Night Rose

"You knew?!" Su Jin exclaimed in shock.

At this moment, no further words were needed; both of them saw the answer in each other's eyes.

It's him.

is her.

The person I met that night in New York, the person who was frantically venting their emotions in the room, was right in front of me.

"So what if I am? What exactly do you want?" Su Jin shoved Zhou Zheng's shoulder.

Caught off guard, he was suddenly pushed away and stood there stunned.

The next second, Zhou Zheng pounced on her like a beast and bit Su Jin's soft lips.

Only one thought remained in his mind.

She already belonged to him.

Long before they actually met.

Su Jin felt a sharp pain in her mouth, followed by the high bridge of his nose pressing down and colliding with her nose. A sour feeling immediately spread from the tip of her nose to her eyes, and a layer of mist immediately rose in her eyes.

Zhou Zheng's movements didn't stop; he pressed his lips against hers, lingering and sucking...

He had no skill whatsoever; he kissed purely out of instinct.

Su Jin was kissed so hard she couldn't breathe. She tried to push Zhou Zheng away, but he put one hand on her waist and pulled her closer, carefully preventing her from leaning against the wall.

Su Jin pinched his waist hard, but Zhou Zheng didn't let go. He understood her meaning and gently licked the wound on her lips, deepening the kiss with tenderness.

"Xiao Bao, slow down, there are no lights upstairs."

A noise from downstairs broke the enchanting atmosphere.

Zhou Zheng paused, and Su Jin immediately pushed him away and wiped the traces from his mouth.

Her movements were too large, causing her wound to ache.

"Why do you still only know how to bite people!"

Zhou Zheng's voice was hoarse, and it wasn't hard to imagine how bad his condition was.

"I've only kissed you, I have no skills."

The lights on the first floor came on, illuminating half of the staircase. Su Jin was momentarily blinded by the light, and tears welled up in her eyes.

Just as she was about to raise her hand to wipe her eyes, another hand was faster, its calloused fingertips gently brushing across her eyelids and carrying away the moist tears.

Su Jin was somewhat panicked and listened helplessly to the footsteps downstairs.

Zhou Zheng was happy to see her helpless look, but he didn't want to scare her. He leaned close to her ear, wanting to speak, but was attracted by the softness in front of him and bit her earlobe.

When Su Jin started to scold him, he whispered, "Don't be afraid, they live on the first floor, they won't come up."

Su Jin stood frozen in place, listening to Zhou Zheng's voice, and she remembered that night. Her bones felt weak and numb, and she couldn't even turn around.

As the door downstairs closed, Su Jin turned around and stared intently at Zhou Zheng.

"When did you recognize me? Have you been playing me all along?"

"No," Zhou Zheng immediately denied. "I've always suspected it, but I wasn't sure until you reacted when you saw the plane ticket. That's when I decided to test you."

"So you've figured it out, what do you want? Money or something?" Su Jin asked through gritted teeth.

She realized how hurtful her words were only after they were spoken. She was handling her relationship with Zhou Zheng almost like a public relations issue, but in fact, she already knew what kind of person Zhou Zheng was. Why would Zhou Zheng threaten her?

Zhou Zheng stared at her with deep eyes, "Such a cold mouth. I never knew Su Jin could be so ruthless."

Cruel?

Su Jin was thinking haphazardly.

"That's not what I meant. This was too sudden, I wasn't prepared."

"Are you planning to let me treat this as a dream or an experience? That I can just pretend nothing happened after it's over?" Zhou Zheng pressed.

Su Jin felt a chill run down her spine. Why did this person blurt out her innermost thoughts? Their current relationship as colleagues in the car team was really not suitable for getting involved in such ambiguous matters.

She even felt a pang of resentment. Why hadn't Zhou Zheng hidden it better? Why did he have to test her? Now look what happened! How was she going to clean up this mess? She also blamed herself; why was she so curious about that plane ticket? Now she'd been caught!

"I've already said it, I've only done these things with you. You can't make me pretend it never happened!" Zhou Zheng gripped her hand tightly; his palm was burning hot, and Su Jin couldn't resist it.

"So what are you going to do? What's going on between us? Do you still want to date me?" Su Jin asked.

After these words were spoken, both of them fell silent.

Yeah, if you don't want to pretend it never happened, what should you do? Start a relationship?

Zhou Zheng didn't think too much about it. He had finally managed to catch the woman in his dream and didn't want to let her go easily, but Su Jin just wanted to escape immediately.

"Or do you want to do it with me again?" Su Jin blurted out, admitting that she panicked.

Zhou Zheng was furious when he heard this, but he remembered that Su Jin's hand was in his own, and he couldn't hurt her.

"Even with these conditions, you agreed?"

Su Jin closed her eyes, disregarding the consequences, and gritted her teeth, saying, "Yes!"

"Shall we go now?"

"Sure!"

"Okay, you said it." Zhou Zheng pulled the person downstairs, his movements so fast that it didn't seem like someone who couldn't see the road clearly.

Su Jin was dragged downstairs by him, and in her haste, she didn't make a single wrong step.

"Hey, wait a minute!"

Zhou Zheng ignored her and led her directly into the hotel.

Su Jin recognized the hotel at a glance; it was the one Zhou Zheng had brought her to when she first came to Nanyuan.

The best hotel in Nanyuan.

Checking in and swiping the card were done in one smooth motion.

Su Jin was thrown onto the bed by Zhou Zheng. She struggled to sit up and saw Zhou Zheng fiddling with the hotel equipment with his back to her.

"Clap clap clap!"

Three condoms were tossed to her side. When Su Jin saw the words "extra large" on them, she realized how big of a mess her mouth had gotten into.

Oh no! Zhou Zheng is really going to kill her!

"Zhou Zheng, I was just kidding! Don't listen to me!"

"Too late!" Zhou Zheng said coldly. "Weren't you being pretty stubborn just now? Keep going, what conditions do you want?"

Zhou Zheng pressed down on her angrily, pinning her hands against the headboard with one hand and pressing down on her waist with the other.

Su Jin's eyes were filled with panic, and the burning heat on her thighs was unmistakable; she could feel Zhou Zheng's anger and excitement at that moment.

"I won't ask anymore! I'm just scared."

Hearing her say she was scared, Zhou Zheng softened his movements slightly, but his tone remained fierce, "What are you afraid of?!"

"I'm afraid our relationship will affect your competition! I'm afraid you won't understand and will end up like this, not caring about anything!" Su Jin quickly chimed in.

Su Jin calmed down, but fearing Zhou Zheng might still be upset, she quickly said, "I misspoke just now. I shouldn't have deliberately provoked you. Actually, I..."

I may leave Nanyuan soon, and we will never see each other again. Whatever kind of relationship you want, I can't give you it.

"Speak." Zhou Zheng stared at her, his eyes reflecting only her image.

Su Jin suddenly thought, "This person actually likes me, doesn't he? He wants a formal title."

Su Jin had a sudden lapse of judgment; she leaned forward, pressed her lips to his, and gently kissed him.

She returned to her original spot, staring at Zhou Zheng's slightly dazed eyes, and asked:

"Zhou Zheng, do you like me?"