"Hiss, relax... Ningning, don't be afraid. I love you very much, and you love me too. You like it, don't you?"

She couldn't escape at all. "Madman, madman, no more... Lu Jingci, Lu Jingci will save me, he will kill you, you madman."

The man suddenly laughed, a lingering, manic laugh echoing in the dark night, sending chills down one's spine. "I told you, he is me. How could he possibly save you? He only wanted to..."

"I'll make you cry."

"You are mine, you belong to me alone, Ningning..."

-

All night long, Xu Wuning struggled but couldn't break free, while the man grew heavier and heavier.

In the end, she fainted, but in reality, she suddenly woke up.

The warm sunlight streamed in through the window; it was already the morning of the second day, and Lu Jingci had already gone to the company.

She sat up in bed, breathing heavily. What was going on? Why was she having such a strange dream again?

Although dreams are often the opposite of reality, this was the second time, and she felt something was off.

She narrowed her eyes, a hint of suspicion flashing across them.

But the system was so certain that Lu Jingci was the male lead, so she wanted to ask the system what was going on. However, the system would only go online after the mission was completed in more than ten days.

Seeing that the mission was about to fail, I decided to just keep going like this for now and wait until the system was back online.

Suddenly.

The phone rang, and after Xu Wuning answered it, Su Wanyue's voice came from the other end of the line.

Her voice was low, hoarse from a hangover and flustered from doing something wrong: "Ningning, something's happened to me... Xie Yu and I both drank too much last night. He took me home, and we... we slept together!"

"The Su family and the Xie family were originally planning a marriage alliance, but we both disagreed. So after the banquet, we went out alone that night to drown our sorrows, and we ended up sleeping together. Now we're really doomed, Ningning."

Xu Wuning was utterly shocked, almost dropping her phone: "What did you say? Where are you right now?"

Su Wanyue spoke rapidly, as if racing against time, "Xie Yu is still asleep. I'm at the airport, and I feel awkward like I've accidentally slept with my best friend. I'm thinking of going abroad to hide away."

"Ningning, come see me off. I don't think I'll be back for a while."

"You have no idea, when I woke up this morning and saw his face, I was so scared I almost rolled off the bed. The worst part was that he was holding my waist, and I don't even remember how I managed to pull my arm away."

"And I've also remembered fragmented memories from last night when I was drunk. I undressed him completely, and I kept telling him to hurry up, so I feel really uncomfortable right now. We were a little too rough last night..."

"Ningning, there are people around. I'm not talking to you anymore. Come over here quickly."

Xu Wuning quickly got out of bed, tidied herself up, and headed to the airport.

First, there was that dream last night, and then there was Su Wanyue and Xie Yu. She felt like the world had turned upside down.

When Xu Wuning rushed to the airport and saw Su Wanyue off, she ran into Xie Yu, who was also rushing over.

Xie Yu gritted his teeth, feeling a bitter resentment at being taken advantage of. "What happened to her? Did she just pull up her pants and then disappear? Did she run away?"

Xu Wuning pointed to the sky.

"She's already flown away?" Xie Yu laughed angrily, then called to send people to check Su Wanyue's several residences abroad, and then chased after her.

-

Lu's Office, CEO's Office.

Xu Wuning walked in carrying a beautifully packaged box of pastries. "Here, I bought these pastries for you at the tea house on my way back from the airport."

Lu Jingci put down the documents: "What did you do at the airport?"

Xu Wuning leaned close to his ear and whispered, "Yueyue and Xie Yu got drunk last night, slept together, and then Yueyue went abroad, and Xie Yu went after her."

"They're old acquaintances, so they must both feel very embarrassed and ridiculous about this happening."

"Absurd?" Lu Jingci smiled slightly. "Su Wanyue might find it embarrassing and absurd, but Xie Yu is overjoyed."

Xu Wuning suddenly looked up and stared into his eyes. "Lu Jingci, I suddenly realize that you are much smarter than I thought. I don't seem to know you well enough."

"When you told me last time that I might be afraid of you, were you serious or joking?"

Seeing her so serious for the first time, Lu Jingci met her scrutinizing gaze. He paused for two seconds, then chuckled softly, "Of course I was just joking."

His features were delicate yet kind, and his gentle voice was like a refreshing breeze: "What's wrong? Did Xie Yuchao spout nonsense? Or did something happen? Why are you suddenly asking me this, Ningning?"

Xu Wuning observed his expression closely, not missing a single detail, but she couldn't detect anything unusual.

Indeed, after all, it's just two dreams, so what can they possibly mean? The interpretation of dreams only tells her that she's been under too much pressure lately.

She temporarily dismissed her doubts, shook her head, and smiled, "It's nothing, come on, try the pastries, I was just kidding."

Lu Jingci remained as gentle and refined as ever: "Alright, I'll try it."

The moment he lowered his head, his eyes dimmed for a second, but quickly returned to normal.

Seeing him take a couple of bites of the pastry, Xu Wuning tilted her head and asked curiously, "Is it good? Let me try some."

Lu Jingci nodded: "It's delicious."

As he spoke, he handed over a new pastry from the box.

Unexpectedly, the next second, Xu Wuning reached out, lifted his chin, and kissed his lips.

"Yes, it's delicious."

She smiled gently at him, her beautiful eyes crinkling into crescents.

Lu Jingci's fingertips trembled, concealing the intense, sickly look churning in his eyes, and he said softly, "You're being silly again."

-

With Xu Wuning's daily pursuit and affection for Lu Jingci, several days passed quickly. Seeing that there was no progress, she felt that things were getting urgent.

With about ten days left, she received a message from her father.

Xu Zhenghong: "We have reached a cooperation agreement with the Jiang family. Xu'an and I are going to Haicheng to check out the project. Our flight is tonight, and we will be back in three days."

"Tomorrow night is the birthday of the Wen family's daughter. Wen Fuzhou has invited all the wealthy families in Beijing to attend the banquet. As the heir of our Xu family, you will go and make a token appearance for me, deliver a gift, and then come back."

"And where did you run off to again?"

"Xu'an sent me some rare tea leaves. I remember you like them too. I sent your phone number to the delivery person. They'll contact you in a bit, so remember to answer the phone."

Xu Wuning: "Okay, Dad, be careful. I'll miss you."

Xu Zhenghong: "I think your head is full of that brat Lu Jingci right now. You still think about your father?"

Xu Wuning: "How can he be compared to you?"

Xu Zhenghong: "...You're the one who uses the most sweet talk."

……

night.

When Lu Jingci returned from the company, he opened the door and saw Xu Wuning lying on the sofa watching videos.

She wore a silk halter-neck mini-dress, revealing her slender, fair legs, and her black hair fell loosely over her shoulders.

Lu Jingci's eyes darkened, his Adam's apple bobbed, and he awkwardly looked away, just in time to see a packet of tea leaves on the coffee table.

He walked over, picked up the packet of tea, and asked, "Did you buy this?"

Xu Wuning didn't look at him; she was amused by the video on her phone and was quite happy. "No, it was Jiang Xu'an who gave it to me."

Suddenly, Lu Jingci's dark eyes darkened as he stared at her legs, a sinister and obsessive rage surging within them...

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