Fog Returns to the Capital

Chapter 50 You're not listening to me anymore?
……

When Li Wu returned, it was actually quite early.

Their original plan was to have a meal together after the promotional event.

But for some reason, Shen Yichen was called away halfway through and never returned, so the dinner was canceled.

But Li Wu didn't expect that.

When she got home, Zhou Jinghuai was already back.

When I saw Zhou Jinghuai.

Li Wu was overjoyed and was about to call his name when she keenly sensed that something was wrong.

Under the dazzling crystal chandelier, the entire living room was as bright as day.

Zhou Jinghuai sat on the sofa, his long legs crossed. He was flipping through a document with one hand, while a cigarette was held between two long fingers of his other hand.

Smoke billows.

His deep, noble features revealed an unusual coolness and aloofness.

He sat there, handsome, aloof, and indifferent. And utterly superior.

That moment.

Li Wu, who was about to call his name, suddenly stopped.

Even breathing became very light.

This was the first time she had ever seen Zhou Jinghuai smoke. Moreover, there were already two extinguished cigarette butts in the crystal ashtray next to him.

Li Wu stood there, somewhat at a loss.

Zhou Jinghuai didn't speak, and she didn't dare to speak either. She stood there quietly as punishment, as if she had done something wrong.

I don't know how much time has passed, probably a century.

Zhou Jinghuai seemed to only just notice her, slamming the file in his hand shut, looking up at her, and asking.

"Why aren't you saying anything now that you're back?"

Despite the calm and indifferent tone, it inexplicably sent a chill down Li Wu's spine.

She opened her mouth to respond, but found herself unable to make a sound.

A long time passed.

Li Wucai replied in a trembling voice, "I'm afraid... afraid of disturbing you..."

The last note fades.

Zhou Jinghuai just looked at her, his gaze calm and indifferent.

If he doesn't restrain his aura, it's easy for people to unconsciously feel fear.

—An instinctive fear of him.

Li Wu's hands trembled slightly at her sides, and she clenched her fists gently. A forced smile appeared on her fair and delicate face, and her voice was small and timid as she said, "I...am I late? Next time...it won't happen again..."

That delicate and fragile voice sounded as if she could burst into tears at any moment.

Zhou Jinghuai looked at the girl standing not far away.

Her fair, snow-white face was now completely devoid of color. Her small hands, hanging limply at her sides, trembled slightly, her entire being visibly terrified of him.

Because she was afraid of angering him, she didn't even dare to ask a question and blamed herself for the mistake.

Zhou Jinghuai looked at her, his dark, deep eyes gradually darkening.

After a long silence.

Zhou Jinghuai said calmly, "It's not even midnight yet, how can it be considered late?"

Although his tone was somewhat sarcastic, Li Wu immediately sensed that his attitude had softened.

She quickly ran over, gently knelt down beside him, looked at him with her small face, her clear black and white eyes filled with laughter, "I came back as soon as the event was over, don't be angry anymore, okay?"

"If you come back early, you can send me a message, and I'll come back to be with you as soon as I see it."

"What kind of child am I that I need you to be with me all the time?" Zhou Jinghuai glanced at her sweet smile and said in a slow and unhurried tone.

"That's because I missed you so much and wanted to be with you."

Li Wu glanced at the expression on his face, then boldly climbed onto him.

She knelt on his lap, her soft, slender hands encircling his neck, and whispered in a gentle voice, "It's also what I want to do—be with you every moment..."

As Li Wu approached, Zhou Jinghuai stubbed out the cigarette between his fingers.

Hearing her soft words and tone, my fingers even felt a little itchy.

But he has always been restrained and rarely smokes.

Zhou Jinghuai looked down at the delicate, fair face in front of him and pinched it.

It has a soft and delicate feel.

His voice was cold, "Who told you to sit here? Get off."

Li Wu was no longer afraid of him. She tilted her head back and gently touched Zhou Jinghuai's lips. Slightly rough, yet clean and refreshing, somewhat addictive. Li Wu touched his lips lightly, glanced at his face, and a smile spread across her clear black and white eyes. She touched his lips again lightly.

Her soft lips looked as if they were holding a small hook.

It makes people's hearts itch.

Zhou Jinghuai glanced at her, a half-smile on his face, then reached out and pinched her slender waist, asking, "You're not going to listen to me anymore?"

His impeccable attire and composed demeanor made Li Wu seriously doubt that she actually held no attraction for him whatsoever.

Go down if you want.

Feeling somewhat annoyed, Li Wu was about to get up and get off Zhou Jinghuai.

But the grip of the hand on her waist did not loosen in the slightest.

See this.

Li Wu looked up at the man's gentle and indifferent expression, and when she spoke, her soft voice inevitably carried a hint of complaint, "Didn't you tell me to leave?"

Why won't you let go?
"I just told you to get down, why aren't you down?"

When Li Wu heard him finish speaking calmly, her dark, beautiful pupils widened slightly in disbelief.

She then turned her face away, and whispered, somewhat hesitant but unable to contain herself, "Going down is not an option, and not going down is also not an option. Anyway, it's all my fault."

Feeling angry.

Zhou Jinghuai laughed, grabbed her waist, and picked her up. The nearly 1.7-meter-tall Li Wu was held in his arms like a child.

The moment Zhou Jinghuai lifted her up, Li Wu gasped and quickly reached out to wrap her arms around his neck.

Seeing that Zhou Jinghuai was carrying her and about to walk towards the bedroom.

Li Wu blushed slightly and said a little embarrassedly, "I, I haven't had dinner yet..."

really.

Zhou Jinghuai stopped in his tracks and looked down at her.

"Didn't you have dinner?"

For some reason, Li Wu could read the word "trouble" in his eyes.

Of course.

Li Wu had her own reasons.

"...I already said I'd be back as soon as the event was over." She said this with a hint of self-righteousness.

However, when faced with the gaze that Jinghuai had given them last week...

Li Wu obediently buried her face in his neck again, not daring to speak.

Zhou Jinghuai called the housekeeper to cook for her, and then went to the study.

But once he went to the study, he stayed for an hour or two.

Zhou Jinghuai hadn't come out of the study by the time Li Wu finished dinner and took a shower.

Li Wu assumed he had some urgent business to attend to, so she didn't dare to disturb him.

……

In the bedroom.

Li Wu sat on the bed in a white nightgown, thinking about the terrifying aura surrounding Zhou Jinghuai when she returned not long ago.

What made you angry...?

of course.

Although Li Wu said that she was late and had made him angry.

However, she still had some self-awareness and did not believe that she had such a great influence on Zhou Jinghuai that she could cause him to have such obvious emotional fluctuations.

Is it a work-related matter?

Li Wu couldn't help but speculate.

To be fair, Zhou Jinghuai had already been very, very good to her.

If he's in a bad mood, should she... go and comfort him?
Li Wu gazed at the dazzling crystal chandelier above her head, her thoughts wandering.

Or... should we try to coax her?
but.

How should I coax him/her?

……

Zhou Jinghuai went to the study because he had an urgent matter to attend to.

After he finished processing, he glanced at the time on the screen and it was almost midnight.

At this hour, Li Wu should be asleep.

But when he pushed open the bedroom door and saw the scene on the bed, his gaze suddenly froze.

(End of this chapter)