Chapter 4

Shen Qingxin was pulled along forcefully by Sima Langri all the way. She wasn't stupid and could feel that Sima Langri was furious, but what made her unable to figure it out was why he was angry?

Was it because he saw She?

As long as she thought about the discord between him and Sima She, she had a big headache. She wished they wouldn't speak ill of each other even if they didn't have much affection, but she knew they wouldn't listen to what she said. They both had to fight until the other side collapsed before they would stop.

Sigh! She sighed longly, secretly looking at Sima Langri, who was still angry. She didn't understand why he pulled her to the parking lot, but didn't say a word, just sulking by himself.

And she didn't expect that she could see him again so quickly. Was her appearance okay? Did he notice her change? She pulled her dress uneasily, looking at him silently.

Sima Langri sat on the hood of the sports car, restless, lighting a cigarette, smoking one after another; he wanted to not look at her first, otherwise he couldn't guarantee whether he would do something out of control. He had to stay calm.

Calm! Calm!

Puffing out clouds of smoke, his mind was filled with her sexy and sweet appearance. Damn it! She wore this tonight, not only testing other men but also testing his self-control.

He was a normal man, and it was impossible to be indifferent to the temptation of the woman he loved. But they had already broken off the engagement, and he knew he couldn't touch her, so he was trying his best to restrain himself.

Sighing longly again, mixed with a sigh, what should he do with her? No, what should he do with this relationship? Pretend it didn't happen again, and let her go?!

Messy, his heart was completely messy because of her.

He extinguished the cigarette in his hand in frustration, ran his fingers through his black hair, wanting to find a way to untie this mess.

Seeing that he didn't speak for a long time, and his face was getting worse and worse, she couldn't help but ask: "Are... are you okay?"

The crisp voice broke the silence, and Sima Langri finally put his eyes on her. Through the bright moonlight, she was incredibly beautiful, making him want to hold her tightly in his arms and hide her, not letting others see her beauty.

"Why did you come to the banquet? I thought you didn't like this kind of occasion." He didn't expect her to appear, so he was so shocked when he saw her.

"I just felt that it was idle at home anyway, so it's good to come out for a walk. Do you... hate seeing me very much?" She looked at him very hurt. So he hated her so much that he felt uncomfortable even seeing her. No wonder his face was so smelly.

"I'd better go." She whispered, turned around, and prepared to leave, lest she stay and be annoying.

"I don't hate you." Sima Langri sighed longly, his large palm grabbed her small hand, not letting her leave, not letting her have a chance to feed other men's eyes again.

"I know, you don't have to comfort me." She lowered her head, thinking that if she didn't raise her head to let him see her face, maybe he wouldn't be so angry.

"Qingxin..."

"I think you must be very busy, go do your business!" She pretended to be strong and smiled at him. Heaven knows how sad she was.

Bingxin was wrong. No matter how she changed herself, Sima Langri wouldn't look at her with new eyes. It was too difficult to force someone who didn't love her to suddenly fall in love with her.

Tonight, she finally recognized the facts and stopped playing the self-deception game naively.

"Qingxin..." Another long sigh. He really didn't know whether it was better to let her go or hold her tightly, but his hands seemed to have their own will and grabbed her tightly, as if afraid she would run away.

Her appearance of pretending to be strong made his heart ache. He knew that every action and every word of his often hurt her fragile emotions unintentionally, because he had never really talked to her about his feelings for her, so she had always been in an uncertain state.

But he had already made up his mind to give her up, right? But why was his heart still struggling, as if unwilling to follow the decision made by his brain.

"Let me go..." His painful expression made her feel even more painful. Was he feeling painful because he saw her? Could she bear to see the person she loved suffer because of her? Forgive him, and let herself go!

She had to be strong, she had to be brave. Without Sima Langri, it didn't mean she couldn't live alone. She still had a cute family who loved her. She could live very well, she definitely could.

Taking a deep breath, she decided not to make things difficult for him. She had done all the efforts she should do, and the results of the facts were out, why force it?

"I also want to let you go, but... I can't." Although he also wanted to follow her wishes and let her leave, he just couldn't. On the contrary, his large palm pulled her forcefully, pulling her into his arms, and hugging her tightly.

The two hearts that were once far apart overlapped again, jumping happily and joyfully.

The hot chest was pressed tightly against her small face. She felt stunned, panicked, didn't know what to do, and even thought this was a dream.

He was holding her? Holding her tightly on his own initiative without being forced by external forces?

Would this be a fantasy of hers? She stretched out her arms uneasily to confirm. Her thin, snow-white arms timidly and quietly hugged his waist. Only then did she understand that she wasn't dreaming, he was really and truly holding her.

