Fated Love With the Billionaire
Chapter 207: When I Miss You, I Can’t Bear to Blink

Chapter 207: Chapter 207: When I Miss You, I Can’t Bear to Blink

Seeing Cheng Qiaobei in the video, everything she encountered during the day was soothed by his smile and tenderness.

"Are you tired?" she asked.

Cheng Qiaobei seemed to have just returned to the hotel. He spoke while unbuttoning his collar with one hand. The collar slightly parted, and his refined collarbone was faintly visible, creating a unique aesthetic that made it the most attractive part of his upper body apart from the Adam’s apple.

"Talking with them wasn’t really tiring. What is truly exhausting are those projects that require ten days or half a month of grinding." Cheng Qiaobei grabbed a bottle of mineral water from the fridge, twisted off the cap, and downed most of it.

Listening to the sound of his swallowing across the screen, her auditory nerves inexplicably felt as if brushed by a feather, and a shiver unintentionally ran through her.

That night, in the cloakroom, she had heard the same swallowing sound.

Cheng Qiaobei’s face appeared on the screen again, and he stared at her suspiciously, "Why is your face red?"

Chen Ningxi blinked, flustered as if someone had stepped on her little tail, "No, not red at all."

Cheng Qiaobei sat down on the sofa and sighed.

Chen Ningxi asked, "What’s wrong?"

Cheng Qiaobei looked dazed, as though his thoughts were a thousand miles away, resting his chin while rubbing his lips, he seriously said,

"I was wondering how I’d sleep at night without you."

Chen Ningxi: "..."

She pressed her lips into a smile, turning her face away, then back to the person on the screen, casting him a flirtatious glance before saying, "How did you sleep before me? Let me hear it."

Cheng Qiaobei brazenly replied, "Name a wolf that’s eaten a lamb and still wants to eat grass."

Chen Ningxi burst into laughter, "What kind of wolf are you?"

Cheng Qiaobei narrowed his long eyes slightly, gazing at her playfully, "The kind that only eats you. As for eating what, it’s more a feeling than can be articulated."

"Uh..." Chen Ningxi instantly understood, and because she understood, her face turned even redder.

Cheng Qiaobei didn’t let her off, seizing the moment to tease her, "Honey, I bet tonight you’ll have trouble sleeping too."

"I’m not like you at all." Chen Ningxi retorted firmly, "Without you, I sleep alone on the big bed, and it’s extremely comfortable."

"More comfortable than having me to hold?" Cheng Qiaobei raised his eyebrows, watching her about to retort, "Argue more? Arguing means you’re guilty, and being guilty means you miss me and can’t sleep. I understand you. When you’re right, you’re lazy to argue, and only keep saying when you have no point."

That was truly the case.

Chen Ningxi almost laughed but acknowledged, "You’re right about everything, alright?"

"Hearing your tone, are you not convinced?" Cheng Qiaobei still felt hot, so he took off his top and draped it over the back of the chair. When he returned to the screen, it was his handsome face and bare upper body in the frame.

Handsome and pleasing no matter how you looked at him.

But maintaining the same posture caused pain where she was injured today, so Chen Ningxi put down her phone to switch positions, gritted her teeth to control her expression, and picked up the phone again, adjusting it on her face, pretending to be relaxed.

"Seeing you so relaxed, it must have gone smoothly," Chen Ningxi said.

Cheng Qiaobei replied, "The timing was great today. Just as we got off the plane, the TV station called us to go straight over. We met the head of the advertising department and the director, had a good chat, and initially agreed on a cooperation. Once the agreement draft is done, we can start the signing process."

"That’s indeed smooth, but isn’t it so smooth because my husband is capable and smart?" Chen Ningxi unintentionally tried to reach out her hand, suddenly realized her bandaged wrist, and retracted it.

She didn’t plan to tell Cheng Qiaobei. Being in another city and busy with work, what else could he do if he knew about her injury but worry?

Since he fully supported her work, she had to be a partner who wouldn’t drag him down.

"Suddenly complimenting me, what’s your motive?" Cheng Qiaobei propped his phone against the coffee table, his arms crossed behind his head, leaning naturally against the sofa back. He tilted his chin, lowered his lashes, and wore a roguishly wicked expression, "Say, do you miss me?"

