Chapter 1094: Chapter 645: Sugar Overload, Boldly Saying I Really Like You (Third Update)

As the elevator door slowly closed, the surroundings were so quiet that they could almost hear each other’s gentle breaths.

Ruan Mengxi suddenly remembered the small videos on her computer, and she suddenly didn’t know how to face him.

Zeyan had been staring at her intently, watching the tips of her ears turn slightly red.

Then he saw her lower her eyes, her little face visibly turning red, and the corners of his mouth suddenly lifted. He suddenly came two steps closer to her.

Ruan Mengxi instinctively stepped back, her back already against the elevator.

“You… what are you doing?” As soon as Ruan Mengxi looked up, she saw an enlarged handsome face, very close.

It was very hot there. Even though the hotel had the air conditioning on, his breath on her face was so warm that it made her heart tremble.

“Are you afraid of me?”

Zeyan clearly felt she was acting a bit strange, not even daring to look at him.

“No, no, why would I be afraid of you?”

“Then look at me.”

“What’s so good to look at? It’s not like I haven’t seen you.” Ruan Mengxi felt panicked inside, but she couldn’t show her fear. She met his eyes, their gazes collided, and she saw him suddenly getting closer…

Quickly pecking her on the lips.

“Smooch——” Just a gentle touch, his lips were a bit dry, yet carried a burning heat, as if to imprint itself into her heart.

Her heart gave a hard tug, and her face flushed even more.

“How’s your hand?” Zeyan naturally took her previously injured hand to check.

It was just a scratch, not serious, and a light scab had already formed. He rubbed it in his palm, then skillfully held it in his hand.

His hand was too hot, almost burning.

“What’s this…” Ruan Mengxi was a bit dumbfounded. What was going on?

What was their relationship? Why was he acting so familiar?

“I haven’t eaten yet, is there anything good to eat nearby?” Zeyan pressed the elevator button, heading straight to the first floor.

“It’s almost ten o’clock, and you haven’t eaten?” Ruan Mengxi frowned.

“I left the company around seven and went straight to the airport. The airline food on this flight was really ordinary.”

“That means you’re not hungry enough. If you were really hungry, you wouldn’t be picky, you’d eat anything you could get.”

“At that time, my mind was full of you, and I didn’t even feel hungry. Isn’t this what they call ’love can fill you up’?”

“Are you flirting with me?”

“Are you a little moved?”

“Where did you learn this? It’s a bit corny.”

“…”

After exiting the elevator, they needed to pass through the lobby to leave the hotel. There were still two staff members at the front desk, who smiled at them. After they left, the staff began to murmur.

“I told you, the person who went up earlier was Young Master Qi, and you didn’t believe me.”

“He probably just arrived from Beijing, the two were holding hands, it’s too much sugar for one day.”

“Will Young Master Qi be staying at our hotel tonight? But there are no rooms available and he didn’t make a reservation.” The rooms in the resort hotel are always in high demand.

“He’ll definitely stay with Miss Ruan.”

…

**

The night market street was bustling with food stalls, many of them set up along the street. Various stir-fries, and some people were already grilling skewers and drinking beer. Just that Zeyan was dressed exceptionally formally, with his hair slicked back, making him completely out of place in this environment.

“Do you eat this kind of stuff?” Ruan Mengxi always felt that he was dressed like he should be going to some upscale western restaurant.

“Why wouldn’t I?”

“I thought you didn’t eat street food.”

“When I was in school, I often went out to eat with Jiang Chengsi. After starting work, I got busier, and generally, I just took food to go and ate at home.”

“You and Fifth Master were in the same grade, right? Didn’t he join you guys?”

“He was in poor health at that time and couldn’t eat much that was spicy or irritating, and he was picky.”

“Picky eater?”

“He wouldn’t eat carrots, wouldn’t eat cilantro, so fussy and delicate. We once had spicy crawfish from a street vendor, and everyone else was fine, but he got a stomachache when we got back. Jiang Chengsi and I almost got beaten to death.”

Ruan Mengxi burst out laughing. She had known Jiang Jinsang for a long time and didn’t know he was such a picky eater. She could only say that someone had done a great job hiding it.

Their appearance had long attracted quite a bit of attention; someone was dressed too conspicuously. Ruan Mengxi looked down at herself again, wearing shorts and a white T-shirt, feeling mismatched. She instinctively wanted to pull out her hand tightly held by him.

“What’s wrong?”

“It’s hot, I’m sweating, it’s uncomfortable.”

