Chapter 27: Regretting it now? Too late

Close the door.

Listening to the love songs playing on the stereo, Shen Huai only felt uncomfortable all over.

He walked over, said nothing, and unplugged the stereo.

The melodious singing came to an abrupt halt.

The surroundings returned to silence.

Without the noisy music, Shen Huai's emotions finally calmed down slowly.

"Knock, knock, knock."

A series of urgent knocks sounded on the door again.

"..."

Shen Huai's mouth twitched.

Unable to endure it any longer, he strode forward, gripped the doorknob, and yanked the door open: "Li Xinran, are you ever going to—"

The remaining words stuck in his throat.

After seeing who it was, Shen Huai's expression suddenly became somewhat awkward: "... Director Lu."

At the doorway.

Lu Sheng was carrying two oversized grocery bags, shaking them with a smile in front of Shen Huai: "Want a drink?"

"... Next time, Director Lu, my stomach hasn't been good lately."

"Stop pretending."

Lu Sheng cast a sidelong glance at the elevator entrance: "I heard everything you and your school beauty talked about from next door."

"..."

Shen Huai's gaze landed quietly on Lu Sheng's face.

Unlike her light makeup at work.

The makeup on Lu Sheng's face at this moment was clearly much more elegant and refined.

His gaze moved downward.

Lu Sheng had already changed out of the handmade, light blue high-end office suit she wore to work, and had changed into a pure white, waist-cinching long dress.

Whether it was the style or the texture.

It was extremely similar to the red long dress Lin Yeman was wearing.

Looking at those shoulders as smooth as cream and the swan-like neck with distinct collarbones.

Shen Huai couldn't help but narrow his eyes slightly, his heart pounding like thunder.

Everyone here was an adult.

This could hardly be considered a hint anymore; it was clearly a naked seduction.

"Director Lu, eavesdropping isn't a good habit."

Hearing this, Lu Sheng raised her hand and hooked Shen Huai's chin: "I, Lu Sheng, don't eavesdrop on just anyone."

After saying this, a wicked smile curled the corners of her mouth.

She opened her right hand, pushed Shen Huai's chest, and swaggered inside.

Looking at this "uninvited guest" who had barged in without permission.

Shen Huai took a deep breath and gritted his teeth as he closed the door.

Lu Sheng placed the bags she was carrying onto the living room coffee table with a "clatter."

Inside the bags, the canned beer made a crisp clinking sound against the glass surface of the coffee table.

"Director Lu, how much did you buy?" Shen Huai frowned as he looked at Lu Sheng.

"After work, don't call me Director."

Lu Sheng gave Shen Huai a look, then chuckled as she pinched the hem of her dress, carefully half-knelt in front of the coffee table, and took the food out of the bags one by one, placing them on the table.

A plate of spicy beef, a plate of peanuts, and a plate of braised snacks.

As well as 24 cans of beer and two bottles of red wine.

Shen Huai looked at the food piled up on the table, his Adam's apple bobbing for a moment.

This person, she even wanted to mix drinks? Before Shen Huai could speak, Lu Sheng had already raised her hand to open a can of beer, tilted her head back, and took a fierce gulp—

"Wow... the taste after being chilled, refreshing!"

"Lu Sheng, what exactly are you trying to do? If you want to act drunk, go home and drink by yourself." Shen Huai's eyes dimmed, and he reminded her dryly.

Unexpectedly.

Lu Sheng swayed with the beer and walked up to Shen Huai, extended a finger, and pressed it gently against his lips.

"Shh..."

"It's very rare for me to comfort someone, don't be ungrateful."

Lu Sheng's eyes held a smile, her tone somewhat teasing: "I never expected that your school beauty ex-girlfriend would be Li Xinran; this fate is truly indescribable."

"Just because she was afraid you would affect her future, she dumped you; you must be feeling very hurt, right?"

Hearing this, Shen Huai rolled his eyes in annoyance: "Lu Sheng, you're underestimating me too much. It's not my first time experiencing something like this, what's there to be sad about?"

