He is Lovestruck in the Revenge by Gu Nanxi

Chapter 9 - 9 008 Forest Thrills

Chapter 9: 008: Forest Thrills Chapter 9: 008: Forest Thrills “I’ve had my share,” Xie Shang explained, “Lileitu isn’t that safe. One of us needs to stay sober.”

Wen Changling looked at the glass of wine, “Before I came out to have fun, my landlady reminded me not to trust people too much abroad and to be vigilant at all times.”

Xie Shang heard the implications in her words, “You’re only becoming cautious of me now, Miss Wen. Isn’t it a bit late?”

Miss Wen nodded in agreement, “It is a bit late.” She thought for a moment and decided to remedy the situation, “Then, may I see your ID card?”

She looked at Xie Shang, seldom staring so intently at someone.

There was a strange sense of storytelling about her, she seemed like the person in the movies who appears with a secret, suddenly shows up and just as suddenly vanishes, inspiring irresistible curiosity.

Xie Shang took his coat, pulled out his ID card, and showed it to Wen Changling, “Want to take a photo? To send to your friends back home or something.”

She said she did and immediately took out her phone, snapped a photo of Xie Shang’s ID, and sent it to her landlady back in her home country.

Xie Shang’s ID photo was so much better looking than the usual standard for domestic ones that Wen Changling even wondered if the photographer had photoshopped it due to being smitten with Xie Shang’s good looks.

That would be going too far.

Wen Changling thought about her own ID photo, which had been edited to the brink of altering her hairline.

Xie Shang pushed the wine glass towards her, “Have a taste, I won’t kidnap you.”

Wen Changling picked up the glass curiously, even gave it a swirl, and then cautiously took a tiny sip.

“How is it?”

She curved the corners of her mouth ever so slightly, the expression identical to the satisfaction she felt when she had delicious food in Sleepless City, “Very sweet.”

Not harsh on the throat at all.

She couldn’t resist and took another sip.

“This is honey red wine, suitable for girls, it doesn’t get you drunk easily.”

“Then can I drink a little more?”

“Of course.”

of them had to remain sober, so he didn’t touch a drop,

Wen Changling talkative. She started talking about her landlady, saying she was a tough-talking but soft-hearted old lady; she talked about the landlady’s cat, a

a lot, but all about others, never about herself. Xie Shang simply listened, occasionally responding when she called

clear, though she felt a slight dizziness. The wind in Lileitu was strong, making her sleepy. The lights were dazzling; she squinted

as she drifted in and out of sleep, she heard Xie

was the owner of the

is that

was lazy, as though he was slightly tipsy despite not having drunk any wine, “Picked up

with a familiarity that suggested they were friends, no wonder he

“Wen Changling.”

Shang bent down to talk

turned her face to

to the

a response but didn’t

“Can you walk?”

the wine cellar’s cart, the one used to haul wine, to transport

and wouldn’t casually touch someone

was fighting off drowsiness, struggling to

were

days, aside from holding her hand when they danced, they had no physical contact because, after all, they were strangers, merely temporary companions;

Shang wasn’t the type to have a romantic encounter in the City of Romantic Encounters; one

bed, Wen Changling was completely sober, her mind full of Xie Shang—Young Master Xie the Fourth, who was

before, filled with novelty, adventure, mystery, and heart-pounding terror, from underwater to the skies, from the bloody underground boxing rings to the romantic and sweet

The next morning.

hotel’s restaurant for food; Xie Shang was already there, and she

time is

“Three in the afternoon.”

today was heading

Shang said, “I’m not going back to the country for the time being;

eaten little that morning, had finished his meal, and pushed

restaurant of this hotel, but it was limited in quantity. If she arrived late, it would be gone, and she hadn’t had any the previous

almost bowing, “Thank you for being my