Pampered by Short-Lived Bigshot-Chapter 1042 - 617: Turned Into a Little Bald Tree? Way Too Jealous (Part 2)

Chapter 1042: Chapter 617: Turned Into a Little Bald Tree? Way Too Jealous (Part 2)

"..." Qi Zeyan was at a loss whether to cry or laugh, so he lowered his head to earnestly help her arrange the scarf and hat. But he had no real experience, and as the chilly wind blew, the heat from his hands gradually dissipated, almost leaving him numb.

The breath he exhaled was frosty, carrying no warmth at all.

His fingers accidentally brushed against the nape of her neck, which felt all warm and cozy.

"Ah—" However, Ruan Mengxi shivered and shrank her neck from the cold, "What are you doing?"

"You’re quite warm, mind if I get a little warmth from you?"

Qi Zeyan thought about how when he was in school, he often did this, slipping his icy hands into Jiang Chengsi’s neck, inevitably earning a kick from him.

"Let’s get going." Ruan Mengxi hadn’t anticipated that he would have such a quirky habit.

The back of one’s neck is like a vital point and usually isn’t something people let others touch. Ruan Mengxi felt thoroughly uncomfortable with him messing around, and turned to leave.

Thinking they were walking together, Qi Zeyan figured he surely ought to hold her hand, so he reached out, feigning nonchalance, and tried to grab her hand.

Ruan Mengxi was somewhat speechless, wondering what exactly this person was up to, couldn’t he walk properly? Why was he constantly poking at her hand, was he a grade schooler?

"Qi Zeyan, what exactly are you trying to do?"

"Let’s hold hands."

"No way!" Ruan Mengxi was vexed, their progress seemed rather odd, weren’t they supposed to be dating? Why was he acting overly familiar?

Qi Zeyan was determined to hold her hand. Ruan Mengxi refused, and the two were like grade schoolers, going back and forth. In the end, Ruan Mengxi was so annoyed she wanted to fight him, and she forgot it had just snowed, even though the road was cleared, it was prone to being slippery.

With one careless step, she suddenly fell towards Qi Zeyan—

Qi Zeyan was inwardly delighted.

Wasn’t this just like those scenes in those CEO romcom videos where one falls into another’s arms, leading to a heartfelt gaze?

But he underestimated the impact of Ruan Mengxi crashing into him, and also underestimated the slipperiness of the snowy ground as his balance shifted, causing the both of them to fall onto the side of the snow-covered ground along with Ruan Mengxi, collapsing on top of him...

Both toppled over into the snow.

Qi Zeyan ended up with half his body in the snow, surrounded by the icy snow fluff at his ear, causing him to shiver, thoroughly chilled.

Darn, TV shows don’t depict it like this at all.

On TV, even if they fall, it’s always in a rather picturesque manner, or they end up with an accidental kiss or something, but instead, Ruan Mengxi’s head fell into his chest.

Wearing too many layers and clumsily getting up while shaking off the snow, her actions were incredibly awkward, dusting the snow on his face.

Freezing cold—

Regardless, when they got up from the snow, both were in quite a disheveled state.

Little did they expect that as they finally arrived at Wanbaohui Mall entrance, they bumped into Yun Hezhi, carrying shopping bags, evidently having gone grocery shopping; seeing the pair walking side by side, he wasn’t surprised and simply assessed the two.

"Boss Yun, what a coincidence." Ruan Mengxi was pleasantly surprised to run into Yun Hezhi.

Qi Zeyan stood aside, greeted him politely, although he didn’t say much, it was clear he was quite hostile.

"Did you just come back from the supermarket?"

Yun Hezhi nodded, "Yeah, did you two just have a snowball fight?"

"..."

Ruan Mengxi cleared her throat, "We were going for dinner."

Yun Hezhi nodded.

"Have you eaten yet? Would you like to join us?" Ruan Mengxi politely extended an invitation, causing Qi Zeyan’s brows to furrow, not wanting to dine with this scheming guy.

He genuinely feared he wouldn’t be able to stop himself from flipping the table or kicking him.

