Chapter 1278 - Asking for a Fee (1/2)

Xuan Ying walked over, standing in front of Xia Ling. “Lingling.”

He called her name with a gentle voice.

But Xia Ling remained impassive. “Silver Mask King, what’s the matter?”

When she called him Silver Mask King, she created a distance between herself and Xuan Ying, wanting to push him even further away.

Xuan Ying wasn’t planning to hide it from her since she would eventually find out about his identity.

“Lingling, about last night–”

“Last night was just an accident, I’ve forgotten about it all,” Xia Ling interrupted him.

Xuan Ying pursed his lips, dejected once he heard her. He knew it, she wouldn’t acknowledge it once she got a grip over herself.

“I went to your room just now, I saw you standing outside. Don’t be mistaken, nothing happened between Yi Xiaorui and I. I know that Yi Xiaorui colluded with Shen Zhu and Zhou Zhou to set you up twice, I’ve already taught her a lesson on your behalf,” Xuan Ying explained.

Xia Ling lowered her lashes. “I’m not interested to know what happened between you and Yi Xiaorui, but thanks anyway. If there’s nothing else, I’ll leave first.”

She turned around to leave.

“Lingling!” Xuan Ying stretched his arm out, grasping her wrist.

Xia Ling was forced to stop, she tried to retract her hand with all the might she had. But she still couldn’t manage to do so. Xuan Ying grasped her wrist tightly, rubbing his calloused palm against her wrist. “Lingling, what’s wrong?”

He looked at her. “I didn’t force you at all last night, you did it on your own accord. Is it that you’re angry at me? If you claim that you were drugged last night, then what about when we did it in the morning? You were clearly awake in the morning, but you didn’t push me away.”

With the mention of the session in the morning, Xia Ling bit down on her lower lip, even her ears turned red.

Taking a deep breath, she lifted her eyes and looked at him. “Silver Mask King, yesterday’s incident was merely an accident. I was drugged and you were my antidote. We’re both adults, it was just a one night stand. Why are you still pestering me?”

When he heard her dismissive words, Xuan Ying’s gaze darkened. “That’s all? I was an antidote?”

“Yes.” Xia Ling nodded, revealing a suggestive gaze. “Silver Mask King is rich and powerful, one look and I can tell you’re good in bed. With such a wonderful antidote right in front of me, I certainly was willing to sleep with you.”

Xuan Ying’s facial muscles stiffened. A few seconds later, he looked straight in her eyes and asked, “Do you… really not like me at all? Not even a little bit?”

Xia Ling retracted her hand. “I don’t like you, not even a little bit.”

She enunciated each word clearly.

Stretching her legs out, she walked away. Xia Ling carried the textbooks in her arms, letting out a huge sigh and she lowered her head to look at the ground. This was it, she would never have anything to do with him anymore.

She sped up and walked faster.

“Stop!”

He shouted at her, wanting her to stop walking. Xia Ling stopped walking, turning around to look at the man. Xuan Ying strode over, the cold window billowing his trench coat out. His eyes were frosty.

The military boots stopped in front of her and he smirked at her. “You’re going to just leave?”

Xia Ling knitted her brows. “What do you mean?”

“I was your antidote last night, you also admitted that I was good in bed and pleasured you. Since it’s like that, shouldn’t you pay me a prostitution fee?”

Prostitution fee?

Xia Ling’s eyes widened, she looked at him in disbelief. Surely he wasn’t serious…

“Popular male prostitutes charge by the hour. How about this, I’m not a calculative person, I’ll just charge you a flat rate. The prostitution fee will be a million dollars.”

Xuan Ying then snatched over a sketchbook she was holding in her arms, taking her pencil as he wrote an IOU, handing it to her. “Sign this.”

“…”

As Xia Ling looked down at the IOU in astonishment, she saw that it was for a million dollars.