Translator: Atlas Studios
Editor: Atlas Studios
Su Zhixi felt her heart skip a beat and quickly lowered her head. “Young Master He, I am done bathing.”
He Jingyao turned around to look at her and let out a satisfied smile.
“Do you like the dress I prepared for you?” His voice became lower as he continued, “It suits you really well.”
The dress accentuated her long legs… His gaze became even hotter.
She uneasily shuffled her legs. Alas, she could not hide her exposed legs anywhere and, hence, could only nod her head. “I like it a lot. Thank you.”
“You’re welcome.” He smiled lightly.
“Young Master He,” Su Zhixi stammered. “You… Why did you bring me to your house?”
The man frowned a little, as though this was a hard question.
“If it is because of what happened last night… I am very sorry about it. Don’t worry, I will not cling to you because of that. We can treat it as if nothing had ever happened.” She forced the words out of her mouth.
“Treat it as if nothing ever happened? That’s not possible!” He gave her a deep, knowing look. “Since I slept with you, I must take responsibility for you.”
“I don’t need you to take responsibility. I’m serious,” she sincerely expressed. “Last night was a misunderstanding. I know that you did not intend to do that, so please do not take it to heart.”
He Jingyao pursed his thin lips tightly and looked at her expressionlessly.
Thinking that he was angry, she involuntarily started stammering, “I… I’m serious… I have already forgotten about last night…”
He suddenly laughed. “Then you have to take responsibility for me. Last night was my first time. Since you took away my first, shouldn’t you be doing something?”
Su Zhixi blushed furiously! What did he mean, I took his first time…? Also, was it really this man’s first time last night? My entire body feels like it is crumbling… I don’t believe it!
“Young Master He, stop pulling my leg…”
“I am serious about it.” His dark eyes were focused on her. “As long as you are willing, we can immediately register our marriage now.”
Su Zhixi was dumbstruck!
“Register our marriage?” she blurted. “That’s way too hasty!”
“Hasty? We already slept together, so shouldn’t we be getting married?” His eyes dimmed.
Alas, Su Zhixi had no reply to that…
What century was it now? There was no rule that they had to get married after sleeping together just once.
But looking at this Young Master He like this, she saw that he didn’t seem to be joking.
She gritted her teeth and replied resolutely, “I’m sorry, Young Master He. I cannot marry you.”
“Why?” His voice became even lower.
“Because… Because we are not in love,” she said. “Marriage should be a natural consequence between a couple in love, but we are not. We are strangers.”
“We are still strangers after sleeping together?” His eyebrows furrowed together slightly. He seemed to not have expected Su Zhixi to be this against them getting married.
“That’s not counted!” She blushed.
He studied her flushed cheeks and asked with a serious look, “Then what if we slept together a few more times?”
“Still, no! I won’t marry a man I don’t love!” Su Zhixi felt even more ashamed.
He Jingyao clucked his tongue softly, finding the situation challenging.
He had never interacted with women, and all he knew about them came from his riffraff friends. According to them, it seemed that women were as easy to obtain as items.
This woman, though—she might seem docile, but she was a persistent person inside.
Still, she is already my woman, so she is fated to become my wife!
His gaze dimmed slightly. “Su Zhixi, if you don’t marry me now, your father will likely not let you off when you get back. But if you marry me, you will be the He family’s young madam. You can do as you please in Yanzhou City.”
In that instant, she was actually a little tempted…
Despite that, she was acutely aware that she could not be this rash.
She did not even know the reason this man insisted on getting married to her.
Hence, she still resolutely shook her head. “I’m not afraid. He is, after all, my father. He can’t possibly intend to harm me.”
“Are you sure?” His gaze seemed to bore a hole into her heart, exposing its fragility.
Su Zhixi instantly felt a sense of doubt.
The Su Guoan now was no longer the father who doted on her and gave her everything she wanted… With a stepmother comes a stepfather—this idiom was not wrong. If she returned home, Su Guoan might still insist on marrying her to Jianfa’s old CEO.
Therefore, she could not return home.
“I… I can stay in school temporarily,” she said.
“I won’t force you if that’s the case.” His gaze was dim. “I’ll have the chauffeur send you back.”
“That’s great! Thank you!” she told him gratefully.
He Jingyao merely gave her a deep and knowing look but did not say anything else.
It’s a little too early to be thanking me right now.