Chapter 561: On CEO Ji’s Neck, There Was an Extremely Obvious Hickey…
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Ji Nuan was brought into a room upstairs. She laid in the man’s arms and felt that recently, Mo Jingshen seemed to be carrying her around all the time.
Even before their divorce, he never carried her around as much.
Even if he was trying to announce his owners.h.i.+p, he was being far too open and brazen.
As they entered the room, she moved in his embrace slightly. The man glanced at her. “Which ankle did you hurt?”
As he spoke, he prepared to place her down on the sofa but hesitated. He saw that Ji Nuan didn’t seem as resistant as she usually did and paused mid-bend. After faltering for a moment, he decisively sat down on the sofa with her in his arms. He placed her on his lap and kept her stable with one arm around her waist. He then raised her leg with his other hand: “Does it still hurt?”
Ji Nuan sat on his lap without moving. Sensing the man’s movement, she glanced down at her own feet. “It’s fine. I barely twisted it. It’s already better. It wasn’t serious.”
Seeing that she was even giving up the opportunity to request for comfort from him, the man covered her feet with her gown properly. The little woman in his arms was beautifully dressed, yet the unhappy frown between her brows made her seem especially distant. He chuckled lowly as he embraced her. His voice was unhurried. “Are you jealous? With your current character, you should be unwilling to be tangled up with anyone. How did Rong Yan cling onto you in the restroom?”
Ji Nuan expressionlessly rolled her eyes. “That Rong family’s second daughter is willful and clingy. It’s true that I can’t be bothered to pay her any attention.”
The man watched her unhappy expression as she brought up Rong Yan and chuckled. “I thought you would be completely mindless of her.”
When Rong Yan had appeared in the party, and even as the guests whispered among themselves, Ji Nuan had sat quietly on the sofa to eat her food and sip at her drink. It was as though her emotions were completely unaffected.
Right now, he could finally see from her complexion that she was clearly unhappy. Even if part of this unhappiness stemmed from being framed by someone who had no interest in the truth and the treatment had angered her.
Ji Nuan stared at her two feet that were concealed by her long gown, and suppressed the feelings that appeared in her eyes. “Earlier, just for a moment, I felt that perhaps it isn’t that bad to have a brother who is always willing to stand on my side.”
Mo Jingshen watched her eyes but couldn’t gain a clear look at her expression. His lips curved into a patient and gentle smile. “Don’t you have me?”
Ji Nuan had only thought of her own background, her thoughts did not move in the other direction. Hearing Mo Jingshen’s words, she finally raised her head to look at him. “For the sake of you, it seems like Miss Rong has become the princess that went incognito to work in a company. During the few times you met her, did you already figure out that her background wasn’t simple?”
“There are tens of thousands of employees in the company, and there could be more than ten interns like her at any point in time. I’ve never interacted with her outside of work. Why would I especially make a background check on her?” Mo Jingshen was clearly uninterested in this topic. It was as though regardless of what sort of great actions Rong Yan had taken for him, and how touched she had a.s.sumed he would be, from his point of view, all they shared were a few simple encounters. It was possible that he never remembered her name even from the beginning.
“Is that so?” Ji Nuan’s expression was cold. “From my understanding, CEO Mo, your senses are exceptionally sharp. This person clearly had other intentions when she approached you. Furthermore, she’s someone who previously appeared in Los Angeles, in your company. Weren’t you at all suspicious when she showed up in Hai City?”
“What is there to be suspicious about? I can count the number of times I returned to the country in the last two years on one hand. She’s someone whom I’ve only met several times, and the sum of our interactions is less than two hours. What sort of special impression could I possibly have of her?”
Ji Nuan watched him. The man’s complexion as he spoke of someone else was mild, but his tone was patient, and this patience seemed to be a treatment he would only ever grant her.
She hesitated for a moment. Abruptly, a knock resounded against the door.
“Knock, knock…”
“Come in.”
The man responded too quickly, leaving Ji Nuan with no time to react. Before she could move off his lap, Xiao Hu had already pushed open the door to enter.
The moment he entered, he saw that CEO Ji was sitting on CEO Mo’s lap. CEO Mo had one hand on her waist and the other on her gown. No matter how he looked, this seemed to be a scene from an idol drama.
Xiao Hu stood by the door in a daze and was in disbelief for a long while.
My G.o.d, CEO Mo and CEO Ji’s feelings were developing far too quickly. A day ago, CEO Mo had still been coming up with ways to ease CEO Ji’s menstrual pain. Xiao Hu had thought that CEO Mo was planning to move her and conquer her bit by bit.
Who would have thought that he would already get to embrace her today…
Mo Jingshen mildly glanced at him: “Closed the door if you’re coming in. Otherwise, leave.”
Xiao Hu finally then returned to himself. He rushed in but did not dare to approach them. He scanned the hallway for a moment before closing the door firmly.
“CEO Mo, the next half of the evening party is a charity auction. The organizers have saved seats for both you and CEO Ji, and it should begin in ten minutes. Do you wish to attend, or should I inform the organizers that both of you have already headed upstairs to rest?”
“Does it still hurt?”
Mo Jingshen glanced at Ji Nuan. His low and deep voice rang by her ears.
Ji Nuan raised her eyes to meet his distant, ink-black ones. She felt slightly embarra.s.sed from being cared by him in front of Xiao Hu. Seeing the way Xiao Hu was secretly trying to peek at them, Ji Nuan pursed her lips. “It stopped hurting a long time ago.”
Mo Jingshen was simply trying to borrow the excuse to hold her. This wasn’t the first time this happened.
It was likely because she had drank several gla.s.ses of champagne. Even though her tolerance had improved, she still felt slightly hungover. Ji Nuan raised her hand to touch her forehead. She felt her head aching slightly.
Mo Jingshen. “You knocked into your head too?”
Ji Nuan rolled her eyes. “…No!”
Mo Jingshen finally then put her down. The moment her feet came in contact with the ground, Ji Nuan lowered her head to adjust her clothes and the movement caused her necklace to s.h.i.+ft slightly.
Afterward, Xiao Hu was once more dumbstruck.
What did he see?
On CEO Ji”s neck, there was… an extremely obvious hickey!
Not only did he embrace her, things had actually developed to such a state!
This was truly beyond his expectations. Their n.o.ble and cold CEO Mo, who never once changed regardless of whichever woman clung onto him, would actually have this impatient side. His swift methods caused Xiao Hu to wonder if after half a month of business trip, CEO Ji’s stomach would have a child…