Secretly, a happy, charming smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

He said he couldn't let her go. Was it the same as what she thought in her heart?

"Qingxin... my Qingxin." He called her name painfully, over and over again, as if he did this every day.

"Langri..." This time she could be sure that his voice calling her name was full of emotion, no longer just her own wishful thinking, no longer just her giving on one side.

Sima Langri could no longer endure the full longing with nowhere to vent. He gently held her face, gazing at her intently. His eyes were filled with her figure, and he couldn't hold anyone else.

Shen Qingxin held her breath and looked back at him, waiting nervously for his next move.

Slowly, Sima Langri's handsome face slowly approached her, closer, and finally, his hot, hungry lips pressed tightly against her cherry lips, grabbing the sweetness that belonged to him.

Shen Qingxin closed her eyes intoxicatedly, receiving the passion he brought her joyfully, her small hands climbed from his waist to his shoulders, and she threw herself into this kiss with him.

The hungry, lingering, hot, unrestrained, wild lips were tightly intertwined with each other, as if chasing each other for several centuries, and only then did they meet again.

The greedy large palms explored her graceful body, the movements becoming more and more frantic, and finally the two fell on the hood of the sports car with a "bang," wantonly demanding each other's scent.

Heavy panting sounds came out ambiguously, and the kiss deepened constantly, the two becoming more intimate.

The hot skin burned each other's reason, the charming groans kept escaping, and the soft small hands ignited small sparks on the bronze skin.

The dark night was tempting the loving people to sink—

Faint laughter came from afar. He didn't care to pay attention, wanting to throw all other things far behind him, and then he suddenly remembered that they were in a parking lot where people could appear at any time. Suddenly, reason returned, and the increasingly clear laughter made the hot skin slowly cool down, and his lips also moved away from her cherry lips.

"What's wrong?" Shen Qingxin's eyes were blurred, looking at him in confusion.

"Too fast." Sima Langri said in a low, hoarse voice, pulling the dress on her body for her.

Just one kiss actually made him lose control. From this, it could be seen how poor his self-control was. He had to practice again.

"Hmm?" Her brain was already a paste at this moment, completely not understanding the meaning of his words.

"I shouldn't have lost control." Taking a few deep breaths, his voice finally returned to normal. He forced himself not to look at her, who had already let desire fill her whole body, otherwise, he couldn't guarantee he wouldn't lose control again.

"..." Shen Qingxin reached out to pull him. She knew that if she didn't pull him, he would leave her again; she didn't want to taste that feeling again, don't.

But Sima Langri dodged. He didn't let her touch him. He wanted to stay calm. Many things needed him to think, and he absolutely couldn't let desire cloud his head.

"Qingxin, let's end it like this!" He knew his request was both selfish and ruthless. He believed that he would despise himself for what he did today in the future, but he had to do it now.

"What?" End? What did it mean?

"I shouldn't have kissed you."

"You regret it?" She looked at his expression seriously, not wanting to see his regret. She thought this kiss was sweet and frantic, but obviously he didn't think so.

Did he not like kissing her? This was their first kiss. She really, really wanted to hide this sweet taste in her heart, why was his feeling different from hers?

Also, if he didn't like kissing her, why did he kiss her one after another just now? She was almost unable to figure out his thoughts, and her heart followed in a panic.

"I didn't." Sima Langri immediately denied it. In fact, he loved the sweet taste of her to death, how could he regret it?

"Since you don't regret it, why do you avoid me? Do you know that you often make me not know what to do? I have been thinking, do you like me? Just when I finally understood that you had no feelings for me, you kissed me?! You tell me, how should I interpret this kiss? Can I think of it as a sign that you like me?"

All the dissatisfaction and anxiety poured out to him; she wanted to hold him tightly in a panic, but couldn't find a way. Who would tell her what she should do?

"I'm sorry." He didn't want to make her painful, but he always hurt her fragile emotions unintentionally.

Damn it! Looking at her pain, he began to hate himself, hate why he had the surname Sima? Why did he have that Chilong Jade Lock?

"Langri, don't say sorry to me, I just want to know, do you like me or not, tell me, okay?" She jumped off the hood, not allowing him to refuse, and grabbed his hand.

"Qingxin, there will be someone more suitable for you than me." Taking a deep breath, he said words that were contrary to his heart, not caring how much damage this sentence would cause to each other.

"You... don't want me?" She was hit hard, let go of his hand, and took a few steps back, widening the distance between the two.

"I..." Not that he didn't want her, it was just that there were more important things waiting for him to do.

