Since last night, he seemed to be more silent. Cheng Liu grew bolder and took a step closer to Ji Chaozhou, whispering, “Why did you kiss me this morning?”

Did he agree to her confession?

Ji Chaozhou opened his eyes and looked quietly at Cheng Liu in front of him. There was expectation in her eyes, and her entire focus was on him. He needed to be extremely restrained not to indulge in her gaze.

He suddenly raised his hand to cover Cheng Liu’s eyes. Her eyelashes were so thick and long that they made Ji Chaozhou’s palms itchy. It seemed that by blocking her eyes like this, the feeling of wanting to sink into them would disappear.

Cheng Liu couldn’t help laughing out loud, “What will I do with you? Do you agree to be with me?”

He kissed her this morning, just as he kissed her last night.

Young President Cheng thought that she could just kiss him a few more times to make him agree.

Ji Chaozhou did not answer. He put down his hand that was blocking her eyes, took a step forward, put one arm around Cheng Liu’s waist, clasped the other hand tightly on her shoulder, and just hugged her silently.

Compared to last night’s tentative kiss, today’s tight hug made the two feel closer than ever before.

Their heartbeats seemed to be almost touching and beating in unison.

Ji Chaozhou indulged himself and hugged Cheng Liu. He buried his face in the crook of Cheng Liu’s neck and took a deep breath of her scent. He was so conflicted that his heart was filled with bitterness and sourness.

He thought of how even though he had pushed Cheng Liu away again and again, she was still willing to take the initiative to get closer to him to confirm her feelings for him, but he was also afraid that she would eventually get bored and stay away from him.

Two contradictory emotions were intertwined in his heart and could not be sorted out.

Cheng Liu was stunned. She didn’t expect Ji Chaozhou to hug her on his own initiative. Given his personality, it was almost impossible.

After a moment, she hugged him back; her fingertips fell on his back and began moving in soothing, caressing movements.

Through his silk robe, Cheng Liu could feel that he only had a thin layer of muscle, which covered his slightly protruding butterfly bones, making him feel bony and thin.

Ji Chaozhou moved slightly, rested his chin on Cheng Liu’s shoulder, and whispered her name, “Cheng Liu.”

“Mm.”

“I like you.”

“… Ah.”

“I will be with you.”

“That’s fine.” Cheng Liu suddenly pushed Ji Chaozhou away, looked at him seriously, and said sternly, “But what if our child becomes illegitimate in the future?”

Ji Chaozhou: “…”

Cheng Liu thought about it, then asked tentatively, “Can you add a deadline? Six days? Sixteen days is still fine, twenty-six days is barely acceptable. Any longer… thirty-six days at most, no more.”

All the witnesses and photographers for their wedding have already been found and ready.

To be honest, Cheng Liu even considered the name of their child.

Ji Chaozhou suppressed his emotions and returned to his usual calm and cool demeanor, turning around, not paying attention to Cheng Liu who was bargaining.

“Thirty-six days is so long.” Cheng Liu followed him and said, “If we aren’t so clear about it, it will be very easy for people to misunderstand that we have a legitimate relationship.”

Ji Chaozhou turned his face away and gave her a cold look, “What legitimate relationship do you mean? Have you broken up with Wang Hongyang?”

She was wrong!

Cheng Liu immediately regretted it and said, “We’ve definitely broken up!”

Whenever she heard the words ‘Wang Hongyang’, her scalp tightened.

Ji Chaozhou walked over to the sofa and sat down, opened the book next to him, wanting to hear her explanation.

Cheng Liu sat down, holding up her hand to block the page. An idea suddenly occurred to her, and she said pitifully, “My mouth hurts.”

Sure enough, Ji Chaozhou next to her pursed his lips, closed the book, and turned to touch her lower lip.

Actually, the swelling had gone down by the afternoon. He didn’t dare to bite hard enough to break the skin last night, so it was only a bruise.

Cheng Liu looked at Ji Chaozhou with sparkling eyes and said nonsense, “It doesn’t hurt anymore when you touch it.”

Ji Chaozhou frowned. He naturally knew that Cheng Liu was talking nonsense, but he still raised his left hand to touch her lower lip, and his fingertip gently rubbed the swollen area.

He lowered his eyes and touched her lower lip seriously. Cheng Liu was completely bewitched and couldn’t help but reach out to hold Ji Chaozhou’s forearm to restrain his movements.

Cheng Liu’s hand slid from his forearm to his hand.

Ji Chaozhou raised his eyes and met hers. Cheng Liu held his hand and kissed it. The soft and warm touch followed the back of his fingers, like a ray of heat spreading to his heart, burning the tips of his ears red.

He turned his face away from her, but forgot to take his hand away.

Cheng Liu did not stop, she lowered her eyes and continued to move up, gently kissing up his wrist through the dark green, silk sleeves.

Ji Chaozhou suddenly pulled back his forearm but was restrained by Cheng Liu. She seemed unaware of the raised scars on his right wrist hidden under his long sleeves, but she kissed them precisely every time.

“Cheng Liu…” Ji Chaozhou wanted to warn her coldly, but there was a noticeable tremor in his throat. Her kiss was too hot, almost breaking the ice wrapped around his heart.

Cheng Liu had seen these scars a long time ago.

Back when there was a fire in the residential complex, Ji Chaozhou had fallen into a deep sleep with a fever in the hotel. She had wiped his upper body for him.

Cheng Liu has a good memory and could clearly remember the location of every scar.

She didn’t know what the story behind the scar was, but Cheng Liu thought at the time that everyone had their own secrets, so she didn’t ask.

Now, as they spent more time together, Cheng Liu wanted to know his secrets.

This was probably something hidden deep in human nature. Once you really care about something, it would naturally breed boundless greed.

Ji Chaozhou hated her past with Wang Hongyang, and she also wanted to monopolize everything about him.

She was Cheng Liu, at the height of her reign.

After pecking and kissing the last scar, Cheng Liu slowly raised her eyes and looked deeply at Ji Chaozhou in front of her. Her eyes were full of ferocity, which disappeared—hidden in the blink of an eye.

Ji Chaozhou understood it clearly, and he suddenly remembered what Aunt Yun said: Cheng Liu was full of tyranny in her bones, and she was a natural predator.

Even so, Ji Chaozhou’s heart beat faster and faster.

If It’s Wrong, Then It’s Wrong translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

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