The quiet, morning sunlight filtered in through the windows.
Ji Nuan had been bullied all night and was now sleeping deeply. The moment she opened her eyes, she thought Mo Jingshen had already left for work and tried to get up.
However, she was pressed back down before she could even move. A bare chest was snugly pressed against her bareback.
She was stunned. She turned around to glance at the man lying by her side. His perfect face was charmingly handsome under the sunlight, causing one to wonder if he was God's flawless creation. Although he had just woken up, his black eyes were as clear and bright as water.
After being pressed down for the entire night, she was slightly afraid of him. Subconsciously, she twisted to avoid him but was pressed down on the bed and was unable to get up.
"Why are you awake?" The man's voice was light and slightly husky.
"By now it should be almost 9:00 a.m., why haven't you gone to work…?"
"The senior management meeting is at ten, and this place is close to the company. I'll accompany you to sleep for another two hours. There's no rush."
Ji Nuan felt that she had brought this man—who was usually serious about his work—astray. Mo Jingshen had actually chose to laze in bed with her on a work day.
However, this could not be considered lazing around. Not only did she almost lose her voice last night, right now, she felt she did not have the strength to leave the house for two days.
She turned around to see that the man's black hair was slightly messy. Unlike President Mo, who typically appeared high up in his dress shirt and pants, this was real and intimate in a way that strongly moved her heart.
"Not going to sleep more?" he asked.
Ji Nuan wanted to say that she thought men were more dangerous in the day but seeing that Mo Jingshen appeared only to want to accompany her to rest, she did not try to get up further.
The main point was that her entire body was sore; more sleep was good.
She moved her gaze to the side and saw how the man's shoulders were covered in passion marks, cough; those were clearly made by her.
She moved her gaze back and could not help but look up at the man as he closed his eyes. Looking at his peaceful face and charming brow, it was impossible to comprehend how this man was incessantly demanding of her last night.
She fell asleep in his arms without any awareness. This time, she only slept for less than an hour before she suddenly awoke.
Her hands moved around the bed. Although the sheets still held some of Mo Jingshen's clean scent, he was no longer around.
Ji Nuan turned over and smelled something fragrant. Her gaze moved toward the bedroom door.
If he would cook to reward her body and stomach every time he pressed her down, for the sake of Boss Mo's handmade cooking, she would not mind training more to prevent her bones from shattering.
Ji Nuan was tempted by the scent and could not lie down any longer. She abruptly stood up, pushed aside the sheets and clambered down the bed. She was about to move to the closet to look for the clothes she had bought last night.
However, the moment her feet touched the ground, she fell backward onto the bed.
Her legs were so weak, she could not even stand up!
She laid on the bed quietly for a several seconds before gritting her teeth to stand up. She barely managed a few steps to the closet.
After she took out what she needed, she turned to return to the bed but could not bear the ache after taking one step forward. She fell toward the side and rushed to grab onto the closet's door. Mo Jingshen, who had abruptly entered the room, held her up and pressed the unclothed her into his embrace.
"How did you manage to slip even in the bedroom?"
Slip?
She clearly could not stand because her legs were weak, okay!
Ji Nuan tossed the clothes in her hand at him. "It's because of you that I lost all my strength! If we continue like this, I won't even be able to step out of the house!"
Mo Jingshen glanced at her angered, bright red face and softly chuckled. "If you don't have strength, then do you have the energy to eat breakfast?"
Ji Nuan turned away to ignore him. He had teased her even though it was apparent why she had fallen earlier. She was truly the first to discover the nasty character this man was hiding in his bones. She was going to be driven to her grave by anger.
Although her head was turned away, her hands successfully snatched her clothing back from him. She tugged the loose dress over her own body.
Mo Jingshen saw her puffed cheeks and lost his smile.
All of a sudden, he wrapped his arm around her waist and carried her up. Ji Nuan turned her head around warily. "What are you doing?"
"Didn't you say that you don't have any strength? I'll carry you to breakfast." His words were straight to the point. By the time he had finished speaking, he had already carried her out of the bedroom.
The sunlight landed on the dining table.
It was only after Mo Jingshen carried her over to sit down, placing her on his lap and pressing a glass of warm milk against her lips, that Ji Nuan returned to her senses. Frightened over how doting he was, she tried to leave his embrace.