"I have always made you feel troubled, right?" Tears fell silently one by one. Really, she didn't want to cry in front of him, as if forcing him, but she just couldn't control it. She tried her best to hold it back, but the more she tried, the more the tears fell.

She didn't mean to, really didn't.

"No, don't think so." Seeing her tears, he also panicked. He wanted to comfort her, but didn't know how to comfort her. In the end, it was all his fault! It was him who hurt her again and again, shouldn't have touched her, shouldn't have had jealousy, shouldn't have!

"The one who should really say sorry is me, right?" She choked, looking at him pitifully. The one who was wrong was her. She shouldn't have fallen in love with him, shouldn't have!

"No, Qingxin, I hope you can understand that for me now, there are more important things waiting for me to do, do you understand?" Sighing longly, he explained his attitude, but didn't respond to her feelings directly.

"... still the Chilong Jade Lock?"

"Yes, I must get it. Only after I get it can I deal with other things." All ambition and desire were written in his eyes, and he honestly and frankly stated his inner thoughts.

She closed her eyes in pain. Sure enough, the existence of the Chilong Jade Lock was a curse for her. Now she felt uncomfortable all over, as if she were tightly bound and trapped by invisible ropes.

She was very painful, really very painful. Did he understand? She would rather he be heartless to her, would rather he like another woman, than see him obsessed with pursuing a stone.

"You know I can't lose."

"... I know." She had enough of that stone, had enough.

"It's not your fault, it's me who is bad." He looked at her, seeing that she finally stopped crying, and finally let go of the big stone in his heart, but he felt uneasy...

Suddenly, she looked at him fixedly and said: "You want to win, right? I will let you win."

"What?" Sima Langri was stunned, not understanding why she would suddenly say this.

"You will win the Chilong Jade Lock, believe me." Her eyes couldn't be more firm. If he had to wait until he won the Chilong Jade Lock to respond to her feelings, then she would help him, help him at all costs!

A wind suddenly blew across the parking lot, chilling people's hearts. The two looked at each other in silence—

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When people do bad things, their hearts will be a little uneasy, right!

Shen Qingxin huddled in the dark room, letting the uneasy emotions gnaw at her heart, but she could no longer turn back, and she decided not to turn back.

If she wanted to get Sima Langri's love, she knew she had to do it.

Her soft palm gripped a piece of unpolished jade tightly. No matter how good it sounded before, she was determined to wade into this muddy water.

Would She blame her?

Thinking of Sima She's mood, she couldn't help but feel sad, but she could only help one of the two brothers, so she could only be sorry to She.

Knock, knock, the sound of knocking on the door rang lightly.

"Come in." She immediately put away her complex emotions, without any expression, waiting for the person to come.

"Eldest Miss, you are looking for me?" The master craftsman in the family with the most skilled carving technique looked at her with a full face of smiles, not understanding why the Miss, who had only done jewelry design, would look for him. She had never designed jade before.

"Yes, Uncle Chen, please sit." Shen Qingxin poured a cup of warm tea for the visitor.

"Thank you."

"I have something I want to ask for your help. Of course, only you can do it." Shen Qingxin went straight to the point and made the request, not playing any tricks.

"Miss, please speak."

"I want you to help me carve this jade." She handed out the high-quality jade in her hand.

"Okay, what pattern does Miss want?" The master craftsman took the unpolished jade in her hand and couldn't stop sighing in admiration. "Good jade, this is good jade."

"The design drawing is here." Shen Qingxin spread out the design drawing for the master craftsman to see clearly.

"Ah! This is... this is..." The master craftsman's attention was completely attracted by the design drawing. He put down the unpolished jade in his hand and looked at the design drawing she provided in shock.

"Please help me complete it."

"But..." The master craftsman felt something was wrong and looked at her hesitantly.

"Looking at the two shores and three places, only you have the ability to do it. Help me, okay?" She requested in a low voice.

"Eldest Miss, this matter is of great importance. Have you considered it clearly?" Mr. Chen knew what kind of style the jade would present just by looking at the design drawing. He really wanted to try it, but there were still many things to consider carefully.

"I have considered it very clearly. Uncle Chen, please help me." She bet her happiness on this game and had to beg the other party to nod and agree.

"What kind of feeling do you want me to carve out?" Sighing longly, he finally agreed.

"Thank you, Uncle Chen. The feeling I want is to create the appearance of ancient jade from a hundred years ago, making people not suspect that it was carved just now, can you do it?" Her heart jumped excitedly. Mr. Chen agreed to her request, which meant she had already succeeded halfway.

"Can." Mr. Chen looked at the design drawing repeatedly, and his heart had already begun to plan how to carve this jade.

