Chapter 19

Ji Nuannuan turned around and hugged Fu Jinghan tightly, smearing her tears and snot all over his pristine white shirt.

With a thick nasal voice, she said, “No matter what happens in the future, you’re not allowed to lock yourself in the room to smoke again.”

On the desk, the ashtray was filled to the brim with the cigarettes Fu Jinghan had just smoked.

When he heard Nuannuan tell him to leave earlier, Fu Jinghan didn’t know what to do.

At work, he was always decisive and swift, never hesitating to deal with anyone who crossed him.

But in front of Ji Nuannuan, he couldn’t bear to leave her, nor did he know how to deal with her. That’s why he chose to hide and smoke.

But when he heard her frantically calling him from outside the door, Fu Jinghan couldn’t bear to ignore her.

Now, he was thankful — thankful that he hadn’t ignored her. Fu Jinghan gently lifted her chin and softly kissed away the tear tracks on her face, his eyes full of heartache.

“Alright, I’ll listen to Nuannuan.”

“There’s one more thing.”

Fu Jinghan paused, then continued, “Even if I get burned to death, Nuannuan, don’t drive me away.”

The misunderstanding was finally resolved.

Every misunderstanding only made their relationship stronger — like now.

At dinner, the two were so lovey-dovey they couldn’t be separated.

Ji Nuannuan sat on Fu Jinghan’s lap as he fed her personally — no, with his own mouth.

Ever since Auntie Zhang learned that the young madam loved chicken wings, she had been preparing different variations of chicken wings every day. Tonight’s dish was braised chicken wings.

Fu Jinghan held one end of the chicken wing in his mouth, while the other end was in Ji Nuannuan’s. As they ate toward the middle, naturally…

None of the servants dared to watch further and quietly retreated.

Because Fu Jinghan had left work early, an important company meeting had to be postponed until the evening.

So, a phone call from Ye Fan interrupted the two who had completely lost track of themselves.

Hearing the murderous tone in Fu Jinghan’s voice over the phone, Ye Fan was sure that Ji Nuannuan must have annoyed the boss again!

There was no choice — after dinner, Fu Jinghan had to head to the study.

And Ji Nuannuan naturally returned to the bedroom.

After waking up drenched in sweat from a nightmare, Ji Nuannuan, feeling bored, filled the bathtub to the brim and took a long, relaxing soak.

Listening to music while soaking — Ji Nuannuan knew how to enjoy life.

She only got out when the water turned cold. After drying herself off and putting on a prepared nightgown, Ji Nuannuan looked at herself in the mirror, her cheeks flushing red.

Taking down Fu Jinghan — that was Ji Nuannuan’s goal for tonight!

In the study, Fu Jinghan was focused on his laptop, wearing headphones and listening to a report, completely unaware that Ji Nuannuan had quietly opened the door and slipped in.

Seeing he was still busy, Ji Nuannuan obediently sat on the sofa, waiting.

On the screen, the senior executives all had differing opinions, and Fu Jinghan found it all incredibly noisy.

He couldn’t understand what mess Ye Fan had gotten into.

Even trivial things like this needed him to handle it?

At that moment, Ye Fan sneezed twice on the other side of the video call.

Not everyone could have a brain like Fu Jinghan, after all!

What Fu Jinghan considered simple, Ye Fan saw as a huge issue.

We’re talking about a multi-billion-dollar decision — how could a lowly assistant handle that?

With his head pounding from the noise, Fu Jinghan finally looked up and stretched his neck — only to see a woman lying on the sofa in front of him.

Her long black hair was spread out over the couch.

She wore a champagne-colored nightgown with a matching robe loosely draped over her, her fair legs exposed.

It wasn’t even a revealing or sexy outfit — but Fu Jinghan had never seen Ji Nuannuan dressed like this before!

She used to wear nothing but black — always black — and wrapped herself up like a dumpling, terrified he’d see anything.

And even then, he had loved her to death!

Let alone now — all dressed up just for him!

Was she trying to kill him?

Fu Jinghan was momentarily stunned, staring blankly, while on the other side of the video, the senior execs were confused.

Their CEO was always a workaholic, never distracted in meetings.

“President Fu? What’s your take on this matter?” one of them asked nervously.

“We’ll talk later!”

With that, Fu Jinghan abruptly ended the meeting.

In her sleep, Ji Nuannuan felt like she was suffocating — as if someone was stealing all her air.

The feeling came and went until she finally opened her eyes.

Right in front of her was Fu Jinghan’s breathtakingly handsome face and those smoldering eyes.

Flustered, Ji Nuannuan quickly shut her eyes again. But just as she did, she heard Fu Jinghan’s husky voice by her ear:

“Nuannuan, are you pretending to sleep in my study?”

Busted!

Ji Nuannuan gave up the act, wrapping her arms around Fu Jinghan’s neck, then lifted her head to whisper by his ear, “What do you think?”

Fu Jinghan’s heart was about to burst — he was a man full of desire, after all!

At this moment, in this setting, with this woman — how could he possibly hold back?

Without a second’s hesitation, Fu Jinghan scooped the woman hanging on him into his arms and strode straight to the bedroom.

Ji Nuannuan held tightly onto his neck, hiding her face in his chest, nervously whispering, “What if someone sees us?”

“Afraid of being seen?” Fu Jinghan smirked and stopped walking.

The two of them stood in the hallway — although there were no lights on and the servants were already asleep, still…

Seeing that he had stopped, Ji Nuannuan grew more flustered and anxious, her face burning red. She whined, “What are you doing~”

“I’ve run out of strength. Nuannuan has to kiss me before I can move.”

“You…” Ji Nuannuan blushed furiously at his shameless tone.

“Hmm?”

She bit her lip, then finally gave him a light kiss on the cheek.

Fu Jinghan smiled in satisfaction and continued walking into the bedroom. He gently placed her on the bed, then took off his suit jacket.

“Nuannuan, are you really sure?” he asked in a hoarse voice.

“Mm. This is what we’re supposed to do,” the woman on the bed replied softly.

“Wait for me.” Fu Jinghan turned to leave.

“Huh? Where are you going?” Ji Nuannuan asked in confusion. Was this man… chickening out again?

Seeing her grab his hand, Fu Jinghan felt another surge of desire. Did this woman even realize what she was doing?

“To take a shower. Want to join me?”

Ji Nuannuan froze, awkwardly let go of his hand, and quickly dove under the covers. “No! I already showered!”

“Oh~ I see. So it was all premeditated.”