The CEO’s Unkown Wife
Chapter 687 Equivalent Exchange_1

Chapter 687: Chapter 687 Equivalent Exchange_1

Xia Qingtian showed a bit of dissatisfaction as she pouted. "I’m not flirting with you. I’m just stating facts. Even though we can video chat, it’s not the same as physical interaction. How could it compare to being with someone in person?"

"You have finally returned now. What’s wrong with me wanting to hug and kiss you?"

Bo Jingyan had a strong urge to tear apart the little woman in his arms and devour her. However, upon seeing her tired eyes, he had to suppress his desires.

"Didn’t you say that even when I’m not physically there, our conversation through video chat would be the same?" He reminded Xia Qingtian with a smile about what she had once said.

Xia Qingtian huffed coquettishly, "That was just to prevent you from feeling disturbed. Did I not deliberately say that? If possible, of course, I would want you to be by my side, and be at my beck and call."

Thinking about how he couldn’t be with her because of his mother and Shi Qian, and couldn’t even give her a legitimate status, Bo Jingyan suddenly felt guilty.

Griping Xia Qingtian’s hand with a raspy voice, he admitted, "It’s my fault. I couldn’t give you the best of everything."

"What are you saying?" Xia Qingtian, seeing his guilt, tried to console, "What I said earlier... I just wanted to express how much I missed you. Nothing else."

"As long as we love each other and are honest with one another, that’s enough. We don’t need to publicize it to the world. After all, even without anyone stopping us, we both have our jobs to do. We can’t be together all the time. This situation is inevitable. What I mean is, we need to cherish the time we have together now."

"You really don’t mind keeping our relationship a secret?" Bo Jingyan asked yet again.

"Of course!" Xia Qingtian firmly replied," Don’t you trust me? Do you think I would lie to you? It’s just that we’re not going public for now. If you were forced to get engaged to Shi Qian while keeping our relationship a secret, then I would mind. Would you do that?"

"Never. Apart from you, I wouldn’t get engaged or marry anybody else," Bo Jingyan promised solemnly.

Xia Qingtian nodded, "I believe you."

After saying that, fearing the conversation would circle back to him regretting his inability to give her the best, she decided to change the subject.

There was a question she had in mind since she saw Bo Jingyan, and now she finally had the chance to ask it.

"By the way, when did you come back?" Xia Qingtian looked up at him and asked.

Bo Jingyan hadn’t given off any clues about his arrival, he didn’t even mention it to her earlier. Then, all of a sudden, he had wrapped her in his arms when she turned around.

Thankfully it was daytime, or else she would have been scared out of her wits if it were during the night.

Bo Jingyan gave her a profound glance.

Just when Xia Qingtian found his gaze strange, he spoke, his tone dangerous, "Right when you were saying how handsome, talented and young Huo Qilin is. How he has tens of thousands of fans, and how your feelings for him had grown over time, and that we divorced long ago."

Xia Qingtian, "..."

She was speechless.

What just happened?

Why did Bo Jingyan choose that particular time to return?

Plus, they didn’t notice someone opening the door and walking in while she was talking to Huo Qilin. She needs to work on her awareness.

Though Xia Qingtian knew that she said those things just to help Huo Qilin understand his feelings, every word was not genuine. If Bo Jingyan returned that early, then he must have watched the whole scene and knew she had clarified later.

However, for some reason, she felt a little guilty when she saw Bo Jingyan’s piercing gaze.

It felt like she had betrayed her lover.

Help! What’s with this sense of guilt?

"But you know that was all fake, right?" Xia Qingtian touched her nose and said, a little diffident.

Bo Jingyan didn’t take the cue to talk. He carried on, "Right, you also jumped into Huo Qilin’s arms, then raised your head for him to kiss you."

Xia Qingtian felt even more embarrassed.

"That...," she explained awkwardly, "That’s because I knew he wasn’t into me and wouldn’t kiss me, so I did it to force him to recognize his feelings."

Bo Jingyan’s profound eyes continued to focus on her. "What if you were wrong, and he still likes you, and he actually kissed you?"

"Impossible!" Xia Qingtian was firm, "I am sure. He likes Cheng Bingbing, he would never kiss me!"

"What if?" Bo Jingyan asked her again.

Xia Qingtian,"..."

She felt so foolish for choosing such a conversational landmine when she was trying to change the topic.

In order to avoid discussing this topic further with Bo Jingyan, she tried to shift the conversation again, "Since you saw that scene, why didn’t you come out and stop us?"

She only asked this to divert the conversation.

Yet after she asked, she felt the question was indeed very reasonable.

Didn’t she get it right? If it were the old Bo Jingyan, shouldn’t his first reaction to this situation be to rush out and give Huo Qilin a good beating?

Just like how Huo Qilin thought Cheng Bingbing and Wang Xiao were really dating, he rushed to their set and broke Wang Xiao’s nose with a punch.

It seemed like Bo Jingyan figured out what she was thinking about, a hint of amusement flickered in his deep-set eyes, he asked her, "So, you wanted me to rush out like Huo Qilin did on the set and beat him up because I was jealous?"

"Of course not!" Xia Qingtian immediately denied it.

If Bo Jingyan had really rushed out and broken Huo Qilin’s nose, she would have a terrible headache.

Bo Jingyan shrugged, "Then that’s all there is to it!"

Having not gotten the answer she wanted, Xia Qingtian was still unsatisfied, "Don’t try to divert the topic. You haven’t answered my previous question yet!"

She thought the more about it, Bo Jingyan was acting rather odd and was unlike himself.

"Really want to know the answer?" Bo Jingyan asked her.

Xia Qingtian nodded like a pecking chicken, "Yes, I want to know the answer."

Bo Jingyan’s profound eyes showed a hint of darkness, "If you want to know the answer, we’ll need to make an equivalent exchange. Are you sure you want to make the exchange?"

Xia Qingtian had a bad feeling upon seeing his expression.

Remembering their recent encounter on the bed, Bo Jingyan’s obvious hunger, she vaguely guessed what he wanted in return. She felt an ache in her waist again.

But the change in Bo Jingyan intrigued her. She needed to know why there had been such a drastic transformation in him.