The aloof beauty always has weak legs; the crazy boss is too ruthless.

Chapter 14 He is also Lin Chen

After a moment of distraction, Lu Siqi fell into deep thought.

Before coming to Jianghong, she had considered buying a plane ticket and going directly to Bangnan.

But if she went to Bangnan in that way, her whereabouts would be exposed, and she wouldn't be able to find out any truth there.

As a daughter, she didn't believe her father would cooperate with Huaxi Group, especially with such an illegal activity as running a casino.

She even went to the Gu family home to ask Gu Shi if the rumors circulating online were true.

Gu Shi only replied to her: There is currently no evidence to prove that Uncle Lu has committed any illegal acts.

It's not a direct rejection, but rather a lack of evidence.

Feeling conflicted and at a loss, Lu Siqi thought of Mu Sen, her informant.

Mu Sen had lived in Bangnan for eight years and was very familiar with the various forces there. During his six months in Jiang Hong, he had sent Gu Shi a lot of information. If they could get his help, it would be a piece of cake to investigate Huaxi Group in Bangnan and then infiltrate the Lu family's branch in Bangnan.

During her few days in Jianghong, it was less that Mu Sen was testing her and more that she was testing Mu Sen.

She wanted to see if this man was really as amazing as the rumors suggested.

As it turned out, she made the right choice. Mu Sen was not a good-for-nothing scoundrel at all. He was just a seemingly carefree person. He had eyes that could see through all the truths, and all the little tricks were exposed in front of him.

"Still weighing the options?" Mu Sen breathed heavily, seeing her dazed expression, he stroked her slightly parted lips with his long fingers, then opened his mouth and bit her chin hard.

Lu Siqi snapped out of her reverie, stared at him intently for a moment, and then without hesitation, hooked her arms around his neck and kissed him.

Having no kissing experience whatsoever, her kissing skills were incredibly clumsy; it was Mu Sen who held the back of her head and kissed her back.

His kiss was aggressive and oppressive, allowing her no room for resistance.

After several minutes of breaths mingling, Lu Siqi, who wasn't good at breathing, felt suffocated. She grabbed his collar and begged him to stop.

He lifted her from the ground and held her in his arms, his breathing heavy as he scrutinized her: "If you want me to do something for you, you have to give me a deposit tonight, right?"

Before Lu Siqi could react, deprived of oxygen, he carried her back to the car, his long, slender fingers lifting her skirt...

She then learned what it meant to pay a deposit.

……

It started raining, and a thin layer of fog covered the car windows.

Lu Siqi lay sprawled on the chair, wearing only a Musen T-shirt, her two slender white arms exposed, her forehead covered in a thin layer of sweat.

In her lucid state, she couldn't look directly at Mu Sen's long fingers holding the cigarette. Although nothing actually happened, the way it was done was something she had never done with any other man before.

With a cigarette dangling from his lips, Mu Sen, now regaining his composure, was different from his earlier frenzy. He fell silent for a few minutes, glancing at the woman lying on the chair out of the corner of his eye, and reached out to touch her leg. "Are you cold?"

"It's alright." Still not quite used to his touch, Lu Siqi instinctively curled her legs up. "When are we going back?"

"We'll leave as soon as the rain stops." He rolled down the car window, threw the cigarette butt out, picked her up from the seat, and held her in his lap, warming her with his body heat. He whispered in her ear, "I won't let you off so easily next time."

He lowered his voice and said, "Next time you have to go inside, you have to bear the pain no matter how much it hurts."

Lu Siqi nodded. "Okay."

"It's different when you finally get it; you've learned to be flexible." Mu Sen rewarded her with a kiss on the cheek.

She asked, "Do you still stand by what you just said?"

Under the warm yellow light, her eyes seemed to be misty, no longer the stubborn and argumentative mule, but delicate and easily evoking pity.

It was that look in her eyes that made Mu Sen press the pause button, and also gave her a deadline and a promise.

He said: "Let's be friends with benefits, Lu Siqi. No promises, no responsibilities. I'll do things for you and you don't need to pay me. We'll satisfy each other and no longer suppress our needs. Our relationship is only for the duration of our cooperation. After I help you find out about your father and clear his name, we'll end it."

Seeing that he didn't reply, Lu Siqi asked again, "Really... really can we pretend nothing happened?"

This time, Mu Sen responded to her, "Do you think I'm the kind of man who would pester a woman?"

His rough thumb repeatedly kneaded and pressed her lips, then he leaned down and brought his head close to her face. "This is the last time I'll act as an informant. It's to repay a favor to Gu Shi. After I repay this favor, I have to go back to the world that belongs to me."

“If you’re worried that I’ll cling to you, I swear to you my true identity as Lin Chen that I will never tell anyone about our relationship.”

"If I, Lin Chen, harass you, may I die a horrible death!"

After swearing the oath, he pressed his lips against hers again.

Perhaps it stemmed from their past intimacy, or perhaps it was because he had made a promise, but this time Mu Sen's kiss gave Lu Siqi a different feeling—a sense of security.

No responsibility required, only during the cooperation period, within the limited timeframe, you can indulge yourself to your heart's content.

However, she still had a concern and needed to clarify first, "So, can I stay without passing the assessment?"

"..." Heh, she really does always remember her assessment.

Mu Sen smiled at her with amusement, pinched her chin, scrutinized her for a moment, rubbed her lips with his thumb, and lowered his voice: "I've already accepted your deposit. If I don't keep you here, how am I supposed to get the full payment later?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Siqi's face instantly flushed, and her ears turned red.