Fated Love With the Billionaire
Chapter 72: Never Test Human Nature

Chapter 72: Chapter 72: Never Test Human Nature

Suddenly realizing she had just taken a shower and was still in her pajamas, Chen Ningxi quickly ran to the bathroom, took off the towel wrapping her hair, and dried it. Her face looking a bit pale, she applied a thin layer of lipstick to boost her complexion, returned to the bedroom, changed into casual clothes, and sat in the living room waiting for someone.

Calculating the time according to Cheng Qiaobei’s notice, she estimated it would take about an hour, but she felt inexplicably flustered, and had to go to the kitchen to drink a cup of hot milk to relieve the nervousness.

She had anticipated what would happen next, which only made her more anxious.

An hour later, the door was opened from the outside. Chen Ningxi got up with a pretense of calmness and went to the entrance hall. The two of them exchanged glances, unable to hide certain emotions in their eyes.

Cheng Qiaobei smiled, "Were you waiting for me?"

Almost no one could resist Cheng Qiaobei’s face, especially when he smiled, gentle and healing, looking at you with deep affection in his eyes.

Chen Ningxi’s heart skipped a beat, yet she stubbornly denied it. "No, I usually sleep late."

She was not good at lying and could be seen through at a glance.

Cheng Qiaobei took off his coat and hung it on the coat rack at the entrance. Chen Ningxi watched his hand movements, the cuffs of his white shirt rolled down, revealing his strong and muscular forearms.

He gave the impression of being gentle and refined in a suit, but only those who had seen his physique under the suit knew what it meant to "look thin in clothes, but be muscular without."

When Cheng Qiaobei turned around, Chen Ningxi hastily looked away, feigning nonchalance as she asked, "What do you want to drink?"

Cheng Qiaobei held Chen Ningxi’s hand, "Nothing to drink, just came to see you."

She was pulled into the living room, and the two sat on the sofa watching TV. At this moment, a romance drama was playing, with the storyline entering a romantic scene between the male and female leads. As the two were about to kiss, listening to the seductive background music and under the ambiguous lighting, Chen Ningxi wanted to change the channel but found the remote placed on the armrest next to him. She could only awkwardly direct her gaze towards the window.

On the sofa, neither of them spoke. Chen Ningxi felt like she was watching TV with family, caught in a romantic scene, wanting to dig a hole to hide.

Just when she was feeling uneasy, Cheng Qiaobei said, "Do you think they really kiss in the filming of these scenes?"

"!" Chen Ningxi’s heart jumped into her throat, "I don’t know, but I’ve seen some star interviews where they mentioned using camera angles."

Cheng Qiaobei asked a more tricky question, "If they use camera angles, it means some of them really do kiss."

"...Oh, I don’t know, maybe." It was so awkward, couldn’t he ask something else.

Cheng Qiaobei asked again, "Before the real kiss, will they brush their teeth, rinse their mouth, or chew gum?"

Chen Ningxi swallowed, "Some actors might. I heard a funny interview, an actor said the actress he was going to kiss had deliberately eaten a garlic chive pastry before the scene."

"Haha..." Cheng Qiaobei’s hearty laugh resonated through his chest. Chen Ningxi glanced at the TV out of the corner of her eye, wondering why they were taking off their clothes now. She cleared her throat, "Wouldn’t you like something to drink?"

Cheng Qiaobei suddenly turned his face, asking her, "Are you thirsty?"

Chen Ningxi’s ears turned red, "No."

He said, "I’m not thirsty either."

"..." If you’re not thirsty, then let go.

Cheng Qiaobei let out a laugh from his nose. "What did you eat tonight?"

"I," Chen Ningxi was about to answer, recalling the previous question, "...I had hot pot, but I took a shower when I got back."

Cheng Qiaobei leaned closer, his shoulder lowering more and more. Chen Ningxi’s face reddened, her heart raced as she closed her eyes.

He sketched the contours of her charming brows and eyes, her delicate nose, finally resting his gaze on her rosy lips.

At this moment, he could have moved closer, doing whatever he wanted, but Cheng Qiaobei felt it wasn’t the right time. Rushing over at night just for a kiss seemed too disrespectful.

However, seeing her nervously closing her eyes, Cheng Qiaobei couldn’t help but laugh.

Hearing the laughter, Chen Ningxi opened her eyes, noticing Cheng Qiaobei’s playful expression, annoyingly pushing him as she got up to leave, only to be embraced.

He gently coaxed her, his voice indulgent in her ear, "...I didn’t come just to kiss you, it puts my heart at ease, wanting to spend more time with you."

She really wanted to find a hole to crawl into, too embarrassed, and kept her head down without speaking.

Knowing she was thin-skinned, Cheng Qiaobei changed the topic and asked, "What time should I pick you up on Friday night?"

Since she invited him, it was better for them to go together.

Chen Ningxi said, "He decided to have the birthday at home, will definitely finish work on time. You can pick me up at the office entrance at five."

Cheng Qiaobei: "Alright."

Chen Ningxi: "About your parents, I originally planned to keep it from them for a while,"

"I don’t think it’s a good idea," Cheng Qiaobei interrupted her, "If they find out later, they will think I deliberately hid the truth, making it even harder to gain their approval. I’d rather face the pressure from the start to convince them than risk losing you by hiding the truth."

Chen Ningxi said, "I think the same. There’s no wall that doesn’t let the wind through. Danjiang isn’t that big, not that small either. If they hear about you from others, they might never accept you in their lifetime. So, I plan to go home tomorrow and talk to my mom about you."

Cheng Qiaobei felt uneasy but still comforted Chen Ningxi, "Auntie might say things you don’t like to hear, but don’t refute her. Leave the chance for me; I’ll explain to her, okay?"

Chen Ningxi nodded.

The two talked honestly for a long time, and seeing that midnight was approaching, Cheng Qiaobei offered to leave.

She still stood by the window, watching the figure in the snowy night fade into the darkness. Fifteen minutes later, she received a message that Cheng Qiaobei was home.

The next day.

The mother and daughter chatted over food, and upon hearing Chen Ningxi talk about Cheng Qiaobei’s background, discovering he was actually not a child of wedlock but a child out of wedlock, her mother had even known the other party was married when giving birth to Cheng Qiaobei.

"Isn’t this knowingly becoming a third party?" Ye Yujun despised such women the most.

"Mom," Chen Ningxi noticed her mother was really angry and quickly placated, "That was something from the previous generation, nothing to do with Cheng Qiaobei. Children can’t choose their parents, just like I didn’t choose to be born into a family like yours and Dad’s, right? He couldn’t choose his parents either. Besides, Cheng Qiaobei knows what his mother did was wrong, but he can’t do anything about it, can he? When it comes to marriage and relationship issues, he doesn’t think like his mother, he’s very upright."

Ye Yujun frowned, "How do you know if he is upright? It’s not that I’m prejudiced against him, but with his mother so casual about marriage and family, lacking morals and boundaries, how could growing up in such an environment not influence him somehow?

How do you know he won’t cheat in the future? Or emulate his father by keeping another woman outside, secretly fathering a child.

Ning Xi, never test human nature or overestimate someone’s moral Bottom Line."