"Eh? Madam Lin Cui Ping is making a move?
But listening to her confidence...
Lin Mu Ci felt a bit skeptical.
Could she have truly found Mrs. Ling's weakness?
She looked up at Ling Qian He.
"I'm going home for a bit."
Ling Qian He hummed in response.
"Shall I take you?"
Lin Mu Ci hesitated for a moment, then decisively shook her head.
"No, no. My mother... it's hard to explain."
Although her mother knew everything, there were still some mother-daughter secrets to share. Ling Qian He looked at her with a knowing smile, as if he saw through everything.
"Afraid I'll offend your future mother-in-law?"
Lin Mu Ci coughed violently, almost choking on her water.
"Uncle Li is coming to pick me up. He's already on his way."
But Ling Qian He still stared at her, showing no intention of letting her leave the car. Her eyes widened, but he leaned closer, his clear, cold eyes tinged with moisture and the flame of love. He whispered in her ear, as if murmuring.
His lips brushed against her.
Grazing her earlobe.
It was like setting a deliberate fire!
Lin Mu Ci heard Ling Qian He speak.
"Xiao Ci—I truly don't want to let you go."
"If this weren't in the car..."
"Hmph hmph."
If this weren't in the car...
What did he want to do?
Audacious!
The little system, meanwhile, was clearly beaming.
"What else? Sleep with you."
"Hehe, I was too conservative. In the car... is also possible?"
This was the first time Lin Mu Ci heard the little system describe Ling Qian He as conservative.
Her cheeks instantly turned red, her entire neck flushed. Ling Qian He looked down at her collar, her chest already blushing.
Like a burning fire.
Spreading into one continuous flush.
He chuckled, leaned close to her ear, and asked her.
"Why are your cheeks red?"
"What are you shy about?"
"Hmm?"
"Sister Mu Ci...?"
When he called her by her original name, it was exceptionally stimulating. Her cheeks were burning hot, his breath lingering beside her face. The scent, though a cool mint, felt inexplicably scorching.
Like... the devil's fire, igniting.
She even felt a faint itchiness all over. She forced herself not to look into Ling Qian He's eyes.
Ling Qian He's eyes.
Were enough to drive one mad.
Lin Mu Ci took a deep breath.
Then she murmured.
"Li... Uncle Li should be here soon."
Ling Qian He let out a laugh.
He pressed the car door shut, then looked at her. His eyes were as clear and ethereal as a celestial being.
But the moment he looked at Lin Mu Ci, it made her breath catch, her entire body feeling as if it were on fire!
He leaned his body closer, then said, word by word.
"Call me husband."
"Only then will I let you out."
She poked Ling Qian He's chest with her hand, but it had no effect.
Ling Qian He's chest was as hard as steel.
She felt so shy she was about to die, and could only whisper in the smallest voice.
"No—no."
"Let me out quickly."
Ling Qian He lowered his body further.
"You don't want to?"
"You hate me?"
"I'll be very sad."
He wouldn't be sad at all! And this was clearly... clearly coercion and enticement! Seduction!
He flipped his hand, playing another trump card.
"Or do you want me to start a live broadcast, so everyone can hear your inability to resist?"
"So everyone can hear you calling me husband?"
Lin Mu Ci's eyes widened, and she looked up at Ling Qian He in disbelief.
"You—"
Ling Qian He's eyes were still filled with amusement.
"What about me?"
"We're celebrities, isn't starting a live broadcast normal?"
Bah!
What normal person would start a live broadcast at a time like this!
This madman!
Did he think everyone else was as shameless as he was?
Starting a live broadcast, he wasn't afraid of his image collapsing—the aloof and abstinent top star, in private, was a clingy and unreasonable little puppy, fierce, domineering, and aggressive...
He only bullied her at times like this.
Because he had lost her.
He cried.
While crying...
Why didn't he broadcast it?
He should let the entire nation see what he looked like when he was crying!
Lin Mu Ci was furious, this scoundrel, this big scoundrel!
A little yandere!
Shameless!
Bully!
She glared at Ling Qian He, but the distance between them suddenly grew smaller. Then Ling Qian He leaned to her ear, as if sighing in her ear, and asked her.
"Is it that difficult to get you to call me husband?"
"I'm just your task recipient, so you don't need to care. No matter how much effort I put in for you, how much I suffer for you, you don't care, do you?"
He looked up, his deep eyes. Glistening.
Those eyes of his.
Were truly, truly too beautiful.
Looking at Ling Qian He's eyes, Lin Mu Ci fell silent for a moment, then her heart suddenly softened. She was silent for a moment, then coughed, her voice very, very low.
"Husband?"
Her voice was very soft.
The man opposite her had a smile curve his lips.
"Too quiet. Louder."
Lin Mu Ci shouted as if in defiance.
"Husband!"
"Is that good enough?"
Ling Qian He nodded, then pulled out his phone. He pressed play, and Lin Mu Ci's loud voice calling him husband could be heard. He shamelessly told Lin Mu Ci.
"I'm going to record it and use it as a ringtone."
"An alarm."
"I want to wake up every day listening to you call me husband."
Lin Mu Ci never expected Ling Qian He to pull a stunt like this. She gritted her teeth.
"Ling Qian He! Aren't you ashamed!"
Ling Qian He looked up with a smile.
"What, have an opinion? I like it. You called me husband yourself, I'm just afraid you'll go back on your word."
Lin Mu Ci was thoroughly angered.
"You... you're... bullying me!"
Ling Qian He gently stroked her hair. His eyes were still flickering, like a clear little deer, making her heart melt a little more in an instant.
"I'm not bullying you."
"When I truly bully you..."
"You know where it is."
"Or... do you want me to bully you in the car right now?"
"That would be good too, very stimulating."
What outrageous words!
She stammered.
"Li... Uncle Li is here to pick me up. I have to go now."
She stood up, wanting to escape quickly.
Ling Qian He didn't trouble her further.
Coincidentally, Uncle Li also called her—she immediately fled the dangerous zone.
Only when she sat in Uncle Li's car did she breathe a sigh of relief.
But for some reason, for a moment, she felt a sense of loss.
Lin Mu Ci thought in her heart.
This damned Ling Qian He!
How could he be so manipulative!
But...
When he smiled at her.
She truly couldn't resist.
He was neither good nor evil.
Despite having gone through so much pain, he could smile with doting warmth.
She was always struck by the tenderness Ling Qian He inadvertently revealed!