Jiang Luxi returned to her room and took a shower. Originally lying on the bed scrolling through her phone during the break, just as she was so tired that her eyes were about to close, a faint sound came from the door of the adjacent room.
It was truly unexpected that the most hardworking and career-driven character in the entire story would turn out to be the great villain.
It was almost eleven o’clock, and he had just finished handling official matters.
Reluctantly, Jiang Luxi climbed down from the soft, large bed, slipped on her slippers, and went to find Huo Jin Ge.
At this moment, the entire villa was silent. From the third floor, she could see that aside from a few night-shift bodyguards stationed at the entrance on the first floor, all the housekeepers and servants had returned to rest.
Rubbing her tired, reddened eyes, Jiang Luxi slowly made her way to the door of Huo Jin Ge’s room next door and raised her hand to knock twice, just for show.
“Come in.”
The door wasn’t locked. She pushed it open and stepped inside onto the soft carpet.
Huo Jin Ge’s room was a small suite with an attached study.
The moment Jiang Luxi entered the room, Huo Jin Ge had already locked onto her presence.
He undid two buttons of his shirt, revealing a glimpse of his seductive collarbone, then leisurely rolled up his shirt sleeves to his elbows before bending down and settling onto the sofa.
“Bring the things over yourself.”
Jiang Luxi touched the corner of her lips and forced a smile. “It seems unnecessary now—it’s already scabbed over.”
Huo Jin Ge rested his elbow on the sofa arm, propping his head loosely with his fist, his gaze fixed intently on Jiang Luxi.
He narrowed his eyes as if pondering, then spoke in a perfectly natural tone.
“To avoid affecting the taste next time we kiss.”
“……..”
Affecting the taste.
She was really going to thank him for that.
If he had the guts, he shouldn’t come looking for her when he had an episode.
He had taken all the bamboo shoots from the mountain—leaving none for anyone else.
Jiang Luxi suppressed her anger again and again, her inner fists involuntarily clenching.
If it weren’t for his good looks, she would have thrown a punch at him—anything less would be an injustice to what he had just said.
A teasing smile played at the corner of Huo Jin Ge’s lips.
So this was what it felt like to keep a little creature—always wanting to tease her.
He watched as the little thing wanted to curse but didn’t dare, looking utterly wronged and stifled.
So, he lowered his gaze, idly twisting and playing with the jade thumb ring on his finger, and casually remarked, “It’s five hundred thousand per session, you know.”
Jiang Luxi instantly perked up, a faint smile gracing her face as she picked up the case from the cabinet and hurried over to Huo Jin Ge without delay.
Huo Jin Ge reached out, took the case from her hand, and placed it beside him, clearly intending to apply the elixir for her himself.
So, she very naturally sat down on the sofa, tilting her head back and waiting for him to administer the medicine.
Watching the cotton swab approach, she suddenly straightened her head.
“Wait, hold on a second.”
“Speak.”
Jiang Luxi scratched her head and pointed at him, speaking slowly. “Next time, could you not bite?”
Huo Jin Ge stared straight at her without saying a word.
“It really hurts, you know.”
Huo Jin Ge’s eyes flickered slightly, his voice carrying a hint of helplessness. “When I have an episode, I can’t control my actions.”
Jiang Luxi looked as if she had just had a sudden realization.
She ventured tentatively, “Then… if I take the initiative next time, will the effect be the same?”
The room was lit only by a circle of floor lamps, casting an overly intimate atmosphere.
Jiang Luxi watched as the man turned his head, leaving her with only a profile view. She couldn’t make out the expression hidden in the shadows on his face.A low, masculine chuckle echoed in the room. “You can try.”
“……”
Jiang Luxi fell completely silent.
Less than two seconds later, she lifted her head again, giving him a meaningful look.
“Hiss~ You wouldn’t happen to have no experience with kissing, would you?”
If it wasn’t gnawing, it was biting.
It was like he was treating it as a pig’s trotter to eat.
Huo Jin Ge didn’t make a sound, expressionlessly wiping the wound at the corner of her mouth with a cotton swab.
Suddenly, he remembered something and moved the cotton swab aside a little.
Back when his condition wasn’t under control, his episodes had been somewhat regular, basically occurring every five days. During an episode, his entire being was in a dazed, muddled state, and he hardly remembered what he had done.
But ever since meeting Jiang Luxi, his condition had come under control, yet the timing of the episodes had changed.
This time, the interval had been less than seven days.
He took a deep breath, watching Jiang Luxi as she carefully tidied the medicine chest.
The safest approach right now was to keep her with him at all times.
Huo Jin Ge lightly rubbed the ring on his finger, saying calmly, “Jiang Luxi.”
Hearing her name, Jiang Luxi looked up, tilting her head slightly, her eyes confused as she gazed at him.
“In a while, I need to attend an auction in another city. You’ll have to come with me.”
An auction!
Wasn’t this the moment when the male lead, Mo Yan, and Huo Jin Ge first clashed head-on?
By that time, she was already dead, her body completely cold.
Yet now, not only was she not dead, she was alive and well.
Would this cause some kind of butterfly effect?
Huo Jin Ge looked at Jiang Luxi’s troubled expression and frowned, asking, “Don’t want to go?”
Jiang Luxi shook her head.
Curving her beautiful eyes into a smile, she replied, “No, no, of course not.”
She was just afraid of running into Mo Yan.
Even now, she could still vividly recall Mo Yan’s warning at the hospital that day.
She knew that Mo Yan’s power would inevitably rise. When that time came, forget about Huo Jin Ge’s place; he might even tear a hole in the sky itself.
Before that happened, she absolutely had to quickly save up her petty cash and be ready to flee at any moment.
Jiang Luxi held her hand out to Huo Jin Ge. “Shouldn’t we settle today’s payment?”
Huo Jin Ge’s gaze fell on her pink palm.
He picked up his phone beside him and tapped a few times. Immediately, the sound of money transferring rang out from Jiang Luxi’s phone.
Truly the most delightful sound in the world.
Looking at the 500,000 that appeared on her screen, Jiang Luxi muttered under her breath, “If I’d known you’d bite, I should’ve raised the price.”
Unfortunately, Huo Jin Ge beside her heard this.
He stood up, walked into the study, and returned shortly after with a check in hand. Holding it between two fingers, he extended it right under Jiang Luxi’s nose.
A devilishly charming voice sounded once more. “Fill in any amount. Stay with me tonight.”
Jiang Luxi scrambled to her feet. “Goodnight, Master Ho. See you later, Master Ho.”
Then, tail between her legs, she dashed off in a flash.
Huo Jin Ge let out a derisive snort.
That little thing was both timid and couldn’t take a joke.
How strange.
He actually felt a flicker of mischievous amusement.
Life these days seemed much more interesting than before.
That very night,
Jiang Luxi had nightmares all night long.
In the first half of the night, she was chased by the male lead, Mo Yan, wielding a chainsaw.
In the second half, she dreamed of Huo Jin Ge sitting atop a mountain of gold and silver, beckoning to her with a seductive hook of his finger.
By four in the morning, she was awake, lying alone within the wine-red bed curtains, tossing and turning, unable to sleep.
Suddenly, she felt immensely grateful.Fortunately, what she transmigrated into was just a cliché CEO romance novel.
Not one of those steamy, R-rated stories from her collection.