Chapter 50: Truly Unruly

"Hey, don't sit so close to me, it's hot." Tong Xiaoman hurriedly scooted to the other end of the sofa. This guy was as stubborn as an ox, thick-skinned, and always tried to cling to her no matter what.

"Hot?" The air conditioning was on, who was he trying to fool?

Nalan Che suddenly grabbed her shoulders and gave her a hard push, knocking her down onto the sofa. His towering frame immediately loomed over her, a wicked smile curling on his lips as he leaned in closer.

"Well, I am hot. Get lost, what do you want this time?" Tong Xiaoman glared at him, pressing her palms against his chest to stop him from coming any closer. So what if the AC was on? Every time he got near her, she felt her entire body burning up.

He let out a low, bewitching chuckle. "In that television drama just now, after the female lead slept with the male lead a few times, she fell hopelessly in love with him. Will you be just like her?"

Nalan Che gripped her wrist, pinned it high above her head against the back of the sofa, and pressed his heavy body firmly over hers. His fiery breath enveloped her as he drew closer, making her heart flutter wildly.

"Didn't you say it was a boring drama? The plot in it is naturally boring and fake." Surely he wasn't planning to imitate the male lead and trick her into giving him her body.

Tong Xiaoman's little heart trembled violently.

"Even though the plot is cheesy and fake, didn't you like it very much? As long as you like it, that's all that matters." His lips drifted from her cheek to her ear, planting a provocative and teasing kiss on her earlobe, while his other hand gently caressed her waist...

Both of these were her extremely sensitive areas. Under his seemingly deliberate yet accidental teasing, her body began to tremble uncontrollably.

"I didn't say... I liked it..." Damn it, with him pinning her down, she couldn't even struggle, and her voice came out broken and fragmented.

"You're being tight-lipped again. Look at your body, how honest its reaction is." That pounding heartbeat, that flushed, tender skin—he couldn't get enough of it.

"Nalan Che..." You wretched pervert! Tong Xiaoman was so angry her eyes were practically breathing fire.

"Shh, if you shout so loud and Su Ji hears, he'll think you're crying out in bed." Those vibrant, mesmerizing, watery eyes flickered with intense flames—she was truly a dynamic kind of beauty.

No wonder men always loved to bully the women they fancied; that fleeting moment of beauty was the most breathtaking scenery they pursued relentlessly.

Tong Xiaoman's face instantly blushed as red as a ripe apple. This damn man really had no shame! She gritted her teeth and said, "I really should let Su Su come in and see what kind of beast his boss is."

"You're really disobedient. I told you not to call him that, but you just refuse to change." Hearing that intimate nickname "Su Su" always left him extremely displeased.

"I love calling him Su Su, so what? Su Su—Mph..."

He didn't do much, just sealed her little mouth with an overbearing and aggressive kiss, making it impossible for her to utter another syllable.

***

The return voyage was short.

Tong Xiaoman and Nalan Che spent the entire boat ride in that ambiguous, undefined state, while Su Ji remained an invisible man on the ship, vanishing everywhere except when attending to their meals.

When the ship docked at the pier of Brocade City plainclothes guards immediately swarmed forward to welcome them, led by Liu Yan. In truth, it was an order from the old patriarch to escort them back by force.