Ms.CEO Falls in Love with Aloof Professor
Chapter 121 - 121 117 Hes Just Taking Advantage

Chapter 121: Chapter 117 He’s Just Taking Advantage Chapter 121: Chapter 117 He’s Just Taking Advantage He held her hand as if afraid to startle her, very carefully.

He waited for a while, and seeing that she didn’t flinch, he gradually increased the pressure, yet, fearing he might hurt her, he involuntarily relaxed his grip a bit.

His fingertips were slightly cool, but the temperature in his palm was surprisingly high, so hot that it set her whole body aflame.

The room was quiet, and Lu Jingyan, who had been fidgeting in bed just moments ago, was now hidden under the covers, eyes closed without moving.

In the darkness, her hearing became exceptionally sharp.

She could hear the sound of his fingertips touching the phone screen, his breathing, and the faint friction noise of his clothes when he occasionally shifted his body.

She remained stiff for a long time, only to realize that at some point she had held her breath.

She inhaled as cautiously as a thief, and then her heart started to pound as if it could leap out of her throat the moment she breathed.

His palm was filled with sweat at some point, wet and sticky, very uncomfortable.

But he showed no intention of letting go of her hand, and she didn’t pull away either.

So the two of them continued holding hands.

…until Lu Jingyan finally couldn’t resist any longer, and fell asleep.

When Lu Jingyan opened her eyes again, the sky outside the window was already bright.

She took a moment to shake off the grogginess of waking, and was just about to reach for her phone when she realized that someone was holding her hand.

She paused for a moment, turned her head, and saw Sheng Xian asleep at the edge of the bed.

One of his arms was propped up on the bed, his face buried in it, half-hidden, leaving only a portion of his profile visible to her. The sunlight was bright, making his skin seem to glow. His neck was long, his shoulder blades moving subtly with each breath.

His other hand was carelessly placed on the bed, with the palm underneath holding her hand.

The events of the previous night came rushing back to her like a montage from a TV series replaying in her head.

He really had held her hand.

It wasn’t a hallucination she’d had in the middle of the night, nor was it a dream.

Lu Jingyan stared at their joined hands for a while, suddenly feeling the urge to take a photo as a keepsake.

When she found her phone, she really did turn on the camera, found a good angle of their hands, and pressed the shutter button.

The phone wasn’t on silent, and with a “click” sound, it woke the sleeper.

He moved his finger slightly, and after two seconds, slowly lifted his face off his arm.

Lu Jingyan subconsciously hid her phone under the covers, and only after his gaze fell on her face did she slowly say, “Good morning.”

Sheng Xian, perhaps still groggy from sleep, looked at her with a blank and weary expression, not immediately registering why he was sleeping there at that moment.

After a few seconds, as if sensing something, his gaze shifted from her face to their hands.

He visibly hesitated, but soon regained his composure, his eyes clearing up instantly. He let out an indistinct “Mmm” and withdrew his hand from hers, responding in a low voice, “Morning.”

Then, he got up, stretched in a long yawn, “You go wash up, I’ll make something to eat.”

…

Back in the secondary bedroom, Sheng Xian went straight into the restroom.

He splashed his face with cold water from the faucet, finally feeling fully awake.

He looked down at the hand that had just moved away from hers, and spaced out for a moment.

It was only these past few nights that he had entered the master bedroom in the middle of the night.

He didn’t do anything, just stood by the bed and quietly watched her for a while.

Last night she must have had some nightmare, crying so terribly, and even when he called her several times, she didn’t wake up.

He thought to wait, to wait until his condition really improved before taking a step forward; he was afraid of being too clever by half, but last night he couldn’t resist.

Sheng Xian sighed, took out his toothbrush.

…

After cooking, Sheng Xian knocked on the door of the master bedroom.

Lu Jingyan answered from inside, dawdled for a while, then opened the door holding her phone and walked out.

Sheng Xian stood in front of the dining table, ladling soup.

Lu Jingyan looked at his hand handling the soup ladle, and thinking about how he had held onto her hand all night long, her ears suddenly became hot.

She cleared her throat, pretended to be calm, walked over, pulled out a chair, and sat down.

When Sheng Xian passed the bowl of soup, then with the same hand used for the ladle, he pulled out a small spoon and placed it in her bowl.

Lu Jingyan caught sight of a mole on the back of his hand, very small, located between his thumb and index finger.

