Chapter 1051 Because I Don’t Want To

“Mutual consent?” Wen Jichen’s eyes suddenly narrowed, repeating Ling Qingan’s words.

Although his tone was light, it was heavy, cold, and gloomy, with an air of storm surrounding him.

“Of course, he’s willing, I’m willing, isn’t that mutual consent? But Director Wen, could you please let go of me first?” Ling Qingan said, moving the arm and waist held by the man, “Don’t you think this is… very inappropriate?”

Wen Jichen slightly squinted his eyes, tightening his grip around her waist, “Inappropriate? You think it’s inappropriate? Or are you afraid your good brother will be angry if he sees this?”

“Both, of course, I’m also afraid Director Wen’s girlfriend would get jealous, but it seems Director Wen enjoys fooling around behind his girlfriend’s back, getting entangled with others, what do you want to do? Seeking novelty? Or looking for excitement?”

Her nonchalance made Wen Jichen squeeze her jaw harder, “Ling Qingan, don’t make me angry.”

Hearing his words, Ling Qingan smiled slightly, “I’m just speaking the truth, how does that make Director Wen angry? Or is it that Director Wen can’t hear the truth?”

“The truth?” Wen Jichen let out a cold laugh, looking at her face full of pretentious smiles, the gloom in his eyes deepening, “Since you like to speak the truth so much, how about calling me brother?”

Compared to Xiao Yize who spoke these words in jest and ridicule, the man’s tone was more casual, but also more sarcastic.

So even though Ling Qingan was prepared, when she looked up, her calm eyes trembled slightly at the man’s mocking face.

Wen Jichen’s eyes held a desolate chill, the smile on his stunningly handsome face was faint, the corners of his lips slightly curved up, but it carried endless coldness.

“What? Unwilling? If so, ten million!”

The man’s words were like a sharp dagger stabbing into Ling Qingan’s heart, making her heart abruptly contract.

Does it hurt?

Of course, it hurts.

How could a pierced heart not hurt?

Especially the curve at the corner of the man’s lips, like thorns, tightly wrapping around her heart, even a slight tug would be excruciatingly painful.

But more than pain, there was embarrassment.

“Too little? Then twenty million!”

Ling Qingan’s tightly clasped hands clenched even more forcefully.

He succeeded in humiliating her.

“Thirty million!”

Ling Qingan’s eyelids twitched, the man’s reckless spending made her feel a rising sense of humiliation.

About two seconds later, she curved her lips into a carefree smile.

“I didn’t expect Director Wen to be so generous, but though I love money, it’s not just anyone’s money that I’ll take.”

Upon hearing this, Wen Jichen sneered, lifting her chin with his hand to face her, then leaned in slightly, his sinister eyes staring straight into hers.

“Money right in front of you and you won’t take it? What are you pretending to be virtuous for? Didn’t you say mutual consent? The terms I offer should be better than Xiao Yize’s, so why won’t you do it?”

“Because I’m not willing.”

Ling Qingan looked directly at the man inches away, his features, contours, even his scent were so familiar to her.

But the sarcasm in his eyes and the cold indifference on his face were rare.

She slightly tilted her head, still wearing that careless, heartless smile, while the sarcasm in her eyes was no less than the man’s.

“Since Director Wen knows it’s mutual consent, you should understand what those words mean. Why do you think your willingness means I’ll be willing too? Because you have money? But there are plenty of wealthy people in the world! Besides, even if I did want to call someone brother, there’s no way I’d call you Director Wen, otherwise, what would others say about me? That I’m cheap, with so many men in the world, I insist on entangling with an ex?

So Director Wen, if possible, I hope you won’t pester me anymore, nor disturb me. You have a girlfriend, yet you tangle with me, an ex, behind her back. Do you really have a special fetish, or is this your male nature?”

Wen Jichen stared expressionlessly at her emotionless eyes, his tone as cold as ice without any warmth.

“Ling Qingan, it seems you’ve set your mind on making me angry today.”

Ling Qingan chuckled indifferently, “I don’t think I have the ability to make Director Wen angry, but Wen Jichen, what are you angry about? What right do you have to be angry with me now? We’re just former lovers who have broken up. Since we’ve broken up, we’re strangers. Do you know what strangers are? People with no social connections, yet what do you call this unclear entanglement between us? Could it be that after all this time since our breakup, you’ve realized you can’t be without me? So you keep chasing after me?”

Wen Jichen’s sharp, deep eyes sank slightly, “Ling Qingan, the one who keeps chasing is you!”

“So what? Just because I chased you before, I have to keep chasing you?”

Ling Qingan closed her eyes, feeling somewhat tired.

Perhaps it was because of the alcohol, her head felt heavy, her cheeks started to flush, and her body’s temperature began to rise.

The man seemed to be the same, the hand around her waist especially hot, the heat from his palm scorching her skin even through the clothes.

Ling Qingan couldn’t help but shiver slightly, accompanied by the smell of alcohol came the man’s deep, hoarse voice, “Can you please just behave…”

The warm breath on Ling Qingan’s face was so hot that her lashes fluttered like butterfly wings and her face flushed.

Wen Jichen looked down at the flushed girl in front of him, his lip curled slightly. Perhaps it was the alcohol, but his eyes, usually so profound, were now misty with a layer of haze.

The hand holding the girl’s jaw relaxed slightly, then gently caressed her cheek down to her neck, causing Ling Qingan to shiver, her hairs standing on end.

Ling Qingan turned her head, avoiding his touch.

“What do you mean by behave? If you mean being entangled indefinitely with you, no distinction, then sorry, I can’t!”