Thinking of this, Ling Momo silently organized her words and was about to speak when, unexpectedly, the car came to a sudden stop.
Ling Momo couldn’t help but feel a stir of suspicion in the pit of her stomach.
Why had the car stopped?
Hadn’t they arrived at the hospital?
As she was lost in her wild guesses, the sound of the engine shutting down reached her ears, mingled with the click of the seat belt being unbuckled. Before she could recover from her bewilderment, the man sitting beside her suddenly turned and leaned in close to her.
Ling Momo smelled that faint, tranquil scent, followed by the warmth of his breath drawing near.
Finally, Ling Momo could distinctly feel the man’s lips hovering very, very close to her own...
His breathing was light, misting over her face.
Ling Momo immediately held her breath, and despite herself, a flush spread across her cheeks.
Her hand, subconsciously, grasped at her own clothes.
"Teacher... Teacher," she thought, "what does he want to do?"
He couldn’t be about to kiss her, could he?
Ling Momo’s mind was in a fog.
But Li Qingshen suddenly pulled back from her face, straightened up and, catching her off guard, said, "Have you had enough?"
Ling Momo felt as though she had been struck by lightning!
"Have you had enough?"
Could it be that he had always known she was faking?
Li Qingshen turned his head and glanced at Ling Momo with a light gaze. Seeing that she made no movement, his eyes darkened further, and he spoke again, "Ling Momo, when will you end this charade?" ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ Novᴇl_Fire(.)net
From Li Qingshen’s words, Ling Momo sensed an undercurrent of aggression. She immediately opened her eyes, cautiously looked at Li Qingshen, and indeed, she saw that his face was especially grim. His eyes held a sharp glint, staring straight at her.
Frightened, Ling Momo shrank her neck back; her large eyes rolled around before she sweetly smiled at Li Qingshen and said in a soft voice, "Teacher!"
Li Qingshen didn’t respond; he just stared at Ling Momo.
Yet his hands had already clenched into fists.
A deep fury was spreading in his chest!
If it hadn’t been for when he’d hustled with her in his arms, nearly falling, and she reached out to grab his arm, he wouldn’t have known she was pretending to faint!
In that moment, he felt a surge of anger at being deceived.
Did she even know how guilt-ridden and worried he’d been, almost feeling as if his world was collapsing, while she had just been acting?
Ling Momo watched Li Qingshen silently brooding with a darkened face, and the unease in her heart grew heavier. She bit her lower lip, pouted, and put on a cute, obedient face, "Teacher... you’re so amazing. You could tell right away that I was acting!"
"Acting?" A cold smile appeared on the distinct contours of Li Qingshen’s face, his tone exceptionally chilly, as if he could freeze someone into ice at any moment.
"Do you even realize what you’re doing? Do you know the gravity of it, to think you could play such a game?"
Ling Momo shrank her neck even more under Li Qingshen’s scolding. She knew she was in the wrong, so she apologized in a soft and conciliatory voice, "Teacher, I was wrong. Please don’t be angry; I won’t dare to do it again!"
Her voice was innocent, with a touch of small appeasement.
However, this kind of mischievous duplicity, which he once found extremely adorable, now filled him with extreme repugnance!
It was precisely this duplicity that had misled him, leading him to agree to her taking on the advertisement shoot herself!