Huo Shiqian's handsome face was clouded over, a prelude to a brewing storm.
"I said, if you don't mind, I do." His head gradually lowered, getting closer and closer to Xia Chuyi's face, so close that his breath fanned over the tip of her nose with each word, warm and ticklish.
An ambiguous atmosphere was spreading.
Xia Chuyi tried to escape to the side, but Huo Shiqian raised his other arm and directly locked her in.
He gazed at her, his eyes profound, and repeated, "I mind."
Staring at each other for a long while without speaking, a little temper began to flare up inside Xia Chuyi's heart, and a small flame seemed to shoot up from her chest, "What do you mind so..."
She tried to push him away forcefully with her hand, but halfway through, she suddenly thought of something.
Wait! She stopped her movement.
"Huo Shiqian, you couldn't possibly also be..." she looked at him with a puzzled face, "A virgin?"
Boom! She felt as though she saw the clouds on Huo Shiqian's face turn into thunder and lightning, and the earth quaked with the roar.
The air pressure in the room suddenly dropped, as if suffocating.
"Uncle Liberation Army, you're too..."
She couldn't help but murmur in shock.
"What did you say?" Huo Shiqian's voice became stern all of a sudden, his gaze sharp as a knife, his face darkened beyond recognition.
Frustration and embarrassment only made things more obvious...
"Nothing, nothing..."
She pressed her lips together and lowered her head.
Cough cough, who would have thought Uncle Liberation Army was so innocent!
"This, that..." Xia Chuyi didn't know what to say anymore.
"Anyway, it's settled ." Huo Shiqian clearly wasn't prepared to let her speak any further; his gaze locked on her as he made a final decision.
Seeing the man's uncompromising expression, she realized that from beginning to end, Huo Shiqian never planned to ask for her opinion but to inform her.
"Actually, about this matter..." She still tried to resist.
Huo Shiqian's sharp gaze swiftly flew towards her, effectively silencing her.
Alright, she dared not speak anymore.
Because every time she opened her mouth, she felt like she was the one in the wrong.
Although in reality, she was at a greater loss in this affair... Let it be; both were at a disadvantage, right?
Thinking about it, she didn't know why her face turned red.
She couldn't imagine that after rebirthing at a considerably old age, she would feel shy again and again because of a man.
"I'll take care of the matter with He Qing," Huo Shiqian said, seemingly quite satisfied with her reaction, his tone noticeably softer.
After stating what he needed to, Huo Shiqian turned and prepared to leave.
"Wait! You're not planning on doing something, are you?" Xia Chuyi reacted and hastily grabbed him.
She had already realized that she definitely had some misunderstandings about him in her previous life; by this time, he would have had significant power.
And the reason he admitted to the charges was not because he acknowledged the crime, but her accusation of it.
He spent the years he was demoted to make amends for her honor, even though he too was wronged.
Three years later, when he found out that they both had been set up, he sought her out as soon as possible, intending to take responsibility.
In short, this man was someone with a strong sense of duty.
She was now worried he might misuse his position to do something about it.
Although Huo Shiqian looked very confident, he was, after all, demoted for a while in her previous life; she guessed that there must have been involvement from his rivals, for such a swift conclusion to be drawn, to determine his guilt, and have him demoted.
Whether it be responsibility or guilt, she was the one who brought trouble to him from the start, and she did not want him to do anything more for her.
Firmly meeting his gaze, she shook her head, "For this matter, I want you to, you not to get involved."
Since the matter started because of her, let her find a way to resolve it on her own.