Fate?

  Ji Xiaoli smiled bitterly, why did she think this was a fate of retribution...

  Opening her eyes, she met the man's dark, seemingly smiling yet not quite smiling gaze, and for a moment, her heart was taken aback. She struggled free from his grasp.

  Stand up straight.

  "Thanks a lot just now, otherwise I wouldn't have avoided falling and probably would have caused a big commotion." She seemed to have regained her composure instantly, with a calm expression, as if the teasing from earlier had never happened.

  The smile in the man's eyes retracted, but his hand grasping her wrist didn't let go. His eyebrows slightly twitched: "You know what I want isn't your thanks! Little girl, are you thinking that if I loosen my grip on you, you'll escape far away from me again? And I won't be able to catch you?"

  "I don't understand what you're saying!"

  The man wore a Western-style suit and leather shoes, as if he should be dressed for the occasion, so he was dressed neatly in oxfords and a dark-colored tie.

  He held her wrist like that, very close, and she could even feel the man's strong hormones. Under the light, she could clearly see the depth and coldness in the man's eyes.

  "It doesn't matter if you don't understand! However, since things have come to this point, shouldn't we have a good talk?" The man said this as if there was no room for further discussion.

  It's an interrogative sentence, but it sounds more like a statement, and it's an order!

  Ji Xiao Li was taken aback for a moment, then pressed her lips together and said: "Mr., I'm very grateful that you helped me out just now, and the last time too. But gratitude aside, it seems like you didn't lose out either? Why do we need to take it further? Isn't this good enough?"

  "So you want to use him and then abandon him? It's not that easy! After using someone, you can't just get rid of them like that!"

  Qin Zhenyang's face was expressionless, but his cold black eyes had narrowed slightly, emitting a sharp light.

  Ji Xiaoli coughed and said, "Don't make it sound so bad. It's actually a mutually beneficial thing, and even if it is just a one-night stand, isn't that what men enjoy more?"

  Discussing with a woman who is more comfortable and who should be more grateful, isn't that being petty?

  Qin Zhenyang is not a petty person, but on this matter he would rather pursue it to the end! As for what happened, it still boils down to that cucumber and two 50-cent pieces causing trouble.

  Now thinking of slapping my butt and leaving, is it realistic?

  "Hey! What's wrong with you?!"

  The man grabbed her thin arm and pulled her out of the door, she was afraid of making a noise, so she had to "cooperate" and be taken out, in fact she really wanted to strangle this man.

  Qin Zhenyang!

  "What?"

  "My name!"

  Ji Xiao Li responded with a soft "oh" and her eyes met the man's seemingly smiling yet gloomy gaze, feeling a bit stifled in her heart: "What are you looking at me for? The first time I slept with you, I paid you, but just because I didn't pay the second time, does that mean you've been holding onto it all this time... isn't that being too petty?"

  The man listened and couldn't help but laugh and cry, "So that's how you think of me in your heart? Can't you think better of me?"

  "Where does it hurt?"

  "What's wrong with me? At least I've been your man, and you should be clearer about that than anyone else!" The man's voice was clear and sexy, mixed with some profound implications, as if it were born to tempt people.

  Ji Xiaoli suddenly understood and her face turned bright red as she glared at him fiercely.

  "Scoundrel! Nothing's wrong, I'm going in!"

  "Wait."

  Qin Zhenyang slowly opened his mouth, and a hint of softness appeared on his icy handsome face: "Listen to me finish speaking before you leave, it's not too late!"

  "Ji Xiaoli, the adopted daughter of Ji Chunlin, has a relationship with her adoptive mother that is not as harmonious as it appears on the surface. She changed her college entrance exam application twice, first applying to a second-tier university and then changing it to a first-tier university. In college, she had a boyfriend, but after graduation, when they were about to make their relationship public, she discovered that he was having an affair with her younger sister. After this incident, her adoptive mother tried every means possible to marry her off, hoping that she would not ruin the marriage prospects of her biological daughter and also wanting to maintain control over her adopted daughter. Is what I said correct?"

  Ji Xiaoli frowned, "You're investigating me?"

  "Don't ask why?" The little girl was like a cat with its tail stepped on, Qin Zhenyang imperceptibly forced out a wry smile.

  "Really?"

  "It's actually very simple! You now urgently need to find a man to marry, so you don't have to be controlled by your mother anymore. And I have something in common with you - I need a woman who can get married within a short period of time."

  "Why me?"

  The man smiled complacently: "We slept together, it was very suitable!"

  What reason is this!!

  "We've only met three times and I don't even know who you are! Stop joking, it's not funny at all!" Ji Xiaoli waved her hand, clearly not taking the matter to heart.

  "I'm not joking!" The man said with a straight face, very seriously, especially the glint in his eyes seemed to be an invisible threat.

  She had no choice but to continue listening.

  "You can think about this suggestion carefully, it's all good for you and no harm to me! And if you marry me, what you get will be double. At that time, just watch how your stepmother and 'good sister' will turn their faces in anger!"

  The man spoke slowly and deliberately, as if it were really true.

  "You're quite good at bragging!"

  "Indeed!"

  "But I still think we're not suitable for each other."

  "I'll give you three days to think about it, I'm sure you'll agree!"

  "Oh right." Ji Xiao Li suddenly thought of something and abruptly asked, "What's your relationship with Qin Zong, how did he end up in your villa?"

  Qin Zong

  A flash of heterochromia appeared in Qin Zhenyang's eyes, and he had investigated Ji Xiaoli, so he naturally knew her relationship with Qin Zong. However, these seemed to have nothing to do with him.

  But...

  "He is my nephew and we both have the surname Qin!" A very official response.

  So that's how it is.

  Ji Xiaoli looked the man up and down a few more times, finally understanding why he said marrying him wouldn't be a bad deal. It turned out that even if she lost Qin Zong, she would still end up with a Qin Zhenyang - losing sesame seeds but gaining melons, what a bargain!

  "Let me think about it some more and I'll give you an answer in two days." Marriage is a lifelong matter, she's not ready to marry someone like that yet.

  But what is this man's identity? Apart from being a member of the Qin family.

  On him, she seemed to see no trace of the Qin family's arrogance, but instead a kind of rugged and cool aura.

  In fact, she had guessed a corner of the iceberg. Qin Zhenyang was indeed a member of the Qin family, but he had been independent since childhood and went to military school when he grew up. He joined the special forces and rose to the rank of colonel through his military achievements.

  The process was arduous, but Qin San Ye is now absolutely the most powerful and elite in Beijing, except for the military, he is also well-connected in politics and business.

  Qin Zhenyang didn't say anything explicitly, he just gave her three days' time, and then he could naturally wait for it!

  At this time, a clear and pleasant female voice came from afar, breaking the silence between the two.

  "Brother Zhenyang!"