Chapter 64 Kiss (1/2)
On their way back, A Miao was silent inside the car. Shen Xinglan sat opposite her with a stern expression.
”That...” The fearless Shen I opened his mouth. ”Boss came to help you solve your problem. Who knew you'd...” He clenched his teeth.
A Miao's gaze shifted as she looked up to glance at Shen Xinglan. Seeing the stern expression on his face, she curled her lips and lowered her head again.
Shen II and Shen I exchanged looks and then pretended to be dead.
When they finally reached home, A Miao got down from the car and casually said, ”Thank you for coming to help me.”
Shen Xinglan followed her into the house. ”Don't you look people in the eyes when you say thanks?”
”Thank...” A Miao suddenly turned around, not expecting that Shen Xinglan would follow so closely behind. Both of them ended up knocking into each other.
A gentle sensation came from the corner of their lips. Shen Xinglan's entire body stiffened.
A Miao fiercely pushed him away. ”What are you doing?”
”If I remember correctly, you're the one who knocked into me.” Shen Xinglan's tone was incredibly uncourteous. The beautiful taste ended before he could savor it.
A Miao's face reddened as she recalled the kiss they shared in the bathtub. None of them brought it up after the incident as if they had forgotten about it.
However, some things could never be forgotten after they had happened. Even if some of them had temporarily forgotten about it...
”Are you close to that man?”
The change in topic was so swift that it took A Miao a moment to recover her senses.
”Huh?”
Shen Xinglan's heart relaxed after seeing the bewildered look on her face. It seemed that the man wasn't anyone that important after all. However, once A Miao recovered, she happily answered his question.
”You mean Jiang Hua? He's a visiting professor at my university.” A Miao's eyes brightened as soon as she spoke about Jiang Hua. ”You wouldn't know this but he's especially brilliant. There's nothing that he doesn't know.”
Naturally, A Miao was referring to Jiang Hua's brilliance in archaeology-related matters. However, her words left a bitter taste in Shen Xinglan's mouth.
”Did you forget your identity?” The man's expression was dark. ”If reporters photographed my fiancee dating another man, what do you think they will write?”
A Miao looked at him in puzzlement. ”He's my professor.”
”So what if he's your professor?” Shen Xinglan jeered. ”It's a problem as long as he's a man.”
”Hehe!” A Miao thought he was making a joke. ”Doesn't that mean you can't have other women around you too?”
If someone had dared to question him like this in the past, Shen Xinglan would certainly retaliate in anger. However, he wasn't at all angry right now. ”Since when do I have other women?”
”Your forgetfulness is severe, indeed.” A Miao looked at him with a rare mocking look. ”Was it a ghost standing next to you at the charity gala?”
When she saw Shen Xinglan about to open his mouth, she added, ”I don't know how the press would write about my relationship with other men, but I know how all those women mocked me to my face how my fiance is in front of me, yet is with another woman!”
The atmosphere suddenly turned awkward. A Miao clutched her face, ran upstairs, and rushed into her bathroom in a single breath.
”I must've gone mad! Why did I say something like that?!”
She gave herself a hard slap. ”Did you lose your brain somewhere?! What kind of provocation did you suffer today...” She shook her head. ”The lunatic must've affected me! I must stay away from him in the future!”
She was too embarrassed to see Shen Xinglan so she took her sweet time to come downstairs for dinner.
”Miss!” Shen I ran over and looked at her.
A Miao said a little guiltily, ”What... What are you doing?”
”Boss left you a message.” Shen I cleared his throat. ”He said he met the woman at the charity gala at the door. It was that woman who shamelessly followed him around.”
”The woman afterward was a staff at the Ji Conglomerate. She went there to make a last-minute work report.”
A Miao: ”...”
”Miss, you're not angry anymore, are you?”
”I... I'm not angry.” A Miao adjusted her expression. ”Well... It's your boss's freedom to be with whoever he likes. I was speaking nonsense earlier. Please tell him not to take it to heart.”
Shen I immediately panicked. ”Miss, don't say that. It's great that you're angry like you were earlier!”
”No, no, no!” A Miao was also panicking. Her first thought was that Shen Xinglan was certainly angry and was thinking of ways to straighten her out.
”I was speaking nonsense then. Our relationship has always been a business transaction. Of course, I'll pay attention to my actions in the future. Please reassure him that I won't talk to guys in the public.”
Inside the CCTV room, Shen II carefully took a step backward. In front of him, Shen Xinglan was emitting an aura that didn't permit any stranger to come close.
”Boss...” Shen I pushed the door open and entered the room. ”You... You heard everything, haven't you?”
Shen Xinglan fiercely turned around, gave them both a cold glance, and swiftly walked out of the room.
”Thump!” The loud sound of the door slamming caused them to tremble.
”Sigh... If this continues, when will he be able to win over Miss A Miao?!” Shen I looked sullen. ”More importantly, this will affect us all!”
Shen II glanced at him. ”You wouldn't die as long as you stay out of it.”
A Miao thought that this matter was done and over with. Who knew that Shen Xinglan's prediction would come true? The next day, a photo of her and Jiang Hua was splashed across the news. It was obvious the reporters had purposefully found a particular angle to capture the photo.
In the photo, her head was lowered with a smile. Opposite him, the man was reaching out his hand as if he was about to caress her face.
”Did you see the news, Professor Jiang?” The first thing A Miao did was to give Jiang Hua a call.