SM Chapter 43

“Zhi Xu, you really love to bite people.”……

Chapter 43 Mutual Attraction

“Zhi Xu, you really love to bite people.”……

The two continued walking back.

“Then don’t you think I interfere too much?” she asked curiously.

Tan Zhi Xu gave her a sidelong glance, his tone indifferent, yet seemingly containing hidden dissatisfaction and accusation.

“Miss Zhu, it seems that I’ve always been the one interfering with you more. What have you ever done to manage me?”

Hearing this, she recalled the past and felt something was amiss.

“Is that really so? Haven’t I been managing you?” Zhu Shihao said suspiciously.

He chuckled softly and countered, “For example? Give me an example.”

Having said that, she earnestly pondered this question, and the rest of the way back to the villa was quiet.

The house wasn’t too messy, but it definitely needed tidying up. Tan Zhi Xu called the housekeeper and asked her to come clean the place.

After hanging up, he found Zhu Shihao sitting on the sofa looking pensive.

He stood in front of her, looking down at her, and said, amused, “Still thinking about it? Have you figured it out?”

She had thought of many things, but none of them seemed like “managing” him. Unable to find an answer, the confused thoughts slowed her reaction by half a beat. She looked up slowly, a bit blank.

Her delicate eyebrows were slightly furrowed, and a hint of puzzlement shone in her beautiful, watery eyes.

“I don’t know.”

Tan Zhi Xu reached toward her eyes. Even so, she seemed to trust him innately, keeping her eyes wide open, not even fluttering her thick eyelashes.

His large palm landed on the side of her face, caressing and cradling it, his thumb repeatedly stroking under her eyes.

“I’ve always been the one managing you since we were kids. You never really managed me.”

Tan Zhi Xu’s gaze was deep, fixed on her face, watching her eyes. His tone was no different from usual, just lighter.

So light it was like a delicate feather, a slight flutter that could stir up countless itches.

“Shihao, you don’t need to manage me. As long as you’re here, I’ll manage myself.”

Afraid that Zhu Shihao would be unhappy, afraid that Zhu Shihao would pick up his bad habits, afraid that Zhu Shihao would dislike and distance herself from him…

Tan Zhi Xu had never been a well-behaved child. During the years without his parents’ company, he had countless opportunities to become the troublesome kid in the eyes of adults.

But because of Zhu Shihao’s presence, he chose to become the “model child” of the neighborhood.

At that moment, a strange flutter passed through her heart, so fast that Zhu Shihao didn’t have time to catch it. Or perhaps, she didn’t dare to think too deeply, afraid that she was overthinking things.

Seeing her looking dazed and foolish, Tan Zhi Xu sighed inwardly, bent down, and took her hand: “Let’s go watch a movie?”

Following his strength, Zhu Shihao stood up, lowered her eyes, and squeezed his hand in return: “Okay.”

Actually, she didn’t really want to watch a movie, she wanted to hold him more.

That’s what she was thinking, and that’s what she did.

Tan Zhi Xu let her snuggle in his arms, deeply enjoying it. He held the remote control with one hand, and embraced her with the other, occasionally asking for her opinion.

Thinking about Su Yuewei, she was a little absent-minded, and Tan Zhi Xu noticed it.

“This one?”

“Huh? Oh, okay.”

Confirmed, she was daydreaming.

He didn’t bother choosing then. After all, the person in his arms didn’t really seem to want to watch a movie.

When Zhu Shihao had made up her mind and was about to speak, she looked up and saw something hanging from the toilet ceiling on the screen. The characters in the movie were screaming, and she screamed too.

Instinctively, she turned back and buried her face in Tan Zhi Xu’s chest.

Tan Zhi Xu had been calm, but was startled by her scream. Instinctively, he quickly hugged her tightly, his mouth faster than his brain: “It’s okay, I turned it off, don’t be afraid, Shihao, don’t be afraid anymore.”

There was no sound from the movie anymore. After regaining her composure, Zhu Shihao punched him in the chest.

Her voice, muffled from being buried in his arms, said: “Tan Zhi Xu, you’re so annoying!”

He chuckled and apologized very readily: “Sorry, I thought you weren’t going to watch.”

Indeed, half an hour had passed, and there hadn’t been any reaction.

