Chapter 52: Chapter 52: The Desire to Conquer
Editor: Atlas Studios
Su Zixi left the school with the bag and headed to the Muyun Hotel.
However, it was rush hour, and Su Zixi waited by the roadside for a long time without getting a taxi. As the match time approached, she became increasingly anxious.
Just then, a white car suddenly stopped beside her. The man in the driver’s seat rolled down the window, slightly frowning, “Su Zixi?”
Hearing this voice, Su Zixi’s heart skipped a beat.
She instinctively tightened her grip on the bag in her hand, nodded to him reservedly, but said nothing.
Ning Yichen saw her difficulty and hesitated for a long time before finally saying, “Where are you going? I can give you a ride.”
“Thank you, but it’s not necessary.” Su Zixi instinctively refused.
Ning Yichen glanced at her and said plainly, “At this time and this place, you might not be able to get a taxi even after waiting for half an hour.”
Su Zixi couldn’t help but bite her lip.
She had been preparing for today’s competition for so long and didn’t want it to be affected by being late.
Ning Yichen offered to help out of politeness. Su Zixi also believed that with his character, he wouldn’t harm her.
So, she seemed to have no reason to hesitate.
Thinking of this, Su Zixi softly said, “Then I’ll trouble you.”
After speaking, she opened the car door and sat in the front passenger seat.
Ning Yichen looked straight ahead, started the car, and asked in a deep voice, “Where to?”
“Please take me to the Muyun Hotel,” Su Zixi said, placing the bag on the floor and covering it with her dress. Although Ning Yichen probably wouldn’t notice the clothes in the bag, it was better to be cautious.
“Why are you going to the hotel so early?” Ning Yichen frowned.
Su Zixi replied calmly, “Competition.”
The man slightly raised an eyebrow but didn’t ask further questions.
With only the two of them in the car, a slight awkwardness settled in as silence fell.
Su Zixi thought about the coat in her bag, which belonged to Ning Yichen, making her feel even more complex.
She suddenly became curious. If Ning Yichen saw this coat now, how would he react?
But she was just thinking about it and wouldn’t actually do it.
Ning Yichen, however, was somewhat annoyed.
As he drove by earlier, he saw Su Zixi by chance and, on impulse, stopped the car beside her and offered to give her a ride.
Given their relationship, he should have pretended not to see her. If Lianxi found out he showed kindness to Su Zixi, she would probably be unhappy.
Soon, they hit a red light. Ning Yichen pressed the brake and glanced at Su Zixi out of the corner of his eye. She had put on makeup for the competition, which accentuated her already striking features, making them even more alluring.
Sitting beside him with her downcast eyes, her cool and stubborn demeanor aroused a hard-to-suppress desire to conquer.
Ning Yichen suddenly realized this was his first time being alone with her. It was also at this moment that he abruptly felt a strange sense of familiarity and intimacy emanating from her.
A surge of anger welled up within Ning Yichen.
She was Su Lianxi’s elder sister and always despised Lianxi. Even the slightest affection for her would be a betrayal to Lianxi.
Let alone being tempted by her.
Thinking of this, he couldn’t help but tighten his lips and focused on looking straight ahead, trying hard to ignore her presence.
For the latter part of the drive, Ning Yichen sped up. Soon, he stopped the car and said flatly, “The Muyun Hotel is at the next corner. It’s inconvenient for me to make a U-turn there, so you can get off here.”
Su Zixi saw there was still some distance to walk but sensibly said nothing, thanked him, and got out of the car.
Ning Yichen involuntarily gripped the steering wheel and instinctively looked to the side, only to find that Su Zixi had left a bag behind.
“Wait, you forgot something,” he said, bending down to pick up the bag, ready to hand it to her.
The next second, his movement suddenly halted!