40. Want More?

“What… What do you want?” Seeing Lu Tingxiao slip into the passenger seat all of a sudden, Ning Xi gripped the steering wheel tightly, as if he was protecting what belonged to her.

Lu Tingxiao sat back, his eyes darkening.

Heh, what did he want?

It was better for her not to know.

Lu Tingxiao now was only wearing a white shirt; his collar was too tight, so he violently ripped the first button open, then the second, then the third…

Ning Xi watched Lu Tingxiao next to her keenly, lost in seeing a handsome man rip his own shirt off to reveal his firm chest, to the point even her beloved Little White was forgotten.

Lu Tingxiao didn’t notice her looking at him. Trying hard to suppress his ridiculous, unreasonable jealousy over a car, he lit a cigarette and took a long, deep drag before releasing a breath of smoke.

The moment that Lu Tingxiao pulled out the cigarette, Ning Xi could no longer stand it. She stared unblinkingly at this man; the slight movement of his Adam’s apple, that white cigarette held loosely between his thin lips, and the smoke coming out of his mouth…

Lu Tingxiao felt the burning stare on him and when he turned his head, he saw the look of ‘hunger’ on Ning Xi’s face.

For a moment, Lu Tingxiao was almost tricked by that look; then he realized it was not him she was craving for.

She was ‘hungry’ for the cigarette between his lips.

If nothing else, Lu Jingli was good at gathering information; his background check on Ning Xi had been extremely detailed, from her upbringing to hobbies, even the fact that she was trying to quit smoking.

Lu Tingxiao understood immediately that Ning Xi was having smoke cravings.

It wasn’t just an ex-lover and a car he had lost to, now even a cigarette was more attractive than he was.

Lu Tingxiao had never felt more frustrated or more insecure in his entire life.

From the very first moment Lu Tingxiao saw Ning Xi, he wanted her for his own. However, he decided to take it slow to protect her feelings. Ning Xi, on the other hand, had never really been interested in him, and was always setting a boundaries.

She would rather hug someone else’s thigh, than to be his wife.

People say that if an ex cannot be forgotten, it means the new lover is not good enough. Does that mean he really wasn’t good enough? She had even gotten ridiculously drunk over someone who had dumped her.

He clearly knew that the best approach was to take it slow, and had always followed this rule. He had never imagined he would lose reason to this extent, that something this insignificant could blow all his senses away.

Lu Tingxiao smoked the cigarette as his thoughts chased themselves all over the palace. The red glow of the cigarette tip was reflected in his eyes, and he asked in a deep, low voice, “Want some?”

Ning Xi nodded without hesitation; it wasn’t clear if she was attracted to the cigarette or to the man beside her.

Lu Tingxiao flicked cigarette ash away, and took one more drag on the cigarette under Ning Xi’s naked stare; in the next moment before she knew it, his cigarette-flavored lips were firmly pressed against hers.

Ning Xi’s eyes shot wide open; she was surrounded by the strong scent of tobacco accompanied by the man’s cool breath; a second later, her lips were gently pried open, and smoke breathed into her mouth.

Distracted and unprepared, Ning Xi started coughing severely from the smoke.

The cigarette was now half gone; with a gloomy look on his face, Lu Tingxiao took another drag. With tears in her eyes from coughing, the person next to him was more attractive than ever, and Lu Tingxiao asked, “Want more?”

39. Darling, I Really Want to Marry You

“Cough, it’s really hard not to put the blame on him. When Ning Xi was overseas, all the people she was with were only flings. After she was done with them, she threw them away. She’s really so cool, but this Su Yan should be the only man she’d ever truly loved.”

It would have been better if he hadn’t said anything. After his explanation, Lu Tingxiao’s expression was even more unsightly.

Lu Jingli felt a bit speechless. You two haven’t even started dating, what gives you the right to look like you want to massacre all her exes?

