Damn You, Zuo Tingyue

The driver suddenly spoke up. "Miss Xun Yuan, we can't park here for long. Please get in. It's been a long time since I last drove you, too."

Xun Yuan didn't turn the driver down. She opened the door and got in.

The car was quiet. Xun Yuan said nothing after getting in, and Zuo Tingyue wasn't one to start a conversation either. He was even better at making the atmosphere go cold.

After all, he was a walking, human-shaped refrigeration unit.

"Where are you headed, Miss Xun Yuan?" the driver asked.

"Repulse Bay."

After that brief, two-line exchange, silence returned to the car. The driver drove to Repulse Bay, and Xun Yuan said, "Thank you," before getting out.

What she hadn't expected was for Zuo Tingyue to get out too. Xun Yuan's lips moved, but she held back.

All the way home from the entrance to the residential complex, Zuo Tingyue followed behind her, neither too close nor too far away.

Only when they entered the elevator did she finally fail to hold back, asking him coolly, "Aren't you going home?"

Zuo Tingyue raised an eyebrow, something unreadable flashing in his eyes. "I am."

Xun Yuan furrowed her brows. "Then why are you going this way?"

"Can't I?"

Zuo Tingyue asked languidly. He had been drinking tonight too, and there was an air of indolence about him.

Xun Yuan entered the elevator and pressed the button for the tenth floor.

Zuo Tingyue chuckled, the low, magnetic sound spilling from his chest. It sounded damn good.

Why doesn't he become a voice actor? Xun Yuan thought privately. What a waste of a good voice. Squandering heaven's gifts.

He reached out to press a floor button too-the ninth.

Surprised, Xun Yuan blurted out, "You live on the ninth floor?"

Zuo Tingyue gave a "Mm" from deep in his throat.

"Damn you, Zuo Tingyue."

Her emotions getting the better of her, Xun Yuan cursed him with exactly what was on her mind.

He really was no decent human being. He knew perfectly well what she meant, yet deliberately refused to say he owned a place here. Was he teasing her on purpose, making her his amusement?

Damn you, Zuo Tingyue.

Zuo Tingyue narrowed his eyes, the emotion in them darkening, his voice cool. "Cursing at me, are you?"

He had riled Xun Yuan up, and she didn't want to acknowledge him.

"Xun Yuan." His voice was low and devoid of warmth.

He was calling her name again. She knew her name sounded nice, but why did he keep calling it? She was annoyed enough already.

Seeing that she wasn't answering, Zuo Tingyue slowly moved closer to her. Xun Yuan didn't want to bump into him, so she retreated in small steps.

For a moment, he advanced and she retreated, forming a strange balance.

Xun Yuan's heels reached the elevator wall, leaving her nowhere to go. Zuo Tingyue stopped a centimeter in front of her.

His tone held no warmth. "Learned to curse at people, have you?"

It was as though he had come to call her to account.

Unable to dodge him, Xun Yuan lowered her eyes and smiled, then looked up at him, her smile bold and radiant. "What right do you have to tell me what to do, Zuo Tingyue?"

She called his name, her words crisp and blunt.

Something seemed to shift in Zuo Tingyue's eyes, and the chill around him deepened. He said quietly, "So you're justified in cursing at people?"

Xun Yuan simply wanted to curse him. She was angry. Yes, I'm cursing at you.

With a ding, the elevator doors slowly opened. They had reached the ninth floor.

Neither of them moved. The elevator doors stood open, and after a few seconds of stalemate, Xun Yuan reminded him lightly, "We're on the ninth floor."

Her unspoken meaning was, You should leave.

What are you doing here with me?

Zuo Tingyue said nothing, expressing his intentions through action instead. He reached out and pressed the elevator's close-door button.

Xun Yuan watched the elevator doors slowly close, finding him a little hard to understand.

"What's this about?" She wasn't annoyed, nor did being trapped in the elevator make her panic. Smiling, she asked him what he was doing.

A trace of coldness flashed between Zuo Tingyue's brows. He answered with action, lowering his head and kissing her lips.