Chapter 124 - 124 Perhaps... It's More Useful To Coax Me In Another Way
124 Perhaps… It’s More Useful To Coax Me In Another Way
Ji Wenfeng covered his mouth and coughed. “I’ll wait for you in my car…”
Before he could finish speaking, he paused again. “If the Third Young Master plans to send you back, let me know.”
“Wait for her in your car,” Chu Jinchen said calmly.
What he meant was that he would not send her back.
Ji Wenfeng was puzzled.
What exactly happened between Third Young Master and Shi Ran?
Why was it so strange tonight?
Compared to Ji Wenfeng’s confusion, Shi Ran was much calmer.
“Wait for me in your car.”
She said to Ji Wenfeng before entering Chu Jinchen’s car.
The car door closed.
Chu Jinchen sat lazily, only his side profile visible.
“Are you angry?” Shi Ran asked bluntly.
“No.” Chu Jinchen’s expression was as usual, and he still had that casual smile.
From his expression alone, there were indeed no signs of anger.
However, Shi Ran did not believe Chu Jinchen’s words.
He was too abnormal tonight.
“You’re really not angry?” she asked again.
“Yes,” Chu Jinchen replied.
He did not even look at her.
“It’s good that you’re not angry. Then, I’ll go back first.”
Chu Jinchen: “?”
He turned to look at her, his expression instantly stunned.
He saw that Shi Ran was about to get out of the car.
Chu Jinchen quickly grabbed her wrist.
She blinked. “What’s wrong?”
Chu Jinchen’s dark eyes grew darker. He gritted his teeth. “I’m not angry. I’m not angry at all.”
As he spoke, the smile on his lips had already disappeared.
The manner in which he tried so hard to not let others see through his anger was so comical that Shi Ran almost could not control her laughter.
But she still suppressed the smile on her lips and nodded seriously. “I know you’re not angry.”
Chu Jinchen: ???
He was extremely angry.
Looking at the innocent face in front of him, he felt a headache.
In the end, he let go and said weakly, “Go back.”
“Alright,” Shi Ran agreed.
She stepped out of the car and was about to bend down to get out.
In the next second, her wrist was grabbed again.
A smile appeared in Shi Ran’s eyes.
Chu Jinchen’s awkward voice came from behind. “A little angry.”
San Yu, who was in the driver’s seat: “…”
Third Young Master, can you have some backbone???
Shi Ran returned to the car and closed the door.
She looked at Chu Jinchen’s pursed lips and hid her smile. “What’s wrong?”
Chu Jinchen stared at her.
After a long silence, he said, “If I say that I’m fine, are you leaving again?”
Shi Ran smiled and nodded.
Chu Jinchen felt helpless.
He always felt helpless against her.
“Just now at the door of the private room, I heard you say that you like Qi Le.”
At that moment, compared to being jealous and angry, he was more flustered.
On the way to the Jade Hunter, he had been thinking.
If the person she liked was Qi Le or someone else, what should he do?
Retreat?
He could not do such a thing.
Ever since he was young, there had never been anything he particularly wanted.
Even the power and the position of the Chu Family’s head were not things he coveted.
Only Shi Ran was something he did not want to let go of.
In fact, just the thought of letting go made him feel like the world was empty.
Therefore, rather than saying that he was angry, it was more appropriate to say that he was flustered.
Her wrist itched and Shi Ran lowered her head.
Chu Jinchen’s thumb was subconsciously rubbing her wrist.
Was he uneasy?
Thinking of this possibility, she was puzzled. “So you’re angry because I said I liked Qi Le?”
Chu Jinchen sighed silently.
He had been too anxious.
He could tell that she had always been slow when it came to relationships.
That was why he had adopted a step-by-step strategy from the beginning.
However, Qi Le had disrupted his plan.
Come to think of it, it must be that Shi Ran did not know why he was angry.
Chu Jinchen rubbed his eyebrows.
Forget it. With his current status, what right did he have to ask for an explanation?
“I’m not angry anymore.” He smiled and returned to his usual self.
Shi Ran leaned closer and stared at Chu Jinchen’s expression.
He indeed looked appeased.
She reached out and poked the corner of Chu Jinchen’s mouth with her index finger.
Seeing Chu Jinchen’s stunned gaze, the smile in her eyes deepened.
She said softly, “When I first met Qi Le, it was the darkest moment of my life.”
“But you also know that the circle is only so big. Thus, many things that were only spoken as rumors were spread very quickly.”
“Qi Le is a close friend to me. During my most difficult time, he was the one who accompanied me through it.”
“He never responded to me, but to me at that time, it was enough for someone to listen and keep secrets for me.”
Shi Ran retracted her hand, her eyes filled with complicated emotions.
These were the feelings the original host had for Qi Le.
Perhaps it was because she had accepted the memories of her original body that she was always soft-hearted towards Qi Le.
Chu Jinchen listened quietly and did not say anything.
Shi Ran looked at him and continued, “Jade Hunter is a fire pit. A few times when I visited him, I saw wounds all over his body.”
“It made me want to take him away, but he was unwilling. I know he has his difficulties and his difficulties must be because of things other than money.”
“But I respect his choice. I just feel sorry for him when he tortures himself like this.”
The more San Yu listened, the worse the situation sounded.
Why did Miss Shi’s words sound so wrong?
He glanced in the rearview mirror.
As expected, Chu Jinchen’s eyes darkened slightly as he asked, “What are you trying to say?”
“I want to say…”
She reached out and grabbed Chu Jinchen’s collar, pulling him down.
Chu Jinchen leaned forward obediently, his black eyes meeting those smiling eyes.
“To the current me, Qi Le is like a younger brother. There’s no romantic feelings between us.”
Chu Jinchen’s black eyes trembled. “Why are you explaining it to me?”
He had thought that she was slow in love and did not know why he was angry.
But now, it seemed that she knew.
Then why did she explain it to him?
The car was silent. Only Chu Jinchen’s heart was pounding, as if it was deafening.
Could it be that Shi Ran had a little…
Feelings for him?
Seeing that Chu Jinchen was in a daze, she rubbed the tip of his nose and said seriously, “I’m coaxing you.”
“Boom—”
These words crushed Chu Jinchen’s last bit of rationality.
He grabbed her chin and pulled her face towards his.
His red lips were just inches away, and his voice was low and hoarse. “Perhaps… it’s more useful to coax me in another way.”
As soon as he finished speaking, he lowered his head and kissed her lips.
Shi Ran’s eyes widened.
The touch on her lips was warm, and the surrounding temperature kept rising.
Chu Jinchen then bit it gently.
Subconsciously, Shi Ran opened her mouth.
Chu Jinchen wrapped his large hand around her waist and trapped her in the seat, deepening the kiss.
Shi Ran opened her eyes at a loss.
It was too… too intense.
She raised her hand and pressed it against Chu Jinchen’s chest.
Chu Jinchen looked up at Shi’s Ran misty eyes and his eyes darkened.
He knew that she was going to push him away.
He could not help but feel a little regretful.
But it was enough for him.
He let go of her chin and was about to retreat.
Unexpectedly, the hand on his chest slid up and stopped against his neck.
Shi Ran closed her eyes and opened her mouth to bite Chu Jinchen’s lower lip.