Without waiting for Lu Jingci's reply, Xu Wuning pushed him away forcefully and ran out in tears.

It's obvious that she's throwing a tantrum because of excessive grief.

"Xu Wuning..."

Lu Jingci subconsciously took two steps to catch up, but the elevator doors had already closed.

-

inside the car.

In stark contrast to her earlier grief, Xu Wuning closed the car door and hummed a song.

For a saint like Lu Jingci, hurting someone means he will feel guilty regardless of whether he likes that person or not.

Xu Wuning smiled and turned on her phone.

In the chat box was the message she had sent to Su Wanyue before she arrived: "Are you awake yet?"

Su Wanyue replied, "Just woke up. I've been arguing with Xie Yu, that argumentative guy. Did you go after Lu Jingci again?"

Xu Wuning: "Okay, Yueyue, if anyone asks you about the birthday gift you gave me last year, just say it was a purple dress, not a blue one, remember that."

Su Wanyue: "Okay, Ningning, my darling."

Xu Wuning's smile deepened, a fleeting thought crossing her eyes.

I have to thank Xia Rou this time. It's a great opportunity. So, let's take a step back to move forward.

……

Saint Forest Villa.

Lu Jingci returned home early tonight, and his first words were, "Zhang Ma, where's Xu Wuning?"

Aunt Zhang glanced upstairs and said in a low voice, "Mr. Lu, Miss Xu has been locked in her room since she came back this afternoon and hasn't eaten dinner."

"She didn't come out to look at the blue dresses you sent, so I put them all in the dressing room."

"I sent the dirty dress she took off to be cleaned as you instructed. I knocked on the door for a long time before Miss Xu gave me the dress. She looked like she had been crying; her eyes were very red."

Lu Jingci paused for a moment, then hummed in agreement, went upstairs, and stood outside her room.

After hesitating for a few seconds, he gently knocked on the door: "Xu Wuning, do you want to have dinner?"

There was no response from inside for a long time.

Just when Lu Jingci thought she wouldn't come out.

The door was suddenly turned open, and Xu Wuning glared at him with reddened eyes before rushing downstairs.

"You eat..."

Lu Jingci stopped speaking after being bumped on the shoulder.

On the table.

Xu Wuning remained silent, burying her head in her food and slowly chewing it.

Lu Jingci remained silent.

The atmosphere around them was eerily quiet.

With great perceptiveness, Aunt Zhang said, "Mr. Lu, it's getting late. I'd like to head home early today, is that alright?"

Lu Jingci nodded.

After Zhang Ma left.

Lu Jingci's gaze fell on Xu Wuning.

He looked at her for a long time, then tentatively reached out and placed a piece of fish in her bowl: "Don't you like to eat fish?"

Xu Wuning moved the fish meat aside.

Whether I like to eat it or not is none of your business, you don't even like me.

"Lu Jingci, change your saintly ways. If you don't like someone, don't do things that cause misunderstandings. I'll pick up the fish myself; I don't need your charity."

"I didn't do any charity," Lu Jingci said softly, observing her expression. "What happened today was my fault. Please don't be angry, okay?"

Xu Wuning didn't look up. "No need to explain. You don't like me anyway, so what's there to explain?"

As she spoke, she reached for a tissue, and Lu Jingci quickly pulled one out and handed it to her.

Xu Wuning didn't take it, and instead took a new one. "You don't even like me, why are you handing me a tissue?"

Lu Jingci's voice tightened: "Don't do this..."

Xu Wuning: "You don't like me anyway, so what do I care?"

Lu Jingci: "Xu Wuning, I..."

Xu Wuning: "You don't even like me, so why are you calling me?"

Lu Jingci: "..."

He pressed his temples and put down his chopsticks.

Finally, he looked up at her and said, "Can you tell me what I need to do to stop arguing with you and to forgive me? I can grant you one request; just name it, as long as I can do it."

Xu Wuning put down her bowl and met his gaze: "Anything is fine with me?"

Lu Jingci breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that she was finally speaking normally. "Of course."

The next second, Xu Wuning stood up, her gaze slowly moving from his face to his Adam's apple, and then down to his collar.

"Lu Jingci, can we do it?"

So bluntly stated, Lu Jingci almost thought he had misheard. "What did you say?"

Xu Wuning retorted, "Isn't anything okay? You'll sleep with me, won't you?"

Lu Jingci's Adam's apple bobbed, and he took a deep breath: "No."

Xu Wuning: "Then can you lie down on the bed and let me kiss you?"

Lu Jingci gritted his teeth: "No way."

Xu Wuning laughed in exasperation: "You said no to liking me. You said no to sleeping with someone. You said no to letting me kiss you. You said no to this, no to that. Are you kidding me?"

Lu Jingci rubbed his forehead: "Don't you have any other wishes on your mind besides these? I'll help you fulfill them."

Xu Wuning gave a forced smile: "Sorry, no."

Kissing me won't work, sleeping with me won't work, this is really difficult.

Suddenly.

Her eyes flickered, and she thought of a solution. Suddenly, she smiled and said, "Alright, I'll listen to you then. Let's get down to business."

"Wait for me in the study tonight. I have some documents from my family's company that I don't understand and would like to ask you for help."

She emphasized the words "please advise" very heavily.

Lu Jingci felt something was amiss, but seeing her serious expression, he thought he might be overthinking it; she really should take over the Xu family's company affairs.

"Okay, come to my study tonight, and I'll teach you."

"As long as you stop being angry."

……

Nighttime, in the study.

Lu Jingci was looking down at a book.

There was a knock on the door, and Xu Wuning walked in carrying several documents.

Upon seeing the person in front of him clearly, he gasped for breath.

Xu Wuning wore a white tank top and denim shorts. Her fair legs were as smooth as jade, and her long, black hair was as loose as silk. Her delicate face was without any makeup, yet it was still bright and dazzling under the warm yellow light.

"What are you looking at? Didn't I tell you I was here to learn about company affairs?"

She paused, her eyes narrowed slightly, and she softly uttered three words: "Teacher Lu."

Lu Jingci felt a throbbing pain in his temples. He looked away from her but couldn't help looking back. "What are you wearing?"

"Is there a problem with wearing this in the summer?" Xu Wuning looked down at herself, her tone matter-of-fact. "I've always dressed like this."

As she spoke, she walked over, placed the documents on the table, and sat down directly next to Lu Jingci.

Those slender fingers slowly slid down to his shoulder.

"But you, Teacher Lu..."

Her voice was lowered, and she gently tapped his shoulder with her fingertips.

Why are you so nervous? What embarrassing thing have you thought of? Tell me about it.

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