"There is one more thing I want to ask for your help."

"What?" Still?

"That is, don't leak the fact that I asked you to do this to a third party, okay?" Secretly copying the Chilong Jade Lock was an idea she came up with. Of course, she couldn't let most people know, otherwise it would lose the value of copying it.

Yes, the first thing she did after hardening her heart was to ask the best jade craftsman in the family to help copy the Chilong Jade Lock to make it look real. Only then could she have a way to obtain the real Chilong Jade Lock.

"I know this matter is of great importance. Don't worry, I won't tell anyone." The Chilong Jade Lock was so famous, how could he have the guts to tell people everywhere that he copied an identical jade? If the Feng Family and the Sima Family were angry and really wanted to pursue it, he would be in big trouble.

Agreeing to her request was also because carving this piece of ancient jade was a good challenge. He wanted to see how far he could do it.

"Uncle Chen, thank you very much for being willing to help me." She was infinitely grateful.

"Eldest Miss, you are welcome. If there is nothing else, then I will go down first." He was excited and wanted to show his skills quickly.

"Please." Shen Qingxin knew his intention, so she stood up to send him out, so that he could make what she wanted at the fastest speed.

After sending the master craftsman away, Shen Qingxin closed the door, leaned her whole body against the door panel, thinking about what she had just done, and closed her eyes tiredly.

She had changed... changed to wanting to calculate others.

How terrible, what a terrible change, but she had to do it.

Once she learned that Sima Langri also had the same feelings for her, she knew she was hopeless. As long as she could make him love herself wholeheartedly, she was willing to pay any price.

He wanted the Chilong Jade Lock, she would give it to him, and it would be the real one.

Sighing longly, she didn't have the courage to look at her face full of calculation. It must be very ferocious and ugly, but she couldn't care so much.

Forget it! Forget it!

As long as she could get Sima Langri's love, she didn't care about the rest.

"Sister, are you inside?" Shen Bingxin, who rarely appeared in the company, knocked on the door of her exclusive design room.

"Hmm." Shen Qingxin only then remembered that after sending the master craftsman away, she had locked the door. She quickly opened the door to let her sister in.

"Sister, are you still busy designing the latest jewelry?" Shen Bingxin walked in boldly, glancing at the design drawing on the table without interest.

"Hmm. By the way, how do you have time to come over?" Not wanting her sister to find out that she had become so terrible, Qingxin quickly changed the subject.

"I'm bored! I just thought I'd come to the company to see you and hang around to pass the time." She picked up a design drawing at random, looked at it, and threw it back on the table.

"You, don't be so careless anymore." Shen Qingxin smiled and tidied up the design drawings on the table, not giving Bingxin a chance to mess them up.

"Sister, you might as well just say it directly, tell me not to be idle anymore!" Shen Bingxin knew very well how much she weighed. She was unemployed, and her main job every day was to hang around, having no constructive effect on the family.

"Since you know it very well yourself, then don't mess around anymore, work hard to find a job!" Shen Qingxin smiled at her sister who didn't care at all.

Bingxin's personality, no one in the family could do anything about her, and no one could control her. Seeing that she didn't do anything bad, they let her go.

"I can't stand a nine-to-five job, and I don't want to be managed by a boss. Oh! God! Sister, I think I'm only suitable for drifting around." Waving her hands, stretching, Bingxin said not very carefully.

"You are really making people not know what to say about you."

"Then don't say it, let me say it!" She smiled slyly.

"What do you want to say?"

"I just saw you call Uncle Chen in. Sister, tell me, what are you doing looking for him? What big event needs to labor him?" Raising her eyebrows, Shen Bingxin wouldn't allow her to lie. When it came to doing bad things, her skills were much more brilliant than this twin sister of hers.

"You saw it?" Shen Qingxin's heart shook. She thought she had been careful enough, but she didn't expect to be bumped into by Bingxin.

Bad! Would her plan be aborted because of this?

"Tell me! Don't hide it from me!" Shen Bingxin blinked playfully.

Shen Qingxin sighed longly, knowing she couldn't hide it from the sharp-eyed Bingxin, so she had to tell everything. As for what Bingxin would do, she could only wait and see.

"Heh! Heh! Heh!" Bingxin, who understood that she was about to explain everything, laughed happily.

Great! She couldn't wait to hear what kind of earth-shattering things her sister was preparing to do.

Heh! Heh! Things were getting more and more fun! ===== CHAPTER 5 =====

Fantastic! She couldn't wait to hear what earth-shattering thing her sister was planning to do.

Heh! Heh! Things are getting more and more interesting!