So What If the Beautiful Campus Belle Is a Gold Digger? (11)

Hua Jinchen watched Shi Zheng go through the motions, his gaze deepening.

The decisiveness with which she deleted them only confirmed how clearheaded she was.

But there was no denying that her obedient manner had pleased that secret desire of his for control.

"Well done." His voice was low as he gave her an answer.

Then Hua Jinchen picked up his phone again.

Almost immediately, Shi Zheng's phone vibrated.

The screen lit up with a transfer notification for 100,000 yuan.

"Go buy whatever you like." Hua Jinchen spoke casually, as though he had merely tossed her some pocket money.

Shi Zheng looked at the string of digits, and her eyes lit up.

After all, the money had actually landed in her hands.

She leaned close to Hua Jinchen, nearly pressing herself against him, her voice sweet enough to drip honey. "Thank you, boyfriend. You're the best!"

Then, before Hua Jinchen could react, she suddenly stood up and quickly kissed the corner of his mouth.

The touch was soft and slightly cool, gone as soon as it came.

Time seemed to freeze for an instant.

Hua Jinchen stiffened all over.

The unexpected soft touch and her scent shot through his nerve endings like a faint electric current, catching him off guard.

Before he could properly savor it, the warm, soft touch vanished.

By the time Hua Jinchen abruptly came to his senses, Shi Zheng had already stepped back twice and was looking at him with a blush on her face.

It wasn't a flutter of his heart, nor was it shyness, but a surge of sudden anger.

He had only just warned her to be obedient, emphasizing that obedience was what allowed her to stay.

And in the blink of an eye, she dared kiss him without permission?

Even though it was only the corner of his mouth, and so quick it seemed like an illusion, it was undoubtedly a test of his limits.

[Hua Jinchen's current favorability: 15.]

[Hua Jinchen's current favorability: 10.]

[Hua Jinchen's current favorability: 5.]

[Hua Jinchen's current favorability: 0.]

Having witnessed this string of drops in favorability, the system roared in Shi Zheng's mind: [Host, what are you doing? Look what you've done! You finally got his favorability above zero, and now you have to start all over again. Can't you properly win him over?]

Shi Zheng: [Be quiet. I have my own pace.]

"Shi. Zheng."

Hua Jinchen took a step forward and slowly enunciated her name.

Shi Zheng seemed startled by his reaction, and the blush faded from her face.

She backed away unconsciously, with the locker behind her.

She had nowhere left to escape.

Innocence showed in Shi Zheng's eyes. "I just wanted to thank you... Isn't it normal for a boyfriend to get a reward?"

Hua Jinchen stared at her, and at the innocence in her eyes. Suddenly, he let out a low laugh.

"A reward?" he repeated, his voice low and husky. "Who gave you permission to decide how to reward me?"

"You knew perfectly well I've never had intimate contact with any woman, yet you deliberately marked me anyway. Am I your dog?"

Under his intimidating gaze, Shi Zheng's lashes trembled slightly.

She parted her red lips. "Can't you be?"

She clearly looked frightened, yet the words she spoke were remarkably bold.

Hearing her question, Hua Jinchen laughed in anger.

This was the first time he had encountered a woman who, faced with his fury, was still so fearless in the face of death.

"You think I really wouldn't dare lay a hand on a girl—"

Before he could finish, Shi Zheng rose onto her tiptoes and pressed her soft lips against his thin ones, still parted from speaking.

Hua Jinchen's pupils contracted.

His head buzzed, and his mind went blank for a moment.

The threat was still caught in his throat.

How dare she?

She actually dared do it again?!

Shi Zheng smiled radiantly. "Don't like it? You'll like it if we kiss more."

Just then, footsteps sounded in the corridor outside the lounge, coming toward them.

Hua Jinchen abruptly came to his senses, realizing that someone might come in and see them tangled together like this.

He opened his mouth, about to lower his voice and reprimand her.

"Mm!"

Shi Zheng kissed him a third time.

Just then.

Click.

The lock on the lounge door turned, and someone pushed it open from outside.

"Hey, is Young Master Hua in—"

A boy wearing the same team jersey poked his head in without a care.

The instant he saw what was happening inside, his voice cut off abruptly.

He stared in shock at the two figures, who were almost one.

"Y-Young Master Hua..."

Hua Jinchen and Shi Zheng?!

Shi Zheng, who was at the center of the storm, was actually pinned against a locker by Hua Jinchen... kissing in the lounge?

And so... fiercely?!

The forceful way Hua Jinchen was demanding kisses made it look as though he wanted to swallow her whole!

The sheer amount of information and the visual impact brought the newcomer's brain to a complete halt.

Hua Jinchen reacted with astonishing speed.

The moment the door was pushed open, he almost instinctively gathered Shi Zheng, who had already melted like a pool of spring water in his arms, close and shielded her completely with his body.

Shi Zheng's face was buried entirely against his chest and the crook of his neck.

The newcomer could see nothing but her disheveled hair and slender back.

Hua Jinchen himself, meanwhile, whipped his head around.

His features were as though tempered in ice, displeasure at the interruption churning deep in his eyes as he glared fiercely at the uninvited guest in the doorway.

"Get out!" Hua Jinchen's voice carried a savagery laced with lingering desire.

That glare sent a shudder through the boy's whole body, snapping him out of his shock and scaring the soul out of him.

He waved his hands in a panic. "S-sorry, Young Master Hua! I didn't see anything! I'll get out right now, right now!"

"Stop." Hua Jinchen's icy voice rang out again.

The boy froze where he stood, his calves trembling.

Hua Jinchen turned his head. "Keep your mouth shut. You didn't see anything today. If I hear even a whisper of anything I shouldn't..."

He didn't finish, but what he left unsaid was more chilling than any explicit threat.

"I-I understand! Don't worry, Young Master Hua. I swear I don't know anything!"

The boy nodded like garlic being pounded, practically stumbling out as he fumbled to pull the door shut.

Bang.

The door closed tightly.