"Do you know? You are the most charming man I’ve ever met. The way you rejected me was damn charming, I really like it!"
The woman’s words made Xu Ke furrow his brows, and a sense of foreboding rose in his heart.
Xu Ke still didn’t know why he was feeling this way, but the next moment he understood.
The girl, taking advantage of the darkness of the cinema, swiftly lunged at Xu Ke.
Xu Ke’s body’s instinct was faster than his mind’s reaction, and he slapped the shadow flying towards him.
"Slap!" The crisp sound left both Xu Ke and the girl next to him stunned.
"You hit me? You actually hit me!" The woman held the half of her face that had gone numb from the slap, speaking in disbelief.
So shocked, the girl didn’t lower her voice, and it was even louder than usual, directly drawing the attention of half the cinema.
"I didn’t mean to, you suddenly came at me, and I couldn’t control myself and hit back." Xu Ke explained.
Regardless, he was in the wrong for hitting someone, and Xu Ke wasn’t thinking of shirking responsibility, but he was also unwilling in his heart.
After all, if the girl hadn’t suddenly come at him, he wouldn’t have hit her, but now, more explanations and thoughts were useless because the deed was done.
However, Xu Ke’s apology did not earn the girl’s forgiveness.
"Don’t say these useless things, you’ve already hit me, you have to take responsibility for it." The girl said coldly.
Xu Ke was taken aback for a moment, then asked, "How do you want me to be responsible? What do you want? I will try my best to meet your requests as compensation."
"I want you." The girl said firmly.
"What did you say?" Xu Ke doubted he heard wrong.
"I said I want you. I want you to compensate me with yourself. I don’t want anything else. If you disagree, I won’t forgive you." The girl stated her condition.
"No way! Anything but that condition, I can agree to. But wanting our baby is absolutely not happening, I don’t agree."
Ariel, who turned her head at some point, looked at the girl with a playful smile and said lightly.
"This is not your place to speak. This is between him and me, and you don’t need to interfere." The girl looked at Ariel with disgust.
"He is my boyfriend, his matters are my matters. Can I make the decision for you, dear?" Ariel kissed Xu Ke’s cheek and asked.
"Of course you can." Xu Ke said without hesitation.
"See, our baby just said it’s okay, so the condition you just put forward is not acceptable. I can give you jewelry, beautiful dresses, or expensive cars. I can provide endless material compensation, but you dreaming of exchanging it for my baby is absolutely impossible."
Ariel playfully winked at the girl, the dim light turning her bright blue eyes into a dark blue, mysterious and dangerous, contrasting sharply with the smile on her lips, causing the girl to shiver.
The intimacy between Ariel and Xu Ke struck a sensitive nerve in the girl, making her envy, and envy turned to jealousy, driving her mad.
Blinded by jealousy, the girl began speaking recklessly, "Aren’t there enough guys in America for you to play with? Why do you specifically have to find a Chinese guy? Why must you harm our country’s guys? Why are you fighting with me? You should go back to your own country, you bitch."
"I advise you to take back what you just said, otherwise, even if you are a woman, I don’t mind slapping you again."
The girl’s words made Xu Ke very angry.
"Am I wrong? America’s such an open country, who knows how many boyfriends she’s had before you. Do you know if she has any diseases, if she’s cheated? If she’s cuckolded you? Wake up, you’re Chinese, you should find a Chinese girl to be with, she’s not good enough for you."
The girl shook Xu Ke’s shoulders, trying to awaken him with this method.
"On what grounds are you saying this? You’re just a lunatic." Xu Ke pried the girl’s hands off himself.
The girl’s hands clasped firmly on Xu Ke’s shoulders, causing Xu Ke to use considerable force to free himself, bending the girl’s fingers continuously backward almost to the back of her own hand.
Xu Ke was very close to the girl, and he could clearly see her reddened eyes and the tears in them.
This method would make one’s fingers ache, yet the girl managed to remain silent, stubbornly wanting to leave her hands on Xu Ke.
"Why? I just want to give myself a chance, why won’t you give me this chance? Why would you rather choose an indiscreet American and not even look at me? Do you know that in a certain sense, your actions can be considered as unpatriotic?"
The girl looked up at Xu Ke, her neck rigid.
"If liking you is called being patriotic, then I’d rather be considered unpatriotic." Xu Ke said coldly.
"I’ve never even met you, why do you have to cling to me? Also, I hope you apologize to my girlfriend for your inappropriate remarks, or I really will hit you." Xu Ke warned her.
"Then just hit me, hit me like you did before! I tell you, even if you beat me to death here today, I won’t apologize to that bitch." The girl glared, stubbornly refusing to admit fault.
Just as the girl thought Xu Ke wouldn’t hit her, the pain on her cheek shattered her ridiculous fantasy and confidence.
"You actually hit me for that bitch!" The girl held her cheek, with tears in her eyes.
"She’s my girlfriend, it’s only right that I protect her. You’ve insulted her repeatedly, hitting you is perfectly reasonable, what are you complaining about here?" Xu Ke held Ariel’s hand, looking at the girl coldly.
"Baby you’re so manly! I feel so safe being by your side! But let’s not watch this movie anymore. I can guess the rest of the plot, and there’s always someone making me sick, making me unhappy, and making our baby unhappy. I think we should go home and do something that’ll make both of us happy."
Ariel winked at Xu Ke suggestively.
"You’ve got a point, let’s go back then. Next time I’ll make it up to you with another movie, sorry for the trouble this time." Xu Ke squeezed Ariel’s fingertips.
"As long as you’re by my side, I’m not troubled, but if you really want to make it up to me, I’d be very happy about it, hehe." Ariel said with a smile.