His body carried a spicy tobacco scent, which was crisp and attractive. She knew of this scent.
Suddenly, she seemed to come to some sort of realization; she was in his arms. The thought of that made her slightly uncomfortable, and she moved her body.
"Did something on me prick you?" a deep yet slightly impatient voice of the man sounded from above her.
Su Xiqin halted her movement and slowly looked up, locking onto Bai Yansen's gaze down at her.
In the dim lighting, Bai Yansen's deep and unreadable eyes looked upon her. Under the shimmering corridor lights, she couldn't look this man in the eyes.
She blinked several times, sensing how intimate they were. Shyly, she said, "Let me down. I can walk on my own."
Although she spoke very softly, she knew Bai Yansen could hear her..
However, Bai Yansen did not put her down as he instead continued walking at his own pace.
Su Xiqin saw Lu Ming standing by the door when they reached there, and she got more embarrassed. However, he smiled at her. She looked up at Bai Yansen again, wanting to ask him to put her down, but when she saw that firm chin and handsome figure, she couldn't utter her words.
She understood it was near impossible to change the mind of a man as assertive as he was.
She gave up on that because she knew it was just wasting her energy, so she remained silent.
"Brother Bai, have a great day!" Lu Ming happily exclaimed from behind.
Su Xiqin was incredibly embarrassed. However, a question popped up in her mind, Why is he here?
She decided to find out, so she looked up at Bai Yansen and asked, "Why are you here?"
"I happened to pass by," Bai Yansen responded calmly without even looking at her. However, from the tone of his aggressive voice, one could catch a glimpse of anger. She frowned slightly and didn't continue questioning him.
Throughout their walk towards the parking lot, the two remained in silence. When they reached the car, Bai Yansen opened the car door and put her in the front passenger seat. He then closed the passenger seat door and got on the driver's seat.
As the car moved, the scenery outside the window slowly disappeared behind them. It was quiet in the car.
Su Xiqin looked over to the driver, seeing how tense his facial muscles were. From his high cheekbones and the furrow between his brows, she could tell that he was still angry.
However, Su Xiqin didn't know what this man was angry about. She took off the jacket that he put on her and softly said, "Thank you for just now."
After all, he did save her, so it was only right for her to thank him.
Bai Yansen held onto the steering wheel tightly and turned his head towards Su Xiqin. Bai Yansen's eyes didn't seem as angry as his overall expression, but it still looked very deep. Su Xiqin's heart pounded faster when she saw his eyes sparkle in the evening lights with a gentle glisten to them.
She didn't know what was wrong with Bai Yansen since he was looking at her in such a way, so she instinctively looked down so that she didn't have to look him in the eyes.
"Why were you in that room?"
It was hard for Su Xiqin to answer that question, especially because she had been sold by her husband to another man. How could she say such things out loud? Instead, she looked out the window and softly responded, "To sign a contract."
"Using yourself to sign a contract?" From the tone of his voice, Bai Yansen seemed to be suppressing some sort of emotion.
Immediately, Su Xiqin turned towards Bai Yansen, only to see that there were some sort of sparks in his eyes. It seemed to be sparks of anger. She shamefully bit her lower lip and remained silent.
"Su Xiqin, if that little guy learns about this, wouldn't he be very disappointed in you?"
When he mentioned her son, Mo Jintian, Su Xiqin's heart tightened. She was thankful that nothing had happened tonight, or else she wouldn't know how to face her son.
Bai Yansen's face turned gloomy again, and he uttered some ice cold words, "In front of me, you act as if you are the Virgin Mary, eh?"
His words pierced into her heart like a dagger, with her organs screaming of pain. Bitterness, embarrassment, shame… All these emotions overwhelmed her simultaneously.
She bit her lips again, and her face expressed her pain. Her eyes were also starting to get teary. She didn't want Bai Yansen to see her like that, so she turned and faced the window.
After a long time did she slowly utter, "No. I didn't want to exchange myself for the contract."
Bai Yansen saw how Su Xiqin was, and his cold eyes slowly warmed up. "From now on, you should remember this lesson, so you don't count money for the person who sold you out."
His tone was like that of a husband reprimanding his wife who had just got into trouble. Su Xiqin looked up at him and saw the right side of his face. She quietly gazed upon his firm face, and her mind was in a mess. She was unable to decipher what his real intention was; she felt like her heart was very much in knots.
Bai Yansen suddenly turned around and saw her bedazzled eyes. He couldn't help but frown.
When he saw how strange she looked, his grip on the steering wheel tightened, so tight that the veins on his hand became much more apparent. Also, her face was even more gloomy.
Su Xiqin couldn't withstand his gaze any longer, so she turned once again towards the window. She took a deep breath to soothe herself. With a smile on her face, she turned back towards Bai Yansen.
"I'm really grateful to you."
Her tone was polite yet distant. However, it made Bai Yansen immediately stomp on the brakes. With the car tires sounding with a loud shriek, the car stopped abruptly.
Su Xiqin did not expect that abrupt halt, so she leaned forward and hit her head on the car with the inertial force.
"Mhm…" she cried softly with her hands on her head.
She didn't understand why Bai Yansen suddenly stopped the car, so she turned and glared at him.
He was staring at her with a gloomy expression. Su Xiqin didn't understand what was up with Bai Yansen tonight. She covered her forehead as her eyes grew watery with confusion.
She never understood Bai Yansen, and thus she was suspicious and frightful of him.
But what was he angry about? Was it what she just said? The two weren't close, so it was only right to thank him.
Or did he think that because he saved her, their relationship should become more intimate? It looked like one shouldn't accept another person's help.
Bai Yansen looked at Su Xiqin's eyes and brows, those watery eyes. In his body, a rush of emotions blasted up into his head, making his eyes deeper than the sea.
Su Xiqin's heart skipped a beat when she saw the look on his face. It seemed like she knew what this look meant.
Just as they were staring at each other, a familiar ringtone sounded from her bag, breaking their awkward situation.
She took advantage of this opportunity and pulled out the phone from her bag. She saw who was calling her and turned towards the window to pick up the call.
"Hello, Tang Xi."
"Susu, when are you coming home?" Tang Xi said through the phone.
"I'm coming home now."
Su Xiqin understood why Tang Xi was worried. After she got married to Mo Xigu, he had never brought her to any public events, especially not business meetings. A smart person could tell that him suddenly inviting her to a business meeting was him trying to use her to his own benefit.
"That's good. I was worried about you."
"I'm fine. I'm on my way back. You should go rest earlier and not wait for me," Su Xiqin said in a nonchalant tone.
"My eyes are literally shut tight now. If it weren't for your son who is waiting for you in the living room, I would have fallen asleep a long time ago," Tang Xi said.
Tang Xi's tone sounded helpless.
"Jintian is still awake?" Su Xiqin's pitch grew higher when she heard that her son was still awake.
Her pitch attracted Bai Yansen's attention. Only after her utterance did Su Xiqin realize that she was too loud just now. She secretly glanced over at Bai Yansen and found that he was looking at her. She turned her body more towards the window, showing her back to him.