Pampered by Short-Lived Bigshot by Beautiful Crescent

Chapter 692: 433 Ashamed to the point of wishing to faint, you care about me! (2 more Chapters)_3

Her rental room was so small that she had barely taken two steps when, in the next instant, her arm was pulled and tugged. By the time she realized what was happening, her back was against the wall, with half of her body already enveloped in his embrace.

The man’s fingertips were rough as they grasped her wrist, gently caressing it, eliciting a sensation both ticklish and numbing.

"That... that wasn’t mine!" Shen Shuci was on the verge of tears—what kind of situation was this?

"You watched it," he said with certainty. Since that video link appeared in her media player, she must have watched it.

"..."

She didn’t know what it was and had just clicked on it, never anticipating... Ruan Mengxi, you’re truly going to be the death of me.

"In your eyes, am I that disgraceful? So much that you don’t want Xiaowu and the others to see me?"

Shen Shuci’s face turned crimson as she slightly averted her gaze, "The situation is complicated; I didn’t mean to have you deliberately hide... nor do I think you’re disgraceful."

Thinking about how unhappy he was about the situation today, Shen Shuci wanted to explain, but the entire story seemed to need to start with her nearly falling from a horse and injuring her hand, leaving her momentarily at a loss for words.

"Because when you were looking for me before, I lied to Wanwan, and they have no idea about you and me... I also don’t know how to tell them, so..."

Huo Qinqi listened for a while but only uttered four words:

"You care about me!"

"I..." Shen Shuci’s pupils dilated slightly as she met his gaze, her heart racing once again.

Her willingness to explain definitely meant she cared.

again, she was visibly flustered, and just as he leaned

no reason, the sound abruptly shattered the intimate atmosphere. Shen Shuci hastily pushed him away and opened

arrived,"

"Thank you."

her, about to remind her to give a five-star review, but suddenly

scooter, and quickly left the residence, still

Qinqi seemed to have a particularly enjoyable dinner, knowing at least that Shen Shuci cared about him and didn’t reject his closeness, even after an awkward little incident. Relationships between people always seemed to work that way—a secret known only between the two could mystically

the atmosphere between

...

Huo Family had thought that after today’s "ambush," their Patriarch might be unhappy and that they should brace for a potential

Shen Shuci’s place was

to sleep, only to be awakened in the middle of the night by

it, who’s not sleeping in the middle of the night!" If it had been an outsider, the family dogs would surely bark, but since the dogs

on in the yard at

see which scoundrel

to discover Huo Qinqi hammering away at several wooden

he even glanced over, "Why aren’t you all asleep? What are you doing out

you sleeping this late? What are you

to deflate

"Can’t sleep."

"Heh, then you continue..."

they exchanged glances, "What exactly did Miss Shen do to him?

would I know? Anyway, his

yet he doesn’t sleep at night!

...

practicing in the yard for a while, the man took a cold shower before finally going to