Ji Ying was stunned. How could this man say something like this so confidently? How did he become the mayor?
"In my opinion, we shouldn't have to hide or hold back our thoughts since we've already slept with each other. It's easier to get straight to the point. There's no need to be pretentious!"
"I refuse!"
Ji Ying rejected him without any hesitation.
"Are you sure?" Zhao Weili's tone was filled with dissatisfaction.
Ji Ying slowly lowered her head with an unspeakable sorrow in her heart. This time, she could no longer hold back her tears and her tears rolled down her cheeks. However, the words that came out of her mouth indicated her persistence.
"Mr. Zhao, you might be able to do whatever you want in Yan State, but I'm still going to turn you down. What happened that day was just an accident. I shouldn't have let go of myself in a moment of indulgence and made such a big mistake. Now, all I want is for you to be magnanimous and stop pestering me!"
"Is that so?"
His deep voice suddenly boomed above Ji Ying's head. She looked up and saw Zhao Weili's expressionless face. She looked up at him with her tear-stained face. Involuntarily, she started shrinking backward when she met his aggressive gaze. "Why must you bully me like this when I'm already this unlucky? What kind of mayor are you? What kind of man are you? Don't you have the most basic moral sense?"
Zhao Weili's eyes flickered subtly before saying, "Having sex is instinctual. There's no need to bring morality into this, is there? What sort of moral sense did you have back then? Since men and women have equal right, we don't owe each other anything!"
Ji Ying was truly infuriated by Zhao Weili's words. She hissed angrily, "Fine! Then, think of it as me trying to fix my mistake before things get worse, okay?!"
"It's too late! If you want to turn me down, you need to give me a better reason!"
Ji Ying was also furious. She threw her broken walking stick and roared, "I don't want to be your woman. I'm not satisfied with your skills, and I'm not satisfied with you as a person!"
She was aware that men were very concerned about their capabilities in specific aspects and discussion about those aspects was a taboo. Being accused of not being enough to satisfy a person was nearly equivalent to getting extremely humiliated. Thus, Ji Ying assumed that this would be the best excuse to turn down Zhao Weili. This way, Zhao Weili would be too embarrassed to pester her in the future.
In an instant, the atmosphere in the entire car went ice cold!
Ji Ying felt uncomfortable under Zhao Weili's piercing gaze. However, to achieve her goal, she could only endure the discomfort and meet his eyes.
Zhao Weili sized her up. His gaze trailed from her beautiful and delicate face to her rapidly rising and falling chest.
Her face was slightly pale, but her red lips were like fire. They were tightly pursed, giving her a stubborn and angry look that was surprisingly attractive. However, the words that came out of her mouth were truly hard to swallow. She actually insulted him, saying that he was not good enough. No man could ever withstand it.
He let out a cold laugh, and a strange expression flashed across his handsome face. Yet, his silence was so flustering that it made her panic.
Ji Ying squared herself in the man's eroding gaze, not having the slightest intention of avoiding it, so as to make a silent protest.
After a long time, Ji Ying had enough of the oppressive atmosphere and shouted, "Hurry up and open the car door; I want to go back!" As she spoke, she tapped on the car window violently. Anyone who did not know what was truly happening would think that something unspeakable was happening in the car.
Zhao Weili remained unmoved.
At this moment, the phone in Ji Ying's bag rang.
"Mom, your phone is ringing! Mom, your phone is ringing..." It was a crisp and cute voice that sounded like it belonged to a cute little baby around only a few years old. Hearing it only made one's heart overflow with love.
Instantly, the frozen atmosphere in the car completely melted away.
Zhao Weili retracted the coldness from his eyes, and his face was now as calm as water. He muttered nonchalantly, "Aren't you going to pick up the phone?"
Seeing that he still refused to open the door, Ji Ying got up and reached out to unlock the front door! However, just as she stretched her hand out, Zhao Weili grabbed her hand and whispered in her ear, "Don't test my patience. Otherwise, you'll bear all the consequence!"
Their current position was too intimate and ambiguously romantic—they could feel each other's breath on their faces. Ji Ying felt her body stiffen, and she weakly said, "What do you want?"
"Answer the phone!"
Zhao Weili had no intention of letting her go. She had not reciprocated his many acts of kindness and this made him doubt his own charm. Had the world changed, or had he changed?
The phone kept ringing, so Ji Ying had no choice but to take it out and answer.
"Hello, Qingqing? What's the matter?"
"Lil Ying, the director just sent someone to look for you. He said... He said that he wants to expel you!"