[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-hidden-marriage":3,"chapter-hidden-marriage-hidden-marriage-chapter-43":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Hidden Marriage",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1621901,2092,"Chapter 43: Bite Again","hidden-marriage-chapter-43",43,"\u003Cp>Or maybe it wasn’t that he had changed, but that he had hidden it too well, so she never really knew him at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Xi noticed bloodstains on Lu Tingxiao’s hand, and asked without thinking, \"Lu… Lu Tingxiao, what happened to your hand?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Tingxiao looked at the delicate little teeth marks, then looked at her with a smile. \"What do you think?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Xi swallowed. \"Well… these teeth marks look familiar…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was praise in Lu Tingxiao’s expression. \"Good eye.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Cough, thanks.\" Ning Xi smiled awkwardly, and then asked more carefully, \"Was it me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You think I’m trying to frame you? You can take anther bite and see if they look the same,\" Lu Tingxiao suggested, and held out his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Xi waved her hands in embarrassment. \"No need, no need, it was me! I did it! Then again… what on earth happened last night? Everything’s in pieces, I only remember going to the bathroom, the rest after that is a blur… how did I end up here?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You blacked out in the girls’ room, I went in to get you, you didn't want to come with me and you bit me,\" Lu Tingxiao answered succinctly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Xi was confused. \" You… you went into the girls’ room?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had really committed such an unforgivable sin! The Big Demon King had sacrificed too much for her…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then why was I sleeping in the car?\" Ning Xi gathered the courage to ask.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Because you refused to leave your little darling.\" Lu Tingxiao deliberately emphasized ‘your little darling’.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Xi looked at the car she had worshiped for so long, and understood Lu Tingxiao’s words immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m so sorry, I’ve caused you so much trouble!\" Ning Xi apologized weakly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was only the second night since she’d moved in, and already so much had happened, she truly felt bad about it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Tingxiao didn't respond to her words, and instead asked something unrelated, \"Why did you get so drunk last night?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Xi’s face suddenly saddened…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at how her face changed, Lu Tingxiao’s inner beast started to raise its head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Xi wasn't used to sharing her worries with others, but this weight was too much to bear; she sank listlessly into the car seat, looking at the greenery above her head, and murmured, \"I didn't get the Meng Changge role…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Tingxiao was surprised. \"What?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s just a small second female lead role, I know a big CEO like you can’t possibly understand, but you don’t know how hard I worked for this day, you have no idea how happy I was when I got it, none of you understand…\" Ning Xi covered her eyes with her hands as she spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All this time, Lu Tingxiao thought that she had gotten so drunk because of Su Yan; he never thought this would be the real reason.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was not sad about losing Su Yan, but about losing the role?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Tingxiao’s brightened after the gloom he had felt all night, but seeing Ning Xi’s sad face, his heart clenched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could he not know how important her dream was to her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wouldn’t be so stubborn otherwise, choosing to climb up step by step even though there were shortcuts she could have taken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t be sad, you are already doing well.\" Lu Tingxiao lifted her head to rest it on his chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So Su Yan wasn't the culprit, it was… Ning Yaohua.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Yaohua was the biggest investor for , so he had a large say in whom to cast in the movie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one was allowed to bully his girl, not even her own father.\u003C\u002Fp>",609,"2026-06-06T10:48:50.289Z",1,"novelbin.me","9510f339c9ec4d79020edda7458193e78e7359af9c00a3aeba2256c4e9b7d64a","hidden-marriage-chapter-400","hidden-marriage-chapter-399",2163,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fhidden-marriage-cover.jpg"]