Pampered by Short-Lived Bigshot by Beautiful Crescent

Chapter 680: 426 Riding Horses to Appreciate the Green Plums, Intimacy Without Resentment (2 more Chapters)

As soon as the Huo Family car stopped, Shen Shuci took a special look around and quickly jumped in. Her manner was nearly indistinguishable from that of a thief. Even as she sat in the back seat with Huo Qinqi, there was a distance of a whole seat between them, which made them strangers to each other.

"Where are we going for lunch?" Shen Shuci was prepared to treat her companion, so it made sense to ask in advance what they would be eating for noon.

Huo Qinqi replied expressionlessly, "To my house."

"..."

She had deliberately arranged to eat during the daytime, just to avoid him taking her home and likely inviting trouble, yet...

Had she voluntarily thrown herself into the tiger’s den again?

"You said I could choose the place, didn’t you want to come to my house?" Huo Qinqi turned to look at her.

"It’s not that." If Shen Shuci said she didn’t want to go to his house, he, with his temperament, would certainly ask why, and any answer would be awkward.

Shortly after she got into the car, the elders of the Shen Family had called to check if she met with her colleagues smoothly. Considering the senior Shen’s age, his voice was inevitably raised, afraid she couldn’t hear him well.

"Um, I’ve met them already." Shen Shuci had lowered her own volume, but the car was so quiet that the voice from her phone’s speaker intermittently reached Huo Qinqi’s ears.

His hearing was too good... so he heard every word Mr. Shen said clearly.

"That’s good, get along with your colleagues. They are your seniors; you can learn a lot from them. They’ll look out for you at the company in the future. Remember to pay the bill..." The old man babbled on for a while before hanging up.

Shen Shuci turned her head to look at Huo Qinqi, who was staring out the window. His face was out of sight, and it was impossible to discern his expression at that moment, but the atmosphere in the car had instantly become somewhat peculiar.

The Huo family members had all heard that Miss Shen had gone out, still using the pretext of meeting colleagues.

After all this time, still just a "colleague"? How could it not be heart-wrenching?

...

Once at the Huo residence, Shen Shuci also felt the atmosphere was awkward. With a good half hour until mealtime and nothing entertaining to do inside the house, upon hearing that Huo Chichi was sunbathing in the backyard, she went straight there.

The green plum blossoms were in bloom this season. The Huo family members were leading horses for a walk in the Linzi, with the heavy scent of flowers and the low mist of grass...

A gentle breeze carried the neighs of horses, and the fragrance of green plums pierced through the branches.

It was Shen Shuci’s first time to see such an abundance of green plum blossoms, white like soft snow, each petal fragrant.

Huo Chichi was napping under a tree and came running over when it heard her approach. Shen Shuci bent down to pick up the kitten, "I didn’t expect you little thing to still remember me."

Last time at her place, Huo Qinqi came to pick it up and the cat had completely ignored her. She had taken care of it for so long, with no sign of affection in return. The ingratitude seemed to extend from humans to cats.

last time she rode a horse, the Huo family members, seeing her arrival, prepared to lead the horse back to the stables as

the same horse as last time?" Shen Shuci knew very well that her fall wasn’t due to her own lack of skills but rather because of Qi Zeyan

expect you to remember

I ride it again?" Shen Shuci also quite liked horseback riding, but she was usually too busy with work to have time

The Huo family members

okay, I can

for you." They had only been walking the horse

already informed Huo Qinqi that Shen Shuci wanted to ride the horse. By the time he got to the

gripping the reins, she reached out to pat the horse and, out of the corner of her eye, saw Huo Qinqi approaching

was much more relaxed than before, softening like gentle ripples across

please be careful. Just walk it around slowly for a couple of laps,"

words, Shen Shuci, still taken aback by her previous surprise, didn’t dare to ride too fast. She was about to have

"Mr. Huo?"

Huo Qinqi’s words always carried certainty and

time was an accident, I

Shuci hadn’t finished speaking when Huo Qinqi unexpectedly grabbed the side of the rein and nimbly mounted the horse himself. Though the saddle wasn’t small, fitting two people certainly made it

pressed against a scorching chest, Shen Shuci stiffened all over, even her fingers clenching the reins unintentionally tightened with

on earth was

members had already been stunned by this assertive

Damn.

too crowded? Are

anyone wouldn’t be strange, except when it involved Huo Qinqi, it always felt

you with me," he said with a raspy, deep voice that seemed as if it were pressing on his chest. When he spoke, it was as if it hit against his

him take hold of the reins. She hurriedly pulled her fingers back, and though they tugged at different parts of the reins without touching, what did it matter when their bodies were so intimately close? Even if their

tense up so much, relax. The horse can

too close, and Shen Shuci could hear his every breath, the hot air brushing past her ear, scorching her entire ear as if it were

her body was heated

him so close, how was she supposed

won’t let you fall and

yet his breath was scorching

to

feigning ignorance? It wasn’t the fear of falling off the horse that made her nervous; it was all because

gently tugged on the reins, and the horse began to slowly circle the woods, while

tried to lean forward to avoid his touch, but there was only so much space on the

scent of pines after snow emanated from him, piercingly crisp, as if penetrating the limbs and bones, and the distinct fragrance of green plums seemed to carry a cool scent. Everything felt chilling to the bones, yet the palm

relax

in a car; it was always bumpy. Despite her attempts to avoid

arms reached around from behind, pulling on the reins, and this position was as if he were enveloping

was very aware of the strength