Zhan Bei Jue was utterly amused by her.
"Jiang Nan Fang, don't you think that just because you unilaterally declared that we have nothing to do with each other, we really have nothing to do with each other."
"You've challenged my authority time and time again. I really don't know what to do with you?"
What did challenging his authority mean?
What did not knowing what to do with her mean?
Jiang Nan Fang raised an eyebrow. "If I don't immediately throw myself into your arms and say thank you, are you going to force me?"
"That's right. So hurry up and come over."
"You're sick."
Jiang Nan Fang rolled her eyes at him and continued to eat.
Unexpectedly, Zhan Bei Jue clacked his knife and fork down, reached out, and lifted her chin.
He said he would force, and he truly forced a kiss upon her.
They were in the middle of eating.
While not exactly messy, it was at least not graceful, right?
To kiss someone like this?
Jiang Nan Fang immediately tried to push him away.
Zhan Bei Jue's mouth pressed harder, and his hands went free to grab hers.
"Mmm..."
Jiang Nan Fang was completely unable to resist.
Their breaths mingled intensely, the dining table nearly toppled by their embrace. Jiang Nan Fang was pushed to the side.
Sensing she could not take it, Zhan Bei Jue finally released her.
"I want you to remember this forever. It's not that I can't be bothered to argue with you, but that I'm too lazy to."
"There is no one that I, Zhan, dare not touch. If it truly came to a fight, you are no match for me."
Jiang Nan Fang went to hit him. "Zhan Bei Jue, you're a scoundrel!"
"Likewise. Don't forget, you were also a scoundrel to me before."
What happened on the night of their divorce had become a point he could never get over!
Jiang Nan Fang completely lost her appetite.
After all this, she still kissed him? She really didn't know what face she had to see Ke Teng.
She bolted for her room.
Zhan Bei Jue grabbed her, a look of triumphant joy on his face.
"You're not eating anymore?"
"I'm so disgusted, how could I still eat?"
"People are iron, rice is steel. You'll get hungry if you miss a meal. There's no need to inconvenience yourself for a scoundrel like me, is there?"
"Who's doing it for you? I'm doing it for Ke Teng!"
He brought up Ke Teng again.
Usually, when Jiang Nan Fang threw a tantrum or acted spoiled, he let it go.
But mentioning Ke Teng all day long, if he never woke up, would they truly never be together?
Zhan Bei Jue's smile gradually faded.
"Then I won't eat either. I'll sleep with you."
"Dream on! Who wants to sleep with you?"
"Want to remain chaste for Ke Teng? You're dreaming! I'm going to be with you. If you have the guts, call him over to hit me."
Saying this, he scooped Jiang Nan Fang up with one arm, tucked her under his arm, and rushed into the bedroom in three steps.
He locked the door, tossed her onto the bed, and pinned her in his embrace.
"Alright, let's sleep."
Crazy.
Did he treat her like a puppet on strings?
Jiang Nan Fang pushed him with her hands and feet, her movements quickly dislodging his bathrobe.
Zhan Bei Jue's firm shoulder was exposed from under the quilt. Jiang Nan Fang suddenly saw a scar, like a centipede, that was purple and red.
That was where she had stabbed him last time.
Jiang Nan Fang had left after stabbing him.
She didn't know how many stitches he had needed later, or how serious his injury was.
Seeing it now, it was natural to be curious. Jiang Nan Fang immediately turned over.
"Your here..."
Zhan Bei Jue realized she had seen the scar and pulled the quilt to cover his shoulder.
"What is it? Weren't you acting all virtuous just now? Where are your eyes looking now?"
Jiang Nan Fang didn't want to joke with him and tried to pull his hand away.
A stab wound on his shoulder left such a large scar, what about his leg?
Didn't they say the skin tissue had died and needed to be amputated? That would definitely be more serious.
What did his leg look like now?
"Let me see your wound."
Completely unaware that her actions were now inciting him.
Zhan Bei Jue's breathing became heavy. He held the quilt tightly and warned her with his head down.
"It's been a long time since I've had my way. Don't provoke me."
"If you keep messing around, don't regret it later."
"..."
Jiang Nan Fang knew she couldn't beat him, and she knew what he was like when he went crazy.
Seeing that he was serious, she was immediately frightened into stillness.
They lay down like that, with her confined by him. The atmosphere quieted down.
Neither of them spoke, each lost in their own thoughts.
But soon, they could no longer resist their fatigue and both fell asleep.
They slept until nine the next morning, and Zhan Bei Jue woke first.
He looked down at the innocent and sweet face in his arms, like a sleeping baby. As he watched, Jiang Nan Fang also opened her eyes.
She was still being held in his arms, as if she had gotten used to it, and nuzzled his shoulder with her hair.
"What time is it?"
Zhan Bei Jue's voice was gentle.
"It's still early. If you haven't slept enough, sleep a little longer."
Early what?
Before she even stepped out, she could feel that the sun outside was already high in the sky.
The room was bright even through the curtains.
Jiang Nan Fang nudged him and pushed herself up with her arms.
"I'm not sleeping anymore. I have to go back. I have a lot of work unfinished."
Zhan Bei Jue pulled her arm, causing her to lose her balance and fall back onto the bed.
He turned sideways, trapping her between his chest.
"Is there nothing else in your head besides work and Ke Teng? Is it that difficult to stay with me for a while?"
"I don't have my ID, so I can't buy a plane ticket. You're not going back to Nan Cheng today, so what's the rush?"
"It's precisely because I don't have my ID that I need to go back to that small town. That's why I'm in a hurry."
Jiang Nan Fang, afraid he might go crazy early in the morning, avoided his gaze.
"Get up. I'm not as idle as you are. I don't have time to fool around with you."
Zhan Bei Jue didn't move.
"I'm not getting up. You're not allowed to leave today. Stay here with me for a day."
Jiang Nan Fang cursed him. "Are you sick?"
"Do you know how much work I have unfinished? Staying here with you for a day? What's so fun about that?"
Zhan Bei Jue, however, looked serious.
"Before you woke up, I checked my phone and found a Qingfeng Mountain not far from the hotel."
"There's a temple on the mountain that's quite efficacious. Let's go together."
"A temple? You want to burn incense and pray to Buddha?"
"Can't I?"
It wasn't that she couldn't. It was that Jiang Nan Fang felt it was unnecessary.
He had the physique, the looks, the money, the power.
All the good things in the world had happened to him alone, and he still wanted to ask Buddha for more. Wasn't that too greedy?
"I didn't realize you were a person of faith."
"There's a lot you haven't realized."
Her eyelashes were long and fluttered. Her lips were red and plump.
The more Zhan Bei Jue looked, the more he liked her. He couldn't help but lower his head and peck her cheek.
"If you come up with me, I'll have a helicopter pick you up and send you directly back to Nan Cheng."
"It's both fast and convenient, saving you from much bumpy travel in between. Consider it."
Shameless.
They were no longer related, yet he still kissed her and held her.
Didn't she used to have a lot of self-respect? Now, even after calling him a scoundrel, he didn't seem to care.