Chapter 214

Shu Xia shook her head, "Ah, I'm not tired."

She hesitated over whether she should go and confirm it.

After all, the sound she had just heard came from the small woods, and it wasn't all that clear.

There are quite a few people surnamed Huo in Jing City.

Since she was reborn, she had gained a brand-new understanding of human nature, and she felt worried when it came to matters of the heart.

It is possible...

She cared very much about Jiang Nannan and did not want Jiang Nannan to experience everything she had gone through; the taste of being betrayed by someone she loved and trusted was much like the pain of having one's tendons pulled and skin peeled.

"Were you frightened?" Qiao Muting asked again.

He knew that Huo Jingyan had been getting close to his secretary recently and had come here several times.

He hadn't expected that this time, Huo Jingyan would directly bring someone outdoors to play with fire.

If he kept playing like this, he believed Huo Jingyan would eventually regret it until his guts turned green.

"Ah, no. It's just that I regret not going in to take a look." Shu Xia accidentally let her inner thoughts slip out.

If she had gone in to catch them in the act, she would have known if it was Huo Jingyan.

Qiao Muting lowered his head, his deep, bottomless eyes looking at Shu Xia, and he said in a low, sexy voice, "You're quite wild, aren't you? Want to know what it feels like to play in the small woods?"

As he spoke, he tugged at his tie.

The words he spoke seemed to carry sparks, brushing past his own throat.

It was slightly itchy and dry.

His Adam's apple bobbed once.

Shu Xia raised her eyes and saw his bobbing Adam's apple.

The Qiao Muting before her was definitely the cream of the crop among men, and even his Adam's apple was born sexy.

Her cheeks burned, and she hardened her heart and said, "Don't let your imagination run wild, Mr. Qiao. As a piece of well-intentioned advice, I suggest you don't try it. There are caterpillars on the trees, and when the tree trunks shake, the caterpillars will fall off. In the summer, there are mosquitoes in the woods, and any exposed skin will be bitten by mosquitoes, and besides... it's easy to be watched by others."

Qiao Muting's mouth twitched.

A moment ago, he had thought she was as pure as a high school kid.

Now, she was as wicked as a little witch.

He closed his eyes for a second, restraining the vivid image from forming a dynamic animation in his mind.

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Two hours later.

Around seven o'clock, the two of them, covered in sweat from playing golf, returned to the hot spring villa.

Staff members delivered dinner and clothes.

It is not suitable to soak in a hot spring immediately after eating.

Shu Xia glanced at Qiao Muting, who was in the middle of a video conference, and walked out with her phone.

She had eaten too much for dinner and felt a bit of indigestion, so she went out for another walk.

She left a message for Qiao Muting on WeChat.

The night was even quieter.

She took a different path to stroll.

The whole way was leisurely and carefree.

She chatted idly with Jiang Nannan.

"How was your aunt's medical checkup?"

Jiang Nannan was also bored at home alone, "It's my mom's old ailment. It's all because she often drank and didn't eat when she was young for work; now, she gets stomach aches easily if she eats too much."

"Are you home alone?"

"Yeah, my husband has a lot of things to do at the company today and has to hold a cross-border video conference. He has to pull an all-nighter, and there's a bed at the company, so he's sleeping at the company tonight. My poor husband is working so hard to support the family and for the future baby's milk powder money." Jiang Nannan's tone was full of heartache and deep love for Huo Jingyan.

Shu Xia gripped her phone tightly. Such a coincidence?

"I even thought about brewing some soup and bringing it to him to send some warmth, but I asked him how busy he was just now, and he didn't reply to me. He's probably still in the meeting. Even if I went, he wouldn't have time to pay attention to me, and I would just disturb him, so I gave up on the idea."

"By the way, I forgot to tell you, Huo Jingyan changed his secretary. She's a great beauty, but I think she's not as pretty as you. Our Xia Xia is the prettiest." Jiang Nannan said again.

A secretary?

Shu Xia thought about the cries of "President Huo" and "silk stockings" in the woods; those two must be in a superior-subordinate relationship.