Chapter 119: Could It Be That He Fell in Love With Her?
Hearing this, Lian Li couldn’t help but understand.
She told him she had plans with her Senior Sister and couldn’t have dinner with him that night, only to be caught by him with Jin Yan Ting.
Lian Li didn’t have the habit of explaining herself, let alone getting caught up in self-justification.
“It was you who agreed to keep it private. Are you trying to go back on your word now?”
Their eyes met. Jin Shi Yue’s voice was devoid of warmth as his thin lips parted, “What if I am?”
Lian Li couldn’t understand his unpredictable temper. “If you didn’t accept, I’ve told you before, what’s between us is purely an accident, with no feelings involved. You’re interested in me, and I’m willing to spend half a year playing along, but I don’t want to ruin…”
Before she could finish speaking, Jin Shi Yue interrupted her.
He let out a light scoff, his tone sharp, “So, if it wasn’t me, you would have done the same?”
The latter half of Lian Li’s sentence dissolved in her throat. Her almond-shaped eyes flickered, and she didn’t answer.
If it were someone else, not Jin Shi Yue, would she still have slept with him, kissed him, and taken responsibility?
After a moment of silence, Lian Li said, “Then let’s go back on our word. The agreement is void, and we have no relationship now. If you truly feel that sleeping with me was extremely insulting, then call the police and arrest me. Anyway, with your status, there’s nothing I can do to resist if you want to do something to me, right?”
She didn’t consider herself a good person, nor did she have such strong morals that she had to take responsibility to the end after sleeping with someone. She had a dark side, and she could accept it. If he couldn’t accept it, he should get lost and stop bothering her life.
Lian Li finished speaking and was about to get out of the car. She reached out to open the car door, but it wouldn’t budge.
Jin Shi Yue had locked the car doors.
Lian Li took a deep breath and turned to look at him. “I want to get out of the car.”
Jin Shi Yue smirked self-deprecatingly. “Every time I see through you, you tell me how terrible you are, trying to push me away.”
“Lian Li, do you think everyone only likes your good-natured, kind, and considerate side?”
It took Lian Li nine years to like Jin Yan Ting, while she had only been with Jin Shi Yue for four months. She found it incredible that he would like her.
What could be done in four months? One couldn’t even truly understand a person. Could it be that he not only liked her but had also fallen in love with her?
Absurd.
“Of course not,” Lian Li said, looking directly at him. “Some people only like superficial appearances.”
Her unexpected words and actions made people love and hate her. Jin Shi Yue rubbed his brow bone, a gun barrel pressed against his temple, and he hadn’t experienced such emotional turmoil.
After a while, he curved his lips into a smile. “Complimenting your looks means I like your superficial appearance. What kind of logic is that?”
“People are visual creatures. Liking someone’s appearance is normal; it doesn’t require logic,” Lian Li said.
“Yes, I like your superficial appearance.”
Jin Shi Yue’s dark eyes glanced at her and he said slowly, “If you have the guts, find someone exactly like you and I promise I’ll like her too.”
Lian Li was inherently a bit cunning. She had set traps for many people with her words, so when others set traps for her, she could detect them immediately.
Lian Li absolutely refused to fall for his trick and find a substitute. She shifted her gaze from his face to the windshield, her shoulders relaxing, and leaned back against the seat.
“You find a clone yourself. Since you’re so omnipotent, you must have a way.”
Seeing Lian Li’s relaxed demeanor, Jin Shi Yue’s eyebrows slightly raised, his eyes locked on her as he asked, “If I can’t even make you like me, how am I omnipotent?”
Upon hearing this, Lian Li glanced at him sideways, but quickly averted her gaze when she met his eyes.
Jin Shi Yue pressed on, his interest piqued. “Tell me, what’s your image of me?”
Lian Li imitated him, adopting an indifferent attitude. “I have no interest in your superficial appearance or your even more superficial inner self.”
The more she opened up, the more relaxed she became. It was clear now that she hadn’t even realized how relaxed her posture and speech were, like a bird resting on a branch, chirping away.
Jin Shi Yue sat with his long legs crossed, leaning back lazily against the chair. He slightly lifted his eyelids to look at her for a few seconds, then narrowed his eyes and said, “You’re only interested in my superficial lower half, right?”
Hearing this, Lian Li’s mind exploded. What nonsense was he spouting now!
She instantly felt a surge of shame and indignation, raising her voice. “Jin Shi Yue!”
“What, can’t say it if you can do it?” Jin Shi Yue raised his eyebrows, a meaningful smile flowing from the corners of his eyes, incredibly alluring. “Who was it that, in bed, went against their conscience and said I was the only one you’d save if Jin Yan Ting and I fell into the sea?”
Lian Li really wanted to hit him with her bag. Who in their right mind would ask in that situation whether to save him or the other person? Yet, what he said seemed to be the truth.
Lian Li said, “I said I’d save you, not *only* save you.”
Jin Shi Yue’s gaze casually swept down from her face to her slender, clean hands, then back up to her bright, luminous eyes, and he said meaningfully:
“I don’t have a hobby of sharing a woman with other men.”
Lian Li suspected she had misheard. She raised her eyelashes and looked at him in disbelief.
Jin Shi Yue slowly added, “I’ve been inexperienced for twenty-seven years, I get shy easily. I’m not as experienced as you.”
Lian Li immediately felt the urge to physically silence him.
How could he say such things with a straight face?!
Then, she thought better of it, realizing that silencing him would be too easy. His face alone could fetch a high price if he were to sell himself, and his ability to speak would be even more valuable.
Lian Li took a breath, feigning composure. “Are you done talking? If you’re done, unlock it quickly. I need to get out of the car.”
“The button is right here,” Jin Shi Yue said, taking in her changing expression, his thin lips curving. “Do it yourself.”
Lian Li didn’t understand how his cool, indifferent voice could make ordinary words sound so ambiguous.
With that flippant demeanor, she absolutely didn’t believe he was uninterested in both men and women, that he was cold and heartless.
She looked at his tall, upright physique, then at the button in front of him. Finally, she stood up, her palm resting on the center console, and reached out to press the unlock button.
Jin Shi Yue watched Lian Li lean over, her body tilting forward causing her smooth, long hair to fall, a few strands gently resting on his leg. His deep gaze slowly slid down her slender waist, tracing the beautiful curve upwards, lingering on her fair, delicate neck.
Lian Li’s figure, like her, appeared slender and delicate, but actually contained immense energy.
The moment she drew near, the familiar citrus scent from her body instantly wafted into his nostrils, stirring a dormant factor hidden deep within his cells, making it passionately restless.
Jin Shi Yue’s car structure was different from other cars. Lian Li searched for a while before finding it. She pressed the button and was about to leave when a strong arm wrapped around her waist.
Lian Li was suddenly embraced from behind, the male scent invading her space, and she instinctively trembled.
Lian Li turned her head to look at him. Jin Shi Yue suddenly lowered his head, and a hot kiss landed precisely on her lips.
