Deep Fog Kiss

At 10 p.m., the fishing lights on the river and the neon lights on the distant shore blended together, creating a tranquil yet dazzling scene. The lights of Beishan Villa were lit up from the inside out.

Jiang Li pushed open the villa door and walked in carrying a box of exquisite cream cakes.

As soon as I entered the living room, I saw a person sitting on the apricot-colored leather sofa.

The man appeared to have already showered, dressed in a black loungewear set, lounging on the sofa reading a thick foreign language book. A pair of silver-rimmed glasses perched on his high-bridged nose, giving him a refined yet abstinent air.

The left hand, resting on the back of the sofa, had clean, slender fingertips and was holding a glass of water.

He sat there quietly, like a serene painting.

Jiang Li stared at him for two seconds, and couldn't help but wonder if he was waiting for her because of that withdrawn photo.

"Uncle."

Jiang Li approached and greeted her, "Still not asleep?"

The man slightly lifted his eyelids at the sound, his voice neither cold nor indifferent, "Have you eaten?"

"I've eaten." Jiang Li smiled. "It's an American restaurant, and the food is pretty good. Uncle can try it next time."

Gu Zhishen closed the magazine, holding his water glass, and looked at her with interest. "Really? With colleagues?"

Jiang Li stood in front of him, like a primary school student being questioned.

"With friends."

"Male or female?"

"Male."

Gu Zhishen stared at her intently for two seconds, his eyes cold and unfathomable, like a dry well. "What's your relationship?"

He kept asking, seemingly oblivious to her nagging. Jiang Li's almond-shaped eyes curved into a smile. "Uncle, aren't you asking too many questions?"

Gu Zhishen sat on the sofa, his eyes behind his glasses calm but with an invisible chill.

"The Gu family has the right to inquire about your relationship issues," he said, his tone cool and collected. "What, shouldn't I ask?"

"Of course, you're my uncle, so you have the right to know." Jiang Li's smile deepened as she smirked. "We were schoolmates before."

Gu Zhishen sipped his water. "And now?"

"Friend," Jiang Li said with a smile, looking at his calm expression, "maybe not in the future."

Upon hearing this, Gu Zhishen raised his eyes. "You like him?"

Jiang Li was slightly taken aback, her clear eyes looking at the man.

His amber eyes were calm and unmoved, showing no emotion. His question seemed like a casual inquiry from an elder to a junior, failing to stir even the slightest ripple in his heart.

It's as if he doesn't care whether she likes other men or not.

After staring at him intently for five or six seconds, Jiang Li spoke, "He's better than Tang Lin."

She didn't say whether she liked him or not, but listed Xiang Jingcheng's advantages: "He graduated from an internationally renowned university, comes from a scholarly family, won scholarships all he could at school, received an offer from an internationally renowned law firm before graduation, and became a partner at a top-tier law firm as soon as he returned to China, earning tens of millions a year."

You wouldn't know unless you counted them all, but once you do, you realize that Xiang Jingcheng's qualifications are truly outstanding and excellent; almost no girl would refuse such criteria for a partner.

Even setting aside his career and family background, just considering his physical appearance, he is the object of many girls' affections.

Many girls liked him when he was studying abroad.

A hint of mockery and coldness flashed in the man's eyes.

He then asked, "You like him?"

dislike.

Jiang Li pursed her lips; despite how good Xiang Jingcheng was to her, she remained unmoved.

She smiled faintly, "You can like it."

The man's narrow eyes crinkled with a smile. "That means you don't like it."

Look how smart he is.

Such a smart person just can't understand Jiang Li's thoughts.

His gaze fell on the cake in her hand. "Did he give it to you?"

Jiang Li followed his gaze and glanced at him, then lazily hummed in agreement.

Actually, she bought this cake on her way back from a newly opened dessert shop.

She has always loved sweets and has tried all the dessert shops, big and small, in Jingzhou.

After having eaten most of the cakes in Jingzhou, Gu Zhishen even had cakes of various flavors sent over from other places.

She developed cavities from eating too many sweets back then, and the pain was excruciating.

Later, Gu Zhishen controlled the frequency of her sweets intake, acting like a strict parent.

When Gu Zhishen asked that question, she answered accordingly.

A pair of round, bright almond-shaped eyes stared at the man's handsome face, trying to discern whether he cared or was jealous.

The next second, Jiang Li's hand was empty; the cake fell into the man's hand and was thrown into the trash can behind her in an arc.

Jiang Li turned her head in surprise. The exquisite cake had become an unidentified lump, lying quietly in the trash can.

"My cake!"

She bought it for two hundred yuan!

"You've just recovered from a cold and shouldn't eat cake, didn't he know that?"

Jiang Li was about to argue when she saw his piercing gaze and obediently shut up.

She tried to change her story and say she bought the cake herself, but it was too late.

The cake is gone! Gone!

Gu Zhishen noticed that her eyes were slightly lowered, her eyebrows were slightly furrowed, and she looked sullen.

Why is she so concerned about the cake that man gave her?

Having eaten so many of his cakes, how could I still care about another man's cake!

It is said that girls should be raised in a wealthy family so that they will not be easily deceived by a scumbag's sweet talk.

He's such a waste of money!

Gu Zhishen raised his hand, pinched her cheek, and turned her gaze away from the thrown-away cake to look at him.

"Your birthday is at the end of next month, what gift would you like?"

Jiang Li's fair face was pinched until it pouted slightly, and she was surrounded by the pleasant scent of a man.

She looked up and met a pair of beautiful eyes behind the glasses.

My gaze inadvertently fell on his neck again.

On his fair and sexy Adam's apple, an ambiguous red mark had not yet completely faded.

Those were the marks from where she bit.

Thinking of this, her breathing suddenly became heavier, and her cheeks flushed slightly.

She stared at the bite mark and blurted out, "I want you, will you give it to me?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the fingertips that were pinching her cheek suddenly tightened.

Gu Zhishen stared at her rosy lips, his eyes dark and unfathomable.

These soft lips can utter such arrogant words.

Her heart-wrenching cries from two years ago still seem to echo in my ears—

"Gu Zhishen, I loathe you! I despise you! Every intimate contact with you makes me feel disgusted!"

His Adam's apple bobbed for a moment, as if burning his hand, and he abruptly released her face.

He took a step back, a smile playing on his lips. "Let's try another one."

Jiang Li stared blankly at his evasive manner, her heart breaking.

She was like some kind of sticky residue that he couldn't shake off, which made him dislike her so much.

"Just kidding."

She took a deep breath, suppressing the grievances in her heart, and forced a smile, "We'll see, I don't really want anything."

"It's too late, I'm going to sleep."

After she finished speaking, she turned and walked upstairs.

As she turned her back, her eyes welled up with tears.