Chen Ningxi giggled.

"Don’t just laugh, do you miss me?"

Chen Ningxi bashfully said, "...a little."

"Just a little?" Cheng Qiaobei raised an eyebrow, dissatisfied with her response.

"Um... not just a little, a lot."

"How much is a lot?"

Chen Ningxi thought for a moment, her watery eyes looking at him. Remembering the injuries and grievances she suffered during the day, she suddenly wanted to be held by him and have a good cry, and said,

" ...seeing you, makes me not want to blink."

Cheng Qiaobei’s expression froze for half a second, then he turned his head, smiling broader and nodded, "Alright, alright, Chen Ningxi," he faced the camera again, leaning forward abruptly, his elbows resting on his knees. His taut abs etched every muscle line, a sight that made one’s heart race and stirred Chen Ningxi’s desires, "You’re acting up, huh? Think being far away, I can’t catch you so you’re flirtatiously teasing me, but just wait till I’m home."

The mountains were high, and the emperor was far away. Who’d fear a "threat" thousands of miles away?

Chen Ningxi used her little finger to trace the abs on the screen, "Indeed, virtual doesn’t compare to real life."

"Hmm?" Cheng Qiaobei was puzzled.

"No big deal." Chen Ningxi quickly changed the subject, "Where are you staying now?"

Cheng Qiaobei said, "Jade Jiali, Yu Hang. I haven’t been here for more than six months, so I’m also taking this opportunity to inspect and see if there are any issues."

"A diligent model worker who never forgets to put work first. Keep it up, I believe in you!" Chen Ningxi playfully curled her lips, her smile exceptionally sweet.

Thinking of Chen Ningxi’s electricity theft inspection today, Cheng Qiaobei asked, "By the way, I haven’t asked yet, any luck on the electricity theft?"

Chen Ningxi said, "Yes, didn’t expect to catch a big one on the first day."

Cheng Qiaobei asked, "How much was involved?"

Chen Ningxi gave a rough estimate, "About four hundred thousand a year."

Cheng Qiaobei, "Stealing electricity worth four hundred thousand a year? That’s impressive."

Chen Ningxi said, "Indeed substantial. But I’ve seen worse. The year I started working, someone reported a village building materials factory stealing electricity. The methods back then weren’t as advanced as now; the theft relied on a single wire. The hand doing it must be an old electrician with decades of skill, drawing wires from the meter box hidden cleverly. Without the report, even our professional electricians wouldn’t have found it. You think their skill was high, don’t you? The wires they drew out were buried underground. If not for the report, we would have had to turn the factory upside down to find it all. I remember after that inspection, the calculated power bill evasion came to around seventy thousand."

Cheng Qiaobei intentionally adopted a serious expression and said, "Indeed, life is full of business opportunities."

Chen Ningxi clicked her tongue, "Your thoughts are genuinely criminal and jail-worthy."

There was a knock at Cheng Qiaobei’s door. He turned to glance and said to Chen Ningxi, "Hold on, someone’s at the door."

Chen Ningxi saw him grab a shirt to put on. His skin was fair, but his resolute frame and firm muscles made him not appear delicate; instead, it added a uniquely refreshing sense particular to men.

With his physique displaying broad shoulders while putting on a shirt, each movement activated every muscle, managed right to be enviable, along with that striking face.

Chen Ningxi couldn’t help but sigh, ...indeed, tonight would be hard to sleep.

Cheng Qiaobei opened the door and saw Wei Lai standing outside. She handed over some paperwork, saying, "The contract draft is ready. Please review it for any necessary modifications."

Cheng Qiaobei took it, "Got it."

He closed the door and returned to the sofa, began browsing through the contract content, forgetting about being on a video call with Chen Ningxi.

Then he lifted his head unintentionally and saw the person in the video had fallen asleep.

He set the documents down and picked up his phone, gazing at the screen, the corners of his eyes and eyebrows tinged with a smile, deepening the arc of his grin.

Suddenly he understood Chen Ningxi’s words, indeed, thinking about you makes it, " ...really hard to bear blinking."