“Brother, even if you plan to wait for her to fall for you, you should bring her over to Glory World first - it’s inconvenient that she’s still with our competitor Starlight! From what I know, she’s miserable working over there with Ning Xueluo,” Lu Jinglu grumbled.

Lu Tingxiao glanced at the quiet girl hugging Little Treasure. “It’s not the right time yet.”

After the trouble of bringing this person back to his place, another problem came up after they got out of the car.

When Ning Xi saw the silver-white sports car, she stopped with a bright glitter in her eyes, then she threw herself on it as if she would rather die than leave the car, her expression like that of a teenage girl who had found her dream man. “Oh! Little white! My darling!”

Lu Tingxiao’s expression went through several transformations as many emotions flickered over his face.

He had suffered so much, going into the women’s restroom to pick her up, and she hadn’t even treated him nicely. She even called him a big demon king, and now she was hugging his car and calling it darling?

“Hahaha… brother, you can’t possibly be jealous of a car! Who told you to drive this car out? When Xiao Xi Xi was overseas, she was practically on the level of professional race car drivers, and she especially loves sports cars. Obviously, she’d be powerless against the failure of the world’s top sports car!” Lu Jingli said on the side, delighting in his brother’s misfortune.

And then he realized that there was someone who was even more jealous than Lu Tingxiao.

And that was Little Treasure.

Watching his nickname ‘Darling’ used on a car, the little guy was about to cry.

As for the one responsible for all of this, Ning Xi was still running her hands all over the car with a besotted expression. “Darling, you’re so so handsome… really too dreamy! I really want to marry you!”

Lu Tingxiao’s knuckles cracked, itching for some violence.

When he proposed to her, she treated him like she had encountered a beast, and now she was actually proposing to a car?

Lu Tingxiao rolled up his sleeves. “Old Zhang, bring me a hammer.”

Lu Jingli immediately stopped laughing. “Don’t! Brother, calm down! This car is worth nearly two billion! If you don’t want it, then give it to me, I’ll take it away and I promise you won’t ever see it again!”

After he spoke, Lu Jingli’s world spun as a delicate-looking Ning Xi threw him over her shoulder.

“Who dares touch my little white?!” Ning Xi’s face was filled with killing intent, as if she would go so far as to slaughter gods.

Lu Jingli held his hip. “Good warrior, please spare me, I was wrong…”

This girl seemed to be a veteran practitioner of judo. He felt like he had lost half of his life after that one flip!

Ning Xi then climbed into the driver’s seat, hugging the steering wheel tightly.”Little White, don’t be afraid…”

“Eldest Young Master, this…” Old Zhang, who had been chased away from the car, was bewildered.

Lu Tingxiao could not help but feel a headache coming on as he waved his hand, signaling him to leave.

He then looked at his son. “Little Treasure, it’s late, go to sleep first.”

Little Treasure, who was in a daze from losing Ning Xi’s favor, shook his head like a rattle.

Lu Tingxiao didn’t get angry, only replied blandly, “You should know, girls don’t like it when the people they care most about see them in their worst state.”

Hm, the people they care most about…

Little Treasure thought about it deeply for a few seconds before obediently turning around to leave.

Lu Jingli widened his eyes. “Brother, aren’t you going overboard? You would even lie to a small child!”

“Is there anything else?”

“Of course there is something else, I want you to feel the blazing warmth of this incredibly huge light bulb!”

He could feel the piercing frost coming from his brother.

“Fine, I’ll leave, I’ll leave…” Lu Jingli walked forward before glancing back.

A man, a woman and a car. Don’t tell me something might happen…

Hehe, it was time for the record-breaking 63x optical zoom range camera that he had bought to shine!

38. Not Thick At All

“Screw him! Who do they think they are?!” All of a sudden, Ning X threw a violent punch. If Lu Tingxiao hadn’t reacted fast enough, based on the strength of that punch, he would have ended up with a broken jaw.

“Girls shouldn’t say vulgar things.” Lu Tingxiao frowned.

