Chapter 196

A cold smile hung on the corners of Lu Lixing’s mouth. The coldness spread from his mouth to every limb of his body, gradually freezing him.

Ji Qingqing came out from the closet room. Glancing at Lu Lixing who had not moved from his position, she took her pajamas and nonchalantly entered the bathroom.

She certainly didn’t overthink. It’s exactly like what she said earlier. Lu Lixing’s actions for the past month, what else can they mean? Always saying that she’s shameless, and putting up that uptight front of his, it can get very tiring, right?

As Ji Qingqing faced the mirror and tied her hair, she noticed that her face looked exhausted and there were dark circles under her eyes.

She had been filming for over a month, and almost every day there was night filming. During the period in which she stayed up to film, her complexion had worsened by quite a bit.

When she closed the door and prepared to bathe, she heard knocking sounds from the door.

Ji Qingqing opened the door and saw Lu Lixing standing outside expressionlessly.

“Is there anything wrong?”

Ji Qingqing looked in his direction and saw Lu Lixing’s gritted teeth and tense jawline.

The interior lighting of the bathroom was too bright and the light cast over Lu Lixing’s face. Although she couldn’t make out his expression, just seeing his lips pressed together in a straight line and the way he stared intensely at her resembled that of wolves and tigers.

The soft kiss on the back of her hand was light as dragonflies landing on water.

As though she had been burnt by something, the pricking sensation made Ji Qingqing recoil her hand back sharply. She looked at Lu Lixing in utmost shock and disbelief. Her heart raced faster and a blush spread from her face to her neck before stopping at the tips of her ears.

“You... Do you know what you’re doing?”

“I know.”

Seeing Lu Lixing’s composed reaction, Ji Qingqing almost thought that he did it to get back at her!

“But you told me earlier that you weren’t interested in me, and that between the both of us, nothing further will happen!” Backed into a corner, her hands defensively hugged her chest as she glanced warily at the well-built man in front of her.

The room had good soundproofing. If Lu Lixing really wanted to do something to her, can her weak arms even put up any resistance?

Lu Lixing didn’t respond. When his gaze shifted to her neck, Ji Qingqing instinctively covered it. Then it moved to her ears and Ji Qingqing cupped them too. Following that, it moved to her forehead and she covered her forehead, guarding it tightly. That gaze of his felt as if she was looking at a wolf who had been starving for a long time.

Lu Lixing: “...”

“You... I won’t argue with you about what happened just now. If there’s nothing else then get out, I’m going to bathe.” Ji Qingqing half-heartedly waved him out.

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