“We’re here on vacation anyway, so why would we stay for long?”
Lin Qin’er froze on the spot. She’d initially planned to mollify Yan first, then think about how she should seduce Han Qing, but now, they were actually planning to go back. How could this be? She was mildly panicked, yet she couldn’t do anything. After all, there wasn’t much time left for her to act, so she had to make the most of it. “It’s fine. You’re just going back. I’m a fellow citizen, so we can add each other on WeChat and keep in contact then.” After saying that, she took out her cell phone and motioned for Yan to add her on WeChat.
However, Yan didn’t do anything. After Lin Qin’er had waited for a long while, the atmosphere around them turned awkward. Meanwhile, Han Qing, who was standing a distance away, had initially planned to go over upon seeing them together, but after turning it over in his mind, he inexplicably slowed his footsteps. His young lady was still too naïve previously, so he had to allow her to face the sinister side of society so that she could distinguish a person’s character herself. Therefore, he didn’t go over to join them.
“Yan, what’s your WeChat ID? I’ll add you on WeChat.”
“Never mind.” Yan smiled nonchalantly. Dusting her hands, she commented, “I don’t really use WeChat, so you won’t be able to contact me even if you add me.”
Having not gathered her wits, Lin Qin’er reflexively asked, “You don’t use it? But when I was with you that night, I saw you using WeChat. Are you unwilling to add me because you hate me?”
Yan threw her a glance, the expression on her face solemn. “Since you know that, why do you still want to ask me?”
She has admitted to it? Lin Qin’er’s face instantly drained of color, and she stared at Yan bleakly. “Yan, how could you? I sincerely want to apologize to you. Furthermore, the two of you aren’t really married, so the curse doesn’t even apply.”
Upon hearing that, Yan sneered, “Am I obliged to forgive you just because you sincerely want to apologize to me? The choice is in my hands, so I decide whether I want to forgive you. Also, when did I ever say that we aren’t married? Do you have proof? Did I send you a text or a voice message about this?”
Lin Qin’er was rendered speechless by her retort. Before this, she’d thought that this young lady was naïve and innocent, so it’d be easy to use her, but she’d finally realized at this moment that this girl merely hadn’t shown her claws. Since Yan saved her, she’d treated her as a weakling, thus she hadn’t turned her sharp claws on her. But now? After she’d realized Lin Qin’er’s true motive, she’d revealed her sharp claws, her meaning blatantly obvious—‘if you dare covet my man, my claws will swipe at you without the slightest hesitation and shred your face to ribbons’! This realization frightened her, and the hand in which she was clutching her cell phone trembled slightly. Staring at the spirited girl before her, she couldn’t respond for a moment.
Yan, however, wasn’t bothered by her emotions. Gazing out at the calm ocean, her smile was very faint. “You were hit, so I instinctively saved you, but I, Yan, isn’t one who allows others to bully me. I’ve got no objections if you want to enjoy the remaining few days on this little island, but if you dare play any more tricks, I assure you that I won’t lift a finger to help you anymore. You may think that seducing my husband is his business, and his assent has got nothing to do with me, but you know what? My husband is cold by nature, so he may be unmoved even if a goddess were to descend from heaven and stand before him, let alone by a woman like you.” It wasn’t that she was exaggerating, but she truly understood Han Qing too well. Back then, he was so ascetic that he had no reaction despite her teasing all those times. She’d pursued him for a very long time before he’d finally taken an interest in her. Thus, she trusted him entirely; Han Qing wasn’t a person who fooled around.
As a thought flashed across her mind, she suddenly laughed. Then, she glanced at Lin Qin’er with pity in her eyes. “Most importantly, you have a husband, while my husband so happens to be a person who has an abhorrence of sin. As a married woman, if you act shamelessly in front of him, trust me, he’ll only detest and loathe you. Hence, my kind advice to you is to not bring disgrace on yourself.”
Lin Qin’er was dumbstruck. She has said everything, rendering me without even a comeback? She was so infuriated that she gritted her teeth hard. Although her expression was rancorous, she still wore an awkward and unsightly smile.
After she’d finished speaking, Yan glanced at Lin Qin’er’s dour expression, and pleasure suffused her. Propping both hands, she stood up. Then, she brushed the sand off her palms, but wittingly or unwittingly, she deliberately did so in Lin Qin’er’s direction, and since Lin Qin’er was wearing a low-cut blouse, the sand fell down her neckline.
Lin Qin’er exclaimed in shock and subconsciously covered her chest. “Yan, you…”
Gasping, Yan said with surprise written all over her face, “I’m sorry, Miss Lin. I just unconsciously brushed my hands, but I didn’t notice that your neckline is so low that the sand automatically fell into it. Do shake it out later. You won’t be angry at me, will you?” After saying that, she even flashed an innocent smile at Lin Qin’er, revealing her row of white teeth, looking extremely alluring. Then, she swept her gaze all around before waving a hand at Lin Qin’er when she spotted Han Qing a near distance away. “Goodbye.”
Skipping, she then raced over to Han Qing after saying that. However, she couldn’t go fast on the beach, because every step had her foot sinking into the sand, so her skipping was a tad slow. When she’d reached Han Qing, there was already a sheen of perspiration on her forehead. She looked at him, her tone was slightly censorious as she said, “Have you been here for a long time? If so, you saw her, didn’t you? Why didn’t you come over? I noticed that she was dressed very boldly, so perhaps you…” Yan was just saying this casually, so when she was nearing the end of her utterance, she abruptly lost confidence, and her voice grew softer as well.
“Perhaps what?” Han Qing asked in response since he was waiting for the rest of it, but the young lady had suddenly fallen silent.
Yan was at a loss for words. What nonsense was I spouting earlier? I know full well the kind of person he is, yet I deliberately uttered those words as though I wanted to anger him. As this thought occurred to her, she shook her head and replied softly, “Nothing…”
“Nothing?” Han Qing dipped his head and leaned down toward her, abruptly closing the distance between them. His warm exhale beat against her face, lifting the soft wisps of bangs on her forehead. “Is it really nothing, or do you not dare say it? Hmm?”
Confronted with such a Han Qing, the young lady’s face flushed, and she said with a pout, “Alright, you know what I wanted to say, so don’t ask me anymore.”
“What did you want to say? How would I know that?” Han Qing was determined to tease her. As he spoke, he even toyed with her long hair and moved his hand to her forehead, wiping her sweat for her.
“Stop with the pretense. I was saying that Lin Qin’er has such a lovely figure and dresses so boldly, thus perhaps she’s exactly your cup of tea!”
