Chapter 43 Hardened.

The three-day team building activity came to an end, and everyone was reluctant to leave.

Jiang Wansheng and the others tacitly ignored the incident that night, and Ling Nan still appeared considerate and gentle, as if he had never been rejected by her.

With mutual understanding, she also breathed a sigh of relief.

After packing her bags and returning to Chongfei Garden, it was already evening when she arrived home.

Mrs. Wen Sao had already prepared dinner, and she was quite tired that day, eating quite a bit in the evening.

Feeling a bit bored after dinner, she changed into her pajamas after washing up and went to the audiovisual room on the third floor.

Cutting a plate of fruit and placing it on the small table beside her, she curled up in a corner of the leather sofa, selected a horror movie to watch.

She was the type who loved watching horror movies, despite being scared.

The screen covered the entire wall, the lights were off, and only the faint light projected onto the girl’s radiant face.

The cotton nightgown outlined her slender waist and thin back as she curled up.

Her long hair cascaded down like a waterfall, her watery eyes staring at the screen without blinking, her palm placed under her chin, ready to cover her face at any moment.

Qin Mo stood behind her, watching her cute appearance, his cold and indifferent eyes focused and serious, a faint smile tugging at his lips.

Taking a step towards the back of the sofa, he had a teasing intention, placing his hands on the edge of the sofa, leaning down, his back straight, leaning towards Wansheng ear’s, his voice low and lazy, “Jiang Wansheng.”

“Ah!”

Jiang Wansheng’s heart skipped a beat, covering her face with both hands and curling up into the corner of the sofa, her movements extremely fast.

It was just on the eve of the appearance of the evil spirit, she was completely focused, and the sudden sound in her ear was like a thunderbolt that completely disrupted her heart, almost bursting out of her chest.

The room was pitch black, and a few lazy and playful chuckles suddenly sounded from above her head.

The sofa next to her sank in, she was lifted up from the waist, her hands were also moved away, “You’re so scared even watching a horror movie.”

The cold scent of sandalwood rushed into her ears, the man placed one hand on the sofa, turned to look at her, bringing her into his control, Jiang Wansheng crossed her legs, annoyed, “You scared me even though it’s a horror movie.”

Qin Mo raised his eyebrows lazily, “My bad, as compensation, shall I watch with you?”

Jiang Wansheng wasn’t fooled, “Are you compensating me or yourself? I don’t need you to accompany me.”

With that, she turned away, continuing to stare at the screen.

Ignoring her words, Qin Mo, being accommodating, said, “Then you accompany me.”

“Why should I?”

“I’m scared.”

A sense of absurdity flashed in Jiang Wansheng’s eyes as she repeated each word slowly, “You, are, scared?”

Under the girl’s questioning gaze, Qin Mo, with a cold and indifferent face, nodded without hesitation, unapologetically.

Jiang Wansheng almost laughed out of anger, “Do as you please.”

Qin Mo’s attention was completely off the movie, his deep eyes staring at her intently.

After watching for a while, he felt that the distance between them was too distracting, so he leaned closer to the girl, taking the opportunity to hold her hand and play with it on his leg.

Each slender finger was as delicate as a spring onion segment.

His mischievous actions directly affected Jiang Wansheng’s movie-watching experience. She tried to pull her hand away, murmuring softly, “Just watch the movie, don’t touch me.”

Ignoring her, Qin Mo opened his lips and uttered a few words, “You can be scared later, it’s a good cover.”

The document from Lin Tang said that when watching a movie together, either the girl would either jump into his arms or hold his hand to cover her eyes.

Although the current scene deviated slightly from the description, it still ended up with holding hands.

A hint of satisfaction crossed his mind.

Jiang Wansheng wanted to say something else, but Qin Mo seemed to want to silence her. When a scary scene came up, he properly held her hand and covered his face with it.

He held her left hand, using the back of his hand to cover his face. Feeling unsatisfied, he also grabbed her other hand to cover his eyes.

As a result, her left hand was held by him, and her right hand was forced to cover his eyes.

Skin touching skin, she could feel every contour of his features.

High cheekbones, deep eye sockets, a cold nose.

The screen continued to roll as usual, and the temperature of their hands touching felt like hidden sparks, igniting her calm fuse, exploding with ambiguity and shyness.

The warm air flowing in the air carried the cold sandalwood scent on the man, enveloping her completely.

Her heart beat fervently, a blush creeping up her cheeks and earlobes.

“No, I’m not scared anymore,” she stumbled inexplicably, “You don’t need to cover anymore.”

Qin Mo saw the girl’s slightly lowered head through her fingers, a smile tinting his dark eyes. He earnestly removed her hand from his face, “Yeah, that was really scary just now.”

Despite his casual and indifferent tone, there was not a trace of lingering fear in his demeanor.

Jiang Wansheng was no match for him at all. When Qin Mo wanted to flirt, he exuded an irresistible charm at all times.

At first, she felt uncomfortable with both her hands being held by him, but later, her resistance was futile, and she had to let him do as he pleased.

Her thoughts were captured by the movie, so she didn’t pay much attention to Qin Mo’s occasional fiddling with her fingertips.

However, an unexpected plot twist suddenly appeared on the screen.

The mutated female ghost wanted to seduce a normal male, and the method turned out to be…

Seduction!

The two passionately kissed, the amplified volume vividly portraying the sounds of their kissing and the water. Their hands were not idle either, soon both sinking into the large bed.

The following scenes made her blush even more.

If she were watching alone, it would have been fine, but unfortunately, she was sitting next to a man with a strong presence, and his gaze was already glued to her.

She felt extremely uneasy, and the combination of sound and visuals intensified the ambiguity in the space to the extreme.

The man beside her suddenly adjusted his sitting position, leaning his head towards her, his chin resting on her shoulder.

The heat sprayed around her neck, his deep voice slowly uttering two words.

“Hardened.”

Jiang Wansheng felt a flame burning through her entire body in an instant, her whole being turning red.

She pulled her hands away, pushed the man aside, and huffed, “Shameless.”

Then she quickly fled.

As the warm fragrance and soft jade left, Qin Mo lay back, his head relaxing on the sofa back, his Adam’s apple rolling up and down.

Feeling the condition of his body, a few seconds later, he muttered under his breath.

What a self-inflicted trouble.

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Jiang Wansheng threw herself onto the bed, burying her face in the pillow, trying to calm her erratic breathing and heartbeat.

After a while, she reached for her phone on the side, intending to shift her focus.

That’s when she discovered how lively the WeChat group was.

Qin Weizhao had shared a bunch of her glorious deeds tonight, Ming Yin had analyzed Chen Yu’s psychology for her for half a day, and they exchanged nearly 200 messages back and forth.

She scrolled through and saw that Qin Weizhao wasn’t particularly sad about her setback, which eased her mind.

Scrolling to the end, Ming Yin mentioned that she was returning home tomorrow.

She was surprised and opened a private chat with Ming Yin:

【I’ll come pick you up.】

Ming Yin replied instantly:

【No need, Wansheng, Pei Que will come to pick me up.】

【I have a morning flight, let’s meet in the afternoon.】

Jiang Wansheng: 【Okay.】

She didn’t want to comment much on Ming Yin and Pei Que’s situation.

Moreover, she still had the big trouble of Qin Mo to deal with.

It would be a good time to talk to Ming Yin about it tomorrow.