Help, Mo Jingshen wanted her life! Her small heart really could not take it!
She had yet to leave his embrace when Mo Jingshen pressed her down. "Don't even have the strength to drink milk?"
"…"
Ji Nuan instinctively grabbed the glass from his hands and drank a big gulp. She then pointed to her lips, signaling that she could drink it herself.
"I do it by myself. I can eat…"
She originally wanted to be pampered, but this man was really crafty.
Yesterday's breakfast was Chinese. Although today's breakfast was simple, it could be considered Western.
Being served so thoroughly by Boss Mo, Ji Nuan felt that she did not want to return to the Yu Garden. What to do…
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Seeing that Ji Nuan wanted to stay here, Mo Jingshen arranged for the helpers at Yu Garden to send over some of her things. He also sent Auntie Chen over to help her tidy up, although, in the end, Ji Nuan still sent her back.
Subconsciously, she hoped that this place would be a quiet home belonging only to Mo Jingshen and her. There was no need for helpers, nor was there a need to ask Auntie Chen for help for everything. After all, she was no longer that Eldest Miss Ji. Ten years of memories were sufficient for Ji Nuan to become independent.
At around eleven, she began sorting out the laptop she had brought into the study. She wanted to research all the recent information related to the country's property market. In addition, she wanted to become familiar with everything happening inside and outside of the companies; They had just reorganized their employees after changing ownership.
She had just opened her laptop when her handphone, placed on the table, rang.
Ji Nuan glanced at it and found it was an unfamiliar number.
While glancing at the data she had copied from the company a few days ago, she casually answered, "Hello, who is this?"
"Yesterday, you came to our hospital but left so quickly. I didn't have the opportunity to give you the analysis results of that bottle of medicine. Miss Ji, when do you have time?" Qin Siting's voice came through the receiver unhurried and slightly indifferent.
"Are the results out so quickly?"
"Miss Ji gave the orders, how could this Qin dare to be slow?" Qin Siting's voice was extremely calm, as though carrying a smile, yet it still made others feel a sense of distance. "You said that this medicine is what your father has been recently taking?"
"That's right, does this medicine have any problem?"
It was quiet on the other side for a moment. "I'll explain to you when you come and receive the results."
"If it's convenient for you, Doctor Qin, I'll head over now." Ji Nuan stood up while speaking. She turned around to change and leave the house.
"En, I'll hang up now."
Right now, it was the break time for all the specialist doctors. After arriving, Ji Nuan gave a call to Qin Siting before taking the elevator to check if now was a convenient time for him.
Ji Nuan did not expect to see anyone waiting but there was a young lady blocking the door. She was dressed in branded items, and her hair was styled fashionably. The diamonds on her acrylic nails were bright enough to blind someone.
"Who are you? Why did you come at such a time? Don't you know that Doctor Qin is taking his afternoon break?" The young girl glanced towards Ji Nuan in disdain.
Ji Nuan calmly glanced at her and paid her no attention. She directly moved to knock on the examination room door.
The girl suddenly stretched her hand out and slapped Ji Nuan's hand away. "Doctor Qin has a shift today; I thought I was the only one who knew that he would be in the hospital for the entire day. It wasn't easy for me to find an opportunity to guard here! Since you also came to block people, let's make things clear!"
"…" Ji Nuan's face was full of questions.
"I'll say the ugly words first. Regardless of whichever backdoor you took to find out that he would be in the hospital today, you can't snatch Doctor Qin from me!" The girl sneered at Ji Nuan who was struck dumb by her words. She ran her hand through her exquisitely styled hair; the diamond watch on her wrist sparkling, "I've already chased Doctor Qin for more than a year. He will soon agree to date me. This man is mine, understood?"
Ji Nuan had no words.
Did this younger sister dressed as though she had just become rich misunderstand something?
Ji Nuan calmly and nicely explained, "Excuse me, I came to find Doctor Qin to discuss something."
The girl heard her last few words and instantly moved to block the door. She pressed the shut door even more tightly closed, her eyes full of wariness.
"Discuss something? What did you come to the hospital to discuss? If you didn't come because of an illness, then you definitely came to harass Doctor Qin! Leave, leave! This place has nothing to do with you!"
Ji Nuan silently furrowed her brows. Who exactly was it that came to disturb Doctor Qin?
