Forced Love: The Villainous Female Supporting Character is Kissed and Cried by the Yandere Villain

The elevator doors opened.

The manager didn't say anything more; he said earnestly, "We've arrived, Mr. Lu, Ms. Xu."

The rooftop restaurant was very pleasant, with soft and melodious music playing, and the city's night view outside the floor-to-ceiling windows, where the lights twinkled like a starry river.

The entire floor was resplendent in gold, with only a few high-end tables and genuine leather sofas placed under the dazzling diamond chandeliers.

Each table is spaced far apart and has partitions to shield the view, so you can't see people at other tables unless you stand up, ensuring privacy.

They were led to the best window seats, the manager handed them the menu, and then stepped back a short distance away to wait for instructions.

Xu Wuning didn't sit opposite Lu Jingci; she sat down next to him.

"I'll order."

Xu Wuning flipped through the menu, and the more she flipped through it, the closer she got to Lu Jingci, her shoulder resting against his.

She pointed to one of the dishes, turned her head to talk to him, and her warm breath fell near his collar, as if she was about to lift her head and kiss his lips the next second.

"Lu Mianhua," her voice was low and deliberately soft, "would you like to eat this?"

The flickering light fell on her luminous lips. A few strands of her long hair fell behind her ears as her delicate and beautiful face came close to hers.

"Which one should we eat?"

Lu Jingci looked down at her, cleared his throat awkwardly, and coughed: "Let me remind you, Xu Wuning, this is outside, not at home, so don't cause trouble."

"It wouldn't be good if others saw this, what if we ran into someone we know..."

Xu Wuning didn't care. "With so many partitions, who would recognize who? Even if we were to kiss and have an affair later, no one would know us."

Perhaps the word "adultery" was too explicit, so Lu Jingci didn't speak again. He picked up the water beside him, took a sip, and his Adam's apple bobbed slightly.

But Xu Wuning still wouldn't let him go.

She quietly slipped her foot under the table and gently stepped on his toes.

Lu Jingci's water glass stopped in mid-air. He glanced down at the table and then looked up at her.

He swallowed, and a strange redness appeared behind his earlobe. He reminded himself, "Feet."

"What's wrong?" Xu Wuning asked innocently.

Lu Jingci: "You stepped on me."

"oh."

She didn't move away, but instead gently rubbed against the edge of his shoes, then looked straight into his eyes. "Excuse me, the table is too cramped."

"This space is so intimate, isn't it? Wouldn't it be a waste not to keep a little lover here and feed her? Don't you agree, Mr. Lu?"

Lu Jingci took another sip of water, his eyelashes fluttering as he looked away: "I don't have a penchant for keeping mistresses. I will only marry one wife. Our Lu family are all respectable people."

Xu Wuning lightly stepped on his foot again, tilted her head, and said in a smiling tone that seemed to tickle one's heart, "But our Xu family is not like that."

"I can take care of you."

Lu Jingci put down his water glass, lifted his eyelids slightly, and asked, "Would you keep any good-looking animal as a pet?"

Xu Wuning blinked, her breath brushing against his Adam's apple. "Of course not, you're different. I don't love anyone else, I only love you."

Eyes facing each other.

Lu Jingci's lips curled up slightly, and he gently pushed her forehead away with a finger. "Sweet talk, let's eat."

Xu Wuning rubbed her forehead and said obediently, "Okay."

However, she didn't back away. Instead, she moved a little closer to him, turned to the next page, and this time she was really ordering food.

The dishes were served one by one, and she ordered all the signature dishes from Zilin Restaurant until she had everything she wanted.

Xu Wuning picked up a piece of beef, put it in her mouth, and let out a satisfied sigh, "Now this is what eating is all about."

Compared to the culinary disaster she made herself, it was like heaven and earth.

Lu Jingci chuckled indulgently and added a lot of food to her bowl.

Xu Wuning stood up and was concentrating on picking up a piece of matsutake mushroom when her peripheral vision suddenly swept towards a table in the distance.

Jiang Xu'an happened to be reaching for a napkin on the corner of the table when he stood up. He seemed to sense something, looked over, and his eyes lit up.

The partition could no longer block them, and they saw each other, nodding and smiling at one another.

Xu Wuning reached out and waved to him as a greeting, mouthing, "You go ahead and do your work."

Then she sat back down.

Lu Jingci looked up at the partition, sensing the joy and excitement of the person beside him, and frowned. "Who's there? Who were you greeting just now?"

While eating, Xu Wuning casually replied, "Senior, Jiang Xu'an is over there, probably discussing business."

Lu Jingci's gaze, hidden beneath his eyelashes, suddenly darkened, but he still wore a gentle smile and kindly suggested:

"He's busy with business, and as his friends, we shouldn't bother him. We'll just leave after we finish eating."

Xu Wuning raised her head curiously, "Friends? You two are close friends in private too?"

Upon catching the word "also," Lu Jingci gritted his teeth, but the gentle and refined curve of his lips remained unchanged:

"Of course, the Lu family and the Jiang family have done business together, and we are good brothers."

Xu Wuning nodded: "I see."

Under Lu Jingci's melancholy gaze, Jiang Xu'an whispered "Wait a moment" to the people at the table, then stood up, picked up his wine glass, and walked over.

Although he was saddened for a long time after learning that they were living together, he and Ningning had been good friends for many years. Even if they couldn't be boyfriend and girlfriend, their friendship as classmates would still remain.

He remained as composed as ever, standing before their table. His gaze lingered on Xu Wuning's face for a moment, though not without reason. "Long time no see, Ningning, Mr. Lu."

With a concerned smile in her eyes, she said, "Ningning, you've lost a lot of weight. Haven't you been eating properly lately?"

"I ate a lot," Xu Wuning said politely, looking up at him. "And you, senior? Are you still working on your cross-border project?"

"Yes, we just finished one round of talks," Jiang Xu'an said with a smile, swirling the wine in his glass. "Today we're here to wrap things up."

"By the way, Ningning, I saw an article a while ago that aligns with our university major and was your research interest back then. I'll have my assistant send it to you later."

"Okay, thank you, senior." Xu Wuning's tone became more and more familiar as they chatted, and her almond-shaped eyes were filled with a smile.

Jiang Xu'an had too many topics to discuss. The two talked about their university days, and when they mentioned a professor's embarrassing incident, Xu Wuning burst into laughter.

Throughout the entire process, Lu Jingci remained silent.

He sat to the side, slowly and forcefully rubbing the cup beside him with his fingertips. He first looked at Xu Wuning's smiling lips, then his gaze shifted to Jiang Xu'an's face before looking away.

He suddenly chuckled inexplicably and lowered his head.

His slightly drooping eyebrows obscured his sickly expression...