Shen Nanci was kissed into a daze. Being the physically weaker party, unable to resist, she gradually succumbed.
Lost in the man’s domineering yet tender, heated kiss, she still found a moment to let her mind wander.
How many times had Li Hengyan kissed her now?
Her first kiss!
Taken by Li Hengyan without her even knowing! Just thinking about it made her unhappy.
Li Hengyan noticed the girl’s distraction.
“CiCi, you’re not paying attention.”
He was a little angry.
But what could he do to her?
“Ow…”
Shen Nanci suddenly felt a sharp pain on her lips. She pushed Li Hengyan away and leaned back.
“Why did you bite me all of a sudden!”
Shen Nanci touched her lips, frowning fiercely. Her lips were flushed and glistening from the kiss, and they really hurt from Li Hengyan’s bite. Angry, she threw a tantrum, grabbing a handful of cake frosting and smearing it on Li Hengyan’s face.
Li Hengyan’s face was covered in frosting.
Pink, white, blue, red…
Brighter than all the traffic lights flashing at once.
Li Hengyan: “…” Infuriating, isn’t it?
Felt like punching someone.
Only after doing this did Shen Nanci start to regret it.
Seemed a bit crazy, didn’t it?
Shen Nanci calmed her emotions, then told herself not to back down. He was the one who provoked her first—served him right for biting her. It was already generous of her not to smash the cake into his hair.
Not too excessive.
Shen Nanci looked up at Li Hengyan.
The man’s face was expressionless, silent, just staring at her.
Shen Nanci first felt guilty, remorseful, then couldn’t hold back anymore. Covering her mouth with her hand, she stifled a laugh.
Couldn’t help it.
Let her laugh for a moment first.
Li Hengyan like this was really hilarious!
Li Hengyan remained unmoved, standing still as if rooted, neither wiping nor washing his face. Patient and good-natured, he let Shen Nanci look her fill and laugh her fill.
His own woman…
Could only spoil her, what else could he do?
If it weren’t CiCi before him, if it were another woman daring to smear colorful frosting on his face, he’d definitely make that person howl in pain on the ground.
“So funny, huh? Had enough?”
Shen Nanci held back. “Not yet.”
Li Hengyan nodded, reached out to wipe the frosting from his face, licked it with the tip of his tongue, then leaned forward with both hands on the table, his face a colorful mess.
Shen Nanci’s mind tensed.
Not good, danger!
Shen Nanci pushed Li Hengyan away forcefully, jumped off the table, and fled into the bedroom like a rabbit.
The door slammed shut.
Li Hengyan decided not to tease his little wife anymore. He went to the bathroom to wash his face clean, then noticed the lipstick on the mirror cabinet. Glancing at it, he casually took it with him.
A few minutes later.
“CiCi, open the door.”
“CiCi? Shen Nanci, open the door.”
“Secretary Shen, I’ll count down from ten. If you don’t open the door by the time I reach zero, I’ll either deduct your entire month’s salary and last month’s bonus, or I’ll have someone come up and remove the door.”
Shen Nanci opened it immediately.
Li Hengyan hadn’t even started counting yet.
Shen Nanci leaned against the doorframe, staring at Li Hengyan’s freshly washed face for a long time. Then she reached out, tentatively touching his forehead. The temperature felt quite normal.
No fever.
So, Li Hengyan wasn’t crazy.
Could it be that she was the crazy one?
Shen Nanci then touched her own forehead—it felt normal too. How strange.
Li Hengyan probably guessed what Shen Nanci was thinking with her alternating looks of confusion and suspicion. For her to doubt like this was only natural.
After all…
It was indeed him whose persona had crumbled.
The stark contrast before and after was truly worthy of suspicion.
Li Hengyan knew he couldn’t rush things; he would take it slow, making Shen Nanci believe in his feelings. He wouldn’t be cold, neglectful, humiliating, or tormenting toward her as he had been in his previous life.
“CiCi.”
Li Hengyan felt it inappropriate to speak while standing, so he took Shen Nanci’s hand and led her to the sofa.
Without changing his expression, he set aside Shen Nanci’s pitifully scant white lace panties.
Shen Nanci: “…”
Her face flushed as red as a tomato.
Li Hengyan sat on the sofa, pulling Shen Nanci onto his lap, his palm firmly gripping her waist. The man’s gaze was serious, returning to his usual composed and aloof demeanor.
“Last night was an accident. Your father had a financial mishap in his business and needed my help. He knew sending women to me was futile, but you’re different. You’re my secretary. Shen An, thinking you bear some resemblance to Su Qingnuan, assumed I wouldn’t push you away. Taking advantage of that, he boldly drugged your drink and sent you to my bed.”
“I had also drunk quite a bit at the time. I knew it was you and didn’t mistake you for someone else. I admit I lost control after drinking a glass of water from the bedside table.”
“There was something in it.”
Shen An had someone do it.
In his previous life, it had been the same situation.
This life was no different, but the distinction was that Li Hengyan hadn’t touched that tainted glass of water last night.
But he wouldn’t tell CiCi that.
Nor would he tell anyone about his sudden rebirth, his return to life. If he did, they’d likely think he was a madman, a lunatic spouting nonsense.
But Li Hengyan’s experience was real.
Seeing Shen Nanci alive again was real, and everything happening now mirrored the events of three years ago in his previous life.
Only this time, he would protect CiCi.
He wanted to tell CiCi that he loved her.
And he wanted CiCi to fall in love with him.
He wouldn’t allow any other man to occupy a place in her heart!
Shen Nanci listened quietly as Li Hengyan finished speaking.
Understanding the whole story, she asked, “Li Hengyan, are you saying it was because of that glass of water that you lost control and slept with me, right?”
Li Hengyan didn’t even blink.
“Yes.”
“But that glass of water was merely a convenient excuse for me. In other words, even without it, if you were in my bed last night, I would still have taken you.”
“CiCi, whether you see this as an improper transaction or believe I have ulterior motives toward you, one thing is certain: I won’t let you go.”
The man’s words were domineering.
Shen Nanci: “…”
She misinterpreted his meaning. “Then if it were another woman in your bed, would you do the same?”
Sleep with another woman.
Li Hengyan: “I’d throw her out.”
The man lifted a strand of Shen Nanci’s hair, pinching it between his fingers and gently twisting it. “Bed and all.”
Shen Nanci: …
She really liked how domineering the man was.
But.
Shen Nanci felt she was testing the limits of her own survival: “Then if it were Su Qingnuan, and she was set up like that, would you be reluctant… to touch her?”
Su Qingnuan?
Since accepting that he had been reborn, Li Hengyan had mostly been thinking about how to make his CiCi happy and keep her willingly by his side.
He’d forgotten to send someone to deal with Su Qingnuan.
In his previous life, if it weren’t for Su Qingnuan, his Shen Nanci wouldn’t have died such a tragic death!
Brutally stabbed to death by Su Qingnuan’s brainless fan.
Stabbed over a dozen times…
“CiCi, Su Qingnuan is no different from any other stray cat or dog in my eyes. I would just as easily throw her and her bed out together! Maybe even beat her to death.”
Shen Nanci stared straight at Li Hengyan.
Suddenly, she smiled.
She grabbed Li Hengyan’s shirt, gave it a gentle tug, wrapped her arm around his neck, and brought her soft, red lips close to his.
So close to his face.
Almost about to kiss him.
Then she stopped abruptly.
“Li Hengyan.”
Her smile vanished, her voice turning cold.
Shen Nanci narrowed her eyes. “I’m not a naive, easily fooled three-year-old. It was just a night of fun, neither of us lost out.”
“Consider it a one-night stand.”