Chapter 211: Chapter 213: Invalidated Chapter Chapter 211: Chapter 213: Invalidated Chapter “Don’t want to spend my money?” His gaze deep and brooding, a dangerous spark flickered in his eyes.

This girl still didn’t want to marry him, so she was busy marking where they stood?

“You already have me daydreaming about you, and yet you still think about drawing a line between us?” He practically ground out the words through his teeth.

The phrase “daydreaming about you” truly stirred Sheng Ning’s heartstrings. It felt like an electric current shot through the base of her heart and spread to her limbs.

She stared at Xu Qigang in astonishment, her delicate, rose-like lips parted slightly in surprise.

Xu Qigang’s Adam’s apple bobbed unconsciously, a fiery blaze burning in his eyes. He had always been controlling himself, not taking advantage of her, not crossing lines.

He couldn’t bully her, he mustn’t. She was still so young; he had to patiently wait… To hell with that! He couldn’t wait, nor could he contain himself any longer.

Xu Qigang lowered his head and sealed her lips.

Ironically, it was Xu Qigang who initiated it, but Sheng Ning was the first to snap out of it. Her eyes widened in shock, wanting to resist, but his intoxicating presence and domineering actions left her no room to struggle.

From clarity to intoxication, it only took thirty seconds.

The virile man and the beautifully tender woman were bathed in winter sunlight, casting diamond-like, scattered radiance over them.

Xu Qigang suddenly snapped out of it, his hands already having undone the buttons on her bright red jacket.

Xu Qigang’s face flushed to his ears, surprising himself. For the first time, he realized he could be lascivious too; before, he hadn’t been lustful simply because he hadn’t met someone he desired.

“I’m sorry… I’m sorry…” Xu Qigang quickly fixed her clothes, picking up a yarn bag that had dropped to the floor at some unknown time.

Sheng Ning hadn’t felt it was too much, considering her mindset wasn’t exactly conservative. Moreover, she had witnessed more vibrant life. As long as it was Xu Qigang, her courage could be surprisingly big.

So, as Xu Qigang awkwardly apologized, she also felt embarrassed. When a man felt ashamed and incessantly apologized, could she really say it was okay?

What if he thought of her as that sort of woman? Then she’d truly be doomed.

“So… what do you want to do?” Sheng Ning turned away, her voice quiet.

“I am, of course, responsible,” he said somewhat petulantly.

Sheng Ning ignored him. Wasn’t this him cunningly achieving his goal? It was too cheap for him.

“Wife…” Xu Qigang’s deep, resonant voice lingered with a bone-deep possessiveness when he pronounced ‘wife.’
It could allure any woman, making her involuntarily want to lean into his strong, broad embrace.

“I’m not your wife.” Remembering being rejected, and how he had refused to see her, making her wait outside the company’s gate for hours, Sheng Ning’s temper flared. “You disagreed to the marriage, didn’t want to see me, and had me wait at your company’s gate for half a day.”

“I am now!” someone insistently retorted.

“I’m not!”

“Who else would you marry besides me?” Xu Qigang’s voice grew colder, abruptly pulling her body to face him. “Besides me, you can marry no one.”

Sheng Ning’s stubbornness flared too. Of course, she wasn’t going to argue by mentioning another man’s name, but that didn’t stop her from holding onto old grudges.

“You didn’t want me — others did.”

A tight chord within Xu Qigang’s heart unexpectedly snapped, an almost tangible murderous aura emanating overwhelmingly.