Yun Hezhi hadn’t had lunch, but he wasn’t someone lacking tact. "I’ve eaten, just heading home, there’s a nice Sichuan restaurant upstairs you could try."

Ruan Mengxi nodded in agreement, and Qi Zeyan glared at Yun Hezhi, wanting to punch him, feeling no affinity with him, and naturally had nothing to say to him, so he stood guardingly beside them.

"Mr. Qi." Yun Hezhi suddenly turned to Qi Zeyan.

Qi Zeyan raised his eyebrows without speaking.

"It’s quite cold outside, would you like to head inside the mall?"

Qi Zeyan frowned at his implicit meaning of trying to send him away, no way was that happening.

"It’s okay, I’m not cold!"

"Alright, then you can stand here, while Xixi and I go inside and chat for a bit."

"..."

Qi Zeyan fumed, where did this scheming guy suddenly appear from?

Once the trio entered, Qi Zeyan, though curious about what they were discussing, couldn’t exhibit a lack of poise, so he stayed to guard by the side.

Unable to hear their conversation, it was evident from their pleasant banter that the atmosphere was good.

As they parted, Yun Hezhi even invited Ruan Mengxi to visit the Peach Garden for opera, and apologized to Qi Zeyan, "Sorry for interrupting your meal, my apologies."

"No problem." Qi Zeyan said this with his mouth, but his heart felt differently.

He had long seen Yun Hezhi’s scheming nature and techniques, forming preconceived notions that he wasn’t a good person.

"Let’s go, let’s eat." Ruan Mengxi smiled, clearly having had a good conversation with him.

Qi Zeyan felt they weren’t quite in a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship yet, and even if they were indeed dating, Ruan Mengxi had the freedom to make friends, as a man, he ought to be generous, yet he felt uneasy inside.

Especially since the other guy was a scheming boy.

Ruan Mengxi noticed his discomfort and hesitated, wanting to explain, "Boss Yun was talking with me for a while, I’m sorry for making you wait so long, actually he was just talking about..."

Before finishing her sentence, Qi Zeyan gripped her hand and strode forward, "I’m hungry, let’s eat then."

He didn’t want to hear anything about other men from her.

Yun Hezhi didn’t walk far, glancing at the couple’s backs with a wry smile.

He hadn’t really discussed anything else, simply inquiring about Jiang Jinsang and Tang Wan’s preferences, preparing gifts for the baby’s full month banquet, as he was closer to Tang Wan than usual clients, but since they hadn’t met in ages, he wasn’t sure what she liked anymore.

He’d initially wanted to call and ask her, but knowing Qi Zeyan was at her family house, he feared disturbing them, acting malicious once again.

Today by chance, he decided to ask.

It was unexpected how much jealousy Mr. Qi harbored in this shopping mall, amidst a crowd, did he truly think he would do anything to Ruan Mengxi?

Glancing at him, his gaze was akin to devouring him.

As Yun Hezhi prepared to leave, his peripheral vision caught sight of someone seemingly holding a camera not far away, appearing to take photos of the pair.

Opera singers are particularly trained in their eyesight, and being said to possess keen senses isn’t an exaggeration. He squinted his eyes, but that person had disappeared into the crowd.

He narrowed his eyes, suspecting he might have seen wrong, cold weather had people clad in masks and dark clothing was common, once submerged in the throng, they were never seen again.

Yun Hezhi sighed, last night after Ruan Mengxi left his place, he went online and looked up Qi Zeyan.

Still young, he had already made quite the name for himself in Beijing.

What surprised him was the lack of any tabloid gossip, previously with "Feng Que" promotions, that bit of scandal hadn’t stirred much, his only rumored affair was with the fourth master from the Jiang Family.

The internet was rife with photos of the two, some genuine, others not, looking quite plausible.

Even reading their romantic saga, Yun Hezhi found it highly entertaining.

Naturally, Yun Hezhi didn’t believe they had anything going on, but found it amusing, noticing attention on Qi Zeyan was quite abundant.

Hopefully, things proceed smoothly for them both.