The man’s sharp brows furrowed slightly, a flicker of confusion passing over his cold, stern face.
“What?”
Wanqing didn’t notice at all that as the man spoke these words, the hand hanging by his side tightened slightly.
She explained, “Please start exercising your rights as Party A. Didn’t you want me to chat with you?”
“I’m great at chatting. I can talk with entertainment reporters for hours, and many fans even treat my Weibo as a tree hole. So, if you have any troubles, feel free to pour them out to me. I’m definitely the best listener in the world!”
Qi Yan was so amused by her bizarre train of thought that he almost laughed in exasperation.
He pressed his left hand to his temple, his expression softening somewhat, but he had no intention of explaining anything.
“Where’s the medicine?”
Wanqing didn’t understand for a moment. “What?”
A cool, detached male voice took over her words, enunciating each syllable clearly, as if no one else were present, without the slightest hesitation.
“The contraceptive pills you bought today.”
“Ahem…” Wanqing was shocked by his blunt and explicit words.
She quickly glanced at the driver in the front seat out of the corner of her eye and lowered her voice to speak to the composed man sitting beside her. “Second Master, how can you talk about such things in the car? There are other people here!”
Upon hearing this, the driver immediately swore, “I’m deaf. I didn’t hear a thing!”
He was under the car, not in it.
No surprise, CEO Qi would probably switch to a Maybach next time.
Wanqing’s lips twitched weakly. Qi Yan observed her expression without a trace of emotion.
For some reason, the image of a fox tail brushing against her smooth back in the darkness flashed before his eyes, along with the beauty’s muffled, drawn-out sobs.
—“I want three million… Mmm~”
—“Call me ‘brother.’ If you say it nicely, I’ll give it to you.”
—“Wuwuwu~”
—“Say it.”
—“CEO Qi…”
—“Stubborn.”
—“Brother…”
…
The man’s eyes darkened, but his expression remained as calm and composed as ever.
“Teacher Wan, if you’re this thin-skinned, what will you do in the future?”
Wanqing belatedly noticed the change in his gaze, and her body suddenly stiffened.
Alarm bells rang frantically in her mind!
Danger, danger, danger, danger!
Having had two physical encounters with him, she knew all too well!
Whenever this man showed such an expression, it meant she wasn’t far from danger. This was a warning signal!
She’d heard that CEOs in their circles were obsessed with car play?
Could it be that Qi Yan was into that too?
What if he suddenly lost control and wanted to do something to her in the car!
Thinking this, she shifted to the right side of the spacious seat, trying to put as much distance between them as possible.
“What future?”
Qi Yan pulled her back to her original position, his thin lips slowly forming syllables near her ear. “Teacher Wan, if you dare to do it, you must dare to admit it.”
“What you haven’t done yet, we’ll find opportunities to do in the future.”
Whether intentional or not, when he uttered those words, his enunciation was particularly clear, with a slight pause.
It was easy to hear the suggestive undertones in his words.
Wanqing was stunned for a moment.
Do, do what?
What hasn’t been done yet?
It couldn’t be that box of things, could it…
Feeling guilty, she reached out and pushed the fixed armrest beside her. The central armrest in the back seat of the Rolls-Royce Phantom perfectly separated them, creating a relatively safe distance.
“It seems like we can’t do it here…”
When she looked up again, the man was staring at her, a slight curve forming on his lips.
He could clearly see her fluttering, curled eyelashes, betraying her guilt. His originally clear voice took on a slightly hoarse tone.
“If you want to, we can.”
Wanqing was utterly stunned.
What the hell did he mean by “doing it”!
How could he say such indecent things with such a straight face!
A hypocrite!
A wolf in sheep’s clothing!
A beast in gentleman’s attire!
Qi Yan’s gaze never left her. He suddenly raised his hand and flicked her forehead, as if signaling the end of his teasing, and finally began to speak seriously.
“Don’t take medicine recklessly.”
“From now on, you’re not allowed to take any of these, understand?”
“I—” Wanqing winced from the pain on her forehead, her words caught in her throat before she swallowed them back.
Who was it that made her need to take medicine in the first place?
If you don’t want me to take medicine, then you should be more responsible yourself.
She lowered her head and muttered softly, “If it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t have needed to take those.”
“I’m still young. I never thought about becoming a mother, nor have I ever dreamed of marrying into a wealthy family by relying on a child.”
“And besides, the first time, didn’t you also make me take some kind of medicine…”
Her voice carried a hint of resentment, as if she had suffered a great injustice. Anyone who heard it would feel compelled to comfort her.
Qi Yan took off his glasses and rubbed the bridge of his nose beneath the frames.
It was like having a little ancestor to take care of.
A total loss.
The neon lights outside the window flickered in his eyes, but he couldn’t see them clearly.
After a long while.
He put his glasses back on and sighed silently.
“What you took was anti-inflammatory medicine.”
Without thinking, Wanqing blurted out, “Why would I need anti-inflammatory medicine?”
Qi Yan looked at her calmly. “What do you think?”
“Otherwise, why do you think you were still able to bounce around the next day?”
Wanqing: “…”
The air suddenly grew very quiet, as if even the sounds of breathing and heartbeats had vanished.
She glared at him for a long time before finally, with a flushed face, managed to squeeze out half a sentence: “…No wonder I didn’t feel much pain when I woke up.”
“I thought…”
Qi Yan: “Thought what?”
“N-nothing.” Wanqing cleared her throat, hurriedly shifting her gaze away. Not knowing where else to look, she picked up the book he had placed beside his leg and flipped it open.
Banking in the Globalized Market
Wow, completely incomprehensible.
She silently closed the book, just as a warm, deep, and refined voice reached her ears.
It was a tone she had never heard from him before.
“There won’t be a next time.”
His voice was very soft, like the gentle snowfall on a rooftop in the depths of winter, bringing a sense of calm to anyone who heard it.
Wanqing froze.
After a moment.
Qi Yan added, “I didn’t have any prepared at home.”
“And I remember, at the end, you were still conscious.”
“Since you were conscious, you should know that I had it under control.”
He seemed to be explaining why he hadn’t used protection the night before, but the truth was, he had never even thought of preparing such things.
Because in the first 28 years of his rational and meticulous life, he had never done anything so absurd, driven purely by hormones.
She tilted her head to look at him.
She had heard that even without protection, there was still a risk of getting pregnant.
She rested her chin in her hands, blinked, and looked at him thoughtfully.
“Then… when you were with other partners, did you ever…”
The man’s eyes behind his glasses were as dark as ink, and the sharpness that inadvertently leaked from them was somewhat intimidating. “Other partners?”
“Wanqing, what kind of person do you think I am?”
His tone was calm and unruffled.
But somehow, it carried a sense of pressure that made one’s heart tighten. Even the driver in front couldn’t help but shiver.
Xu Yingjun felt a chill run down his spine.
Having worked by CEO Qi’s side for many years, although he usually maintained a cold and stern demeanor, it was rare to see him truly angry.
Except for that incident two years ago.
An indescribable silence fell over the car. Wanqing felt something was off and wanted to say something, but couldn’t find the right words. Her lips parted and closed, closed and parted, yet not a single word came out.
She lowered her head, her body stiff.
One second, two seconds, three seconds passed…
She cautiously raised her gaze.
Her eyes unexpectedly met Qi Yan’s.
He was angry.
Maintaining her lowered posture, she bit her snow-white teeth into her lower lip, pondering for a full minute.
“Brother.”