Her eyes were bright and sparkling, her long, slender lashes distinct and well-defined. At this moment, she looked at him cautiously, with an indescribable obedience, much like the Ragdoll cat she had once kept.
The man remained silent for a long time. Lin Miao slowly lowered her gaze and stopped speaking.
It was as if all the air had been let out of her.
She cursed inwardly: This dog of a man is really hard to please.
Hmph, if it weren’t for her life being in his hands, she wouldn’t be begging him so humbly like this.
In all her years, she had never begged anyone before.
Sheng Yanli curled the corners of his mouth. The woman’s nose was delicate and small, her red lips pressed flat, as if harboring many grievances against him.
She looked like she dared not speak but was burning with anger, as if she had suffered a tremendous injustice.
Letting her off was out of the question.
The man’s gaze darkened. He leaned down and kissed the woman’s lips, then said in a deep voice, “If you behave yourself, it’s not entirely out of the question.”
Lin Miao’s eyes lit up.
She immediately understood and nodded eagerly like a chick pecking at rice.
“I’ll behave. I’ll be very good.”
The man curled his lips in a good mood when he heard the first half of the little woman’s words.
But the second half made the aura around him turn dark and gloomy.
“I’ll definitely stay far away from you from now on, and I’ll never appear before your eyes. I promise I won’t tell anyone about what happened tonight.”
“I was wrong. I shouldn’t have had improper thoughts about Mr. Sheng.”
“I’ll reflect on it. I’ll go back and reflect on it immediately.”
The woman in his arms had bright, sparkling eyes, looking like a primary school student writing a self-criticism, utterly sincere and earnest.
Unfortunately, the man’s expression turned somewhat unpleasant.
Lin Miao was puzzled.
Lin Miao was confused.
“Mr. Sheng, is there anything else you’d like to add?”
The man lowered his phoenix eyes and said in a deep voice, “It seems Miss Lin’s sincerity is nothing more than this.”
Lin Miao: ??
Seeing that the man was about to leave, Lin Miao instinctively grabbed the hem of his clothes.
Her tone was anxious, even carrying a hint of tears in her voice. “Don’t, don’t go.”
The man lowered his gaze to stare at the woman’s slightly plump hand.
His demeanor was aloof.
But he didn’t tell her to let go either.
“Whatever sincerity Mr. Sheng wants, I’ll give it. I’ll give everything.”
In a place where Lin Miao couldn’t see, the corners of the man’s mouth curled up slightly, almost imperceptibly, disappearing the moment he raised his head.
“Miss Lin said before that you like me, right?”
Lin Miao felt a twinge of guilt, but for the sake of her life, she still nodded.
“Then let me see your sincerity.”
Lin Miao blinked.
What kind of request was this?
……
“What! You’re going to pursue Sheng Yanli!”
The loud voice directly startled the birds dozing in the trees.
Facing her best friend’s expression of utter disbelief,
Lin Miao calmly sat on the sofa eating grapes.
Mm, delicious.
The round grapes were really tasty.
Su Rong looked at her best friend’s carefree attitude and anxiously scratched her head.
“Lin Bao, you haven’t been possessed by Soul Seizure, have you?”
Recently, Su Rong had become obsessed with reading novels.
The term Soul Seizure was something she’d learned from them.
“Lin Bao, do you even know who it is you’re trying to pursue?”
“I know. Sheng Yanli, right?”
Su Rong was on the verge of tears. “Sheng Yanli, the head of the Sheng family, he’s the living King of Hell in the capital! Do you know that even if he sneezes, the entire capital trembles three times?”
“Legend has it that he’s cold-blooded, cruel, ruthless, and indifferent to women.”
Lin Miao thought about it. He really was cold-blooded and ruthless enough.
He slept with her and didn’t even prepare clothes for her.
He had absolutely no trace of a gentleman about him.
But indifferent to women?
That beast nearly killed her in bed.
There was nothing indifferent about that.
Thinking of this, Lin Miao angrily ate another grape.
Imagining Sheng Yanli as that grape.
Viciously crushing him.
Su Rong still wouldn’t give up, wanting to pull her Lin Bao back on track.
She continued, “And according to inside gossip, Sheng Yanli is big and burly, with a face like Zhong Kui, extremely ugly.”
Lin Miao recalled the man’s devastatingly handsome looks.
Sure enough, inside gossip was just unreliable.
Seeing that the woman across from her was unmoved, Su Rong irritably scratched her head.
This was bad. Lin Bao had definitely been fooled by those outside rumors.
The brainwashing was way too severe.
So Su Rong started laying out the facts and reasoning with her.
“Sheng Yanli is a thirty-year-old old man. There’s a whole ten-year age gap between you two.”
“Lin Bao, you’re still so young. Don’t be so closed-minded.”
“Think about it—aren’t those male models outside nice to look at?”
“Why hang yourself on an old man?”
Lin Miao: That made sense, but it wasn’t as important as her own life.
If her life weren’t in his hands, how could she possibly give up the entire forest out there?
ε=(′ο｀))) *Sigh.
Talking about it was just tears.
Su Rong saw Lin Miao’s expression and figured she probably wasn’t really smitten with Sheng Yanli after all.
“Lin Bao, tell me, what exactly happened?”
“Did someone threaten you?”
“Peel me some grapes, and then I’ll tell you.”
Lin Miao blinked at her, her coquettish little expression instantly making Su Rong helpless.
“As you command, my lady.”
Su Rong sighed, then resignedly picked up a grape from the plate.
One by one, she began peeling the grapes.
Then, with practiced ease, she fed them into Su Rong’s mouth.
“Alright, now that you’ve had your grapes, Miss Lin, can you tell me now?”
Lin Miao ate the grapes her best friend had peeled, then pulled out a tissue from the side and wiped her hands.
Only then did she tell Su Rong about Lin Jiaxin’s pig-headed plan.
And about how she had slept with the wrong person.
Of course, she omitted the little mishap of getting the wrong floor.
“What?! You slept with Sheng Yanli?!”
Su Rong’s heart felt like it was on a roller coaster that day, thoroughly shaken.
Lin Miao quickly covered her mouth, afraid that Lin Jiaxuan, that loudspeaker upstairs, might hear.
Luckily, that pig-headed Lin Jiaxuan usually never got up before noon.
Su Rong quickly calmed down as well.
She sorted through the matter. “So you mean you originally wanted to sleep with Sheng Mingnan, but you went into the wrong room and slept with Sheng Yanli instead?”
Lin Miao nodded like a little chick pecking at rice.
“Girl, this is basically you asking for a second reincarnation.”
“Do you know how many people in the capital are eyeing the title of Madam Sheng?”
“Those crazy women would tear you, this little cabbage, to shreds and then throw you in a pot to boil.”
Lin Miao’s expression turned terrified.
It was that crazy?
As if hearing Lin Miao’s inner thoughts, Su Rong nodded very affirmatively.
“A woman’s jealousy is terrifying.”
Being in the entertainment industry, Su Rong naturally knew that when women went crazy, they were capable of anything.
There was too much filth in that world, and Su Rong didn’t want Lin Miao to be exposed to it.
Lin Miao had grown up pampered and adored by Lin Tingsheng since she was little.
Lin Tingsheng had already paved every road for Lin Miao and Lin Jiaxuan.
All he hoped for was that Lin Miao could grow up safe and sound.
Until she met a man who could truly protect her, Su Rong would always be Lin Miao’s shield.
“Baby, three-legged toads are hard to find, but two-legged men are everywhere.”
“But a man like Sheng Yanli? Let’s just forget it.”
“If you really like that type, I promise I’ll find you a male model with a similar vibe later.”