Although, she was also very cute when she was swearing.

Ning Xi was incredibly drunk, but she still had some awareness left. She felt that the person hugging her meant no harm and was incredibly gentle, so she slowly let her guard down. She remained in his lap and no longer struggled in his embrace, only continuing to speak in her drunken stupor. “This old woman doesn’t think it’s with doing… otherwise, based on this old woman’s face… I can find an even bigger… the biggest and thickest thigh to hug… you all think you can suppress me… then I’ll go out and find… I’ll go now…”

Hearing this, Lu Tingxiao raised his eyebrows, then roughly took hold of her hands and placed them between his thighs. “The one with the thickest thighs in the capital is right here. Do you still want to go and look for one?”

Ning Xi randomly squeezed the muscles in his thigh and felt around before exclaiming loudly, “Not thick! Not thick at all!”

Lu Tingxiao: “...”

He was actually given the cold shoulder because his was not thick enough.

There was no way that any man would accept this.

What was worse was that her hand had touched a place that shouldn’t have been touched, and she even patted him there. “Hm, what is this… so annoying… it poked me…”

Her tone was filled with disdain.

Lu Tingxiao’s expression turned ugly.

If he let her continue on like this, he might do something that would go against his morals.

The person who had been outside was already long gone, so Lu Tingxiao immediately opened the door and carried Ning Xi out.

They reached the underground parking.

The one who smugly opened the door for them was Lu Jingli.

“Why is it you?” Lu Tingxiao frowned.

“I went over to your place to find you, but both you and Little Treasure weren’t there, so I came over to look for you two! Brother, you really don;t know the bro code. When did you even buy this car? It’s even cooler than the one you gave me! I feel like I don’t know anything!” Lu Jingli looked like he had been wronged.

Lu Tingxiao ignored him and carried Ning Xi into the back seat.

Lu Jingli was sitting in the front, and turned his head to scrutinize Lu Tingxiao and Ning Xi’s disheveled clothing, his face that of a gossipmonger. “Where did you pick her up? Why did you take so long? Look at Little Treasure, he almost became the Amah Rock!”

Little Treasure had pressed himself against the glass window as soon as he had seen Ning Xi.

Lu Tingxiao was originally worried that Ning Xi would be rowdy drunk, but who knew that when Little Treasure approached her, she didn't react in any extreme way, only looked at him and then hugged him like a comfortable pillow.

Lu Tingxiao was not the type to feed gossip, and he slowly took off his tie and jacket. “What happened today?”

At the mention of what he was best at - investigation - Lu Jingli immediately lit up. “According to my source, everything went well. You even used Arthur, so of course Ning Xi successfully wowed the whole crowd, and the media responded positively towards her!”

“Who did she see tonight?” Lu Tingxiao asked another question.

Lu Jingli tried to remember. “Besides the cast and crew, there was Ning Yaohua, and there was…”

Lu Jingli glanced at his brother’s expression, and gulped before continuing. “Su Yan… my guess is that she got drunk like this because she saw her ex-boyfriend, who is now with her arch nemesis, Ning Xueluo, so she probably didn’t feel good…”

Although Lu Jingli had deliberately taken care to speak carefully, Lu Tingxiao’s face still darkened in a flash.

He was really terrifying.

37. You Are The Big Demon King

CEO Lu was lucky because it was very late at night. There was no one else in the women’s restroom. He immediately saw that Ning Xi was extremely drunk as she sat on the floor, leaning against a cubicle door.

She had kicked her high heels off into different directions and the contents of her bag were spilled across the floor; her hair was hanging messily all over her face. She was a completely different person from when she had left looking flawless.

A flash of affection flickered in Lu Tingxiao’s gaze as he went over to pick up her bag, and one by one, collected the things that lay on the floor. He then picked up her shoes and put his arm around her waist to support her up.

