Chapter 31: If you are so afraid, why did you dare to come?

Even though Zhu Yuan had already begun building her mental defenses before he returned, she was not prepared for this moment, let alone him bringing up this topic so suddenly.

At this moment, there were only the two of them in the villa.

There were Bodyguards and Situ just on the other side of the wall, but Zhu Yuan still felt as if they were in two separate worlds.

She had fallen into Sheng Yu's territory, with nowhere to escape.

The force of the grip on her wrist tightened continuously, and her heart constricted along with it. "I-I sincerely invited you to dinner, how can you call it a brush-off? Look at this table of dishes, they are all substantial courses."

"How substantial?" Sheng Yu wanted to laugh at the sight of her spouting nonsense.

That plate of stir-fried beef with chili peppers was nothing but peppers at a glance; how was anyone supposed to eat that?

He held her wrist with one hand and picked up his chopsticks with the other, placing a piece of beef into his mouth, his brows suddenly furrowing.

"It really is quite substantial."

Zhu Yuan's cheeks flushed red; she knew how to cook, but she admitted that her culinary skills were not refined.

The beef was tough and dry, and there was nothing she could do about it.

Sheng Yu calmly glanced at the soup on the table, which had a layer of red chili oil floating on top. He didn't touch the ladle, simply picking up the thermos cup on the side to take a sip of warm water.

Zhu Yuan watched, her heart jumping with fright.

She had used that thermos cup.

Yet Sheng Yu didn't care in the slightest, drinking one sip after another until the cup was empty.

Zhu Yuan suddenly guessed, could it be that he didn't know how to eat spicy food?

After Sheng Yu finished the water, he still felt as if a fire was rampaging through his mouth, both painful and numb.

He looked up at Zhu Yuan, who was busy calculating how to break free, and gripped her even more irritably. He had held back some strength just a moment ago, but now, ignoring her resistance, he pulled her directly into his arms.

His fingers pinched her chin, lifting her face up. With his mouth still numb and burning from the spice, his tone carried a hint of anger: "Is this a thank you, or a revenge?"

When Zhu Yuan was pulled over by a great force, she deeply understood the disparity in strength between men and women. Sheng Yu's force was controlled with ease; teasing her was as simple as walking a dog.

At this moment, she was sitting on the man's lap. She wanted to stand up, but was pressed back down by him. The force controlling her waist was scorching and overbearing, with a vague tendency to move upward.

It reminded her of some unpleasant scenes, and for a moment, she didn't dare to move at all.

It seemed he was angry; people who can't eat spicy food are prone to irritability after eating it.

She had to soothe his mood first. Zhu Yuan explained, "I didn't know you didn't eat spicy food, and you said you weren't a picky eater."

"I am not picky about food, but I am picky about flavors."

This sounded reasonable at first glance, and Sheng Yu said it with righteous indignation.

Zhu Yuan was left speechless by his retort.

Her small mouth opened and closed, then opened and closed again. The annoyed look of wanting to talk back but hesitating made Sheng Yu's irritation subside for no reason.

"How do I relieve the spice?" Sheng Yu's voice was hoarse. He stared at Zhu Yuan's face, which had flushed red from nervousness.

She had come over from the hospital today, bare-faced, and Sheng Yu found it more pleasing to the eye than the way she looked with stage makeup at the theater that day.

She looked even younger, making one unable to resist wanting to bully her.

Zhu Yuan avoided the man's gaze and looked at the dishes on the table. She had truly lifted a rock only to drop it on her own feet; she hadn't asked about his preferences beforehand, so she deserved to be controlled like this.

She had no choice but to bring out everything she had learned, "Drinking milk can alleviate it."

"There isn't any in the house." Sheng Yu stared into her eyes.

"The Bodyguards and Situ are right outside; we can call them to go buy some."

Sheng Yu said understandingly, "I am not like you, I don't like to trouble others. It's late at night, they should be resting."

"Then drinking some sugar water will also work."

Sheng Yu's gaze slid downward, landing on the tip of her small nose, "There isn't any in the house either."

As Zhu Yuan threw out one solution after another, only for Sheng Yu to reject them all, the distance between the two was only a fraction of an inch.

Feeling the man's scorching breath close to her cheek, it felt as if their lips would touch if she just lifted her head slightly.

She braced her hands firmly against the man's chest, "If nothing else works, just drink more plain water."

"Finished it. It's gone."

Zhu Yuan's eyes lit up, "That can work. Even if there isn't any ready-made, I can boil some water."

"Freshly boiled water? You didn't manage to spice me to death, so now you want to scald me to death, is that it?"

The hand on her waist pressed against her lower back and, with no effort at all, pushed forward, forcing her upper body toward him. Their lips touched unexpectedly, and Zhu Yuan pulled away as if electrocuted.

"What are you dodging?" Sheng Yu pinched her chin and turned her face back. Watching her panicked expression, he asked in a low voice, "If you're so afraid, why did you dare to come?"

Zhu Yuan calmly relaxed one hand to her side, quietly reaching into her pocket to touch the black Electric Baton.

"Speak." Sheng Yu's lips brushed against hers, as if touching them or not.

Zhu Yuan gripped the Electric Baton tightly; the moment he made a move, she would shock him.

Feeling the tingling sensation of being touched on the corner of her lips, her palms were sweating from nervousness, "Because Yu Ge, you once said you weren't interested in your brother's fiancée. I only came to thank you; there is nothing I wouldn't dare to do."

Besides, did she even have a choice?

Situ was by her side; whether it was surveillance or companionship, she knew it in her heart. Today, she had to "voluntarily" come here.

"I slept with you before, and I forcibly kissed you. Are you not afraid at all now?" Sheng Yu didn't move forward again, only feeling her body trembling slightly under his palm.

"That was an accident. As for the time at the theater, I know it was because you were angry that I lied." Zhu Yuan suppressed her humiliation.

Sheng Yu chuckled, "Are you talking about the base nature of men?"

Zhu Yuan hummed, saying insincerely, "I won't take it to heart, and I hope Yu Ge will forget it too. Let's keep it as we agreed before; if you need my help in the future, I will still help."

"How will you help?" Sheng Yu slightly relaxed the force pushing against her back.

Zhu Yuan immediately tried to retreat, but that hand still controlled her, keeping her in the position of sitting on his lap.

The cat-and-mouse game was nothing more than this.

She blinked her eyes, her long, curled eyelashes trembling, and her voice dropped very low, "Except for offering my body, I will do my utmost to help you."

Sheng Yu narrowed his eyes and smiled nonchalantly, "You dare to say it, but I don't dare to listen."

He seemed to suddenly lose interest, loosening his shackles on her.

Zhu Yuan breathed a quiet sigh of relief in her heart.

But the next second, Sheng Yu suddenly gripped the back of her neck, pulled her into his embrace, and lowered his head to suck and kiss her lips.

This entire change happened too fast, so fast that Zhu Yuan's movements were a few seconds slow; it was only after Sheng Yu pried her lips open that she reacted and turned on the Electric Baton.

However, just as she raised her hand, the hand Sheng Yu had on the back of her neck tightened its grip, and his other hand clamped down on her wrist; she let go in pain, and the Electric Baton rolled onto the floor.

The buzzing sound of the electric current rang out in the quiet dining room.

Their lips parted, and Sheng Yu looked down at her face, which had turned pale in an instant, and sneered, "Still want to shock me?"