She raised her hand and pinched his waist with a hint of vindictive retaliation, cooing playfully, "You certainly calculate well. Risking the suspicion of the gods, I exhausted my tongue to persuade Zi into suicide, and even personally sent Ye Yinzhu to his grave, yet instead of thinking about how to reward me handsomely, your mind is entirely set on those seductresses."
"A reward?" Bai Qinchen's gaze darkened as his large hand abruptly thrust upward, grabbing hold of that trembling steamed bun.
The heat of his palm rubbed wantlessly through the thin mourning garment as he smiled, "Then tell me, how do you want me to reward you?"
Startled by this sudden action, An Qi let out a gasp of surprise, yet her body instinctively pressed closer backward.
Biting her lower lip, she gazed at Bai Qinchen with a dazed look in her eyes, a trace of spoiled coquetry in her voice as she said, "Play with me now just like you played with Sister Sula just a moment ago."
At these words, amidst An Qi's exclamation, Bai Qinchen picked her up horizontally in an unyielding embrace.
An Qi wrapped her arms tightly around Bai Qinchen's neck, cast a hazy glance toward the depths of the corridor, lowered her voice to point at a half-open door, and said eagerly, "Go to that room... No one ever goes to that room, it's completely safe."
Bai Qinchen glanced in the direction of her finger, the corner of his mouth curving into an arc. Without a moment's hesitation, he strode toward that room.
The moment he kicked the door open and shut it behind him with a backhand, before he even had a chance to lay her on the couch, An Qi in his arms eagerly climbed all over him.
Without a moment's