Sharing Dreams with My Bestie’s Cousin
Chapter 185 - 185 She must be set up

Chapter 185: She must be set up. Chapter 185: She must be set up. “Miss Wen, for your first time baking cookies, to bake them so deliciously is truly impressive.”

Aunt Lin praised Wen Zhi, while also hinting to her, “The master hasn’t tried the cookies you baked yet, has he? Why don’t you take some for him to taste?”

Upon hearing this, Wen Zhi turned around, pretending to be busy, “Better not, they didn’t turn out that well.”

“How can you say they didn’t turn out well when they’re so delicious?” Aunt Lin quickly pulled Wen Zhi, shifting from hinting to urging, “Go on, the master will surely like them.”

But in her heart, Wen Zhi truly had no confidence.

Shang Hexing might not even give them a glance.

Yet, she could not resist Aunt Lin’s continuous encouragement to take the cookies to Shang Hexing.

How could she not want to see him?

It had already been several days since they last saw each other.

But she feared seeing the look of disgust in his eyes…

“Miss Wen, if you don’t go now, the master will leave,” urged Aunt Lin once again.

This time, the urging finally made Wen Zhi muster up the courage.

She nodded, replying softly, “Okay.”

She then took some of the freshly baked cranberry cookies and placed them on a plate before carrying it out.

The vast living room stretched to the glass atrium, and the sound of water trickled down from the artificial hill, swirling into the pool.

The leather sofa was backed against the atrium, with half-human-height green plants on either side of the glass.

The light that shone in was half bright and half dim, and Shang Hexing sat quietly on the right side of the sofa, with the light and shadow of the green plants cast over him. At that moment, his eyes were lowered, and he was holding a mobile phone.

Wen Zhi deliberately lightened her steps, trying her best not to disturb him. It was not until she approached that the slight noise caught his attention, and he lifted his gaze to her, then discreetly looked away, his expression cool and aloof.

Wen Zhi took a deep breath and slowly squatted down, placing the plate of cookies on the coffee table, “These are cookies Aunt Lin baked.”

She feared if she said she baked them, Shang Hexing wouldn’t even give them a glance.

However, it turned out that even though she didn’t say she baked them, Shang Hexing still didn’t give them a glance.

He also ignored her.

Fearing that her presence would annoy him even more, Wen Zhi prepared to stand up quietly and leave.

Perhaps sensing her intention to depart, a voice from behind her, Shang Hexing’s, sounded with a light tone:

“When did you get back?”

Wen Zhi stiffened her back, replying in a somewhat unnatural tone, “…I’ve been back for almost an hour.”

“What did you come back for?” Shang Hexing put away his phone, his gaze resting on her slender silhouette.

Wen Zhi’s voice became much lower, “To get my luggage.”

Shang Hexing chuckled lightly, “Taking your luggage, so you are planning to never come back and stay, is that it?”

As soon as the words fell, Wen Zhi felt as if there were thorns at her back.

She slowly turned around, meeting his deep gaze squarely, her heart felt like it was being squeezed, constricted, indescribably awkward.

“I, I…” Wen Zhi lowered her head as she spoke, lacking the courage to meet his gaze, “I don’t have the right to come back and stay, so I thought I’d just pack up my things and go.”

Shang Hexing chuckled disdainfully, his tone full of sarcasm, “So you know you don’t have the right.”

Wen Zhi closed her eyes, “I’m sorry for rashly coming back to get my luggage today, for disturbing you, there won’t be a next time.”

Having said that, she got up to leave in a discomfited manner.

But just at that moment, Shang Hexing suddenly reached out to grab Wen Zhi’s wrist, pulling her back toward him.

Wen Zhi thought he had more questions to ask, but what met her was his overwhelming and passionate kiss.

He pressed her into the couch, her long curly hair spread out on the couch, one of his large hands restraining her arms, the other grasping her chin.

The scent of his breath was intense, a fragrance she had always longed for.

She didn’t resist too much, instead, she actively wrapped her arms around his neck.

Her initiative at that moment was undoubtedly fuel to the fire, and before she could collect her thoughts, Shang Hexing suddenly scooped her up from the couch in a bridal-style carry.

The sudden feeling of weightlessness made her cling tightly around his neck, “Shang Hexing…”

However, this time Shang Hexing didn’t give Wen Zhi a chance to hesitate, carrying her straight upstairs.

…

As dusk fell.

Shang Hexing casually picked up the shirt from the ground and draped it over himself, walking towards the floor-to-ceiling window.

He stood there for a moment, then lit a cigarette.

The smoke swirled around his chiseled face as he quietly finished a cigarette, until the slight rustling from the bed made him turn his head to look at the woman who had turned over.

The porcelain-like back, the long, curly hair spread across the pillow, the delicate frame…

She was exhausted.

Shang Hexing stared at the porcelain back for a long while, then suddenly snuffed out the cigarette butt and headed back into the room.

Wen Zhi slept in a daze, yet her senses remained acute.

She noticed the moment the blanket was lifted, and when the man started again, she finally lost her patience and pushed him away, “Have you not had enough?”

“It’s still early.”

Shang Hexing replied with two words, focusing on what mattered more.

…

The next day.

Wen Zhi got up not long after dawn, and Shang Hexing knew it because he asked her, “Where are you going?”

Wen Zhi silently dressed, not responding to him.

She endured the discomfort and went downstairs first.

At this time, Auntie Lin was making breakfast in the kitchen, Wen Zhi went in and asked her, “Auntie Lin, where is my suitcase?”

Auntie Lin’s smile was radiant, “Miss Wen, you’re up so early, why not sleep a bit longer.”

“Can’t sleep anymore.” Wen Zhi immediately asked again, “Auntie Lin, where is my suitcase?”

Auntie Lin said, “It’s here.”

Wen Zhi pressed, “Where is it?”

Auntie Lin hemmed and hawed, but wouldn’t say where exactly.

Wen Zhi understood, it was that man who had instructed Auntie Lin to do this, as long as that man did not relent, Auntie Lin would not tell her where the suitcase was, and she would not be able to retrieve it and leave today.

Feeling helpless, Wen Zhi left the kitchen just as Shang Hexing was coming down from upstairs.

He was dressed in casual home wear, his hair loosely draping over his forehead, making him look very young, possibly in his early twenties.

“Planning to leave so early in the morning?” he broke the silence by asking.

Wen Zhi met his gaze, “I want to get my luggage back.”

He descended the last stair and approached her, “So if you got your suitcase back, you wouldn’t leave?”

Wen Zhi took a breath, and as he drew closer, the ridiculousness of the previous day unavoidably flooded her mind.

From day until night, he had tormented her to the verge of death.

“I… I just want to know where my suitcase is,” Wen Zhi said, gathering her courage.

Shang Hexing pressed closer, “Is there something special inside?”

Wen Zhi nodded, “Of course there is.”

Shang Hexing asked, “What is it?”

What is it…

But Wen Zhi could not answer, what she wanted was her Buddha Beads, the most important thing to her.

The more she feared showing how much she cared for the Buddha Beads, the less Shang Hexing would let her have them back.

Seeing her not answering, there was a cool warmth in his eyes, and as he brushed past her he reminded, “Come for breakfast.”

Wen Zhi had no choice but to follow him.

She sat down at the dining table, and Auntie Lin served breakfast bit by bit, Wen Zhi just watched silently, making no move to eat, as she had no appetite.

“Don’t feel like eating?” He noticed, yet still deliberately asked.

Wen Zhi spoke softly, “I don’t have an appetite.”

He looked at her, “Is it because you didn’t sleep well last night?”