Shi Qianxi might or might not have had a nightmare, but Jiang Chen certainly had one.
In the dream, he was tied up in elaborate knots on the bed, while seven or eight muscular Jurassic creatures surrounded the bed, eyes gleaming like a pack of famished wolves ready to feed.
Shi Qianxi stood at the foot of the bed with a sneer, her chin lifted, her charming, melon-seed face filled with familiar haughtiness, like a queen above all else, about to give an order.
Jiang Chen abruptly woke up, drenched in sweat, realizing it was just a dream.
He sat up, gasping for air, wiping the sweat from his forehead, when suddenly he sensed that something was off.
Jiang Chen’s unsettled heart skipped a beat.
To his surprise, he saw a woman lying next to him, sound asleep!
She was lying on her side, her black hair obscuring her face, making it difficult to see clearly.
Could it be a dream within a dream?!
Jiang Chen quickly pinched his thigh, the clear sensation of pain hitting him.
But last night, he had definitely locked the door from inside!
Even though he couldn’t see the face clearly, besides himself, there was only Shi Qianxi in this room!
Because he had locked the door, dropping his guard, Jiang Chen was now only wearing a pair of briefs.
He was terrified, and without time to ponder how she had come in, he carefully slid out of bed while she was still asleep, planning to make a quick escape.
Getting out of bed was the easy part.
But just as he was pulling on his pants, a "mmm" came from behind him.
Jiang Chen froze in place as if he had been hexed,
"Why didn’t you wake me up when you got up?"
A lazy voice came from behind him, followed by sounds of movement as if getting up from the bed,
Jiang Chen’s heart sank, he quickly pulled up his pants, turned around, and confronted her first.
"How did you get in here?"
"This is my room, why can’t I come in?"
Shi Qianxi, who clearly said she would sleep on the sofa early in the morning, leaned against the headboard, speaking confidently, still wrapped in that white bathrobe,
This made Jiang Chen breathe a sigh of relief, though his expression did not ease.
"Didn’t I lock the door?"
He asked, his voice heavy.
Shi Qianxi laughed, not a mocking laugh, but rather as if she found it amusing.
"Just because you locked the door, you think I couldn’t open it? I got a key from hotel staff."
Jiang Chen was momentarily at a loss for words.
The devil rises a foot, the saint rises ten.
One can’t blame him for not being careful enough.
Asking a hotel for a key to open a man’s door.
Who would have thought a socialite could do something ?!
"The sofa really wasn’t comfortable, I hadn’t slept much before you woke me up."
From her words, it could be inferred that she must have slipped into the room early in the morning.
"I never expected it, but you have quite a nice body."
This woman casually glanced over Jiang Chen’s exposed upper body without any reservation.
Although Jiang Chen appeared modest, his body was actually well-proportioned, not at all feeble, and even had a few abdominal muscles.
Li Shuru was already quite open, but compared to Miss Shi, she was dwarfed!
Jiang Chen quickly got dressed, understanding that it was pointless to talk about morality with this woman.
"Where are you going?"
Jiang Chen, with a stone-faced expression, silently finished dressing, then quickly freshened up.
Seeing that he seemed to be leaving right away, Shi Qianxi didn’t even bother to put on slippers, hurriedly climbed out of bed, and walked over quickly.
"Have breakfast before you leave."
Jiang Chen’s demeanor was cold, resembling a man who has no intention of acknowledging the situation after pulling up his trousers.
However, it was understandable.
If the genders were reversed, given Shi Qianxi’s behavior, it would probably be enough to call the police.
"Why are you mad? I haven’t done anything to you."
Shi Qianxi sounded a bit wronged.
"And I didn’t even touch your phone."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Chen was taken aback and subconsciously reached into his pocket. His phone was still there, undamaged.
A cell phone is not worth much.
But inside it were the incriminating photos he had gone to great lengths to take last night.
Since Shi Qianxi could climb into bed with him without him feeling a thing, it meant she had every chance to delete those photos.
Yet she didn’t do so.
"You need to keep those photos safe, don’t let anyone else see them, otherwise, I’ll be very angry," she said.
"Come on, let’s have breakfast before you go, okay?"
Shi Qianxi’s tone was ingratiating.
The woman who fawned was the luckiest.
Jiang Chen pressed on the phone through his pocket as if he couldn’t refuse any longer.
"I’ll go inform the restaurant."
With a charming smile, Shi Qianxi turned and left the bedroom.
After making a call to order food, she went to freshen up.
Jiang Chen sat on the sofa, breathing out softly, trying not to think about what just happened.
This was, after all, a society full of material desires; there was no need to be shocked.
He had to get used to it,
Nothing really happened.
A phone on the coffee table suddenly rang.
It was Shi Qianxi’s phone.
Jiang Chen glanced at the caller ID involuntarily; it was Sun Xiyu.
Of course, he couldn’t answer it.
It rang for about ten seconds before the call was disconnected, but soon after, the ringing started again.
Mr. Sun seemed to have an urgent matter.
After ringing back and forth four or five times, it finally stopped.
"Someone called you."
When Shi Qianxi came out after freshening up, Jiang Chen immediately reminded her.
Still wearing her robe, Shi Qianxi walked over, picked up the phone, glanced casually without any hint of avoidance, "It’s Xi Yu."
Jiang Chen was silent.
Just risen from the bed of his fiancée — no, the engagement ceremony was slated for next year, so she was his prospective fiancée — what could he say at this moment?
Despite seeing several missed calls, Shi Qianxi merely glanced at it once, then casually placed the phone back down as if nothing happened.
"Aren’t you going to call him back?"
Jiang Chen couldn’t help asking.
"No need, he often didn’t pick up my calls when I tried to contact him before."
Jiang Chen was at a loss for words.
"What year were you born? What’s your zodiac sign?"
Shi Qianxi suddenly asked, her train of thought jumping so swiftly it was hard to keep up.
Jiang Chen remained silent.
"It’s personal and none of my business, right?"
Miss Shi, who could have easily checked for anyone in East Sea, smiled coquettishly, chin in hand as she looked at him, her eyes gleaming, completely infatuated.
"You really have a strong personality..."
Jiang Chen’s face remained expressionless.
"Jiang Chen, I heard you were dumped by a girl before, is that true?"
Shi Qianxi was like a curious baby, relentlessly asking questions until the doorbell rang.
Annoyed, Jiang Chen reminded her to open the door.
Shi Qianxi then got up unhurriedly.
"Ding dong, ding dong, ding dong..."
The doorbell became more urgent.
"Shi Qianxi, open the door!"
An impatient voice came from outside.
Shi Qianxi’s steps suddenly halted, then she turned to look at the young man with whom she had spent the night.
The man had already jumped up, his expression astonished and stiff.
That voice, it wasn’t a staff member — it was clearly Sun Xiyu!