Shen Nanci’s words left Li Hengyan stunned.
A one-night stand?
What did she take him for? Did she think he was some kind of gigolo?
Li Hengyan frowned, about to speak, when he heard Shen Nanci’s cool, low voice again.
“I think pretty much everyone in the capital knows that the Su family’s eldest daughter, Su Qingnuan, is the white moonlight of Li Hengyan, the CEO of the Li Group. Before last night, you were still cold toward me, acting as if I shouldn’t dare to harbor any delusions about you.”
“Li Hengyan, President Li.”
“Do you think I should believe what you say?”
A man’s sweet words and the things he says in bed—neither can be trusted.
Believing them would make you a fool.
Li Hengyan wanted to explain, but the words caught in his throat.
His change had only happened last night.
Overnight.
Before last night, he was still the Li Hengyan who spared no effort in pampering Su Qingnuan, treating Shen Nanci with icy indifference—even though he was only using Su Qingnuan.
Not the Li Hengyan who had already fallen in love in his past life, who, not knowing how to express it, had hurt CiCi in many ways, and who, after Shen Nanci’s tragic death, had lost his beloved—
The Li Hengyan who had experienced rebirth.
Thinking Li Hengyan had been rendered speechless by her words, Shen Nanci removed her hand.
She pried open Li Hengyan’s arm, stood up, and without looking back, walked toward the dining table.
“I’m hungry. I’m going to eat cake.”
Suddenly, Li Hengyan grabbed Shen Nanci’s wrist and pulled hard. Shen Nanci stumbled backward, falling into the man’s embrace.
Her hand pressed against Li Hengyan’s chest.
Shen Nanci: “…” Damn it.
But the sensation beneath her palm was firm and solid.
Tsk.
Strong and powerful, a real tough guy.
But not rough.
She just didn’t know if he was the real deal once the clothes came off.
The kind that oozes testosterone.
The woman’s small hand shifted slightly, her fingertips accidentally brushing against the high-quality fabric of Li Hengyan’s shirt.
A signal of temptation.
The man’s eyes gleamed with danger as he gripped the slender, soft waist of the woman in his arms, rubbing it restlessly.
“Should I take off my shirt so CiCi can touch to her heart’s content?”
Shen Nanci immediately withdrew her hand.
Ugh.
Who was touching him?!
It was this domineering jerk who had forcefully pulled her into his embrace, and her hand had accidentally landed on his chest.
Jerk.
Who would have thought that beneath his cold exterior, he was secretly so lewd?
Spouting flirtatious nonsense.
His heart was rotten to the core!
Did outsiders know that the noble, aloof, and unattainable man they talked about was actually this kind of President Li in private??
Shen Nanci stared at Li Hengyan with a probing gaze, her red lips pursed slightly. She was about to tell him to remove his noble claws, or else she wouldn’t be polite.
The next second, Shen Nanci’s body stiffened.
Li! Heng! Yan!
This audacious jerk! Of! A! Man!
Where was his hand touching?!
“Li…”
The rest of her words were lost as the sensitive spot on the side of Shen Nanci’s waist made her stiffen and itch, unable to escape the man’s hand.
Her back arched like a shrimp.
In just a moment, Shen Nanci’s face and neck flushed bright red, surpassing even the color of a ripe tomato.
A mix of discomfort and pleasure, a torment of ice and fire.
It itched!
Tears welled up in Shen Nanci’s eyes.
After a struggle of strength, Shen Nanci was no match for the man’s shamelessness. Exhausted and drained, she collapsed onto Li Hengyan’s chest.
Above her, Li Hengyan chuckled softly. “Just a little touch, and you can’t take it anymore?”
“If this were in bed, CiCi, wouldn’t your tears be like a flood, enough to drown the entire bed?”
Li Hengyan, you son of a bitch!
Shen Nanci was furious.
In a flash, she climbed onto Li Hengyan’s shoulders, kneeling on his lap, and lowered her head to bite his shoulder through his shirt with her teeth.
The shirt was left with a deep, wrinkled bite mark.
Instead of getting angry, Li Hengyan smiled indulgently and patted Shen Nanci’s head.
“It’s not symmetrical. Go bite the other side too.”
Shen Nanci cursed angrily, “You lunatic!”