Even though they weren’t holding hands, walking side by side, anyone could see they were together.

Finally getting to go out with the person he liked, how could Zeyan feel hungry? He was always secretly thinking about how to get closer to him, brushing elbows, fingers subtly hooking over.

And at this moment, a cheer arose not far away, “…This song is dedicated by this gentleman to his wife, congratulating them on their tenth wedding anniversary.”

It turned out someone was singing on the street; you could pay to request a song, or you could sing yourself. There were two very pretty young girls, and quite a few people stopped around to take pictures.

Ruan Mengxi turned her head, observing the lively atmosphere; her mouth naturally turned up at the corners.

She was just a bystander, caught up in the excitement, never thinking that when Zeyan asked her to help buy a bottle of water, she went bouncing off like an assistant.

When she returned, she became the center of attention in others’ eyes.

“This song is for the person I like,” Zeyan’s voice had a particular penetration as it came through the microphone.

Ruan Mengxi was about to go crazy. What was he doing!

This was a night market with so many people. Wasn’t he famous? Singing here?

Wasn’t he afraid of trending online?

But at the moment, she had no way to stop it. Her gaze seemed fixed; he appeared to have a halo surrounding him, combined with wearing a suit, giving an inexplicably ascetic allure.

Zeyan’s gaze was profound, intensely burning, his voice even lower than usual.

It was a song in a minor foreign language; most people present probably hadn’t heard it, but the rhythm was gentle, immediately recognizable as a love song.

At Jiang Jinsang’s gatherings, Zeyan and Jiang Chengsi were always responsible for livening the mood. She had seen him sing, seen him drunk, but never seen him sing in such a mesmerizing, captivating manner.

Was it love at first sight…

Yet there was a tinge of bitterness, a sudden softness in her heart.

As the night breeze came, he had finished singing and was approaching her, under the watchful eyes of many, those dark eyes burning with heat, wholly fixed as if everything around were irrelevant, just the two of them.

His voice was lowered, almost drowned by the surrounding noise and clamor.

He got closer, warm, and low…

“I really have fallen for you.”

His voice was hoarse and dry, firm and sincere.

It felt like something struck her chest, making Ruan Mengxi blush and her heart race, without knowing what she was thinking.

Her heart suddenly filled, overflowing as if it would burst, swollen, her madly beating heart hammering against her chest, making it hard to breathe.

Zeyan saw that she wasn’t speaking, not too anxious, grabbed her wrist, and slowly walked out of the crowd, people behind still chanting and cheering.

Ruan Mengxi, belatedly realizing, noticed they were already on the way back to the hotel.

“Weren’t you hungry? You haven’t eaten anything yet.”

“Right now, I just want to be alone with you.”

“…”

Just being alone, why go back to the hotel?

Ruan Mengxi blushed even more.

He wouldn’t, ever since Zeyan appeared, she felt her brain a bit dizzy, everything seemed so real…

Ruan Mengxi’s little cart in her heart had already started moving, her face getting hotter.

**

The video of Zeyan’s public love declaration quickly went viral online. Normally, it wouldn’t have stirred up such a fuss, but the previous affair was too high-profile.

Jiang Chengsi had just finished chatting with “Miss Xiao”, and upon scrolling through the news, saw this information, immediately sharing the video in their group chat.

[Shameless, I asked him to drink, he didn’t come, went to sing for someone else? Choosing romance over buddies, anytime he asked me for drinks, when didn’t I come right away? And look at him, hmph—]

Jiang Chengsi felt stifled all day, constantly complaining in the group about Zeyan’s “abandonment”.

What nonsense about being a fan-favorite couple? Who wants to make some couple with him!

Jiang Jinsang: [He sang pretty well.]

Jiang Yanting: [I smell the sourness of love.]

Huo Qinqi: [Did he get the father’s approval?]

Jiang Chengsi: [Where is Ruan’s dad? Hurry and catch him.]

…

Zeyan had no idea the video spread so quickly. He liked her and wanted to express his feelings, what’s wrong with that?

Like is just like that; he didn’t mind being called ostentatious or whatever.

It’s impossible to hide just because of others’ looks, to have some secret relationship, making the person he likes feel wronged?

Right now, he just wanted to get closer to Ruan Mengxi, completely forgetting that in this period, if Jiang Chengsi could see, naturally, the Ruan Family parents could too…

The video was everywhere online; even if the Ruan Family parents didn’t watch the news videos, someone was bound to show it to them.

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