He re-selected an animated film to make up for her injured little heart. Tan Zhi Xu had no interest in “Beauty and the Beast,” he just held her hand and played with it.

“Zhi Xu, did you say anything to Su Yuewei today?”

He looked down at her.

She had been thinking for so long, and this was it?

“Yeah, I told her not to bother me.”

Concise and decisive.

Zhu Shihao got up and looked up at him. In the dim screening room, the light from the large screen wasn’t enough to illuminate the emotions in her eyes clearly, but he could see her serious expression.

She asked, “Why?”

He sounded almost puzzled: “Is there even a reason? Because she’s annoying.”

Tangled up, she was just about to say something when her phone rang.

They both looked over. Tan Zhi Xu stood up, picked up the phone on the table, and answered it.

“Yes, just clean the first floor, no need to cook. Thank you, you’ve worked hard.”

After hanging up, Tan Zhi Xu glanced at the time and asked her, “What do you want to eat? Let’s go out.”

Zhu Shihao thought for a moment: “I want to eat fried chicken and drink beer.”

Tan Zhi Xu: “…”

After a moment of eye contact, she showed no intention of changing her mind. Tan Zhi Xu helplessly closed his eyes and handed her the phone: “Order it yourself.”

Whether or not it counted as a guilty pleasure, she especially liked seeing Tan Zhi Xu unable to do anything about her.

Her previous thoughts had long been thrown to the back of her mind. Zhu Shihao happily took his phone, her mood so good that her eyebrows, eyes, and lips were curved in smiles.

He watched her and a smile tugged at his lips. He put his big hands around her waist, and gently lifted her onto his lap, sitting sideways. The next second, Zhu Shihao leaned against him in that position.

Tan Zhi Xu chuckled with satisfaction, and kissed her forehead.

“Good girl.”

Her movements as she searched for restaurants paused, and her fingertips pressed against the screen, Zhu Shihao slowly raised her eyes: “Don’t say that. It makes me feel like I’m doing something shameful.”

Tan Zhi Xu raised his eyebrows: “What’s so shameful about it?”

She put on a serious expression and said earnestly: “If you have a fetish for seeing people, I can’t accompany you.”

Tan Zhi Xu: “…”

One was a literal meaning, the other was an extended meaning, huh?

His thumb, forefinger, and middle finger pinched her cheeks from both sides, and the opened tiger’s mouth supported her chin, forcing her to look up at him. Tan Zhi Xu lowered his head and bit her lips, his lips rubbing against hers, his voice low.

“I only love to bite you, lightly. I know my limits.”

Yes, he knew his limits, but…

She held back and couldn’t say it, hmphing softly.

Seeing this, he came over, his cold expression changed significantly, the corners of his mouth turned up, visibly in a good mood. He stopped behind her, wrapped his arms around her waist, and rested his chin on her neck.

This action required him to hunch his back slightly, but even so, this man was still handsome as if in a painting.

And she was his heroine.

They both looked in the full-length mirror. In the mirror, the two looked very close, with no gaps between them. In reality, this closeness was even more real.

She could feel his warm breath, her back pressed tightly against his chest.

Because she was changing clothes, she was only wearing lingerie, and even the little mole on her chest was clearly visible. The man behind her already looked like an extremely proper gentleman in his neat clothes, but had replaced his indifferent face with a tempting one.

Between concealment and nudity, between black and white, almost no extra movements were needed, just a look was enough to easily make the atmosphere ambiguous and tender.

Moreover, his hand on her waist was restless, his fingertips wandering, tickling her heart.

As if still not enough, he asked with a hook in his lips: “Don’t you like it?”

Zhu Shihao looked at him through the mirror and was silent for a moment.

“I like it.”

Her voice was soft, but also very clear. She still chose to tell the truth.

Tan Zhi Xu, what couldn’t he do? Not to mention, no one would care for her more than he did. His instinct wouldn’t allow himself to hurt her.

This, Zhu Shihao had always firmly believed.

Tan Zhi Xu smiled, his lips touched her face, straightened up, and ruffled the top of her head with his big hand, smoothing through her long hair.

“Shihao, we should go home.”

Their shared home?

She had a moment of trance, thinking that they were really together.

The end.