They had been peacefully eating cake earlier, and Shen Nanci couldn’t understand how they ended up on the couch, with her in his arms, being intimate with him.
And…
flirting and fooling around like this!
It was just too much, absolutely maddening.
The ringing of Li Hengyan’s phone broke the strange, ambiguous atmosphere in the room. Shen Nanci pushed away this domineering, clingy man in annoyance.
Shen Nanci said, “Answer your phone.”
Li Hengyan glanced at his phone and ignored it.
As soon as he hung up, it rang again.
Shen Nanci thought it might be a work-related call and wondered why Li Hengyan wasn’t answering, but when she glanced over—
She saw the name displayed on the screen:
Li Yanxi.
Li Yanxi was Li Hengyan’s sister, a pampered young lady, the little princess of the Li family. She and Li Hengyan had always been close.
But the man showed no expression as he hung up for the second time.
Without hesitation.
Shen Nanci was quite surprised and puzzled, reminding him, “Li Hengyan, your sister is calling you. Aren’t you afraid she might have something urgent?”
Li Hengyan’s gaze turned cold as he quietly recalled what had happened on this day in his previous life.
In his past life, on May 6th—
Su Qingnuan had been injured while practicing horseback riding for a role, falling from a horse and hurting her leg.
Li Yanxi had been with Su Qingnuan that day.
Along with the Su family’s second daughter, Su Shiyuan.
That day, Shen Nanci, as his secretary, had gone to find Li Hengyan to deliver an important contract for him to sign.
What had Li Hengyan done then?
After Shen Nanci accidentally twisted her ankle and stumbled into Li Hengyan’s arms, he coldly pushed her away, and Li Yanxi had slapped her.
Li Yanxi’s insults were harsh.
She called Shen Nanci shameless, using such lowly tricks to seduce Li Hengyan, but not knowing her place.
She told Shen Nanci to weigh herself properly.
She was just a secretary!
What Shen family’s third daughter? She was nothing more than a dog raised by the Shen family. She should know her place and stop deluding herself, thinking she could set her sights on Li Hengyan.
How utterly shameless!
A little bitch!
…
“Li Hengyan? Why aren’t you saying anything?”
Li Hengyan snapped back to reality, his expression cold and stern. He grabbed Shen Nanci’s wrist and pulled her into his arms.
Then, he asked gently, “Secretary Shen, who do you think is more suitable for the female lead in the script ‘Pear Blossom Fall’? Do you have any favorite actresses? Even newcomers are fine—don’t worry about their fame.”
Shen Nanci was taken aback by his question.
How did they end up on this topic?
The period drama “Pear Blossom Fall” was adapted from a popular novel. Li Hengyan had invested heavily in it to promote the Su family’s eldest daughter, whom he wanted to support. Filming was set to begin next month.
Moreover, the female lead was Su Qingnuan.
Wasn’t that already decided?
What did Li Hengyan mean? Was he planning to replace Su Qingnuan at the last minute?
“Isn’t the female lead Su Qingnuan?”
Li Hengyan replied calmly, “Replace her.”
“Replace her?”
Shen Nanci struggled to adapt to the successive waves of shock.
“Mhm, planning to use someone else instead, not Su Qingnuan.”
Huh?
Really replacing her?
Shen Nanci blinked, too stunned and bewildered to remember she was still sitting on Li Hengyan’s lap, held in his embrace.
The two were very close, less than the length of a chopstick apart.
“Why suddenly replace Su Qingnuan? Isn’t she your white—”
Shen Nanci almost blurted it out.
The words “white moonlight, beloved of your heart” stuck in her throat. She observed Li Hengyan’s expression and changed her words, “Li Hengyan, I have this illusion that I must still be dreaming, and the dream hasn’t ended yet.”
“If I’m not dreaming, then something’s wrong with you. Have you… lost your memory?”
“Or, have you suddenly been struck by something?”
It was too abnormal. Was the man before her really still Li Hengyan? Suddenly recalling that glass of water, could it be that the medication caused brain damage?
Shen Nanci was already convinced Li Hengyan’s mind was broken.
Seriously.
It’s over.
If Li Hengyan, the Lord of the Capital, isn’t right in the head anymore, what then? CiCi’s lips twitched slightly…