Just as he was about to carry her, Ning Xi suddenly grabbed the cubicle door, refusing to let go. She looked alarmed and entirely drunk as she stared at him. “You are…”

“Lu Tingxiao.”

“Lu Tingxiao…” Ning Xi was entranced at first and then she abruptly bellowed, “You’re a liar! Do you think I’m stupid! This is the women’s restroom!”

Was this girl really drunk or pretending to be drunk? She seemed to still have retained some common sense.

“I’m not lying to you.”

“Liar… I won’t go… I won’t go with you…” Drunk Ning Xi was like a little hedgehog that had been scared by something, fully on guard.

Ning Xi utterly refused to leave, so Lu Tingxiao could only put down her things and try to coax her. “What do I need to do for you to believe me?”

“Show me some ID!” Ning Xi looked like a cop inspecting a drunk driver.

Lu Tingxiao’s lips curved into a smile, and like a good civilian, he took out his leather wallet to retrieve his ID and give it to her.

Ning Xi held the small card shakily, her eyes practically touching the words as she read, “Lu… Ting… Xiao… you are Lu Tingxiao…”

Lu Tingxiao nodded his head. “Now can we leave?”

“I’m not leaving! I won’t go with you! You’re the Big Demon King… won’t go won’t go won’t go…” Ning Xi became even more agitated.

“Big Demon King…” Lu Tingxiao's face turned black. So that was how she thought of him. He thought that he had treated her quite warmly.

The two of them were at a stalemate, when suddenly, there was the sound of footsteps outside.

“Ning Xi… Ning Xi, are you inside there?”

Lu Tingxiao froze. If someone were to see him inside the women’s restroom, he would never be able to show his face in the capital again.

The footsteps drew closer and closer, to the point they would soon be able to see the other person’s clothes. Lu Tingxiao cursed under his breath, then quickly grabbed Ning Xi’s bag and shoes and pulled her past the door as she was clinging to.

The person outside the restroom was the screenwriter, Ye Ling Long.

Ning Xi was a rookie and didn’t know anyone in the film crew; only Ye :ing Long noticed that she had gone to the restroom and had never come back, so she came looking for her.

Shocked after being suddenly hustled into the cubicle, Ning Xi tried to struggle out of Lu Tingxiao’s embrace. Ye Ling Long obviously noticed the ruckus inside.

“Ning Xi, is that you?”

Hearing the person draw closer, Lu Tingxiao’s face was a black as the bottom of a pot. Just at that moment, Ning Xi bit the hand he had over her mouth. It hurt so much that his eyebrows creased together.

Lu Tingxia’s expression showed that he was on the verge of collapse. Has he ever been in a more difficult situation?

After taking a deep breath, Lu Tingxiao spoke in a rough, hoarse voice, “Don’t rush… I’ll give it to you now…”

Ye Ling Long was about to knock on the door when she suddenly heard a man’s voice. She froze for a moment before understanding the situation, then her face went red as she quickly hurried out.

Who would have guessed she would run into a couple doing ‘business’ there?

This was a hotel, so why didn’t they get a room if they wanted to do it? It was really impossible to understand some people’s preferences!

Apart from that, the women’s restroom was empty; this Ning Xi, just where did she run off to?

Ye Ling Long never imagined that the female ‘doing business’ in the restroom cubicle was the Ning Xi she was trying to find.

Hearing the footsteps retreat, Lu Tingxiao breathed out in relief.

He was sitting on the toilet, and he loosened his tie as the little woman throwing a tantrum sat on his knee. He said coldly, “Stop being so noisy!”

Or else the act will become real.

The man’s tone was so terrifying that it stunned Ning Xi, and she started hiccuping, her small face revealing an expression of being wronged.

After scaring her, Lu Tingxiao helplessly started patting her back as he tried to console her. “Sorry, I shouldn’t have scared you.”

But the person in his arms became even sadder, and tears began to fall from her eyes.

He felt helpless.

Why was this girl even harder to take care of than Little Treasure?