Chapter 144: Wanting to be Toyed With
“He’s a very handsome, elegant, and sophisticated male. Quite the gentleman, and very brilliant.”
“…” Hearing such high praise, Lu Sili’s eyes nearly turned red with envy. “When did you meet someone like that? Sophisticated and a gentleman? And he’s letting a female treat him to dinner? Sounds like a hypocrite to me.”
“You think so?” Su Miantang tilted her head, resting her chin on her hand thoughtfully. “I’ve known him for a few months now. He’s always been very good to me.”
“It’s only been a few months. You can’t see a person’s true colors that quickly. Miantang, you’re too innocent. You don’t realize how well males can hide their nature, especially when they have an ultimate goal in mind. They can be incredibly patient. Don’t let yourself be fooled.”
“Is that so? But…” Su Miantang blinked her watery eyes, looking at him with feigned confusion. “I have nothing. What could he possibly want to steal from me?”
“How could you say you have nothing?”
Lu Sili grew urgent. He looked at her as if he were looking at a radiant, priceless treasure that was unaware of its own worth.
“You are so brilliant, so beautiful, so gentle, so kind, and so fascinating… You are the most wonderful female in the world. Every male wants to possess you.”
Including me.
His praise sounded almost like a confession, making the girl struggle to hide her smile.
“That makes a lot of sense.”
“It seems he really does have ulterior motives. I shouldn’t go to dinner with him. In fact, I should just block his number.”
“Yes.”
Lu Sili nodded, a glint of satisfaction in his eyes.
The next second, his optical computer chimed.
[Our Dean says you’re a patient hypocrite. I think we should stop talking.]
He froze first, then looked stunned, and finally was submerged in a wave of overwhelming sweetness.
The “brilliant male” Miantang had just praised so highly… was him?
He looked at the girl beside him, who was wearing a mischievous smirk. Unable to contain his excitement, he pulled her into a tight hug.
“Miantang, you’re toying with me again.”
“Again? Dean, don’t go accusing me of things I haven’t done.”
“You are.”
Since the day they met, she had been toying with him. She had taken his heart—which had been calm for twenty years—and tossed it up and down until it was no longer his own.
“It’s you.”
The accused girl wasn’t angry at all. “So… do you still want to accept the invitation?”
“Yes.”
Of course he did.
He closed his eyes and held her tighter, pulling her as close as possible.
“A patient hypocrite?”
“Mhm.”
He didn’t deny it.
After all, he did have ulterior motives.
“Miantang, am I really that good in your heart?”
“Mnn… even better.”
That simple compliment sent a jolt of pleasure through him that was almost physical. His expression became strained as he took her soft hand and pressed it against his chest. “Miantang… not only does my heart want to be toyed with, but my body does as well.”
“Gasps—”
As soon as those words left his mouth, a chorus of sharp inhalations echoed through the room.
“?”
Su Miantang jumped. She turned around to see…
On the massive holographic screen in the cabin, the faces of the entire new inhibitor research team were staring back at them. Everyone was wide-eyed and open-mouthed, looking like they had just witnessed the scandal of the century.
They… they were all there? They saw and heard everything?
Her beautiful face turned bright red in an instant.
Lu Sili reacted quickly. He stood up, buttoning his coat and blocking Su Miantang from view. With a stern expression, he cut the feed. “Everyone, back to work!”
“Oh my god! The Dean and the Team Leader are so sweet! That was so sappy!”
The second the call was cut, the lab erupted into chaos.
“Especially the Dean! ‘Not only my heart, but my body wants to be toyed with too!’ My god, I have goosebumps! I can’t believe that came out of the mouth of our cold, serious, and meticulous Dean. What a contrast!”
“Is it that surprising? The Team Leader is so beautiful and such a flirt, who could handle that?”
“Wait, who was the one who made that noise? You ruined the good part! Didn’t you see the Dean’s buttons were already coming undone? His abs were almost out! Who knows what was next…”
“What are you thinking? The rest is paid content.”
“It’s more than just paid content. You just spied on the Dean’s privacy. You think you’ll still have a job at the Academy?”
“That wasn’t spying! We were watching in broad daylight! The Dean was just so excited to see the Team Leader that he forgot we were still on the call.”
“Cough.”
“I’m sorry, Miantang. I was just asking the team about Qin Yanzhou breaking into the Academy. I forgot to turn off the video.”
Having lost his composure in front of his subordinates, Lu Sili was also a bit embarrassed. Seeing the girl burying her face in her clothes like an ostrich, he couldn’t help but let out a soft chuckle.
“Everyone saw…”
Her voice was muffled.
The man reached out, gently stroking her hair, his eyes full of laughter. “You think there’s anyone in the Academy who doesn’t know about us by now?”
That was different.
Before, it was just rumors. Now, they were going to be teased and mocked openly.
Lu Sili, however, didn’t seem to mind at all. His mind was filled with the thought that now he could be openly affectionate with her at the Academy.
“Dean, what are we going to do…”
Su Miantang looked up, only to see the man’s eyes crinkling with a smile that made him look like a fox that had finally gotten its prize.
Wait.
“Lu Sili, you didn’t do that on purpose, did you?”
The man let out a light laugh. “You wrong me.”
The girl gritted her teeth. Confirmed! He did it on purpose!
…
After dinner with Lu Sili, Su Miantang returned to the lab. She picked out several tonics for healing wounds and strengthening the body and prepared to leave early.
“Team Leader, you’re leaving early? Am I hearing this right? Is the sun rising in the west?”
“Yeah, is something wrong at home?”
“No.”
There was just a wounded little rabbit who needed someone to watch over him, otherwise, he would probably die of loneliness.
Thinking of the boy lying on the desk, showing his fluffy long ears and his watery honey-brown eyes while begging for a head rub, the girl’s lips curved into a smile. She stopped by the market to buy some of his favorite snacks and even picked up a few toys.
“He can’t run around with that leg injury; he must be bored.”
“This carrot squishy toy looks good. He’ll like it.”
She tested the texture.
A lop-eared rabbit playing with a carrot… that’ll be adorable.
When she got home, the first thing she did was call for the boy. “Little Ears? Little Ears?”
Where was he?
He wouldn’t go out to work with that injury, would he?
She checked her optical computer and found a message from him.
[Sister, wait for me at home after work. I have a surprise for you!]
“Even with a hurt leg, he can’t sit still.”
She smiled, put her things down, and pulled two battle reports out of the storage cabinet.
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