Yan Chuting's words were all kissed back by Ming Zicheng.
Yan Chuting's eyes widened in surprise.
Ming Zicheng raised his hand and covered her eyes, kissing her fiercely.
"Mmm—" The sting on his tongue forced Ming Zicheng to let her go. "Yan Chuting, you succeeded!"
Yan Chuting, her face flushed, wiped the corner of her lips. "What did I succeed at?"
"You succeeded in making me fall in love with you." Ming Zicheng picked up a tissue to wipe the bloodstain from his lips. "I have a short temper, don't play hard to get with me."
Yan Chuting frowned slightly. "Short temper? I thought you were extremely good to Yu Xi!"
Ming Zicheng glanced at her. "She's my senior sister. If I didn't have some patience, she and my master would skin me alive."
Yan Chuting pouted. "You mean you can bully me because I have no one to rely on?"
"Who said you have no one to rely on? Don't you have me?" Ming Zicheng wiped his lips again, and seeing no more blood on the tissue, he dropped it. "Are you still at odds with your parents?"
"None of your business!" Yan Chuting huffed and opened the door.
"The conflict between you and them was caused by me, so I'm responsible, and I have to concern myself with it." Ming Zicheng licked his lip where he'd been bitten.
His unconscious action had an indescribable sexiness. Yan Chuting looked at him coldly, forgetting to look away.
Ming Zicheng curved his lips slightly. "Although your father's stance wasn't very firm, he hasn't done anything outrageous all these years. In other words, he's an incorruptible person, and such people deserve respect. You've been arguing with him for so long, it's time to reconcile. Tomorrow, governors from all the states will come to celebrate Nan Xiao's promotion. You should meet your father then."
Yan Chuting frowned slightly. "You were the one who looked down on him before, and now you're playing peacemaker?"
"I looked down on you before..." Ming Zicheng coughed awkwardly. "However, you've changed so much recently, you've really impressed me. I'm very curious how you managed to change so much in such a short time?"
Yan Chuting pinched her fingers. "I have Yu Xi to thank for that. If she hadn't enlightened me, I might have been that person you detested my whole life."
Suddenly, Yan Chuting smiled. "But after I found myself again, my criteria for choosing a partner changed too. So, please be respectful and don't get physical with me."
Ming Zicheng's hand, which was on his forehead, paused slightly. "What are your criteria for choosing a partner?"
Yan Chuting raised her eyebrows slightly. "At least as handsome as Nan Xiao, and even if I can't learn all of his doting on Yu Xi, I should learn about seven or eight parts of it..."
Ming Zicheng looked up sharply. "You're not planning to poach my senior sister, are you? I'm telling you, Yan Chuting, you absolutely cannot have that thought, or you'll die a horrible death."
Yan Chuting suppressed a smile and looked down at the phone in her hand, which was still on call.
"You're still smiling! I'm really not scaring you. Although you're my senior sister's friend, if you dare to compete with her for Nan Xiao, she will definitely turn on you. Which of those women who had their eyes on Nan Xiao ended up well?"
Yan Chuting glanced at him. "You mean your senior sister is a ruthless woman?"
Ming Zicheng frowned slightly. "My senior sister is ruthless towards enemies, but she's kind-hearted towards her own people!"
Yan Chuting pouted, picked up her phone, and put it to her ear. "It seems you have quite a high standing in his heart. He hasn't said a bad word about you even after all this."
Ming Zicheng froze. "My senior sister? When did you two start talking on the phone?"
Yan Chuting smiled and turned on the speakerphone.
Lan Yuxi was already laughing so hard she could barely breathe. After a while, she said, "It started when you kissed him forcefully! Now, I just want to give you one word, and that is—serves you right! Hahaha..."
Ming Zicheng was speechless for a moment. He reached out, snatched the phone, and hung up with a snap.
Yan Chuting was about to tease him a few words when, as soon as she opened her mouth, Ming Zicheng kissed her again.
Ming Zicheng didn't let her go all the way. It wasn't until they were outside the complex gate that he finally released her.
He pointed at her cherry-red lips and said word by word, "No matter what your criteria for choosing a partner are, I have already left my mark here. From now on, you are mine!"
Yan Chuting pushed him away and ran into the complex with a flushed face.
Watching her flee in disarray, Ming Zicheng smiled and dialed Lan Yuxi's number.
"Hahaha... Doesn't being rejected feel pretty good?"
Ming Zicheng's mouth twitched. "Can you stop laughing at me?"
"I'm not laughing at you. I just want to interview your feelings at this moment."
"It doesn't feel good... Senior sister, please help me persuade her. She clearly has feelings for me, so why does she always say the opposite of what she means?"
Lan Yuxi said with a smile, "How do you know she has feelings for you?"
"When I kissed her, she was clearly moved."
"Then keep kissing her until she yields. I'm getting busy, don't bother me!"
"Oh, thank you, senior sister."
Lan Yuxi pouted, hung up the phone, and opened her computer.
Chao Chao gently knocked on the door and then pushed it open. "Mom, do you need my help?"
Lan Yuxi smiled and shook her head. "No, I'm just setting up a program. The rest of the work has been arranged."
Chao Chao pursed his lips. "Will you and Dad be in danger tomorrow?"
Lan Yuxi smiled and rubbed his head. "Nothing can be hidden from you. Don't worry, your dad and I will be fine. I won't even be at the scene, so how can there be any danger? As for your father, I will arrange my most capable assistants by his side. Now, you should be at ease, right?"
Chao Chao nodded. "Mom, will you not be so tired when I grow up?"
"Mom isn't tired. And you shouldn't rush to grow up. Otherwise, by the time you grow up, Mom will be old."
Chao Chao nuzzled into his mother's arms. "Even if I grow up, Mom won't get old."
Lan Yuxi smiled and kissed his forehead. "Okay, Mom won't get old. Don't be sad either. Go and play with your brother and sister. If we rely on your sister to entertain guests, she'll probably make them cry."
Chao Chao smiled, looked up at his mother, and said, "Mom, why is my sister so silly? Why does she tell everyone what I say?"
"She's not silly, she's innocent. Her current state is appropriate for your age." Lan Yuxi lovingly pinched his small face. "Son, Mom still says the same thing: don't live too hard. Dad and I will hold up the sky for you. When Dad and I are old, you can protect us."
Chao Chao pursed his small lips and nodded. "Then Mom, you should get busy first. I'll go and play with my brother and sister."