Huo Chubai’s shameless voice gradually faded into the distance.
Meanwhile, Ji Ran was unceremoniously tossed by Fu Jingyuan into a black Maybach parked outside the restaurant.
Whether it was her imagination or not, Ji Ran felt as if the temperature inside the car had dropped several degrees.
Frightened, she huddled against the window, lowering her guilty little head as much as possible. She knew a storm was still awaiting her.
“Do you know you were wrong?”
As soon as Fu Jingyuan began his reprimand, Ji Ran’s head bobbed up and down: “Yes, Ranran knows she was wrong.”
A wise person doesn’t court trouble when it’s right in front of them.
Ji Ran thought it best not to be rebellious at this moment.
“Hmph, what exactly were you wrong about?”
Fu Jingyuan’s displeased, cold laugh made Ji Ran tremble with fear.
She hurriedly blurted out all her faults in one go.
“I shouldn’t have spoken ill of you behind your back, and I shouldn’t have sneaked out to confess my feelings to someone.”
“Uncle Fu, I know you and my brother only have my best interests at heart by not letting me date, but I can explain this. I actually don’t like Professor Huo; I only confessed to him for the hundred thousand yuan.”
Deep down, Ji Ran didn’t truly believe she was in the wrong.
But when under the same roof—or in this case, the same car—one must bow their head.
She briefly explained how Xiao Qibao had commissioned her with a hundred thousand yuan to seduce Huo Chubai.
“Uncle Fu, you know you and my eldest brother froze all my cards. I have to earn my own spending money now. Besides, this also helps Second Sister solve a problem.”
“Just for a hundred thousand yuan?”
Fu Jingyuan’s expression finally softened slightly, though he still frowned darkly. “I could give you a million!”
If Ji Ran were willing to seduce him, he’d give not just a million, but ten million, even a hundred million.
However, Ji Ran didn’t catch his underlying meaning. With innocent, starry-eyed gratitude, she asked, “Really, Uncle Fu? You’d give me a million and unfreeze my cards?”
“Don’t worry, I won’t take that million for nothing. Once I turn twenty and receive my share of the family assets and dividends, I’ll pay you back.”
This little blockhead who just wouldn’t blossom!
Did he need that million?
What he wanted was her seduction!
But how could Fu Jingyuan say such a thing outright? He could only let out a cold snort, suppressing his frustration.
“Uncle Fu, why are you angry again?”
Ji Ran felt utterly bewildered.
“Fine, if you don’t want to give that million, then forget it. I won’t take it.”
What a stingy Uncle Fu.
In her heart, the young girl silently labeled Fu Jingyuan as both petty and miserly.
Fu Jingyuan: “…”
He was so angry that the veins on his hands bulged!
He wanted to grab the girl by the waist right then and there, pin her against the car seat, and have his way with her…
But he was afraid of frightening Ji Ran.
His dark, suppressed gaze could only sweep over Ji Ran’s thighs.
The girl’s skirt was too short, so much so that even while sitting in the car, it couldn’t cover her thighs.
Because it was summer and the air conditioning was on, Ji Ran unconsciously curled her legs, trying to tug her skirt down for warmth.
Seeing this, Fu Jingyuan secretly picked up the car remote and lowered the temperature another five degrees.
“Why did it suddenly get so cold?”
Ji Ran quickly noticed the drop in temperature inside the car.
But since she was currently feeling guilty about her mistakes, she didn’t dare to casually ask Secretary Zhang to turn up the temperature as she usually would.
“Is the air conditioner broken?”
“Yes, it must be broken.”
The little girl muttered to herself, trying to catch Fu Jingyuan’s attention.
But Fu Jingyuan had already closed his eyes to rest, seemingly not hearing a thing.
After what felt like an eternity of struggling, the little girl finally couldn’t hold back any longer.
She tugged pitifully at the hem of Fu Jingyuan’s clothes, pleading.
“Uncle Fu, the air conditioning is so cold. Could you… turn the temperature up a bit?”
“The air conditioning is broken.”
Fu Jingyuan spoke coldly, leaving no room for doubt.
Secretary Zhang, who was driving, was baffled.
He had just checked—it wasn’t broken at all.
This was a globally limited-edition Maybach; how could the air conditioning possibly be broken?
But the little girl didn’t know any of this.
She was shivering, almost unable to bear the cold.
Her big eyes scanned the car before finally settling on Fu Jingyuan’s high-end black suit jacket.
“Then… Uncle Fu, could you lend me your suit jacket to cover my legs?”
Ji Ran, afraid Fu Jingyuan would refuse, added meekly, “Uncle Fu, don’t worry, I’ve learned my lesson. I won’t wear short skirts anymore.”
“Hmm.”
Only then did Fu Jingyuan respond coldly.
But the corner of his lips curled slightly as he made a demand of his own.
“But Ranran has to come over here herself and take it off for me.”
“Huh?” Ji Ran was startled by this request.
Secretary Zhang really wanted to say there was a thick blanket in the car, but he didn’t dare.
As for Ji Ran, aside from that one night, she had never been this close to Fu Jingyuan. In such a confined space, taking off a man’s clothes… this…
Just thinking about it made the little girl blush.
But she was truly freezing.
Gritting her teeth, she shifted her small bottom, slowly moving closer to Fu Jingyuan.
The man carried a faint, sophisticated woody scent that suddenly rushed into Ji Ran’s nostrils, making her head spin.
Her ears flushed uncontrollably again.
“Here, Uncle Fu, stretch out your arm…”
Ji Ran’s voice was soft as she knelt on the seat, preparing to help Fu Jingyuan out of his jacket.
She wanted to get it over with quickly.
But Fu Jingyuan lazily watched her out of the corner of his eye, not exactly cooperating.
After struggling for a while, Ji Ran realized she hadn’t even managed to pull off one sleeve.
She grew anxious.
Fu Jingyuan sneered at the corner of his mouth. “Clumsy!”
“How am I clumsy?” Ji Ran huffed indignantly.
“A smart little girl would sit on my lap to take it off.”
Fu Jingyuan said this coldly and then fell silent.
Ji Ran’s face flushed even more intensely.
Sitting on this man’s lap… wouldn’t that be too intimate?
But before Ji Ran could dwell on it, the man’s strong, veined hands suddenly gripped her waist and pulled her forcefully onto his lap.
Before Ji Ran could react, her little head bumped against the man’s firm, powerful chest!
Her small hands landed on his tight pectoral muscles.
That night, the two of them had been just like this…
Ji Ran’s face flushed even more abruptly, burning as if she had a fever!
Ah… no, this can’t happen!
In her panic, Ji Ran tried to break free immediately.
But a pair of strong, well-defined hands were tightly gripping her waist, and she couldn’t move.
“Mmm, Uncle Fu… let go!”
Blushing with embarrassment and anger, Ji Ran looked up to argue but somehow ended up planting a kiss on Fu Jingyuan’s chin.
She kissed him!!
Ji Ran froze.
Fu Jingyuan, too, was caught off guard by the soft, tender sensation. His pupils dilated instantly, as if his soul had momentarily left his body.
Thump, thump!
Both of their hearts were pounding, each beat fiercer than the last.
It was Ji Ran who reacted first.
She stammered, so embarrassed she could have died on the spot: “Fu… Uncle Fu, oh, I’m sorry, I’m sorry!”
But when Fu Jingyuan regained his composure, he raised an eyebrow and refused to let it go: “Did Ranran just kiss me on purpose? How could you kiss Uncle Fu, Ranran?”
“Does Ranran have feelings for Uncle Fu?”