"Hmph, if not me, then who?"
"You jerk, do you have any idea how long it took me to convince myself to come here, to book a room and wait for you?"
"And you, you just let me wait all night without showing up, just left me high and dry!"
"What, am I not pretty enough, is my body not sexy enough?"
"If you don't give me a reasonable explanation, I won't let you off the hook, no matter what!"
The woman stood with hands on her hips, demanding an answer from Xu Qianli with intense pressure, pressing herself even closer to him, her full chest flattened by the confrontation.
Xu Qianli internally cursed his luck; this woman's figure was too much, not losing at all to Lan Qianrong, even slightly better in some aspects, her chest was egregiously large, truly befitting of a woman who had been married before.
Faced with the furious woman, Xu Qianli's mind was racing.
Could he have been wrong, that last night's events were not orchestrated by Zhang Kuisan, instructing Zeng Changyun to set himself and Lan Qianrong up?
No, such coincidences didn't exist in this world; perhaps the woman before him had also been manipulated into this situation, a pawn in this scheme.
It was undeniable that this pawn was strikingly gorgeous and seductively enchanting.
From such a close distance, Xu Qianli knew too well how attractive her figure was, exuding a strong fragrance that was intoxicating, burrowing deep into his lungs and heart.
Seeing Xu Qianli speechless, the woman's anger grew, "You little rascal, I'm talking to you, have you become mute?"
"I'm not mute, I just don't know what to say right now."
"Last night, I didn't stand you up on purpose, there was a special situation, please forgive me."
"As for having children, there are plenty of men in this world, better you look for someone else."
Xu Qianli said.
He had already ended up in an ambiguous situation with the stunningly beautiful County Magistrate Lan Qianrong last night and didn't want to become entangled with this seductively charming Deputy County Magistrate's Wife.
As soon as Xu Qianli finished speaking, the woman became livid, glaring at him fiercely.
"I spit on that, what do you mean, huh? Do you think I, He Lili, am such an easy person, that I would just change men like that?"
"If it weren't for the useless Zeng Changyun, and my desperation for a child driving me mad, would I have agreed to his suggestion to conceive a child with another man and eventually settle on you?"
"A woman of my status deciding on you, willing to touch you, even willing to have your child, it's the blessing of eight lifetimes for you."
"And here you are, not even thankful, first you stand me up, and now you're telling me to find another man? You really don't take me seriously!"
"Listen here, I've set my sights on you; it's better if you're willing, but you'll have to be willing regardless!"
"Making excuses, you couldn't possibly be a eunuch, could you?"
The woman, named He Lili, was extremely aggressive, confronting Xu Qianli persistently, incessantly hounding him, her hand reaching for a certain place and pinching, bursting into laughter.
"You little jerk, I actually thought you really weren't interested in me, turns out you've had your eye on me all this time, got caught, didn't you?"
"Don't tell me you're all desire and no courage?"
"A beauty like me right in front of you and you don't dare to touch, hmph, you coward!"
"With that little courage, no wonder you get bullied so badly in Jiang City County."
Upon hearing this, Xu Qianli's anger flared instantly, his hands clenched onto He Lili's shoulders, "Who says I'm a coward?"
He Lili tilted her chin up, maintaining her fierce demeanor in response to Xu Qianli.
"Wow, still got a temper, huh?"
"You're not a coward, then why did you leave me, such a gorgeous and beautiful woman, lonely and alone for the entire night?"
"I think you are a coward, huge in some aspects like a donkey reborn, but a thorough coward deep down!"
He Lili was unapologetically mocking Xu Qianli, all because this young man stood her up the night before.
Just think, He Lili was the undisputed campus belle in her college days, with numerous suitors, but as fate would have it, she eventually chose Zeng Changyun.
Only after marrying him did she find out that he was impotent, with no ability to father a child.
At first, Zeng Changyun still insisted it was temporary, claiming that treatment for a while would resolve the issue, but He Lili watched the years slip away without any sign of improvement on his part.
Seeing her friends one by one having children, He Lili was so envious that she simply proposed a divorce to Zeng Changyun.
Zeng Changyun actually got down on his knees to plead, asking her to consider their past love and not to divorce.
As for the child, he came up with a solution that would fulfill He Lili's wish, which was to use another man's seed.
Unable to resist Zeng Changyun's pleas, He Lili agreed and among the candidates he provided, she took a liking to Xu Qianli at first sight.
Last night, with a heart full of apprehension, she dressed up like a flower and went to the hotel to wait for Xu Qianli,
only to be stood up, leaving her waiting for nothing the whole night.
She thought he didn't come to the hotel, but now she bumped into him in the elevator. The thought that he might have slept with some other woman while standing her up last night infuriated He Lili even more.
Xu Qianli said, "You're calling me a coward, all right, I'll show you whether I really am a coward or not!"
Provoked by He Lili, Xu Qianli suddenly pinned her against the elevator wall, leaned in, and fiercely kissed her warm, red lips. They started passionately kissing right there in the elevator, and his hand found its way to her ample bosom, solid and real.
He Lili inwardly cursed herself, kissing in the elevator was thrilling, but what if they were seen by someone?
Fearful of being spotted, He Lili quickly tried to push Xu Qianli away, but she couldn't.
Just as He Lili was worrying, the elevator door did indeed open; someone on the first floor was getting on and caught them in the act.
With all her strength, He Lili finally pushed Xu Qianli away, grabbed him, and ran. They dashed out of the hotel, and she dove into her car.
Thinking back on the encounter, He Lili's heartbeat was pounding like a drum, and she glared at Xu Qianli with annoyance.
"You jerk, you really did it, either leaving me hanging all night or being so sudden like that, and even being seen. If it had been someone I know, I would have been ruined."
Xu Qianli said, "So what if they saw, it was your husband who arranged this for us."
"That's true but…"
He Lili stopped mid-sentence, wanting to say something but was intimidated by Xu Qianli's wolf-like gaze, fumbling for words, not knowing what to say.
After a brief panic, He Lili faced Xu Qianli's gaze and smiled seductively. She took one of his hands and placed it on her full chest, giving him an incredibly enticing wink.
The task that wasn't accomplished last night, she wanted to complete now.
Confronted with such a temptress, Xu Qianli swallowed hard, instinctively squeezing, which elicited from He Lili a low moan that drove any man wild, lazily leaning into his arms.
But just as Xu Qianli was about to go further, his phone suddenly rang. He took it out to see it was his close friend, Wu Kai, the Deputy Captain of the Jiang City County Criminal Police, calling him.
The moment he pressed the answer button, Wu Kai's panicked voice came through.
"Dude, something big happened, I just got dismissed by the bureau!"
"Not just me, word from the County Government mentioned that you've been assigned to inspect the reservoir in Qingshan Town, under the guise of research, for a term of five years. It's already up on the public notice board!"
"The two of us can be said to be the youngest members of the old County Magistrate's team, and now one's been dismissed, and the other sent off to a backwater to monitor a reservoir, we're both screwed!"