Her ears grew even hotter, and unable to even glance at Sheng Xian, she murmured a ‘thank you’, and buried her head to sip her soup.

The meal was eaten in silence.

When Lu Jingyan came to Sheng Xian’s place to celebrate the New Year, Sheng Xian asked if she wanted to stay for a couple of days.

She didn’t refuse, but she could really only stay with him for two days.

Today was the second day of the New Year; she had to go back, no matter how unpleasant things were with Lu Hongcheng or how much she detested Lu Zhou, she still had to show her face on this day for visiting relatives.

After the meal, Lu Jingyan put down his chopsticks, waiting for Sheng Xian across from him to finish the last sip of soup in his bowl before saying, “I have to go in a bit.”

Sheng Xian lifted his head slightly, “Mhm, I’ll walk you out.”

“No need, I drove here.”

“I know, I’ll walk you,” Sheng Xian paused, then added, “I’ll call a cab back.”

Since Sheng Xian said so, Lu Jingyan didn’t refuse.

Then both of them fell silent again.

Sheng Xian got up to start clearing the table.

Lu Jingyan’s gaze occasionally drifted to his hands.

They had held hands just last night, how could he show no sign at all.

Until Sheng Xian dropped her off at the bottom of her apartment building, he never mentioned what happened the previous night.

At the bottom of Lu Jingyan’s building, Sheng Xian parked the car, got out with her, and then handed her the car keys.

Lu Jingyan took the car keys, looking at Sheng Xian, “Did you call a cab?”

Sheng Xian: “About to.”

Lu Jingyan uttered a sound of acknowledgment.

Sheng Xian, holding his phone, opened the ride-hailing app; seeing her still standing next to him, he turned his head to glance at her, “Why not go inside?”

Lu Jingyan: “I’ll keep you company for a while.”

Sheng Xian didn’t say anything and lowered his head to input the address.

During the Spring Festival, there were few vehicles, and it took about a minute for someone to accept the request, still some distance away.

The two stood in front of the villa where Lu Jingyan lived for about ten minutes before the car finally arrived.

Sheng Xian put away his phone, “Go inside.”

“Mmhm.”

The car came to a stop, and Sheng Xian opened the door.

Lu Jingyan subconsciously called out, “Sheng Xian.”

Sheng Xian, holding the car door, turned his head.

Lu Jingyan looked at him, her lips moved slightly—she circled the words “Don’t you have anything to say to me?” on her lips twice, but still couldn’t get them out, “You… send me a message when you get home.”

“Yeah, sure,” Sheng Xian, seeing she had nothing to say, bent down to get into the car.

The car drove off quickly.

Lu Jingyan stood at the door a while longer, annoyingly stomped her feet twice, then went inside.

It was just holding hands, did she really need to care so much about it?

During the movie last night, she took the initiative to grab Professor Sheng’s hand, and she hadn’t given Professor Sheng any explanation either.

…

Leaving Lu Hongcheng’s house, it was already nine o’clock in the evening.

After getting home, Lu Jingyan took a shower, climbed into bed early, flipped through the recently popular shows, and then, her thoughts began to wander again.

Although she had a troop of ex-boyfriends, those relationships were very straightforward.

It was because she felt the other person was scum, someone she targeted for revenge; then she would cater to their likes and do everything in her power to get them into her grasp, only to fiercely dump them afterward.

There were none of these twists and turns between her and Sheng Xian.

Unable to understand what Sheng Xian was playing at, Lu Jingyan sighed in frustration and went online to Baidu for answers.

There actually were quite a few topics like this on the internet.

Lu Jingyan glanced at people’s replies.

[It means he likes you but is too shy to confess. He wants to wait until you’re used to having him around before making a move.]

[You can also take this as a test to see how you react and whether he has a chance to pursue you.]

[He can’t help himself; he thinks his intentions are quite clear.]

Likes her? Testing her? Can’t help himself?

Lu Jingyan was healed by these words.

Sheng Xian really did like her, and he was even stealthily pursuing her.

Lu Jingyan happily clicked on the next page.

[He might be a playboy.]

[Maybe he just took advantage of the moment.]

[Holding hands is for the next time they get into bed.]

PS: At the end of the year, I have more things to deal with in the three-dimensional world, so updates are not that steady, but it’ll get better tomorrow haha~ plus one more chapter~