Seeing Chen Lin remain utterly unruffled and impervious to her advances, Qin Chuxia stamped her elegant high heel in frustration.
She finally understood. Getting this man to make the first move was harder than reaching the heavens.
Her eyes shifted as she instantly changed tactics. Biting her moist lower lip, she let just the right hint of hurt appear on her radiant face.
"Then... we don't have to kiss."
"You can at least give me a hug, can't you?"
She simply couldn't understand what made her inferior to Song Qiuya.
Family background, looks, education-which of hers wasn't top-tier?
Yet this man was like a stone buried beneath an Antarctic glacier, unmoved by every advance she made.
Looking into Qin Chuxia's misty, alluring eyes, Chen Lin felt a headache coming on.
With Sister Xiaoyue already in the picture, he felt guilty enough toward Qiu Ya.
He absolutely couldn't invite any more complications.
Alarm bells rang in Chen Lin's mind.
He reached out.
A flash of triumphant delight had just appeared in Qin Chuxia's eyes. She thought he was finally giving in.
Thwack!
A sharp finger flick landed squarely on her smooth, rounded forehead.
"Ow!"
Qin Chuxia cried out in pain, clapping a hand over her forehead and stumbling back several steps. The flick nearly brought tears to her eyes.
"Why did you hit me?!"
Chen Lin seized the opportunity to take the Geek 009 keys from her hand. He casually twirled them around his finger, looking at her in amusement.
"What's a young woman like you doing filling her head with nonsense all day?"
"Get back to work. Watch out, or I'll report you to Qiu Ya and have your pay docked."
With that, he ignored Qin Chuxia, who stood utterly petrified with her hand over her forehead, and strode out