Jiang Nan Fang feigned a shocked expression.
"I told you to be careful of the heat, why didn't you dodge?"
"Are you okay? Did it hurt you?"
Zhan Bei Jue saw through her little tricks. Enduring the stinging pain, he glanced at her.
"You've already provoked me enough today. Jiang Nan Fang, don't push your luck!"
"Why are you so petty? I didn't do it on purpose..."
"I have an important event tomorrow. If my hand blisters, don't expect me to be the one to burn it back for you."
"...The more you call me petty, the pettier you get. Why are you getting angry? At worst, I'll have someone bring you some medicine to apply. You're such a big man, so delicate."
Jiang Nan Fang turned, placing the teacup on the coffee table, preparing to call the front desk with the landline.
Zhan Bei Jue's low voice drifted over.
"I think you're just hoping everyone knows I stayed in your room tonight."
"?!"
"No one in this hotel doesn't recognize me. If you don't want people to misunderstand our relationship, go buy it yourself."
Zhan Bei Jue looked at her meaningfully.
"I'm now deeply suspecting that you're playing hard to get with me."
"Jiang Nan Fang, this is your final warning. If you play any more tricks on me tonight, I will have to sleep with you."
Tsk tsk.
Impressive.
You're a man, stronger than a woman, capable of ruining someone's purity. Truly impressive.
Scaring me with this all the time. I'm so scared of you!
Jiang Nan Fang sneered, "Aren't you afraid I'll leave and not come back?"
Zhan Bei Jue: "I wish I never had to see you again. If you have the guts, leave and don't come back."
That wouldn't do.
She had specifically returned to Nan Cheng this time to seek revenge. How could she give up over such a small matter?
He must have known this about her, which was why he spoke so confidently.
Jiang Nan Fang grudgingly changed her clothes and left the hotel.
There was a pharmacy two blocks away, and she quickly bought burn ointment.
Opening the door to enter, she saw Zhan Bei Jue hadn't moved from his previous position. He was lying on the sofa, eyes closed, as if he had fallen asleep.
If one could kill without consequence like in martial arts novels, his current unguarded state would be perfect for her to strike.
What a shame, this wasn't a martial arts novel, and Zhan Bei Jue wasn't so unguarded.
As soon as she approached with the medicine, his eyes opened.
"Why did you take so long? Dawdling. Hurry up, my hand is burning terribly."
He rolled up his right shirt sleeve and placed his hand on his leg, offering it for her to see.
Jiang Nan Fang squatted down. Upon seeing it, it was indeed quite badly burned.
In less than half an hour, a line of small blisters had formed.
She thought to herself: Serves you right, you bastard. I wish you'd burn to death.
But her hands could only apply medicine to him.
She tied her hair into a bun behind her head, squatted by his legs, her gaze lowered.
Her fingers were slender and small, moving nimbly back and forth.
Their skin lightly touched, sending currents of tingling electricity through Zhan Bei Jue's limbs.
Although he had told himself countless times not to have any more intimate contact with Jiang Nan Fang, his body always acted uncontrollably.
No matter when, as soon as he touched her, that electric shock sensation would surge.
Moreover, her touch was more effective than any tranquilizer or sleeping pill for him.
As long as she was by his side, gently touching him, he could fall asleep anytime.
First, apply some iodine, then antiseptic, and finally a layer of burn cream.
In just a few minutes, Jiang Nan Fang looked up and said she was done. Zhan Bei Jue, however, had fallen asleep again.
This time, he was truly asleep.
His eyelids were tightly shut, his thick eyelashes fluttering slightly. His eyes were too beautiful to belong to a man.
However, there were large, dark circles under his eyes.
She wondered how long this workaholic, who valued money over life, had gone without rest to have such eyes.
His lips were slightly parted, and with each breath, a sweet scent emanated. His Adam's apple gently bobbed with his breathing...
This quiet and well-behaved appearance was so much like Jing Yu and Rui Rui.
Looking at him like this, Jiang Nan Fang couldn't help but think of her children, and what would have happened if she hadn't returned to Nan Cheng.
No, more accurately, if she had never known Tang Xue Ying.
No, more precisely, if she had never harbored a crush on Zhan Bei Jue, never hoped to marry him...
But alas, there are no "ifs" in life.
What happened is what happened. It's irreversible.
Her mood instantly plummeted to rock bottom.
Looking at Zhan Bei Jue again, she suddenly regretted applying the medicine to him.
Just because he said he would sleep with her, she was scared and started obeying him again?
He was asleep anyway.
Whether his hand would blister or hurt, she didn't care. In a fit of anger, Jiang Nan Fang poured half a bottle of iodine onto her hand and wiped off the medicine she had just applied.
Then, without considering whether it was uncomfortable for him to sleep like that or if he would catch a cold.
She tossed the things into the trash can, turned, and went back to her own room to sleep.
She spent a restless night, tossing and turning.
The next morning, she woke up and pushed open the door to find that the person on the sofa had vanished.
Knowing he had an important event to attend, while she had nothing to do and hadn't figured out her next move, Jiang Nan Fang sat on the sofa, lost in thought.
After an unknown amount of time, her phone on the coffee table rang twice.
Jiang Nan Fang picked up the phone and saw it was Zhou Jin Xiu.
"Open the door, I'm at your door."
Jiang Nan Fang opened the door, and a pungent smell of alcohol wafted in.
Looking at Zhou Jin Xiu, his hair and clothes were messy, his eyes were red, as if he hadn't slept all night.
"What's wrong? Did you go to a bar again last night? Why do you look like this?"
Don't mention last night.
Damn it, last night was the greatest humiliation of Zhou Jin Xiu's life.
He had slept all night with two drunken men holding and touching him.
Waking up in the morning and seeing himself sandwiched between them, he regretted it so much he almost bit off his tongue.
He never wanted to recall last night again! And he would never tell anyone! m..oΓg
"The deal fell through. I might be unemployed for a while, and my father might cut off my financial support."
"Be prepared, Nan Fang. You might have to take me in for a while."
Jiang Nan Fang wasn't foolish.
Looking at Zhou Jin Xiu's state, she knew he had tried to steal a chicken but ended up losing the rice.
He looked rather pitiful, so she didn't expose him.
"Your eyes are so red. You definitely didn't sleep well last night. Don't think about it too much for now. Take a shower, then get some more sleep. When you wake up, I'll help you solve any problems."
Zhou Jin Xiu walked towards the bathroom, rubbing his head.
He really needed a shower. Looking at the messy wrinkles on his clothes, he felt as if he could still see those two men's hands crawling over him.
What a mess!
Jiang Nan Fang knew what project they were working on.
After Zhou Jin Xiu fell asleep, bored and with nothing else to do, she opened her laptop, studied successful cases from other companies in the industry, and prepared a proposal for him.