"Besides, aren't you the same?"

After saying this, Shen Huai looked back at Lu Sheng with a burning gaze.

"Tch, I'm not the same as her." Lu Sheng tilted her head back and took another gulp of beer, "At least in some aspects, I have a bottom line." "Is that so? I didn't really notice." Shen Huai retorted neither lightly nor heavily.

"If you didn't notice, that's because you don't know me well enough yet."

A certain emotion flickered in Lu Sheng's eyes, "But it doesn't matter, after all, if you count carefully, we've only known each other for a little over a month."

"Now that we live so close and are in the same company, I have plenty of time to let you get to know me."

As Lu Sheng spoke, her lips moved a little closer.

Her scorching breath, carrying a faint scent of alcohol, brushed lightly against Shen Huai's face, itching its way into his heart.

In an instant, Shen Huai's entire back went rigid.

"At such a hot-blooded age, why are you acting like an old monk in meditation? Don't look so serious."

Lu Sheng laughed coquettishly, her hand holding the beer wrapping around Shen Huai's neck in a teasing manner.

The distance between the two closed instantly.

Two soft mounds pressed tightly against Shen Huai's chest; Shen Huai felt as if something was about to explode.

"... Lu Sheng, stop drinking, you're drunk."

Shen Huai gritted his teeth, forcibly suppressing the primal urge to sweep her up into his arms, and managed to hold back his hands from grabbing her waist.

"Who are you looking down on?"

Lu Sheng raised her beer and shook it nonchalantly: "I haven't even finished one can yet."

"Fine, you're not drunk, but could you please get off me first?"

Shen Huai gritted his teeth, trying his best to steady his restless breathing.

If you don't get off now, I'm afraid you won't be able to.

"I won't get down, unless you drink with me." Lu Sheng rubbed against Shen Huai's chest like a prankster.

The scent of rose perfume, mixed with a faint alcoholic aroma, darted into his nose.

"Buzz."

Shen Huai felt as if something in his brain had snapped.

"... Fine, I'll drink with you, get down first."

Looking at the smear of beer foam on the corner of Lu Sheng's mouth, Shen Huai's tone finally softened.

Having gotten her way, Lu Sheng chuckled and loosened her arms from around Shen Huai.

Helpless, Shen Huai had no choice but to pick up a bottle of beer from the coffee table.

To his surprise, he had only just opened it.

Lu Sheng snatched the beer away.

Her eyes rippled with laughter, her gaze deep as water as she looked at Shen Huai: "Let's drink together."

"How do you want to drink together? ——"

Before Shen Huai could finish.

A flash of unquestionable determination suddenly appeared in Lu Sheng's eyes.

She tilted her head back to take a large gulp of beer, then yanked on Shen Huai's shirt, pulling him close——

The next moment.

Lu Sheng's lips pressed firmly and softly against Shen Huai's.

Inside their mouths, the rich aroma of malt surged rapidly, stimulating every one of Shen Huai's nerves.

Lu Sheng held Shen Huai tightly, unwilling to let go in her infatuation.

Shen Huai's brain instantly crashed.

His entire body froze.

His pupils dilated sharply, and he subconsciously wanted to push her away.

However, Lu Sheng did not give him the chance, instead pressing her entire body directly against Shen Huai.

In an instant, the beer spilled out.

It soaked both of their clothes.

The two of them remained pressed together on the sofa just like that.

Their heartbeats thundered, their faces flushed red.

"Shen Huai, you can't escape this time."

"Let me test whether you've made any progress these past few years?" Lu Sheng's smile rippled as her fingertips brushed lightly over Shen Huai's lips.

Once desire is stirred, it cannot be reined in.

Shen Huai's eyes were incomparably dark; he had reached his absolute limit.

He swept his arm across, holding Lu Sheng's willow waist with one hand, and lifted her up with force——

In an instant.

Lu Sheng, facing Shen Huai, sat firmly on his lap.

"Director Lu, I've truly had enough."

"Even if you regret it now, it's too late."

(End of this chapter)