His mouth hit with bitterness, Ling An quickly grabbed a piece of chocolate from the table.
The moment he put it in his mouth, Ling An spat it out, why was this chocolate bitter too?
Ling An was speechless. He wanted to look for something sweet to chase away the bitter taste.
Just then, he saw the crowd suddenly stir.
Through the crowd, Ling An heard Qin Yeling roar, “Get lost!”
He froze for a moment, then realized, the female lead really couldn’t wait, going up to deliver the wine before the right time.
Just a moment earlier, Qin Yeling had been talking with the eldest young master of the Lin family, Lin Jie.
A waiter came over delivering wine. He raised his hand to refuse, but for some reason, he suddenly accepted it and drank it all in one go.
After drinking, Qin Yeling felt something was wrong. His body felt extremely hot not like he’d had one glass of wine, but a whole dozen.
Qin Yeling knew he’d been drugged. Abandoning Lin Jie, he turned to leave.
While he was still lucid, he needed to get out fast. He knew the Wang family was up to no good this time.
Moving too fast, Qin Yeling tripped over something and stumbled.
A slender hand reached out from beside him, steadying Qin Yeling.
Qin Yeling turned his head and saw the female lead’s face full of concern.
He froze. Qin Yeling felt this waiter looked somewhat familiar, but perhaps because of the drug, he couldn’t remember who it was for a moment.
Seeing Qin Yeling staring blankly at her face, the female lead felt a surge of joy. She knew that even starting over, Yeling would still fall for her.
But now wasn’t the time for flirting. The woman the Wang family had arranged would arrive soon, she had to get Yeling away quickly.
The female lead grabbed Qin Yeling to leave, but he flung her off.
Get lost!
Qin Yeling remembered now this was the waiter who had just delivered the wine, and now she wanted to take him away.
No wonder she kept clinging to him at school. So she was with the Wang family. Failing to scheme against him at school, they resorted to these filthy tricks.
If he left with this woman, he could already imagine tomorrow’s explosive headlines: Second Young Master Qin forcing a female classmate in a bar… and so on.
It wouldn’t cause real harm, but it would be disgusting.
Seeing the woman try to grab him again, mumbling something, Qin Yeling didn’t listen to a word, only catching “come with me, quickly.”
Go with her? Knowing she was with the Wang family, how could Qin Yeling possibly go with her?
He shook off Lin Yu’s hand again. Perhaps the drug was taking effect, as Qin Yeling felt waves of dizziness.
His legs gave out, and he stumbled, about to collapse. Qin Yeling instinctively closed his eyes.
Such a beautiful face, of course Ling An couldn’t bear to let him fall to the floor.
He had been watching from the side all along, and when the timing was right, he caught the falling Qin Yeling, pulling him into his arms.
Perhaps because of the drug, Qin Yeling leaned softly against him, boneless and at his mercy.
Looking down, even Ling An, who had seen plenty of beauties, felt his heart skip a beat.
The person in his arms had fair skin, flushed cheeks, and those once-sharp sword-like brows now softened, appearing all the more bewitching.
Meeting those eyes, already growing hazy and unfocused, Ling An’s lips curved slightly, his mouth parting. “You kept me waiting so long. Wait a little more, and I’ll eat you up.”
Qin Yeling’s head was groggy. All he knew was that he had almost fallen but hadn’t.
Seeing that familiar lackey, and what had he just been saying? Why couldn’t he hear anything?
If he couldn’t hear, so be it, his head was spinning.
Ling An felt the person in his arms faint and was momentarily stunned.
How much drug had the female lead given the male lead this time? In the original plot, he remembered, the male lead could still fight his way out on his own.
This time he’d gone down so easily.
Not quite reassured, Ling An sent a wisp of Spiritual Power into Qin Yeling’s body, letting it circle around once to confirm nothing was wrong.
He took off his jacket and draped it over Qin Yeling, covering his face as well, then scooped him up in a princess carry and headed out.
Lin Yu hurried after him, wanting to ask where Ling An had come from and why he kept ruining her plans time and again.
Catching her movements in the corner of his eye, Ling An grumbled inwardly.
System, surely enough time has passed by now. Throw her back into her original plot, she’s too much of an obstacle.
Host, don’t be impatient. She’s the female lead, after all, it can’t happen that quickly.
The System calculated that a spatial rift might open next month, and people from the Spatial Administration would take her back then, Host.
That’ll do, Ling An said. With Qin Yeling in his arms, he flashed out of the bar and headed straight for the nearest hotel.
Perhaps it was the drug’s effect, but Qin Yeling’s body was like a little furnace, abnormally hot.
He seemed to wake in a daze from the heat, struggling to push off the clothes covering him.
His body kept writhing, rubbing against every inch of Ling An’s skin.
But the effect was minimal, after all that effort, only his head emerged from the jacket.
An abnormal flush spread across his exquisite face. Like a drowning man finally breathing air after so long, he panted heavily, his body trembling uncontrollably.
Ling An held him, his gaze dark and his expression unreadable, though a closer look at his eyes revealed the stirrings the other man had provoked.
Kicking the room door open, Ling An tossed the burning-hot Qin Yeling onto the bed.
Without even locking the door, he pounced onto the bed, lowered his head, and bit down on his neck.
The person beneath him shuddered violently, a moan escaping him despite himself.
The voice had lost its usual coldness. That single cry made half of Ling An’s body go weak.
It wasn’t until the sun slowly rose in the east that the two in the room finally began to settle down.
Looking at the mess all over the room, then down at Qin Yeling sleeping in his arms.
The flush still lingered on his face and at the corners of his eyes, stirring ripples in Ling An’s heart. He couldn’t help kissing the tear tracks that hadn’t yet dried beneath his eyes.
Ling An picked Qin Yeling up and carried him into the bathroom. Only after washing him up did he lay him back on the bed.
Then Ling An got dressed and left.
The System’s voice rang out.
[Host, the power you’ve absorbed in this world is already sufficient. You may withdraw from this trial mission world at any time and open your next mission world.]
So fast? It’s barely been any time and it’s already full. Ling An was a little surprised, he hadn’t expected it to be finished so easily.
[Since it’s a trial mission, the standards are much lower. The main point is to see whether the Host has the ability to complete missions.]
So that’s how it is. But while you’ve absorbed enough, I haven’t had enough yet.
I like to see things through to the end, I’ll enjoy myself to the fullest in every world. After saying this to the System, Ling An walked out of the hotel, got into the car he’d called ahead, and headed home.
Not long after Ling An left, Qin Yeling slowly opened his eyes on the bed.
Seeing the hotel ceiling, he froze for a moment, not knowing where he was.