"I'm not trying to lecture you, but from head to toe, only your pair of JC shoes is worth some money. Any piece of clothing I normally wear would be more expensive than your shoes. You should give up. Doctor Qin is the young master of the Qin Corporation. A woman like you who doesn't have any money and is dressed in a whole body of imitation goods don't suit him at all. At the end of the day, when you are chased out by him, the only one who would be embarrassed is you." While speaking, the girl eyed her as though she was looking down on her and could see no worth from her.
Initially, Ji Nuan did not plan on taking offense from this little girl whom she did not know. She also did not pay much attention to her. However, she was in a rush to obtain the analysis results of her father's medicine. Now that her road was blocked like this, she was somewhat unhappy.
Although she knew that Qin Siting did not lack suitors, she never expected such an exotic flower.
She glanced indifferently at the girl who appeared very pleased with herself. "Aside from Louis Vuitton, Armani, Bulgari, and branded shoes that cost several thousand yuan, what else do you know?"
The girl sneered. "Why do you care about what I know? I have the ability to wear it!"
She surveyed Ji Nuan from head to toe again. She saw that Ji Nuan's clothes did not have any brand logos whatsoever, yet she still felt like her clothes were not cheap. Thus, she resolutely held on to her belief that those must be imitations of international fashion brands!
Suddenly, the examination room door opened. Qin Siting's silhouette had just appeared when the girl turned around agitatedly. She had on a lovestruck expression, as though she wanted to throw herself at him.
Qin Siting's was smiling, but his tone was cold. "In Hai City, how blind are the women that dare to compare wealth with Miss Ji?"
That girl's gaze trembled. She sensed that Doctor Qin must be familiar with her. In an instant, her expression became alarmed. "What Miss Ji? Which Miss Ji? How would I know which slum she had crawled out from?"
Qin Siting glanced at Ji Nuan and calmly said, "The one that needs me to step out personally and welcome, which other Miss Ji could it be?"
The girl appeared dumbstruck; it took her a while to react.
"Do you know Diamond Forever?" Qin Siting's gaze landed on the bag Ji Nuan was carrying. Indifferently, he offered the girl a stingy glance. Since the moment he opened the door, he did not look at her once.
"Diamond Forever, what is it?" The girl heard the English and was instantly confused. Her pronunciation was battered as she asked.
Qin Siting coldly smiled. "The cost of her bag is enough to purchase your entire wardrobe."
"Ha! Don't joke with me. My wardrobe is extremely expensive. Adding the cost of all the clothes, without at least 1,000,000 or 800,000 yuan, she won't be able to compete with me."
Qin Siting acted as though he did not hear her. He glanced at Ji Nuan who remained silent and leaned against the door to open up a path, signaling for her to go in.
He had no plans to speak any more rubbish to someone he did not know.
Ji Nuan politely nodded her head and walked in.
Seeing that Qin Siting did not meet her eyes and was about to close the door, the girl was flustered as she rushed forward to block him. Her eyes stared straight at him.
"Doctor Qin, I like you! From the moment I met you, I've liked you! A year ago, when I was hospitalized, you said that we aren't familiar with each other. I've chased you for a whole fourteen months! Right now, we should be considered familiar, right? Can you give me an opportunity, even if it's just dating to try…? I really like you… I love you…"
…did she accidentally encountered a confession scene?
Ji Nuan turned back to catch another glance. She stood in the examination room and quietly shifted to the side, working hard not to be implicated as she silently watched the show.
Following the girl's anticipative and urgent gaze, Ji Nuan glanced toward the detached man standing upright against the white door. Qin Siting's doctor's robe was completely unstained. His brows and eyes were calm, while his lips carried a smile.
He was clearly smiling, yet it appeared as though he did not care about the other party at all. His frivolous smile made one feel uncomfortably cold.
Right now, was the hospital's break time. Several doctors and nurses passed by the corridor and heard the noises there. Their eyes could not help but move over.
As though he did not hear anything, the cold and handsome man turned around and walked away, returning to the examination room. His long legs made his footsteps even colder.
Just as the girl was about to rush in with him, he took out the stethoscope from his pocket and casually tossed it onto an equipment shelf by the side. Glancing back, he lazily lifted his eyelids and indifferently chuckled. "I don't like you. Don't even mention these fourteen months. Even if you wait outside my hospital door for fourteen years, I still won't like you."