Huo Linsheng took Ling Nuan's hand and led her away.
Ling Nuan was happy, yet also a bit curious. "You seem less busy lately."
Hearing this, Huo Linsheng's gaze fell on her. "Don't you know whether I'm busy or not?"
"The company has been swamped lately, but you haven't been working overtime. It's like you're always there to pick me up after work," Ling Nuan replied.
At the company, he'd leave on time to take her out for dinner, and they'd have a harmonious time at home in the evening.
Whenever she was out, Huo Linsheng always seemed to arrive in time. Once might be a coincidence, but two or three times? Ling Nuan didn't think their fates were that intertwined.
The only explanation was that Huo Linsheng had been waiting for her.
Huo Linsheng held her hand, thinking of Shen Shaoqing from not long ago. He felt extremely irritated.
A person who had long been out of the game was still jumping around, acting as if he was dead set against their relationship. It really got on Huo Linsheng's nerves.
He simply blurted it out, his tone serious. "It's only natural for a boyfriend to pick up his girlfriend from work."
Ling Nuan was taken aback.
It wasn't like they had never called each other boyfriend and girlfriend. Since Ling Nuan had proposed attending Huo Xiao's wedding in that capacity, that title had seemed to land on them temporarily.
But Ling Nuan knew very well.
They weren't really a couple.
The usual "girlfriend" was just a bit of fun, not the kind between lovers, but the kind between lovers with a negative connotation.
But now, Ling Nuan felt that there was a change in Huo Linsheng's emotions when he said those words.
And with the developments over these days, some things in her mind suddenly seemed to be connected.
"Huo Linsheng, you're not serious, are you?" Ling Nuan blurted out, her face full of shock.
Her reaction was just shock and disbelief, not the slightest bit of happiness or surprise. The smile in Huo Linsheng's eyes faded.
There was still a smile on his lips, but it was obvious that his mood had taken a nosedive.
"Not okay?" Huo Linsheng asked her.
Ling Nuan didn't know what to say for a moment. She hesitated for a long time but couldn't get a single word out.
Huo Linsheng wasn't the type to be wishy - washy. He asked directly, "If our previous relationship was too frivolous, then Ling Nuan, I'm asking you seriously one more time."
"Would you like to date me?"
"Yes or no. You just need to give me the answer."
Ling Nuan looked up at the man in front of her.
The answer?
"I don't know," Ling Nuan said.
Huo Linsheng felt like his recently kindled heart had been doused with a bucket of cold water, completely chilled.
He also felt that his actions in the past few days had made him look like a clown, a laughingstock.
"So, in your heart, Ling Nuan, I'm just a tool for revenge?" Huo Linsheng's tone turned cold, tinged with a bit of anger.
No one could stand being treated like this, especially a天之骄子 like Huo Linsheng.
Ling Nuan didn't know what to say.
Huo Linsheng's sudden question completely threw her off.
From the very beginning, wasn't she getting close to Huo Linsheng just to take revenge on Huo Xiao and Shen Shaoqing?
Huo Linsheng was indeed just a tool for revenge.
But how could there be no feelings after spending so much time together?
Ling Nuan's feelings for Huo Linsheng were complex. She couldn't control her fluttering heart and would get restless because of him, but reality forced her to be rational.
Was it possible for her and Huo Linsheng?
Ling Nuan couldn't give Huo Linsheng an answer.
"Forget it," Huo Linsheng said, looking at her silent form. He felt rather deflated.
He let go of Ling Nuan's hand and turned to leave.
Ling Nuan wanted to call out to him, but she didn't know what to say if she did.
However, after walking a few steps, Huo Linsheng stopped. Then, in Ling Nuan's confusion, he turned back, grabbed her hand, and pulled her out.
"Huo Linsheng?" Ling Nuan was utterly confused.
Huo Linsheng scoffed. "You don't want to be a proper girlfriend. You'd rather be a mistress that can't see the light of day. Ling Nuan, you're really something."
Ling Nuan: "..."
Huo Linsheng dragged Ling Nuan into the car and took her right there.
Right on the road outside the restaurant.
People were coming and going.
With such a luxury car parked there, passers - by couldn't help but take a second look. When Ling Nuan looked out of the car window, she always felt like she was meeting the gazes of the passers - by.
She knew that the privacy of Huo Linsheng's car was excellent and people outside couldn't see what was going on inside.
But that thought still made her blush and nervous, and it was all reflected in her physical reactions.
The space inside the car was small and cramped, but in this enclosed space and special environment, it seemed to create a completely different feeling from at home.
In the end, when Ling Nuan was being tossed around in Huo Linsheng's arms, she couldn't hold back her tears.
She was simply exhausted.
This time, it was just a momentary outburst of Huo Linsheng's anger. There were no preparations in the car. Although he was angry with Ling Nuan, he still couldn't bear to let her take the pill. So, in the end, he pulled out.
After they were both done, Ling Nuan leaned in Huo Linsheng's arms, looking docile.
But thinking about her words and actions, Huo Linsheng gritted his teeth in hatred. He couldn't help but raise his hand and give Ling Nuan a slap on the butt.
Ling Nuan: "?"
Huo Linsheng slapped her butt!
"Huo Linsheng!" Ling Nuan accused.
But Huo Linsheng seemed to be getting into the swing of things and slapped her again. "Heartless."
Ling Nuan: "?"
Did he think she was a sick cat just because she didn't show her claws?
However, before Ling Nuan could stand up for herself, as soon as she looked up and felt the sudden hardness pressing against her... Ling Nuan was speechless.
She was on the verge of a breakdown.
What the hell? How did a slap on the butt turn him on?
Ling Nuan had to admit that she wasn't a sick cat. She was more like a Hello Kitty, daring to be angry but not daring to say a word, especially at this moment.
Huo Linsheng stopped slapping her butt and started pinching her chin, harder than ever.
"Ling Nuan, is this how you act as a mistress?" Huo Linsheng mocked her.
Ling Nuan looked at him with wet eyes, her expression complex.
There was grievance in her eyes. When had Huo Linsheng ever been so harsh to her? Not even at the very beginning. There was also confusion and a bunch of other emotions.
Huo Linsheng didn't want to look into her eyes. He simply leaned back on the car seat, closed his eyes, and rubbed his fingertips against her lips. He ordered, "Get it out."
Ling Nuan was dumbfounded.
With her mouth?
Ling Nuan hesitated for just a moment before lowering her head.
When she was indifferent to Huo Linsheng, she could sleep with him for revenge. Not to mention now that she had feelings for him.
She wasn't mentally unprepared for this kind of thing.
But before she could do anything, she was yanked up by Huo Linsheng.
He was furious.
"Aren't you afraid it's dirty?" Huo Linsheng scolded her.
Ling Nuan: "..."
What the hell? Who told her to do it in the first place?
And he thought he was dirty?
Huo Linsheng was enraged when he saw Ling Nuan's expression.
Ling Nuan had no idea what he was thinking. She just saw him take out his phone and call Xiao Chen.
The purpose was - to buy something?