crook of her neck. Ning Xi had almost screamed at the pain of the bite on her neck, but she could only endure it and awkwardly remind him: "Cough, that… I was just sleeping, not dead asleep, your…your actions were more than enough to wake me up…"
At first, she had wanted to pretend for a bit, but in the end she really couldn’t take it, that bite really hurt!
Meanwhile, Lu Tingxiao’s deep, dark eyes had already blended with the night. He raised his head slowly and locked eyes on her. With one finger lightly caressing her jaw, he spoke as if he was an incubus from hell, "Mm, I woke you… so what?"
As soon as he said that, he grabbed her hands tightly and pushed them above her head, pressed down, and kissed her without hesitation…
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