So What If the Beautiful Campus Belle Loves Money? (46)

Shi Zheng tilted her head back to look at him, neither dodging nor shrinking away.

"Are you angry?"

"What do you think?"

Hua Jinchen gritted his teeth and leaned in close, his breath fanning across her face. "Have I been too good to you, making you think you can go see other men whenever you want?"

He braced a hand beside her, his whole body looming over her.

Looking at him, so fierce yet aggrieved, Shi Zheng asked, "Then what do you want?"

Hua Jinchen stared at her.

He stared for a long time at her face, so utterly unashamed despite the trouble she had caused.

His voice brimmed with barely concealed jealousy. "I could have helped you deal with Su Qingqing too. Why did you go out of your way to find Gu Yanshen?"

Shi Zheng raised a hand and gently cupped his cheek.

Over the past few days, she had applied his medicine herself, watching his face gradually return to its former appearance.

Now, not a single trace of injury remained on his face.

"Because you're my boyfriend," Shi Zheng said. "I didn't want you to get your hands involved in this."

"What do you mean?" Hua Jinchen froze.

"Su Qingqing came after me, and I collected the evidence myself."

Shi Zheng looked into his eyes. "If I let you handle it, what would people say? They'd say, 'Hua Jinchen's woman uses her boyfriend's backing to throw her weight around and bully others.'"

"I don't want that."

She paused, her fingertips brushing lightly over his brow bone. "Having Gu Yanshen handle it means going through the Student Council's proper procedures, openly, fairly, and impartially. Even if Su Qingqing is dealt with, no one can find fault with it, much less connect it to us."

"You... that's what you were thinking?"

"What else?" Shi Zheng tilted her head. "What did you think I was meeting him behind your back for?"

Hua Jinchen's breathing went uneven.

But he was still jealous.

Jealous to death.

"Even so, you can't keep it from me." He pressed the tip of his nose against hers. "Do you know how I felt when I heard you'd gone to see him?"

Shi Zheng said nothing, merely looking at him in silence.

Her gaze was too calm, so calm it made him want to make a mess of her.

"Hmm?" His lips brushed the corner of hers. "Baby, say something."

"...You're jealous," she said softly.

"That's right, I'm jealous." Hua Jinchen admitted it without hesitation. "So you have to make it up to me."

The instant the words left his mouth, he kissed her.

Men seemed to be naturally gifted in this regard.

The first time, he had been terribly inexperienced and needed Shi Zheng to guide him. Now he kissed her so skillfully that her head was starved of oxygen.

She pressed a hand against his chest, trying to push him away, but he took the opportunity to lift it above her head.

"Mmph..." He swallowed her whimper.

Hua Jinchen released her lips but didn't move away, gazing at her with burning eyes.

He asked, "When you went to see him, did he try to seduce you?"

Shi Zheng panted softly. "...No."

That subtle pause naturally didn't escape Hua Jinchen's notice.

Hua Jinchen's gaze darkened. He leaned down and caught her earlobe between his teeth, his voice muffled. "Baby, you're being naughty. How can you lie to your husband?"

"Tell me," he ordered, his voice hoarse.

"I... I'm not lying."

Shi Zheng turned her head to avoid him, but he caught her chin and forced her to meet his eyes.

"Hmm?" he prompted helpfully. "Baby, think carefully before you speak."

Shi Zheng raised her hand, hooked it around his neck, and pulled him toward her.

"I really wasn't lying." Her lips brushed his ear. "Husband."

Her voice was soft, as light as a feather.

At that one word, "husband," Hua Jinchen's reason snapped completely.

But he had no intention of letting her off just like that.

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"...Forget it."

It wasn't that Hua Jinchen had finally given up questioning her.

Rather, if she didn't want to say something, he couldn't force it out of her.

He could never do anything about her.

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Until Shi Zheng's consciousness gradually blurred...

Their breathing gradually settled.

Hua Jinchen's hand was still clasped around her waist, unwilling to let go.

He fell asleep holding her.