After running quite a distance, Li Chunsheng slowly stopped at the street corner.
He pressed one hand tightly to his chest, breathing heavily.
“Thump thump thump…” The heart in his chest was beating more violently than ever before.
Even with his peak Iron-level physique, he had never experienced such a violent heartbeat, not even when racing a bus.
Li Chunsheng could not deceive himself: this frantic heartbeat did not stem from running, but from the passing summer.
“What…is wrong with me?”
He muttered to himself, his fingertips touching his cheek, which was burning hot; he imagined even his earlobes were stained with blood.
“Is my performance right now really bad?”
Fortunately, I managed to escape before things got out of hand.
Even so, that moment of heightened passion still manifested as the burning metallic smell in my nostrils.
“How will my senior view my performance?”
“Will they find…me disgusting?” Li Chunsheng felt a little uneasy.
Li Chunsheng knew perfectly well that his senior had been a man.
Li Chunsheng knew that his senior’s preference was for women, otherwise he wouldn’t have had an ex-girlfriend.
So, her behavior must have been quite troubling for her, right? Her trusted junior had actually developed obvious lust for her at that moment?
Even though Li Chunsheng knew that, given Liu Xia’s gentle nature, she might compromise her principles to accommodate some of the despicable demands of her juniors in order to repay their kindness in taking her in, he was still deeply concerned.
But he absolutely refused to do that. If he did, what difference would there be between him and that vampire, the Wood Saint Spirit?
“Damn it, your heart is beating way too fast!” Li Chunsheng cursed his disobedient heart in his mind. “Slow down! Calm down!”
But my heart was pounding, screaming: I like her. Senior, she…she’s so beautiful.
“Is that what you call liking her? You’re just lusting after her body, you’re despicable!” Li Chunsheng ignored these thoughts and continued to berate them.
Well…maybe so. My heart gradually quieted down, and its beating stopped as cheerful as before.
“Yes, that’s good… that’s fine.” Li Chunsheng let out a long sigh of relief as he looked at the cool morning breeze.
The rising sun cast its cool light, and Li Chunsheng’s gaze became calm as well.
This is absolutely not liking, it can never be liking.
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In the end, Li Chunsheng didn’t get to eat breakfast and went straight to work.
He had experienced going hungry for a meal or two before he found a job.
Now, the more important thing is to save every penny to help my senior get his certificate.
Although it doesn’t save much money on breakfast, sometimes it can make all the difference, even if it’s just a few dollars or a dozen dollars.
“Li Chunsheng, you must remember, you helped your senior not to take advantage of his kindness,” Li Chunsheng told himself.
During the commute, the flow of people at the company entrance gradually increased. Among the crowd, a pink-haired girl in a white chiffon dress stood quietly, like a cherry blossom in its first bloom.
It was the Wood Spirit.
Li Chunsheng glanced at her briefly before walking past her without looking at her.
“Hey—” A small, fair hand gently but precisely grasped his sleeve, and Mu Shengli said in a slightly aggrieved voice, “Chunsheng, why are you ignoring me again?”
“Don’t you think you need to apologize for hurting me yesterday?”
“It still hurts a little when I move around now~”
The girl’s tone was sultry and ambiguous, causing a stir among the surrounding crowd.
“What? It hurts?” A passing colleague, upon hearing this, was so shocked that his forehead slammed solidly into a pillar.
“Wow, the CEO really is having an affair with this security guard!”
“What incredible luck did this Iron Stone guy have?”
“What kind of luck is this? Show some respect to Brother Tieshi, that’s real skill! Don’t you understand?”
Immediately, the employees of the Mu Group were abuzz with discussion, their gazes filled with envy, jealousy, goodwill, and malice as they all turned toward Li Chunsheng.
This gave Li Chunsheng a real headache.
“This woman always puts me in such a precarious position in public!” A sense of resentment welled up in his heart.
However, he was also at fault in this matter. To be fair, although he felt that the Wood Spirit had ill intentions, the Wood Spirit had not actually harmed him; on the contrary, it had helped him quite a bit.
Without the guidance of the Wood Spirit, he wouldn’t even know where to get his senior’s certificate.
Therefore, Li Chunsheng softened his tone and said, “What happened yesterday was my fault.”
“I’m sorry!” He lowered his head sincerely.
“It’s okay? In fact… I’m very happy.”
Mu Shengling’s smile deepened, but a hint of triumph flashed in her eyes. On the surface, she maintained that noble and elegant smile, but in her heart, she was overjoyed.
“Ha! It seems the pain I endured yesterday wasn’t for nothing. Li Chunsheng is finally willing to talk to people properly now! This means I’m breaking down his defenses!”
“Hmph, if I just keep sending signals that I like this little Chu Nan, he’ll take the bait, right?”
“At that time, won’t Li Chunsheng be just like Liu Xia, manipulated by me?”
This interaction between the two completely confirmed the employees’ previous guesses, and now almost no one would think that there was no ambiguous relationship between the two.
If Li Chunsheng’s malicious attempt to crush the girl’s breasts could be considered an ambiguous act, then that would indeed be true.
“Well, if there’s nothing else, I’ll go check in now…” Li Chunsheng apologized and tried to leave.
However, the Wood Saint Spirit did not let go of him. Instead, he grabbed his sleeve and followed him, saying, “Isn’t this a rather insincere apology?”
“How about you treat me to lunch?” Mu Shenglin approached with a sweet smile.
Li Chunsheng frowned, looking troubled: “Miss Mu, my salary is hardly enough for one meal for you.”
“Is it alright if you don’t have to pay?” Mu Shenglin pouted and said resentfully, “Can’t you even give me the courtesy of sharing a meal?”
“But…” Li Chunsheng wanted to refuse, as he did not want to owe Mu Shengling any more favors.
However, the Wood Spirit abruptly cut off the conversation without allowing any further explanation, leaving behind the words “Then it’s settled,” and disappeared behind the revolving door in the blink of an eye, forcibly creating a fait accompli.
The president’s blatant licking completely stunned everyone.
“Is this what they call ‘living off a woman’? That’s amazing!”
The men all looked at Li Chunsheng with solemn respect, and even the female employees who usually ignored him looked at him differently.
“Damn it!” Li Chunsheng felt a throbbing sensation in his temple.
Just then, the sky outside suddenly darkened, and large raindrops began to fall without warning, the cold air and dampness instantly soaking through my thin clothes.
“Damn weather… The temperature changes way too fast this time of year!” Li Chunsheng shivered.
With an empty stomach and a cold, damp body, Li Chunsheng was both cold and hungry.
“Tsk…” This uncomfortable feeling made the invitation to lunch from the Wood Saint Spirit incredibly tempting.
“No way, Li Chunsheng, can’t you even stand to endure one meal? You need to have some backbone!”
In the distance, deep within the rain, a blurry figure wearing sunglasses stared at this scene for a long time, a certain conclusion already forming in his mind.