Qi Kai was beaten up badly enough that he wasn’t in the condition to further participate in the group’s activities. Therefore, after the lunch Xiao Chi said Qi Kai “won’t be joining them for,” the man never showed himself up again.

This caused Dai Gaofeng to be very angry with him. Privately, he complained to the bosses he was friends with, “That Qi Kai! He’s always been a piece of work but these days, he seems to be getting worse and worse!”

His grievances, however, were not Lin Jingzhe and Xiao Chi’s concern. The trip to Changqing was only two days in total; after deducting the five or six hours needed for the drive back to Yan City, the time they had left was not that much. The dinner was barely finished when Dai Gaofeng announced it was time to leave.

Attracting real estate investors was critical to a city’s urban development. The current Changqing Province was not well-developed, and a group of real estate businessmen from Yan City were invaluable resources. As such, Mayor Cao was very unwilling to see them go. To exhibit his hospitality and sincerity, he gathered a large number of people to give the group a warm send-off.

Among them was also Wang Quan, the businessman they met at the restaurant, and his followers.

Lin Jingzhe was completely calm now, having vented all his anger and frustration on Qi Kai. Meeting Jiang Qiaqia yesterday had shaken him mostly because he was caught unawares. Today, from the beginning to the end, he never even glanced at her.

Certain wishes were impossible to ever be fulfilled, but having some regrets in life was not necessarily a bad thing. He’d already decided not to have any contact with Jiang Qiaqia—rather, he would be doing his best to avoid her. Moreover, Jiang Qiaqia’s life was obviously not so good at the moment and he was determined not to let her hurt him ever again. That being the case, was there any need to pay attention to her?

Besides, Jiang Qiaqia was about the furthest thing from his mind right now. What happened this morning…

Thinking about it now, it was ridiculous.

But it felt so… The way it made him feel was—

As his pants threatened to become too tight in a moment, he hurriedly started thinking about something else so he’d not embarrass himself in public.

Regardless of his mental age, his body was only twenty at the moment and brimming with youthful vigor. Still, Lin Jingzhe was quite surprised as he’d always considered himself to be a rather cold person. During the time when he was living the high life in Yan City in his last life, he might’ve been acting unbridled, but he’d cared more about how he could retaliate against his indifferent family than women. Then, his father’s death and what followed forced him to grow up overnight, and he was too busy trying to earn enough money to survive to have time or energy to spare for romance. And later… As he was getting older and used to being alone, he became even less interested in rolling under the sheets. This was the first time ever it made his blood boil with excitement like that.

It was addictive, overwhelming, and exhilarating, making him feel completely alive. Like a magic box that couldn’t be closed after being opened, after experiencing this feeling, it was impossible to forget it.

Lin Jingzhe turned his head and faced Xiao Chi, who stood next to Dai Gaofeng listening to him speak. Xiao Chi’s gaze was sharper than usual, making people afraid to look at him. Only Lin Jingzhe knew that what the other man was feeling was not anger at all—rather, he seemed to hate that he couldn’t grab Lin Jingzhe and peel off his clothes right that moment.

Talking only with their eyes like that, as if they were having a secret love affair, felt oddly thrilling. Smirking, Lin Jingzhe glanced at a certain place below Xiao Chi’s belt, then, not hiding it at all, let his gaze wander leisurely around Xiao Chi’s body.

The obvious meaning of that look made Xiao Chi’s blood instantly heat up. Dai Gaofeng was talking to him, but he had no idea what the man was saying.

He could only stare at Lin Jingzhe, his eyes like burning flames, until his gaze became almost savage.

Noticing that his attention was elsewhere, Dai Gaofeng glanced back to see what he was looking at and caught sight of Lin Jingzhe’s provocative stare. Instantly anxious, he said, “Xiao Chi, as your uncle, let me tell you something: it really is better to get rid of enmity than keep it alive. I’m not sure about the reason you had a falling-out—is it because of this mistake with the rooms?”

Lin Jingzhe licked his lips and smiled, tilting his head to glance at Xiao Chi through half-lidded eyes, and Xiao Chi’s brain abruptly stopped working. “Yeah,” he uttered absent-mindedly, his mouth feeling as dry as a bone.

Oh, for crying out loud! Helpless, Dai Gaofeng continued to persuade: “You usually act so mature and dignified you appear to be about my age, so why are you suddenly having a fit of temper like a child? Though Mr. Lin is so young, you shouldn’t take him lightly—rather, we should be more on guard because he’s so young…”

Xiao Chi stopped paying attention to his uncle. In his eyes, Lin Jingzhe’s every action just now was an obvious come-on. The prayer beads in his hand moved quickly as he recited sutras in his mind, but it was of no help. He used to advise Hu Shaofeng to exercise more self-restraint and indulge himself less in pleasure, but before he even knew, those principles seemed to have been thrown out of the window. Right now, all he wanted was to find a quiet place where no one would disturb them, press Lin Jingzhe, who’d been ignoring him yet kept provoking him with every move, distracting him from proper business, down, and strip him naked. Then, he would make this troublemaker too preoccupied to think about doing mischief, so that he would have no strength to do anything but cling on Xiao Chi’s neck for kisses like this morning, flushed and gasping for breath.

How the heck could anyone be so adorable so adorable so adorable so adorable so adorable so adorable—