Bo Tingshen narrowed his eyes and spoke earnestly, "You like punishment, right?"
Ye Xian: "... Ah, not really."
But this benefit of yours is even worse than a punishment!
"All right."
Bo Tingshen proposed another one, this time a real punishment.
Upon hearing it, Ye Xian instantly shed tears like pouring rain.
What sort of madness is doing a striptease for him alone at night?
Why do all of the CEO’s demands involve not wearing clothes! Did her clothes offend him or what?
Bo Tingshen: "Does this count as punishment?"
More than that, it’s simply torturing her!
Ye Xian looked at him with a pained expression, her brows wrinkled and eyes filled with a watery shimmer, calling out to him in a roundabout way, "CEO~"
But Bo Tingshen was no longer falling for her act, his expression clear and indifferent, as if nothing could change his mind.
Shangguan Yunli hugged his chest, watching the two of them with interest.
It seemed he had misunderstood; when Tingshen was securing benefits for himself, he was far from soft-hearted.
Seeing his unyielding stance, Ye Xian’s pitiful gaze gradually turned to raging anger.
Alright then! She knew it, the Werewolf’s nature couldn’t be changed— he was even crueler than Shangguan Yunli and Cary!
Just you wait, she didn’t believe he wouldn’t lose, and when he did, she’d see how she would punish him!
Ye Xian suddenly picked up a cup of alcohol from the table.
Her action was unexpected to everyone, including Bo Tingshen.
All present were confused, what kind of difficult task had the CEO given to Ye Xian that she would rather drink alcohol than do it?
"I can’t do it, I’ll take a drink as punishment!"
Ye Xian picked up the glass, pretending to down it in one go, but before drinking, she glanced at Bo Tingshen.
Bo Tingshen slightly raised his eyebrows as if asking if there was anything else she wanted to say.
Ye Xian: "... CEO, aren’t you going to persuade me?"
Bo Tingshen: "Drink slowly, don’t choke me."
Ye Xian gritted her teeth and tilted her head back, gulping down the cup in one go.
The strong liquor, 56% alcohol, burned like fire on the way down, but the sensation only lasted for about ten seconds, after which it seemed not to have much effect at all.
Could this liquor really get one drunk? Surely her agency wasn’t deceiving her?
"Good tolerance!"
Shangguan Yunli applauded, noticing her curious gaze at the glass, and smiled mischievously.
You don’t feel anything, do you?
The first time he came to Songwu Villa, he too was deceived by the seemingly innocent taste of the alcohol, having downed several cups in one breath, only to realize half an hour later what a seductive traitor it was.
"Piece of cake."
Ye Xian put down her glass, "Continue!"
Everyone placed their cards back in the center of the table, and Bo Tingshen picked up the deck to shuffle.
Ye Xian watched his long, charming hands move quickly and deftly, and the cards being flipped and closed with a whoosh, her brows increasingly knitting together.
"Hold on!"
She pressed down on Bo Tingshen’s hand.
Shangguan Yunli’s heart skipped a beat.
When Bo Tingshen looked up at her, Ye Xian slowly withdrew the cards from beneath his hand, "I’ll shuffle this round."
Shangguan Yunli, "!"
"That won’t do, there are rules at the card table — the winner shuffles!"
"We’re all friends here, why so serious? Does it matter who shuffles?"
"For real?" Cary got excited, proudly looking at Ye Xian; then he puffed out his chest and continued, "Who is it?"
Ye Xian: I advise you not to ask.
Shangguan Yunli: "That’s a second question!"
"Ah!"
Cary was so frustrated that he slapped his thigh, he was so close to proving his charm in front of Ye Xian, that poor loser! Even a pure beauty like Luo Yuwei fancied him! Humph!
"Let’s go again~"
In the fourth round, it was finally Ye Xian’s turn to get the highest score, but unfortunately, the lowest score wasn’t Bo Tingshen’s but Jiang Wanze’s.
She glanced at Bo Tingshen with some dissatisfaction.
Jiang Wanze: "Truth, Ye Xian, you ask."
"I..."
It seemed she really didn’t have anything to ask him.
Ye Xian thought for a moment, glanced at Luo Yuwei next to him and at Cary beside her, who was nearly bursting with pride, and decided to be merciless.
"My question is the same as Cary’s, answer it."
He would surely mention Luo Yuwei. Let’s see how Cary cries then.
Caught off guard by her question, Jiang Wanze’s expression froze, and his gaze suddenly became evasive.
No.
That was the first response in his heart.
Over the years, avoidance and showing weakness had become instinctive, etched into his very bones.
Only by hiding could he avoid hearing or seeing those questioning rumors from the outside world, and only by showing weakness could he survive in the Bo Family, which never truly felt like his own.
But today, faced with such an earnest and straightforward question, a repressed feeling churned in his heart, compelling him to say, there is one.
Falling for someone is to lose control.

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