Fatal Desire

Chapter 46 Fatal Attraction

“You just applied the medicine, so you can’t smoke,” Song Xi explained.

Out of the corner of his eye, Zhao Yansen noticed that the unlit cigarette was bent in her hand, and the end he had been sucking on was stuck in her palm.

Zhao Yansen looked at her leisurely and said lazily, "If you don't smoke, what would you smoke?"

He asked the question casually and lazily, but his aura was too strong, as if he was saying that if her answer was not satisfactory, he would slap her.

Song Xi used to carry candy with him, so he could give it to her, but now he has nothing on him.

"I have candy in my room, I'll go get it for you."

She turned to leave.

Zhao Yansen reached out and grabbed the back of her neck, pulling her back. "So you like serving people that much?"

“Didn’t you say you wouldn’t smoke if you were eating?” Song Xi said.

Zhao Yansen gazed at her peach blossom eyes, which shimmered with the gentle light of spring, and said after two seconds, "No need for that trouble."

Song Xi: "?"

"Just give me a few bites," Zhao Yansen said seriously.

Song Xi: "!!!"

"What's with your reaction? Taking a few bites won't kill you." Zhao Yansen looked at her amusedly.

Song Xi lowered her eyes, staring at his long legs encased in suit trousers, and complained with a sour tone, "After I got home, my brother was either interrogating me or accusing me. Now he's even trying to bite me, as if I've done something heinous."

She vented her frustration on him, "If I had known, I wouldn't have taken you back to your room last night, and I wouldn't have helped you apply the medicine just now. I would have just let you bite me to death."

Noticing that Zhao Yansen had let go, Song Xi looked up and handed him the broken cigarette: "You can smoke it. It's none of my business if your mouth gets sore. Smoke it or not, it's none of my concern!"

Since he won't let her kiss him anyway, let her lips get sore.

Zhao Yansen looked at Song Xi's slender back, then glanced down at the broken cigarette in his palm.

He was all alone in the huge study, which was empty and quiet. The wildness deep in his bones was stirring, and after a while, he couldn't suppress it. Zhao Yansen laughed lazily and helplessly.

If she were obedient and compliant, she wouldn't be Song Xi.

The princess he had carefully protected for over ten years was like a king at heart; she would beat anyone who displeased her to death.

Song Xi knew that Zhao Yansen was not the kind of brother who would soften his heart just because she cried.

She didn't intend to cry.

But what if he really bites her?

Human desires and lust are but a mirage.

Knowing it's an endless abyss, they still can't help but indulge, simply because of its irresistible and fatal attraction.

In this respect, she couldn't control herself, so she tried her best to control him.

If he bites her, she might pounce on him.

No no no.

*
As spring arrives and the weather grows warmer, flowers bloom in the courtyards of traditional courtyard houses, making the spring scenery even more splendid.

Early in the morning, Song Xi was having breakfast in the restaurant, while Zhao Chengyou was sitting opposite her, drinking soy milk.

The young master is going to the stables to practice horsemanship today. Dressed in riding attire, with his soft, curly hair, he looks just like a little prince from Western Europe.

"Sister Xi, would you like to go horseback riding together?" Zhao Chengyou's tone was not childish like that of his peers; it was unhurried and extremely polite.

"Let's do it another day, I have work to do today." After saying that, Song Xi added, "My brother has many purebred horses in the stable. If you like any of them, just ask him directly."

"Is that okay?" Zhao Chengyou's eyes lit up.

"can."

Zhao Yansen used to let her play freely, so he wouldn't be so stingy now. Besides, he raises so many horses; he certainly isn't raising them for retirement, so there's no reason for him to disagree.

Mentioning Zhao Yansen, Song Yunyu asked Song Xi, "Why didn't your brother come for breakfast? Did he go out?"

"He's probably still asleep." Song Xi hesitated for a few seconds before saying, "Secretary Qiu came to see him last night. It must have been something important. They talked for a long time in the study."

Secretary Qiu was originally Zhao Zongting's foreign language secretary. He had served for a long time and his abilities were beyond doubt.

In the past, Song Xi often saw him take some kind of documents home to stamp, put them in a sealed bag, and then send them out.

Song Yunyu: "Did Secretary Qiu come last night?"

"Yes, they must have taken a detour and sneaked in without making a sound," Song Xi said.

Song Yunyu asked Zhang Ma to bring over a bowl of seafood porridge and specifically instructed Song Xi: "Eat more. You've lost a lot of weight in the months since you came back. Have you been eating on time at the company? You can't ruin your health for work."

"My assistant is like a human alarm clock. She reminds me when it's time to eat, so I can't forget even if I want to," Song Xi said with a charming smile.

"Then why have you lost weight?" Song Yunyu said with a smile, "You're still not eating enough. You need to eat more."

Song Xi ate a very large breakfast, and when she left home by car, she hadn't finished digesting it by the time she arrived at the company.

Due to a report of drug irregularities, Song Xi and Shang Shixu decided to verify all the drugs. Considering the large amount of work involved, they temporarily established a special task force.

In the conference room, Song Xi sat in a chair, elbows resting on the armrests, fingers touching her forehead, looking thoughtfully at the list of medicines on the screen.

Shang Shixu said, "Zhongrui Group ultimately decided to cooperate with us instead of Qiao's. Qiao Yifan is holding a grudge and may resort to despicable means to report us. However, we cannot rule out the possibility that other competitors of Morningstar are secretly sabotaging us."

"Can you get in touch with Jin Minchuan?" Song Xi asked.

Jin Minchuan is the director of the Drug Administration. The two men who came to the company that day were employees of the Drug Administration.

Shang Shixu understood what she meant: "We need to build connections."

Song Xi rolled his eyes slightly, pondered for seven or eight seconds, and then said, "I'll investigate the whistleblower's matter."

"Should we try to find connections?" Shang Shixu asked her as he got up and left the meeting room.

Song Xi walked to the door, turned back, and smiled slightly: "Isn't it just connections?"

Upon hearing this, Shang Shixu was taken aback, then smiled knowingly.

Song Xi personally went into the laboratory to supervise and verify the drugs. Each time she finished, it was very late. She stayed at the Xiziwan Apartment instead of going home.

That day, Zhao Yansen returned to the courtyard house. In the front hall, Song Yunyu showed him a stack of photos.

"Yansen, take a look at these and see if there's anything you like."

On the rosewood table was a cloud-shoulder ruyi-shaped purple clay teapot and tea set, which had fetched astronomical prices at auctions. Others bought it for their collections, but the Zhao family treated it as just an ordinary tea set.

In a small white porcelain dish, pear cakes were arranged in a plum blossom shape, stacked in two layers, looking beautiful and neat. They were a snack that Song Xi liked on a regular basis.

On the day Zhao Yansen agreed to marry the old lady, Song Yunyu was also there. The old lady asked her to help choose and keep an eye out for good girls.

Therefore, the moment Song Yunyu took out the photo, Zhao Yansen knew why.

Seeing him elegantly holding his teacup and sipping tea, showing no interest in looking at the photos, Song Yunyu said, "These were chosen with Xixi's help. She said you should like them, and if you don't, we can look at others."

Zhao Yansen paused almost imperceptibly, put down his teacup, and slowly asked, "She chose her own sister-in-law?"

(End of this chapter)