Shen Ran pulled open the collar and looked at Su Yichen’s shirt, which had been messed up by her unconscious grasping during the kiss just now, as well as his exquisite, tempting collarbone.
It was as if it were tempting her.
A scorching flame rose abruptly from the girl’s lower abdomen. Reason told her not to do this, but the craving in her body screamed wildly.
It was as if demonic whispers echoed in her ears.
‘Go ahead, do what you want.’
‘Right and wrong don’t matter anymore. Follow your instinctual desires.’
‘If you do it, this man will be yours.’
But reason told her.
‘You can’t. At least not yet.’
‘If you do, there’ll be no way to fix it.’
‘You’ve already gained enough today.’
‘These lips of Su Yichen…’
‘Tong Ya and Luo Yueli haven’t tasted them.’
‘I’m the first. I’m the woman who got his first kiss.’
‘If I just stay by his side as a friend from now on, things will naturally develop slowly.’
‘After I gain his trust, there will be plenty of opportunities.’
‘But doing everything recklessly now is like killing the goose that lays the golden eggs.’
‘It would only bring momentary pleasure.’
‘Afterward, there will be endless regret.’
Shen Ran knew all the logic, but afterward was afterward.
Right now, she only wanted to indulge in the pleasure before her eyes. The office door was locked. Once they started, no one would disturb them until it was over.
Caught in this tug-of-war of thoughts, Shen Ran slowly raised her hand and reached for the button on Su Yichen’s collar.
‘Just touching his body a little…’
‘It shouldn’t lead to a mistake, should it?’
And besides…
The girl was full of wishful thinking, completely forgetting that she had been the same just moments ago. She had only touched him once, and immediately fell into unconscious frenzy.
But now Shen Ran couldn’t care too much. Driven by her own wishful thinking, the arrow was already on the string, and she had to shoot.
However, at that moment, the small bag she had tossed aside started ringing.
It was the phone inside the bag.
The pleasant ringtone that she usually liked now sounded grating to Shen Ran’s ears.
But if she ignored it, the sound would reach outside.
And besides…
No matter what, the ringtone snapped Shen Ran out of the state of dancing in the pool of desire.
She glanced reluctantly at Su Yichen, who was still lying asleep on the sofa chair.
‘After I answer the call, can I come back and kiss him again?’
With this thought, Shen Ran quickly ran to the table where the small bag was, took out her phone, and looked at it.
The sight hit her like a bucket of cold water, waking her up completely.
It was a call from Mo Qingqiu.
She turned her head to look at Su Yichen, then took out the phone and pressed the answer button.
Shen Ran’s voice trembled slightly.
She was still very guilty.
“Senior Sister Qingqiu.”
“Shen Ran, have you eaten? I’m almost done here. If you haven’t eaten, I’ll come find you and we can have lunch together?”
“Ah… I’ve eaten, Senior Sister Qingqiu.”
Shen Ran said hurriedly:
“I’ve already had lunch.”
“I see. Then I’ll go eat by myself. How’s your work going?”
Shen Ran’s whole body tensed up.
“Work… work is going fine. I’m waiting in Su Yichen’s office. He’s almost done.”
She spoke an utterly flimsy lie, and her right hand, resting on her thigh, involuntarily clenched into a fist.
“Alright. Then you two go eat together. You can expense the lunch.”
As she spoke, Mo Qingqiu’s tone suddenly changed, filled with teasing and a hint of something intriguing:
“Hehe, Shen Ran, this is a great chance for you two to get closer~”
“Are you going to seize it?”
“I…”
‘I’ve already seized it very well.’
Shen Ran silently said to herself, and at the same time checked the time.
That look startled her.
‘It’s already this late…’
‘Luckily, Su Yichen hasn’t woken up.’
‘But what if he woke up and is pretending to sleep?’
‘Wouldn’t that mean…’
‘If he’s pretending, then he’s implicitly allowing me to do this.’
‘Otherwise, he would have resisted.’
After thinking it over, Shen Ran decided it didn’t matter whether Su Yichen was awake or not. That wasn’t the key.
‘Best if he’s asleep—he won’t know anything.’
‘Even better if he’s awake—that means he’s condoning my actions.’
‘Which means…’
‘I can touch him.’
With this thought, Shen Ran itched with eagerness.
She stood up and slowly walked over to Su Yichen.
“Su Yichen and I are still… still friends, Senior Sister.”
“Friends.”
She said the word, but it lacked the firmness of yesterday.
It even sounded a bit guilty.
“Is that so?”
Mo Qingqiu’s voice carried a subtle, intriguing tone.
She didn’t say much, as if she hadn’t noticed anything.
“Still just friends?”
“Junior Sister, this is your own business. I won’t say much.”
“It’s not easy to meet someone you like. If he’s the one, then seize the opportunity.”
“Alright, I still have things to do. Remember to eat early after you’re done. Bye.”
“Bye, Senior Sister Qingqiu.”
Shen Ran finished speaking and hung up the phone.
She stood there in a daze for a while, then sighed.
Su Yichen still seemed asleep.
‘I can’t think too much now. I need to clean up the scene quickly.’
The stronger her desire had been in her mind just moments ago, the clearer Shen Ran’s head was now.
She straightened Su Yichen’s clothes, carefully checking to make sure no hair was left on them.
Then she took a wet tissue and slowly wiped his face. Next, she picked up the air freshener in the room…
Mo Qingqiu was still sitting under the white umbrella, watching Shen Ran rush around the office, eliminating the “evidence of the crime.”
“Her thinking is pretty clear.”
“Just stay as his friend.”
“That coffee was handed to him by me.”
“Su Yichen won’t suspect you. You still have a chance. Don’t worry, Junior Sister.”
The girl took a sip of fresh juice and muttered to herself.
‘If this video fell into the hands of Tong Ya and Luo Yueli, the expressions on their faces would definitely be quite interesting, right?’
‘But…’
‘It’s not enough. Just a kiss is too easy for them to forgive.’
‘There has to be an unforgivable mistake for this play to be interesting enough~’
‘Nah nah, Junior Brother Yichen.’
‘That’s what you think too, right?’
September 25th, sunny, 1:30 PM.
“Mmm…”
Su Yichen let out a faint, weary moan from the chair.
Before he opened his eyes, his sense of smell fed information to his brain before his vision.
There was no familiar scent in the air.
Huh?!
‘Could it be… I wasn’t…?’
His senses were slowly returning.
After about ten minutes, Su Yichen finally felt strength coming back into his body.
The white light outside the window fully awakened his consciousness.
His just-opened eyes instinctively squinted, and his brows lifted slightly.
“It’s still daytime?”
“Mo Qingqiu’s stamina is really lacking. She looks like a lustful demon, but it turns out she’s all bark.”
“So young, and already this frail.”