Was he so uncomfortable just from being held?
Chi Xian felt a pang of frustration.
Images of himself embracing Ming Zheng replayed in his mind, frame by frame.
He wanted to figure out what exactly made her uncomfortable.
He'd improve next time.
He aimed to make Ming Zheng like being held by him.
Ming Zheng shook her hands and feet, taking deep breaths.
As she looked up at Chi Xian, preparing to ask the troublesome guy why he was suddenly acting out, she saw the man lowering his gaze. His exceptionally handsome profile seemed shrouded in a shadow.
He appeared utterly dejected, like a puppy that had lost its owner's favor.
He looked… a little pitiful.
Ming Zheng's heart gave an involuntary clench.
She sighed.
She was tired of saying that beauty could mislead.
But this troublesome guy just happened to hit all her aesthetic points.
She couldn't bring herself to reject him.
Resigned, Ming Zheng walked forward and, as if petting a puppy, patted his head.
The man's hair was incredibly soft.
The touch in her palm felt like the fine down of a puppy's fur, soft and fluffy, very pleasant to touch.
Her initial intention was to comfort the man.
But Ming Zheng couldn't help herself and patted him again.
And with this pat…
Both of them froze for a moment.
Chi Xian didn't move.
Ming Zheng didn't move either.
She blinked, looking at her hand still resting on the man's head.
"..."
Would he believe her if she said it was just an unconscious gesture after feeling how soft his hair was?
Her current action…
Felt a bit like provoking him.
Chi Xian was the patriarch of the Chi family, holding a high position.
This sort of "head pat" wasn't suitable for him, was it?
"Cough…"
Ming Zheng coughed lightly, breaking the strange atmosphere. "You hugged me just now, so me touching your hair is settling the score!"
She quickly tried to retract the "evidence of her crime."
But her hand was soon held by the man's long, slender fingers.
His fingers were as slender and jade-like as jade, with distinct joints.
When they encircled her wrist, it felt effortless.
Lightly and nimbly.
He kept her hand fixed on his head.
He even lowered his head further, bringing it closer to Ming Zheng.
Ming Zheng blinked in surprise.
Then she heard the man's aloof and noble voice speak indifferently, "My head isn't something just anyone can touch."
Ming Zheng's starry eyes, vast as the cosmos, suddenly widened—
Well, she wasn't just anyone he could hug either!
He had hugged her.
And now he was being fussy about her touching his hair?
No matter how good-looking he was, he couldn't push his luck!
Ming Zheng's small face darkened.
Her hand on the man's head tightened slightly.
Before she could vent her anger, she heard the man's noble and beautiful voice, like a gentle drizzle, caress her ears, "Since you've touched it, you have to take responsibility."
Ming Zheng: "?"
He continued, "And since I hugged you, I also have to take responsibility."
Ming Zheng: "??"
Chi Xian: "So, what we're doing now is mutual responsibility."
Ming Zheng: "???"
It was all Chinese, but why did she understand every word when broken down, yet not understand when they were put together?
What did this troublesome guy mean?
Ming Zheng went over his words in her mind several times.
Finally, her gaze settled on his enviably thick head of hair.
The hand he was holding, she unconsciously ruffled it again.
She asked in shock, "Chi Xian, you wouldn't be…"
Chi Xian held her hand, straightened up, and a tender affection slowly bloomed in his deep eyes.
His voice, faster than his thoughts, preempted Ming Zheng's unfinished sentence as he answered seriously—
"Yes!"
"...trying to scam me, would you?!"
Ming Zheng's trailing words and Chi Xian's "Yes" sounded out simultaneously.
The air froze for a moment.
Combined, the full sentence was:
"You wouldn't be trying to scam me, would you?"
"Yes!"
Chi Xian: "..."
Ming Zheng: "!!!"
She flung his hand away with a "swish" and glared at him, "I knew you had ulterior motives!"
Chi Xian: "..."
He suddenly felt a sense of helplessness.
Wasn't his expression obvious enough?
Shouldn't she have asked something like, "You wouldn't happen to like me, would you?"
Why was it different from what he expected?
Seeing his silence, Ming Zheng hid her hands behind her back.
She looked at him seriously and sternly, "Don't expect to scam me successfully!"
Even if he was good-looking, it wouldn't work!
Chi Xian: "..."
He was somewhat helpless.
He turned his gaze, a faint smile appearing in his eyes. He gazed deeply at her.
"Why can't you just think that I'm pursuing you?"
Ming Zheng's pupils gradually widened.
Her starry eyes were filled with shock.
After a few seconds, she swallowed, "What… what?"
Did she hear wrong?
Or was he crazy?
He was pursuing her?
Did that mean he liked her?
Wait!
They had only known each other for less than two days, not even 48 hours, and their nucleic acid tests were still valid.
And he already liked her?
Ming Zheng felt she must have misheard.
"You heard correctly," Chi Xian repeated each word seriously, his brows furrowed. "Ming Zheng, I am pursuing you."
Ming Zheng: "...Cough, you mean, it was love at first sight?"
Chi Xian looked deeply into her eyes and reached out, as if to caress them.
Ming Zheng flinched back a step in shock, her gaze becoming guarded.
His brows drooped, as if a little disappointed, and he lowered his eyelids. "It seems you really have forgotten everything…"
Ming Zheng: "???"
What had she forgotten?
Don't stimulate her with this large, loyal dog-like demeanor!
She felt the urge to pat his head again!
As Ming Zheng became restless, the man raised his eyes again.
His dark, inky eyes were tinged with scattered bright specks, like fireworks blooming, dazzling and brilliant.
And within those brilliant eyes…
Was only her reflection.
"What they call love at first sight is merely lust at first sight, but I admit, I did fall for your… looks."
Ming Zheng touched her face.
Her face did indeed possess the capital to inspire lust at first sight.
But the other person was Chi Xian.
The head of the mysterious and legendary Chi family.
Someone like him…
How many beautiful women hadn't he seen?
Ming Zheng thought the most likely scenario was…
"You don't think that because I saved you yesterday, you want to repay me by offering yourself, do you?"
With his face.
With his status, and the power behind him.
Any woman he desired would throw themselves at him one after another.
He would pursue her?
It seemed impossible!
Chi Xian: "..."
He was helpless.
Then, a faint smile bloomed in his eyes. "It's okay if you don't believe me now. I'll slowly make you accept it."
Ming Zheng: "?"
He looked…
Quite serious?
Ming Zheng stared at his eyes with her beautiful starry eyes, truly seeing no trace of joking.
Instead, she felt a little flustered.
If… Chi Xian was telling the truth.
Then what was her answer?