“Li Hengyan.”
Hearing Li Hengyan say he loved her, Shen Nanci had never dared to imagine it. Besides anger and grievance, her heart was filled with an indescribable mix of sorrow and joy.
“The person I like has always been you. Li Hengyan, how do you plan to go to any lengths and stop at nothing? To deal with me, or to deal with yourself?”
What did CiCi just say?
Li Hengyan thought he must have misheard.
What did CiCi say? That she liked him?
Li Hengyan was overjoyed. His arms tightened around Shen Nanci’s slender waist, and his eyes suddenly turned red. His voice was hoarse and trembling slightly.
“What did CiCi say? If I heard correctly, CiCi just said the person she likes is me, right?”
Shen Nanci realized what she had blurted out in the heat of the moment. The five-year-long secret crush hidden deep in her heart had come to an end today, in front of this man.
Since she had said it, Shen Nanci did not regret it.
She was open and straightforward. “Yes.”
The excitement and joy in Li Hengyan’s chest were almost unbearable. The pain in his lips turned sweet, and the man smiled.
But his eyes remained just as red.
“Yes to what?”
Shen Nanci did not understand why Li Hengyan had such deep feelings for her. Li Hengyan said he had fallen in love with her long ago—when was that?
During those five years she had been thinking of him.
Had he also been secretly thinking of her?
This realization filled Shen Nanci’s heart with not only dense layers of melancholy and bitterness but also overwhelming sweetness.
Shen Nanci replied, “The person I like is not Fu Yunlin. It’s you, Li Hengyan. Did you hear that clearly?”
As soon as she finished speaking, she was deeply kissed by Li Hengyan.
The strong metallic taste of blood mixed in her mouth made Shen Nanci uncomfortable, but she tilted her head back, forced to endure the man’s kiss with no room for resistance…
She had no choice but to swallow it.
Li Hengyan’s blood.
Li Hengyan finally let her go.
In an instant, Shen Nanci felt as if someone had released her throat, allowing her to breathe again. Her hands weakly pressed against Li Hengyan’s chest as she turned her head away, frowning uncomfortably, feeling nauseous.
But she couldn’t vomit.
It was just the taste of blood that made Shen Nanci feel queasy.
Not disgusted.
She didn’t find the blood from Li Hengyan’s mouth disgusting at all.
But Li Hengyan misunderstood, thinking Shen Nanci was disgusted by him—that after he kissed her, she felt sick enough to vomit.
The man’s expression darkened instantly.
His handsome face clouded over with gloom.
Noticing this, Shen Nanci explained, “Don’t overthink it. I’m not disgusted by you. It’s just that in all my life, this is the first time someone has fed me blood.”
After saying this, she shot a coquettish glare at this perverted man.
“Even though I bit your lip, you brought it on yourself by making me angry! You deserve it! Since you made me swallow a mouthful of blood, we’re even now!”
Li Hengyan’s mood improved at that moment.
Whatever CiCi said was fine by him.
“Okay.”
In an unexpected turn of events, both of them had openly revealed their feelings, confessed, and clarified everything.
It was as if they had confirmed their relationship and mutual affection.
After a moment of silence.
Pushing Li Hengyan away forcefully, Shen Nanci turned around and rinsed her mouth with Li Hengyan’s water cup to remove the lingering faint metallic taste, spitting the water into the trash can.
Shen Nanci placed the cup back on the table.
Turning her head, she met Li Hengyan’s teasing gaze.
Shen Nanci was taken aback, raising an eyebrow. “Do you dislike me using your cup?”
Li Hengyan’s eyes held a hint of amusement. “How could I? Feel free to use it, darling.”
Shen Nanci’s cheeks grew warm.
The intense kiss they had just shared didn’t stop her from settling scores afterward.
“President Li, tell me, why do you harbor such strong animosity toward Fu Yunlin?”
At the mention of Fu Yunlin, Li Hengyan’s expression turned colder.
This only made Shen Nanci more curious.
She could ignore the messages Shen Yitian had sent her.
But with Li Hengyan, it was different.
She couldn’t let him misunderstand, thinking she had feelings for someone else.
Li Hengyan didn’t want to talk about it, but he couldn’t resist CiCi’s persistent questioning.
He replied, “Isn’t the person Shen Nanci, the third daughter of the Shen family, in love with Fu Yunlin, the youngest son of the Fu family?”
“And wasn’t he Shen Sanxiaojie’s first love? Probably everyone in the circle knows about it, right?”
Shen Nanci was utterly bewildered: ?
She exclaimed in surprise, “How come I didn’t know about this?”
After a moment’s thought, she understood.
Although she was the third daughter of the Shen family, she held the title without the status.
Thus, she had never truly integrated into the so-called elite social circles.
Naturally, she had never heard of such rumors.
She had simply assumed that Shen Yitian had picked up some baseless gossip from somewhere—that Fu Yunlin had pursued her, or that he was her first love—and had chosen to ignore it.
Shen Nanci found it amusing and explained, “It’s completely unfounded. What first love? Apart from being old classmates, he and I are just friends.”
If there was a first love,
it should be the man standing before her.
Li Hengyan.
Gazing at the man’s handsome features, Shen Nanci felt a flutter in her heart. She suddenly leaned in.
She kissed the spot on his lips where she had bitten him, drawing blood.
“Li Hengyan, my first love is you.”
Shen Nanci said.
Li Hengyan lowered his head to kiss her.
Shen Nanci dodged and stood up. “I should go out now.”
Someone had knocked on the door earlier, but they had been too absorbed in their kiss to pay attention.
If she didn’t leave now, people might start speculating.
Li Hengyan touched the wounded spot on his lip and said, “Fu Yunlin has returned to the country. Do you want to see him?”
What if I don’t allow it?
He didn’t voice this thought aloud.
Shen Nanci, observing the man’s expression, could tell that Li Hengyan was still bothered by Fu Yunlin’s presence and felt uneasy.
She felt it necessary
to give him a heads-up in advance.
To prevent Li Hengyan from targeting Fu Yunlin or causing him trouble.
“Li Hengyan, Fu Yunlin is just my friend—a normal, ordinary friend.”
“Don’t be so sensitive. I’ve never had feelings for him. Besides you, there’s no room for anyone else in my eyes.”
“So,”
“Please don’t do anything to him behind my back.”