"Huh?" Qiao Xichen was clearly stunned for a moment.

With him asking like that, and staring straight at her.

Qiao Xichen also began to stare straight at the Great Handsome Guy in front of her.

Sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes, three-dimensional facial features, smooth lines, and a sharp jawline.

His skin was in excellent condition, without a single blemish.

Under his white polo shirt, his pectoral muscles were bulging.

A standard double-door physique.

At this very moment, Qiao Xichen's once calm heart began to flutter and leap with joy.

She shook her head gently and said in a low voice, "I'm single."

Chen Cheng's lips curled up slightly; I know you're single, but I just wanted you to say it yourself.

After locking eyes with her, Scum Cheng stood up.

Qiao Xichen nervously watched his every move.

Scum Cheng never let go of her hand as he walked around the dining table to stand in front of her.

Qiao Xichen stood up instinctively.

He was too tall; at this distance, if she remained seated, Qiao Xichen felt like she would crane her neck until it snapped.

Chen Cheng took her right hand into his left hand, and then proceeded to grab her left hand as well.

He stared straight into her eyes with a charming smile that could kill, and said calmly:

"Qiao Xichen."

"Huh?" Qiao Xichen replied softly.

"How about, adding another boyfriend today?"

As soon as these words entered her ears, Qiao Xichen wasn't just stunned; she was completely dumbfounded on the spot.

Her heart was pounding non-stop.

It felt like it was about to jump out of her throat.

Seeing that she wasn't speaking, Chen Cheng saw the notification of increased favorability in his mind again.

His lips curled up, and he lowered his head to kiss her lips.

The moment they touched, Qiao Xichen's eyes widened immediately.

Like an Infant's soft candy, it felt as if the entire spring had arrived.

Scum Cheng kissed very gently, taking a little bit at a time to let her adapt slowly.

When he felt her fluttering tongue, a smile curled on Scum Cheng's lips.

Qiao Xichen had unconsciously raised her arms to wrap around Chen Cheng's neck, and following his lead, her response began to become fervent.

Chen Cheng passed his hands around her waist and lifted her up.

Qiao Xichen wrapped her legs around his sturdy waist.

Chen Cheng carried her, kissing her passionately while walking towards the bedroom.

Qiao Xichen's change of clothes was all for nothing.

...

"Ah!!!"

"..."

An hour later, Qiao Xichen was flushed, staring blankly at the ceiling.

This person was truly outrageous.

Too, too, too, too, too, too, too, too.

Even removing one from these eight characters wouldn't be enough to describe him.

Chen Cheng let out a breath and reached his hand under her neck.

Seeing him reach out, Qiao Xichen cooperated by lying on his broad chest.

"Happy?" Chen Cheng asked slowly with a smile on his lips.

Qiao Xichen blushed and nodded like a chick pecking at rice, "Mm~"

Scum Cheng's lips curled up; Qiao Xichen's personality was quite different from Han Su's.

If it were Han Su, she would definitely pull him for another round.

Thinking about it, Scum Cheng started looking forward to the scene of sisters being of one mind and resisting external enemies together.

He blinked and asked, "Do you have any plans for the afternoon?"

Qiao Xichen's eyes were slightly closed, still a bit dazed, "Mm... I have an appointment with a friend to meet someone this afternoon; it's Hu Jingjing's friend."

"I want to see if I can find some reasons for Hu Jingjing's suicide."

Chen Cheng frowned and didn't respond to her.

He was long used to keeping the 'secrets' he knew to himself.

He nodded, "Alright, then you go ahead and get busy. I'll be busy with my own things too."

Qiao Xichen immediately opened her eyes, rolled over, and rested her chin on his chest, "I still don't know, what exactly do you do?"

Chen Cheng blinked, "An unemployed drifter, I do a bit of everything."

"Hmph~" Qiao Xichen gave him a coquettish roll of her eyes, "Forget it if you don't want to say."

Chen Cheng rolled over, placed his hand on her chest, and looked down at her, "Want to play another round?"

"Mm~~" Qiao Xichen immediately shook her head like a rattle-drum.

Chen Cheng immediately 'pouted', looking disappointed.

Qiao Xichen looked at his aggrieved expression, and a hint of pity rose in her heart; she whispered, blushing, "Then be gentle."

His scheme succeeded, and a smile immediately curled on Chen Cheng's lips.

"Don't worry, I will be very gentle."

"..."

In the afternoon, the two of them walked out of the room, feeling refreshed.

Qiao Xichen looked radiant, with none of the dejection from last night.

The hotel was not the courtyard house Chen Cheng had stayed in before.

It was a new room opened near the Company Name last night.

The courtyard house was just too close to Sun Xin's home.

Sun Xin hadn't been to work these past few days, and Scum Cheng was genuinely worried that Sun Xin would come looking for him and catch him red-handed.

Chen Cheng didn't let the Bodyguard drive; he took Qiao Xichen down to the basement garage.

He didn't want Qiao Xichen to know who he was so soon.

Chen Cheng had the Bodyguard leave a car in the basement garage.

Walking to the car, Qiao Xichen's eyes lit up as she looked at the front of the Horch.

But she didn't ask anything, walked to the passenger side, opened the door, and got in.

Chen Cheng sat in the car, his lips curling up.

Driving a Horch to chase his first love.

Although Qiao Xichen wasn't, Chen Cheng thought she was.

Now, his real first love was driving a ferrari 812 gts and an Aston Martin One-77 in Hong Kong.

The one he thought was his first love had sat in the passenger seat of the Horch.

It was quite a twist of fate.

Driving out of the basement garage, Qiao Xichen brought up a topic.

She started talking about her friends.

At this moment, Chen Cheng was driving her to meet her friends.

In their small group of four... no, that's not right, now that Hu Jingjing was dead, it had become a small group of three.

Ji Nanjia (Ren Suxi) was the leader of their small group, and also Hu Jingjing's cousin.

She ran her own company and did event planning.

A new-era woman who was independent, strong, and had everything—money and social status.

However, she was quite unlucky and got cervical cancer. After painful radiation and chemotherapy, she had been cancer-free for five years, which could be considered temporarily saving her life.

This friend she didn't know should have also seen her famous scenes.

"This might be a little painful~"

"This doesn't hurt~"

Xu Yan, the youngest of the group, earned the least, was brainwashed by consumerism, and was the one who knew how to spend money the most.

With a monthly salary of six thousand, she carried a twenty-thousand bag.

Her famous mantra was that her boyfriend was a local, ate at home, lived at home, so his salary was pure profit.

She brazenly took Shen Zichang's salary for herself.

In the words of netizens today, she was a gold digger.

Money-worshipping, blindly pursuing and enjoying material things that didn't match her own abilities.

Chen Cheng turned his head and asked, "Then what about what you said last night, about you being framed, what's that about?"