"You don’t seem to be my friend, and he..." As she spoke, Ran Xiangsi’s gaze shifted to Feng Zilun.
She paused for a moment. After all, Feng Zilun had helped her quite a bit over the years.
During that brief pause, Xing Chen, with a dark expression, suddenly frowned and readily accepted Ding Jia’s invitation, "Why not?"
Ran Xiangsi raised her eyebrows and looked back at Xing Chen, quickly asking, "Doesn’t your family have something going on?"
In fact, Xing Chen’s family had nothing going on. Ran Xiangsi said this just to find an excuse to leave quickly!
Xing Chen lowered his eyes and immediately understood Ran Xiangsi’s intention, but he had no intention of doing as she wished. ᴛʜɪs ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ɪs ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ʙʏ NovᴇlFire(.)nᴇt
He grasped her hand and settled her into a chair, "Since your ’friend’ has so warmly invited, how can we just walk away?"
Whether Xing Chen did it on purpose or not, he put extra emphasis on the word ’friend’!
Ran Xiangsi was caught off guard, and her plan was thus altered by Xing Chen.
She couldn’t care less anymore and grabbed Xing Chen’s collar sitting beside her, nearly leaning into his ear!
She deliberately lowered her voice, "Why are you staying? If we don’t leave now, we’ll get exposed!"
Xing Chen, on the contrary, thoroughly enjoyed Ran Xiangsi’s closeness.
His nostrils filled with her unique fragrance once more.
He also seized the opportunity to lean close to her ear, blowing warm air, "Isn’t it a rare chance? Don’t you want to strike back?"
"Uh..." Ran Xiangsi furrowed her delicate brows, increasingly unable to fathom this man’s thoughts, "Why are you helping me?"
Ran Xiangsi sensed that his appearance and talk of retaliation were indeed helping her.
It was so obvious that if she still didn’t get it, even a princess would laugh at her...
Ran Xiangsi’s question went unanswered by Xing Chen.
His body suddenly stiffened, puzzled.
They had no familial bond, and they had even crossed paths only last night!
Was it because... he couldn’t stand seeing her bullied by others?
No, it was because he didn’t want this woman who pretended to be his wife to be bullied by others.
Quickly drawing this conclusion, Xing Chen imprinted it deeply in his mind.
Instead of answering Ran Xiangsi’s question, he straightened the hair hanging on her chest.
With a slight curl of his cool lips, he raised his voice.
"Why did you leave in such a hurry last night?"
Clearly, this was said for the two people across from them to hear.
Indeed, Feng Zilun and Ding Jia were both startled, having just seen Ran Xiangsi and this man whispering so intimately, and now hearing him bring up such a sensitive topic...
Last night? Left in a hurry?
Last night, the two of them together?
What would a single man and woman do together?
Ding Jia’s eyes were filled with complete jealousy, envy, and resentment!
Ran Xiangsi didn’t know where she got such good fortune, to have such a handsome man treat her so well!!
Feng Zilun, on the other hand, was utterly furious!
He had liked Ran Xiangsi for so many years, asked her out countless times, and she only occasionally came out once...
Yet, she spent the night so casually with another man?
Faced with the confused looks of Feng Zilun and Ding Jia, Ran Xiangsi finally understood what Xing Chen meant by retaliation.
"Something came up!" she gritted her teeth, glaring sideways at Xing Chen.
But then she heard his even more unbridled laughter, "Seems it’s my fault, I let you have the strength to get out of bed."