Chapter 174: I’m Jealous! (1/2)

“Could you tell me why?” Cheng Xi’s tone was gentle; she was trying her hardest to refrain from sounding interrogative.

Lu Chenzhou hesitated for a moment. He looked at her as he replied in an indescribably derisive tone, “Didn’t you say that he was there to see her? If Chen Jiaman leaves the hospital, then he no longer has a reason to visit the hospital anymore.”

Cheng Xi grabbed his hand, her expression serious. “Lu Chenzhou, did I do anything to make you misunderstand something? Do you really distrust me so much that you think that I would have an illicit relationship with a married man?”

Lu Chenzhou didn’t even think about it before nodding affirmatively. “Yes, you would.”

“……Am I that morally depraved in your mind?”

But Lu Chenzhou was already growing impatient. “I want to~ make~ love~” He retrieved his hand and started to unbutton and strip. “Take your clothes off!”

“……”

Cheng Xi caressed her forehead weakly. “Will you at least let me finish first? Lu Chenzhou, this is a serious matter. If we don’t discuss this properly…… Hey, I haven’t showered yet!”

But even her dirty sweat wasn’t enough to dissuade him. Lu Chenzhou grabbed her wrists and pushed her beneath him before she could finish protesting. It was only then that Cheng Xi realized that he was about to go into a frenzy; his insistence on sex wasn’t because he didn’t want to discuss this subject with her.

At any rate, it wasn’t like he would ever discuss a decision that he’d already made with her.

This truth was difficult for Cheng Xi to accept. What’s more, she didn’t even know how she’d aroused him—he was even more bestial than usual tonight. She’d drenched herself in sweat to set the mood for a serious conversation and not to arouse him, alright?!

Cheng Xi gloomily tried to resist him. She pushed on his chest as she said, “Lu Chenzhou, I’m very tired.”

An appeal to emotion: unsuccessful.

“I don’t want to do it tonight. Can you respect me?”

A serious objection: unsuccessful.

By now, Lu Chenzhou was almost done stripping her naked.

Cheng Xi felt helpless and exasperated, and she mustered up enough resistance to shout out one last appeal. “Then, can you at least let me say somethin—Oh!”

He had suddenly bitten down on the flesh by her waist, and Cheng Xi almost jumped out of bed in shock.

In the end, she wasn’t able to say what she wanted to. Instead of talking about Chen Jiaman’s affairs, she ended up furiously shouting, “Lu Chenzhou, you pig!”

The aforementioned pig then flipped her over and, with great effort, sowed the fields for the entire night. Cheng Xi fell asleep with a weary, gloomy, and emotionally repressed heart.

When Cheng Xi woke up the next morning, she wasn’t sure if it was due to last night’s yoga session or Lu Chenzhou’s subsequent torture, but either way, her waist felt as if it was about to break in half! When Cheng Xi sensed him stir, she crawled over, hugged his wrists, and tried to continue last night’s conversation. “Lu Chenzhou, let’s have a long, serious talk about Chen Jiaman.”

He looked at her.

Cheng Xi forged ahead. “She’s at the most crucial period of her recovery. If she is forcibly relocated to a completely unfamiliar place right now, then just a slight misstep could negate everything that I’ve done. Do you understand this?”

“What does any of that have to do with me?” he responded coolly as he sat down and peeled Cheng Xi’s hands from his wrists.

Cheng Xi looked at his back in a daze. “But I remember that you cared about her well being a decent amount in the past.”

Lu Chenzhou’s voice was devoid of any inflection as he said, “No. I was only ever interested in you.” Then, he turned his head around and shook his finger at her, his figure so handsome that Cheng Xi felt like biting him. “I never cared about her. Don’t mistake my actions for affection.”

“......Alright. Then, do you care about me?”

“Of course.”

Thank goodness. Cheng Xi relaxed slightly. Then, she waved her finger at him, beckoning him over. “Come here.”

Lu Chenzhou tilted his head, glanced at her, and ultimately deigned to move closer to her. Cheng Xi then asked, “Lu Chenzhou, as someone that you care about, can I make a request?”