Cry louder, I can't hear you.

Without thinking too much, in order to complete the task, Yun Qiao gritted her teeth and pulled off Shen Suwei's hand that was holding her neck, gently shaking it, her voice filled with coquetry and pleading:

"We haven't seen each other in a long time, may I treat you to a meal?"

Shen Suwei's gaze shifted from the door behind her to her.

He remained silent.

But his eyes were dark and complicated.

It's as if they can see through people's hearts.

Yun Qiao swallowed hard again. Was she too flustered? Why did she feel that Shen Suwei already knew who was behind her?

"Shen..."

"Yunqiao".

He lowered his eyes, his voice hoarse:

"What exactly do you want to do?"

Yun Qiao's body stiffened slightly.

"...I just miss you so much."

"Were you thinking of me while you were busy just now?"

Just now? When you were busy?

Shen Suwei's words were inexplicable, and Yun Qiao dared not respond rashly, for fear of making a mistake.

"I think about you all the time, after all, I like you."

Yun Qiao clung to his arm, nuzzling her head against it, trying to act coquettishly.

"Please, Mr. Shen, we haven't seen each other for days, and I miss you terribly. Let's not talk here; if the other employees see us, they'll start talking about me again..."

Yun Qiao was just grasping at straws in her desperation, not realizing that Shen Suwei would listen to her disgusting and clumsy attempts at coquetry.

But to his surprise, he actually let her drag him away...

Yun Qiao found it unbelievable.

With Shen Suwei's intelligence, there's no way he wouldn't see that there's something wrong with that room.

But he didn't ask further?

Yun Qiao led him into the room furthest from room 2306.

After ordering, she remembered that Shen Shiyu and Li Ruoyan were still in room 2306, and she wondered if something might happen to them. She became absent-minded.

Although the system says the male lead will definitely appear, what if something unexpected happens and he doesn't show up?

Then she truly harmed Shen Shiyu.

Although she has done quite a few immoral things over the years.

However, due to his unlucky constitution, he always gets caught by Shen Suwei.

As a result, under Shen Suwei's indirect influence, her actions ultimately did not cause any substantial harm to Shen Shiyu.

But this time...

Although Shen Suwei also appeared, he did not pursue the matter as he had done before.

Could it be that because Shen Suwei didn't intervene this time, Shen Shiyu...

"What are you thinking about?"

Shen Suwei took a sip of tea slowly, put down the teacup, and glanced at her.

Yun Qiao snapped out of her daze and forced a smile:

"I'm wondering why President Shen is here."

"Why do you think that is?"

Yun Qiao blurted out, "I think it's because President Shen knew we were having dinner here and missed me."

"right."

"what?"

Yun Qiao paused, her hand holding the teacup still, and stared at him with wide eyes.

He lowered his eyes, gave a mocking laugh, or perhaps a self-deprecating one.

Do you think it's possible?

Yun Qiao pursed her lips, refusing to respond.

She was trying to figure out how to sneak out and investigate...

"President Shen..."

"Need to use the restroom?"

Yun Qiao was taken aback, then nodded vigorously: "Yes!"

Shen Suwei looked at her with deep eyes, without saying a word.

Yun Qiao felt even stranger.

From the moment she entered, she felt that Shen Suwei was strange.

Did he discover what she had done wrong?

If they discovered it, why not expose it?

Shen Shiyu is in there.

Isn't he worried?

"Yunqiao".

He started calling out his full name again.

Yun Qiao sat up straight without thinking. "President Shen, please speak."

Do you remember what dishes I just ordered?

What strange question?

"...Mr. Shen, the names of those dishes were too difficult to pronounce, I forgot them."

"Do you know what I've moved since I sat down, or how many sips of tea I've had?"

Yun Qiao was on the verge of tears. "President Shen, you must be joking. Who would remember these things for no reason?"

"But don't you like me? If you like someone, shouldn't you be paying attention to their every move?"

Yun Qiao's expression froze.

"When you came in, you stepped in with your left foot first. Since you sat down, you've sighed five times, frowned seven times, looked out the door eight times, and checked your phone six times."

Yun Qiao: "..." What kind of weird detail is this?

Hyperamnesia?

Yun Qiao was completely convinced.

"Tell me the truth now, and I can pretend none of this ever happened."

说实话？

Yun Qiao's breath hitched, and she glanced at him in a flustered manner, but seeing his indifferent expression, she quickly realized that he was probably referring to her telling him that she liked him.

Yun Qiao swallowed hard, trying to calm herself down and be as sincere as possible:

"I've always been telling the truth, Mr. Shen. I really like you, and it's true that I miss you."

"It's just that I'm not very detail-oriented and have a bad memory, which is why I couldn't answer your questions. But I'll definitely pay attention in the future and I'll correct that!"

"Yun Qiao," he interrupted, his deep eyes looking at her with an unfathomable gaze, "this is the last chance."

What do you mean, the last chance?

"I'm only giving you this one last time..."

An opportunity to escape.

"President Shen, I'm telling the truth!" Yun Qiao's voice rose even higher, she was almost crying.

"Why won't you believe I like you? If I didn't like you, why would I say I like you? What would I gain? What good would it do me?"

"If I were after your family's money, then my parents died saving you, so I could easily use them to negotiate for money, right? But I haven't done that all these years!"

Yun Qiao said a whole bunch of things in one breath, including things that could and couldn't be said.

After speaking, he was still a little short of breath.

She was slightly out of breath, looking at him expectantly, hoping that her words would move him.

But Shen Suwei didn't say anything.

Instead, his eyes became even darker and deeper.

Like a bottomless pool of water, the surface is still, but underneath, undercurrents are already churning.

He stared intently at her, his gaze moving from her eyes to her neck, his brow furrowing slightly before relaxing.

The air was still for a few seconds.

It was so quiet that you could faintly hear running sounds and chaotic noises coming from outside the private room.

It must be Chi Zhou arriving. Good thing he's here; thankfully, the system didn't lie to her…

Yun Qiao felt uneasy under his gaze, and the smile on her lips almost crumbled.

I was just about to back out.

Shen Suwei suddenly chuckled softly.

"Oh……"

The smile was even more eerie than the lack thereof.

Yun Qiao swallowed hard, looking at him nervously.

But then he suddenly leaned down and got closer.

His long, slender fingers pinched her cheek, lifted her face, and forced her to look him in the eye.

"Yunqiao".

The smile in his eyes deepened.

"This time... you really don't have a chance."

Her voice was gentle and tender.

Yet it seemed to carry a sense of excitement that had been suppressed for too long and was finally being released.

It sends a chill down your spine for no apparent reason.

Yun Qiao had a gut feeling that something was wrong with his current state.

A smile still lingered on his lips.

But that smile was different from usual.

Somewhat manic.

But his tone and expression were very calm.

Yun Qiao sensed that something was wrong.

But she couldn't quite put her finger on what was wrong.

I just felt like I made a wrong decision...